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As bright as an Azalea

Few flowers are so brilliant as greenhouse or floristā€™s Azaleas. Coming in a profusion of varieties these are especially welcome bursts of colour throughout late winter. Such vivid blooms come in whites through velvety pinks to extreme reds on neat compact, usually, evergreen plants. Of course just as with their outdoor cousins our indoor Azaleas […]

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Sowing indoors to beat the weather.

From early February onwards, itā€™s time to sprout (or ā€˜chitā€™) new potatoes. Put them in a tray or egg box with the ā€˜roseā€™ end, upwards (where all the buds or ā€˜eyeā€™sā€™ are clustered), at about 7C (45F). After four to five weeks the shoots should be about 5cm (2ā€) long and they will be ready […]