Laurus nobilis
bay laurel (½ standard stem)
With its lustrous, dark green leaves, this evergreen bay laurel standard makes an elegant centrepiece for a formal...
Highly aromatic sweet bay for culinary use, or for tight topiary - to recreate the Roman villa look in warm courtyards. Or leave it form a natural pyramid and just enjoy the spring flowers -like the bees
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Formal
A popular style during the Renaissance period, formal gardens were considered to represent mans domination and control over nature. They had a geometric layout with lots of straight lines and were often symmetrical. These days they tend to be a little les
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Deadheading will prevent them setting seed and so use their energy producing a further flush of blooms later on. Plants that respond well to deadheading include annuals such as Ageratum, Alyssum, Antirrhinum, Calendula, Centaurea, Cosmos, Dahlia, foxglove
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Many gardeners who are happy, even gung-ho, with the secateurs when pruning shrubs and climbers are surprisingly reluctant to take the shears to herbaceous perennials. Maybe this is because it just doesn't seem quite right to be cutting back all that new
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