The UK’s leading gardening charity www.rhs.org.uk index 2009 index 2009 Volume 134 Parts 1–12 Index 2009

Abbotswood – bean(s)

January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 April 2009 May 2009 June 2009 pp1–68 pp69–144 pp145–216 pp217–292 pp293–362 pp363–432

Numbers in italics denote a acidity 189 Akeroyd, John, on: aphids 258, 258, 419, 696 artichoke: Azara: picture or illustration Acmella oleracea lawns and wildlife apple(s): Chinese 242, 242 lanceolata 551 310, 313, 314 416–417 cooking 171 globe 241, 241 microphylla 37, 37, Where a plant has a Selling Actaea: readers’ response 581 disorders 624 as ornamental 738, 738 Name (also known as a trade racemosa 683 Albert, Maya, on: choosing pruning, by Peter (seedheads) 731 serrata 179, 180, 181 designation) it is typeset in a simplex ‘Pink Spike’ compost 38–41 Blackburne-Maze Jerusalem 242, 242, 695 different font to distinguish (seedheads) 730 Aldous, Michael and Jenny: 824–827 by Nigel Slater it from the cultivar name Actinidia 739–741 their garden in Oxfordshire recommended 23 666–667 (shown in ‘Single Quotes’), arguta 739, 741 448–453, 450 storage 624 Arum italicum subsp. italicum which by law must be ‘Geneva 2’ 739, 740 algae 61 tree with multiple ‘Marmoratum’ 18 shown on plant labelling ‘Issai’ 740, 740 Allium (see also onion): grafted cultivars Asarum europaeum B ‘Jumbo’ 740, 740 ‘Carlito’ 543 706, 706 17, 19, 21 ‘Ken’s Red’ 740 ‘Purple Rain’ 465 ‘Blenheim Orange’ Asparagus: Bailes, Christopher, on: RHS ‘Weiki’ 740, 740 rouyi 642 171, 171 cultivation 350 Garden Rosemoor’s new kolomikta 739, 740, 741 Allotments Regeneration ‘Bramley’s Seedling’ RHS trial 303 Hot Garden 250–253 ‘Adam’ 741, 741 Initiative (correction) 74, 145 officinalis 243 Bailey, Nick, on: ‘Dr Szymanowski’ 222, 509 by Joan Morgan Aspidistra dolichanthera Brian Dunn’s 741, 741 alpines, growing media for 168–170 Ogisu 252: 822, 822 garden in Norfolk A ‘Red Beauty’ 741 203 letter on 231 748–751 Asplenium scolopendrium ‘Sientiabrskeja’ 741 Alstroemeria: ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin’ 655, 656 buying plants online Abbotswood (Glos) in ‘Tomoko’ 741 brasiliensis (seedheads) 170 Associate of Honour, RHS: 787, 787 autumn, by Mary Maher purpurea 739, 740, 741 731 ‘Discovery’ 23 2009 awards 512 Ballard, Helen 97 720–723 ‘Purpurna Sadowa’ 741 Inticancha White Pink ‘Dummellor’s Seedling’ Astelia chathamica Balmforth, Elizabeth, on: Abelia floribunda 755–756, adventurous fruit, Blush (‘Tesblushin’) 171, 171 19, 20, 21 future developments at 756 by Ursula Buchan 514 304, 304 ‘Early Victoria’ 171, 171 Aster novae-angliae National RHS Garden Harlow Carr Abies: aerating lawns 623 Alternanthera: ‘Emneth Early’ 171, 171 Plant Collection 713 474–475 pruning 334 Aesculus: dentata ‘Purple Knight’ ‘Golden Noble’ 171, 171 Astrantia ‘Roma’ 619 bamboo flowering concolor ‘Wattez Prostrate’ bleeding canker 314 ‘King of the Pippins’ aubergine(s): 833 102, 102 437, 493, 493 ‘Royal Tapestry’ 311, 314 171, 171 by Michael Michaud bananas, protecting grandis 393 horse chestnut leaf- amaranth leaves 276 ‘Lord Lambourne’ 23 184–187 760 koreana (cone) 105 mining moth 437, 493 Amaryllis belladonna ‘Newton Wonder’ cultivation 184, 186 Banks, Elizabeth procera ‘Noble’s Dwarf’: leaf blotch 493 625, 625 171, 171 pests and diseases 203 261, 261 cone 69 problems 493 Amelanchier x grandiflora ‘Sunset’ 23 RHS trial 184, 187 Banksia praemorsa 473 flower105 hippocastanum 437 ‘Ballerina’ 176, 180 aquatic compost 41 ‘Balsas’ 185 Bankside Open Spaces Acacia: Agapanthus: aminopyralid 778 Aquilegia: ‘Bonica’ 184, 185, 187 Trust (b o s t ) 45 anegadensis 122, 125 ‘Aimee’ 611 Anderton, Stephen, on: barbaricina 642 ‘Fabina’ 185 Barbarea verna 407 dealbata 182 ‘Northern Star’ 538 Anglesey Abbey, Cambs 144 flabellata var. pumila ‘Fabiola’ 187 Barber, Alan, Acaena novae-zelandiae Agastache ‘Summer Glow’ Angelonia: ‘Atlantis’ 229, 229 ‘Fairy Tale’ 184, 185, award of o b e 150 in North York Moors 609 Angel Mist Series 314 Araucaria araucana 393 186, 187 bark chips 40, 41 National Park 713 a g m (Award of Garden angustifolia Angel Mist Ardle, Jon, on: ‘Falcon’ 185, 187 Barnett, Paul: his multi- Acalypha ‘Mini Red’ Merit) plants: Lavender (1999) Bowthorpe Oak, Lincs ‘Farmer’s Long’ 184, 185 cultivar apple tree, 310, 313, 314 butternut squash 676 (‘Balanglav’) (Angel 566, 566 garden egg 184, 186 by John Glover 706, 706 Acca sellowiana, climbing French beans Mist Series) 311 perry pears 592–595 ‘Kermit’ 184, 186 bats, pipistrelle 591 by Ian Le Gros 530, 530 333 Serena Series 314 Argyranthemum: ‘Long Purple’ 184, 185 Baulcombe, David: Acer: Iris sibirica 397 Angiosperm Phylogeny RHS trial (2010) 715 ‘Louisiana Long Green’ award of knighthood National Plant Collection Potentilla 265 Group (Apg III) system 779 ‘Jamaica Primrose’ 312 184, 186 508 713 Sempervivum 549 Anglesey Abbey, Cambs, Madeira Crested Merlot ‘Moneymaker’ 185 bean seed fly larvae problems 129 spring shrubs 176–181 by Stephen Anderton 144 (‘Bonmadmerlo’) 314 ‘Ophelia’ 184, 185, 186 350 conspicuum ‘Red Tagetes 615 Angus, Sir Michael and Lady ‘Vancouver’ 312 pea 184, 186 bean(s): Flamingo’ 611 Ajuga: 235, 237 Armitage, James, on: ‘Ping Tung Long’ 187 broad, cultivation 132 fabri 541 reptans: annuals for attracting birds Dianella 726–727 Austin, David 399–400 climbing French: sikkimense 229, 229 ‘Braunherz’ 655, 656 813 art, botanical: bursary for Austrocedrus chilensis 393 a g m awards 333 Achillea: ‘Burgundy Glow’ 656 Antirrhinum: 227 Avena nuda grown as by Sue Stickland grandifolia 755, 755 ‘Catlin’s Giant’ 656 hispanicum 478 Artemisia vulgaris Oriental birdseed 814, 815 330–333 millefolium ‘Sue’s Pink’ ‘Jungle Beauty’ 656 subsp. hispanicum Limelight (‘Janlim’) 655, award nominations (RHS) cultivation 331–332 756, 756 ‘Multicolor’ 656 ‘Roseum’ 478 656 780 problems 350

2 Index 2009 Book reviews

July 2009 August 2009 September 2009 October 2009 November 2009 December 2009 pp433–502 pp503–566 pp567–636 pp637–706 pp707–772 pp773–842

