Emma Townshend: 'I've got a dirty secret - I've cheated with my plants this summer'

OK, this time I admit it: I totally cheated. Of course, sometimes you buy a plant while it's still small, and then you could argue that you nursed it on into flower, great sprays of bloom that would never have existed without your patent horticultural skill. And other times you've grown them on from plugs, tiny seedlings delivered in the post, an art that seems to me impressive in itself.







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