How many unidentified flowers grow in an English Country Garden?
shelleyuk
9 years ago
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Help. We have an enormous garden which is mainly woodland but the few beds we have are completely overgrown. I need to tackle it but don't really know what I'm doing. Can anyone identify these plants for me and tell me what I should be doing to them at the moment? We are in England so the start of spring.
Number 1. This is straggly but spreads out a lot. It has pink flowers in the summer.
Number 1. This is straggly but spreads out a lot. It has pink flowers in the summer.
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9 years agonumber 3. This gets very dry in the autumn but tends to keep most of its leaves. It has masses of little yellow flowers
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