One of the western world’s most popular annuals is the petunia: indeed it may well be the most widely grown of all bedding plants. The American writer Alice Walker even has a poem about them. The reasons for its appeal are not hard to find: it is a prolific bloomer, producing masses of wide, … Continue reading
There have been two past articles in these columns about cultivating fruit trees in your Thai garden. Sadly, many fruit worthy of mention did not get a look in. The problem is that most of those succulent objects that adorn fresh market stalls, come from large rainforest trees that are not suitable for the … Continue reading
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