{"id":98369,"date":"2018-09-22T17:00:20","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T10:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-tips-how-to-plant-agapanthus\/"},"modified":"2018-09-22T17:04:58","modified_gmt":"2018-09-22T10:04:58","slug":"gardening-tips-how-to-plant-agapanthus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-tips-how-to-plant-agapanthus\/","title":{"rendered":"Gardening tips: how to plant agapanthus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nPlus why you should visit the gardens at Down House and check that your water butt is workingPlant this The heatwave was perfect for agapanthus, which love a well-drained, sunny spot and flower until the first frosts. Some can suffer in winter, so protect with a deep mulch post-flowering. Violet-blue \u2018Northern Star\u2019 is deciduous, but hardier than most; semi-evergreen \u2018White Heaven\u2019 produces large flower heads.Visit this The gardens at Down House, near Sevenoaks in Kent, were Charles Darwin\u2019s outdoor laboratory. Visitors can stroll through the greenhouses where he conducted experiments and take a turn on the \u201cthinking path\u201d walk around the estate. Open daily; details at english-heritage.org.uk\/darwin. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/lifeandstyle\/2018\/sep\/22\/gardening-tips-how-to-plant-agapanthus\" target=\"_blank\">Gardening tips: how to plant agapanthus<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Plus why you should visit the gardens at Down House and check that your water&#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-98369","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-pAB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":102592,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/gardening-tips-mulch-your-border-flowers\/","url_meta":{"origin":98369,"position":0},"title":"Gardening tips: mulch your border flowers","date":"December 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Then plant Corsican hellebore for evergreen foliage, and volunteer to help map an orchardPlant this I\u2019m a sucker for a green flower in winter, so Corsican hellebore (Helleborus argutifolius) is high on my list of favourites. 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