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Numbers in italics denote a picture or illustration

Where a plant has a selling name (also known as a trade designation) it is typeset in a different font to distinguish it from the cultivar name (shown in ‘Single Quotes’), which by law must be shown on plant labelling

AAbelia:

floribunda 495–496, 496–497

x grandiflora 469, 473Abeliophyllum distichum pruning 283

Abies:lasiocarpa var. arizonica ‘Compacta’ 856, 856

recurvata 258–259Abutilon:

by Tim Miles 534–537cultivation 537growing outdoors 537growth types 536–537in containers 536planting combinations 537

under glass 537‘Apricot Belle’ 536, 536‘Ashford Red’ 536‘Canary Bird’ 534, 535, 537

‘Cannington Carol’ 535‘Cannington Peter’ 536, 537

‘Cerise Queen’ 536‘Cloth of Gold’ 536‘Cynthia Pike’ 537‘Eric Lilac’ 535, 536‘Golden Fleece’ 534‘Hinton Seedling’ 537‘Kentish Belle’ 535, 536, 537

megapotamicum 534, 535, 536–537

‘Big Bell’ 537

‘Variegatum’ 537‘Millie Houghton’ 534, 537

‘Nabob’ 534ochsenii 534‘Orange Bell’ 535, 536‘Patrick Synge’ 535, 537pictum 534

‘Thompsonii’ 536, 537

pitcairnense 224, 224‘Sophia Jackson’ 534‘Souvenir de Bonn’ 535, 537

x suntense 534vitifolium 534, 536‘White King’ 535, 536

Acacia baileyana ‘Songlines’ 796, 796

Acanthus ‘Morning’s Candle’ 628

Acca sellowiana 468, 473Acer:

in garden design 748circinatum ‘Burgundy Jewel’ 728, 728

griseum 77, 77japonicum ‘Aconitifolium’ 777, 777

negundo: var. violaceum 110, 111‘Winter Lightning’ 16, 20, 21

palmatum:var. dissectum:

‘Seiryu-’ 750‘Gibbons’ 491, 491‘Shishio Improved’ 163

‘White Tigress’ 835, 835Achillea millefolium ‘Pomegranate’ 556, 556

Acis autumnalis 547, 547Aconitum:

austroyunnanense 635x cammarum ‘Grandiflorum Album’ 395

japonicum 833, 833Act on CO2 campaign 147, 297

Actinidia pilosula 633adder (Vipera berus) 575, 575, 603

adventurous choices of tree, by Roy Lancaster 680–681

readers’ response 797

Aegopodium podagraria 432, 432

aerating lawns 357aerial gardening in north London 836–839

Afton Park House, Isle of Wight: its mixed plantings, by Oliver Mathews 558–561

Agapanthus:‘Loch Hope’ 584, 584‘Margaret’ 728, 728‘Purple Delight’ 552, 552‘Raspberry Summer Plum’ 625

Agave:use in green roofs 838americana 743parryi 743

Ageratum petiolatum 628agm (see Award of Garden Merit)

Akebia quinata fruit 643, 643Akeroyd, Simon, on:

RHS Seed Distribution Scheme 760–761

spring lawn care 355–358Akers, James: award of Harlow Carr Medal 520

Alcea rosea ‘Mars Magic’ (Spotlight Series) 155, 155

alder (see Alnus)aliens, invasive aquatic 502, 502

allium leaf-mining fly 642Allium:

beesianum 547, 547porrum (see leek)sativum (see garlic)

allotments, shortage of, by Linden Groves 311

readers’ response 457, 665Alnus National Plant Collection 660

Aloe:aristata 743polyphylla 795, 795striatula 741, 743

alpines in winter 57Amaryllis belladonna 548, 548Amelanchier alnifolia ‘Obelisk’ 777, 777

Amsonia tabernaemontana 340Anacamptis:

laxiflora 344papilionacea 346–347, 347pyramidalis 345

Anderson, Gillian, and Graham Burgess: their garden at Ninesprings House, Hants 416–419, 417

Anderson, Valerie: award of Associate of Honour 520

Anderton, Stephen, on: garden lighting at West Green House, Hants 550–551

Anemanthele lessoniana 560, 824

Anemone:apennina 403x lipsiensis 186nemorosa 186pavonina 404trifolia 340

Anemonella thalictroides 162‘Betty Blake’ 350, 350

Anogramma ascensionis 591, 591

Anomatheca laxa 99ants:

by Andrew Halstead 241common black (Lasius niger) 241

common red (Myrmica rubra) 241

pavement (Tetramorium caespitum) 241

slavemaker (Formica sanguinea) 241

wood (Formica rufa) 241Anthemis tinctoria pruning 361

apetalous flowers 110–111Aphalara itadori: its use in controlling Japanese knotweed 299, 299, 360, 360

aphids:by Ursula Buchan 310control, organic 359

apples:cultivation in small spaces 174

for chalk 706for containers 776for difficult conditions 706

for frost pockets 706for poor soils 706harvesting 640in northern Britain 706industry, Britain’s, by Matthew Ordidge and

Tim Biddlecombe 698–699

rootstocks 203tree, Sir Isaac Newton’s 590

trivia 699‘Adams’s Pearmain’ 696‘Alfriston’ 696‘Beauty of Kent’ 653‘Braeburn’ 698‘Bramley’s Seedling’ 696

‘Calville Blanc d’Hiver’ 696

‘Calville Winter White’ 696

‘Cameo’ 698‘Catshead’ 696‘Cornish Aromatic’ 696‘Cox’s Orange Pippin’ 696, 696, 699

‘Gala’ 698‘Harvey’ 696

January 2010 pp1–70

February 2010pp71–142

march 2010pp143–218

april 2010 pp219–292

may 2010pp293–376

June 2010pp377–444

aWard oF Garden merit (agm) Plant ProFilesAbies lasiocarpa var. arizonica ‘Compacta’ 856, 856

Agapanthus ‘Loch hope’ 584, 584

bean (runner) ‘Celebration’ 584, 584

beetroot ‘boltardy’ 292, 292

Buddleja davidii ‘dartmoor’ 584, 584

Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii ‘Profusion’ 786, 786

Camellia sasanqua ‘hugh evans’ 786, 786

Clematis:alpina ‘Pamela Jackman’ 218, 218

cirrhosa ‘wisley Cream’ 856, 856

‘Frances rivis’ 218, 218‘markham’s Pink’ 218, 218

Colchicum speciosum ‘album’ 652, 652

Cornus kousa var. chinensis 718, 718

Crocus chrysanthus ‘Zwanenburg bronze’ 70, 70

Cyclamen hederifolium 786, 786

Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’ 142, 142

Euphorbia characias ‘Portuguese velvet’ 376, 376

Geranium rozanne (‘gerwat’) 512, 512

Gladiolus x colvillii ‘the bride’ 292, 292

Hamamelis x intermedia ‘Pallida’ 70, 70

Hebe ‘midsummer beauty’ 718, 718

Helenium ‘Sahin’s early Flowerer’ 512, 512

Ilex aquifolium ‘Silver Queen’ 856, 856

Iris ‘Stepping out’ 444, 444

Jasminum nudiflorum 142, 142

Kniphofia rooperi 652, 652

lettuce ‘Little gem’ 444, 444

Magnolia ‘Susan’ 292, 292Malus ‘John downie’ 376, 376

Miscanthus sinensis var. condensatus ‘Cosmopolitan’ 652, 652

Narcissus ‘February gold’ 142, 142

pear ‘williams’ bon Chrétien’ 718, 718

Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’ 512, 512

Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna 70, 70

Viburnum plicatum f. tomentosum ‘mariesii’ 444, 444

Wisteria floribunda ‘multijuga’ 376, 376

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book reVieWs – by book authorarmitage, allan m: Uncommon Climbers for Every Garden 651

blacklock, Judith: Church Flowers 215

Campbell, katie: Paradise of Exiles: the Anglo-American Gardens of Florence 215

Clark, timothy: Mary McMurtrie’s Country Garden Flowers 69

Clevely, andi: Your Kitchen Garden: Month by Month 583

eckenwalder, James e: Conifers of the World 217

Flanagan, mark, and tony kirkham: Wilson’s China: a Century On 291

gabriel, Jean-Pierre, and daniël ost: Invitations II 853

gear, alan and Jackie: Organic Gardening: the Whole Story 217

grey-wilson, Christopher: The Rock Garden Plant Primer 215

guest, allan: The Auricula: History, Cultivation and Varieties 291

hawthorne, Linden: Gardening with Shape, Line and Texture 373

hopwood, rosalind: Fountains and Water Features 373

horwood, Catherine: Gardening Women 785

Jones, Louisa: The Garden Visitor’s Companion 375

kingsbury, noel: Hybrid: the history and science of plant breeding 373

kirkham, tony, and mark Flanagan: Wilson’s China: a Century On 291

klein, Carol: Grow Your Own Garden 717

matthews, Clare: The Low Maintenance Vegetable Garden 583

mcQuire, JF, and mLa robinson: Pocket Guide to Rhododendron Species 583

milne, robert: Organic Vegetable Growing 785

nordfjell, ulf: Fourteen Gardens 651

oldfield, Sara: Botanic Gardens 717

ost, daniël, and Jean-Pierre gabriel: Invitations II 853

Porter, michael: Welsh Marches Pomona 717

Quest-ritson, Charles: Ninfa: The Most Romantic Garden in the World 69

rankin, graham J: The Flowering of Aberglasney 141

richardson, tim: Great Gardens of America 511

robinson, mLa, and JF mcQuire: Pocket Guide to Rhododendron Species 583

robinson, william: The Wild Garden 375

rutenberg, Linda: The English Garden at Night 511

Scott, mary ann, with margaret Stevens: Botanical Sketchbook 651

Streeter, david: Collins Flower Guide 511

Swan, ann: Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencils 785

terry, bill: Blue Heaven: Encounters with the Blue Poppy 141

thomas, adrian: RSPB Gardening for Wildlife 855

thompson, Peter: Seeds, Sex and Civilization 855

trehane, Jennifer: Blueberries, Cranberries and Lingonberries for Everyone 853

book reVieWs – by title

July 2010pp445–512

august 2010pp513–584

september 2010pp585–652

october 2010pp653–718

november 2010pp719–786

december 2010pp787–856

Jazz (‘Scifresh’) 698‘Kanzi’ 698‘Laxton’s Fortune’ 706redlove (‘Era’) 662, 662‘Ribston Pippin’ 696, 696rubens (‘Civni’) 698

Appletrees, Kath Butcher’s garden in Burridge, Hants, by Vanessa Berridge 732–737

apricots:cultivation 174for containers 776

aquatic plants:in baskets 361planting 361repotting 361to avoid 502, 502

Aquilegia:cultivation 326in combinations, by

Camilla Swift 324–327National Plant Collection 324

true from seed 326‘Elegance’ 326‘Flamboyant’ 326McKana Group May covernuragica 149vulgaris var. stellata (Vervaeneana Group) ‘Sweet Dreams’ 326

arabis mosaic virus 499, 499Arbuthnott, Louisa: her nursery at Stone House Cottage, Worcs 632–635, 632

Arbutus:andrachne 404menziesii 404

arches and arbours 174, 175Archibald, Jim 661Arctostaphylos:

canescens fruit 565viscida fruit 565

Ardle, Jon, on: Hillbark, near Leeds 478–481

Arthropodium cirratum 495, 495

artichoke, globe: as an ornamental 503, 503

Arum pictum 549, 549‘Primrose Warburg’ 549

Ashburner, Kenneth: his

arboretum near Chagford, Devon 660

Aspidistra elatior 740Athyrium niponicum var. pictum:

‘Burgundy Lace’ 186‘Ursula’s Red’ 186

aubergine:recommended cultivars for pots 130

mini 130

Auricula, The: History, Cultivation and Varieties, by allan guest 291

Blue Heaven: Encounters with the Blue Poppy, by bill terry 141

Blueberries, Cranberries and Lingonberries for Everyone, by Jennifer trehane 853

Botanic Gardens, by Sara oldfield 717

Botanical Painting with Coloured Pencils, by ann Swan 785

Botanical Sketchbook, by mary ann Scott, with margaret Stevens 651

Church Flowers, by Judith blacklock 215

Collins Flower Guide, by david Streeter 511

Conifers of the World, by James e eckenwalder 217

Flowering of Aberglasney, The, by graham J rankin 141

English Garden at Night, The, by Linda rutenberg 511

Fountains and Water Features, by rosalind hopwood 373

Fourteen Gardens, by ulf nordfjell 651

Garden Visitor’s Companion, The, by Louisa Jones 375

Gardening with Shape, Line and Texture, by Linden hawthorne 373

Gardening Women, by Catherine horwood 785

Great Gardens of America, by tim richardson 511

Grow Your Own Garden, by Carol klein 717

Hybrid: the history and science of plant breeding, by noel kingsbury 373

Invitations II, by daniël ost and Jean-Pierre gabriel 853

Low Maintenance Vegetable Garden, The, by Clare matthews 583

Mary McMurtrie’s Country Garden Flowers, by timothy Clark 69

Ninfa: The Most Romantic Garden in the World, by Charles Quest-ritson 69

Organic Gardening: the Whole Story, by alan and Jackie gear 217

Organic Vegetable Growing, by robert milne 785

Paradise of Exiles: the Anglo-American Gardens of Florence, by katie Campbell 215

Pocket Guide to Rhododendron Species, by mLa robinson and JF mcQuire 583

Rock Garden Plant Primer, The, by Christopher grey-wilson 215

RSPB Gardening for Wildlife, by adrian thomas 855

Seeds, Sex and Civilization, by Peter thompson 855

Uncommon Climbers for Every Garden, by allan m armitage 651

Welsh Marches Pomona, by michael Porter 717

Wild Garden, The, by william robinson 375

Wilson’s China: a Century On, by mark Flanagan and tony kirkham 291

Your Kitchen Garden: Month by Month, by andi Clevely 583

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auricula – Cardiocrinum giganteum

auricula (see Primula)autumn:

bulbs, by Rod Leeds 546–549

crocuses, by Christopher Grey-Wilson 692–693

grass plantings, by Neil Lucas 668–673

trees with autumn interest 777

Award of Garden Merit (see also agm Plant Profiles panel):

agm plants:by Ian Le Gros 376, 444, 512, 584, 652, 718, 786, 856

by Matthew Wilson 70, 142, 218, 292

climbers, annual 247Crocus 87cucumbers 322Helianthus 599history, by Matthew Wilson 28–29

mangetout and sugarsnap peas 544

awards, RHS:in 2010 520in 2011 592

Aylett, Roger (obituary) 452, 452

Azara serrata 111Azolla filiculoides 298, 502, 502, 658

use of weevils to control 658

BBaarda, Herman (obituary) 9, 9Babiana stricta 96, 99backswimmer, common (Notonecta glauca) 280

Bacon, Sir Nicholas: award of OBE 77

bacterial soft rot 846, 846Bailes, Christopher 315, 315

orchids for the open garden 342–347

Bailey, Kate, on: the Reeves Collection, RHS Lindley Library 816–819

Baines, Chris, on: the UN International Year of Biodiversity 801, 801

Balmforth, Elizabeth 386, 386, 462, 463, 463

bamboos: winter stems 21Banks, Elizabeth 79, 517, 517Banksia marginata 742bark 181Barnes, Chris: her Isle of Wight garden, by Oliver Mathews 558–561, 560

basil:lime 183‘Aristotle’ 12, 12

bat boxes 133Bateman, James 190, 191Batemannia 191Batsford Arboretum, Gloucs: expansion 451

Be Plant Wise 298beans:

climbing French:‘Borlotto Lingua di Fuoco 2’ 244

‘Goldfield’ 244‘Melbourne Mini’ 225

cultivation 280dwarf French: RHS trial 452

ornamental 503 runner:

