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Feel watched every time you sit outside? 🌿 It's usually the windows above the fence line, not the fence. Plant up in three layers instead: slim evergreens like 'Emerald' arborvitae, 'Spartan' juniper or 'Nellie Stevens' holly to rise above it, a beech, hornbeam or yew hedge (or star jasmine and crossvine on a trellis) along it, and clumping bamboo, feather reed grass or an olive in big planters around your seat. Autumn to late winter is the time to plant bare-root hedging. Star jasmine and olives prefer milder winters, and only ever plant clumping bamboo, never the running kind. Save this for planting season, and ask Flora in PlantSnap which ones suit your garden. #privacygarden #smallgarden #gardendesign #hedges #gardentok #plantsnap

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A pot of bulbs usually gives you one short show. Layer it and the same pot keeps flowering from early spring into May. 🌷 Tulips or alliums go deepest, daffodils and hyacinths a few inches above them, and crocus, snowdrops, dwarf iris or grape hyacinths near the top. Don't worry about lining them up: the lower shoots find their way past. Plant before the ground freezes. Where winters stay mild (around US zones 7-8 and most of the UK) the pot can stay outside; in colder areas keep it in an attached garage or wrapped up so the soil doesn't freeze solid. Save this for bulb-planting day, and ask Flora in PlantSnap which bulbs suit your climate. #bulblasagne #springbulbs #containergardening #tulips #gardentok #plantsnap

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Dreaming of a vase of your own flowers from spring to autumn? 💐 The trick is the same as a garden that never stops blooming: choose flowers that take turns. Bulbs carry April and May, peonies, roses and sweet peas take June, and zinnias, cosmos and dahlias keep going until frost. Tulips, daffodils and alliums go in the ground this autumn, so the first bunches are already on their way. Months shift with your climate. Save this as your cutting garden plan, and ask Flora in PlantSnap which flowers suit your garden. #cutflowergarden #cuttinggarden #flowergarden #gardenplanning #gardeningtips #gardentok #plantsnap