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Tomato ‘Veranda Red’ – Plant Care & Growing Advice
Growing Herbs in Pots: Top Tips for a Container Herb Garden
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Growing Herbs in Pots: Top Tips for a Container Herb Garden
How to plant and grow garlic
'How To' Guides Vegetables
How to plant and grow garlic
How to grow clematis
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How to grow clematis
Top Tips for Extending Garden Colour into Autumn
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New Vegetable Seeds for 2023

April 3, 2023

Dobies’ new vegetable seed range 2023 includes exciting new varieties to tantalise your taste buds! For our 2023 vegetable seed range, we’ve added 44 new cultivars to keep your allotments,…

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Tomato ‘Veranda Red’ – Plant Care & Growing Advice

February 28, 2023

Taking 15 years to perfect, the Veranda Red, cherry tomato plant is truly a labour of love. Versatile and packed with flavour, this variety provides a satisfying crop. Growing tomato…

Vegetables

Chitting Potatoes – Is it Necessary?

January 19, 2023

On the subject of potatoes, one of the questions we are most frequently asked is whether chitting is necessary. Our response is that first early and second early varieties should…

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How to Encourage Children to Garden

January 1, 2023

Encouraging your children to garden is not always easy but is a great way to introduce them to nature and for them to interact and learn about the environment around…

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How to keep your vegetables thriving in a heatwave

July 21, 2022

Keeping our vegetable gardens or allotments alive and thriving during the worst that summer can throw at it can feel like a battle. With UK temperatures hitting record highs during…

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Top Winter Vegetables: Best Hardy Varieties to Grow

April 14, 2022

Many of us grow an abundance of wonderful crops for harvesting over summer and autumn. In the meantime, winter vegetables are too often overlooked! However, there is no reason you…

General RHS

10 Things You Didn’t Know About the RHS Chelsea Flower Show

September 19, 2021

Starting in 1913 at London’s Royal Hospital, Chelsea, the RHS Chelsea Flower Show is one of the most recognisable horti events in the country. However, there are some interesting things…

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New Flower Seeds Join The Rob Smith Range

September 2, 2021

Dobies is pleased to introduce inspiring new flower seeds to the Rob Smith range for 2022 – exciting new varieties guaranteed to produce fabulous floral results. Rob brings you the…

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New Flower Seeds 2022

August 24, 2021

Vivacious, improved & versatile new varieties to grow from seed Dobies’ 2022 flower seeds contain new and exciting varieties of cottage garden favourites, must-have annuals and the pick of perennials.…

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New Rob Smith Range Vegetable Seeds 2022!

August 19, 2021

Five new & exciting versatile new seed veg varieties to tempt you! Dobies brings you five fantastic new veg seed varieties in the Rob Smith range for 2022. Rob wants…

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