The Hardy Plant Index

Vol. 40 No. 2, Autumn 2019

Contents
From the Editor	Souren Ala
Bracken in the Garden	Martin Spray
Chop it Down??	Souren Ala
Crack Addicts	Alex Pankhurst
Echoes of Historic Japanese Gardens	Ana Oliveira
End Piece	Louise Beebe Wilder
From the Archive: Invasion by Tigers	Frances M. Birkett
The Kenneth Black Bursary Scheme	Anna Peacock
The Learning Curve	Val Bourne
Nurturenature: Growing a Healing Garden	Helena Davies
Some Hardy Plants Growing in Arctic Sweden	Ruth Baumbergs
Space to Plan and Plant	Barbara Ferrari
Stop Press! Reprieve for a ‘Bad’ Conservation Plant?	Jan Vaughan
Through our French Window	Gordon James
Two Thugs and a Suicidal Swan	Peter Williams
What is a Garden?	Bob Brown
Letters

Vol. 40 No. 1, Spring 2019

Contents
From the Editor	Souren Ala
President’s perspective – plants, people, places	Roy Lancaster
The Beth Chatto Symposium: Ecological planting in the 21st century	Colin Skelly
Choosing the best plants	Bob Brown
Experiments with Echinacea	Rob Cole
A few things you might not know about the Greenhouse Effect & Global Warming	Derek Cooper
The good, the bad and the unknown – tales from the HPS Conservation Scheme	Jan Vaughan
Herbaceous perennials – how to make them shine	Lucy Bell & Maija Ross
How will climate change affect our gardens, and what can we do?	Timothy Riggs
HPS Champion – Sandra Hartley	Cathy Rollinson
HPS Photographic Competition 2018	Brian Hackett, photo librarian
The learning curve	Val Bourne
More questions and answers from the HPS Advisory Service	Emma Reece
Narcissus ‘Weardale Perfection’ – a tale of discovery, loss and resurrection	Peter Williams
Not losing the plot	Gordon James
Of weeds, winds, water and wildlife	Judy Harry
The wonders of New Zealand flora	William Stanger

Vol. 39 No. 2, Autumn 2018

Contents
From the Editor	Pam Ratcliffe
Adopting Orphans	Alex Pankhurst
The Best Plants for Pots	Bob Brown
Beth Chatto OBE VMH
Can the Benefits of Using Soil Microbes be Seen?	David Way
Clematis in Mediterranean and Temperate Zones - drought, myth & facts	Mary Toomey
‘The Hills Are Alive...’ (with perennial meadows)	Souren Ala
Idle Thoughts in Autumn Rain	Martin Spray
Incarceration, Liberation and Sex Change in Arisaema	Peter Williams
The Learning Curve	Val Bourne
Lessons from India	Richard Holman
Looking at Plants by the Sea	Ruth Baumberg
Our Favourite Plants for Brightening up Summer Shade	Shade and Woodland Plants Group committee members
Planting Bulbs for Colour Next Year	Rob Cole
A Recognised Name - at last!	Helen Mount
Under the Apples	Tim Ingram
Winners and Losers	Keith and Lorna Ferguson
Letters
Back cover

Vol. 39 No. 1, Spring 2018

Contents
From the editor	Pam Ratcliffe
Founders and Descendants: 60 Years On, the People Who Made the Hardy Plant Society	Pamela Clark
A Garden in East Kent	Jeremy Spon
Gwladys Tonge	Jean Sambrook
Honour of Russia	Sergey Kalyakin
How Plants Work - Seeds and Fruits	Gail Summerfield
The HPS Horticultural Advisory Service
HPS Photographic Competition 2017	Brian Hackett
The Learning Curve	Val Bourne
A Moving Experience	Judy Harry
Pauline Cooper	Anita Chapman
President Perspective - Plants, People, Places	Roy Lancaster
Pursuing Passion Flowers	Rebecca Hilgenhof
Raising New Plants	Gerry Parker
Review: "Ferns"	Neil Timm
Spiralling Into Oblivion - Fibonacci & Plants	Derek Cooper
A Wild Anger (About the Exploitation of Peat Resources by Gardeners)	Rosemary FitzGerald

Vol. 38 No. 2, Autumn 2017

Contents
From the editor	Pam Ratcliffe
60th Anniversary Open Gardens celebration
Appreciations
Brief encounters with a few shady characters	Peter Williams
Chelsea 2017	Mick Dunstan
A flower and butterfly trip to the Alpes Maritimes in southern France	Ruth Baumberg
Gardeners in training	William Stanger
How many ways to kill a plant?	Alex Pankhurst
How plants work - flowers	Gail Summerfield
The HPS Horticultural Advisory Service
The learning curve	Val Bourne
Living with drought	Janet Sleep
Loose and woodsy!	Walt Bubelis
New Ambassadors spread the word	Geoff Hodge
Planting in dry shade	Sue Catchpole
A roots-up approach to understanding perennials	Noel Kingsbury
Winter tapestry	Andrew Lawes

