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  • The English Garden

    The Reviewer

    Nov 06, 2019 2 minutes
    WORDS VIVIENNE HAMBLY

    Wild about Weeds

    by Jack Wallington Laurence King, £19.99

    hen is a weed not a weed? That is the perennial question. Foxgloves, snapdragons, forget-me-nots and primroses all have decorative function but given half a chance will quickly consume more than their allotted space. Others, like Japanese knotweed, began as ornamental plants but

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