Watering tactic gets results in the garden

By Fiona Ogilvie
February 22 2020 - 5:00am
Echevarias, gaillardias and Salvia 'Hot Lips' are watered from sunken flower pots in Peter and Pat Varman's Bathurst garden.
Echevarias, gaillardias and Salvia 'Hot Lips' are watered from sunken flower pots in Peter and Pat Varman's Bathurst garden.

There is a Greek inscription over the entrance to the Pump Room at the Roman baths at Bath that roughly translated reads: Water is best. It refers to the health-giving properties of the mineral spa but it's relevant to gardeners too: without water, plants quickly keel over.

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