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Alan Titchmarsh: The plants that I simply can’t ever grow

Unless you’re lucky enough to have a garden with medium loam soil, chances are that there are plants which you’ll always struggle — but you’re not alone, says Alan Titchmarsh, whose rhododendrons invariably have to be given up for adoption.

‘The other man’s grass is always greener’, so the saying goes. That’s probably because he uses far too much nitrogenous fertiliser, whereas my lawn gets two doses of blood, bone and fishmeal each year — in April and…

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