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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Magpie descends on the offices of Brother UK!
After 6 years of Brother UK sponsoring Plant Heritage, Jo finally made the trek north and visited all the Brother team in their offices in Audenshaw, Manchester. True to form, Jo came away with more than she took. Not only Brother … Continue reading
Meet the Collection Holders
As I said in a post last September, there is a long show season for our Collection Holders and Steve Hickman’s calendar for 2012 proved this to me when I visited him earlier this month. On Sunday I met up … Continue reading
Posted in Events, National Collections
Tagged Acanthus, Agapanthus, Chris Burchall, Elaine Hickman, Heuchera, Hillview Hardy Plants, Hoyland Plants, John Millington, Jubilee Cottage Nursery, Lorraine Burchall, National Collection, National Plant Collection, open day, Plantagogo, Rhodohypoxis, RHS Wisley, Richard Fox, Steve Hickman, Tale Valley Nursery, Tiarella, Tulbaghia, Vicky Fox, x Heucherella, x Rhodoxis
Little beasties
The next step in the propagation of Dahlia ‘Princess Marie José’ for the Plant Exchange saw me retrieving the tubers from their winter nest of shredded paper, laying them out in seed trays and covering with compost. I brought my propagator into … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Annual Plant Exchange, Dahlia, Princess Marie Jose, propagating, vine weevil
Little cuties
Joanna Jones has been out and about, and last week visited Waterperry Gardens, holders of the National Collection of Saxifraga subsect. Kabschia & Engleria. For those unfamiliar with these little gems, it is well worth a visit. The Saxifrage weekend is … Continue reading
Posted in National Collections
Tagged National Collection, National Plant Collection, open day, saxifraga, saxifrage, Waterperry
The naming of things
Taxonomy – the classification of organisms in an ordered system that indicates natural relationships. So we know that all members of the ROSACEAE family will exhibit some common characteristics and those of the genus Rosa within this family,will share even more. … Continue reading
Five magic beans
Like Jack in the children’s story, Steve Hickman changed the direction of his life with a fortuitous swap – although in Steve’s case it was 500 Agapanthus plants in return for a selection of mixed perennials. After a life long interest … Continue reading
Fumewort
Corydalis, member of the Papaveraceae family, common names, Fumewort, Bird in a Bush. Looking up Corydalis on the RHS website and you could think that you have found the ideal plant. It would appear to grow in any well drained … Continue reading
Posted in National Collections
Tagged Brian Whitton, Corydalis, Durham, National Collection, National Plant Collection, open day
Directory 2012
The end is in sight with the arrival of the final colour proof of the 2012 National Plant Collections Directory. Back in September the process began with requests made to the Collection Holders for an update of their details. Contact information, description … Continue reading
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Where do you stop?
This was the question posed by Bob Sweet to the participants at a recent Hampton Court Palace Flower Show (HCPFS) briefing meeting. Planning for this show starts about 6 weeks after the previous show has finished and Joanna Jones had … Continue reading
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