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Perennial plants
Geranium Johnson’s Blue
Geranium × johnsonii ‘Johnson’s Blue’, the Meadow Cranesbill Johnson’s Blue, or more simply Geranium ‘Johnson’s Blue’ is a clump forming hardy geranium with lavender, 5 petalled flowers, approximately 5 com (2…
Dahlia Wizard of Oz: beautiful pink pompon dahlia
Dahlia Wizard of Oz is a pompon dahlia (read more about the different types of dahlias here), with a beautiful delicate pearly pink colouring. As a pompon, it…
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The 10 best Thalictrums to grow in your garden
In this post we cover some of the best Thalictrums to grow in your garden, as well as running through the key points you need to know in…
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Anemanthele lessoniana: the Pheasant’s tail grass
Anamanthele lessoniana is a beautiful clump forming ornamental grass with a nice upright habit. Its leaves are a mixture of green and bronze, turning red and orange in…
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All About Weeds
Weeds of North America
Here you will find a comprehensive list of weed identification resources for the USA and Canada. Given the vast size of the…
Weed control – is this the gardener’s toughest job?
It is said that gardening is all about the gardener’s efforts to control nature and controlling weeds must be one of the…
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What are weeds?
What makes a plant a weed? In part 2 of this weed control series, I try to answer the simple, but not…
Why get rid of weeds?
In the other posts in this weed control series, I’ve written about what weeds are and made the point that, fundamentally, weeds…
Check out my comprehensive step by step guide, with plain language explanations and ultra-useful images and illustrations. This is for you if you love dahlias and want to the best out of the dahlias you grow.