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 |
| Anwen’s 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 |