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Tips to jumpstart your garden this holiday weekend
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It is possible to grow a beautiful shaded garden. Not only is it possible, there are many advantages to shade over full sun. Gardens that will attract... Natural ways to rid your... Planting trees a study in... Cullen: Grow the herbs... Most Read Spring

Chelsea Flower Show 2010: grasses
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"Grasses do most of the work themselves,'' says Neil Lucas. "Just choose the right plant for the right place. All the deciduous types you cut back in spring: bit of a spring clean, tidy, weed. Then you leave them alone. They work brilliantly in groups,

Chelsea Flower Show 2010 competition: Your star pictures
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Have you taken photographs at the that highlight a scene, part of a garden or a particularly wonderful plant that you would like to share with other readers? It might be a stunning display in the Great Pavilion - a close-up of a flower or a combination

The simple charm of British wild flowers has enduring appeal
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The coasts of Cornwall and north Wales are wild flower wonderlands in late spring. In Cornwall, my satnav directed me down such steep-sided, narrow lanes that I could have leant out of both car and smelled the primroses. With the violets and bluebells,

Gardening week ahead: what to do about foliage pests
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At this time of year the healthy new foliage of certain garden plants can suddenly become tattered and close inspection may reveal many small caterpillar-like larvae in a feeding frenzy. Roses, gooseberry, berberis and Solomon's seal are all commonly

Chelsea Flower Show 2010: Generous gardeners
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is the place to prospect for presents, and not just the horribly practical kind. Nicole Kidman, Helena Christensen and Uma Thurman have all been papped carrying Susannah Hunters soft handmade leather bags appliqued with stylised flowers. Hunter is

Chelsea grasses
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"Grasses do most of the work themselves,'' says Neil Lucas. "Just choose the right plant for the right place. All the deciduous types you cut back in spring: bit of a spring clean, tidy, weed. Then you leave them alone. They work brilliantly in groups,

Gardening week ahead: how tor grow clematis in containers
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Small, free-flowering clematis can look great growing in containers. When choosing cultivars for a container look for compact forms that can be cut back hard in February and will produce blooms from midsummer to autumn. Clematis grower Raymond Evison has

Gardening week ahead: How to grow climbing beans
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Delicious, versatile and abundant, climbing beans are easy to grow and attractive. Sow into pots indoors or straight into the soil now. Provide a strong 6-8ft support for them to climb - a wigwam of bamboo is ideal. In addition to traditional long, green

What Is the Right Soil pH for Your Lawn or Garden?
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Ask Julie Answers, Lawn and Garden, Soil & Fertilizer by Julie Day What’s the best soil pH for my yard and garden? pH is a measure of acidity (or alkalinity) in your soil, and it’s a very important factor in plant health. To determine the pH of

Chelsea Flower Show garden to feature replica canal lock
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The 12ft oak timber gates, weighing a total of three tonnes, are part of a garden that aims to celebrate the 18th century industrial heritage of Leeds. Water is pumped through the gaps in the 'lock' to recreate the canalside atmosphere, while the garden

Bad guys come good
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Nettles have a bad reputation. They sting and they're invasive what good could they possibly do? Quite a lot actually. You can eat young, fresh nettle tips (yes, really), they're a magnet for beneficial wildlife, they make great plant food, and they're

The guide to garden furniture
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From top row: hanging glass tealight holders £12 for three, Next Home (0844-844 8939; next.co.uk); large coloured wineglasses £3 each, BHS (0845-196 0000; bhs.co.uk); square slatted lanterns, small pink, £15, large plum, £30, Edge Company

Chelsea Flower Show: the Queen and other royalty at RHS Chelsea, 1981 - 2009
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As its name - the Royal Horticultural Society Chelsea Flower Show - might suggest, royalty has been an integral part of the show since it began. Here we see Her Majesty the Queen at the 60th Chelsea Flower Show in 1981. Picture: TONY MARSHALL

How To Create a Room You'll Love
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It just makes sense that if you choose your favorite things for your home decor, you'll love your home. If you choose things that are comfortable to all the senses, you'll have a home that's a personal haven. The best way to surround yourself with what

Shop! Mary Portas at GIVe
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Rating 3/10 Good for daring to tackle the 40-plus market. Bad for doing it so badly Ive been both follower and fan of the veteran British retailer George Davies since he launched the highly innovative fashion chain Next in the 1980s, before creating

Add "Wow" To A Boring Room
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Do you have a room that looks blah, even after you've done all the painting and put in all the new furniture? Did you think you were finished but now realize that you've only got the background for a great room? Well, now is the time to add special

Made from manure, CowPots are a natural for starting garden plants
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What came first, plants or manure? Dairy farmers probably could discuss that question for years, since either can nurture the other. Over the past five decades, the ingenious Freund family of Connecticut learned that "managing the nutrient stream" (a

Hall of Fame
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They're always redecorating at the Washington Design Center, but its 2010 Design House got a major makeover with a bit of help from Elle Decor. The display rooms, formerly underground, got a fresh location -- with windows -- on the fifth floor and the

Carlos Mota's 'Flowers Chic & Cheap' will help you upgrade your arrangements
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New York flower stylist Carlos Mota has some new recipes for your summer dinner parties. In his book 'Flowers Chic & Cheap' (Clarkson Potter, $25), Mota shows how to quickly and affordably upgrade your flower power. With his practical solutions (use

Flower do's and don'ts
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Here are some flower do's and don'ts from Carlos Mota. -- Do use ceramic or colored glass vases, rather than clear vases. 'I don't like to see the stems or the branches. Also the water gets dirty very soon.' -- Don't send a dozen roses or a dozen

Think pink
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If you've ever seen Funny Face with Audrey Hepburn and Fred Astaire, you'll immediately recall the scene where the big-time fashion editor (based on Diana Vreeland) throws her hands up and bellows (elegantly): think pink! And this ideabook, coming from a

M Brace creates raised garden beds, no tools required
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So many stylish raised-bed solutions have become available. One of the latest, the M Brace, is also among the easiest. No tools required. The M Brace, which is made of recycled steel, can create a small space bed or hold boards as long as 12 feet per

Chelsea Flower Show 2010: a rose by any other name...
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We're praying for more sunshine and we're praying for more warmth," says Simon White, from Peter Beales Roses. "Things are a bit behind." He's talking about the 1,500 rose plants for this year's stand, which are currently being cosseted in polytunnels

How to harden off tender plants
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The third week of May is generally considered to be safe enough for tender plants to go outside because the risk of frost has usually passed. However, this is a late season so if you plan to pot up frost-tender plants such as pelargoniums, impatiens and

RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Chelsea Flower Show preview
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Planning to visit the RHS Chelsea Flower Show this year? Watch our video for an exclusive preview into this year's fantastic show gardens. We asked Homes & Gardens' Houses & Gardens Editor Arabella St John Parker to chat to us about the 5 show

Beekeeping diary: even domesticated bees are wild
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When a bee stings, or a colony tries to raise a new queen, or the whole crowd of them fly off to live somewhere else, then you're reminded of the particular relationship between beekeeper and bees. These are not your animals. You're not keeping livestock

Chelsea Flower Show: optimistic gardeners
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This is The One, the much-delayed barbecue summer, allegedly, and if you believe that you may want to make a few judicious show purchases. The clever Glyndebourne folding picnic table incorporates seats that have survived the weight of four rugby players