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Articles to read

Many of these articles have been published in the Hardy Plant Society's Journal, which is sent free to HPS members, or in the magazine Cornucopia, which is available to members for a small annual charge. Corucopia is a digest of the best articles from the journals and newsletters of our many excellent local groups.

Featured article

Erodiums
Judy Coulson

Erodiums are very free flowering, starting in May through to November.

They do need to be dead headed regularly ... I have counted over 200 spent flowers from one plant.

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The following are available as web pages:
ErodiumsJudy Coulson
A Botanical Garden with a differenceDon Whitton
Compo gets the pointCompo Steep
A tale of TrilliumsJohn Rogers
Campanula patulaIrene Feesey
Compulsive Gardening DisorderAlex Pankhurst
A day of seed sowing at Culpeper Gardens, IslingtonVivienne McGhee
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Love at firstsightAuthor unknown
Using commercial nurseriesAndrew Ward
Ranunculaceae plants used at Chelsea 2009Sue Ward
E.K. Balls in our gardenJennifer Harmer and Sue Ward
Heucheras in our gardenJennifer Harmer and Sue Ward
Iris Unguicularis in our gardenJennifer Harmer and Sue Ward
Pacific Coast Irises in our gardenJennifer Harmer and Sue Ward
Roscoea (Zingiberacae family) in our gardenJennifer Harmer and Sue Ward
Once bitten...Chris James
Spring cleaning the bordersTricia Fraser
Too much choiceJoe Sime
DaphnesHugh Blundstone
If at first...Rob Senior
An exotic OasisMary Argent
Permaculture gardenNarinder Sohal
Trees and shrubs from seedJeremy Spon
The writing on the wallTony Bays
Plants from the edge of the worldValerie Livesey
Garden visiting in Northern FranceMike Chapman
How to have a bulbous bonanzaHeather Russell
Dahlias come in from the coldRosemary Mitchell
Euphorbia x PasteuriiDon Witton
Pacific Coast IrisesBrita Carson
Rosa CaninaTim Brown
also, but as pdf files (which open in new window)
Phormium phunPaul Ingleton
A cuttings gardenTeresa Farnham
On the road in search of liliesAlan Mitchell
Plumping up the bordersDerry Watkins
A cuttings gardenTeresa Fanham
No TroubleAlex Pankhurst
The old ones are the bestJanet Sleep
Vertical ground coverAnita Chapman
An LiosStuart Oakley
A tale of two gardens - Lincoln to LauzerteMargaret Brown
On the road in search of liliesAlan Mirchell
Growing half-hardy plants - a post-February 2009 updateRob Senior
MukdeniaAileen Stocks
Chelsea 2009Sandra Hartley
Learning curve Autumn 2009 Val Bourne
Letters Autumn 2009Various correspondents
Insects and GardensBook review
Flower HuntersBook review
GeumBook review
Garden PestsChloris
Plants, people and placesRoy Lancaster
The pleasure and pain of an open gardenGill Heavens
Aster novi-belgiiPaul Picton
Organic gardening - is it for you?Heather Booker, Corrine Layton, Chris Strachan, Bob Brown & Sue Lander
North American woodlandersKeith Ferguson
A case study for ecological plantings in public gardensChris Flynn
Phormium phunPaul Ingleton
Plant collector or garden designer?Adrian Bloom
A little ridiculousMartin Spray
Learning curve Spring 2010Val Bourne
Letters Spring 2010Various correspondents
Black frosts and green shootsChloris

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