The Best Place to Go for Your Vegetable Seeds

The Which? magazine recently carried out a survey of vegetable seed suppliers.  Dobies came top by a significant margin.

It seeds were not only good value for money in terms of quantity supplied, but they also had excellent germination rates.  Something like 84% of seeds produced healthy plants.

Furthermore, this retailer offers nearly fifty vegetables that have made it onto the Which Best Buy varieties.

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NEW PLANT

Most new plants are not worth our time and effort growing, but every once in a while, something comes along a bit special: Escallonia 'Golden Carpet' is certainly one such

It give you bright yellow/golden foliage all summer on a pleasant compact little bush about 40cm wide x 60cm high.

A bonus is small red flowers from June to August.  Whilst these are small, they contrast pleasantly wit the bright foliage.

It will do well in part shade or full sun.  In full sun, it will not scorch as do many yellow leaved plants.

It is available from Hardy's Cottage Garden Plants.

Encourage wildlife to your garden

Increasing the biodiversity of your plot doesn't have to be hard, or compromise the way your garden looks.

Here are a few small changes you could make to the way you manage your garden that can bring major benefits for the creatures that call it home.

Choosing the right flowers

Flowers provide pollen and nectar for bees, butterflies and other insects that perform the vital task of fertilisation – seed and fruit production would drop dramatically without them.  Avoid too many highly bred cultivars with big and blowsy or double flowers, most of which contain little or no pollen or nectar.

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