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Saturday, March 21, 2020

Gardening tips: plant wallflowers for a vivid display

Then invest in a collapsible cloche to keep pests off your veg and add compost to raised beds and pots

Plant this Erysimum ‘Bowles’s Mauve’ is a pretty purple wallflower that you can plant for a spring display, and enjoy the blooms until midsummer. It needs full sun: take cuttings from sideshoots in summer as this is a shortlived perennial. Height and spread: 75cm x 60cm.

Buy this If pigeons and other pests obliterated your vegetables last year, coordinate the fightback now: the brolly cloche opens like an umbrella and pegs into place to keep your kale hole-free: £24.99 from the Organic Gardening Catalogue.

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