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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
4 Index 2010
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
readers’ response 729
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
readers’ response 595
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
readers’ response 457
‘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
readers’ response 309
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
readers’ response 523
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
readers’ response 523
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
planting schemes, by Jim gardiner 604–609
rose garden 609, 609visitor centre 301
rhs garden rosemoor:
hot garden 316kales in potagers 317Peter buckley Learning Centre 9
planting schemes, by Jim gardiner 312–317
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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