Vol. 38 No. 1, Spring 2017

Contents
From the editor	Pam Ratcliffe
Meet the President!
Chelsea Preview	Mick Dunstan
A gesture against the wild?	Martin Spray
How plants work - stems	Gail Summerfield
The HPS Horticultural Advisory Service	Emma Reece
Hurray for seed donors!	Pauline Cooper, Seed Distribution Coordinator
Land of the llamas - north-west Argentina	Lorna and Keith Ferguson
The learning curve	Val Bourne
Lessons my garden has taught me	Derry Watkins
Members' gardens, open to celebrate!
New knowledge, new language	David Way
Photographic Competition 2016	Brian Hackett
President's perspective - plants, people, places	Roy Lancaster
Pulmonarias	Margaret Stone
Review: "My Life with Plants"	Judy Harry
Review: "The Living Jigsaw"	Timothy Riggs
Room with a view	David Jewell
Up close and personal	Lesley Kant Cunneen
Letters

Vol. 37 No. 2, Autumn 2016

Contents
From the editor
The 80th anniversary of Barnhaven Primroses	Jodie Mitchell
Christmas cards with a garden theme	John McCormack
Comments on an open garden	Peter Williams
Curiouser and curiouser, said Alice	Janet Sleep
Euphorbias in the garden - good doers in different conditions and situations	Don Witton
A flower and butterfly trip to Eastern Turkey	Ruth Baumberg
From Russia with passion	Sergey Kalyakin
A Gold-Medal park	Mick Dunstan
Guilty as Charged	Judy Harry
Heucheras - their cultivation and use	Gareth Batts
How plants work part 2 - roots	Gail Summerfield
The HPS Horticultural Advisory Service
The learning curve	Val Bourne
Lessons learned from a sunny little patch	Souren Ala
The new Centenary Border at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens	David Jewell
Letter
Back Cover

Vol. 37 No. 1, Spring 2016

Contents Page
President's perspective - plants, people and places	Roy Lancaster
Brought to Book	Alex Pankhurst
Clematis for year-round interest	Mike Millington
A gardening life - learning from the wild	Gill Regan
Getting the measure of snowdrops	Tim Ingram
Hardy foliage for 'tropical effect'	Bob Brown
How plants work	Gail Summerfield
In pursuit of new plants - the driving force behind Hillier Nurseries	Kevin Hobbes
Jean Harris	Judy Harry
The learning curve	Val Bourne
Living walls	Irene Tibbenham
Over the garden wall - part 2	Mick Dunstan
Photographic competition 2015	Brian Hackett
Some artistic thoughts gleaned from the gentle art of gardening	Martin Spray
Trautvetteria, a confused and littleknown genus	Keith Ferguson
Letter
Back cover

Vol. 36 No. 2, Autumn 2015

Contents Page
From the editor	Pam Ratcliffe
2015: Year of the Sunflower	Irene Tibbenham
Book Review
Eyeful or awful	Judy Harry
Geraniums - a personal appraisal	Ursula Williams
A helianthus by any other name - full circle	Helen Mount
The HPS Advisory Service
In search of the blue poppy - a botanical trip to Sikkim	Ruth Baumberg
Is your garden buzzing?	Tim Riggs
Over the garden wall in Worcestershire	Mick Dunstan
Patagonian plants we grow in Britain	Keith and Lorna Ferguson
Plants that deserve a wider audience	Val Bourne
Propagating stonecrops for creative planting	Kevin Line
The seed receivers' apprentice	Sue Bosson
Showing off the Hardy Plant Society
Taking time to smell the roses	Heather Russell

Vol. 36 No. 1, Spring 2015

President's Perspective	Roy Lancaster
Aconitum - the dark side	Rachel Raywood
Adventures with seed -the story of a novice	Pauline Cooper
Book review
Bountiful biennials	Derry Watkins
Desert island plants	Val Bourne
Downy mildew - the new killer disease of Aquilegia	Carrie Thomas
George Parker	Judy Harry
My 'Dream Garden'	Heather Russell
Photographic competition 2014	Brian Hackett
Rhododendrons - unloved and dangerous	Peter Williams
A rose helianthus by any other name	Helen Mount
Small, but beautifully planted	Teresa Farnham
Small gardens and shade	Bob Brown
Stars, showgirls and the chorus line	Janet Sleep
Letters

Vol. 35 No. 2, Autumn 2014

Contents
From the editor	Pam Ratcliffe
Asclepias syriaca revisited	John Silk
Better late than never	Duncan Skene
Candy Carrot, Spignel and Matthiasella	Tim Ingram
Christmas trees for high summer	Kevin Line
Gardening on heavy clay	Keith & Lorna Ferguson
A guide to basic lily growing	Harris Howland
Guilt in the garden	Gill Heavens
The learning curve	Val Bourne
Mad dogs and pixie cups	Martin & Rowan Spray
The plateau of orchids	Gordon James
Social climbing	Lesley Kant Cunneen
Trends, shoots and leaves	Judy Harry
The unnatural gardener	Peter Williams
Whose garden is it anyway?	Alex Pankhurst

Vol. 35 No. 1, Spring 2014

Contents
Editorial
President's perspective	Roy Lancaster
The Beth Chatto Gardens	Sally-Ann Turner
Better borders	Bob Brown
Book review (Peonies by Gail Harland)	Billy Carruthers
David Barker	Sally-Ann Turner
The learning curve	Val Bourne
Looking forwards by looking back!	Heather Booker
Photographic competition 2013	Trevor Walton
Public space	Kelly Baldry
Saved by microclimates	Andrew Lawes
Serendipity in Peonies	John Hudson & Judy Templar
Starting (almost) from scratch	Helen Mount
Success with Tom Mitchell's seed	Barry McWilliam

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