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With gardening advice from 11am with Colin Evans on 0345 900 1041 (local rate).

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Sun 1 Jun 2014 10:00

Colin Evans gardening tips

If you want an easy to grow fruit in your garden then give BLACKBERRY "Loch Marie" a try as this is an impressive fairly new variety from the Loch range of berried canes. This fantastic variety is not only an early cropper with an excellent flavour, but is also the first to have unique double pink flowers on its thornless stems. Grown in the open ground this modern Blackberry will do well provided the soil is freely draining. For those of you with smaller gardens or balconies "Loch Marie" will grow well in terra cotta pots if well fed with Rose or tomato feed and will provide sweet and juicy fruit over an extended period.

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Plant out Canna's and Dahlia's into well dug soil and well fertilised and make sure plants are firmed in. Canna's being Lily bulbs will need to be planted at least twice their depth or if you want plants then the garden centres will now have these in stock. As for the Dahlia's, they can either be purchased as growing plants or the tubers can planted just below the soil surface.

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Divide Bamboo's by getting a sharp knife or a spade and cutting the root clump through the middle. New plants can be propagated in this way and all you do is plant the section removed into either a pot or back into the open ground.

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Deadhead spent Tulips and Daffodils but do not remove the foliage yet as this will be supply the nutrient for next years flowers. Feed the base of the bulbs with Sulphate Of Potash or Pelleted Chicken Manure.

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Happy Gardening

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  • Sun 1 Jun 2014 10:00