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Alyssum annuals April Arabis Aubrietia autumn banded beautiful bloom blue Lobelia Blue Pansy bulbs Calceolaria Centaurea Centaurea Ragusina centre Cerastium tomentosum Chrysanthemum Sensation Coleus colour contrast Crimson King Crocus cuttings Dactylis glomerata double dwarf early easily edged with blue effective evergreen Fcap feet feet-June and July flore-pleno flower-garden flowering plants foliage foot-April frost garden Gazania Gazania splendens golden Pelargonium green ground ground-work group of beds grow hardy heat Hedera Iresine Herbstii Japonica June King Verbena Lastræa leaf-mould leaves light lilac loam Lobelia Lobelia speciosa manure mixed borders Narcissus orange panel pendula Perilla pink pots propagation Purple King purple Pansy recommended red Daisy require Rhododendrons rich soil rock-work roots rose rosy rows scarlet Pelargonium season shade shrubs Silene pendula silver variegated sowing sown spring spring-flowering Stock summer surface Tulip variegated Pelargonium variety Verbena Viola cornuta Viola lutea violet winter yellow Pansy Yucca aloifolia
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