Cornucopia
Cornucopia, published twice a year, is a digest of articles from the newsletters of HPS local and specialist groups. HPS members can subscribe to Cornucopia for only £3.50 a year (£5.00 for members outside the UK), payable with their membership subscription. Anyone, including non-members, may subscribe using this website order form.
Cornucopia 44: Autumn 2019

From the Editor | Marion Jay |
Dierama - The Harebells of Africa | Ruth Plant |
Painswick Rococo Garden | John and Valerie Norrington-Davies |
It Loves Me, It Loves Me Not | Judy Pollitt |
Plants in Chiang Mai | Ann Cann |
A New Approach to Extending the Season? | Sue Stockwell |
Mertensia Virginica - The Virginia Bluebell | Rob Cole |
Six Geraniums in My Garden | Jenny Spence |
Have You Thought About a Hydroprop? | Roy Stickland |
A Hardy Surprise | Elaine Boot |
Old Fashioned Remedies | Rhoda Clark |
Trollius | Sue Hough |
Cornucopia 43: Spring 2019

From the Editor | Marion Jay |
In the Pink | Madeleine McCormack |
Autumn-Flowering Saxifrages | John Sirkett |
Are There Aberdevines in Your Garden? | Chris Sanders |
Nottingham Botanic Garden QR Codes | Erica Lax |
The Legacy of Ellen Willmott | David Pollitt |
Brunnera - Jewels of the Spring Garden | Don Witton |
Peony Hybridisation and Seed Sowing | Judy Templar |
Sharper Plant Portraits | John Beaulieu |
Sanguinaria canadensis f. multiplex 'Plena' | Nigel Needham |
A Pint of the Best | Jan Vaughan |
Some Special Hydrangeas | Joe Sime |
Cornucopia 42: Autumn 2018

From the Editor | Marion Jay |
A Jewel for the Autumn | Pauline Cooper |
A Novice's Guide to the Big Blue Poppy | Clive Plant |
A Shady Garden in Autumn | Helen Mount |
Attack of the Arisaemas! | Febrin LePadden |
Can We Prevent Frost Pockets? | Rob Senior |
Confessions of a Plantswoman | Ann Cann |
Cyclamen Foliage | Bob Brown |
Do You Puddle? | Andrew Haynes |
Margery Fish: A Gardening Great | David Pollitt |
Penstemon Diseases | Sandy Monk |
Plant Breeders' Rights | Don Witton |
Romneya coulteri | Sheila Phillips |
They're Out of Fashion Now | John Summerfield |
Two Desirable Plants | Dee Boyd |
Xanthorhiza simplicissima | Sue Hough and Sue Lander |
Cornucopia 41: Spring 2018

From the Editor | Marion Jay |
An Austrian Scythe | Monica Meeneghan |
Geranium phaeum 'Joseph Green' | Lynne Edwards |
Marianne North | Sandy Monk |
Of Scrooge and Snowdrops | Stella Tracey |
Primula aureata | Judi Barton |
Pulmonarias - A Talk by Sally-Ann Turner | Karen Sparrow |
Sedums - Friends in Danger | Alex Pankhurst |
Siberian Irises | Don Witton |
Some Worthy Daffodils | Rob Cole |
The Seeds of Life | Gill Wragg |
Tresco Abbey Gardens | Helen Senior |
Vole Wars | David Pollitt |
Cornucopia 40: Autumn 2017

A Mixed Blessing | Jean Rush |
A Shetland Adventure | Junella McKay |
Cornus Kousa 'China Girl' | Nigel Needham |
Dandelions | Jennifer H. Creech |
Green Manures | Mike Wheeler |
Hestercombe | Marion Jay |
Horticultural Graffiti | Dorothy Harriman |
Propagating Perennials | Don Witton |
Rosa Rugosa | Andrew Haynes |
Shadows of Time | Anita Chapman |
The Flowers of Himachal Pradesh; A Talk by Sue Jackman | Karen Sparrow |
Tree Shaping in the USA | Joe Clements |
Cornucopia 39: Spring 2017

