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Best plants that are hardy, have colour and come...
Best plants that are hardy, have colour and come back every year?
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May 15, 2020
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Best plants that are hardy, have colour and come back every year? Ideas please
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May 15, 2020
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Geraniums are bomb proof. They can be neglected and still bounce back. Various colours, I love them.
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May 15, 2020
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Hollyhocks, Foxglove and Lupins.
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May 15, 2020
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Lupines peonies hostas
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May 15, 2020
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parlando283
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hic77309
only if you don't suffer with slugs and snails.
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May 15, 2020
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hic77309
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I use crushed dried egg shells round the plants
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May 15, 2020
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Apparently slugs and snails don't like coffee grounds but most plants like/tolerate it
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May 15, 2020
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I’m going to try this, do I need to worry about it attracting rats?
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May 15, 2020
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Osteospermum. Lots of different colours available. They spread well and close their petals at night.
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May 15, 2020
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Penstemon Geum Delphinium Heuchera
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May 15, 2020
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Foxgloves can be dangerous to pets and children, .
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May 15, 2020
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Pieris, lavender, peonies, foxgloves, lupins, fushias, geraniums, nepeta, bowles mauve
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May 15, 2020
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Leah Harney. some ideas for us here
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May 15, 2020
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There are numerous. Look for perennial plants that are hardy and you will be fine.
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May 15, 2020
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Alstroemeria, crocosmia, azalea, hebe bushes, anything with bulbs, rhizomes really
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May 15, 2020
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Apart from Japanese Knotweed
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May 15, 2020
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Lavender , lupins , bleeding hearts , hollyhocks , gladioli clematis fushia peony trees
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May 15, 2020
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fahlband.
You know your plants?!. Are bleeding hearts indoor plants?
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May 15, 2020
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fahlband
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selmaselman77
you can buy as bulbs and plant outside they come back ever year and flower twice in spring and summer . I don’t know if you can keep inside . They are rather big
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May 15, 2020
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Ah thanks so much for the feedback! Hugs
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May 15, 2020
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sciamachy19
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My begonias been coming back for 4/5 years !
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May 15, 2020
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hic77309
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Downie do u just leave them in the ground or tubs when they have finished flowering pls
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May 15, 2020
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monarchal
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Downie also interested to know if you take them up or leave them? Mine have jst started to come up So not planted out yet.
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May 15, 2020
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I’ve never bought any but always wanted to x
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May 15, 2020
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I bought 10 tubers from Thompson and Morgan back in March, they are jst coming thro now, still indoors atm. I've always liked them but this is my first time growing them myself. Everything I've read says about taking them and and storing over winter.
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May 15, 2020
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sciamachy19
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You can buy the tuba ones I just leave them in mine just peeping through again if you accidently dig up when wedding just push back in ground
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May 15, 2020
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sciamachy19
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Some of mine was plug plants from gardening catalogue and they still keep coming back !
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May 15, 2020
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That other comment meant weeding not wedding lol!
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May 15, 2020
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Geraniums or cranesbill - the blue purple flowers in left of this pic. They come in other colours too! The thrift (white flowers) comes back well, so does dianthus (not in flower yet) if it’s in a spot it likes. I’ve got some dyer’s chamomile behind that which are pale yellow daisies and they are drought tolerant and are going really well.
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May 15, 2020
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I have an area planted only with bulbs , lupine and red hot pokers, really effective and fairly cheap and easy to create. With a wee bit reading up it’s fairly easy to have colour from March right through till the first hard frost, well worth a try if you have a corner to fill
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May 15, 2020
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Foxglove, lupin, dahlia, lily, gladioli, Daffodils, Bluebells, Sweatpea, Fushia, lavender. There's honestly loads x
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May 15, 2020
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I got osteospermum and OMG they are beautiful! Come back this year twice the size ❤️
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May 15, 2020
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diarist
do u have a pic. Are they white?
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May 15, 2020
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diarist
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I have them in white and yellow I’ll get you a pic now xx
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May 15, 2020
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They come in lots of colours the white are my favourite ❤️
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May 15, 2020
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I bought Everlasting wallflowers Bowles Mauve. they flowered for months last summer but had to buy new ones this year.