book reviews – by book author book reviews – by title

Anderton, Stephen, Hinkley, Daniel J: Ramsay, Alex, et al: Allotment Month Gardens of Wales, The, Quick Return Compost et al: Discovering The Explorer’s Garden: The Gardens of Wales by Month, by Helena Attlee and Making, Welsh Gardens 705 Shrubs and Vines 771 705 by Alan Buckingham Alex Ramsay 705 by Andrew Edward Anisko, Tomasz: Hogan, Sean: Ross, Diana: 841 Growing Citrus, Davenport 143 When Perennials Trees for All Seasons Gardeners 634 Bedside Book by Martin Page 635 Rose, The, Bloom 289 215 Ross, Ruth Isabel, et al: of the Garden, The, Home-Grown by David Austin 501 Attlee, Helena, et al: Kesseler, Rob, et al: An Irish Florilegium 361 by DG Hessayon Vegetable Manual, Saxifrages, The Gardens of Wales Fruit 215 Simmons, John: 291 by Steve Ott 841 by Malcolm McGregor 705 Kingsbury, Noel: Managing the Bleeding Hearts, Irish Florilegium, An, 67 Austin, David: Natural Garden Style Wet Garden 141 Corydalis, and by Wendy F Walsh Scotland for Gardeners, The Rose 501 771 Small, David, et al: Their Relatives, and Ruth Isabel Ross by Kenneth and Bayton, Ross, et al: Layton-Jones, Katy, et al: Gardening with by Mark Tebbitt, 361 Ray Cox 705 New Trees 771 Places of Health and Hardy Heathers 143 Magnus Lidén and Lilacs, Trees for All Seasons, Bisgrove, Richard: Amusement 141 Stuppy, Wolfgang, et al: Henrik Zetterlund by John L Fiala 67 by Sean Hogan 215 William Robinson 67 Lee, Robert, et al: Fruit 215 361 Lost Worlds of the Vegetables, Herbs Blythe, Ronald: Places of Health and Tebbitt, Mark, et al: Botanical Illustration, Guiana Highlands, and Spices, Outsiders 634 Amusement 141 Bleeding Hearts, by Valerie Oxley by Stewart McPherson by Susanna Lyle 635 Buckingham, Alan: Lidén, Magnus, et al: Corydalis, and Their 289 291 When Perennials Bloom, Allotment Month Bleeding Hearts, Relatives 361 Bulb, Lycaste, Ida by Tomasz Anisko by Month 841 Corydalis, and Their Walsh, Wendy F, et al: by Anna Pavord and Anguloa, 289 Cox, Kenneth, and Ray: Relatives 361 An Irish Florilegium 361 841 by Henry Francis Where Have All the Scotland for Gardeners Lyle, Susanna: Walsh, Wendy F: Contemporary Oakeley 143 Flowers Gone?, 705 Vegetables, Herbs The Wild and Garden Garden, The Managing the by Charles Flower 501 la Croix, Isobyl: and Spices 635 Plants of Ireland 361 (ed Phaidon Press) Wet Garden, Wild and Garden Plants The New Encyclopedia McGregor, Malcom: Wulff, Ella May T, et al: 634 by John Simmons of Ireland, The, of Orchids 289 Saxifrages 67 Gardening with Hardy Discovering 141 by Wendy F Walsh 361 Davenport, Andrew McPherson, Stewart: Heathers 143 Welsh Gardens, Moth Orchids, William Robinson, Edward: Lost Worlds of the Zetterlund, Henrik, et al.: by Stephen Anderton by Steven A Frowine by Richard Bisgrove 67 Quick Return Guiana Highlands 291 Bleeding Hearts, and Charles Hawes 634 Compost Making 143 Nicolass, John: Corydalis, and Their 705 Natural Garden Style, Fiala, John L: Fuchsias 501 Relatives 361 Explorer’s Garden, The: by Noel Kingsbury Lilacs 67 Oakeley, Henry Francis: Shrubs and Vines, 771 Flower, Charles: Lycaste, Ida and by Daniel J Hinkley New Encyclopedia Where Have All the Anguloa 143 771 of Orchids, The, Flowers Gone? 501 Ogden, Lauren Springer, Fruit, by Isobyl la Croix Frowine, Steven A: and Scott, Plant-driven by Wolfgang Stuppy 289 Moth Orchids 634 Design 215 and Rob Kesseler 215 New Trees, Fry, Carolyn: Ott, Steve: Fuchsias, by John by John Grimshaw The Plant Hunters 705 Home-Grown Nicolass 501 and Ross Bayton 771 Geddes-Brown, Leslie Vegetable Manual 841 Garden Wisdom, Outsiders, (comp): Garden Oxley, Valerie: comp Leslie by Ronald Blythe 634 Wisdom 841 Botanical Illustration Geddes-Brown 841 Places of Health and Grimshaw, John, et al: 289 Gardeners, Amusement, New Trees 771 Page, Martin: by Diana Ross 634 by Katy Layton-Jones Hawes, Charles, et al: Growing Citrus 635 Gardening with and Robert Lee 141 Discovering Welsh Paterson, Allen: Hardy Heathers, Plant Hunters, The, Gardens 705 The Gardens at Kew by David Small by Carolyn Fry 705 Hessayon, DG: 141 and Ella May T Wulff Plant-driven Design, The Bedside Book Pavord, Anna: 143 by Scott and Lauren of the Garden 291 Bulb 841 Gardens at Kew, The, Springer Ogden by Allen Paterson 141 215

Index 2009 3 beans (continued) – Chalke Valley Watercress bean(s) (continued): beetle: biological control of garden powdery mildew butterfly: ‘Kent Belle’ 485 climbing French (cont): flea 492,492 pests, by Andrew Salisbury (Erysiphe cruciferarum) comma (Polygonia lactiflora 482, 485 ‘Algarve’ larvae 277, 277 256–259 492, 492 c-album) 557, 557 ‘Alba’ 483 331, 332, 333 lily (Lilioceris lilii) Bird, Charlie: his garden juncea ‘Red Giant’ 817 orange-tip ‘Loddon Anna’ ‘Anellino Giallo’ 332 351, 351 in Suffolk: readers’ response oleracea var. ramosa (Anthocharis cardamines), 480, 484, 485 BB2515 333 rosemary 83 (see kale, perennial) by Andrew Halstead ‘Prichard’s Variety’ BB2517 333 (Chrysolina americana) birds, plants to attract, ‘Petit Posy Mix’ 781, 781 387, 387 485 ‘Blauhilde’ 331, 332 351, 351 by Mary Maher 812–815 rapa Chinensis Group peacock (Nymphalis io) ‘Superba’ 485 ‘Blue Queen’ beetroot: birdseed: growing plants for (see pak choi) 557, 557 latifolia 482 509, 509 by Nigel Slater 814, 815 Britain in Bloom, RHS: red admiral var. macrantha 483 ‘Borlotto Lingua 166–167 bitter pit 624, 624 by Lila Das Gupta (Vanessa atalanta) 557, latiloba 482 di Fuoco’ 331 ‘Boltardy’ 166 blackspot 419 324–329 557 ‘Highcliffe Variety’ ‘Cobra’ ‘Burpee’s Golden’ blackberry ‘Ouachita’ results 714 small tortoiseshell 482 330, 332, 333 166 781, 781 Britain’s Best Park 2008 (Aglais urticae) 557, 557 makaschvilii 483 ‘Empress’ 331, 332 ‘Touchstone Gold’ Blackburne-Maze, Peter, on: 150 butternut squash medium 485 ‘Eva’ 330, 332, 333 304, 304 pruning apple trees Broadleas Gardens, Wilts (see squash, butternut) persicifolia 482, 482 ‘Golden Gate’ Begonia: 824–827 165 Buxus: ‘Chettle Charm’ 485 330, 332, 333 Bonfire (‘Nzcone’) 312 blackcurrants 536–537 broccoli, Chinese 817, 817 blight (Cylindrocladium ‘Cornish Mist’ 485 ‘Hunter’ 332, 333 ‘Doublet Pink’ 311 growing 489 Brooks, Sarah, on: buxicola and ‘Fleur de Neige’ ‘Kwintus’ 332, 333 Doublet Series 312 recommended 23 orchids as house plants Volutella buxi) 626, 626 483, 485 ‘Limka’ 330, 332, 333 Dragon Wing Red ‘Ben Connan’ 23 796–799 bronzing 626, 626 ‘Powder Puff’ 485 ‘Musica’ 332, 333 (‘Bepared’) 310, ‘Ben Sarek’ 23, 23 Brown, Bob, on: diseases and disorders ‘Pride of Exmouth’ ‘Pantheon’ 332, 333 311–312, 313 blackfly 258, 350 Campanula 480–485 626 485 ‘Rob Roy’ 330, 333 ‘Fragrance Elfie’ 155,155 Blacksmiths Cottage Brunfelsia jamaicensis 78 buying plants online, ‘Telham Beauty’ 484 ‘Rob Splash’ 330 Fusion Series 312 Nursery, Norfolk, Brussels sprout-kale cross by Nick Bailey 786 ‘Wortham Belle’ 484 dwarf French, ‘Glowing Embers’ 609 by Roy Lancaster 618–621 (‘Petit Posy Mix’) 781, 781 ‘Pink Octopus’ 484, 485 RHS trial (2010) 715 grandis subsp. evansiana bladder nut (see Staphylea) Buchan, Ursula 14, on: poscharskyana 483 flageolet 331 var. alba 620, 620 Blechnum: adventurous fruit 514 punctata 485 haricot 331 Million Kisses Elegance brasiliense ‘Volcano’ 227 bumblebees 582 f. rubriflora runner: (‘Yagance’) 312, 314 chilense 17 buying plants from ‘Wine ’n’ Rubies’ 484 by Nigel Slater bellflower (seeCampanula ) Bloom, Adrian, on: garden centres 14 C pyramidalis 485 254–255 Bellis perennis Bellissima pruning conifers containerised plants rotundifolia 483 ‘Enorma’ Series 654, 656 334–335 158 cabbage: ‘Sarastro’ 485, 755, 755 254–255, 255 Benmore Fernery, Argyll seasonal interest in discarding second-rate RHS trial (2010) 715 takesimana 485 ‘Scarlet Emperor’ 255 438 conifers 100–105 plants 786 root fly 492,492 ‘Beautiful Trust’ 481 ‘White Emergo’ Berberis: Bloom, Alan 749 finding single-colour whitefly 492,492 trachelium 482 254–255 darwinii 176, 180, 180, Blowers, John W: obituary flower seeds 650 ‘Kilaxy’ 605 var. alba 482, 484 Beard, Chris, award of 392, 551, 551 225, 225 readers’ response Caerhays Castle, Cornwall ‘Alba Flore Pleno’ Associateship of Honour francisci-ferdinandii 713 blueberries: 785 162, 162 482 512 x stenophylla 176, 180 recommended 23 garden plants seen in Calceolaria: ‘Bernice’ 482 Beardshaw, Chris: ‘Corallina Compacta’ ‘Duke’ 23, 23 their natural habitat 446 amplexicaulis request ‘Van-Houttei’ 485 his mentoring 180 Bodnant Garden, Conwy Hemingford Grey manor, for seeds or plants 717 canker, bleeding (on scholarship 153, 199 Bergenia ciliata 618, 619 162 Cambs 380–385 uniflora var. darwinii Aesculus) 437, 493, 493 on horticulture’s poor Berridge, Vanessa, on: Bomarea x cantabrigiensis lighter aspects of garden 551, 551 Capital Growth project 7 image as a career Chesham Bois House, 48, 48 design 718 Calluna vulgaris Cardiocrinum giganteum 198–199, 199 Bucks 516–521 borders: opening your garden ‘Silver Queen’ 656 (seedheads) 731, 733 letters on 307 Kate West’s garden in maintaining their to the public 378 Camassia leichtlinii cardoon 240, 243 Beck, Caroline, on: Norwich 662–665 interest, by Phil Clayton RHS Chelsea Flower Avon’s Stella hybrids 464 carnation (see Dianthus) Dove Cottage Nursery Berry, Mary, on: preserving 460–461 Show 308 Cambria orchids 798 carrot: and Garden, West Yorks summer surpluses neglected 832 RHS Council 260–261 Cambridge University RHS trial (2010) 715 584–589 686–689 Boston, Diana and Peter 382 tender bedding 232 Botanic Garden: ‘Purple Haze’ 155, 155 food-growing projects best plants of 2009, Boston, Lucy M 381 winter focus in the plants associated with, caterpillar damage to by newcomers by Roy Lancaster Botanic Gardens garden 84 by Roy Lancaster 48–49 brassicas 492 to the UK 822–823 Conservation International Buckland, Toby, on: Camellia: Catharanthus: 526–529 Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima 642 steep gardens 15, 15 ‘Freedom Bell’ 176, 178 Pacifica Series 315 Summerdale House, (see sea beet) botrytis 203 Buckley, Peter 5, 5 japonica: roseus ‘Pacifica Icy Pink’ Cumbria: its range Betula utilis National Plant Bourne, Val, on: an appreciation 79, 79 ‘Guilio Nuccio’ 310 of spring plants Collection 713 hellebores 94–97 Buddleja: 176, 178 Ceanothus ‘Concha’ 179, 181 318–321 Bidens: plants for walls RHS trial 442 ‘Takanini’ 78 Cedrus: bedding, summer, sowing aurea: 734–738 agathosma 737, 737 Campaign for School pruning 334 278 ‘Blacksmith’s Flame’ RHS trial of Tagetes davidii 32 Gardening, RHS 575 deodara ‘Aurea’ 335, 335 beds, raised 59, 59 620 612–615 Lo And Behold (‘Blue birdseed project 815 Cerney House, Glos bees 182–183 ‘Hannay’s Lemon Bowthorpe Oak, Lincs, Chip’) 442, 442 by Lila Das Gupta 234–239 bee health strategy Drop’ 620, 621 by Jon Ardle 566, 566 bugs, by Matt Shardlow 668–671 Chaenomeles: 150 bifenthrin 149 box, box blight (see Buxus) 515 Campanula: cathayensis 685, 685 beekeeping 183 Big Lunch 297, 573 Boycott, Rosie, on: Bulbostylis neglecta 75, 75 by Bob Brown 480–485 speciosa ‘Moerloosei’ bumblebees 582 Big Wildlife Garden 778 food and community bulbs: RHS trial (2010) 715 176, 178 colony collapse disorder Biggs, Matt, on: 54–55, 54 autumn-flowering 625 ‘Azure Beauty’ 485 x superba: 183 hygiene in the garden bracket fungi 697 choosing 627 ‘Burghaltii’ 485 ‘Crimson and Gold’ nosema 183 309, 309 Brailsford, Mary Anne 169 small summer 275 carpatica var. turbinata 178 planting to attract readers’ response 513 Brassica: bumblebees, ‘Isabel’ 483 ‘Pink Lady’ 178 202, 422 surplus fruit scheme in dark leaf spot by Ursula Buchan 582 garganica ‘Dickson’s Gold’ chafer grubs their decline, North London 660–661 (Alternaria species) Burgess, Lucinda, on: 483 (Phyllopertha horticola, by Philippa O’Brien tropical plantings in 492, 492 Iris sibirica 394–397 glomerata 484, 485 Hoplia phlianthus) 626 182–183 East Anglia 532–535 leaves 276 butterflies, planting to attract ‘Caroline’ 484 Chalke Valley Watercress varroa mite 183 biochar 303 pests and diseases 492 202 incurva 642 407–409