Arum Italicum | Bob Brown |
Berry Beautiful | Tim Longville |
Black Gold | David Way |
Garden Blogging | Julieanne Porter |
'Hellebores - Why I'm Interested After All These Years' - A Talk by Julian Sutton | Karin Proudfoot |
In Praise of Bushes | Fran Scott |
In Praise of...Cannas | Roger Trigg |
Organic Horticultural Fleece | Lyn Spencer-Mills |
Plants For Free | Janet Norman |
The Importance of Labels | Erica Thomson |
Time for Tea | Ruth Boundy |
Trees for Small Gardens | Peter Williams |
Why Do I Like Plants? | Eileen Shone |
Cornucopia 38: Autumn 2016
'Barnsdale - The TV Years' - A Talk by Nick Hamilton | Anne Still |
Bamboozled (Or, What Not to Grow in Your Garden) | Toni Frascina |
Bodnant Winter Garden | Gill and Keith Hallwood |
Book Review - Rosemary Verey's Garden Plans | Mike Wheeler |
Desirable Interlopers | Marion Jay |
Has Your Garden Got Enough Structure | Stephanie Lee |
In Praise of the Mighty Eucalyptus | Christine Hibberd |
Mathiasella bupleuroides | Roger Trigg |
Mild and Mellow | Angela McCreery |
Playing With the Big Boys | Joe Sime |
Spice Up Your Garden | Andrew Haynes |
The Hardy Plant Directory and The Plant Finder | Rob Cole |
Wall Envy | Lindsay Coopland |
Cornucopia 37: Spring 2016
A Touch of Italy in Northumberland | Miranda McCormack |
A Visit to Hertfordshire Hellebores | Marion Jay |
A Winter Performer | Rob Cole |
Alliums | Jackie Currie |
An Exotic Escape in Luton | Neil Jones and Omar Domingo |
Camassia | Stella Exley |
Cardamine Quinquefolia | Dawn Trenchard |
Hepaticas | Ronnie Golisti |
My Garden in Spring | Jo Goldsworthy |
Payback - A Talk by Bob Brown | Jeremy Spon |
Succeeding With Monardas | Adrian de Baat |
The Flowering of Melianthus Major | John Hudson |
Cornucopia 36: Autumn 2015