‘Celebration’ 245, 246, 584, 584

‘Painted Lady’ 148‘Potimarron’ 246‘St George’ 82, 82, 246‘Teenie Beanie’ 113

Beardsley, Chris 402–403, 404bedding, winter 705beds, raised 63bedstraw, lady’s (see Galium verum)

Bees nursery 547bees, plants for 251Beesia calthifolia 633beetle:

citrus longhorn (Anoplophora chinensis) 223, 223

great diving (Dytiscus marginalis) 280

lily (Lilioceris lilii) 573, 573

colonising Britain 204, 523

feeding preferences 204, 303

stag (Lucanus cervus), by Andrew Halstead 467, 467

grub 467Beeton, Mrs 320beetroot 130

mini 112, 114, 130‘Boltardy’ 292, 292‘Pablo’ 114, 115‘Pronto’ 114, 115

Begonia:grandis subsp. evansiana 740, 741

palmata 740berberis sawfly (Arge berberidis) 282, 282

Bergenia:by Phil Clayton 106–109planting combinations 109RHS trial 106–109‘Abendglocken’ 107, 109‘Abendglut’ 189‘Admiral’ 107, 108‘Apple Blossom’ 108, 109‘Baby Doll’ 109‘Ballawley’ 185, 189‘Beethoven’ 109‘Bressingham Ruby’ 108‘Britten’ 109ciliata 108, 109

f. ligulata (see Bergenia pacumbis)

‘Claire Maxine’ 109cordifolia 107

‘Lunar Glow’ 229, 229‘Purpurea’ 107‘Rosa Zeiten’ 107

crassifolia 108

emeiensis 109‘Eric Smith’ 106, 109, 189‘Eroica’ 107, 108, 109‘Frau Holle’ 108, 109‘Morgenröte’ 109‘Mrs Crawford’ 108, 109pacumbis 109, 762, 762‘Pugsley’s Pink’ 109purpurascens:

var. delavayi 107, 108‘Irish Crimson’ 107, 108

‘Reitheim’ 109‘Rosi Klose’ 108, 109x schmidtii 109‘Silberlicht’ 109‘Wintermärchen’ 107

Berridge, Vanessa, on: excessive pruning 391, 391

Kath Butcher’s garden in Burridge, Hants 732–737

berries:for wildlife 640hybrid: cultivation 574

Berry, Lady Anne 313Beschorneria yuccoides 560, 561

Beth Chatto Gardens 42–45, 232

Betula:National Plant Collection 660

insignis catkins 680, 681Biddlecombe, Tim, and Matthew Ordidge, on: Brogdale Farm’s apple collection 698–699, 698–699

bifenthrin (withdrawal) 844Biggs, Jeremy, on: ponds for wildlife 260–265

Biggs, Matthew, on: Rustling End, Herts 254–257

Biggs, Sue 521, 521bilberry cultivation 60Billbergia nutans 743bindweed, hedge (see Calystegia sepium)

biodiversity:and gardens, by Roger Williams 248–249

aquatic 260Biodiversity, UN International Year of 5, 248

by Chris Baines 801biological pest control 828, 831

birch (see Betula)birds:

bird table hygiene 845foods for winter 845threatened in UK 725winter migrant 709, 709

bittercress, hairy (see Cardamine hirsuta)

blackberries:thornless 175‘Karaka Black’ 552, 552

Blanco White, Anne, on: irises throughout the year 30–33

Bletilla striata 343‘Albostriata’ 343f. gebina 343, 343

Bloom, Adrian, on: ‘river

planting’ 540–543blueberries:

by Jennifer Trehane 36–39

cultivation 38–39, 60, 172for containers 776‘Blue Pearl’ 39‘Bluecrop’ 36, 36, 60‘Bluegold’ 36‘Brigitta’ 39, 60‘Chandler’ 39‘Dixie’ 38‘Duke’ 36, 60‘Hardyblue’ 60‘Herbert’ 39‘Legacy’ 39‘Northblue’ 39, 60‘Northcountry’ 39, 60‘Northsky’ 60‘Ozarkblue’ 39, 39‘Patriot’ 36, 36‘Spartan’ 36‘Sunshine Blue’ 39

Bolney Court project, West Sussex 689, 689

Bombax ceiba 819borders:

creating, by Chris Young 569–571

edges 571planning and timing 570, 571

plants for insects 253selecting plants 570soil preparation and feeding 570

Bostock, Helen, on: plants for pollinators 250–253

Boughton House, Northants, by Ursula Buchan 118–121

Bowden, Jenny, on: pruning roses 125–127

box (see Buxus)box sucker (Psylla buxi) 434, 434

boysenberries:cultivation 175, 574thornless 574

brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) 709, 709

brassica club root 775Brassica oleracea Gemmifera Group (see Brussels sprouts)

Brickell Award, 2010 593Bridgeman, Charles 120Britain as gardening’s world leader, by Stephen Lacey 566–567

readers’ response 663Britain in Bloom, RHS 657, 691, 726

British Pomology, by Robert Hogg 694

British Summer Time, by Ursula Buchan 730

Brogdale Farm, Kent: its apple collection, by Matthew Ordidge and Tim Biddlecombe 698–699

‘Broken Britain’ 273Broughton Grange, Oxon, by Tom Stuart-Smith 266–267

Brown, Bob: award of Veitch Memorial Medal 520

brown rot 846‘brownfield sites’: changes

to legislation, by Ursula Buchan 596

Brugmansia x candida ‘Variegata’ 496, 496

Brunnera macrophylla 184, 186‘Jack Frost’ 187

Brussels sprouts 708by Sue Stickland 814–815cultivation 708, 814harvesting 814reliable cultivars 708‘Abacus’ 35‘Agincourt’ 814‘Bedford Fillbasket’ 814, 815

‘Bitesize’ 814‘Bosworth’ 35, 814‘Brilliant’ 814, 815‘Cascade’ 814‘Crispus’ 814‘Falstaff’ 814, 815‘Icarus’ 814‘Maximus’ 814‘Montgomery’ 814‘Nelson’ 814NIZ 16-4021 35‘Petit Posy’ 814, 815‘Red Ball’ 814‘Revenge’ 814‘Silverline’ 814‘Trafalgar’ 814

Buchan, Ursula (see also Comment), on: ‘Orpheus’, at Boughton House, Northants 118–121

Buczacki, Stefan: award of Veitch Memorial Medal 520

Buddleja:colvilei 404

‘Kewensis’ 633davidii:

invasiveness 253‘Dartmoor’ 584, 584‘Miss Ruby’ 473‘Purple Prince’ 468, 473

rêve de Papillon (‘Minpap’) 662, 662

x weyeriana ‘Golden Glow’ 468, 473

bulbs:autumn-flowering, by Rod Leeds 546–549

combinations 676–679depth of planting 702in borders 703in containers 703lifting and storing 704naturalising in grass 703pests and diseases 573, 573

planting techniques, by Phil Clayton 701–704

plunging 704bumblebees:

activity 6buff-tailed (Bombus terrestris) 6, 6, 91

by Andrew Halstead 91common carder (Bombus pascuorum) 91

short-haired (see Garden 2009, p725): correction 23

tree (Bombus hypnorum) 91Burgess, Graham, and Gillian

Anderson: their garden at Ninesprings House, Hants 416–419, 417

Butcher, Kath: her garden in Burridge, Hants 732–737, 734

butterflies:Big Butterfly Count 450plants for 251

Buxus:box blight 434problems 434

Ccabbage:

Chinese, for autumn cropping 183

mini 112, 115, 130recommended cultivars for pots 130

‘Duncan’ 115‘January King 3’ 34‘Minicole’ 115‘Redcap’ 115‘Traviata’ 34‘Winter Jewel’ 728, 728

calabrese:mini 114‘Kabuki’ 114, 115

Calamagrostis x acutiflora:‘Karl Foerster’ 672‘Overdam’ 671

Calanthe:Dominyi 191striata 346, 347tricarinata 346, 347

Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii ‘Profusion’ 786, 786

Calycanthus occidentalis 473Calystegia sepium 432, 432Camassia Broadleigh Belle Group 305, 305

Camellia House, Chiswick Park 383

Camellia:algae 205chlorosis 205, 205flower-bud drop 205oedema 205problems 205pruning 435sooty mould 205‘Free Spirit’ 229, 229japonica:

‘Lemon Drop’ 387‘Middlemist’s Red’ 383

sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ 786, 786

Cameron, Roderick (obituary) 81, 81

Campanula medium var. calycanthema 27

campion, red (see Silene dioica)

Canna ‘Phasion’ 246Cardamine:

glanduligera 338hirsuta seedling 205, 205pentaphylla 338quinquefolia 338

Cardiocrinum giganteum 405, 405

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Carex – cornsalad

Carex:use in green roofs 838elata ‘Aurea’ 186

Carpinus:fangiana 680, 681shensiensis 680, 681turczaninowii 405

carrot fly (Psila rosae) 281, 281

carrot:mini 112, 114, 130recommended cultivars for pots 130

RHS trial 300‘Adelaide’ 300‘Amsterdam Forcing’ 114, 115

‘Ideal’ 114, 115‘Mignon’ 114, 115

catch-cropping 435cauliflower:

mini 112, 115, 130recommended cultivars for pots 130

‘Avalanche’ 115‘Igloo’ 115

Caulophyllum thalictroides 340Centaurea:

‘Blewit’ 349–350cheiranthifolia var. purpurascens 350

Cercis:canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ 777, 777

racemosa 405Cerinthe major ‘Purpurascens’ 737

Cestrum parqui 468, 470Chaenomeles:

pruning 283japonica fruit 643, 643

chaffinch 725, 725chalk plantings 402–405Chamaecyparis lawsoniana ‘Intertexta’ 307, 307

Chamaerops humilis protecting 706

chard 112as an ornamental 503

Chatto, Beth, and her gardens, by Roy Lancaster 42–45

chayote (see Sechium edule)Chelsea 2010 Plant of the Year, RHS 449, 449

‘Chelsea chop’ 361Chelsea Flower Show 2010 (see RHS)

chemical advice postcard 450chemical pest control 828Chenopodium album seedling 205, 205

cherries:by Tom La Dell 420–423Chinese 423cultivation 172, 174, 175, 422–423

Duke 423for containers 776for small spaces 433largest tree in UK 518, 518

morello 423rootstocks 203sour 423sweet 423tree survey 383

types 423‘Amber’ 420, 421‘Bigarreau Napoléon’ 420, 421, 422

‘Black Eagle’ 422‘Cluster’ 422‘Colney’ 420, 421‘Donnissen’s Gelbe’ 420, 421

‘Early Birchenhayes’ 420, 421

‘Elton Heart’ 422‘Frogmore Early’ 422‘Governor Wood’ 422‘Kentish Red’ 420, 421, 433

‘Knight’s Bigarreau’ 420, 421, 433, 433

‘Knight’s Early Black’ 422‘Kordia’ 420, 421‘Lapins’ 422‘Lukeward’ 422‘May Duke’ 423‘Merchant’ 422‘Merton Bigarreau’ 420, 421, 422

‘Merton Favourite’ 420, 421

‘Merton Glory’ 422‘Merton Heart’ 422‘Morello’ 696, 696‘Nabella’ 433‘Naples’ 422‘Noir de Guben’ 420, 421‘Polstead Black’ 420, 421‘Roundel Heart’ 420, 421‘Stella’ 377, 420, 421, 422, 433

‘Sunburst’ 420, 421, 422, 433

‘Van’ 420, 421, 422‘Waterloo’ 422

Cheshunt compound (withdrawal) 844

chickweed (see Stellaria media)

chicory:for autumn cropping 183‘Blues’ 183‘Rossa di Chioggia’ 183‘Treviso’ 183

children: plants to interest 253their health and gardening 455, 660

chilli pepper:recommended cultivars for pots 130

‘Dorset Naga’ 78, 78Chinese botanical watercolours 816–819

Chionanthus:retusus 405virginicus 405

chipping bulbs 104x Chitalpa tashkentensis ‘Pink Dawn’ 680, 681

Chloranthus fortunei 350–351, 350–351

chlorophyll, plants without 282

cho-cho; choko (see Sechium edule)

Christmas cactus: light and temperature 846

Christmas trees:

care 843‘living’ 843

christophine (see Sechium edule)

Chrysanthemum:late-flowering cultivars 752

‘Emperor of China’ 753, 753

‘Green Mist’ 150, 150‘Kung Fan Mau Tang’ 816–817

‘Stallion’ 554, 554Chusquea culeou 16, 21Cistus x pulverulentus ‘Sunset’: use in green roofs 837

Citrus: overwintering 707Clayton, Phil, on:

Bergenia 106–109bulb-planting techniques 701–704

hardy survivors of recent harsh winters 740–743

readers’ response 799Myles Irvine’s hardy passionflowers 610–611

tabletop planters 40–41using straw bales for outdoor plants 275–277

readers’ response 389winter protection for tender plants 55–57, 55

cleavers (see Galium aparine)Clematis:

as ground cover, by David Jewell 116–117

planting combinations 116

pruning 116RHS trial 764winter care 133alpina 116

‘Pamela Jackman’ 218, 218

armandii 133‘Celebration’ 662, 662‘Chacewater’ 763, 764cirrhosa 133

‘Wisley Cream’ 856, 856

diamantina (‘Evipo039’) 305, 305

‘Étoile Violette’ 765‘Frances Rivis’ 218, 218‘Helios’ 245‘Kermesina’ 765‘Killifreth’ 763‘Kinju Atarashi’ 492, 492‘Little Bas’ 764macropetala 116‘Madame Julia Correvon’ 765

‘Markham’s Pink’ 218, 218montana:

var. rubens ‘Tetrarose’ 116

var. wilsonii 116ooh la la (‘Evipo041’) 117‘Perle d’Azur’ correction 521

‘Praecox’ 116‘Purpurea Plena Elegans’ 763, 765

reflections (‘Evipo035’) 552, 552

‘Royal Velours’ 765tangutica hybrid 245vitalba 116viticella 116Viticella Group National Plant Collection 765

Clethra alnifolia 473‘Rosea’ 469, 473

Clevely, Andi, on: tree planting and aftercare 769–772

climbers:annual:

agm awards 247by Graham Strong 242–247

combinations 244–246

from seed 283RHS trial 244supports 246

to attract pollinators 251cloud-pruning techniques at Harvard Farm, Dorset, by Stephen Lacey 616–619

club root 775Cobaea:

pringlei 743, 762, 763scandens 763

Codonopsis forrestii 548, 548coir 181Colborn, Nigel, on:

Gill Richardson’s planting combinations at Manor Farm, Lincs 756–759

summer-flowering shrubs 468–473

unremarkable new cultivars 122–123, 123

readers’ response 231Colchicum:

‘Autumn Queen’ 549, 549‘Princess Astrid’ (see Colchicum ‘Autumn

Queen’)speciosum ‘Album’ 652, 652

cold damage 132cold frames 57Cole, Dominic, on: memorial gardens 766–767, 766

Colocasia:esculenta ‘Mohito’ 628gaoligongensis 743

colour combinations, winter, by Patrick Wiltshire 820–825

columbine (see Aquilegia)Commonwealth War Graves Commission 767

compost:for herbs 476risk of Legionnaires’ disease from 298

Compton, Robert (obituary) 81, 81

conceptual art and gardening, by Tony Heywood 459

containers:Abutilon 536drought-tolerant plants 364

for tabletops 40–41fruit 776herbs 474–477

combinations 500hosta 499plants to attract pollinators 251

roses in, by Michael Marriott 330–335

readers’ response 523Coode-Adams, Giles 79, 79Coombe House, Devon: its ‘mythological’ garden, by Chris Young 682–687

