Country Homes & Interiors

The April garden… Sow Grow Show

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Forget-me-nots

Legend says the Greek god Zeus named all plants, except this starry-eyed flower, which pleaded: ‘forget me not’. It loves moist, well-drained soil in borders or shady spots, where it will self-seed.

Auriculas

Traditionally grown in terracotta pots and displayed in a ‘theatre’, these beauties sport a tutu rosette of petals. Keep in a cool spot.

Ranunculus

Rose-like blooms with tissue-thin

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