A Floral Formula | Gill Wragg |
A Plant of Interest; Edgeworthia | Nigel Needham |
Book Review- Dear Friend and Gardener | Mike Wheeler |
Breakfast With Sam | Susan Rowe |
Clematis Pruning | Maggie Duguid |
Heucherellas for Hanging Baskets | Dorothy Harriman |
Invaders | David Reeks |
Layers of Light | Marion Jay |
'Primroses' - A Talk by Joe Sharman | Sue Lander |
Rooting in Water | Glenda Ostick |
Santolinas - Dependable Friends | Alex Pankhurst |
The First Cut is the Deepest | Colin Moat |
The Future of Gardening? | Jane Hunt |
The Orient in Yorkshire | Jenny Rhodes |
Winter Hellebores | John Hudson |
Cornucopia 35: Spring 2015
A Small Nursery in Courson | Colin Moat |
Banana Saga | Roy Stickland |
Bryan’s Ground | Liz Buckingham |
Five for Shade | Joe Sime |
Growing Peonies from Seed | Gordon Cottis |
In Defence of the Lilac | Sue Lander |
Phlox paniculata 'Becky Towe' | Jennifer Harmer |
Primulas and Auriculas – a Talk by Alan Edmondson | Rachel Raywood |
The Chelsea Experience | Julie Harvey |
The Rector and His Giant Snowdrop | David and Anke Way |
Winter Gardening – Inspiration from Janet Cropley | Cherry Baker |
Cornucopia 34: Autumn 2014
A Visit to Great Dixter | Jane Allison |
A Walk on the Wild Side | Sue Morris |
Book Review – Dream Plants for the Natural Garden | Jeremy Spon |
Dahlias: One for the Pot | Susan Rowe |
Diascia | Janet Boulding |
Echinacea – the Cone Flower | Rob and Diane Cole |
Fabulous Friendly Fungi | Marion Jay |
Ferns as Winter Features | Andrew Lawes |
Her Dark Materials | Toni Frascina |
Love and Lust – Some Variegated Plants | Sue Lander |
Thalictrum delavayi var. decorum | Karin Proudfoot |
The Cultivation of Phlox | Jennifer Harmer |
The Winter Garden | June Ainsworth |
Woodland Treasures – a Talk by Des Martin | Sandra Monk |
Cornucopia 33: Spring 2014
Clematis – a Talk by Marcus Dancer | Peter Hart |
Favourite Garden Tools | Brian Cromie |
Geranium Maderense | Glenda Ostick |
High Times | Martin Blow |
Oxford Botanic Garden | Ben Green |
Perfume Is Personal | Sue Hutcheson |
Pruning Winter Flowering Shrubs | Jan Vaughan |
Sidalcea | Dorothy Harriman |
The Amazing Case of Nathaniel Bagshaw Ward | Andrew Haynes |
The Cultivation of Agapanthus | Gary Dunlop |
Under My Umbellifer | Marion Jay |
Wild Flowers in the Garden | Monica Meeneghan |
Cornucopia 32: Autumn 2013
A Gift of a Packet of Seed | Judy Coulson |
A Himalayan Garden | Elaine Taylor |
A Useful Thug | John Jervois |
Aconitum carmichaelii 'Arendsii' | Marion Jay |
Aconitums | Sue Ward |
Book Review: Designing with Grasses | Mike Wheeler |
Catalogues, Nurseries and the Inimitable Mr Brown | Alan Hale |
Climbing Plants – a Talk by Barry Gaydon | Anne Still |
Daisy Days – a Talk by Helen Picton | Peter Hart |
Favourite Geraniums | Robin Moss |
Freedom versus Control | Jenny Papé |
Iris unguicularis | Trisha Cooper |
Love Is… | Rob Senior |
The Contrariness of Clematis | Joan Cooper |
Unusual Bulbs (Part 2) | Ron Davies |
Cornucopia 31: Spring 2013
A few easy hepaticas and the best ways to enjoy them | Glenn Shapiro |
A really useful plant | John Hudson |
Comfrey | Frank Caunt |
Delphiniums - a talk by Mark Lyman | Peter Schofield |
Epimediums | Don Witton |
Flowery lawns | Alison Mallett |
Gone to seed? | Anita Chapman |
In praise of the primrose | Barbara Matthewman |
Primroses | Alex Pankhurst |
Spring in our garden | Keith Thompson |
The quiet Americans | Joe Sime |
The ups and downs of school gardening | Jane Beattie |
Tulips at Orchard House | Pamela Clark |
Unusual bulbs (Part 1) | Ron Davies |
Cornucopia 30: Autumn 2012
A flower to make a merry heart | Alison Mallett |
Actaeas | Sue Ward |
Cuttings and seeds in bottles | Jill Pitman |
Daffodils - was Wordsworth right? | Susan Rowe |
Eryngiums | Janet Gears |
Gardening in Damp Shade | Mandy Featherstone |
Geranium 'Ann Folkhard' | Oliver Folkard |
Grey and silver plants | Mary Hember |
Himalayan plants from wild collected seed | Eric Lee |
In praise of Anemones | Sue Gray |
Mistletoe | Yvonne Matthews |
Peas for pleasure | Hazel Finney |
Potting on | Susan Ferguson |
Rare, good-looking and easy to grow | Joe Sime |
Roadside gardens | Margaret Doble |
Seed Sowing Experiment | Ann and Bob Armstrong |
Snowdrops - a talk by Joe Sharman | Marl Lyman |
The Autumn Crocus | Jane Norris |
The Winter Garden | Janet Cropley |
The problem with inconsiderate neighbours | Geoff Aston |
Cornucopia 29: Spring 2012
A Born Survivor | Andrew Lawes |
A Plant Community | Febrin LePadden |
A Visit to the Laskett | Carole Webb |
Auriculas | Peter Hart |
Clematis from seed | Maggie Duguid |
Cuttings | Wendy Sime |
Don't be scared of Orange | Lys de Bray |
Erodiums | Judy Coulson |
Garden Hepaticas | Sue Ward |
In praise of Ligularia | Gwladys Tonge |
Lilium martagon | Alison Mayall |
Living with a Hostaholic | Dot Patterson |
Making a Mountain Garden in Crete | Elaine Trevitt |