Copt Howe, Cumbria, by Linden Hawthorne 160–163

cordons, fruit on 614cornsalad:

for autumn cropping 183‘Coquille de Louviers’ 183

community GardeninGcommunal gardening: its benefits, by kevin mcCloud 636–637


communities: engaging in gardening, by alan titchmarsh 272–273

community gardening projects including britain in bloom, by rae Spencer-Jones 688–691

Crop Swap scheme, twickenham 455

gardening campaigns 657

horticulture in the recession, by david gwyther 328–329

qualifications, rhS 592

rhS community support 691

wildlife haven near Leeds, by Frank noble 597

comment & oPinionallotments, shortage of, by Linden groves 311

readers’ response 457, 665

alpines in roof gardens, by abbie Zabar 85

aphids, by ursula buchan 310

beds, raised, by helen Yemm 159

beth Chatto gardens, by ursula buchan 232

britain’s place in the gardening world, by Stephen Lacey 566–567

readers’ response 663british Summer time, by ursula buchan 730

‘brownfield sites’, changes to legislation, by ursula buchan 596

communal gardening: its benefits, by kevin mcCloud 636–637

readers’ response 729communities: engaging in gardening, by alan titchmarsh 272–273

conceptual art and gardening, by tony heywood 459

Crûg Farm Plants, by ursula buchan 458

differences between the sexes in garden design, by katherine Lambert 352–353

readers’ response 457eucalypts, by tom hart dyke 15

failure, by ursula buchan 666

favourite plants, losing, by ursula buchan 800

garden design: clients’ changing requirements,

by andrew wilson 667gardens in January, by ursula buchan 14

growing your own vegetables, by robert and Jane Fearnley-whittingstall 196–197

international Year of biodiversity, un, by Chris baines 801

memorial gardens, by dominic Cole 766–767

Photinia x fraseri ‘red robin’, by ursula buchan 458

readers’ response 663Plant breeders’ rights, by michael wickenden 840–841

pruning, excessive, by vanessa berridge 391

self-seeding, by mary keen 525

snow, by ursula buchan 84

tolerating pests, by Chris Packham 233

trees, their benefits, by andrew mcindoe 731

unremarkable new cultivars, by nigel Colborn 122–123

readers’ response 231vertical gardening, by ursula buchan 524

village volunteers and wildlife haven near Leeds, by Frank noble 597

violets, by ursula buchan 84

volunteering, by ursula buchan 390

wildlife, designated areas for, by ken thompson 424–425


6 Index 2010

Cornus – Dutch elm disease

Cornus:in garden design 748alba:

‘Kesselringii’ 17, 18‘Sibirica’ 17, 18, 59, 465, 823

kousa:var. chinensis 718, 718‘Miss Satomi’ 777, 777

‘Norman Hadden’ 750nuttallii 405, 405sanguinea:

‘Anny’ 17, 21‘Midwinter Fire’ 16, 20, 21, 59, 59

sericea:‘Bud’s Yellow’ 16, 18‘Cardinal’ 16, 21‘Isanti’ 17, 21

Corydalis:solida subsp. solida ‘George Baker’ 162

‘Spinners’ 633Cotinus:

coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ 751

szechuanensis 259courgette:

‘Black Forest’ 113, 115‘Picchio’ 113, 115

cowslip (see Primula veris)cranberry:

cultivation 60‘Early Black’ 60‘Pilgrim’ 60

cranesbill:dusky (see Geranium phaeum)

meadow (see Geranium pratense)

Crassula helmsii 262, 502, 502Crawford, Martin, on: walnuts 46–47, 46

readers’ response 157Crocosmia ‘Krakatoa’ 497Crocus:

autumn-flowering, by Christopher Grey-Wilson 692–693

by Brian Mathew 86–89cultivation 89pests and diseases 89‘Advance’ 88angustifolius 88‘Ard Schenk’ 88‘Aubade’ 88, 89

baytopiorum 89biflorus 87, 88‘Blue Bird’ 88‘Blue Pearl’ 87, 88cartwrightianus 383, 693, 693

‘Albus’ 693, 693chrysanthus 87

‘Cream Beauty’ 88‘E.A. Bowles’ 87–88‘Zwanenburg Bronze’ 70, 70, 88, 88

corsicus 89‘Elegance’ 88etruscus 88

‘Zwanenburg’ 88–89flavus 88gargaricus 89‘Gipsy Girl’ 88goulimyi 549, 693, 693

subsp. goulimyi ‘Mani White’ 693, 693

subsp. leucanthus 693, 693

imperati 89subsp. suaveolens 89

kotschyanus 549‘Ladykiller’ 88x luteus:

‘Golden Yellow’ 88‘Stellaris’ 88, 89

malyi 89‘Ballerina’ 87, 89‘Sveti Roc’ 89

‘Margot’ 86–87minimus 89

‘Bavella’ 89olivieri 89pestalozzae 89‘Prins Claus’ 88‘Prinses Beatrix’ 88pulchellus 693, 693

‘Albus’ 693, 693‘Ruby Giant’ 88, 88sativus 383, 693, 693‘Saturnus’ 88sieberi 88

‘Bowles’ White’ 88‘George’ 88‘Hubert Edelsten’ 88subsp. sublimis ‘Tricolor’ 88

‘Snow Bunting’ 88, 88speciosus October cover, 692, 692

‘Aitchisonii’ 692

‘Albus’ 692‘Artabir’ 692‘Cassiope’ 692‘Conqueror’ 692‘Oxonian’ 692

tommasinianus 88‘Albus’ 88‘Eric Smith’ 88‘Pictus’ 88‘Roseus’ 88‘Whitewell Purple’ 88

vallicola 549, 549‘Vanguard’ 88, 89vernus 87versicolor 89

‘Picturatus’ 89‘Zenith’ 88‘Zephyr’ 693, 693

Crop Swap scheme, Twickenham 455

Crosbie, Colin 725, 725Crute, Ian: award of CBE 77Crûg Farm Plants, by Ursula Buchan 458

cucumber 113agm awards 322by Michael Michaud 320–323

cultivation 320–323growing indoors 323growing outdoors 323pests and diseases 322recommended cultivars 323

RHS trial 322sowing 320‘Byblos’ 321‘Carmen’ 321‘Cucino’ 321‘Delizia’ 492, 492‘Emilie’ 321‘La Diva’ 113, 115‘Marketmore’ 323‘Masterpiece’ 323‘Mini Munch’ 321‘Naomi’ 321‘Prima Top’ 323‘Socrates’ 321‘Tiffany’ 321‘Tokyo Slicer’ 323‘Tyria’ 321

cultural pest control 830–831curculio (weevil) control (1865 illustration) 829

curly kale (see kale)currants: cultivation 172, 173, 174, 175

Cushnie, John (obituary) 153, 153

cuttings of less-hardy plants 641

Cyclamen:hardy 577, 577cilicium 577coum 104, 577, 577

subsp. coum f. coum:‘Maurice Dryden’ 577

Silver Group 577hederifolium 547, 547, 577, 577, 786, 786

intaminatum 548, 548persicum light and temperature 846

purpurascens 577, 577repandum 577, 577

Cynosurus cristatus 433, 433Cypella herbertii 97, 100Cypripedium:

cultivation 363calceolus 346flavum white-flowered 449, 449

formosanum 346, 346Gisela 343, 346Hank Small 346Irene 381parviflorum var. pubescens 346

reginae 346Sabine 346Sebastian 662, 662‘Sunny’ 381Ulla Silkens 346

Cytisus scoparius pruning 283

DDactylorhiza:

elata 342–343fuchsii 345x grandis 345

Blackthorn hybrid 343maculata subsp. ericetorum 345

praetermissa 344Dahlia:

classification 622cultivation 639Mark Twyning’s cultivars, by Val Bourne 620–623

pests and diseases 639watering: RHS research into best practice 453

‘Bishop of Llandaff’ 122, 622

‘Ian Hislop’ 622, 623‘Rachel de Thame’ 622, 623

‘Twyning’s After Eight’ 620, 623

‘Twyning’s Aniseed’ 622, 623

‘Twyning’s Black Cherry’ 622, 623

‘Twyning’s Candy’ 620, 623

‘Twyning’s Chocolate’ 622, 623

‘Twyning’s Peppermint’ 622, 623

‘Twyning’s Pink Fish’ 622, 623

‘Twyning’s Revel’ 622, 623

‘Twyning’s Smartie’ 622, 623

‘Twyning’s White Chocolate’ 622

un-named sport (from ‘Twyning’s Black Cherry’) 622, 623

‘Waterlily’ 626daisy:

fossil 793, 793ox-eye (see Leucanthemum vulgare)

damselflies:attracting 262

by Andrew Halstead 319common blue (Enallagma cyathigerum) 319

large red (Pyrrhosoma nymphula) 319

Daphne:bholua 110

‘Jacqueline Postill’ 142, 142, 751

‘Peter Smithers’ 111mezereum 110odora 110

Darlingtonia californica 563, 565

Dasylirion wheeleri use in green roofs 837–838

Davidia:involucrata 110

‘Sonoma’ 835, 835var. vilmoriniana 110

Dawson, Jeanette: award of OBE 519

Dawson, Peter: award of Victoria Medal of Honour 520, 520

Day, Michael: award of Associate of Honour 520

DDT 830Dean, Pauline 191DEFRA consultation on peat-

free gardening 297demoiselle, banded (Calopteryx splendens) 319, 319

derris 828Desirable Plants, Totnes, by Roy Lancaster 348–351

Deutzia:x elegantissima ‘Rosealind’ 633, 634–635

x hybrida ‘Magicien’ 495, 495

setchuenensis var. corymbiflora 468, 473, 751

Dianthus ‘Old Mother Hubbard’ 497, 497

Diascia personata 497Dicentra formosa 184, 186, 187dichlobenil (withdrawal) 844Dickerson, Tony, on:

eradicating weeds 427–429

fertilisers 199–201Dierama:

medium 101reynoldsii 101

Diervilla:rivularis ‘Troja Black’ 469, 473

sessilifolia cool splash (‘Lpdc Podaras’) 155, 155

Dietes bicolor 97, 100differences between the sexes in garden design, by Katherine Lambert 352–353

readers’ response 457Digitalis ‘Serendipity’ 728, 728

Dioscorea orangeana 518Diplarrena (as Diplarrhena):

latifolia 97, 100moraea 100

diseases (see Pests, diseases and disorders)

Disporum:leucanthum 341, 490, 490maculatum 340sessile ‘Variegatum’ 339, 340

dividing perennials 130dock bugs (Coreus marginatus), by Andrew Halstead 675, 675

dog’s tail, crested (see Cynosurus cristatus)

Dominy, John 191Dowding, Charles, on: salads for every season 182–183

dragonflies:attracting 262, 280southern hawker (Aeshna cyanea) 280, 280

Dronet, Thierry and Monique: their garden in the Vosges, France 48–53, 52

Dryopteris wallichiana 350Duncan, William: MBE 77Dunnett, Nigel, on: green roof plantings in David Matzdorf’s north London garden 836–839

Dutch elm disease 299, 658, 658, 799

desiGn (see also Plant combinations)

borders, creating, by Chris Young 569–571

broughton grange, oxon, by tom Stuart-Smith 266–267

clients’ changing requirements in garden design, by andrew wilson 667

differences between the sexes in garden design, by katherine Lambert 352–353


‘garden of rooms’ at hillbark, near Leeds, by Jon ardle 478–481

Japanese cloud-pruning techniques at harvard Farm, dorset, by Stephen Lacey 616–619

lighting at west green house, hants, by Stephen anderton 550–551

‘orpheus’, at boughton house, northants, by ursula buchan 118–121

Plaz metaxu, at Coombe house, devon: a ‘mythological’ garden, by Chris Young 682–687

Abutilon 537auriculas 236berries (hybrid) 574blueberries 38–39brussels sprouts 708chayotes 538climbers, annual: from seed 283

Crocus 89autumn-flowering 692–693

Cyclamen (hardy) 577, 577

Cypripedium 363dahlias 639

ericaceous fruit in pots 60

fruit for containers 776herbs in containers 474–477

peas and beans 280potatoes 131

in growing sacks 94–95

salads for every season 182–183

sunflowers 600tomatoes from seed 283walnuts 47winter vegetables 34–35

cultiVation

Index 2010 7

Eastgrove Cottage – garden design

EEastgrove Cottage Garden, Worcs: correction 225

Eccremocarpus scaber 243, 244, 752, 752

Tresco Series, mixed 245Echinacea:

‘Hot Summer’ 625purpurea pruning 361

Echinopsis ‘Lincoln Charm’ 491, 491

Ecoworks Community Garden, Nottingham 691, 691

Elaeagnus fruit 643, 643elder (see Sambucus nigra)elder, ground (see Aegopodium podagraria)

elephant’s ears (see Bergenia)Elliott, Brent, on:

orchids and the RHS 190–191

Robert Hogg’s The Fruit Manual 694–697

elm (see Ulmus)Elmwood College, Fife: orchard of traditional cultivars 659

Embothrium coccineum 110, 110endangered species in England 383

endive:autumn cropping 183summer cropping 183‘Frenzy’ 183

Ensete frost protection 56Epilobium illinoiensis 565Epimedium:

grandiflorum ‘Freya’ 340x omeiense ‘Akame’ 338, 339

x warleyense 185, 186Epipactis:

gigantea 343, 343Lowland Legacy ‘Edelstein’ 343

palustris 344, 344Epipogium aphyllum discovered in UK 149

Equisetum arvense 432, 432Eragrostis curvula ‘Totnes Burgundy’ 670

Eremurus planting 704

Erica x darleyensis:f. aureifolia ‘Moonshine’ 12, 12

‘Phoebe’ 12, 12Erigeron ‘Quakeress’ 27Eriobotrya japonica 797Eriophorum chamissonis 488, 488

Eryngium x zabelii ‘Jos Eijking’ 250

Erythrina crista-galli 496, 496Erythronium ‘Diana Chappell’ 194, 195

Eschscholzia:propagating 643californica:

by Graham Rice 400–401

‘Appleblossom Chiffon’ (Thai Silk Series) 400, 401

‘Apricot Chiffon’ (Thai Silk Series) 400, 401

‘Apricot Flambeau’ (Thai Silk Series) (see ‘Apricot Chiffon’)

‘Champagne and Roses’ 400, 401

‘Copper Pot’ 400, 401‘Fruit Crush’ 400, 401var. maritima ‘Golden Tears’ 401

‘Mission Bells’ 400, 401

‘Monarch Mixed’ 400, 401

‘Strawberry Fields’ 400, 401

‘Sun Shades’ 400, 401espaliers 174Euonymus oxyphyllus 777, 777Euphorbia:

characias:subsp. characias ‘Blue Hills’ 189

‘Portuguese Velvet’ 376, 376

x martini ‘Ascot Rainbow’ 796, 796

European Garden Award 2010 725

Europom festival, Wisley 661exotics mixed with hardy plants in Chris Barnes’ Isle of Wight garden, by Oliver Mathews 558–561

Ffailure, by Ursula Buchan 666Falkland in Bloom project, Fife 689, 689

Fallopia japonica: biological control 299, 360, 428

fan-trained fruit 174Fascicularia bicolor:

subsp. bicolor 743subsp. canaliculata 741, 743

fat hen (see Chenopodium album)

favourite plants, losing, by Ursula Buchan 800

Fearn, Brian: 2010 Brickell Award 593

Fearnley-Whittingstall, Robert and Jane, on: growing your own vegetables 196–197, 197

fern:believed extinct 591, 591water (see Azolla filiculoides)

fertilisers:by Tony Dickerson 199–201

content codes 200slow-release 201

fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) 709, 709

figs:cultivation 172, 174for containers 776

firethorn (see Pyracantha)fish ponds 263, 265flame guns 428flower-arranging, plants grown for 737

flowers, world’s smallest 77Foggy Bottom, Bressingham, Norfolk: its ‘river plantings’ 542–543

