Sunday Magazine – August 25, 2019

S MAGAZINE ★ 25 AUGUST 2019 51

Reader of fers

A host of daffodils

Daffodil “Replete” is a beautiful

sight in the garden, producing

wonderful, peony-shaped double

flowers throughout March and

April. You can buy 15 daffodil

“Replete” bulbs for £9.99 or

order 60 for only £19.98.

All prices include p&p. Order

online at shop.express.co.uk/

EXP503, call 0871 664 1469

or send a cheque, made payable

to Express Newspapers, to

Express Offer EXP503, 14

Hadfield Street, Old Trafford,

Manchester M16 9FG. Delivery

is within 28 days. Top-quality

bulbs are supplied, which

grow to a mature height of

45cm (17½in).

In from the cold

Extend the growing season and

keep your plants protected from

harsh weather conditions with

this wooden cold frame from

Garden Grow. The transparent

roof allows sunlight to

penetrate without the risk of

heat escaping and the hinged

lid allows easy access to tend

to your plants. To order for

£39.99, plus £6.95 UK

mainland p&p, call 0871 664

2451 and quote 95028. Calls

cost 12p per minute plus your

network access charge.*

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ETIES FOR OTHERS OF EQUAL OR GREATER VALUE

GARDENING

summer ones and rarely do well in

cold or windy areas since plants

are raised up in the wind. Choose

rugged plants such as winter-

flowering heathers or make

a foliage display using small

semi-trailing evergreens such

as ajuga, lamium and ivies –

sempervivums look good. Hanging

baskets filled with winter and

spring bedding do best under

the cover of a porch or clear-

roofed car port.

Choose an open-sided basket,

such as a traditional wire-framed

or modern twig design. Use a liner

that does not absorb moisture,

such as a ready-made circle of

coir, or simply cut two layers from

an old polypropylene onion net or

woven plastic windbreak fabric.

Half-fill the basket with

multipurpose compost, arrange

the plants after removing them

from their pots, stand them in

position and fill the gaps between

the rootballs with more compost,

tucking it well round them

for protection. Hang up in

a sheltered spot.

Plants to watch

Michaelmas daisies

These get their name because

Michaelmas Day (September 29)

falls right in the middle of their

flowering season. They provide

colour in borders and attract bees

and butterflies. Michaelmas

daisies can be tall and ungainly,

so need supporting, and they

are martyrs to mildew so they

also need spraying. But don’t

let that put you off all perennial

asters. Some look just like

Michaelmas daisies and are

equally free flowering but far

more compact, self-supporting

and mildew tolerant.

to brighten winter days

gold

Wallflowers

Flowering

crocuses

Wallflowers

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