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Monthly Archives: July 2011
Sneezeweed
I don’t do Sat Nav, but when I looked up the location of Janet and Martin Blow’s garden in the hamlet of Hankelow near Crewe in Cheshire, I knew that I had to give it a try. There was no … Continue reading
Posted in National Collections
Tagged Helenium, Janet Blow, Martin Blow, National Collection, National Plant Collection, open day, Ray Clark, Sneezeweed
More from Tatton Park
Matthew Biggs has just been on Gardeners’ Question Time talking about the Floral Marquee and the joy of buying plants at big events like Tatton, but also at Plant Heritage plant sales. You can catch the repeat of this programme on … Continue reading
Posted in National Collections, Events
Tagged National Collection, National Plant Collection, Heuchera, Hosta, Passiflora, Passion Flower, Tatton Park, Mickfield Hostas, collection holder, Plantagogo, streptocarpus, Tynings Climbers, Matthew Biggs, Gardeners' Question Time, Dibleys, Pheasant Acre Pla, Gladiolus, Medwyns of Anglesey, RHS
“Plants grown with love”
Jen Gooderham and her daughter Angela Houghton made a beeline for the Plant Heritage Marquee at RHS Tatton Park on the first day of the flower show. On sale are plants grown by the Cheshire PH group which are good … Continue reading
Posted in Events, National Collections
Tagged Acanthus, Agapanthus, Cheshire, Don Witton, Euphorbia, Hillview Hardy Plants, Hosta, Liverpool City Council, Mickfield Hostas, National Collection, National Plant Collection, Paul Gardner, Rhodohypoxis, Sarracenia, Solenostemon, Steve Hickman, Tatton Park, Ward Alpines
Is there a collection of…….
In 2007 I went to Chelsea with a friend on a mission. She wanted to know the name of a plant which she had seen on holiday and to find out if she could buy it in the UK. Eventually we spotted … Continue reading
All the flowers of all the tomorrows are in the seeds of today.
June setting up shop Four years ago, at the suggestion of one of our volunteers, Edna Squires, a seed shop was started in the Plant Heritage Marquee at Hampton Court. Since then, run by June James and Janet Wright, it has gone from strength to … Continue reading
Hampton Court Best Show Exhibit 2011 and the best of the rest
Today, on behalf of all the exhibitors, staff and volunteers, Joanna Jones and I accepted the award for Best Show Exhibit in the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2011 from Stephen Bennett, Head of RHS Shows. We received a vase … Continue reading
Posted in Events, National Collections
Tagged Agapanthus, Astrantia, Best Show Exhibit, Canna, Dahlia, HAmpton Court Palace Flower Show, Heuchera, Hosta, National Collection, National Plant Collection, Papaver, Passiflora, Passion Flower, Poppy, Primula auricula, Rhodohypoxis, Sarracenia, Veratrum
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A World of Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus was first introduced at Kew Gardens using seed collected on Captain Cook’s second voyage of 1773. Only a handful of species are generally available in this country and this is what Tom Hart Dyke hopes to address with his … Continue reading
A picture paints a thousand words
It’s just a shame that you can’t smell the Malmaison Carnations in Jim Marshall’s Gold medal winning display at Hampton Court Palace Flower Show.
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