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    My favourite plant, and why

    Aug 25, 2020 5 minutes

    We look at a few of the plants that AG readers loved to have in their gardens some 80 years ago

    From AG 6 May 1939

    Bluebells

    ALTHOUGH I make an effort to grow all types of flowers in my garden, from the majestic Japanese chrysanthemum to the little pansy, and I am able to command a certain amount of success, I should like to champion the virtues and graces of the common bluebell of English woodland and copse. Here is a flower that will grow in any part of the garden, in the shade or in the open, and in any kind of soil.

    There are probably many odd corners of barren soil in gardens where, seemingly, nothing will grow. Such spots are where the bluebell comes into its own – and without any trouble whatsoever – producing a lovely carpet of the blue flowers that appear

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