The best bloomin' boozers in town

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The Clock House public house at 196 Peckham Rye, East Dulwich, London, England, has flowers all over the building and yard. There are hanging baskets, window-boxes, a haycart and half-barrels full of plants. Publican Peter Key grows white daisies, petunias, geraniums in Gro-bag compost. He feels it is good for business. The Hillgate pub in Hillgate Street, Notting Hill Gate, has 70 tubs, hanging baskets and window-boxes. Publican Mr Key has 70 busy lizzies in each of two hanging balls. He grows spiaea, ivy, argyranthemums, aucuba and begonias, using chempak to fertilise them.

Hotels and motels, Natural history, Flowers

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Rich pickings from careful plotting

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It is possible to grow fruit trees successful in a small plot, as long as trees grafted on to dwarfing rootstocks are selected. However, these trees only really flourish in ideal conditions, and cannot withstand competition from other plants, such as large hedges. In a small plot, it is best to grow fruit trees in a cordon, or fan. Stepover apples, which are less than 1ft high, can be trained to produce a low, productive hedge.

Fruit trees

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Every gardener's nightmare

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Some of the most difficult to eradicate garden pests can be dealt with by using suitable predators. Biological control of this kind is becoming increasingly important commercially as public opinion turns against chemical pesticides, and can also be effective in a small garden. Whitefly, for example, can be eliminated using a very small wasp called encarsia, while the phytoseiulus mite feeds on the red spider mite.

Pests, Biological control

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