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Article: Count on conifers; WEEKEND: Gardening.(Features)
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- Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
- Article date:
- September 17, 2005
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Byline: HANNAH STEPHENSON
WITH so much colour available in the summer, we often forget the value of evergreens, yet plants such as conifers prove vital throughout the seasons, adding colour and structure to any scene.
National Conifer Week, organised by the Association of British Conifer Growers, runs from October 1-8 and may provide inspiration as garden centres will be offering a range of well-known varieties and more unusual ones for the 'wow' factor.
Notcutts landscape designer Mark Pumphrey says conifers can be used effectively within a hot ...