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    Time for the second shift

    Aug 01, 2023 2 minutes

    WE are at that point in the summer where the early flowers have passed and it’s time to make room for the second blast of colour.

    This means deadheading, pulling out withered allium stems, cutting back perennials that have flowered and flopped, and Chelsea chopping

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