Six plants you can put in a vase for winter (without water)

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Marooned inside during the bad weather? Why not bring some of the garden indoors? Here are six plants you can take from your garden and pop in a vase to decorate your home in winter without needing to look after them. And they're probably not the ones you think...

Six plants I'm leaving alone for now - November in the Garden

Calendula Green Fingered BlogIf you want a low maintenance garden, here are some plants you don't need to look after for now, just let them do their thing over winter.

Give yourself a garden surprise - with Spring bulbs


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Now is the time to choose some spring bulbs to add splashes of colour to your garden from next March. Plant them now, forget all about them, and they will appear from nowhere in a few months to surprise and delight you when you are not expecting it.