4 Index 2009 Chamaecyparis – Darwin’s plants

Chamaecyparis: Clematis: Comfrey Project, The displays, prolonging 558 cultivation 696 Cucurbita: pruning 334 how to prune, by 526, 529 drought-resistant 388 RHS trial 675 maxima thyoides ‘Rubicon’ 103 David Jewell 108–111 companion plants 493 in borders 461 fulvida 674, 675 (see squash, winter) Chamerion angustifolium letters on 13 potatoes grown in, ‘Highfield Pink’ 675 moschata ‘Stahl Rose’ 479, 479 alpina 108–109, 109 by Alan Romans richardii 672, 675 (see squash, butternut) Charlemagne 546 Angelique (‘Evipo017’) community 120–121 selloana 673 culling plants, Charrett, Sally, on: 110 gardening repotting 131 ‘Aureolineata’ by Helen Dillon 379 Edible Estates community ‘Apple Blossom’ watering 390 672, 674, 675 Cupressus sempervirens garden, Southwark 44–47 109, 738, 738 Britain in Bloom, winter displays ‘Evita’ 672, 675 ‘Totem Pole’ 16 Chasmanthium latifolium ‘Arabella’ 13 by Lila Das Gupta 652–657 ‘Monstrosa’ x Cuprocyparis leylandii 101 (seedheads) 731, 732 armandii 60, 60, 109 324–329 Coode-Adams, Giles 674, 675 currants 489 Chatto, Beth, on: ‘Barbara Jackman’ 110 Edible Estates 78, 261, 261, 370 ‘Patagonia’ 675 by Nigel Slater 536–537 planning for drought ‘Burma Star’ 110 community garden, on: the Gardens of Ninfa, ‘Pumila’ 675, 675 cuttings: 159, 159 cirrhosa 60, 60, 109 Southwark, Italy 842 Silver Feather hardwood 762 ‘Chelsea chop’ 461, 490 var. purpurascens by Sally Charrett Cordyline: (‘Notcort’) softwood 353 Chelsea Flower Show ‘Freckles’ 737, 737 44–47 australis 16, 19 672, 675, 675 Cyclamen: (see RHS Shows) courtoisii Ogisu 410: Food Up Front ‘Sunrise’ 229, 229 ‘Sunningdale Silver’ hederifolium 19, 20, 21 chemicals, garden 352 822, 823 network, Coreopsis: 674, 675 ‘Red Sky’ 538, 538 Chenopodium: Diana’s Delight by Matthew Wilson by Graham Rice Corydalis solida 201, 201 Cydonia: giganteum (‘Evipo026’) 341 98–99 524–525 Crambe maritima oblonga 685 ‘Magentaspreen’ 605 Early Large-flowered food-growing auriculata ‘Elfin Gold’ (see seakale) ‘Vranja’ 685, 685 quinoa grown as birdseed Group hybrids, projects by 524–525 Creech, John: obituary Cymbidium reblooming 835 815 pruning 110 newcomers ‘Autumn Blush’ 525, 525 780, 780 Cynara: Chesham Bois House, Bucks, ‘Étoile Violette’ 110 to the UK, ‘Caluroso’ 524 Crinodendron hookerianum cardunculus (see cardoon) by Vanessa Berridge ‘Fujimusume’ 110 by Caroline Beck ‘Calypso’ 525 179, 181, 181, 392, 393 Scolymus Group (see 516–521 ‘H.F. Young’ 110 526–529 ‘Cha Cha Cha’ 524 Crocosmia: artichoke, globe) chicory 243, 276 ‘Hagley Hybrid’ 110 surplus fruit scheme ‘Cosmic Eye’ 524–525 Mark Fox’s National Cypripedium: chilli peppers: ‘Jackmanii’ 110 in North London, ‘Cumbia’ Plant Collection, calceolus 122, 122, 125 RHS Trials bulletin on 8 Late Large-flowered by Matt Biggs (Coloropsis Series) 525 by Phil Clayton Victoria grex 715, 715 sowing 279 Group hybrids, 660–661 ‘Full Moon’ 598–601 Cytisus: ‘Alma Paprika’ 10, 10 pruning 110 (Big Bang Series) aurea 600 ‘Boskoop Ruby’ Chinese cabbage ‘Lemon Chiffon’ 110 525, 525 Bright Eyes (‘Walbreyes’) 179, 180, 180 421, 421 macropetala February compost 279 ‘Galaxy’ 524 598–599 x praecox ‘Allgold’ Chionodoxa ‘Pink Giant’ cover, 109, 736, 736 aquatic 41 ‘Gold Nugget’ 525 ‘Comet’ 599 176, 180 201, 201 ‘Mikelite’ 453 bark chips 40, 41 grandiflora: x crocosmiiflora 600 Chloraea magellanica montana 109 bin types 811 Flying Saucers ‘Burford Bronze’ 551, 551 var. grandiflora 109 by Maya Albert 38–41 (‘Walcoreop’) 525 599 Choisya x dewitteana var. rubens ‘Tetrarose’ coir-based 41 ‘Heliot’ 524 ‘Coleton Fishacre’ ‘Aztec Pearl’ 179, 181 735, 735 enriching with manure ‘Rising Sun’ 55 598, 601 Christmas rose ‘Nelly Moser’ 110, 110 40 ‘Jethro Tull’ 524, 525 ‘Dusky Maiden’ D (see Helleborus niger) ‘Odoriba’ 110 ericaceous 40, 41 ‘Jive’ (Coloropsis Series) 601 Christmas tree recycling 832 Parisienne (‘Evipo019’) green waste 38 525, 525 ‘Hoey Joey’ Dahlia: Chrysanthemum 110, 110 grit 40, 41 ‘Limbo’ (Coloropsis 598–599, 601 lifting and storing ‘American Beauty Lemon’ ‘Perle d’Azur’ 110 home-made, Series) 525, 525 ‘Mephistopheles’ 761 229, 229 ‘Pink Fantasy’ 110 by Allan Shepherd ‘Limerock Passion’ 601 RHS trial (2010) Chrysosplenium: ‘Prince Charles’ 453 808–811 524, 525 ‘Nigricans’ 601 715 by Roy Lancaster ‘Purpurea Plena Elegans’ John Innes 41 ‘Limerock Ruby’ 524 ‘Pepper’ ‘Ballego’s Glory’ 542 244–245 13 loam-based 41 ‘Mambo’ 524 598–599, 600 ‘Franz Kafka’ 542 alternifolium 244, 244 ‘Romantika’ 453 materials to exclude 809 ‘Moonlight’ 525 ‘Sultan’ 601 ‘Joe Swift’ 464 americanum 244 ‘Royal Velours’ 110 mixing ‘browns’ and ‘Moonraker’ 524–525 ‘Ellenbank Goldcrest’ ‘Perfect Partner’ 464 davidianum Viticella Group hybrids, ‘greens’ 809 ‘Pinwheel’ 524–525 609 Daphne: 244–245, 245 pruning 110 mushroom 189 ‘Redshift’ 525 ‘Highlight’ 598, 601 bholua 133, 133 glechomifolium 244 Clevely, Andi, on: peat-based 38 rosea 524 ‘Krakatoa’ 598 by Roy Lancaster macrophyllum container gardening peat-free 38 ‘Heaven’s Gate’ 525 ‘Little Redhead’ 598 106–107 244, 244, 245, 245 388–391 perlite 40, 41 ‘Sweet Dreams’ ‘Lucifer’ September ‘Alba’ 106 macrostemon green manure 596–597 sand 41 524, 525 cover, 600 ‘Darjeeling’ 106 var. shiobarense 245, 245 soil improvers 188–191 weeds 810 ‘Rum Punch’ 525, 540 masoniorum 600 var. glacialis ‘Gurkha’ oppositifolium 244 climate change: woody waste 810 ‘Snowberry’ 525, 525 ‘Okavango’ 599 106 Chusquea culeou 19, 21 its effect on ‘cottage wool-based 41 ‘Tequila Sunrise’ 525 ‘Orange Devil’ 598, 601 ‘Jacqueline Postill’ Cichorium intybus garden’ plantings 507 Concrete to Coriander tripteris ‘Lightning Flash’ paniculata 600 106, 107 (see chicory) readers’ response 649 project 526, 529 525, 525 ‘Cally Greyleaf’ ‘Limpsfield’106 Cistus x aguilarii ‘Maculatus’ climbers: winter-flowering conifers: verticillata 524 599, 601 ‘Peter Smithers’ 754, 755 60 pruning 334–335 Crème Brûlée ‘Paul’s Best Yellow’ 601 106 Clayton, Phil, on: club root (Plasmodiophora seasonal interest in, by (‘Crembru’) 524 pottsii 600 Wakehurst form container displays at brassicae) 492, 492 Adrian Bloom 100–105 ‘Limerock Dream’ Cross, Rose and Brian: 106 Great Dixter 114–119 Colborn, Nigel, on: conservation of island floras 524 their garden in County cneorum 133, 133 maintaining floral a g m spring shrubs by Royal Botanic Gardens, ‘Moonbeam’ 524 Cork 678–683 mezereum 133, 133 interest in borders 176–181 Kew 122–125 Cornus kousa crown lifting 334 pontica 179, 181 460–461 dwarf and miniature containers: by Jonathan Webster crown rot 204 wolongensis ‘Kevock Star’ Mark Fox’s National Plant pinks 412–415 by Andi Clevely 388–391 531, 531 Cryer, Sam, award of 194, 196 Collection of Crocosmia winter scented flowers choosing plants for 558 Coronilla valentina Honorary Fellowship 512 Daphniphyllum macropodum 598–601 36–37 containerised plants, subsp. glauca ‘Citrina’ Cryptomeria japonica Elegans 16, 18 seedheads for winter Coles, Sarah, on: by Ursula Buchan 158 1, 37, 37 Group 16, 17, 18 dark leaf spot 204 effects 728–733 breeding developments displays at Great Dixter, Cortaderia: cucumber: Darwin, Charles 550 the jade vine at in roses 398–403 by Phil Clayton by David Jewell mosaic virus 60, 696 Darwin’s plants, Cambridge 216 Colquhoun, Andrew 127 114–119 672–675 problems 558 by Roy Lancaster 550–551

