How to grow: Phormium 'Back in Black'

 16.02.2009 08:09   telegraph.co.uk

Val Bourne loves black foliage for dramatic winter containers

Great Britain Gardening

Winners and losers of the big freeze

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Planting spring flowers: hyacinths narcissi tulips pansies and ivy

Pots of spring colour...

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Snow and frost kill off early blooming flowers

Snow and frost have killed off many of the country's earliest blooming flowers and plants....

Exposed National Trust garden devastated by snow

The National Trust's highest and most exposed garden which perches more than 800ft over Dartmoor has...

Garden Diary

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Small spaces big ideas

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Snow busting flowers

The snow might seem alarming but many plants will take it in their stride reports Val Bourne...

Helping birds to nest on Valentine's Day

Building a nest box can provide a lifeline for ailing species writes Daniel Butler....