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Gardening goes all hot and steamy

By Fred Pearce

11 October 2003

GARDENS across Europe and North America are set to bloom as global warming gathers pace, causing plant growth to dramatically accelerate.

Favourites from roses to rhododendrons will grow to unprecedented sizes and produce earlier and more abundant flowers. Autumn will become a new flowering season as gardens come to life after summer droughts, and winter flower beds are likely to be a riot of colour. Peach trees could even come to replace apples in northern gardens, and grape vines will flourish much further north than they do today.

Depending on how green your fingers are, this may strike you as…

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