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    THE SEASON

    Jun 06, 2019 3 minutes

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    Lavender

    Pro grower Simon Charlesworth of Downderry Nursery introduces some top varieties

    Lavenders prefer full sun, poor, well-drained soil and a jolly good prune after flowering. Remove the flower heads, stems and a third of the foliage each year to maintain a bushy habit. Aside from smelling wonderful, all lavenders are great for bees; a few square metres of lavender can feed a colony of 50 to 100 bumblebees for several weeks.

    Downderry Nursery in Hadlow, Kent, is the Master Grower at this year’s Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival, July 1–7; downderry-nursery.co.uk

    Lavandula × intermedia ‘Anniversary Bouquet’

    A splendid,

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