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We love February

“February is the border between winter and spring”
Terri Guillemets

STAR OF THE MONTH

Miscanthus ‘Professor Richard Hansen’

We don’t get many days of perfect frostiness but, when we do, there are particular plants that shine. These grasses, for example, glitter in the weak winter sunshine. They have been looking pretty special since about June when the foliage first starts to make a proper impact on our borders. That is a good six months of flowing foliage, feathery flowers and

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