Miscanthus | John Summerfield |
My Three Favourite Gardening Books | Dorothy Harriman |
Nasturtium officinale | Geoff Aston |
Perennial Centaureas for the Garden | Martin & Janet Blow |
Sempervivums - Love them or hate them? | Angela Overland |
The Clematis Wall | Barbara O'Brien |
Cornucopia 28: Autumn 2011
Bergenias | Jennifer Harmer |
Blue and White | Jackie Davies |
Dactylorhiza Orchids | Debbie Leonard |
Gardeners Question Time | Sally Pearson |
Gardening in a small space | Joe Rice |
Hardy Perennials from Seed | Rob & Diane Cole |
More about toad lilies | Malcolm Michael |
My bog garden | Rupert Wade |
Nerines - doing it by the book | Patricia Connor |
Onwards and Upwards | Febrin LePadden |
Pennisetums | John Summerfield |
Photography workshop | Rupert Wade |
Rabbit resistant plants? | Val White |
Salvias for late colour | Ron Davies |
Sussex Prairies | Paul & Pauline McBride |
The life of a professional gardener | Rupert Wade |
Toad Lilies | Anne Godfrey |
Cornucopia 27: Spring 2011
A tale of two Astelias | Virginia Oakes |
A. T. Johnson | Sue Catchpole |
Dierama cultivation and propagation | Gary Dunlop |
Eucomis - coconut or boiled cabbage | Alison Mayall |
Fatal attraction | Compo Steep |
Forward not back | Janet Sleep |
Garden of Two Halves | Barbara O'Brien |
Gardens in Brittany | Val White |
How to deal with dry shade | Joe Sime |
How to stay cool in Summer | Janet Dolling |
Kiss me over the garden gate | Andrew Lawes |
Movement in plants | Peggy Dawe |
People watching | Jane Allison |
Pictorial meadows | Judy Pollitt |
Survival of the fittest | Peter Goodlad |
Tender climbers | Joan Millard |
Thalictrums | Jennifer Harmer |
The Cornish Shovel | Andrew Haynes |
The Garlic recipe | Joan Cooper |
Why grow Pulmonarias | Sally-Ann Turner |
Cornucopia 26: Autumn 2010
A Modified Crevice Garden | Hilary Hide |
Adventures with a compost tumbler | Roy Stickland |
Battle for a perfect Lily | Joan Millard |
Books for exotic gardeners | Nick Broughton |
Calories in the Garden | Derek Cooper |
Composting thoughts | Anthony Ewin |
Hardy Begonias | Elizabeth McManus |
Heleniums: Brides of the Sun | Janet & Martin Blow |
Hoheria | Harry Brickwood |
In praise of Coronillas | Margaret Doble |
Peonies on an Allotment | Penny Johnson |
Pumonaria - renewed joy! | Sue Dawson |
Season of Mists | James McCombe |
South African Bulbous Plants | Roger Stuckey |
The woodland garden - five years on | Organoman |
Those bells, those bells | Ben Green |
Two neglected roses | Irene Feesey |
Useful plants | John Hudson |
Viburnums for winter interest | Yvonne Matthews |
Yellow Corydalis | Brian Whitton |
Yew and non-yew | Compo Steep |
Cornucopia 25: Spring 2010
A Botanical Garden with a difference | Don Whitton |
A tale of Trilliums | John Rogers |
Anwens Gardening Advice | Ann Draycott |
Aquilegias | Jennifer Harmer |
Are you really the Boss? | Keith Hare |
Compo gets the point | Compo Steep |
Crinodendon hookeranium | Jill M Pitman |
Cyclamen | Valerie Livesey |
Fountain Grass Magic | Neil Lucas |
Hemerocallis | Brita Carson |
Ornamentals in the Orchard | James McCombe |
Plants for Dry Shade | Val Garrett |
Ranunculaceae - Fact, fiction and a bit of botany | Bob Foulds |
Roscoea | JMS Pearce |
Six seriously underrated plants | Vanessa Doyle |
Summer treasures | Joan Millard |
The Apothecaries Garden | Mike Hayward |
The Chelsea Chop | Pam Tatam |
The Japanese Way | Organoman |
Thugs on Walls | John Hudson |
What Darwin did for us | Tony Bays |
Cornucopia 24: Autumn 2009
A Little Bit of Pre-History | Lys de Bray |
Agapanthus and the Love Hate Relationship | Janet Sleep |
Beautiful Burnets | Anne Godfrey |
Calla Lilies | Geoffrey Frankcom |
Chocolate Cosmos | Sheila Phillips |
Digital Photography in the Garden | Karin Proudfoot |
Echinacea | Jennie Maillard |
Euphorbiaciae | Jennifer Harmer |
Geums | Sue Martin |
Have Fun and Hybridise | Brita Carson |
Hodmedods and Friends | Alex Pankhurst |
In Praise of the Lesser Celandine | Bob Foulds |
Iris - the Rainbow Flower | Gwen Scott |
Joe Swift Stole my Thunder | Margaret Nichol |
Plants in Pots | Hazel Finney |
Scent for Winter | James McCombe |
Symphytum Species | Isa Hall |
Time for That Extra Blanket | Judith Stephens |
To Herbar or Knot | Organoman |
Cornucopia 23: Spring 2009
An exotic Oasis | Mary Argent |
Dahlias come in from the cold | Rosemary Mitchell |
Daphnes | Hugh Blundstone |
Euphorbia x pasteurii | Don Witton |
Garden visiting in Northern France | Mike Chapman |
How to have a bulbous bonanza | Heather Russell |
If at first... | Rob Senior |
Once bitten... | Chris James |
Pacific Coast Irises | Brita Carson |
Permaculture garden | Narinder Sohal |
Plants from the edge of the world | Valerie Livesey |
Rosa canina | Tim Brown |
Spring cleaning the borders | Tricia Fraser |
The writing on the wall | Tony Bays |
Too much choice | Joe Sime |
Trees and shrubs from seed | Jeremy Spon |