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Don't miss Matthew Appleby's Garden News: homesandproperty.co.uk/ outdoors THE CHELSEA GARDENER, SW3 Plant lovers and instant gardeners of SW3 congregate on this restful half-acre, just off King's Road. Here are fabulous statement plants, such as a half- standard scarlet bottlebrush for Pounds 85, a tall mophead photinia for Pounds 155 and what has to be London's oldest potted olive tree, for a whopping Pounds 2,750.
However, there are also baby sweet peas ready for planting, little lavender standards for Pounds 10.90 and pieris dripping with flowers for a bargain Pounds 12.50. Much of the summer bedding is grown at its own Colchester nurseries, and the conservatory houses some of the most exquisite orchids and citrus trees in town. Check out the indispensable Cape Code weeder from TCG's exclusive range of hand-forged steel tools.See the full content of this document
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