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Eggleston Hall Gardens Journal

Showing all entries from March, 2013 

How to prune Raspberries

How to prune Raspberries

Posted 18th March, 2013

Raspberries offer gardeners one of the greatest returns on investment of any garden plant. Easy to grow, easy to prune, easy to jam, easy to...

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Lords, Ladies & Childhood Worms!

Lords, Ladies & Childhood Worms!

Posted 18th March, 2013

The delightful 'Arum italicum pictum' has been with us since the mid 1600s and is a plant beloved by flower arrangers (I spit on their...

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One in a 234....A lovely double yellow Hellebore

One in a 234....A lovely double yellow Hellebore

Posted 13th March, 2013

Very occasionally nurserymen get lucky.....we sow a few hundred seeds, prick-out a hundred or two seedlings, then await the results. It can take several years...

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Winter Flowering Shrubs

Winter Flowering Shrubs

Posted 5th March, 2013

There are few more delights in the winter garden than the Cornelian Cherry Dogwood 'Cornus mas' with its abundance of sulphur yellow flowers borne from...

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Willow Wands; How to take cuttings of them

Willow Wands; How to take cuttings of them

Posted 5th March, 2013

This orange stemmed plant is a willow, and willows are amongst the easiest plants in the world to propagate, it was looking particularly attractive this...

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