Index 2009 5 Das Gupta – Fruit & vegetables

Das Gupta, Lila, on: Sugar Plum (‘WP08 Eucalyptus National Plant forking 834 Freer, Roy, award of m b e 508 Britain in Bloom 324–329 Ian04’) (Scent First Collection 713 Forrest, George 31, 31, 32, 34 freezing surplus crops 686 the RHS Campaign for Series) 412, 413 Eucomis bicolor 679 Forsythia: Freylinia lanceolata 780 School Gardening Tickled Pink Euonymus alatus x intermedia: Fritillaria sewerzowii 374 668–671 (‘Devon PP 11’) E ‘Blade Runner’ , 823 ‘Lynwood Variety’ fritillary meadow, 822 Datisca cannabina (Scent First Series) 413 Euphorbia: 178 Magdalen College, (seedheads) 731, 732 ‘Whatfield Gem’ 413 East Malling Concept toxicity 491 Week-End (‘Courtalyn’) Oxford, by Andrew Lawson David, Thomas: award of o b e Diascia ‘Denim Blue’ 611 Pear Orchard 439 pulcherrima 491, 779, 831 176, 178 292, 292 508 Dicentra: Eastern European ‘Picasso’ 78 Fox, Mark: his National frog: dead wood, removing 824 formosa ‘Spring Gold’ vegetable cultivars 73 European Union: Plant Collection of common (Rana deadheading 278, 461, 490 76, 76 Echinacea: controls on appearance Crocosmia 598–601, 600 temporaria) 317, 317 deer, damage by 133 ‘Spring Magic’ 76, 76 purpurea 732, 733 of vegetables 75 Francoa sonchifolia hibernation habitats Delphinium ‘Leonora’ 649 dichlobenil 352 ‘Green Edge’ phase-out of pesticides ‘Pink Bouquet’ 611 694 Dendrobium care 799 Dichondra argentea ‘Silver (seedheads) 731 149 Frank, Anne 509 marsh (Pelophylax derris 352 Falls’ 313, 314, 315 ‘Meringue’ 609 evergreens, overwintering 61 frass 795 ridibundus) 317 Desfontainia spinosa 393, 393 Dig In campaign 297 Echinopsis ‘Lincoln Imp’ 463 Exbury Gardens, Hants Deutzia x elegantissima digging 834 Edgeworthia: 154, 163 ‘Rosealind’ 179, 181 Digitalis: chrysantha 36, 36 Exochorda x macrantha Dianella: ‘Goldcrest’ 304, 304 ‘Red Dragon’ 36 ‘The Bride’ 176, 178, 180 fruit & vegetables by James Armitage purpurea ‘Pam’s Split’ 462 Edible Estates community extinction 777 726–727 Dillon, Helen, on: garden, Southwark, adventurous fruit, garlic and shallots 763 caerulea 727 culling plants 379, 379 by Sally Charrett 44–47 by Ursula Buchan 514 improving soil for Breeze (‘Dcnco’) 727 Dipelta floribunda Elliott, Brent, on: William apple(s): vegetables 190 Cassa Blue (‘Dbb03’) 179, 180, 181 Salmon’s Botanologia 42–43 cooking 171 Jerusalem artichokes 726, 727 Diplotaxis tenuifolia Embothrium: disorders 624 695 Little Jess (‘Dcmp01’) (see rocket, wild) coccineum F pruning, by Peter by Nigel Slater 727, 727 Dipsacus: 180–181, 393, 393 Blackburne-Maze 666–667 nigra 726 fullonum (seedheads) (Lanceolatum Group) Fairhaven Woodland and 824–827 lettuce, by Nigel Slater ‘Margaret Pringle’ 729, 731 ‘Ñorquinco’ Water Garden, Norfolk 164 ‘Bramley’s Seedling’, 92–93 726, 727 inermis 757 179, 180 fairy rings (Marasmius by Joan Morgan medlars: prunina Utopia (‘Dp303’) dividing herbaceous endangered native oreades) 422, 422 168–170 by Nigel Slater 727 perennials 832 European flora 642 Fallopia japonica letter on 231 752–753 revoluta 727 Dodecatheon meadia f. album Enkianthus cernuus f. rubens psyllid control 573 Asian vegetables, by cultivation 759 Baby Bliss (‘Dtn03’) 321 822, 823 x Fatshedera lizei Nigel Slater 816–817 onions, by Nigel Slater 727 Dorothy Clive garden, Epidendrum montserratense ‘Annemieke’ 18, 21 aubergines, by Michael 606–607 Little Rev (‘Dr5000’) Shropshire 160–161 122, 122 Feast on the Bridge, Michaud 184–187 pear disorders 624 727 double digging 834 Epimedium x cantabrigiense Southwark, by Ian Hodgson beans: perry pears, tasmanica 726, 726–727 Dove Cottage Nursery 48, 48 616–617 broad, cultivation by Jon Ardle 592–595 ‘Emerald Arch’ and Garden, West Yorks, Epipogium aphyllum 777 Fergusson, Kirsty, on: le jardin 132 preserving summer 726, 727 by Caroline Beck Erica: Plume, near Rouen 86–91 climbing French: surpluses, by Mary Tasred (‘Tr20’) 726 584–589 arborea var. alpina 176, 180 fernery, Royal Botanic Garden by Sue Stickland Berry 686–689 ‘Variegata’ 726 doves, collared, carnea: Edinburgh, at Benmore, 330–333 protecting fruit trees 59 Dianthus: by Andrew Halstead f. alba ‘Springwood Argyll 438 problems 350 pruning top fruit 58 cultivation 415 725, 725 White’ 656 Finnis, Valerie: her art runner, by Nigel quinces, by Roy dwarf and miniature Dowding, Charles, on: ‘Myretoun Ruby’ collection 7 Slater 254–255 Lancaster 684–685 pinks, perennial vegetables 654, 656 fir, Korean (seeAbies koreana) beetroot, by Nigel Slater raspberries: by Nigel Colborn 240–243 ‘Rosalie’ 655, 656 Fitzroya cupressoides 393 166–167 in autumn, by Bob 412–415 downy mildew 204, 204 ericaceous compost 40, 41 Fiveways Cottage Garden, Brussels sprout-kale Sherman 544–545 barbatus Nigrescens drainage 189 Erigeron National Plant Oxon, by Bunny Guinness cross (‘Petit Posy Mix’) nutrition 559 Group 478 Drimys: Collection 713 448–453 781, 781 RHS vegetable trials ‘Brilliant Star’ 413 lanceolata 19 Eriobotrya japonica 19, 21 flea beetles 492,492 butternut squash: 2010 715 ‘Calypso Star’ 413, 415 winteri 18, 179, 180, Erodium: cultivars, by Sue rhubarb, by Nigel Slater ‘Devon Zane’ 413 735, 735 ‘Fran’s Delight’ 477 Stickland 676–677 28–29 ‘Evening Star’ 413, 413 drought, planning for, ‘Julie Ritchie’ 477 Food disorders 696 sowing late-season and Fire Star (‘Devon Xera’) by Beth Chatto 159 Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa food and community, container-grown winter vegetables 491 413, 415 Dryden, Kath: obituary (see rocket, salad) by Rosie Boycott potatoes, by Alan strawberries, by Nigel ‘Kahori’ 412 511, 511 Eryngium: 54–55 Romans 120–121 Slater 468–469 Mendlesham Minx Dryopteris erythrosora 656 agavifolium (seedheads) Food Up Front cucumber problems surplus fruit scheme in (‘Russmin’) 413 Dudley, Robert, 1st Earl 730, 732 network, by 558 North London ‘Merlin’ 413 of Leicester 300 giganteum ‘Silver Ghost’ Matthew Wilson currants 489 660–661 Morning Star (‘Devon Duffy 229 755, 755, 757 98–99 by Nigel Slater tomato(es): Winnie’) 412, 413 Dummer, Peter, pandanifolium food-growing projects 536–537 by Nigel Slater Mystic Star (‘Devon an appreciation 369 618–619, 620 by newcomers to Eastern European 404–405 Sapphire’) 413, 414, Dunn, Brian, his x tripartitum (seedheads) the UK, by Caroline vegetable cultivars 73 problems 490 415 Bloom-inspired garden 731, 732 Beck 526–529 EU controls on ring culture 204 ‘Neon Star’ 413 in Norfolk, by Nick Bailey Erysimum x marshallii Citrona preserving summer appearance of vegetables: Passion (‘WP Passion’) 748–751, 749 655, 656–657 surpluses, by Mary vegetables 75 early, sowing 130 (Scent First Series) 413 Dunnett, Nigel, on: Erythronium: Berry 686–689 fruit: harvesting 557 Pop Star (‘WP04 Esther’) meadow seed mixes RHS trial (2010–2013) Star Inn, The, North for the first-time home-grown, 413 50–53 715 Yorkshire: its home- grower, by Mary by Carol Klein 651 Shooting Star (‘WP04 ‘Joanna’ 174 grown fare, by Maher 22–23 Oriental 421 Flores’) 413, 413 ‘Kondo’ 201, 201 Matthew Wilson harvesting and perennial, by Charles ‘Sops-in-wine’ 413 revolutum ‘Wild Salmon’ 456–459 storing 624 Dowding 240–243 ‘Starburst’ 413 340 • see also: trees, renovating 130 watercress, by Mary Starlight (‘WP06 Parnia’) Escallonia rubra Nigel Slater unusual, letters on 11 Maher 406–409 415 var. macrantha 551

