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• How to avoid living in a forest of Sycamore

  17 MayRachel the Gardener1 Comment

  Hasn't it been a good year for Acer seedlings? All of my gardens are suffering a plague of the dratted things! Whether it's the more common Sycamore (Acer…

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• Going into the dark

  11 NovGood Earth Gardens1 Comment

  I love this time of year. Occasional frosts set the morning sparkling with light. There are still leaves hanging on to the trees and the ones that remain are…

  Acer campestreAcer saccharumAster novi-belgiiClematis tanguticaCrocosmia aureaCrocosmia ‘Lucifer’Erigeron karvinskianusEuphorbia griffithii ‘Fireglow’Euphorbia polychroma
• Should I use fresh Sycamore tree chippings as mulch on the garden?

  08 OctWinifred Field4 Comments

  We are having a large sycamore tree lopped, and I'm wondering if I should retain some of the chipped branches for mulching the garden? Will they rob the soil…

  Acer pseudoplatanus
• What is the best way to propagate trees?

  16 Jul 2016Rachel the Gardener6 Comments

  Answer: a shingle path. You would think that a shingle path would be a barren desert, as far as seedlings are concerned, wouldn't you? However, nothing is…

  Acer campestreBetulaFraxinusTilia
• Japanese maples

  13 Apr 2016alexisf487 Comments

  Hello, I'm new to the site and am interested in Acers. Does anyone have one of these hideous trees they desperately want removing from their garden? I will…

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• Primadonna, supporting role or chorus line?

  02 Sep 2015Good Earth Gardens8 Comments

  Imagine your garden is an opera......which plants ooze charisma, and are happy to be the central character? Which plants work well to support them? Which…

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• In limbo

  27 Mar 2015Helene U Taylor5 Comments

  I finished my plant list last month, finally! It has taken a year adding all the plants and bulbs in my garden to the ‘Plants in My Garden’ list and the total…

  Acer palmatum ‘Garnet’
• 6 of the best trees for attractive bark

  23 Mar 2015The GPS Team1 Comment

  Tree barks are sometimes overlooked in planning a garden. Yet they can be one of the most attractive, permanent features, giving year round interest and…

  Acer capillipesAcer × conspicuum 'Phoenix'Acer griseumArbutus × andrachnoidesBetula ermanii ‘Grayswood Hill’Betula szechuanica
• Last call for leaf reapers

  27 Nov 2014John Walker5 Comments

  Making leaf mould is a long-term investment – but it’s one that pays rich dividends, and your returns are guaranteed. ‘Chack-chack-chack’: my scolding from a…

  Acer pseudoplatanusFagusJuglansQuercusSalix
• Have you been to the Garden Museum?

  10 Jun 2014Jeremy Wright3 Comments

  When I was in London last week I stumbled, quite by chance, on the Garden Museum. The Museum is in St Mary-at-Lambeth next to Lambeth Palace on the South bank…

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