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Britains Best Back Gardens Alan Titchmarsh

Man of Aran · 2015-01-06 23:08:21

Did ye see the top 10 favourites on ITV tonight? Some of the best gardens didn't have to blow the budget either - dig that #1 in Walsall. Some lovely evergreen shrubs , combinations of blue- green conifers (like Korean Fir?) , reds ( looked like Japanese acers or Sumacs ) and yellows there. Can any of our experts identify…

07-01-2015 12:08am

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Man of Aran

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Did ye see the top 10 favourites on ITV tonight?
Some of the best gardens didn't have to blow the budget either - dig that #1 in Walsall.
Some lovely evergreen shrubs , combinations of blue- green conifers (like Korean Fir?) , reds ( looked like Japanese acers or Sumacs ) and yellows there.
Can any of our experts identify more specifically if you saw TV show or online.
TIA,

MofA

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#2 07-01-2015 2:54pm

pwurple

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I saw the very end of it... with the highly manicured garden. Not my style at all, I thought the plants were far too close together and over-pruned. Prefer a more natural look myself. I also thought the colour combinations were quite garish. Looked like the ideal shrubbery of the 70's / 80's, think my great-grannies garden looked like that. They even pruned the side shoots off the poor bamboo!

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