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Chillies

An essential guide to growing these colourful fruits in your garden or in pots on windowsills

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Mint

Fresh leaves, a sweet scent and cool aftertaste make mint an attractive staple of the herb garden

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Crocus gallery

Crocuses

Crocuses have long been associated with love. Legend has it that the Greek God Zeus and Goddess Hera loved each other so passionately that the land where they lived burst open with the flowers

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Cranberries

Often seen as a North American fruit, these distinctive red, health-promoting berries can also be grown in British gardens for harvesting in autumn

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Tomatoes

From rich and sweet to tangy and smoky, colourful tomatoes come in a wealth of varieties

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Water lilies

Immortalised by Monet in his exquisite paintings, idolised by the ancient Greeks and buried with Egyptian kings, water lilies have long been admired.

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narcissi

Narcissi

Delicate, miniature early-flowering narcissi, including the sweetly fragrant Paper Whites, are native to the Mediterranean and will bloom beautifully inside over Christmas, New Year and beyond, bringing the fresh promise of spring

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Hydrangeas

From rich blue blooms to elegant white lacecaps and bunched purple-russet mop-heads, hydrangeas are statuesque beauties that change colour as they fade, thriving in gardens and drying well for displays in the home

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