6 Index 2009 Froglife – Hedera

Froglife 317 Geum ‘Totally Tangerine’ 512 Grey-Wilson, Christopher, front garden design, garden garden talk Ghost Orchid Declaration, on: sempervivums by Chris Young 800–805 The 777 546–549 frost: practice adventurous fruit, invertebrates: their Giles, Will: his tropical Grigson, Sophie, on: damage to apples and apple pruning, by by Ursula Buchan 514 beneficial role, plantings in East Anglia garden fruit 85, 85 pears 624, 624 Peter Blackburne- bumblebees, by Matt Shardlow 515 532–535 Grimsey, Inga 77, 711, 711 in the garden, images of Maze 824–827 by Ursula Buchan 582 Lloyd, Christopher, Girardinia diversifolia 231 readers’ letters to 375, 24–27 biological control buying plants from his legacy, Gladiolus: 377 Fuchsia: of garden pests, garden centres, by Fergus Garrett 583 cardinalis 478 Grimshaw, John, on: glazioviana letter on 81, 81 by Andrew Salisbury by Ursula Buchan 14 moving to a colder area, x colvillii 478–479 Primula sieboldii 336–339 magellanica 551 256–259 buying plants online, by Penelope Hobhouse glasshouse: special-interest plant ‘Purple Cascade’ 541 borders: maintaining by Nick Bailey 787 233 autumn care 697 societies 272–273, 273 fungi (see also mushroom): their interest, containerised plants, opening your garden red spider mite readers’ response 445 bracket 697 by Phil Clayton by Ursula Buchan 158 to the public, (Tetranychus urticae): grit 40, 41, 190 chicken of the woods 460–461 culling plants, by Ursula Buchan 378 203, 257, 258, 351, 558 Le Gros, Ian, on: (Laetiporus sulphureus) Clematis: how to by Helen Dillon 379 RHS Chelsea Flower Show, on outdoor plants Acca sellowiana 530, 530 697, 697 prune, by David drought, planning for, by Ursula Buchan 308 625 Guillot & Fils (rose breeders) fairy ring (Marasmius Jewell 108–111 by Beth Chatto 159 second-rate plants, whitefly (Trialeurodes 399 oreades) 659, 659 compost, by Maya garden chores, ignoring, discarding, vaporariorum) Guinness, Bunny, on: field mushroom (Agaricus Albert 38–41 by Elspeth Thompson by Ursula Buchan 786 203, 257, 258, 258, Fiveways Cottage Garden, campestris) 659, 659 composting at home, 447 seeds, finding 558 Oxon 448–453 Ganoderma species by Allan Shepherd garden design: its single-colour, Glover, John, on: Guizotia abyssinica grown 697, 697 808–811 lighter aspects, by Ursula Buchan 650 Paul Barnett’s multi-cultivar as birdseed 815 giant polypore (Meripilus container gardening, by Ursula Buchan 718 readers’ response apple tree 706 Gunnera tinctoria 551 giganteus) 697, 697 by Andi Clevely garden fruit, 785 glufosinate 149 giant puffball (Calvatia 388–391 by Sophie Grigson 85 steep gardens, Glycyrrhiza yunnanensis gigantea) 659 manures, green, garden hygiene, by Toby Buckland 15 (seedheads) 730, 732, 733 in gardens, by Andi Clevely by Matt Biggs 309 tender bedding, glyphosate 149 by Andrew Halstead 659 596–597 readers’ response 513 by Ursula Buchan 232 Godfrey, Andrew 150 orange birch bolete pruning conifers, garden plants seen in vegetables, home-grown, goldfinch732 H (Leccinum versipelle) by Adrian Bloom their natural habitat, by Carol Klein 651 gooseberry: 659, 659 334–335 by Ursula Buchan 446 winter focus in the National Plant Collection Haeg, Fritz 45, 46 poisonous 659 soil improvers, by historic gardens, garden, 713 Halstead, Andrew, on: shaggy inkcap (Coprinus Andi Clevely 188–191 by Kevin Line 719 by Ursula Buchan 84 Xenia (‘Rafzuera’) 76, 76 collared doves 725, 725 comatus) 659, 659 Gosse de Gorre, Yves: elephant hawk moth his garden at Séricourt, 523, 523 Galanthus: garden centres, buying plants northern France 788–793 garden fungi 659 ‘Bertram Anderson’ 36, 36 from, by Ursula Buchan 14 Garden grass(es): orange-tip butterflies elwesii ‘Rosemary garden chores, ignoring, canary (see Phalaris 387, 387 Burnham’ 36 by Elspeth Thompson 447 design canariensis) pipistrelles 591 G gracilis 20 garden fruit, creative use of 266–271 thrushes 455 nivalis ‘Green Tear’ 227 by Sophie Grigson 85 front garden design, for attracting birds 814 winter moths 795, 795 gai lan 817 ‘S. Arnott’ 36 Garden of Cosmic Specula­ by Chris Young for winter effects 732 Halting Biodiversity Loss 6 Gaillardia x grandiflora Galeopsis speciosa 194, 195 tion, Dumfries and Galloway, 800–805 ideas 271 Hamamelis: ‘Mesa Yellow’ 781, 781 Gandy, Rosemary 400 by Ian Hodgson 68 its lighter aspects, by in shade 268 x intermedia ‘Vesna’ 647 Ursula Buchan 718 naturalised perennials mollis by Dean Peckett in 267 531, 531 ornamental: growing virginiana 37, 37 garden profiles garden plants seen in from seed 556 Hampton Court Palace their natural habitat, pampas (see Cortaderia) Flower Show Abbotswood (Glos) in Ward, their bulb garden spring display, UK by Ursula Buchan 446 with naturalised bulbs (see RHS shows) autumn, by Mary Maher in Norfolk, by Anne gardens notable for, by Gardens of Ninfa, Italy, by 268 hanging baskets 351 720–723 Green-Armytage Stephen Lacey 160–165 Giles Coode-Adams 842 grass snakes 694 hardening off 278 Bird, Charlie: his garden 172–175 Summerdale House, Gardiner, Jim, on: Great Dixter Charitable Trust Hardy, Rosy, on: in Suffolk: readers’ Hough Garden, Alderley Cumbria, its range of Hydrangea paniculata Pink 573 Hampton Court Palace response 83 Edge, Cheshire, by spring plants, by Diamond (‘Interhydia’) Great Dixter, its container- Flower Show 502 Chesham Bois House, John Walker 602–605 Caroline Beck 318–321 531, 531 grown displays, harebell (see Campanula Bucks, by Vanessa jardin Plume, le, by Tremenheere Sculpture magnolias 192–193 by Phil Clayton 114–119 rotundifolia) Berridge 516–521 Kirsty Fergusson 86–91 Gardens, Penzance, garlic cultivation 763 ‘Green Knowe’ 381 Harlow Carr (see RHS Dove Cottage Nursery Jardins de Séricourt, Cornwall, by Rob Senior Garrett, Fergus, on: green manure 190, Garden Harlow Carr) and Garden, West France, by Sarah 470–473 Christopher Lloyd’s legacy 596–597 Harris, Esmond: award of Yorks, by Caroline Beck Higgens 788–793 tropical plantings in East 583, 583 sowing 597 m b e 508 584–589 Lakemount Gardens, Anglia, Will Giles’s, by Garrya elliptica ‘James Roof’ ‘green’ technologies harvesting fruit 624 Dunn, Brian: his Bloom- Co. Cork, by Mary Matt Biggs 532–535 735, 735 for the garden, heat pumps, ground source inspired garden in Toomey 678–683 tulips at Cerney House, Gaultheria: by Chris Young 410–411 411 Norfolk, by Nick Bailey Little Pitt Place, IOW, its Glos, by Sue Spielberg mucronata 551 Green-Armytage, Anne, on: Hedera: 748–751 ‘exotic’ border, by Oliver 234–239 procumbens 654, 656 Richard Hobbs and Sally colchica ‘Sulphur Heart’ Fiveways Cottage Mathews 806–807 West, Kate, her small Geranium: Ward, their bulb garden 19, 21 Garden, Oxon, Marks Hall, Essex, garden in Norwich, National Plant Collections in Norfolk 172–175 helix: by Bunny Guinness by Stephen Lacey by Vanessa Berridge 713 greenfly 258 ‘Buttercup’ 656 448–453 742–745 662–665 ‘Brookside’ 48, 49 Gresham, Todd 192 ‘Glacier’ 656 Hemingford Grey Manor, new Hot Garden at RHS winter plantings at x cantabrigiense Gress, Anisa, on: ‘Kolibri’ 655, 656 Cambs, by Ursula Garden Rosemoor, by Marcus Harpur’s Essex ‘Cambridge’ 49, 48–49 the new RHS science ‘Oro di Bogliasco’ Buchan 380–385 Christopher Bailes garden, by Barbara ‘Elke’ 543 strategy 746–747 656 Hobbs, Richard and Sally 250–253 Segall 24–27 harveyi 477, 476–477 Grevillea ‘Canberra Gem’ ‘Parsley Crested’ ‘Sweet Heidy’ 780 176, 178 735, 735

