{"id":109414,"date":"2019-07-27T17:00:47","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-tips-plant-verbascums-in-a-sunny-border\/"},"modified":"2019-07-27T17:05:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T10:05:54","slug":"gardening-tips-plant-verbascums-in-a-sunny-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-tips-plant-verbascums-in-a-sunny-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardening tips: plant verbascums in a sunny border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nThen find an independent plant nursery, and try wick watering houseplants while you\u2019re awayPlant this Verbascums are underrated. They\u2019re drought-tolerant, with spires of flowers above a rosette of felted leaves. My favourites are V phoeniceum \u2018Violetta\u2019, with dark purple blooms, and \u2018Clementine\u2019, which is apricot with purple centres. Try planting in a sunny wildlife border.Click this If you are sick of giving your money to the big chains, find an independent plant nursery near you through the Independent Plant Nurseries Guide. The independentplantnurseriesguide.uk, set up by Hill House Nursery in Devon, offers a county-by-county guide to your local growers.  Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2019\/jul\/27\/gardening-tips-plant-verbascums-sunny-border\" target=\"_blank\">Gardening tips: plant verbascums in a sunny border<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Then find an independent plant nursery, and try wick watering houseplants while you\u2019re awayPlant this&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-ssK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":110777,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-tips-plant-a-bee-balm\/","url_meta":{"origin":109414,"position":0},"title":"Gardening tips: plant a bee balm","date":"September 14, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Then kill off the tiny black flies around houseplants, and visit Special Plants nursery near BathPlant this If you have moist soil, bee balm (Monarda didyma) is great. 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