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A winter hardy viola, in a completely new flower form, is available now from Mr Fothergill's . Click on the picture to enlarge it and you'll see that with their two upright petals, just like rabbits' ears as the name implies, this series of dainty little violas is not like anything we've...
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At last year’s Hampton Court Palace Flower Show I noticed a lovely little viola called ‘Tinkerbell’ (left, click to enlarge) on the corner of the Victorian Violas stand. Unfortunately, plants were not available as stocks were still being built up. Now, I’m pleased to say, plants can be ordered. I found...
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Pansies are probably the most popular of all spring container plants: sparkling colours, tough, and easy to grow. For decades all the varieties were tight and compact; then we had trailing types from seed. Now, we have the final step: trailing pansies grown from cuttings. We’ve had trailing violas from...
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As the new seed catalogues start to drop on to the doormat, the time is right to take a look at some of the new varieties appearing in the mail order catalogues for the coming season. So the next few posts here will concentrate on new seed introductions. Thompson and Morgan have a number of interesting...
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