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The Garden
March 2007
Volume 132; Part 3

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COVER
Narcissus ‘Carlton’ glows in spring sunshine as the dim light of winter recedes (pp170-175)
Image: Mark Bolton

News 143
Letters 149
Garden talk
Ursula Buchan on being ruthless in the garden; Chris Harrop tackles the issue of sustainable hard landscaping; and Anne Gatti chides ill-run nurseries
150
Keeping up with the Wynn-Joneses
The owners of Crûg Farm Plants in their quest for an elusive Maianthemum
ANDREA JONES
152
Where the sea comes calling twice a day
A well-executed garden by the Solent
STEPHEN LACEY
158
Blanc canvases
Patrick Blanc: adding live greenery to French building façades
SIMON GARBUTT
162
Onions in the round
Different types to grow for the table
SUE STICKLAND
164
Plants with personality
Why you should go on a March pilgrimage to see magnolias
ROY LANCASTER
168
Cover story: Narcissi for naturalising (just the main plate)
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The nuts and bolts of planting daffodils en masse
NIGEL COLBORN
170
Cover story: Roses: myths and facts
Putting paid to some seemingly incontrovertible rose advice
CHARLES QUEST-RITSON
176
Aphid amnesty
The second in a six-part series of gardening with nature dispels myths about aphids
VAL BOURNE
180
Garden design
In a new series, a designed London garden is analysed
CHRIS YOUNG
182
For dawn and dusk
Containers inspired by the break of day and the fading tones of twilight
PHIL CLAYTON
188
Living on the edge
Making the most of border and bed edges with suitable plant selections
GRAHAM STRONG
190
Questions to...Stephen Bennett
The RHS Shows Director replies to members’ questions
194
RHS Advice 196
Gardens to visit
A selection of gardens around Britain to see this month (download as a pdf 669KB)
Every other issue also comes with a pull-out booklet Diary of Events
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202
Book reviews 209
Parting shot
An extraordinary proboscis
VANESSA BERRIDGE
210

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