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Fast Friends
Even the best-planned beds and borders can seem a little empty after the spring peak, but including a few cheerful, quick-growing plants will soon fill them out in time for summer. In Warwickshire, the double herbaceous borders are a highlight of the
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In the GENES
The name ‘Backhouse’ will be familiar to many gardeners. Snowdrop collectors will know Galanthus ‘Backhouse Spectacles’; those of a botanical bent perhaps grow tender shrub Correa backhouseana with its creamy bells; and lovers of daffodils will recal
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The Great ESCAPE
It would be difficult to miss Ivy Cottage. It sits in a splendid, exposed position, but the visibility is more about the colour of the house: a splendid warm ochre that sings out among the trees. When garden designer Matthew Childs and his partner mo

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