Plants with Superpowers

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David Domoney is a Chelsea Gold Medal-winning horticulturalist and a passionate advocate for the beneficial effects of plants on our physical and mental wellbeing. He lectures regularly on "The Positive Power of Plants" and "Plants and Nature for Better Health" and is Garden Ambassador for the mental health support charity SANE. He is also resident gardener on ITV's This Morning show and for the last 10 years has co-presented Britain's most-watched gardening TV show Love Your Garden.

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A selection of extraordinary plants that each have superpowers to enhance your garden, health and home

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INTRODUCTION

• Marimo moss balls
• Horse chestnut
• Lady's mantle
• Garlic
• Aloe vera
• Lemon verbena
• Thrift
• Earth's Original Superheroes
• Deadly nightshade
• Berberis
• Butterfly bush
• Heather
• Chillies
• Scaredy cat plant
• Lily of the Valley
• Pampas grass
• Plants as Food
• Money tree
• Cucumber
• String-of-pearls
• Gas plant
• Dumb cane
• Venus flytrap
• Mile-a-minute
• Plants as Medicine
• Snowdrop
• Ginkgo
• Sunflower
• Hydrangea
• Holly
• English Walnut
• Mother of thousands
• Everlasting sweet pea
• Plants as Habitats
• Lavender
• Cress
• Living stones
• Perennial ryegrass
• Magnolia
• Apple tree
• Prayer plant
• Plants and the Climate
• Peppermint
• Sensitive plant
• Swiss cheese plant
• Myrtle
• Pitcher plant
• Catmint
• Waterlily
• Olive tree
• Plants to Cool Our Towns and Cities
• Bee orchid
• Parsley
• Christmas tree
• Scots pine
• Resurrection fern
• Blackthorn
• Firethorn
• Plants Against Erosion
• Oak
• Stag's horn sumach
• Rose
• Willow
• Sage
• Rosemary
• Snake plant
• Voodoo lily
• Plants for Air Quality 
• Giant redwood
• Tomato
• Potato
• Peace lily
• Sweetleaf
• Marigolds
• Dandelion
• Plants in Contemporary Design 
• Yew
• Air plant
• Stinging nettles
• Bladderwort
• Blueberry
• Pansy
• Strawflower
• Night phlox INDEX