Article: In the Garden - Winds of change bring roads of summer flowers.(Features)

SUMMER is when most people head for the seaside and a drive from Newcastle to Kilkeel will prove that there is no shortage of plants capable of growing around our coast. The plants that are successful often have to contend with poor, sandy, free draining soil or hard clay that cracks in summer. The strong coastal winds leave salt deposits on plant foliage for as far inland as five miles. The gardeners do have the advantage of few, if any, frosts thus allowing tender plants to be grown outside. Where the garden is totally exposed then the first operation is ...

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