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Halloween - My Top 10 Plants to create a Halloween vibe in your Garden.
iPlantsman Top 10 plants to grow for Halloween interest! - Plants with Spooky names and looking good on 31st of October.
iPlantsman
Nov 2, 20228 min read
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Pontederia cordata - Exotic water plant that grows well in the UK
Pontederia cordata (Pickerel Weed). An exotic looking Aquatic Plant for the gardener who has everything.
iPlantsman
Oct 4, 20222 min read
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Books, books and books; A guide to books on Identifying British Trees and British Wildflowers.
3rd in a series of guides on recommended books. 3 books on Identifying British Trees and 3 on Identifying British Wildflowers.
iPlantsman
Sep 25, 20225 min read
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Product Review - WORX WG743E.1 Lawn Mower
Product Review of WORX WG743E.1 Cordless Lawn Mower.
iPlantsman
Aug 24, 20225 min read
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Five Shrubs to drive Bees and other Pollinators Wild!
Here are five of the best hardy shrubs for temperate gardens to attract Bees and other Pollinator to your garden.
iPlantsman
Aug 17, 20226 min read
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What I’ve Learned Series - Top Tip - Secateurs - You get what you pay for!
Top Tip from experiences with secateurs selection. Fleck, Fiskars, ARS, Niwaki
iPlantsman
Aug 12, 20223 min read
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Book Review - My World of Hepaticas by John Massey with Tomoo Mabuchi
Book Review of 'My World of Hepaticas' by John Massey with Tomoo Mabuchi.
iPlantsman
Aug 11, 20227 min read
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Book Review – Create a Mediterranean Garden by Pattie Barron
Book Review of Create a Mediterranean garden by Pattie Barron.
iPlantsman
Aug 10, 20226 min read
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Book Review - ‘Peonies’ by Claire Austin
A book review on Claire Austin’s 2021 book ‘Peonies’
iPlantsman
Apr 25, 20216 min read
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Award Shortlisting
I am delighted to have been shortlisted for the Garden Media Guild’s Alan Titchmarsh New Talent Award.
iPlantsman
Oct 22, 20201 min read
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Thought for today - Blog Post 09/08/2020 Late Season Interest
The value of Seedheads, fruit, winter stems & the beauty of decaying plant material should never be underestimated or ignored when designing
iPlantsman
Aug 9, 20202 min read
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What I’ve Learned Series - Top Tip - Ceanothus
One important thing that I have learned about Ceanothus and a plan to overcome this problem.
iPlantsman
Jul 29, 20202 min read
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RHS Tatton Flower Show 2020 - #tattonathome
A short video to celebrate RHS Tatton Park in #tattonathome. we can’t be there in person this year, but we can remember former glories.
iPlantsman
Jul 21, 20201 min read
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Thought for today - Blog Post 19/07/2020 Foliage and Rain
Rain impacts on the appearance of plant foliage. Consider it when designing with plants.
iPlantsman
Jul 19, 20201 min read
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Thought for today - Blog Post 10.6.2020 Climate Change
Changing weather patterns make it hard for us to garden knowingly.
iPlantsman
Jun 10, 20202 min read
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Thought for today - Blog Post 7.6.2020 Regret
Regret over food standards dropping with low quality imports being allowed soon and not owning chickens!
iPlantsman
Jun 7, 20203 min read
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Top 5 Tender Climbing Plants To Grow From Seed
Top 5 Tender Climbing Plants to Grow from Seed for Temperate Gardens. UK.
iPlantsman
Feb 27, 20205 min read
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My Top 10+ Variegated Climbing Plants to grow in your garden for a little sparkle and pizzazz!
A guide to my recommended Variegated Climbing Plants suitable for growing in the UK.
iPlantsman
Jan 30, 20208 min read
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Bringing Back the Buzz. Part 1
My first article on Beebombs and a competition to boot!
iPlantsman
Jan 13, 20202 min read
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2020 - 1st post! General musings on the future.
Well, we made it! As twilight sets on 2019, the birth of 2020 is upon us and will, I’m sure, be a year of big change. I’m an eternal...
iPlantsman
Jan 5, 20202 min read
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