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Pride of Sudbury: Growing sunflowers tutorial

11/6/2021

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Earn your green fingers young!

Our special children's category is for youngsters living in the Sudbury and Cornard districts - aged 10 years old and under. Can you grow the tallest sunflower in town??

Watch our video tutorial to learn all about growing sunflowers.

If you don't already have a plant, come and claim a free one from us during the Green Sundays event on Sudbury Market Hill on Sunday 20th June, 10am - 3pm!
Click to enter competition
Tips courtesy of Bridge Farm Plants at Corn Craft, Monks Eleigh IP7 7AY. Open 10am to 4pm every day.
www.bridgefarmplants.co.uk

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Pride of Sudbury: Summer patio pot tutorial

11/6/2021

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Get top tips on filling your patio pots and planters this summer, and then enter our competition for residents of the Sudbury district.

You could also get creative and see what other items you can plant up - just make sure they have drainage!

Take a photo or two and upload them to our Pride of Sudbury competition form!
Deadline for entering is Friday 16th July 2021
Click to enter competition
Tips courtesy of Bridge Farm Plants at Corn Craft, Monks Eleigh IP7 7AY. Open 10am to 4pm every day.
www.bridgefarmplants.co.uk

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Pride of Sudbury: Hanging basket tutorial

11/6/2021

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Need some pointers on planting up hanging baskets? Watch our video tutorial, have a go, and then enter our competition!
Click to enter competition
Tips courtesy of Bridge Farm Plants at Corn Craft, Monks Eleigh IP7 7AY. Open 10am to 4pm every day.
www.bridgefarmplants.co.uk

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Pride of Sudbury: Wildlife gardening tips

10/6/2021

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Our Pride of Sudbury competition launches on Friday!
It is open to all residents in the Sudbury district, including Ballingdon, Great Cornard and Little Cornard.

One of the categories is best Wildlife & Eco Friendly Garden. Our video gives lots of tips and advice for achieving this. If your garden ticks a lot of the boxes then get your entry in to us!
Click to enter competition
Tips courtesy of Bridge Farm Plants at Corn Craft, Monks Eleigh IP7 7AY. Open 10am to 4pm every day.
www.bridgefarmplants.co.uk

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Chelsea Chopping!

1/6/2021

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The Chelsea Chop is a pruning technique carried out on late-flowering perennials. These are flowers that come back year after year, and typically bloom August and later.

Chopping can be used to delay flowering times. If you chop some of your plants and leave others you will be able to give yourself a good spread of flowers over a longer period.
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The other reason is to stop plants from growing so tall that they flop over, fall over and/or get damaged in the wind.

Suitable plants include Sedums, tall Asters (michaelmas daisy), tall Rudbeckias & Echinaceas (coneflowers), Leucanthemums, Heleniums & Helianthus, and Phlox.
In late May or early June chop off the top third or top half of the plants. Ideally cut immediately above leaf shoots, as plants will regrow better from these points.

Come flowering times you will have shorter, stockier, stronger plants that shouldn't need staking - and are therefore lower maintenance!
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Tips courtesy of Bridge Farm Plants at Corn Craft, Monks Eleigh.
Open 10am to 4pm every day.
www.bridgefarmplants.co.uk

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