Index 2009 7 hedgehogs – ladybirds hedgehogs 694 herbs: houseleek (see Sedum) ‘Cherry Garden’ 248, 248 ‘Rosselline’ 396 Jones, Lorna: her collection Hedychium coccineum ‘Tara’ by Nigel Slater 322–323 hoverfly larvae 277,277 ‘Cocktail’ 155, 155 ‘Shrawley’ 396 of hellebores 94–97, 94 535 woody: propagating 420 Howick of Glendale, Lord: ‘Coeur d’Or’ 155, 155 ‘Soft Blue’ 396 jostaberry ‘Casseille’ Helenium National Plant Hervey-Bathurst, James, award of v m h 512, 512 ‘Dunlin’ 247, 248 ‘Space Filled’ 395, 396 715, 715 Collection 754 award of c b e 150 Hughes-Jones, Martin, and ‘Flirting Again’ 248, 248 ‘Stephen Wilcox’ 397 Jubaea chilensis 550, 550 Helianthemum: Heseltine, Lord 441, 711, 711 Sue Proud: their nursery foetidissima ‘Aurea’ 463 ‘Strawberry Fair’ 397 Juglandaceae National Plant ‘Diana’ 477 Heuchera: in Devon 754–757, 757 germanica 246 ‘Summer Sky’ 395, 396 Collection 713 ‘Ellen’ 477 National Plant Collection Humphris, John, award of ‘Gingerbread Man’ 248, ‘Teal Velvet’ 395, 396 Juniperus pruning 334 ‘Kathleen Mary’ 477 299 v m h 512, 512 248 ‘Viel Schnee’ 396 Jury, Mark 192 Helianthus: ‘Blackberry Jam’ 543 Hydrangea: ‘Green Spot’ 248 ‘Wealden Butterfly’ 396 Jussiaea grandiflora 559 annuus grown for ‘Caramel’ 655, 656 macrophylla ‘Fantasia’ 610 ‘Katharine Hodgkin’ 201, ‘Weisse Etagen’ 395, birdseed 815 ‘Citronelle’ 656 paniculata: 201 396 tuberosus (see artichoke, ‘Plum Royale’ 610 RHS Plant Trials ‘Mary McIlroy’ 247, 248 ‘Welfengold’ 395, 396 Jerusalem) ‘Tiramisu’ 341 Bulletin 78 ‘Meadow Court’ 247, ‘Welfenprinz’ 396 Helichrysum: hibernating animals 694 Pink Diamond 248 ‘White Swirl’ 396, 397 italicum ‘Korma’ 654, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis (‘Interhydia’), ‘Melon Honey’ 247 “sibtosa” 396 K 656 ‘Cockatoo’ 538 by Jim Gardiner ‘Merry Dance’ 247 ‘Sibtosa Princess’ 396 petiolare ‘Goring Silver’ Higgens, Sarah, on: 531, 531 ‘Open Sky’ 247, 248 ‘Somerton Dance’ 247, kale: 655, 657 Les Jardins de Séricourt, hygiene in the garden, ‘Orange Caper’ 248 248 ornamental: hellebore leaf spot France 788–793 by Matt Biggs 309 ‘Over Easy’ 247, 248 ‘Stockholm’ 247, 248 ‘Northern Lights’ (Microsphaeropsis hellebori) Hippeastrum 831 readers’ response 513 ‘Pale Shades’ 248 typhifolia 394 655, 656 60 ‘Balentino’ 10, 10 pallida 246 ‘Zero’ 247, 248 perennial 243 hellebore, stinking ‘Darling’ 78 ‘Peach Eyes’ 247 Itea ilicifolia 738, 738 Siberian: (see Helleborus foetidus) historic gardens, pumila f. atroviolacea 247 ivy (see Hedera) ‘Red Russian’ 605 Helleborus: by Kevin Line 719 ‘Pumpin’ Iron’ 217, 247, Iwegbu, Irena 529, 529 Kalmia angustifolia f. rubra best for garden use 833 Hitchings, Keith 408 248, 248 179, 181 by Val Bourne 94–97 Hobbs, Richard and Sally I ‘Quark’ 247, 248 Kenilworth Castle: its problems 60 Ward: their bulb garden in sanguinea 394 Elizabethan garden 300 argutifolius 18, 20, 21, Norfolk, by Anne Green- Ilex: ‘Nana Alba’ 396 Kevock Garden Plants, by 833, 833 Armytage 172–175 aquifolium ‘Golden ‘Sapphire Gem’ 247 Roy Lancaster 194–197 x ballardiae 820, 821 Hobhouse, Penelope, on: Queen’ 17, 21 ‘Sass with Class’ 247, 248 J Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens: ‘Briar Rose’ moving to a colder area verticillata ‘Winter Gold’ sibirica: fungi collection 222 818–819, 821 233, 233 10, 10 a g m plants 397 Jackson, Richard, on: its work to conserve x ericsmithii Hodgson, Ian, on: Illicium floridanum 712 by Lucinda Burgess shopping for the garden island floras, 820, 821, 821 the Feast on the Bridge, Impatiens: 394–397 online and through TV by Andrea Wulf ‘Winter Moonbeam’ Southwark 616–617 downy mildew RHS trial, by 486–487 122–125 818–819, 820 the Garden of Cosmic (Plasmopara obducens) Christopher jade vine (see Strongylodon Kingdon-Ward, Frank foetidus 833, 833 Speculation 68 349, 349 Whitehouse 397 macrobotrys) 31, 31 x hybridus 821, 833, 833 Hoheria: Fusion Peach Frost ‘Banish Misfortune’ James, Matt, on: York Gate Kirkham, Tony: Ivory Prince (‘Walhelivor’) ‘Holbrook’ 756, 756 (‘Balfuspeafro’) 312 397 Garden, West Yorks 362 award of Associateship 76, 76, 819, 820 sexstylosa ‘Stardust’ Fusion Sunset ‘Berlin Bluebird’ Jamesbrittenia 314 of Honour 512 niger 818, 819, 820, 821, 737, 737 (‘Balfusnset’) 310 395, 396 ‘Cinderella Cranberry’ 311 on: the benefits of tree- 833, 833 Holboellia coriacea 736, 736 namchabarwensis Blue Sky ‘Berlin Purple Wine’ jams and jellies 686, 689 planting 828–829, 829 and its hybrids, Holfords of Westonbirt (‘Thomimblue’) 312 396 Janick, Jules, on: kiwi fruit developments, by Graham Rice Trust 7 omeiana 618–619 ‘Berlin Violetta’ 396 benefits of horticultural by Szczepan Marczy´nski 818–821 Holker Hall and Gardens, Imperata cylindrica ‘Berliner Overture’ 395 and agricultural research 739–741 double-flowered Cumbria 163 ‘Rubra’ 750 ‘Blaue Milchstrasse’ 126–127 Klein, Carol, on: 818–819 holly (see Ilex) insect larvae, beneficial 277 396 readers’ response 305 home-grown vegetables encouraging early Home Grown: new icon 223 insecticides 492 ‘Caesar’ 396 jardin Plume, le, by Kirsty 651, 651 flowering 820 honeysuckle (see Lonicera) invasive aliens 559 ‘Caesar’s Brother’ 396 Fergusson 86–91 Knightshayes Court, Devon ‘HGC Jacob’ 820 Honours: invertebrates: ‘Cambridge’ 396 Jardins de Séricourt, France, 163, 165 ‘HGC Joshua’ 820 2009 New Year 150 overwintering 761 ‘Cleedownton’ by Sarah Higgens 788–793 Kniphofia ‘Prince Igor’ ‘Louis Cobbett’ 820 Queen’s Birthday: awards their beneficial role, by 395, 396 Jasminum: 620 ‘Potter’s Wheel’ 820 to horticulture 508 Matt Shardlow 515 ‘Dirigo Black Velvet’ mesnyi 738, 738 knotweed, Japanese ‘White Magic’ 820 Hooker, JD 551 Ipomoea: 395, 396 nudiflorum 60, 60 (see Fallopia japonica) x nigercors 820, 821, 821 Hooker, WJ 551 batatas: ‘Dreaming Yellow’ 396 Jewell, David, on: ‘HGC Green Corsican’ hop-planting at RHS Garden ‘Blackie’ 311, 314 ‘Dunkler Wein’ 397 Cortaderia 672–675 820 Wisley 441 ‘Margarita’ 311, 314 ‘Emperor’ 396 pruning Clematis 108–111 ‘Snow Love’ 820, 821 horse chestnut Iris: ‘Ever Again’ 396 ‘Pink Frost’ 820 (see Aesculus hippocastanum) bearded, classification 249 ‘Flight of Butterflies’ ‘Pink Ice’ 819, 821 leaf-mining moth breeding 246, 248 395, 396, 396 jobs to L ‘Pirouette’ 819, 820 (Cameraria ohridella) dwarf bearded: ‘Goldkind’ 395, 396 ‘Snow White’ 819, 821 437, 493 by Christine ‘Hoar Edge’ 395, 396 do in… labels 132 Walberton’s Rosemary horticulture’s poor image Skelmersdale ‘Ke,stutis Genys’ 397 January 62 lacewing larvae 277, 277 (‘Walhero’) 819, 821 as a career, by Chris 246–249 ‘Leo Hewitt’ 395, 396 February 134 Lacey, Stephen, on: ‘White Beauty’ 820 Beardshaw 198–199 companion plantings ‘Lilting Laura’ 395 March 206 Marks Hall, Essex Hemingford Grey Manor, letters on 307 249 ‘Mrs Rowe’ 396 April 280 742–745 Cambs, by Ursula Buchan hosta sushi 243 cultivation 249 ‘Northern Pink’ May 354 plants for winter 380–385 Hosta: ‘Ballet Lesson’ 248 395, 396 June 424 structure 16–21 Henslow, JS 551 ‘Little Jay’ 539 ‘Bee’s Knees’ 248, 248 ‘Ottawa’ 396 July 494 UK gardens notable Heptacodium miconioides 680 ‘Red Dragon’ 610 ‘Bel Avenir’ 340 ‘Pink Haze’ 396 August 560 in spring 160–165 herbals: William Salmon’s Hough Garden, Alderley ‘Bering Connection’ 397 ‘Pirate Prince’ 396 September 628 ladybirds: Botanologia 42–43 Edge, Cheshire, by John ‘Boo’ 247 ‘Prussian Blue’ 396 October 698 as biological control herbarium, Sir John Walker 602–605 ‘Broadleigh Fenella’ 340 ‘Reprise’ 396 November 764 258, 258 St Aubyn’s 299 house plant care in winter bulleyana 32 ‘Roaring Jelly’ December 836 harlequin 387 herbicide damage 350 831 ‘Cameo Queen’ 248 395, 396 larvae 277, 277

