We've started this year's seed distribution scheme as usual. Please send us your seeds as soon as they are ready.
The office is now closed until 28th September. Meanwhile we will try to answer your email enquiries; this may take us longer than usual.
A registered charity promoting hardy herbaceous plants, we grow and study these plants in our own gardens, and try to keep rarer varieties in cultivation. We share our knowledge and love of these plants with other gardeners whether they're experts, beginners or somewhere in between.
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New members and Renewals: WAIT! Our membership year starts on 1st October 2020 and runs until December 2021. To avoid paying twice please wait to renew or join the society until after 1st October. Payments received before this date will fall into the current year of membership. |
 Just published… the new HPS booklet, Border Phlox, is here. Phlox have been popular garden plants for over 250 years and are starting to flower now, from July through to September. Phlox add colour and perfume to summer borders and this book is packed with information to help you grow them, as well as descriptions and colour photos of many cultivars. |
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HPS members, you have a chance to contribute to the discussion on the future of your society. The AGM has been cancelled this year because of the coronavirus situation. |
The RHS Award of Garden Merit is given to plants after a period of assessment by experts and intended as a practical guide for the gardener. The HPS Conservation Scheme has several plants that hold AGM's such as Bergenia 'Pugsley's Pink' and Iris sibirica 'Peter Hewitt'.
Gardening has a rhythm of its own irrespective of what is happening in the wider world – the seasons change; certain plants come to the fore or go over; certain jobs have to be done at certain times. We have been very grateful to have our garden to occupy us during lockdown.
Many parts of my allotment are too dry for growing Sanguisorba, most of them don’t like dry soil. But so far Sanguisorba 'Pink Brushes' seems to be happy, planted in an area adjoining the mini-prairie. The flowers are pale pink and look like very hairy caterpillars ...
My experience at plant propagation over the years through research, learning from others, and my own hands on experience, indicates certain plant material - woody, green, semi ripe, of many differing plant species produce higher or lower rooting potential depending on plant species, and the time of year the cuttings are taken.
Hardy Plant Spciety