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May 15, 2020
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I’ve also got gladioli and they have spread with a vengeance and seem to be more beautiful each year xxx
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May 15, 2020
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Firstly brill question, secondly thanks for the answers
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May 15, 2020
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Love my hydrangeas. last 2 years they gave me the longest amount of colour lovely flowers, easy to take cuttings, even my cuttings flowered the first year of growing . mine are pink but im told you can buy something in garden centres to make them blue. also aquligia (? Cant spell) look after themselves xx
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May 15, 2020
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Heucheras are a big fav of mine. As it's the foliage that's the interest, they always look good. They may reduce back to the roots in a harsh winter but many will continue to grow as evergreen through mild winters
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May 15, 2020
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Bluebells, lilly of the valley, cornflower, arum lillies, peonies, carnations, fuschia
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May 15, 2020
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My honeysuckle does really well and smells lovely x
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May 15, 2020
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Primula- they are bright and can be divided to make more plants. Xx
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May 15, 2020
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Penstemons - hardy, deciduous, beautiful, colourful, lots to choose from, come back better every year, flower all summer and dont try to take over the garden - whats not to love? :)
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May 15, 2020
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Aquilegia, bluebells and ceanothus
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May 15, 2020
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addiel620
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Roses and more roses
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May 15, 2020
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i don't know how but my roses bloom 3 times a year, they are in a sun trap though.
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May 15, 2020
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I can’t get enough of them. I keep thinking I have too many, then I see another three I must have!
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May 15, 2020
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Peonies, hollyhocks and lupins
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May 15, 2020
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Pieris, cotoneaster, periwinkle
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May 15, 2020
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Fuschia x
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May 15, 2020
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Gibson we need to follow this post x
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May 15, 2020
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defo, I don’t trust myself not to kill of any my plants so need hardy ones
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May 15, 2020
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wildon
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I need to google what they all look like clueless ♀️
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May 15, 2020
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Ian English.
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May 15, 2020
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Azaleas, honeysuckle, clematis, ceanothus, bleeding heart, peony, wisteria, hebe, hostas, alpine plants, anemone,
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May 15, 2020
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Fuchsias, penstemons and roses
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May 15, 2020
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Fushas and you can take cuttings from them
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May 15, 2020
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Hardy Fuchsias, the colours are beautiful.
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May 15, 2020
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I'm trying to get every colour they are so easy and beautiful and so easy to take cuttings to give to friends.
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May 15, 2020
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Hollyhocks are easy to grow: great big stunning flowers
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May 15, 2020
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Gibson how pretty!
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May 15, 2020
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Evening primrose, Clematis , Rose's, fuchsias. I am om the hunt for a beautiful peonies.
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May 15, 2020
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Is it true foxgloves are bad for people with asthma
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May 15, 2020
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Love this post following if okey x
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May 15, 2020
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There are so many, my recommendation is visit the garden centre once a month, look in the perennials (which means comes back every year) and choose 1 or 2 plants that you like that are in flower. Then in coming years you will always have some colour throughout the year. Try and get a few that are evergreen as well so that your garden doesn't look empty in the winter.
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May 15, 2020
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Yes foxgloves are not good to have around if you have pets or children, they are very pretty, but if the sap from the stem gets on your hands they can be dangerous, x
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May 15, 2020
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Forest flame, totally gorgeous and changes colour ever season and produces a lovely hanging flower in spring
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May 15, 2020
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Hallahan goid ideas here
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May 15, 2020
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I just bought perrinials of The Secret Garden, all wer £1. 99each free delivery over £20
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May 15, 2020
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Foxglove also known as digitalis they are poisonous
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May 15, 2020
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I really like Osteospermum.
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May 15, 2020
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Thanks all glad this post is helping lots of people too
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May 15, 2020
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Phlox are great too smell amazing
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May 15, 2020
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Hardy fushcia
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May 15, 2020
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Try some bulbs or rhizomes, like agapanthas. Irises peonies or large alliums.
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May 15, 2020
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Poppy's, iris, bleeding heart, gladioli, lupins
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May 15, 2020
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Heather's, hebes azaleas hydrangea
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May 15, 2020
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I've seen alot of folk comment about holy hocks and foxgloves these are actually biennial plants so dont in theory come back each year. They self seed and flower on the following years growth then die. If you want to grow biennial plants you set seeds away each year so you have a constant crop to put in to replace your plants that have finished flowering. Other wise you will only get flowers every other year. You need to search for perenials if you want flowers each year. The best thing I've ever had is Bowles mauve flowers all year round and is evergreen (unless we have a really cold winter) Xx
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May 15, 2020
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Clary sage.
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Lillies they come back every year and usually double there selves beautiful colours and smell lovely
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