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A 3 year trial of Bergenia (otherwise known as 'Elephants Ears) is just about to end but there is still time to visit the Trials Field at Wisley and make your choice. Valued for their winter foliage (bright greens to blazing reds) some of them also produce a dazzling floral display in late winter...
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Since the last posting on this subject many more of the small bearded irises have come into flower. The list of entries to trial sounds more like the line up for the Grand National than the Trials Field, with El Torito' (which received the Award of Garden Merit in 2004) setting the pace for newcomers...
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The recent warm sunshine has caught us by surprise and some of the dwarf bearded iris are already flowering on the trials field! All are under 30 cm and some of the most spectacular are Iris 'Flirting Again' and Iris 'Pumpin' Iron', both of which received the Award of Garden Merit...
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The Floral Trials Sub-Committee made another of their bi-weekly visits on Tuesday. The invited seed trials; Tagetes (Marigolds), French & Afro-French and the Hardy Annuals have really come on in the last couple of weeks and we spent quite some time assessing these two trials. As you stand at the...
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Through out the trials this year at Wisley we are reviewing the chemicals which we use to grow our plants to a high standard. We feel that the general public do not like to or wish to use too many chemicals when growing plants, so we are trying to reflect that in our work. This year we have started a...
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