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		<title>Planting Consultation Service in Hampshire, Surrey and West Sussex</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 18:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lannoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A planting consultation was something we had been offering on and off as an add on to garden design work or just as a bit of casual advice to a garden maintenance client since the business started in 2010. Over the past 5-6 months <a href="http://benlannoy.com/planting-consultation-service-in-hampshire-surrey-and-west-sussex/">&#8230;</a><!-- LINK HERE -->]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A planting consultation was something we had been offering on and off as an add on to garden design work or just as a bit of casual advice to a garden maintenance client since the business started in 2010. Over the past 5-6 months however, we&#8217;ve found that often customers and garden design clients love to buy plants or love the idea of buying plants but still have that mental block of where they should plant them, if they would be the right size or even if they would survive in certain scenarios. We realised very quickly that a service that would talk you through what you have in your would be invaluable, and a lot more cost effective than trial and error through buying plants, planting them and finding out the hard way! </p>
<p>Our Plant consultation service will be a 1-2 hour meeting (charged by the hour) where Ben (a trained horticulturalist) will walk around your property with you, identifying plants, answering any questions you might have regarding plants and trees and give you advice on how you can make the best use of what you have. </p>
<p>We have contacts with nurseries that stock just about every type of plant, shrub or tree so for many of our plant consultation clients we often go on to buy the plants at the most affordable prices and plant them on our return. </p>
<p>To make this an even better service we can also provide a long term plant maintenance schedule that will save you money and serve as a reference for you whenever you need it. There really is no need to feel daunted by your plants as many people do, and a quick meeting with Ben will put you right at ease. Call now to book a meeting with <a href="http://benlannoy.com/about/who-we-are/" title="Planting">Ben</a> for your plant consultation. </p>
<p>Please note, we do cover areas other than Hampshire, surrey and west sussex but petrol charges will be higher the further away we need to travel. </p>
<p>We look forward to making you and your garden more acquainted!   </p>
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		<title>Shade Loving Plants &#8211; Lily of the Valley</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 20:27:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lannoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With north facing gardens being one of our biggest challenges I wanted to start showing some more shade loving plants that will help answer your &#8216;shady&#8217; questions and bring light and colour into a dark corner of the garden -Lily of the Valley is <a href="http://benlannoy.com/shade-loving-plants-lily-of-the-valley-surrey-uk/">&#8230;</a><!-- LINK HERE -->]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>With north facing gardens being one of our biggest challenges I wanted to start showing some more shade loving plants that will help answer your &#8216;shady&#8217; questions and bring light and colour into a dark corner of the garden -Lily of the Valley is a native woodland plant perfect for groundcover and early spring colour in Surrey, UK.</p>
<p>Here&#8217;s a short video showing you how to plant it, maintain it and how to use it in garden design.</p>
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		<title>A busy fencing service in west sussex &#8211; Wind isn&#8217;t all bad!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 23:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lannoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The winds have been battering the south coast of Britain in the past few days and we&#8217;ve taken a lot of calls with people looking to have their fencing re-erected. In an uncanny twist it also seems to have been a time of huge <a href="http://benlannoy.com/fencing-west-sussex/">&#8230;</a><!-- LINK HERE -->]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The winds have been battering the south coast of Britain in the past few days and we&#8217;ve taken a lot of calls with people looking to have their fencing re-erected. In an uncanny twist it also seems to have been a time of huge contrast with many of our customers and existing clients looking to make changes to patios, fencing and other garden structures to take advantage of some very hot days and to create somewhere they can be proud to bring friends out into. </p>
<p>It&#8217;s been a very mixed bag and with many of our garden designs originally being in Hampshire and Surrey we&#8217;ve now allowed for two specialist hard landscapers to give all of their attention to Chichester, Arundel, Rustington, middleton on sea and the rest of West Sussex because of a chain effect of work coming from word of mouth, which is all we could ask for. They&#8217;re happy because they live a stones throw away and so am I because it means I can see some more incredible results that the team seem to keep putting out whether that&#8217;s in garden design and build, planting or garden maintenance. </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking for highly skilled garden design and build team to come in and solve you garden problem at very competitive prices we&#8217;d love to hear from you. We now cover 3 counties and would love to show you what we can do for you, if only for free advice! </p>
<p>Check out the site for some of our fencing projects such as our modern garden design with <a href="http://benlannoy.com/western-red-cedar-horizontal-fencing-liphook/" title="horizontal fencing, West Sussex">contemporary horizontal fencing</a>, our planting jobs around West sussex and our garden maintenance service   </p>
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		<title>Garden Design Hampshire &#8211; A parterre garden to add formality</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 11:25:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lannoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We were asked to come up with a garden design in Hampshire which included adding a parterre garden to allow for a formal element to an otherwise natural and mature landscape. The most commonly used shrubs for parterre gardens is box (or buxus sempervirens) <a href="http://benlannoy.com/garden-design-hampshire-a-parterre-garden-to-add-formality/">&#8230;</a><!-- LINK HERE -->]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We were asked to come up with a garden design in Hampshire which included adding a parterre garden to allow for a formal element to an otherwise natural and mature landscape. The most commonly used shrubs for parterre gardens is box (or buxus sempervirens) and this was my choice for this one too. I wanted to allow enough space for perennials and bulbs to grow in the centre of the shapes I was to come up with and as the existing shape  was a circular gravel area I decided on four segments, a little bit like trivial pursuits pieces! </p>