8 Index 2009 Lakemount Gardens – National Plant Collections

Lakemount Gardens, laterals, fruiting 826 Leucojum vernum 201, 201 campbellii Meconopsis: moving to a colder area, by Co. Cork, by Mary Toomey Lathyrus: Leucophyta: subsp. mollicomata lancifolia 32 Penelope Hobhouse 233 678–683 nervosus 551 brownii: ‘Lanarth’ 192 pseudointegrifolia 33 muntjac, damage by 133, Lamb, Christopher: odoratus ‘Kiera Madeline’ ‘Silver Sand’ 314, 315 ‘David Clulow’ 192, 192 medlars: 133 award of c b e 508 463 ‘Sunset Velvet’ 314 Felix Jury (‘Jurmag2’) by Nigel Slater 752–753 Muscari: Lamium: Royalty (‘Blue Vein’) Leucothoe fontanesiana 192, 192 cultivation 759 National Plant Collection maculatum: 229, 229 179, 181 grandiflora ‘Little Gem’ 21 Mellissia begoniifolia 175 ‘Album’ 656 Lavandula: Lewis-Dale, Stephen and x loebneri: 122, 122–123, 123 armeniacum ‘Peppermint’ ‘Pink Pearls’ 656 angustifolia ‘Loddon Blue’ Emma, their nursery in ‘Leonard Messel’ 178 melon ‘Outdoor Wonder’ 172, 173 ‘White Nancy’ 656 649 Wilts 476–479, 476–477 ‘Merrill’ 178 76, 76 aucheri ‘White Magic’ Lancaster, Roy, on: stoechas ‘Dark Royalty’ Lewisia cotyledon ‘Bright Eyes’ salicifolia ‘Wada’s Menzies, Archibald 393 172, 172 best plants of 2009 466 196, 196 Memory’ 193, 193 Merryweather, Henry 168, 169 latifolium 172, 173 822–823 lawns: Leyland cypress (see sprengeri var. diva: Mespilus germanica macrocarpum 172, 173 Blacksmiths Cottage and wildlife, by John x Cuprocyparis leylandii) ‘Burncoose’ 193 (see medlar) ‘Mount Hood’ 172, 173 Nursery, Norfolk Akeroyd 416–417 Leyser, Ottoline, award of ‘Diva’ 193, 193 metaldehyde 149 pseudomuscari 172, 173 618–621 readers’ response 581 c b e 150 ‘Lanhydrock’ 193 Metrosideros umbellata Gold Musgrave, Toby, on: plant- Daphne bholua by Matthew Wilson lichen survey 779 stellata ‘Waterlily’ 176, Nugget (‘Lownug’) 76, 76 hunting in Yunnan 30–35 106–107 266–271 Lilium: 178 mibuna 817 mushroom (see also fungi): Darwin’s plants care in autumn 623 in containers 694 wilsonii 503 Michaud, Michael, on: compost 189 550–551 fertilising 416–417, 623 bakerianum 32 Maher, Mary, on: aubergines 184–187 mustard greens 421, 421, golden saxifrages mushrooms 659 ‘Broken Hearted’ 539 Abbotswood in autumn Microbiota decussata 104, 104 817 244–245 pests 626 ‘Double Sensation’ 610 720–723 Millais Nurseries, Surrey, ‘Red Giant’ 817 Kevock Garden Plants, Lawson, Andrew, on: ‘Garden Society’ 462 fruit for the first-time by Roy Lancaster 342–345 Myrtus communis 737, 737 Midlothian Charlie Bird’s garden lime (calcium carbonate) grower 22–23 Millennium Seed Bank, 194–197 in Suffolk: readers’ 190 plants to attract birds Wakehurst Place, West Mead Nursery, Wilts response 83 lime (linden) (see Tilia) 812–815 Sussex 779 476–479 the fritillary meadow at Linaria maroccana watercress 406–409 Miller, David: award of m b e Millais Nurseries, Surrey Magdalen College, ‘Enchantment’ 654, 657 Mahonia: 508 342–345 Oxford 292 Lindera triloba 822, 823 aquifolium ‘Apollo’ 176, millet (see Panicum) N plants associated with leaf beet 276 Line, Kevin, on: historic 178 Miltoniopsis: Cambridge University leafmould 190 gardens 719, 719 lomariifolia 16, 18, 20 care 798 Narcissus: Botanic Garden leatherjackets (Tipula Liquidambar styraciflua 723 pallida 822, 823 reblooming 835 collection at RHS Garden 48–49 species) 626, 626 Little Pitt Place, IOW, russellii 822, 823 Mitraria coccinea 551 Wisley 781 quinces 684–685 Lenten rose its ‘exotic’ border, Maianthemum amoenum 227 mizuna 817 flower forms 205,205 RHS Chelsea Flower (see Helleborus x hybridus) by Oliver Mathews mallow, curled monkey puzzle ‘Actaea’ 205 Show 341 lenticel blotch pit 624 806–807 (see Malva verticillata ) (see Araucaria araucana) ‘Barnum’ 205 Sampford Shrubs, Devon Leptospermum scoparium lizards 694 Malus (see also apple): montbretia (see Crocosmia ‘Dickcissel’ 205 754–757 tea 369 Lloyd, Christopher, his legacy, niedzwetzkyana 439, 439 x crocosmiiflora) ‘Duffydil’ 229, 229 specialist plant societies lettuce: by Fergus Garrett 583 Walthamstow Pink mooli 421, 421 ‘Highfield Beauty’205 (letter) 445 by Nigel Slater 92–93 Lobb, William, 660 Morgan, Joan: ‘Menehay’ 205 William Lobb 392–393 Arctic King (‘Nansen’s by Roy Lancaster 392–393 sieversii 439 award of Veitch ‘Mission Bells’ 205 readers’ response Noordpool’) 92 readers’ response 579 Malva verticillata ‘Crispa’ 605 Memorial Medal 512 obesus 205 579 ‘Frisée de Beauregard’ 92 Lobelia: mancozeb 149, 779 on: apple ‘Bramley’s ‘Rainbow’ 205 Landshare 297 ‘Grosse Blonde d’Hiver’ cardinalis ‘Queen Victoria’ manuka (see Leptospermum Seedling’ 168–170 romieuxii ‘Julia Jane’ 205 Lanhydrock, Cornwall 92 620 scoparium) letter on 231 ‘Sorbet’ 205 164 ‘Lingua di Canarino’ 92 erinus ‘Waterfall Deep manure 40, 189 moss 61 ‘Spindletop’ 205 Lapageria rosea ‘Nansen’s Noordpool’ Blue With Eye’ 311 green, by Andi Clevely moth: ‘Tamar Fire’ 205 60, 60, 392 92 Waterfall Series 312 596–597 elephant hawk (Deilephila ‘Toto’ 205 larch (see Larix) ‘Really Red Deer Tongue’ London Food board 55 maple (see Acer) elpenor), by Andrew ‘Warbler’ 205 Larix kaempferi ‘Diane’ 10, 10 Lonicera: Marczy´nski, Szczepan, on: Halstead 523, 523 Nasturtium: 103, 103 Leucocoryne ixioides 275 etrusca ‘Superba’ new kiwi fruit cultivars scarlet tiger (Callimorpha microphyllum 406 737, 737 739–741 dominula) 368, 368 officinale (see watercress) x purpusii ‘Winter Beauty’ marigolds: African, French winter (Operophtera National Beanpole Week 223 736, 736 (see Tagetes) brumata), by Andrew National Council for the Lasting impressions Lord Anson’s pea Marks Hall, Essex, by Halstead 795, 795 Conservation of Plants (see Lathyrus nervosus) Stephen Lacey 742–745 Mottisfont Abbey, Hants 399 and Gardens (n c c p g ) Anglesey Abbey, Hampton Court Palace Lucas, Suzanne: obituary Mathews, Oliver, on: by Patrick Taylor 432 (see Plant Heritage) Cambs, by Stephen Flower Show, 154, 154 Little Pitt Place’s ‘exotic’ Mount Usher Gardens, National Horticultural Anderton 144 by Rosy Hardy 502 Ludwigia: border 806–807 Co. Wicklow, by Mary Forum: its report on Barnett, Paul, his multi- jade vine at grandiflora 559 McIndoe, Andrew, on: Toomey 636 horticultural research 127 cultivar apple tree, by Cambridge, peploides 559 The Savill Garden 772 John Glover 706, 706 by Phil Clayton Luma apiculata 551 Mead Nursery, Wilts, Bowthorpe Oak, Lincs, 216, 216 by Roy Lancaster by Jon Ardle 566, 566 Mottisfont Abbey, 476–479 national plant fritillary meadow, Hants, meadows: collections Magdalen College, by Patrick Taylor 432 how to sow 52 Oxford, by Andrew Mount Usher Gardens, managing 420 Acer 713 Heuchera 299 Lawson 292, 292 Co. Wicklow, M seed mixes, by Nigel Aster novae-angliae 713 Juglandaceae 713 Garden of Cosmic by Mary Toomey 636 Dunnett 50–53 Betula utilis 713 Muscari 175 Speculation, Dumfries Savill Garden, The, MacLeod, John 260, 261, mealy cabbage aphid Crocosmia 598–601 perry pears 713 and Galloway, by Andrew McIndoe 261 492, 492 Erigeron 713 Primula sieboldii 339 by Ian Hodgson 68 772 McPherson, Barbara 235 mealybug: Eucalyptus 713 redcurrants 713 Gardens of Ninfa, Italy, York Gate Garden, Magnolia: (Pseudococcus species) Geranium 713 rhubarb 29 by Giles Coode-Adams West Yorks, by Jim Gardiner 258, 258 gooseberry 713 Staphylea 713 842 by Matt James 362 192–193 root (Rhizoecus species) Helenium 754 Tilia 713 pruning 423 834, 834

