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A cottage garden is traditionally a mixture of colourful ornamental plants mixed with vegetables and herbs grown for the table. It is a working garden where plants are to please us and sustain our needs rather than impress others. With the state of our country and the world in general, we are harking back more than ever to those times where we considered which flowers will be best enjoyed by the bees — those that are water wise and economical to maintain.

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The pretty orange moth with black polka dots flitting about your cycads is not a garden friend. It has designs on the new, tender fronds of this prized indigenous plant. It is called Zeronopsis leopardina or the leopard moth and lays its eggs on the leaves. When they hatch into caterpillars they swarm up and devour the young growth, leaving just the stalks intact.

THE ROYAL Shakespeare Company, in partnership with Bradford’s Alhambra Theatre, is looking for community champions to take part in its new touring…

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Actor who brought sensitivity and pathos to his role as Arthur Fowler in the BBC’s EastEnders

From blocking marriages to revealing the identity of Michelles baby daddy, MailOnline looks back at the lives of EastEnders pooches Willy and Roly who were part of the original 1985 cast.

The Inca lily (Alstroemeria aurea) flower stems in my garden are waist high at the moment, waiting to burst into colour. This is gladdening as the plants I have collected over the years have moved house with us twice after lengthy periods staying in each one. Every year their appearance is a welcome surprise because, after their flowering season from spring to autumn, they are dormant.