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Plant picks of the week

Our Head of Horticulture picks the must see plants from the Garden this week.

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Platycarya strobilacea

1. Platycarya strobilacea

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Geranium ‘Brookside’

2. Geranium 'Brookside'

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Impatiens tinctoria ssp. elegantissima

3. Impatiens tinctoria ssp. elegantissima

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Aloe polyphylla

4. Aloe polyphylla

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Austroderia fulvida

5. Austroderia fulvida

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Cotinus coggygria x C. obovatus ‘Flame’

6. Cotinus coggygria x C. obovatus 'Flame'

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Cephalaria gigantea

7. Cephalaria gigantea

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Dactylorhiza fuchsii

8. Dactylorhiza fuchsii

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Paliurus spina-christi

9. Paliurus spina-christi

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Calamagrostis epigejos

10. Calamagrostis epigejos

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