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Let's plant some autumn and winter color
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in my flower beds. Welcome to Gardening
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with Ben. And today we're going to be
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planting some autuminal and winter color
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into my flower bed that I did the other
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week. I rearranged all the plants in it
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and sorted them all out and it's created
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quite a bit of space in there. I've
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planted must be about 500 bulbs in
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there. So, they're going to absolutely
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jam-pack this flower bed in springtime.
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I can't wait to see what that looks
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like. But however, the spring bulbs
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won't be ready till springtime. So, we
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need to fill the area that's bare with
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some color because I do love a bit of
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color during the autumn and winter
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months when all the shrubs are starting
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to look bare and tired. It's nice to add
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that bit of extra color into that area.
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So, let's show you what we're going to
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be planting today. So, we are going to
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be planting some cichlmen. And we've got
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four packs. They're all mixed packs, so
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plenty of different color. and hopefully
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with some pinks, some whites, some reds.
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As you can see, some have got flowers on
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already, so that's even better. And
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these grow well in well drained soil in
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full sun or partial shade. They do like
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the like woodlands um cichlmen, so they
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need that like area to be planted in.
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So, it's partially shady where I'm going
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to be planting these. These can get down
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So they quite hardy but not fully hardy.
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So try and plant them somewhere where
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there's not much frost. These ones
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growing in Yorkshire. So even better.
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Yorkshire cichlmen. So they're used to
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the temperatures around Yorkshire. So
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obviously when growing them make sure
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that you keep deadheading them so that
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they keep flowering and obviously you
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can give them a bit of feed as well to
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help boost the flowers on them. So,
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let's get all these arranged and get
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them ready for planting. So, this is the
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area that we're going to be planting in.
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As you can see, there's a lot of bare
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soil around. So, we need to fill it up
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with some winter and autumn and all
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color to just make it look a bit more
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nicer and cheery until all the spring
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bulbs come through. So, what are we
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going to be planting? So, what we're
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going to do, we're going to put them all
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the way down the center of this bed so
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that it adds some nice color. And yeah,
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I think overall they'll look pretty good
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once they're all established and get
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growing and hopefully add lots of nice
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color into this flower bed. So, let's
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get them all planted. So, that is all
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them planted in this bed. It looks
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absolutely tons better with the flowers
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and obviously as more and more buds come
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out, they'll look even better. So, I
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can't wait to see what this looks like
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in a few months time. It's going to look
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absolutely stunning. So cichlmen are
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fantastic to add to the garden in autumn
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winter time along with your pansies,
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your violas. It adds a lot of color,
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especially when there's a lot of bare
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soil around. It'll brighten it up. So
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they're perfect for pots, for hanging
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baskets, for tubs, and in your borders
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as well for adding some color. And like
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I said, keep deadheading them on a
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regular basis. And they'll keep
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flowering all the way through. And
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during the end, they'll start to wither
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away and lose the leaves and everything
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like that, but that doesn't necessarily
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mean that they're dead. They're just
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dormant and they'll come back again next
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year and hopefully keep providing them
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flowers in your garden. So, let me know
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if you've tried growing cichlmens before
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and if you've got any in your garden
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because they are so attractive plants
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and great to add color to the garden.
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next time everyone, remember, keep
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