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In our bumper plant-themed issue, Jinny Blom shares her 50 must-have plants, Dan Pearson selects his favourite plants for February and Tony Kirkham recommends late winter-flowering shrubs. Plus the future of Sissinghurst, Nigel Dunnett’s Barbican planting 10 years on, and how to do island beds well.
- Jinny Blom shares the plants she can’t live without
- Dan Pearson recommends his favourite plants for February
- Tony Kirkham picks beautiful early-flowering shrubs
- Nigel Dunnett reflects on his planting scheme at the Barbican 10 years on
- Troy Scott Smith considers the future of Sissinghurst
- A beautiful woodland garden in Sardinia that bucks the trend of drought-tolerant planting
- Charlotte Harris explains how to do island beds well
- All you need to know about heucheras, heucherallas and tiarellas, perfect for year-round colour
- Nigel Slater on fantasising about his dream garden in the grey days of February
- How growing your own fruit and veg is good for your health
- Why we should consider plants as people too?
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A year of plants is a beautiful, comprehensive guide to the best flowers, shrubs, trees, bulbs and foliage plants for colour and interest in every season. This new edition for 2024 contains more than 240 plants, divided into the key growing seasons of spring, early summer, late summer, autumn and winter.
Chosen by expert head gardeners and leading plantspeople, this special edition is a treasure trove of amazing plant picks to inspire you, whatever the size, style or soil of your garden.
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