Thought for today - Blog Post 05/07/2020 Grow from Seed
Grow from seed, but grow sensibly. Buy from good sources and grow things you can’t easily buy elsewhere as established plants.
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iPlantsman
Jun 30, 20203 min read
Thought for today - Blog Post 30/06/2020 Weather patterns & Rain
A though on Weather Patterns and the value of rain and how we often become over confident that rain is enough to establish plants.
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iPlantsman
Jun 26, 20206 min read
Thought for today - Blog Post 26/06/2020 Roots - The Full Post
A more complete thought on the value and risks of plant roots.
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iPlantsman
Jun 25, 20201 min read
Thought for today - Blog Post 25/06/2020 Roots
The lost post - To follow.
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iPlantsman
Jun 19, 20202 min read
Thought for today - Blog Post 19.05.2020 Recruitment to Horticulture- Diversity
The problem with diversity and recruitment to Horticulture.
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iPlantsman
Jun 12, 20203 min read
Thought for today - Blog Post 12.6.2020 Old Books
Write about what you know and use your wit and experience to make that writing interesting to your readers. Sounds simple...
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iPlantsman
Jun 10, 20202 min read
Thought for today - Blog Post 10.6.2020 Climate Change
Changing weather patterns make it hard for us to garden knowingly.
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iPlantsman
Jun 7, 20203 min read
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!
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iPlantsman
Jun 1, 20202 min read
Thought for today - Blog Post 1/6/20 Plant Moments
The magical quality of Plant Moments are what separate plants from all other garden construction materials.
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iPlantsman
May 27, 20202 min read
Thought for today - Blog Post 27/05/2020 GYO
Grow Your Own, eat and drink it. The best you’ll ever eat, but think differently about what to plant.
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iPlantsman
May 26, 20202 min read
Thought for today - Blog Post 26/05/2020 Happy accidents
I’m a lazy gardener. I hate weeding and always have. I now pretend that this is because I am experimenting with wildflowers and selfseeded
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iPlantsman
May 25, 20202 min read
Thought for today - Blog Post 25/05/2020 Garden Games
Finding the balance between your perfect garden and one that suits your kids can be difficult!
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iPlantsman
May 24, 20202 min read
Thought for today - Blog Post 24/05/2020
Small-leaved, small
-flowered, ground-hugging plants are interesting me most at the moment.
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iPlantsman
May 23, 20202 min read
Thought for today - Blog Post 23/05/2020
I’m at war with slugs and snails for eating my Parochetus communis!
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iPlantsman
May 22, 20201 min read
Thought for today - Blog Post 22/05/2020
Looking out of my office window I have had the long, new stems of a white-flowered Buddleja davidii that I bred a few years ago whip backwar
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iPlantsman
May 21, 20201 min read
Thought for today - Blog post 21/05/2020
Pyracantha coccinea flower buds are such a perfect plant moment.
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iPlantsman
May 20, 20201 min read
Thought for today - Blog Post 20/05/2020
Thinking about temperature change affecting plant growth and the tendrils of Cobaea scandens.
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iPlantsman
May 13, 20202 min read
Plant Nomenclature - A simple guide to Bi-species and Bi-generic hybrids.
A simple explanation on how Bi-specific and Bi-generic hybrids are created and how to read and write them.
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iPlantsman
May 11, 20208 min read
A beginner's guide to understanding Botanical Latin - Colours
A beginner's guide to Botanical Latin, especially focusing on Colour. Color in the garden and its meaning
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iPlantsman
May 6, 20202 min read
Alternative Plant of the Moment - Early May 2020
With all the wonderful plants looking good at the moment, let us not forget the value of plants grown primarily for their foliage.
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