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Alstroemeria, The Peruvian Lily

Of the many greenhouse and conservatory plants few tick all boxes. That eternal quest for all-the-year-round interest in foliage, compact, neat with long lasting flowers good for cutting, lots of colour, scented in whole or part, possibly also edible, and of course, easy. Few indeed, however the Peruvian Lily does, moreover in myriad varieties only […]

What’s so great about stinging nettles

For some strange reason we have been programmed to loathe stinging nettles, but these plants play a vital role in nature, says Jean Vernon. If your earliest memories of nettles is falling into the nettle patch or being chased around the playground by nettle wielding classmates, you won’t have a good relationship with these incredible […]