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	BBC Homepage Lifestyle Gardening Part One Part Two
Introduction Hot spot design Building terraces Hot spot plants Top ten plants Terrace planting Soil care Herbs Overwintering Topic quizzes Virtual Garden Go further Credits Programme information Help with plugins Gardening newsletter
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Terrace planting tips Now you know the plants, you can afford to be as theatrical as you like with them. This planting plan offers a good mix of colour, height and texture across each of the four terraces. Top terrace Phormium Cardoon Globe thistle The next terrace down Osteospermum The next terrace down Phormiums Astelias The bottom terrace Daisies (yellow bidens, blue felicia) This design will fill the garden with colour throughout the summer and has a good mix of spectacular focal plants to provide year-round interest. Introduction Hot spot design Building terraces Hot spot plants Top ten plants Terrace planting Soil care Herbs Overwintering Watch clips from programme six: Preparing the soil Plants with sword like leaves Silver leaved plants Succulents Planting herbs Go interactive with Alan! You can explore this site with enhanced functionality by running our Flash version. Requires Flash 6 Create a virtual garden Techniques in the garden Plant profiles Design projects Plant database

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