Foil-sis 95, 95Forbes, Alasdair: his garden at Coombe House, Devon, by Chris Young 682–687

Forestry Commission 450, 591 (correction)

forking 428Forsythia pruning 283Fortune, Robert 634fossils:

daisy 793, 793liverwort spores 796

Foster, John and Brenda: their garden in Redisham, Suffolk 102–105

Fothergilla major 111, 111foxes (Vulpes vulpes), by Andrew Halstead 23, 23

Frank, Anne: her horse chestnut tree 659, 725

Freesia:alba 99lactea 96, 99

Fremontodendron ‘California Glory’ 110, 111

Fritillaria imperialis ‘William Rex’ 387

frogs, attracting 262, 280frost, protecting plants from 55–57

Fruit Manual, The 698by Brent Elliott 694–697

fuchsia gall mite 794, 794Fuchsia:

fruit 643, 643‘Chillerton Beauty’ 469, 470

‘Hawkshead’ 470magellanica 470

‘Lady Bacon’ 470‘Margaret’ 469, 470‘Mrs Popple’ 470‘Riccartonii’ 470

GGable House, Redisham, Suffolk, by Simon Garbutt 102–105

Gaillardia ‘Naomi Sunshine’ 305, 305

galanthomania 223Galanthus:

bulb auctions 223choosing by season 129‘Ecusson d’Or’ 223, 223elwesii:

var. elwesii 129‘Kite’ 105

var. monostictus 129gracilis 129ikariae 129‘Jacquenetta’ 105‘Modern Art’ 105nivalis February cover, 129, 724

‘Flocon de Neige’ 223(Sandersii Group) ‘Ray Cobb’ 103, 105

plicatus 129(Poculiformis Group) ‘E.A. Bowles’ 223

‘Wandlebury Ring’ 223

‘Wendy’s Gold’ 129reginae-olgae:

‘Autumn Snow’ 223subsp. reginae-olgae 129

subsp. vernalis 129‘Trymming’ 226‘Tubby Merlin’ 104

Galium:aparine seedling 205, 205verum 433, 433

Garbutt, Simon, on: Gable House, Redisham, Suffolk 102–105

Garden Bird Health Initiative 725

Garden Talk (see Comment)garden design (see Design)

Fruit & VeGetables (see also Pests, diseases and disorders; Practical advice)

apple industry, britain’s, by matthew ordidge and tim biddlecombe 698–699

blueberries, by Jennifer trehane 36–39

brussels sprouts 708by Sue Stickland 814–815

catch-cropping 435chayotes, by John and Shirley murrell 538–539, 539

cherries:by tom La dell 420–423

for small spaces 433Citrus overwintering 707cordons, fruit on 614cucumbers, by michael michaud 320–323

early onions and potatoes 61

fruit:for containers 776harvesting 640in small plots, by bob Sherman 172–175, 612–615

rootstocks 203unusual edible 643

Fruit Manual, The, by brent elliott 694–697

garlic cultivation 774goji berries 503, 503gooseberry pests and diseases 362

grow Your own campaign 196

iPhone app 150, 387

growing your own vegetables, by robert and Jane Fearnley-whittingstall 196–197

hardening off young vegetables 204

heirloom vegetables: availability 723

herbs in containers, by Jekka mcvicar 474–477

hybrid berries 574leeks:

problems 642rhS trial, by Sue Stickland 630–631

mangetout and sugarsnap peas:

by mario depace 544–545

pests 574mini vegetables 112–115

for pots 130Palmer, doug: his show-quality fruit, by Jean vernon 612–615, 612

parsley: curled-leaf cultivars, by Sarah wain 336–337

pea and bean weevil 574, 574

peas and beans: cultivation 280

pigeons 574potatoes:

new developments in breeding, by alan romans 92–95


rhubarb, establishing 774

seed of non-traditional crops, project to collect 299

show-quality fruit in small spaces 612–615

storage problems 846straw bales for outdoor plants, by Phil Clayton 275–277

readers’ response 389strawberries: maximising yields 279

sweet corn:by Sue Stickland 414–415

recommended cultivars 363

tomatoes:from seed 283small, by ian hodgson 268–271

types 207vegetables:

as ornamentals 503for overwintering 642in small spaces, by Sue Stickland 112–115

late-season 362seeds, welsh: appeal for 225

walnuts, by martin Crawford 46–47

readers’ response 157winter vegetables, by medwyn williams 34–35

enVironment (see also Wildlife)

aquatic plants to avoid 502, 502

government ‘green’ policies 449

international Year of biodiversity, un 5, 248, 801

plant species in danger 724

Putting nature on the map project 591

awards:2010 5202011 nominations 592

Chatto, beth, in conversation with roy Lancaster 42–45, 43

highdown: Sir Frederick Stern’s garden in west Sussex, by roy Lancaster 402–405

hogg, robert: his Fruit Manual 694–695, 695, 698

van der kloet, Jacqueline: her bulb combinations, by noel kingsbury 676–679, 676

Lilium regale and eh wilson, by roy Lancaster 258–259, 258–259

Lloyd, Christopher 44orchids and the rhS, by brent elliott 190–191

reeves Collection, the, rhS Lindley Library, by kate bailey 816–819

Gardeners and PlantsPeoPle

8 Index 2010

‘Garden on a Roll’ – Hornby, Sir Simon

‘Garden on a Roll’ 232Garden Organic 723‘garden-grabbing’ 517, 596Gardenia jasminoides ‘Kleim’s Hardy’ 743

gardening and Britain’s place in the world, by Stephen Lacey 566–567

readers’ response 663gardening clubs and societies, RHS-affiliated 593

Gardening Leave (charity) 688Gardiner, Jim: new RHS Director of Horticulture 453, 453

on planting schemes at RHS Gardens:

Harlow Carr 460–465Hyde Hall 604–609Rosemoor 312–317Wisley 166–171

garlic:cultivation 774harvesting 774

gas lime 828Gaura lindheimeri ‘Ruby Ruby’ 449, 449, 728, 728

genetic fingerprinting 699Gentiana makinoi ‘Marsha’ 497

Geranium:dragon heart (‘Bremdra’) 626

maderense letter on 665phaeum 184, 189

‘Album’ 189‘Chocolate Chip’ 189‘Margaret Wilson’ 189var. phaeum ‘Samobor’ 189

‘Séricourt’ 387pratense 433, 433

‘Hocus Pocus’ 497rozanne (‘Gerwat’) 382, 395, 512, 512

and ‘Jolly Bee’: DNA tests on 382

use in ‘river’ plantings 542

sylvaticum 340‘Amy Doncaster’ 340

Gerbera:‘Brandy’ 229, 229Everlast Series 740, 742‘Jilly’ 229, 229‘Rachel’ 229, 229

Get Your Grown-Ups Growing scheme, RHS 660, 727

Gibby, Mary: award of OBE 77Gittins, Tim, and Malcolm Simm: their ‘garden of rooms’ at Hillbark, near Leeds 478–481, 478

Gladiolus:x brenchleyensis 7, 7cardinalis 833, 833x colvillii ‘The Bride’ 292, 292

flanaganii 96, 98huttonii x liliaceus 351splendens 98tristis 98, 98–99

gladiolus thrips (Thrips simplex) 573, 573

glasshouse preparation 62goji berries (see Lycium barbarum)

goldfinches: letter on primula depredations 457, 457

Goldsborough Hall, Knaresborough, North Yorks 76, 76

gooseberry, Cape (see Physalis peruviana)

gooseberry:cultivation 172, 173, 175mildew, American (Podosphaera mors-uvae) 362, 362

pests and diseases 362resistance to mildew 362sawfly (Nematus ribesii, Pristiphora rufipes) 362

Government ‘green’ policies 449

Grafton Cottage, Staffs, by Lia Leendertz 24–27

grapes:cultivation 172, 175‘Alicante’ 696‘Black Hamburg’ 696, 696‘Muscat of Alexandria’ 696‘Saturn’ 615‘Schiava Grossa’ 696, 696

grasses:and sedge care 132dividing 709plantings for autumn and winter, by Neil Lucas 668–673

using 673wild flowers in grassland 501

Grasslands Trust 383correction 519

grass snake (see snake)Gravetye Manor, West Sussex: restoration of its gardens 590

Great British Elm Experiment 299

green compost 181green roofs:

construction 839maintenance 838–839plantings in David Matzdorf’s north London garden, by Nigel Dunnett 836–839

grey mould 573, 846, 846Grey-Wilson, Christopher, on:

autumn-flowering crocuses 692–693

Pulsatilla 176–177

groundsel (see Senecio vulgaris)

Groves, Linden, on: shortage of allotments 311, 311

readers’ response 457, 665Grow Your Own:

campaign 196iPhone app 150, 387

growing your own vegetables, by Robert and Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall 196–197

guelder rose (see Viburnum opulus)

gum, sweet (see Liquidambar)Gwyther, David, on: horticulture in the recession 328–329

HHabenaria radiata 347, 347Haddon Lake House, Isle of Wight, and its walled garden, by Andrew Wilson December cover, 802–807

Hall, Peter: award of Associate of Honour 520

Halstead, Andrew, on: ants 241bumblebees 91cinnabar moths 533, 533damselflies 319dock bugs 675, 675foxes 23, 23grass snakes 603, 603house sparrows 399, 399moles 739, 739robins 809stag beetles 467, 467

grub 467woodlice 165

Hamamelis x intermedia:‘Jelena’ 751, 787‘Pallida’ 70, 70‘Ruby Glow’ 823

hardening off young vegetables 204

hardiness ratings review, RHS 589

hardy plants mixed with exotics in Chris Barnes’ Isle of Wight garden, by Oliver Mathews 558–561

hardy survivors of recent harsh winters, by Phil Clayton 740–743

readers’ response 799Hargreaves, Margaret and Peter: their garden in Staffs 24–27, 24

Harlow Carr, RHS Garden (see RHS Gardens)

Hart Dyke, Tom, on: eucalypts 15, 15

Haszeldine, Bob: his garden at Copt Howe, Cumbria 160–163, 162

Hawthorne, Linden, on: Copt Howe, Cumbria 160–163

Hay, Harry (obituary) 519, 519

Hebe:‘Midsummer Beauty’ 718, 718

topiaria 751Hedera beneficial effects on walls 519

hedges:their importance for biodiversity 793

to attract pollinators 252Hedychium:

coccineum ‘Tara’ 740, 742densiflorum 740

‘Assam Orange’ 740‘Stephen’ 740

heirloom vegetables: availability 723

Helenium:pruning 361‘Gelbe Waltraut’ 662, 662‘Sahin’s Early Flowerer’ 512, 512

Helianthus:by Hazel Sillver September cover, 598–601

champion sunflowers 599choosing 599cultivation 600cut flowers 600dwarf sunflowers 600RHS trial (2000) 599sunflowers for children 600

use as garden plants 599annuus 599

‘Black Magic’ 599‘Claret’ 599‘Double Shine’ 599‘Gigantor’ 599‘Golden Cheer’ 599, 601

‘Goldrush’ 599‘Kong’ 599‘Lemon Sorbet’ 601‘Little Dorrit’ 600‘Munchkin’ 600‘Pastiche’ 599‘Prado Red’ 599‘Procut Brilliance’ 600, 601

‘Procut Orange’ 598–599, 600, 601

‘Procut Yellow’ 600, 601

‘Russian Giant’ 599‘Sparky’ 600‘Starburst Aura’ 599, 601

‘Terracotta’ 585, 599, 601

‘Valentine’ 599debilis 599‘Earthwalker’ 599

helleborine (see Epipactis)Helleborus:

foetidus 822‘Yellow Wilgenbroek’ 226

Walberton’s rosemary (‘Walhero’) 226

Heloniopsis orientalis 161Hemerocallis:

‘For the Good Times’ 381‘Forgotten Dreams’ 554, 554

‘Shuffle the Deck’ 381, 381

Henry vii 699Henry viii 420Herbertia lahue 100herbs:

combinations in pots 475, 476, 500

compost 476for summer cropping 183in containers, by Jekka McVicar 474–477

windowboxes 476Herefordshire Pomona, The 696, 699

Heritage Seed Library 723Herodotus 422Heuchera ‘Sugar Plum’ 489, 489

Heywood, Tony, on: conceptual art and gardening 459, 459

Hibiscus syriacus 473‘Diana’ 473‘Marina’ 469, 473‘Woodbridge’ 473

Hickson, Michael: award of Victoria Medal of Honour 520, 520

Highdown, West Sussex, by Roy Lancaster 402–405

Hilborne, Stephanie: award of OBE 77

Hill House Nursery, near Ashburton, Devon, by Roy Lancaster 494–497

Hillbark, near Leeds, by Jon Ardle 478–481

Hillier, Robert: award of Victoria Medal of Honour 520, 520

Himantoglossum hircinum 383Hippeastrum:

agm plants 845care 845‘Alasca’ 82, 82‘Sonatini’ 740‘Toughie’ 740

Hobson, Jake: his Japanese cloud-pruning techniques 616–619

Hobson, Tim and Dilly 617Hodgson, Ian, on: small tomatoes 268–271

hoeing 428Hogg, Robert 695

his Fruit Manual 694–695, 698

Hoheria:‘Glory of Amlwch’ 471, 473

sexstylosa 473holly (see Ilex)Holmes, Susie, on: peat-based composts 178–181

readers’ response 309, 665Homeria collina 96, 101honours lists (awards to horticulture):

New Year 77Queen’s Birthday 519

Hooker, William 696Hornby, Sir Simon 593, 826

his garden The Ham, Oxon 826–827

his life and achievements,

Gardens (see also rhs Gardens)

appletrees: kath butcher’s garden in burridge, hants, by vanessa berridge 732–737

Aquilegia in Carrie thomas’s Swansea garden, by Camilla Swift 324–327

beth Chatto gardens, Colchester, essex, by roy Lancaster 42–45

Copt howe, Cumbria, by Linden hawthorne 160–163

gable house, redisham, Suffolk, by Simon garbutt 102–105

grafton Cottage, Staffs, by Lia Leendertz 24–27

green-roof plantings in david matzdorf’s north London garden, by nigel dunnett 836–839

haddon Lake house, isle of wight, and its walled garden, by andrew wilson december cover, 802–807

hardy plants mixed with exotics in Chris barnes’ isle of wight garden, by oliver mathews 558–561

harvard Farm, dorset: its cloud-pruned plantings, by Stephen Lacey 616–619

highdown, west Sussex, by roy Lancaster 402–405

hillbark, near Leeds, by Jon ardle 478–481

Jardin de berchigranges, Lorraine, France, by Louisa Jones 48–53

Lancaster, roy: his garden near Southampton 832–835

manor Farm, keisby, Lincs: its planting combinations, by nigel Colborn november cover, 756–759

ninesprings house, whitchurch, hants, by Cleve west 416–419

‘orpheus’, at boughton house, northants, by ursula buchan 118–121

osborne house, isle of wight: its walled garden, by Jean vernon 526–531

Plaz metaxu: alasdair Forbes’ garden at Coombe house, devon, by Chris Young 682–687

rustling end, herts, by matthew biggs 254–257

Swagerman, Lumine: her netherlands garden, by nicola Stocken tomkins 392–397, 394

west green house, hants: its garden lighting, by Stephen anderton 550–551

wildwood, kent, by tim ingram 338–341

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Hornby, Sir Simon – Leycesteria formosa

by Martin Lane Fox 826–827

obituary 593horsetail, field (see Equisetum arvense)

horticulture in the recession, by David Gwyther 328–329

Hosta:in containers 499problems 499slugs and snails 499viruses 499‘Fire Island’ 490, 490‘Rhino Hide’ 231‘Snow Mouse’ 556, 556

house plants: light and minimum temperatures 846

Hubbard, Raymond and Matthew: their nursery, near Ashburton, Devon 494–497

Hughes, Kevin: his nursery near Salisbury 192–195, 192–193

Hulme, Kenneth (obituary) 303, 303

Hyde Hall, RHS Garden (see RHS Gardens)

