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Perfume your garden in May with Lily of the valley

Advantages: pretty fragrant flower
Disadvantages: toxic

...I am surprised that I have not already written a review about Lily of the valley. I really like this flower I have several in the garden. These flowers are special to me as they ones which I propagated from ones at my departed parents home. I have sever ...

mumsymary 25.09.2011 · Read full review
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Review of Lily Of The Valley

Beauty in the border

Advantages: A Trouble free plant
Disadvantages: none

The common name for Achillea is yarrow or milfoil. The wild variety was once known as 'nosebleed' as it's feathery foliage was used as an astringent swab to encourage clotting. Legend has it that it got the name Achillea from the Greek hero Achilles who ...

shybelle 22.11.2002 · Read full review
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Review of Achillea

ACHILLEA - great back of border perennial

Advantages: Trouble free
Disadvantages: The wind .....

Achillea in its various forms is one of my favourite perennials. Once you have one, they clump up fantastically. They are trouble free and are tolerant of most soils. They require little watering in hot summers - drought seems to be their prefere ...

cutebobble 12.03.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Achillea

This doesn't make my heart bleed, it's too lovely

Advantages: It is easy to care for and looks so pretty
Disadvantages: Nothing

...I have a lovely plant in my back garden called a Bleeding Heart, though it’s correct name is Dicentra Spectabilis but that’s far too long to say I think. I planted this lovely little perennial plant many years ago and it is still with me now after all t ...

randy_edith 07.04.2012 · Read full review
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Review of Bleeding Heart

Keeps bleeding

Advantages: Hardy, very pretty, easy to grow and propogate, flowers last a while.
Disadvantages: None for me

When we moved into our current home, in February 1999, both the front and back gardens, despite being small, had a reasonable selection of plants. That first Spring, among the many joys which were to appear in the garden there was the 'Bleeding Heart'. Th ...

grafter123 30.03.2008 · Read full review
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