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    Mind the gap!

    Jun 08, 2021 2 minutes

    ARDENING naturally is a balanced affair, because I want to grow some garden plants that are not very wildlife-friendly. My rose and peony borders contain lots of double-flowered roses and peonies, but these petal-packed flowers offer no pollen or nectar to pollinators because the nectaries and anthers have been replaced by petals. For this reason they cannot be pollinated, so the flowers last longer than

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