Hydrangea:pruning 62arborescens ‘Annabelle’ 737aspera 469, 473

Villosa Group 405, 405, 472

‘Garden House Glory’ 82, 82

paniculata 470‘Kyushu’ 469, 473‘Wim’s Red’ 628

quercifolia 473Hydrocotyle ranunculoides 298, 298, 502, 502

Hypericum:‘Hidcote’ 469, 471, 473lancasteri 473

IIlex:

sex of different cultivars 63aquifolium ‘Silver Queen’ 856, 856

Impatiens:arguta 740omeiana 740rothii 740tinctoria 495, 495, 740, 742, 833, 833

walleriana ‘Masquerade’ 229, 229

Indigofera:heterantha 468, 472, 473, 634

potaninii 473subverticillata 634

Ingram, Tim, on: Wildwood, Kent 338–341

insects, pollinating 250–253international gardening

Jardin de Berchigranges, Lorraine, France, by Louisa Jones 48–53

Siskiyou Mountains,

northwestern USA: their flora, by Roy Lancaster 562–565

Taiwan’s floriculture, by Simon Garbutt 482–483

International Society for Fungal Conservation 724

International Year of Biodiversity, UN 5, 248

by Chris Baines 801invasive plants 253

alternatives to 661aquatics 262, 502, 502pondweeds 298

iPhone app, RHS 150, 387Ipomoea:

wigwam 242x imperialis ‘Sunrise Serenade’ 245

indica 762–763lobata 247

‘Exotic Love’ 245, 247‘Jungle Queen’ 247

x multifida 245purpurea ‘Bohemian Shades’ 245

Iridaceae (iris family) by Julian Sutton 96–101

Iris:throughout the year, by Anne Blanco White 30–33

bucharica 403cycloglossa 31, 31danfordiae 31, 31ensata ‘Returning Tide’ 32, 32

‘Evening Drama’ 305, 305

foetidissima January cover, 33, 33

graminea 33, 33var. pseudocyperus 33

‘Holden Clough’ 32, 32‘Katharine Hodgkin’ 824‘Kiss of Summer’ 32, 32laevigata:

‘Regal’ 418, 419‘Snowdrift’ 418, 419‘Weymouth Midnight’ 418, 419

magnifica 31, 31‘Mary Constance’ 32, 32pseudacorus ‘Variegata’ 189, 418, 419

reticulata var. bakeriana 30, 30–31

‘Rose de la Vallée’ 488, 488sibirica ‘Exuberant Encore’ 33, 33

‘Stepping Out’ 444, 444tectorum 191unguicularis 33, 33

‘Mary Barnard’ 33‘Walter Butt’ 33

versicolor ‘Kermesina’ 419, 419

Irvine, Myles 610–611, 610Isoplexis:

canariensis 494, 495sceptrum 495

ivy (see Hedera)Ixia viridiflora 96, 99

JJackson, Leila, of Wall End Nursery, Herefordshire 534, 536

Jamesia americana 634Japanese cloud-pruning techniques at Harvard Farm, Dorset, by Stephen Lacey 616–619

Japanese knotweed (see Fallopia japonica)

Jardin de Berchigranges, le, Lorraine, France, by Louisa Jones 48–53

Jasminum nudiflorum 142, 142pruning 283

jay 502Jewell, David, on:

Clematis as ground cover 116–117

colourful winter stems 16–21

Kniphofia 484–487

Jones, Louisa, on: le Jardin de Berchigranges, Lorraine, France 48–53

Jones, Richard, on: the history of pest and disease control 828–831

Jubaea chilensis 743protecting 706

Juglans (see also walnut)regia 46, 46

Juniperus communis 224, 224

Kkale 130

as an ornamental 503mini 112, 130black tuscany (‘Nero di Toscana Precoce’) 34

Keen, Mary, on: self-seeding 525, 525

Kerria japonica pruning 283Kevin Hughes Plants, near Salisbury, by Roy Lancaster 192–195

Kingsbury, Noel, on: Jacqueline van der Kloet’s

bulb combinations 676–679

Kirkham, Tony: the benefits of planting trees: readers’ response 83

van der Kloet, Jacqueline: her bulb combinations, by Noel Kingsbury 676–679, 676

Knight, Thomas Andrew 422Kniphofia:

by David Jewell 484–487effective use 484–486RHS trial 484–487‘Ample Dwarf’ 485, 486‘Amsterdam’ 485, 487‘Apricot Sky’ 485, 486‘Bressingham Comet’ 486bressingham sunbeam (‘Bresun’) 485, 486

‘Brimstone’ 486, 487caulescens 486, 487‘Dorset Sentry’ 485, 486‘Erecta’ 486‘Fiery Fred’ 486, 487‘Firefly’ 485, 486‘Green Jade’ 487‘Jane Henry’ 485, 486‘Jonathan’ 485, 486linearifolia 486‘Little Maid’ 487‘Mermaiden’ 487‘Minister Verschuur’ 485, 486

‘Moonstone’ 485, 486‘Red Admiral’ 485, 486‘Rich Echoes’ 485, 486, 487

rooperi 169, 486, 487, 652, 652

‘Royal Standard’ 485, 486‘Safranvogel’ 485, 486‘Sunningdale Yellow’ 486‘Tawny King’ 485, 486, 487, 487

thomsonii var. thomsonii 487

‘Timothy’ 485, 486‘Toffee Nosed’ 487uvaria ‘Nobilis’ 487

knotweed, Japanese (see Fallopia japonica)

LLa Dell, Tom, on: cherries 420–423

La Mortella, Ischia 455Lablab purpureus 243, 244, 245, 283

Lacey, Stephen, on: Britain’s leading role in gardening 566–567, 566

readers’ response 663Jake Hobson’s Japanese cloud-pruning techniques 616–619

ladybird:Australian vedalia: its use in pest control 831

harlequin: its use in pest control 831, 831

Lagarosiphon major 502, 502Lambert, Katherine, on:

differences between the sexes in garden design 352–353, 352

readers’ response 457Lambert, Phillippa and Steve: their walled garden at Haddon Lake House, Isle of Wight, by Andrew Wilson 802–807, 803

lamb’s lettuce (see cornsalad)Lancaster, Roy:

adventurous choices of tree 680–681

readers’ response 797Beth Chatto and her gardens 42–45, 43

Desirable Plants, Totnes 348–351

flowers without petals 110–111

Highdown, West Sussex 402–405

Hill House Nursery, near Ashburton, Devon 494–497

his garden near Southampton 832–835

Kevin Hughes Plants, near Salisbury 192–195

Lilium regale and EH Wilson 258–259, 259

Roseland House Nursery 762–765

Siskiyou Mountains: their flora 562–565

Stone House Cottage Nursery, Worcs 632–635

landscape fabrics 429landscape, imparting meaning into 682–687

Lane Fox, Martin, on: Sir Simon Hornby: his life and achievements 826–827

Langland, William 420Lapageria:

National Plant Collection 764

rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ 764, 764–765

late-season flowers, by Graham Rice 752–753

Lathraea clandestina 282, 282, 794

Lathyrus:nervosus 245nissolia 501, 501odoratus:

‘Julie Ann’ 492, 492‘Matucana’ 244

rotundifolius 633, 635vernus 185, 186

‘Alboroseus’ 186Laurus azorica 405Lavandula pruning 577lavender (see Lavandula)lawns:

aerating 357bare patches 358care in spring, by Simon Akeroyd 355–358

edging 61, 356feeding 358mowing 356, 432scarifying 357seed mixes 641topdressing 358

weeds in 357Lawrence, Sir Trevor 191, 191Le Gros, Ian 607, 607

Award of Garden Merit plants 376, 444, 512, 584, 652, 718, 786, 856

Leeds, Rod, on: autumn-flowering bulbs 546–549

leek moth 642leeks:

cultivation 630mini 112, 115, 130problems 642RHS trial, by Sue Stickland 630–631

rust 642, 642white tip 642‘Apollo’ 630‘Atlanta’ 630, 631‘Baikal’ 631‘Bandit’ 630, 631‘Edison’ 630, 631‘Giant Winter’ 630‘King Richard’ 115‘Longbow’ 35, 630‘Musselburgh’ 630‘Oarsman’ 630‘Snowdon’ 630‘Toledo’ 35, 630‘Triton’ 631‘TZ 02213’ 631‘TZ 7267’ 631‘TZ 7270’ 631‘TZ 7271’ 631‘Zermatt’ 115

Leendertz, Lia, on: Grafton Cottage, Staffs 24–27

Legionnaires’ disease 298Lennox Boyd, Arabella:

award of Veitch Memorial Medal 520

the role of woody plants in garden design 746–751

Leonardslee, West Sussex: closure 225, 299

Leptodontium gemmascens (thatch moss) 792, 792

Lespedeza thunbergii 473lettuce:

alternatives for autumn cropping 183

mini 112, 115, 130ornamental 503recommended cultivars for pots 130

spring 182‘Chartwell’ 182‘Little Gem’ 115, 444, 444

‘Mini Green’ 115‘Red Grenoble’ 182, 183‘Rosemoor’ 182

Leucanthemum vulgare 433, 433

Leucojum:aestivum:

subsp. aestivum 192, 192

var. pulchellum 192autumnale (see Acis autumnalis)

Leycesteria formosa 468, 470Golden lanterns (‘Notbruce’) 470, 472–473

Jobs to do in…January 64February 134march 208april 284may 365June 436July 504august 578September 644october 710november 778december 848

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Libertia – Paphiopedilum

Libertia:caerulescens 97, 100grandiflora 100, 100peregrinans 100procera 100, 635

light for house plants 846lighting at West Green House, Hants, by Stephen Anderton 550–551

Lilium:lily beetle (see beetle)lily disease 573, 573henryi 405, 405lily allen (‘Popstar’) 488, 488

‘Raspberry Ripple’ 556, 556

regale and EH Wilson, by Roy Lancaster 258–259, 258–259

‘Russia Red’ 489, 489Linaria purpurea ‘Mini Me’ 552, 552

lingonberry:cultivation 60‘Red Pearl’ 60

Liquidambar:by Robert Vernon 810–813

cultivation 847improving leaf colour 812acalycina 810formosana 810

‘Afterglow’ 812, 812orientalis 810, 812, 812styraciflua 810, 810–811, 812

‘Andrew Hewson’ 812, 812

‘Anja’ 810‘Burgundy’ 813, 813‘Fastigiata’ 813, 813‘Festival’ 813, 813‘Goldmember’ 813, 813

‘Kia’ 810‘Lane Roberts’ 810, 812, 812

‘Palo Alto’ 813, 813‘Parasol’ 810, 813, 813‘Rotundifolia’ 810‘Slender Silhouette’ 813, 813

‘Variegata’ 810‘Worplesdon’ 813, 813

Lithocarpus densiflorus var. echinoides 565

liverwort spores, fossilised 796

lizard, common (Zootopa vivifera) 575, 575

Lloyd, Christopher 44Lloyd, John 386Lobelia laxiflora var. angustifolia 497

loganberry:cultivation 574thornless 574

London Wetland Centre, Barnes 590

Lonicera:calcarata 833, 833tragophylla 193

Lophospermum:purpusii ‘Victoria Falls’ 245scandens:

‘Joan Lorraine’ 245‘Mystic Rose’ 245‘Sky Blue’ 245

Lowther Castle gardens: restoration of 149

Lucas, Neil, on: grasses in autumn and winter 668–673

Lupton House, Brixham, Devon: restoration 724, 724

Luzuriaga radicans 634, 635Lycium barbarum cultivation 503, 503

Lysimachia paridiformis var. stenophylla 833, 833

MMace, Ivor: award of Associate of Honour 520

MacLeod, John (obituary) 521, 521

Magnolia:in garden design 748cylindrica 194, 835, 835grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ 194x highdownensis 405liliiflora ‘Raven’ 194x loebneri 750‘Petit Chicon’ 193, 193‘Star Wars’ 195‘Susan’ 292, 292wilsonii 405, 405

Mahonia:huiliensis 835, 835x media ‘Winter Sun’ 753, 753

Maianthemum oleraceum 340, 341

mallow, musk (see Malva moschata)

Malus (see also apple):in garden design 748coronaria var. dasycalyx ‘Charlottae’ 777, 777

‘John Downie’ 376, 376Malva moschata 501, 501mancozeb (withdrawal) 844Mandevilla laxa 495, 495, 742, 743

mangetout:agm awards 544and sugarsnap peas, by Mario Depace 544–545

pests 574RHS trial 544‘Bijou’ 155, 155‘Delikata’ 545‘Kennedy’ 545‘Norli’ 544, 545‘Oregon Giant’ 544, 545‘Oregon Sugar Pod’ 544‘Snow Sweet’ 544, 545

Manor Farm, Keisby, Lincs: its planting combinations, by Nigel Colborn 756–759

Marriott, Michael, on: roses in containers 330–335

readers’ response 523Massey, John: award of Victoria Medal of Honour 520, 520

Mathew, Brian, on: Crocus 86–89

Mathews, Oliver, on: Chris Barnes’s Isle of Wight garden 558–561, 560

Matteuccia orientalis 350Matzdorf, David: green roof plantings in his north London garden 836–839, 837

Mawson, Thomas: rose garden near Watford 659

Maytenus boaria 404McCloud, Kevin, on: the benefits of communal gardening 636–637, 637

readers’ response 729McIndoe, Andrew, on: the benefits of trees 731, 731

McVicar, Jekka, on: herbs in containers 474–477

meadow plants, native 433Meconopsis propagating 643Melittis melissophyllum 349

‘Apple Blossom’ 348, 349membership, RHS: through HTA garden centres 593

memorial gardens, by Dominic Cole 766–767

men and women gardeners: the differences 352–353

merliton (see Sechium edule)Mertensia virginica 185, 186, 339

van der Meulan, Leonard 120Michaud, Michael, on: cucumbers 320–323

mildew:downy 576, 576powdery 576, 576susceptible plants 576, 576identifying 576, 576

Miles, Tim, on: Abutilon 534–537

Milium effusum ‘Aureum’ 186Miltonia Rocqueberg 491, 491

mini vegetables 112–115for pots 130

Miscanthus:sinensis:

‘Abundance’ 673var. condensatus ‘Cosmopolitan’ 652, 652

‘Ferner Osten’ 671‘Flamingo’ 672, 673

transmorrisonensis 340mistletoe, cultivation 847, 847

mizuna 183moles (Talpa europaea), by Andrew Halstead 739, 739

Molinia caerulea subsp. arundinacea ‘Windspiel’ 670

Moraea huttonii 96, 101Morris, Cedric 42Morrison, Alasdair (obituary) 153, 153

moths:cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae), by Andrew Halstead 533, 531

mullein (larva) 754new 3mm species

(Ectoedemia heckfordii) 467

plants for 251mowing 356, 432mulches 429Murrell, John and Shirley, on: chayotes 538–539

