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    Return of the natives

    Aug 24, 2021 2 minutes

    I WAS seduced by meadows more than 25 years ago, after visiting Christopher Lloyd’s Great Dixter garden in East Sussex. It was May, and as we went along the lanes there were patches of deep-pink hardy orchids. When I arrived at the garden I was surprised to see that the meadows surrounding Great Dixter were studded with common spotted pink orchids () as well.

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