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All the flowers you can imagine are grouped here for you to discover exactly the flower that will match your landscaping ambitions. Take a look around!

Stop cutting back autumn perennials—messy plants mean better spring blooms

Stop cutting back autumn perennials—messy plants mean better spring blooms

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Spring bulbs in containers vs ground: which establishes better roots?

Spring bulbs in containers vs ground: which establishes better roots?

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I planted spring bulbs in wet autumn soil — here's what survived

I planted spring bulbs in wet autumn soil — here’s what survived

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Autumn chill stratification: the cold-weather seed trick gardeners are embracing

Autumn chill stratification: the cold-weather seed trick gardeners are embracing

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Why Your Autumn Bulbs Are Rotting Before They're Planted

Why Your Autumn Bulbs Are Rotting Before They’re Planted

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No, you shouldn't soak bulbs before planting — here's why

No, you shouldn’t soak bulbs before planting — here’s why

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Spring bulbs in autumn rain: clay soil versus amended beds tested

Spring bulbs in autumn rain: clay soil versus amended beds tested

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The Autumn Bulb Forcing Revolution: Why Gardeners Are Chilling Bulbs Early

The Autumn Bulb Forcing Revolution: Why Gardeners Are Chilling Bulbs Early

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Vernonia noveboracensis

Vernonia noveboracensis: expert tips and planting advice

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Autumn bulb rot crisis: Why clay soils need different planting strategy

Autumn bulb rot crisis: Why clay soils need different planting strategy

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Thermopsis caroliniana

Thermopsis caroliniana: expert tips and planting advice

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Why Your Autumn Perennials Are Flowering Now—and What That Means

Why Your Autumn Perennials Are Flowering Now—and What That Means

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Symphyotrichum oblongifolium

Symphyotrichum oblongifolium: varieties, planting and garden uses

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Growing spring bulbs in shade: forget the sunny border myth

Growing spring bulbs in shade: forget the sunny border myth

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Stachys officinalis

Stachys officinalis: varieties, planting and garden uses

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Silphium perfoliatum

Cup plant: varieties, planting and garden uses

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Sidalcea candida

Sidalcea candida: expert tips and planting advice

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Scutellaria incana

Scutellaria incana: your complete native wildflower guide

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Salvia verticillata in full bloom, lilac whorls on upright stems

Salvia verticillata: expert tips and planting advice

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Rudbeckia laciniata

Rudbeckia laciniata: varieties, planting and garden uses

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Ratibida pinnata

Ratibida pinnata: expert tips for growing prairie coneflower

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Physostegia virginiana

Physostegia virginiana: expert tips and planting advice

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Malva moschata

Musk Mallow: varieties, planting and garden uses

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Kalimeris incisa

Kalimeris incisa: varieties, planting and garden uses

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Spring bulbs in clay soil: the planting depths nobody mentions

Spring bulbs in clay soil: the planting depths nobody mentions

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Heliopsis helianthoides

Heliopsis helianthoides: varieties, planting and garden uses

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Eupatorium maculatum

Joe-Pye Weed: expert tips for growing this tall garden favorite

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Doronicum orientale

Doronicum orientale: expert tips and planting advice

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Stop fertilising autumn-planted bulbs — the science says you shouldn't

Stop fertilising autumn-planted bulbs — the science says you shouldn’t

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Chelone obliqua

Chelone obliqua: expert tips for growing turtlehead plants

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Catananche caerulea

Catananche caerulea: varieties, planting and garden uses

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I planted spring bulbs in clay soil — it actually worked

I planted spring bulbs in clay soil — it actually worked

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Calamintha nepeta

Calamintha nepeta: expert tips for growing this aromatic herb

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Boltonia asteroides

Boltonia asteroides: your complete perennial wildflower guide

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Asclepias tuberosa

Butterfly weed: expert tips and planting advice

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Why Autumn Bulb Layering is Replacing Traditional Spring Planting

Why Autumn Bulb Layering is Replacing Traditional Spring Planting

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Lily leaves marked with oval brown spots surrounded by pale haloes

Lily diseases: telling leaf blotch, basal rot and virus apart

Treating diseases and pests
Hands breaking white scales from a lily bulb over a tray of moist compost

Lily propagation: turning one bulb into twenty by scaling

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Garden bed of cut-back lily stems covered with bark mulch under frost

Lily bulbs in winter: why cold is not the danger, and wet is

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Three terracotta pots of white and pink oriental lilies in flower on a stone terrace

Lily in containers: pot depth, planting and the feeding that decides next year

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Bright red lily beetle on a green lily leaf with chewed edges

Lily beetle: how to identify it and stop it stripping your lilies

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Tabby cat sniffing a vase of white and pink oriental lilies on a living room table

Lily poisoning in cats: symptoms, first aid and safe alternatives

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Anthemis tinctoria

Anthemis tinctoria: varieties, planting and garden uses

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Frost-damaged perennials: why cutting back now could kill them

Frost-damaged perennials: why cutting back now could kill them

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Autumn bulb planting on clay soil: the drainage hack that actually works

Autumn bulb planting on clay soil: the drainage hack that actually works

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Autumn Bulb Layering: The Planting Technique Gardeners Are Finally Mastering

Autumn Bulb Layering: The Planting Technique Gardeners Are Finally Mastering

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Zauschneria californica

California fuchsia: expert care and growing guide

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Thalictrum delavayi

Growing Meadow Rue: expert tips and planting advice

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Phlomis russeliana

Phlomis russeliana: expert tips for growing this drought-tolerant perennial

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Persicaria amplexicaulis

Growing Persicaria amplexicaulis: care, varieties and garden uses

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Lychnis chalcedonica

Lychnis chalcedonica: growing Maltese cross in your garden

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