<p>We started off with marking out the area and dug the trenches for the bare root plants to go in. We and the clients wanted to make sure that it wouldn&#8217;t take years for the box hedging to have an impact so we went with 80-100cm high plants. These would have been twice the price if bought pot grown so if you&#8217;re planning on doing some planting like this I would definitely buy the bare root plants. We also added some box cones to give extra height and evergreen structure to the middle of the shapes.</p>
<p>We now have a <a href="http://benlannoy.com/shop/products/" title="Plant shop Hampshire">plant shop </a>which we deliver to within a 20 mile radius of Liphook in hampshire for free that I&#8217;m slowly uploading our range to, but if you have any particular requirements do get in touch. Trade enquiries are very welcome too!  </p>
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		<title>Box pyramid (buxus sempervirens)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Box is a dense evergreen shrub with dark green glossy leaves. It will tolerate sunny and shady sites and dry and moist soils. It is fully hardy and can be clipped to a striking form. Box is perfect for bringing structure to any garden <a href="http://benlannoy.com/box-pyramid-buxus-sempervirens/">&#8230;</a><!-- LINK HERE -->]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Box is a dense evergreen shrub with dark green glossy leaves. It will tolerate sunny and shady sites and dry and moist soils. It is fully hardy and can be clipped to a striking form. Box is perfect for bringing structure to any garden design in both sculptural form and evergreen foliage through all seasons. An excellent plant creating the backbone for your garden and covering many bases, just make sure to water in well on planting it to help to establish.</p>
<p>Box pyramids are great addition for either side of entrances, dotted amongst beds to bring structural height and in formal topiary gardens. </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re planting into a pot or container you&#8217;ll need to be more vigilant about feeding. Feed with a general purpose fertiliser once a month from April-July and water when dry. </p>
<p>If browning or yellowing of the leaves occurs on ground or pot planted plants, this is probably due to a lack of potassium. A regular feed with Vitax Q4 through the spring/summer should green up the foliage very nicely.  </p>
<p>You can trim your box little and often through the spring and summer but never on dry days as this will scorch leaves and cause dieback. As a general rule all topiary should be trimmed once in June and then again in October to shape it and to allow it to slow its growth down before the cold weather.  </p>
<p>(Please note all heights are excluding pot)</p>
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		<title>Box Spiral  (buxus sempervirens)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Box is a dense evergreen shrub with dark green glossy leaves. It will tolerate sunny and shady sites and dry and moist soils. It is fully hardy and can be clipped to a striking form. Box is perfect for bringing structure to any garden <a href="http://benlannoy.com/box-spiral-130cm-high-buxus-sempervirens/">&#8230;</a><!-- LINK HERE -->]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Box is a dense evergreen shrub with dark green glossy leaves. It will tolerate sunny and shady sites and dry and moist soils. It is fully hardy and can be clipped to a striking form. Box is perfect for bringing structure to any garden design in both sculptural form and evergreen foliage through all seasons. An excellent plant creating the backbone for your garden and covering many bases, just make sure to water in well on planting it to help to establish.</p>
<p>Box spirals are slightly more expensive compared to pyramids and cones because of the labour put in to maintain its unique shape.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re planting into a pot or container you&#8217;ll need to be more vigilant about feeding. Feed with a general purpose fertiliser once a month from April-July and water when dry. </p>
<p>If browning or yellowing of the leaves occurs on ground or pot planted plants, this is probably due to a lack of potassium. A regular feed with Vitax Q4 through the spring/summer should green up the foliage very nicely.  </p>
<p>You can trim your box little and often through the spring and summer but never on dry days as this will scorch leaves and cause dieback. As a general rule, all topiary should be trimmed once in June and then again in October to shape it and to allow it to slow its growth down before the cold weather.  </p>
<p>(Please note all heights are excluding pot)</p>
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		<title>Plant Identificaton &#8211; Cyanara Cardunculus (Cardoon)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 09:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Buy plants online &#8211; The arrival of our online shop</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 23:54:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Lannoy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clients love to get involved in the planting stage and often ask us if they should buy plants online to pick and choose what they&#8217;d like but I always recommend a trip to one of our local nursery suppliers. Truth be told, we will <a href="http://benlannoy.com/buy-plants-online-the-arrival-of-our-online-shop-or-at-least-the-start-of-it/">&#8230;</a><!-- LINK HERE -->]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Clients love to get involved in the planting stage and often ask us if they should buy plants online to pick and choose what they&#8217;d like but I always recommend a trip to one of our local nursery suppliers. Truth be told, we will never know what the plant will look like unless we choose it ourselves. </p>
<p>We believed there was a need for our clients to come onto the website, buy the plants they liked for less than they&#8217;re likely to get anywhere else, have us choose it personally and delivery it to their garden. This way there is still the choice at their fingertips only we can still use our experience of working with plants to take charge of quality control. </p>
<p>The best part of it all, we are fully qualified garden planners and designers who care for our plants and will handle the whole process from the buying phase right the way through to planting. Check out our <a href="http://benlannoy.com/services/design/" title="Planting Design">design page </a>for more information.<br />
We cut out the worry of you having to find someone to plant the plants you&#8217;ve bought online. We can advise you all the way and even take photos of the plants for you to give you an idea of scale before you buy. </p>
<p>Most of our online plants are of manageable size to allow us to keep delivery costs low but we do have access to a wide range of plants and would always be happy to talk through your requirements.</p>
<p>As the site redesign is only a few days old with the same being for the online plant shop I&#8217;m still adding plants I know we can source so please feel free to browse, there&#8217;ll be new and sometimes unusual plants and trees added everyday.</p>
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		<title>Plant identification &#8211; How to care for Taxas Baccata (Yew)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:47:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Plant ID guide &#8211; How to care for your Acer</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:45:29 +0000</pubDate>
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