Musa frost protection 56mussel scale (Lepidosaphes ulmi) 434, 434

mustard ‘Red Frills’ 183Myriophyllum aquaticum 262, 298, 502, 502

NNagata, Haruhiko: award of Veitch Memorial Medal 520

Narcissus:‘Faith’ 8, 8‘February Gold’ 142, 142‘Trepolo’ 490, 490

nectarine:cultivation 174for containers 776

Nelumbo nucifera 818Nemesia bluebird (‘Hubbird’) 497

Neottia nidus-avis 282, 282Nepenthes:

attenboroughii 518‘Bill Bailey’ 491, 491palawanensis 382, 382

Nerine:bowdenii ‘Rowie’ 795, 795‘Pink Triumph’ 753, 753

Nerium oleander 743nest boxes 133nettle (see Urtica)new species in 2009 518newts, attracting 262, 280Nicotiana glauca 496nicotine, use of in pest control 828

Ninesprings House, Whitchurch, Hants, by Cleve West 416–419

niwaki 616–619Noble, Frank, on: a community wildlife haven near Leeds 597, 597

Nothaphoebe cavaleriei 681nutrients, plant 200–201Nymphaea thermarum (world’s smallest waterlily) 451, 451

Ooak (see also Quercus)

decline, acute 450correction 591

sudden oak death (see Phytophthora)

Ochagavia rosea 743Ocimum (see basil)Olsynium douglasii 96–97, 100

‘Album’ 97, 100onions 112

early 61neck rot 846, 846‘Guardsman’ 35

Open University ‘Plants and People’ course 661

Ophrys apifera 345orchids:

and the RHS, by Brent Elliott 190–191

bird’s nest (see Neottia nidus-avis)

butterfly (see Platanthera)common spotted (see Dactylorhiza fuchsii)

easy-to-grow recommendations 342–343

for grass 345for the open garden, by Christopher Bailes 342–347

ghost (see Epipogium aphyllum)

heath spotted (see Dactylorhiza maculata subsp. ericetorum)

Japanese white egret (see Habenaria radiata)

lady’s slipper (see Cypripedium)

light and temperature 846native for gardens 344–345

naturalising 345southern marsh (see Dactylorhiza praetermissa)

specialist 346–347tiny species in Ecuador 77

Orchis mascula 344, 345Ordidge, Matthew, and Tim Biddlecombe, on: Brogdale Farm’s apple collection

698–699, 698–699organic pest control 830Oriental leaves for summer cropping 183

Ormerod, Eleanor 830Orobanche minor 282, 282Osborne House, Isle of Wight: its walled garden, by Jean Vernon 526–531

Oudolf, Piet 542his plantings at Wisley 171

Owen, Jennifer 424, 726, 726

award of Veitch Memorial Medal 520

her 30-year survey of garden wildlife, by Ken Thompson 754–755, 755

Oxalis:lobata (see O. perdicaria)perdicaria 548, 548

PPackham, Chris, on: tolerating pests 233

Paeonia:ludlowii 405, 405mascula 184, 187, 189

pak choi ‘Rubi Shine’ 521Palmer, Doug: his show-quality fruit, by Jean Vernon 612–615, 612

palms, protecting 706, 706Pandorea jasminoides ‘Rosea Superba’ 764

Panicum virgatum:‘Hänse Herms’ 673‘Heavy Metal’ 673‘Shenandoah’ 672, 673

Papaver propagating 643Paphiopedilum:

Baron Schröder ‘Veitch’ 191, 191

micranthum f. glanzeanum ‘Gillian’ 301

nurseries(by roy lancaster)desirable Plants, totnes, devon 348–351

hill house nursery, near ashburton, devon 494–497

kevin hughes Plants, near Salisbury 192–195

roseland house nursery 762–765

Stone house Cottage nursery, worcs 632–635

national Plant collectionsAquilegia 324birch and alder 660Clematis viticella group 765

Dahlia 620–623Lapageria 764national Fruit Collection, brogdale, kent 698–699

obituariesaylett, roger 452, 452baarda, herman 9, 9Cameron, roderick 81, 81

Compton, robert 81, 81Cushnie, John 153, 153hay, harry 519, 519hornby, Sir Simon 593, 593

hulme, kenneth 303, 303

macLeod, John 521, 521morrison, alasdair 153, 153

robinson, wm 387, 387

Stokes, geoffrey 303, 303

Sturdza, Princess greta 81, 81

wood, Jack 521, 521

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parakeets – poinsettia

parakeets:culling 7, 7survey 603

parasitic plants 282Paris green 828Parrotia persica 111parrot’s feather (see Myriophyllum aquaticum)

parsley:cultivation 336–337curled-leaf cultivars, by Sarah Wain 336–337

mini 114‘Afrodite’ 337, 337‘Atika’ 12, 12‘Bravour’ 337, 337‘Envy’ 336, 337‘Favorit’ 337, 337Green Pearl (‘Grüne Perle’) 336, 337

‘Lisette’ 337, 337‘Moss Curled’ 336, 337‘Opal’ 336, 337‘Robust’ 336, 337‘Rosette’ 337, 337

parsnip:‘Arrow’ 114, 115‘Dagger’ 114, 115‘Gladiator’ 35‘Picador’ 35‘Pinnacle’ 35

pasqueflower (see Pulsatilla)

Passiflora:hardy, by Phil Clayton 610–611

‘Anastasia’ 795, 795‘Betty Myles Young’ 610, 610–611

‘Justine Lyons’ 611, 611‘Lambiekins’ 611, 611‘Mini Lamb’ 611, 611‘Poppet’ 611, 611quadrangularis 610‘Star of Surbiton’ 610, 611, 611, 764, 764

passionflower (see Passiflora)patents, plant 840–841pea bean, Majorcan 148, 148pea, sweet (see Lathyrus odoratus)

pea:cultivation 280Llanover 225, 225shoots, spring 182‘Sugar Tall White’ 182‘Sutton’s Harbinger’ 148

pea-sticks, home-grown 745peach:

cultivation 172, 174, 175for containers 776harvesting 640

peach leaf curl (Taphrina deformans) 131, 131

pear:cultivation 174for containers 776

harvesting 640rootstocks 203‘Bartlett’ 697‘Beurré Superfin’ 697, 697

‘Conference’ 697‘Doyenné du Comice’ 697‘Hacon’s Incomparable’ 697, 697

‘Humbug’ 796, 796‘Louise Bonne of Jersey’ 697

‘Williams’ Bon Chrétien’ 697, 718, 718

‘Zéphirin Grégoire’ 697, 697

peat in composts:peat-free campaign 297peat-free products 147phasing out of 297update, by Susie Holmes 178–181

readers’ response 309, 665

Pelargonium:‘Fir Trees Betty’ 626‘Quantock Double Dymond’ 556, 556

penconazole (withdrawal) 844

Pennisetum:alopecuroides:

autumn Wizard (see ‘Herbstzauber’)

‘Hameln’ 673‘Herbstzauber’ 673‘Red Head’ 673

‘Fairy Tails’ 673setaceum ‘Rubrum’ 670

pennywort, floating (see Hydrocotyle ranunculoides)

pepper (sweet): recommended cultivars for pots 130

perennials, spring-flowering, by Graham Rice 184–189

pesticides, withdrawal of 727, 844

petal-less flowers, by Roy Lancaster 110–111

petroleum emulsion 828Petroselinum crispum (see parsley)

Phalaenopsis Mrs James H. Veitch 190

Phallus drewesii (mushroom) 518

Philadelphus maculatus ‘Sweet Clare’ 305, 305

Philesia magellanica 634Phillips, Roger: award of MBE 77

Phlox paniculata pruning 361Phoenix canariensis 743Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’ 663

by Ursula Buchan 458readers’ response 663

Phygelius:aequalis ‘Yellow Trumpet’ 470

capensis 470x rectus ‘African Queen’ 469, 470, 471

Phyllostachys:aurea 16, 21aureosulcata f. spectabilis 20

nigra 17, 21vivax f. aureocaulis 16, 21

Physalis peruviana 615Phytophthora:

new research project 227infestans (late blight) 94ramorum on larch 519, 792

pigeons 574Pinus lambertiana 565Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Tom Thumb’ 737

Plant Breeders’ Rights, by Michael Wickenden 840–841

Plant Conservation (charity) 260

Plant List, The (new plant name database) 792

plant species in danger 724plant supports:

coloured 745home-grown, by Patrick Wiltshire 744–745

plant-breeding developments, by Nigel Colborn 122–123

readers’ response 231PlantforLife 329Plants for Bugs project 250, 727

Platanthera:bifolia 345chlorantha 345

Platystele: new species in Ecuador 77

Plaz Metaxu, Alasdair Forbes’ garden at Coombe House, Devon, by Chris Young 682–687

Pleione limprichtii 346, 347plums:

cultivation 172, 174, 175for containers 776harvesting 640rootstocks 203Reine-Claude Group 697‘Victoria’ 697

Podophyllum pleianthum 340poinsettia: light and temperature 846

Pests, diseases and disordersaphid control 359arabis mosaic virus 499, 499

beetle:citrus longhorn (Anoplophora chinensis) 223, 223

lily (Lilioceris lilii) 204, 204, 303, 523, 573, 573

berberis sawfly (Arge berberidis) 282, 282

biological pest control 828, 831

bulbs, summer 573, 573Buxus problems 434Camellia problems 205carrot fly (Psila rosae) 281, 281

club root 775Crocus 89cucumbers 322cultural pest control 830–831

dahlias 639dock bugs 675dutch elm disease 299, 658, 658, 799

fuchsia gall mite 794, 794

gladiolus thrips (Thrips simplex) 573, 573

gooseberries 362grey mould 573, 846, 846

Hosta problems 499leek problems 642lily disease 573, 573mildews 576, 576organic pest control 830

peach leaf curl 131, 131pest and disease control: a history, by richard Jones 828–831

pesticides withdrawn 727, 844

Phytophthora ramorum on larch 792

pigeons 574potatoes 94–95raspberries 500rose replant disease 773

slugs and snails 207, 499

smuts 573storage problems 846, 846

sugarsnap and mangetout peas 574

tomatoes 270viruses 573walnuts 47weevil:

pea and bean 574, 574

vine 434, 434winter wash 60

Plant ProFiles

Abutilon by tim miles 534–537

auriculas, by elspeth thompson 234–239

autumn-flowering bulbs, by rod Leeds 546–549

Bergenia, by Phil Clayton 106–109

cherries, by tom La dell 420–423

climbers, annual, by graham Strong 242–247

crocuses, autumn-flowering, by Christopher grey-wilson 692–693

dahlias: mark twyning’s cultivars, by val bourne 620–623

Eschscholzia californica, by graham rice 400–401

hardy survivors of recent harsh winters, by Phil Clayton 740–743

readers’ response 799Iridaceae 96–101irises throughout the year, by anne blanco white 30–33

Kniphofia, by david Jewell 484–487

late-season flowers, by graham rice 752–753

Lilium regale and eh wilson, by roy Lancaster 258–259, 258–259

Liquidambar, by robert vernon 810–813

orchids for the open garden, by Christopher bailes 342–347

Passiflora, hardy, by Phil Clayton 610–611

perennials, spring-flowering, by graham rice 184–189

petal-less flowers, by roy Lancaster 110–111

Pulsatilla by Christopher grey-wilson 176–177

roses:for every month of the year, by Charles Quest-ritson 406–413

in containers, by michael marriott 330–335


shrubs, summer-flowering, by nigel Colborn 468–473

Siskiyou mountains: their flora, by roy Lancaster 562–565

sunflowers by hazel Sillver 598–601

unusual trees, by roy Lancaster 680–681

readers’ response 797winter colour combinations, by Patrick wiltshire 820–825

winter stems 16–21

Aquilegia in combinations, by Camilla Swift 324–327

autumn and winter grasses, by neil Lucas 668–673

beds, raised 63Clematis as ground cover 116–117

climbers, annual, by graham Strong 242–247

colourful stems, by david Jewell 16–21

cottage-garden planting 24–27

hardy plants mixed with exotics in Chris barnes’ isle of wight garden, by oliver mathews 558–561

van der kloet, Jacqueline: her bulb combinations, by noel kingsbury 676–679, 676

manor Farm, Lincs: its planting combinations, by nigel Colborn 756–759

rhS gardens: planting schemes within, by Jim gardiner:

harlow Carr 460–465

hyde hall 604–609rosemoor 312–317

wisley 166–171‘river planting’, by adrian bloom 540–543

roses in containers 330–335


spring-flowering bulbs 102–105

Stuart-Smith, tom: his plantings at wisley 166, 170

tabletop planters 40–41tulips at broughton grange, oxon, by tom Stuart-Smith 266–267

vegetables as ornamentals 503

walled garden plantings at haddon Lake house, isle of wight, by andrew wilson 802–807

water plantings at ninesprings house, by Cleve west 416–419

wild and cultivated combinations at rustling end, herts, by matthew biggs 254–257

winter colour combinations, by Patrick wiltshire 820–825

year-round combinations 397

Plant combinations

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poisons – raspberries

poisons and other pest control methods 828–831

poker, red-hot (see Kniphofia)Polemonium ‘Hannah Billcliffe’ 349, 350

pollinators, plants to attract, by Helen Bostock 250–253

Polygonatum:x hybridum 185, 186

‘Betberg’ 340‘Striatum’ 186

odoratum var. pluriflorum ‘Variegatum’ 186

polythene used on weeds 429ponds:

for wildlife 280by Jeremy Biggs 260–265

preparing for winter 775

in small spaces 262invasive plants 262naturalistic 265non-permanent 264, 280shallow 261water quality 263

pondweeds, invasive 298poppies:

propagating 643California (see Eschscholzia californica)

potatoes (see also Solanum)blight (Phytophthora) 92

resistance 92, 94–95chitting 131cultivation 131

in growing sacks 94–95

dry rot 846, 846early 61eelworm 95famine, Irish 92heritage cultivars 93late blight (Phytophthora infestans) 94

minitubers 93new developments in breeding, by Alan Romans 92–95

readers’ response 309origins 92pests and diseases 94–95recommended cultivars 131

‘Adam Blue’ 93‘Apache’ 95‘Arran Victory’ 95‘Axona’ 93, 94, 309‘Bambino’ 155, 155‘Blue Danube’ 93, 94‘Bonnie’ 94‘Golden Wonder’ 95‘Kerr’s Pink’ 94, 95‘Kestrel’ 94‘Osprey’ 94Phureja Group 93, 95‘Rooster’ 94‘Sarpo Extra’ 94‘Sarpo Mira’ 94, 309‘Sarpo Una’ 93‘Saxon’ 94‘Smile’ 94‘Yukon Gold’ 95

Potentilla fruticosa 470‘Katherine Dykes’ 469, 470

‘Red Ace’ 470pots (see containers)President, new RHS 79Pridham, Charlie: his nursery at Roseland House Nursery, Cornwall, by Roy Lancaster 762–765, 763, 764–765

Primula:auriculas:

by Elspeth Thompson 234–239

classification 236, 239cultivation 236from seed 281parentage 239theatres 234

auricula:‘Adrienne’ 235, 236‘Ancient Society’ 235, 236, 237, 237

‘Astolat’ 238, 238, 239‘Daniel’ 236‘Dilly Dilly’ 235, 236

‘Eden Blue Star’ 239‘Eden Greenfinch’ 239‘Fluffy Duckling’ 235, 239

‘Forest Sunlight’ 235‘Henry’s Bane’ 238, 238, 239

‘Joel’ 238, 239‘Joy’ 235, 236‘Likely Lad’ 235, 239‘My Ode Boots’ 281‘Nil Amber’ 235, 238, 238, 239

‘Nymph’ 237, 237, 239‘Old Mustard’ 235, 237, 237, 239

‘Party Time’ 235‘Pharaoh’ 239‘Piglet’ 235, 237, 237, 239

‘Pott’s Eclipse’ 236‘Prosperine’ 235, 238, 238, 239

‘Scorcher’ 235‘Sharon Louise’ 238, 238, 239

‘Sophie’ 236, 237, 237‘The Raven’ 239‘Trouble’ 239‘Vega’ 235‘White Wings’ 239‘Winnifrid’ 235, 237, 237

