solent posted a blog entry Update: Improved Finder Results

“Up and till now we've been using a temporary form of search results from the plant finder. As of today we have unveiled a few changes to massively ...” more

solent posted a blog entry Share your Gardening Knowledge on our New Wiki

“You are a gardener. You are an expert. You may only have a small garden, or even just a pot plant on the windowsill, but you are the most knowledge...” more

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solent posted a blog entry New Plant Finder

“We have just added an extra feature to the site - a plant finder. For the plant finder we categorise each plant into up to 200 categories to make i...” more

solent posted a blog entry Spiraea nipponica 'Snowmound'

“ Snowmound is a beautiful shrub in the late spring and early summer. The top sides of it's arching branches are covered in small white flowers, ma...” more

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solent posted a blog entry Why Your Bedding Plants Might Not Grow

“Have you ever had the experience of getting a pack of bedding plants from the garden centre and planting them out only to find that a month or two ...” more

solent A bank holiday on the way and they're forecasting rain. Whouda thought it?

solent posted a blog entry The Secrets of Effective Watering

“Of all the skills a gardener needs to acquire, probably the single most important one is watering. It's also the skill that new gardeners often fin...” more

solent What lovely weather for sitting in the garden and working on the laptop.

solent is looking forward to the weekend. It's always fun working bank holidays, so geting two in a weekend is wonderful.

solent posted a blog entry Erysimum "Bowles Mauve"

“ Most of us are aware of the annual wallflowers which we buy as bare root plants in autumn. But not everyone is aware of their perennial cousins. ...” more

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solent posted a blog entry Has Spring Finally Spring?

“January and February have been very quiet on the nursery. They are our quietest months every year, but with the record low temperatures this year t...” more

solent I just found a website giving a 14 day forecast and there isn't a single day showing with temperatures above 10 degrees. Not good.

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solent posted a blog entry Polyanthus "Crescendo Mixed"

“ It's not easy finding different plants to provide winter colour. You're basically restricted to winter pansies, violas and polyanthus. Of the thr...” more

solent It feels good to have Gardeners World back on and restored to normality.

solent posted a blog entry Logging in and Comments

“This weeks additions: If you log in via the form at the top of the page you will now stay on the current page instead of being redirected to your ...” more

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