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Perennials

5 articles across 2 sections: Ideas, Guides.

Garden with herbs at the door, mulched beds beyond, a fruit tree with underplanting and a water butt
IdeasStep-by-step guide6 min read

Permaculture Garden

A permaculture garden without the ideology. Zones, stacking and catching water are genuinely useful; some of the rest is untested. What to take and what to leave.

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Border of bearded irises in flower with rhizomes visible on free draining gravelly soil
GuidesStep-by-step guide4 min read

How to Grow Irises

How to grow irises: bearded irises want their rhizomes baking on the surface, not buried. Which type suits your soil, when to divide, and why yours stopped flowering.

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Established rhubarb plant with thick red stems and large leaves, pulled stems on the soil
GuidesStep-by-step guide6 min read

How to Grow Rhubarb

How to grow rhubarb from a crown: where to plant it, why you pick nothing in year one, how to force it for early stems, and when to divide the crown.

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Packed flower border of geranium, salvia and catmint beside a grass path
GuidesStep-by-step guide7 min read

Flower Gardening

Flower gardening made simple: pick plants that suit your light, plant them closer than feels right, and get colour from spring to frost. With costs.

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Deep border of hardy geranium, grasses, sedum and lavender with no bare soil showing
IdeasIdeas6 min read

Low-Maintenance Garden Ideas

How to cut garden work by two-thirds without paving it over, the design decisions, planting choices and three jobs that actually save you time.

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