Winter plants

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  Ground cover: the best plants for ground cover

  Gardens Illustrated - Daisy Bowie-Sell

  Mention the words "ground cover planting" in some circles and a flicker book of dull, static planting vignettes starts to roll out, shaped by demands …

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  The best firewood for wood burning stoves, plus stacking, storing and fire-building tips

  Gardens Illustrated - Sorrel Everton

  The glow of a fire pit or wood burner is a welcome sight during the winter months. The flickering flames, the cracking and popping of burning bark …

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  What is mulching and how to mulch

  Gardens Illustrated - Joshua Sparkes

  Mulching should be on every gardener’s mind. An integral and fundamental part of gardening, mulching keeps plants looking beautiful and productive …

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  Ferns: How to propagate ferns

  Gardens Illustrated - Daisy Bowie-Sell

  Few perennials have such a distinctive and instantly recognisable form as ferns, despite their huge variation in appearance and size. The unique …

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  Hebe: how to grow, when to prune and which to plant

  Gardens Illustrated - Daisy Bowie-Sell

  Hebes are a genus of about 90 species of evergreen, long-flowering shrubs, some with coloured foliage that tend to form dense hummocks. Hebes were …

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  Top roses to grow for rosehips

  Gardens Illustrated - Daisy Bowie-Sell

  Most people grow roses for their flowers, but few spare a thought for the shiny, plump hips. All roses produce rosehips, but we don’t see them as …