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More haste, less seed

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Growing plants from seed requires a certain amount of work, but can be extremely satisfying. It is worth experimenting with a wide range of seeds, mixing reliable plants such as violas, poppies and stocks with some more unusual and unpredictable ones, such as Oenothera caespitosa, a low-growing white evening primrose. Penstemons, which have become very fashionable, do not come true from seed, but it is possible to purchase seed mixtures of penstemons which form bushy plants, around 10-in tall.

Product information, Nursery and Floriculture Production, Seeds, Seed industry, Sowing

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A dance to the music of thyme

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Mediterranean herbs such as rosemary and thyme like hot, dry conditions, while mint grows best in cool, damp parts of the garden. Many gardeners grow the spearmint, Mentha spicata, but it is also worth considering other types of mint, such as apple mint, Mentha suaveolens. Thyme likes as much heat as possible, as heat intensifies the essential oils that give it its flavour. It is worth considering sowing parsley in summer, rather than spring, as this seems to produce a longer supply of leaves.

Spices, Spice and Extract Manufacturing, Natural resources, Gardening, Spice industry

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How I got into the lupin loop: a tall tale

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It would be good to have a pure blue lupin, according to nurseryman Sarah Conibear, who grows lupins in Devon, England. She states that she has been greatly influenced by Johnny Walker, an experienced grower.

Executive changes & profiles, Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, Cash grains, not elsewhere classified, Dry Pea and Bean Farming, Lupins, Agricultural industry, Officials and employees, Interview, Horticulturists, England, Horticultural industry, Lupines, Conibear, Sarah

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