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✿ TRIM ESCALLONIA HEDGES as soon
as the flowers have finished. With
young hedges, cut flower-bearing
shoots close to the ground, to
encourage new growth from the base.
Regular trimming helps the plant
bush out and produce more blooms.✿ WHILE HOLLYHOCKS are prone to
rust, they’re worth growing, with their
mass of flower spikes in many colours.
Sow at the same time as foxgloves and
try the new Hardy’s Digitalis Firebird.
Throw seed onto spare ground, thin
seedlings and transplant in autumn.✿ LOOK FOR SIGNS OF botrytis or
mould in flowerbeds. Still, moist air
causes this, so the problem is worse in
overcrowded beds. Remove rotten
flowers and spray infected plants with
a Bayer Garden Fungus Fighter Plus, to
control and protect for up to three weeks.ThePointQuilters
HelenParish,Sutton,Surrey
Formedin 2010bymyfriend
RosemaryDavies,I waspart
of the groupwhenshe first
startedit and,in the
beginning,wegot
togetherat herhouse.
It wasa greatwayto
havefunandsupport
eachother,andthe
groupsoonattracted
otherkeenneedlewomen.
TheQuiltersnowmeetweekly.
Duringthesameyear,
ThePointCafé– attachedto
CheamBaptistChurch– was
refurbished.It becamethe
idealplaceforthegrowing
groupto meet,andThePoint
Quilterswasborn.It’sbeen
ourvenueeversince,andweMeet our club!
WORDS: HELENA CARTWRIGHT. PHOTOS: GRAHAM SPENCER/ PL ANTS FOR EUROPE, DE AGOSTINI VIA GET T Y, AL AMY
k on projects
g andsmall. Whatever
they are, we’re here to help
and support each other.
We don’t have a joining
fee, but members pay £
a week towards cards and
flowers for when members
are ill, and to subsidise our
Christmas lunch. We meetmost Tuesdays and visitors
are welcome around
10.45am, as coffee is usually
served around 11am.
Contact The Point Quilters
through the church office- churchoffice@cheambaptist.
net and see the church website
at http://www.cheambaptist.net
that will tell you more.
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