‘Da Vinci’ 12, 12denticulata 185, 188–189, 189

var. alba March coverscotica (as P. scotia) 77, 77sieboldii 186sinensis 819veris 184, 189, 501, 501

‘Katy McSparron’ 189Protea cynaroides 741pruning:

camellias 435excessive, by Vanessa

Berridge 391in May (‘Chelsea chop’) 361

Japanese techniques at Harvard Farm, Dorset, by Stephen Lacey 616–619

lavender 577roses 408summer-flowering shrubs 501

Prunus:cultivars resistant to peach-leaf curl 131

fruit rootstocks 203in garden design 748largest cherry tree in UK 518, 518

peach leaf curl (Taphrina deformans) 131, 131

UK cherry tree survey 383avium 420, 423campanulata ‘Felix Jury’ 680, 681

cerasus 420, 423x gondouinii 423laurocerasus invasiveness 253

pseudocerasus 423‘Shirotae’ 171‘Sho-getsu’ 750–751

Pseudopanax crassifolius 560Pterostylis curta 347, 347Pulmonaria:

‘Excalibur’ 186‘Moonshine’ 186

Pulsatilla:by Christopher Grey-Wilson 176–177

cultivation 177albana 176, 177alpina 177ambigua 176‘Budapest Blue’ 177georgica 176grandis 176, 177halleri 176

subsp. slavica 177, 177‘Papageno’ 177, 177turczaninovii 176vulgaris 176, 177, 189

‘Alba’ 176, 177‘Barton’s Pink’ 176, 177

‘Eva Constance’ 176, 177

‘Rubra’ 176, 177pumpkin ‘Baby Bear’ 113, 115Punica granatum 473

var. nana 469, 472, 473Putting Down Roots project, London 690, 690

Putting Nature on the Map project 591

pygmyweed, New Zealand (see Crassula helmsii)

Pyracantha berries for wildlife 640, 640

pyrethrum 828Pyrus pyrifolia ‘Kumoi’ 615

Qqualifications, RHS horticultural 592

Queen Victoria: her walled garden at Osborne House, Isle of Wight 526–531

Quercus robur ‘Menhir’ 492, 492

Quest-Ritson, Charles, on: roses for every month of the year 406–413

Rradish (leaf) ‘Sai Sai’ 183ragwort (see Senecio jacobaea)rainwater collection 708Ranunculus:

ficaria ‘Brazen Hussy’ 186reptans 383

raspberries: cane blight 500

Practical adVicealpine plants 162apples for difficult conditions 706aquatics:

planting up 361plants to avoid 502, 502

auriculas: propagation 281bedding, winter 705beds, raised 63berries:

for wildlife 640hybrid: cultivation 574

bird foods for winter 845borders, creating, by Chris Young 569–571

brussels sprouts 708bulbs: planting techniques, by Phil Clayton 701–704

catch-cropping 435‘Chelsea chop’ 361cherries for small spaces 433Christmas tree care 843Citrus: overwintering 707Clematis:

as ground cover, by david Jewell 116–117

winter care 133climbers, annual: from seed 283containers, drought-tolerant 364cuttings of less-hardy plants 641Cyclamen (hardy) 577, 577Cypripedium cultivation 363dahlia cultivation 639dividing perennials 130early onions and potatoes 61ericaceous fruit in pots 60fertilisers, by tony dickerson 199–201

fruit:for containers 776harvesting 639in small plots, by bob Sherman 172–175

rootstocks 203storage problems 846unusual edible 643

garlic cultivation 774glasshouse preparation 62goji berries 503, 503

grass and sedge care 132grasses, dividing 709herbs: container combinations 500Hippeastrum care 845hollies, sexing 63house plant light and minimum temperatures 846

Hydrangea pruning 62Japanese cloud-pruning techniques 616–619

knotweed, Japanese: controlling 360

lawns:care in spring, by Simon akeroyd 355–358

edging 61mowing 432seed mixes 641

leek problems 642Liquidambar cultivation 847meadow plants, native 433mistletoe, cultivation 847, 847nest and bat boxes 133palms, protecting 706, 706peas and beans: cultivation 280plant supports, home-grown, by Patrick wiltshire 744–745

plants without chlorophyll 282pollinators, plants to attract, by helen bostock 250–253

ponds and wildlife 280poppies, propagating 643potato cultivation 131pruning camellias 435rainwater collection 708reptiles in the garden 575, 575rhubarb, establishing 774‘river planting’, by adrian bloom 540–543

roses:replant disease 773planting under 431pruning, by Jenny bowden 125–127

seeds:cleaning and stratifying 707saving from perennials 575

shrubs, summer-flowering: pruning 501

snowdrops: choosing by season 129

softwood cuttings 364Sorbus: choosing 776spring-flowering shrubs: pruning 283

straw bales for outdoor plants, by Phil Clayton 275–277

readers’ response 389strawberries: maximising yields 279sugarsnap and mangetout peas pests 574

sweet corn recommended cultivars 363

tabletop planters 40–41tomatoes:

from seed 283types 207

trees:autumn interest 777planting and aftercare, by andi Clevely 769–772

tulip types 206, 206vegetables:

as ornamentals 503for overwintering 642in small spaces, by Sue Stickland 112–115

late-season 362mini for pots 130storage problems 846

weeds:eradication, by tony dickerson 427–429

seedlings 205spreading: how to treat 432

wild flowers in grassland 501wildlife:

alleviating heat and drought 502ponds in winter 775

winter migrant birds 709, 709winter:

protection for tender plants 55–57

stems 21, 59winter wash 60

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raspberries – Sarcococca

cultivation 172, 173diseases 500powdery mildew 500rust 500spur blight 500‘Twotimer Sugana’ 728, 728

‘Yellow Antwerp’ 697rattle, yellow (see Rhinanthus minor)

Red List (IUCN) 724red-hot poker (see Kniphofia)redwing (Turdus iliacus) 709, 709

Reeves Collection, RHS Lindley Library:

by Kate Bailey 816–819restoration work 817

Reeves, John 816–819, 819reptiles in the garden 575, 575

Rhaphiolepis x delacourii ‘Coates’ Crimson’ 634

Rheum (see rhubarb)Rhinanthus minor 433, 433Rhodochiton atrosanguineus 243, 245, 247, 283

Rhododendron:azaleas: light and temperature 846

argyrophyllum subsp. nankingense ‘Chinese Silver’ 161

RHS (see RHS panel)RHS Plant Finder 2010–2011 381

rhubarb:

choosing 774establishing 774

x Rhyncholaeliocattleya Haw Yuan Gold ‘0-2’ 301

Rhynchostele uroskinneri 191‘Burford’ 190

Ribes sanguineum ‘Elkington’s White’ 229, 229

Rice, Graham, on: Eschscholzia californica 400–401

late-season flowers 752–753

spring-flowering perennials 184–189

Richardson, Gill: her planting combinations at Manor Farm, Lincs, by Nigel Colborn 756–759

Rittershausen, Brian 725obituary 795, 795

‘river planting’:by Adrian Bloom 540–543

suitable plants 542Roberts, Nellie 191robins (Erithacus rubecula), by Andrew Halstead 809

Robinson, Dick and Helen 606

Robinson Garden 607, 607Robinson, Jenny (obituary) 727

Robinson, WM (obituary) 387, 387

rocket:salad:

‘Apollo’ 183‘Victoria’ 183

wild 182Rodgersia:

‘Die Schöne’ 340pinnata:

‘Crûg Cardinal’ 340‘Jade Dragon Mountain’ 351

Romans, Alan, on: recent developments in potato breeding 92–95

readers’ response 309Romulea:

bulbocodium 96, 99monadelpha 99sabulosa 99, 99

roofs, green (see green roofs)‘rooms’, garden of 478–481root barriers 429rootstocks, fruit 203Rosa:

blue 7, 7in containers, by Michael Marriott 330–335

readers’ response 523planting under 431pruning 408

by Jenny Bowden 125–127

rose replant disease 773roses for every month of the year, by Charles Quest-Ritson 406–413

‘Ballerina’ 407banksiae var. banksiae 410

‘Lutea’ 410, 410

bright smile (‘Dicdance’) 332

brilliant Pink iceberg (‘Probril’) 412–413, 413

canina hips for wildlife 640, 640

claire marshall (‘Harunite’) 662, 662

‘Cupid’ 408, 408easy does it (‘Harpageant’) 305, 305

‘Felicia’ 412, 412gallica ‘Versicolor’ 410, 410Gertrude Jekyll (‘Ausbord’) 411, 411

Grace (‘Auskeppy’) 332Graham thomas (‘Ausmas’) 335

ingrid bergman (‘Poulman’) 411, 411

‘Korresia’ 412, 412‘Little Flirt’ 332munstead Wood (‘Ausbernard’) 334

nitida 413, 413x odorata:

‘Fortune’s Double Yellow’ (see ‘Pseudindica’)

‘Pseudindica’ 634, 634–635

‘Rose d’Amour’ 409‘Roseraie de l’Haÿ’ 377rosy cushion (‘Interall’) 334

rugosa 413

‘Sombreuil’ 409, 409‘Stanwell Perpetual’ 410, 410

‘Suntory Applause’ 7, 7surrey (‘Korlanum’) 334, 335

Violet cloud (‘Harquick’) 333

virginiana 409, 409, 413Whirlaway (‘Decwhirl’) 12, 12

Roscoea purpurea f. rubra 625Roseland House Nursery, by Roy Lancaster 762–765

Rosemoor, RHS Garden (see RHS Gardens)

Rubus:winter stems 59biflorus 17, 18‘Boysenberry’ (see boysenberry)

cockburnianus ‘Goldenvale’ 17, 18, 244

idaeus (see raspberry)x loganobaccus (see loganberry)

niveus 17, 18phoenicolasius 16, 18Tayberry Group (see tayberry)

‘Tummelberry’ (see tummelberry)

Rumary, Mark (obituary) 795Rustling End, Herts, by Matthew Biggs 254–257

Ssaffron 383salads for every season, by Charles Dowding 182–183

Salisbury, Dowager Marchioness of: award of Victoria Medal of Honour 520, 520

Salix:winter stems 59alba:

‘Golden Ness’ 16, 18var. vitellina 17, 18

‘Britzensis’ 59‘Yelverton’ 16, 18

bockii 195daphnoides 16irrorata 18myrsinifolia 17

Salvia officinalis ‘Purpurascens’ 512, 512

Sambucus nigra:berries for wildlife 640, 640

subsp. caerulea fruit 565f. porphyrophylla ‘Eva’ 186

Sandall, Tim 76, 76correction 149

Sarcococca:hookeriana var. digyna 70, 70, 111

orientalis 195saligna 111, 195wallichii 340

rhsadministration:

2010 annual general meeting 592

committees, membership of 82

Council elections, 2011 795

financial summary 385

summary of activity in 2009 384–385

appointments:balmforth, elizabeth: new curator, rhS garden harlow Carr 386, 386, 462, 463, 463

banks, elizabeth: new President 79, 517, 517

biggs, Sue: new director general 521, 521

Crosbie, Colin: new curator, rhS garden wisley 725, 725

gardiner, Jim: new rhS director of horticulture 453, 453

webster, Jonathan: new curator, rhS garden rosemoor 725, 725

awards to people:2010 5202011 nominations 592associate of honour 520

harlow Carr medal 520

veitch memorial medal 520

victoria medal of honour 520

Young designer of the Year 153

awards to plants:award of garden merit (agm): its history 28–29

Chelsea 2010 Plant of the Year 449, 449

britain in bloom, rhS 657, 691, 726

bursaries:photographic 79Susan Pearson 151

campaigns:community gardening, rhS support for 691

get Your grown-ups growing scheme 660, 727

grow Your own campaign 196

iPhone app 150, 387

it’s Your neighbourhood scheme 691

Coode-adams, giles: retirement 593

gardening clubs and societies, rhS-affiliated 593

gardening for special educational needs 11

hardiness ratings review 589

legacies 453Lindley Library:

reeves Collection 816–819

thefts from 592membership through hta garden centres 593

orchids and the rhS, by brent elliott 190–191

photographic competition:2009 752010 226, 723

winning photo723projects:

online herbarium 660Plants for bugs 250, 727

qualifications 592research:

biodiversity 248dahlia watering: research into best

practice 453watering and growing media 593

shows:Chelsea Flower Show 2010 488–493

hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2010 552–557

tatton Park 2010 624–629

seed distribution scheme 9, 727, 760–761

trials:2011 726beans, dwarf French 452

Bergenia 106–109carrots 300Clematis viticella group 764

climbers, annual 244Crocus 86–89cucumbers 322Kniphofia 484–487leeks 630–631mangetout and sugarsnap peas 544

sweet corn 414–415trials and the agm 28–29

winter hardiness survey 589

rhs Gardensrhs garden harlow Carr:

balmforth, elizabeth (new curator) 386, 386, 462, 463, 463

bramall Learning Centre 452, 452, 463, 464

kitchen garden 462, 462

main borders July cover, 460, 460–461, 462, 462–463, 464, 464

planting schemes, by Jim gardiner 460–465

Streamside walk 465, 465

winter walk 465, 465

rhs garden hyde hall:

dry garden 606, 606–607


rose garden 609, 609visitor centre 301

rhs garden rosemoor:

hot garden 316kales in potagers 317Peter buckley Learning Centre 9


rose gardens 317waterside plantings 312–313

webster, Jonathan (new curator) 725, 725

winter garden 314–315

rhs garden wisley:

Conifer Lawn 167, 167Crosbie, Colin (new curator) 725, 725

europom festival 661glasshouse:

borders 171, 171gardens 166, 166–167, 170, 170

late-summer borders 168, 168

mixed borders 169, 169planting schemes, by Jim gardiner 166–171

prairie plantings 170, 170Seven acres 171, 171

lake planting 168, 168–169

wild flowers in the garden 794

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Saruma henryi – Twyning

Saruma henryi 340, 341Sárvári Research Trust 94Saxifraga granulata 501, 501saxifrage, meadow (see Saxifraga granulata)

scarifying lawns 357Schefflera:

fantsipanensis 743taiwaniana 680, 681, 741, 743

Schisandra:grandiflora 633, 633sphenanthera 633, 633

Schröder, Baron Henry 190, 191

Scilla:hughii 349peruviana 348–349

‘Alba’ 349var. elegans 349‘Paul Voelker’ 348, 349

scilloides 549, 549Scone Palace, Perthshire: restoration project 727, 727

Scott, John 694his Orchardist 694

Sechium edule, by John and Shirley Murrell 538–539, 539

sedge and grass care 132Sedum:

use in green roofs 838‘Herbstfreude’ pruning 361

sieboldiana ‘Dragon’ 155, 155

seeds:cleaning and stratifying 707

collecting and cleaning 575

non-traditional crops: project to collect their seed 299

Pavlovsk Research Station seedbank, St Petersburg 725

saving from perennials 575size, gene to control 78storing 575

Seed Distribution Scheme, RHS 727

by Simon Akeroyd 760–761

self-seeding, by Mary Keen 525

Senecio:jacobaea code of conduct 533

vulgaris seedling 205, 205Serapias cordigera 347Sherman, Bob, on: fruit in small plots 172–175

shrew, water (Neomys fodiens) 280, 280

shrubs, summer-flowering:by Nigel Colborn 468–473

pruning 501Silene dioica 433, 433Sillver, Hazel, on: sunflowers 598–601

Simm, Malcolm, and Tim Gittins: their ‘garden of rooms’ at Hillbark, near Leeds 478–481, 478

