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Beat the hosepipe ban!
Since last autumn we have had little or no rain. Apart from the occasional downpour that does little to revitalise the soil we’ve all been relying on regular watering in the garden since early Spring. And from today April 5th we’re getting a hosepipe ban in the South East of England. All the evidence from [...]
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New Pinterest Pinboards
We have just opened a new Pinterest account with images of gardening things we love. Please take a browse through our pin boards such as Gardens Designed in the City, or Flower baskets. We hope you will use Pinterest too! For example are you thinking about overhauling your garden? Why not create a gardening moodboard! [...]
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Hedging Plants for Wet Soils
There are very few hedging species that can cope with standing water and unfortunately, no evergreens can cope with a really waterlogged situation. Normally we give our top five recommendations but in this case, we’re limiting ourselves to the best two which are: Alder (Alnus glutinosa) – a very attractive leaf and male and female [...]
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March Plant of the Month
Choisya ternata AGM or Mexican Orange Blossom is our plant of the month for March. It is an evergreen shrub which hails from Mexico and prefers the warmest position in the garden. See all Choisya listed in Shoot. Add Choisya ternata to your Plants I want list Read more about the plant of the month [...]
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Altons Plant Information
Altons Garden Centre is now making great use of Shoot’s plant finder in their own website. As part of the Tillington Buying Group of Garden Centres Altons has licenced the use of our plant data using the group magazine brand ‘Beautiful Gardens’. Along with Altons, Squires Garden Centres and Frosts Garden Centres also have licenced [...]
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Garden Planner Improvements
Hi all, we are soon going to be adding around 60 new garden planner objects, including a much larger set of symbols for vegetables! Also if you have started a plan you won’t see the welcome menu any longer. Some members have asked us to remove this if they have already started a plan. We [...]
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Converted farm garden
We just added a new garden profile entitled Converted farm courtyard garden for London based garden designer Claudia de Yong. As with all designer garden profiles we give you a full plants list for the garden to review. One plant that Claudia used in this garden which caught our eye is Rhodochiton atrosanguineum (Purple bell [...]
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January Plant of Month
Sarcococca confusa is our plant of the month for January. It is an evergreen shrub which can be planted in the border or in a container. The common names for this plant are Sweet box and Christmas Box. The genus Sarcococca (Winter box) has sweetly scented pure white flowers. It flowers from December to March [...]
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Gift Memberships Available
Still looking for a great gift for a gardener you know? Don’t forget you can buy gift memberships to Shoot for just £19.99 making an ideal gift for any experienced or novice gardener! Simply add the name of the recipient and a message to create your own personalised Shoot membership gift. Terms: One-year membership to [...]
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We want to hear from you
As we are gearing up to start our own Gardening Marketplace this Spring 2012 we’d love to hear from you! What would you like to see for sale in our marketplace? Which are your favourite plants, gardening products and suppliers? Who do you most like doing your shopping with and why? Do you have any [...]
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