28/09/2014
The gardening phone-in with Colin Evans on 0345 900 1041 (local rate) and great guests.
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Colin Evans gardening tips
BRUGMANSIA聽or "Angels Trumpet" is a striking exotic plant which looks more like a shrub with its woody stems than a border perennial and so can be used as a separate architectural plant either in a pot or the open ground. Pots are favoured, though, because this plant will grow better if protected from hard winter frosts by being moved to sheltered areas once winter sets in.
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Brugmansia has large shaped trumpet like blooms in many colours which are glorious throughout the summer months. There are many varieties from small to large flowered types some reaching 30cm (12 inches) long with some plants growing to a height of 1.2m (4ft).
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Plant Autumn bulbs like Colchicum which are part of the Crocus family which will flower within weeks of planting and will provide colour well into late Autumn, better still buy bulbs in pots in flower at the garden centre and plant straight into the open ground.
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Remove Blanket and Duckweed from ponds with a garden rake or a wooden stick with a large nail in the end. Place the weed at the edge of the pond overnight which allows the beneficial water creatures to make their way back into the pond. Old weed will make good compost.
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Indoor Cyclamen corms can be bought back to life now for winter flowering indoors. Scrape off some of the old compost and replace with new and then water and add liquid feed. Placed in a light position new growth will be made and flower buds will soon appear.
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