Sinocalycanthus chinensis 469, 473

Siskiyou Mountains, the: their flora, by Roy Lancaster 562–565

Sisyrinchium:macrocarpum 100palmifolium 100striatum 100, 100

slowworm (Anguis fragilis) 575, 575

slugs, controlling 207, 499Smith, Iain and Christine: their garden at Wildwood, Kent 338–341, 338

smuts 573snails, controlling 207, 499snake, grass (Natrix natrix) 575, 575

by Andrew Halstead 603, 603

snowdrop (see Galanthus)sodium chlorate (withdrawal) 844

softwood cuttings 364Soil Analysis Service, RHS 8soil sickness 773Solanum (see also aubergines, potatoes, tomatoes):

canasense 92phureja 92, 95pimpinellifolium 271sisymbriifolium 95, 95stenotomum 92, 95tuberosum 92, 95

Solidago pruning 361Sorbus:

choosing 776for berries 776in garden design 748new species in Cheddar Gorge 77

aucuparia 776‘Fastigiata’ 776

autumn spire (‘Flanrock’) 776

cashmiriana 776‘Chinese Lace’ 776commixta 776

olympic Flame (‘Dodong’) 776

‘Ravensbill’ 776hupehensis ‘Pink Pagoda’ 776

‘Joseph Rock’ 776, 776‘Leonard Messel’ 776poteriifolia 776rosea ‘Rosiness’ 776scalaris 776vilmorinii 776

sorrel, spring 182Sowing New Seeds scheme 299

Sparaxis:elegans 99grandiflora 99tricolor 97, 99

sparrows, house, by Andrew Halstead 399, 399

Spencer-Jones, Rae, on: community gardening projects 688–691

spinach 112spring 182‘Tarpy’ 182‘Toscane’ 182

Spiranthes aestivalis 383spring:

lawn care, by Simon Akeroyd 355–358

perennials, by Graham Rice 184–189

shrubs, pruning 283squash ‘Honey Bear’ 229, 229Stellaria media seedling 205, 205

stems:colour in winter:

by David Jewell 16–21by Patrick Wiltshire 820–825

Rubus 59Salix 59

stepovers 174, 175Stern, Sir Frederick: his garden at Highdown, West Sussex 402–405, 403

Stickland, Sue, on: Brussels sprouts 814–815RHS trial of leeks 630–631

sweet corn 414–415vegetables in small spaces 112–115

Stocken Tomkins, Nicola, on: Lumine Swagerman’s garden in Gelderland, the Netherlands 392–397

Stokes, Geoffrey (obituary) 303, 303

Stone House Cottage Nursery, Worcs, by Roy Lancaster 632–635

storing fruit and vegetables 846

straw bales for outdoor plants, by Phil Clayton 275–277

readers’ response 389strawberries:

cultivation 172, 173maximising yields 279recommended cultivars 279

‘Finesse’ 554, 554Streptocarpus ‘Harlequin Blue’ 449, 449

Strong, Graham, on: annual climbers 242–247

Stuart-Smith, Tom: his plantings at Wisley 166, 170

tulips at Broughton Grange, Oxon 266–267

Sturdza, Princess Greta (obituary) 81, 81

Stylophorum:diphyllum 185, 186lasiocarpum 340

Styrax formosanus var. formosanus 751

sugarsnap peas:agm awards 544by Mario Depace 544–545

pests 574‘Cascadia’ 544, 545‘Delikett’ 544, 545‘Sugar Ann’ 544, 545‘Sugar Bon’ 544, 545‘Sugar Gem’ 544‘Sugar Lace’ 544, 545

summer:bulb pests and diseases 573, 573

herbs 183shrubs:

by Nigel Colborn 468–473

pruning 501sunflower (see Helianthus)Sunnyside Rural Trust, Herts 691, 691

supports for plants, by Patrick Wiltshire 744–745

Sutton, Julian and Sarah: their nursery near Totnes, Devon 348–351, 348–349

Sutton, Julian, on: the iris family 96–101

Swagerman, Lumine: her garden in the Netherlands, by Nicola Stocken Tomkins 392–397, 394

sweet corn:by Sue Stickland 414–415cultivation 414–415mini 113recommended cultivars 363, 414–415

RHS trial 414–415‘Conqueror’ 415‘Earlibird’ 415, 415‘Lapwing’ 414, 415‘Lark’ 414, 415‘Mainstay’ 414, 415‘Mirai 003’ 414, 415‘Mirai 302BC’ 414, 415‘Northern Xtra Sweet’ 415, 415

‘Ovation’ 415, 415‘Prelude’ 414, 415‘Segovia’ 414, 415‘Sparrow’ 415‘Swift’ 414, 415, 415

sweet pea (see Lathyrus odoratus)

Swift, Camilla, on: Aquilegia in Carrie Thomas’s Swansea garden 324–327

Sycopsis sinensis 111

TT3 Plants, Wall End Nursery, Herefordshire 534

tabletop planters, by Phil Clayton 40–41

Taipei International Flora Exposition 2010 483

Taiwan’s floriculture, by Simon Garbutt 482–483

tar oil spray 828tayberry cultivation 574, 574temperatures, minimum for house plants 846

tender plants: protecting in winter 55–57

Tennant, Lady Harriot, of Balfluig: award of MBE 519

Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ 742, 743

thatch moss 792, 792Theetuin: Jacqueline van der Kloet’s tea garden near

Weesp 676–679Thompson, Elspeth 383

auriculas 234–239Thompson, Ken, on:

designated wildlife areas 424–425, 425

readers’ response 595Jennifer Owen’s 30-year survey of garden wildlife 754–755

Thunbergia 283alata 243, 244

‘African Sunset’ 243, 245

‘Susie White With Black Eye’ (Susie Series) 245

Tiarella:‘Appalachian Trail’ 796, 796

‘Spring Symphony’ 185, 186, 187

‘Sugar and Spice’ 186Tigridia:

orthantha 100‘Red-Hot Tiger’ 100

pavonia 97, 100, 100Tilia platyphyllos ‘Aurea’ 16, 21

Titchmarsh, Alan, on: engaging communities in gardening 272–273

toads, attracting 280, 280tomatoes:

cherry 113, 130cultivation 270–271flavour 270–271from seed 283odour when infected with botrytis 7

pests and diseases 270small, by Ian Hodgson 268–271

types 207‘Blondekopfchen’ 269‘Brown Berry’ 269, 271‘Conchita’ 269, 271‘Dasher’ 269, 271‘Egg Yolk’ 269‘Gardener’s Delight’ 271‘Goldrush Currant’ 269‘Green Grape’ 268, 269, 271

‘Ildi’ 269, 271‘Mexico Midget’ 269, 271‘Orange Pixie’ 268, 269‘Piccolo’ 269, 270–271‘Polar Baby’ 268, 269‘Red Dwarf Romanian’ 82, 82

‘Riesentraube’ 269‘Santorange’ 269, 271‘Striadel’ 269, 271‘Sunburst’ 269, 271‘Sweet Pea Currant’ 269‘Tonadose des Conores’ 269

‘Yellow Butterfly’ 269topdressing lawns 358topiary:

in Kath Butcher’s garden in Burridge, Hants 732–737, 734

Japanese-style 617Trachelospermum asiaticum ‘O-gon-nishiki’ 155, 155

Trachycarpus:

protecting 706fortunei 743latisectus 743martianus 743wagnerianus 741, 743, 835, 835

tree fern crowns: protection in winter 57

trees:backfilling 772benefits of, by Andrew McIndoe 731

campaign to plant one million 791

landscape trees: new British Standard for survival rates 518

mulching 772pit-digging 771planting and aftercare, by Andi Clevely 769–772

pollinator-attracting 252positive aspects of, by Tony Kirkham: readers’ response 83

preparation for planting 770

role in garden design 746–751

root care 771unusual, by Roy Lancaster 680–681

readers’ response 797with autumn interest 777

Trehane, Jennifer, on: blueberries 36–39

trials (see RHS)trichomonosis 725Tricyrtis ‘Tojen’ 340Trillium:

chloropetalum 186cuneatum 194

‘Ghost’ 194‘Moonshine’ 193, 194

grandiflorum 185, 186sulcatum x erectum f. albiflorum 193, 193

Tritonia:crocata 99disticha subsp. rubrolucens 96, 98–99

Tropaeolum:majus 243

‘Jewel of Africa’ 246peregrinum 244, 245

Tulipa:at Broughton Grange, Oxon, by Tom Stuart-Smith 266–267

types 206, 206‘Aladdin’s Record’ 488, 488

tummelberry cultivation 574Turner, Eric, of Wall End Nursery, Herefordshire 534, 536

Turner, Ken: award of Associate of Honour 520

turnip:mini 130recommended cultivars for pots 130

‘Armand’ 35Twyning, Mark: his dahlia cultivars, by Val Bourne 620–623, 621

Index 2010 15

Ulmus – Zea mays

UUlmus:

Dutch elm disease 299, 658, 658, 791

in Scotland: letter on 799

repopulation in UK 299americana ‘Princeton’ 791‘Morfeo’ 658, 658‘Sapporo Autumn Gold’ 791, 791

Ulmus Londinium (London elm-planting project) 791

unremarkable new cultivars, by Nigel Colborn 122–123

readers’ response 231Urban Tree Survey 659Urtica seedling 205, 205Uvularia grandiflora 184, 186, 340

orange-flowered 194

VVaccinium:

angustifolium 39corymbosum 37, 60 (see also blueberry)

macrocarpon 39, 60 (see also cranberry)

myrtillus 37vitis-idaea 39, 60 (see also lingonberry)

Vanda Miss Joaquim 191, 191vegetables (see Fruit and vegetables; Pests, diseases and disorders; Practical advice)

Veitch, Sir Harry 190, 191Veratrum californicum var. caudatum 193, 193

Verbascum luridiflorum 490, 490

Vernon, Jean, on: Doug Palmer’s show-quality fruit 612–615

Queen Victoria’s walled garden at Osborne House, Isle of Wight 526–531

Vernon, Robert, on: Liquidambar 810–813

vertical gardening, by Ursula Buchan 524

vetchling, grass (see Lathyrus nissolia)

Vetting and Barring Scheme: clarification 83

Viewpoint (see Comment)Viburnum:

betulifolium fruit 403opulus berries for wildlife 640, 640

plicatum f. tomentosum ‘Mariesii’ 444, 444

Vinca:difformis 185, 189

‘Jenny Pym’ 189major 189

Viola:canina 184, 189riviniana 189

viruses (see Pests, diseases and disorders)

Viscum alba 847, 847volunteering, by Ursula Buchan 390

x Vuylstekeara Cambria ‘Melba’ 190

WWain, Sarah, on: curled-leaf parsley cultivars 336–337

walnuts:by Martin Crawford 46–47

readers’ response 157pests and diseases 47‘Broadview’ 46, 47, 47‘Buccaneer’ 47, 47‘Chandler’ 47‘Coble’s Number 2’ 46, 47‘Corne du Périgord’ 47‘Ferjean’ 47‘Fernette’ 47, 47‘Fernor’ 46, 47‘Franquette’ 47‘Hartley’ 46, 47‘Lara’ 47‘Meylannaise’ 47‘Parisienne’ 47, 47‘Proslavski’ 47, 47‘Rita’ 46, 47‘Ronde de Montignac’ 46, 47

‘Soleze’ 46, 47Walton, Lady Susana 455water:

for wildlife 502plantings 416–419 (see also aquatics)

watering and growing media, RHS research into 593

waterlily (see Nymphaea)waterweed, curly (see Lagarosiphon major)

Watsonia:aletroides 349, 349angusta 350borbonica 101, 101laccata 349, 349pillansii 101, 101‘Tresco Dwarf Pink’ 97, 101, 349, 349

waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) 709, 709

Webster, Jonathan 725, 725weeds:

eradicating, by Tony Dickerson 427–429

in lawns 357seedlings 205spreading: how to treat 432

weeding by hand 428weedkillers 429weevil:

pea and bean (Sitona lineatus) 574, 574

vine (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) 434, 434

Weigela coraeensis ‘Alban’ 494, 494

Weissia mittenii 383West, Cleve, on: Ninesprings House, Whitchurch, Hants 416–419

West Dean Gardens: trial of parsley 336–337

West Green House, Hants: its garden lighting, by Stephen Anderton 550–551

whitecurrant ‘White Dutch’ 697, 697

Wickenden, Michael, on: Plant Breeders’ Rights 840–841, 841

wild flowers:in grassland 501recommended 257

Wild Flowers of Wisley, by Barry Phillips and James Armitage 794

Wildlife of a Garden: a thirty-year study, by Jennifer Owen 754–755

Wildwood, Kent, by Tim Ingram 338–341

Wilkie, Kim 120Williams, Medwyn, on: winter vegetables 34–35

Williams, Roger, on: biodiversity and gardens 248–249

willowherb (see Epilobium)Wilson, Andrew, on:

changing requirements in garden design 667, 667

Phillippa and Steve Lambert’s walled garden at Haddon Lake House, Isle of Wight December cover, 802–807

Wilson, EH: his last trip to China, by Roy Lancaster 258–259, 258

Wilson, Matthew, on: agm plants 70, 142, 218, 292

Award of Garden Merit (agm), RHS: its history 28–29

Wiltshire, Patrick, on: home-grown supports for plants 744–745

winter colour combinations 820–825

Windlesham Trophy 2010 661

winter:bedding 705colour combinations, by

Patrick Wiltshire 820–825

hardiness survey, RHS 589protection for tender plants, by Phil Clayton 55–57

stems 59vegetables, by Medwyn Williams 34–35

winter wash 60Wise, Julie: her garden at Rustling End, Herts 254–257

Wisley, RHS Garden (see RHS Gardens)

Wisteria:floribunda ‘Multijuga’ 376, 376

sinensis 819Wollemia nobilis 743women and men gardeners: the differences 352–353

Wood, Colin: award of Royal Victoria Medal 519

wood fibre 181woodlice, by Andrew Halstead 165

Woodwardia unigemmata 350woody plants, their role in garden design, by Arabella Lennox Boyd 746–751

XYZXanthocyparis vietnamensis 298

Yemm, Helen, on: raised beds 159, 159

Young, Chris, on: creating borders 569–571Plaz Metaxu, at Coombe House, Devon 682–687

Zabar, Abbie, on: roof garden alpines 85

Zea mays (see sweet corn)

WildliFe (see also environment)

alleviating heat and drought 502

ants, by andrew halstead 241

beetle, stag (Lucanus cervus), by andrew halstead 467, 467

grub 467berries for wildlife 640biodiversity and gardens, by roger williams 248–249

bird foods for winter 845bumblebees, by andrew halstead 91

damselflies, by andrew halstead 319

designated areas for, by ken thompson 424–425

readers’ response 595dock bugs (Coreus marginatus), by andrew halstead 675, 675

endangered species in england 383

foxes (Vulpes vulpes), by andrew halstead 23, 23

grass snakes (Natrix natrix) 575, 575

by andrew halstead 603, 603

haven near Leeds, by Frank noble 597

hedges, importance of for biodiversity 793

house sparrows, by andrew halstead 399, 399

moles (Talpa europaea), by andrew halstead 739, 739

moth:cinnabar (Tyria jacobaeae), by andrew halstead 533, 531

new 3mm species (Ectoedemia heckfordii) 467

owen, Jennifer: her 30-year survey of garden wildlife, by ken thompson 754–755, 755

pollinators, plants to attract, by helen bostock 250–253

ponds for wildlife 280by Jeremy biggs 260–265

in winter 775reptiles in the garden 575, 575

robins (Erithacus rubecula), by andrew halstead 809

tolerating pests, by Chris Packham 233

wild flowers:in cultivated combinations 254–257

in grassland 501recommended 257

winter migrant birds 709, 709

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