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1 FLORAL PICK-ME-UP

ne of the prettiest ways to lift the mood of a garden is with flowers. Too many, mind, may overpower the greenery – a rule of thumb for a winning ratio of flowers to foliage is one to five. The quickest way to get flowers is to buy pots of annuals or perennials either in flower or just about to burst out. Simply place them in their pots among other plants, preferably hiding the pots in the other plants’ foliage. The beauty of using pots is that you can experiment with different positions to find the optimum. For

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