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HOME & GARDEN

LEAVES AN D FLOWERS
by Claire Beaton
Winter months are a depressing to a smaller size, but should be
THAMES WOOD time; short days filled with rain allowed 6ft x 4ft to do itself
clouds and dismal damp. What justice.
VETERINARY CLINIC we want in the garden in these Viburnum tinus does not have
months is something that will the prickles at all; to the relief of
look good through all the dreary many gardeners! This plant is
Nicholas Hartley MA., Vet. M.B., M.R.C.V.S. days and look positively exciting completely hardy and will grow
Veterinary Surgeon on one of those ice-bright sunlit in the most rubble-filled, un-
mornings. promising builders spoil tip sold
62/64 Purton Road, Swindon. Tel: (0793) 26780 Two plant species you may not to you as a garden. Left to itself it
have come across before and ful- grows into a gently rounded bush
Mon.-Fri: fill this role admirably are of about 5ft x 5ft that is covered
2.00-3.00pm. 5.30-6.30pm.
9.00-10.00am.
Saturday: 6.00-11.00am.
Mahonias and Viburnums. Both in heads of pink budded and
24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE these have varieties that are white flowers from November.
TEL: (0793) 26780 evergreen and start flowering in The leaves are a dark leaden
Now open at Cavendish Square. Tel: 511267 November. green; which is why it is often
Mahonias look like a variation overlooked in garden centres.
of holly, but their leaves are This can be an asset if you are
GAS FIRES AND STOVES made up of a long rib with pairs using it as a boundary shrub, to
• Gas log/coal effect fires of prickly leaflets arranged up to be a background to spring bulbs
• Gas fire convector boxes the tip. Each leaf is about 12-18 and summer bedding. But if you
FL • Gas stoves inches and forms part ofarosette want year-round high visibility
is
Visit our Showroom open all day Saturday that has had its centre pulled performance, you can buy a
Heating Systems Limited, Unit 14, upward. This makes the Mahonia variegated-leaf cultivar.
Orbit Centre, West Swindon. rather a domineering plant with There are mahonias planted
Tel: 612060.
a solid, prickly presence; an im- around the 'Link' centre and a
posing feature near (but not too winter stroll from there along the
near) a house entrance. It is Westlea Cycle path onto the
magnificent when the flowers newly planted areas around
JADAM PATIOS come out. These are primrose Lower Shaw Farm will display
yellow and in the varieties more ideas for planning and
Do you want a patio laid? Or just a few slabs laid? 'Charity', 'Lionel Fortescue' and planting winter colour.
Then contact Adam Poole on SWINDON 813705 'Buckland' appear on a sheaf of
For a professional, friendly service stem rising from the top rosettes MAKING THE
and a competitive quote. of leaves. In Mahonia japonica GARDEN READY
Light building work also undertaken. the flowers are more loosely
spaced on stems that spray out FOR WINTER
Al HANDIHIRE from the rosettes more gently. by David Greetham
This is a plant that can be pruned The West Swindon Gardening
TOOL AND PLANT HIRE Club last meeting was held on
5th October when members
FOR PROFESSIONAL OR D.I.Y. WARM GLOW viewed slides and heard a talk on
With winter weather getting a grip the history and development of
CONCRETE BREAKERS DRILLS CONCRETE EQUIPMENT
GRINDERS CAR MAINTENANCE CUTTERS there's nothing like having a real fire modern roses by Tom Sandays.
WOODWORK DECORATING EQUIPMENT GENERATORS to provide warmth in the home. Many The next meeting will take place
TRANSFORMERS LIGHTING HEATERS houses in West Swindon do not have on 2nd November at 8.00 p.m. in
GARDENING COMPACTORS LADDERS fire places or chimneys but Heating the Community Suite at the Link
DELIVERY AND COLLECTION SERVICE Systems Ltd. at the Orbit Centre, do Centre. We will hear a talk on
not see this as a problem.
IiI. .1. EASY Modern gas effect fires give all the 'Clearing up the garden for
$gasj benefits of a real fire. External chim- winter' by the proprietor of
PARKING Greatfield Nurseries.
neys can he built easily or the fires
MON-FRI. 8am - 6pm; SAT. 8am - 5pm can he fitted into existing fire-places. For more information on the
Unit 8, Marlborough Road, Ind. Est. Wootton Bassett. Bob and Sue Penfold at Heating Gardening Club, contact David
Telephone: Swindon 854821 Systems will he pleased to advise Greetham, 57 Rowton Heath
you. Telephone 612060. Way, Freshbrook.

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