Index 2009 9 National Trust allotments – plant history

National Trust allotments Osmanthus: Penstemon ‘Music Maker’ pesticides: Phlomis russeliana 297 x burkwoodii 176, 180 (Elgar Series) 543 EU phase-out of 149 (seedheads) 728, 730, 733 nectar-producing plants delavayi 180 perennials: for edible crops 277 Phormium: 202 Osteospermum jucundum herbaceous: survey of pH 189 cookianum subsp. hookeri Neighbourhood Awards O ‘Blackthorn Seedling’ 479 long-term performance 756–757 ‘Tricolor’ , 21 Phaenosperma globosa 18 325 Ourisia coccinea 551 573 Phalaenopsis: ‘Dazzler’ 17 Nelhams, Michael, award of ‘overcrowding’ staking 353 care 796 Phytophthora 60, 298, 626, Associateship of Honour obituaries (on fruit trees) 825 perlite 40, 41 reblooming 835 626 512 Blowers, John W overwintering evergreens 61 perry pears, by Jon Ardle repotting 835 fragariae var. rubi 545 nematodes as biological 225, 225 Oxalis spiralis 592–595 Tzu Chiang Balm grex 538 infestans (potato blight) control 257–258 Buckley, Peter 79, 79 subsp. vulcanicola Persicaria amplexicaulis Phalaris canariensis grown as genome 778 Nerine: Creech, John 780, ‘Burgundy’ 311, 314 ‘JS Caliente’ 155, 155 birdseed 814, 815 Phytoseiulus persimilis bowdenii 625, 625 780 (predatory mite) 625 ‘Hotspur’ 780 Dryden, Kath 511, 511 Picea: Nesiota elliptica 123 Lucas, Suzanne pests, diseases pruning 334 newts 694 154, 154 abies ‘Rydal’ 103 Nicotiana: Puddle, Charles and disorders glauca ‘J.W. Daisy’s White’ ‘Babybella’ 311, 312 644, 644 P Aesculus 437 impatiens downy mildew 102, 102 ‘Tinkerbell’ 312 Robinson, Michael aphids 258, 258, (Plasmopara orientalis ‘Aurea’ 105, 105 644, 644 Pachysandra RHS trial (2010) 419, 696 obducens) 349, 349 pickling surplus crops 689 de Rothschild, 715 apple and pear Japanese maples 129 pigeon damage 492 Nigel Edmund 154, 154 Paeonia: disorders 624 lawn pests 626 pinching out 490 Schwerdt, Pamela 714 delavayi 32, 179, 181 aubergines 203 leatherjackets (Tipula pinks (see Dianthus) slater on: Scott-James, Anne, suffruticosa ‘Oukan’ 373 bean (French) problems species) 626, 626 Pinus: Asian vegetables Lady Lancaster 442 pak choi 421, 421, 817 350 mealy cabbage aphid pruning 334 816–817 Simmons, Peggy RHS trial (2010) 715 bean seed fly larvae 492, 492 aristata 393 beetroot 644, 644 pale leaf spot 204 350 mealybug: longaeva 393 166–167 Smith, Geoffrey pampas grass (see Cortaderia) beetle pests 351 (Pseudococcus mugo ‘Ophir’ 102, 102 currants 300, 300 Panicum: biological control of species) 258, 258 radiata 393, 393 536–537 letter on 443 miliaceum grown as garden pests, by root (Rhizoecus sylvestris Aurea Group herbs Tjaden, Will 154, 154 birdseed 815 Andrew Salisbury species) 834, 834 101, 101, 335, 335 322–323 Whitsey, Fred virgatum ‘Purple Haze’ 256–259 nematodes as biological pipistrelles, Jerusalem artichokes 644, 644 781, 781 blackfly 258, 350 control 257, 258, 259 by Andrew Halstead 591 666–667 Pannells Ash Farm, Essex botrytis 203 pale leaf spot 204 pirri-pirri bur lettuce 24–27 box diseases and pansy diseases 204 (see Acaena novae-zelandiae) 92–93 pansy diseases 204 disorders 626 pesticides, EU phase-out Pittosporum tenuifolium medlars O’Brien, Philippa, on: Paphiopedilum: brassica pests and of 149 ‘Tom Thumb’ 19, 20, 21 752–753 honeybees, their decline care 798 diseases 492 pests survey 304 Plaistowe, Julia, her garden onions 182–183 reblooming 835 butternut squash Phytophthora at Chesham Bois House, 606–607 Olearia macrodonta 738, 738 Parrotia persica 723 disorders 696 60, 298, 626, 626 Bucks 516–521 rhubarb Olympic Park 2012 5 Passiflora: cabbage root fly Phytoseiulus persimilis Plant Heritage (formerly 28–29, 28 onions, by Nigel Slater ‘Allardii’ 48, 49 492, 492 (predatory mite) 625 n c c p g ) 75, 221, 713 runner beans 606–607 x caponii ‘John Innes’ cabbage whitefly pigeon damage 492 254–255 online shopping 299, 299 492, 492 powdery mildew strawberries 486–487 Payne, Valerie, award of caterpillar damage 558, 558, 627, 627 Plant 468–469 opening your garden to the Honorary Fellowship to brassicas 492 raspberry root rot Conservation tomatoes public, by Ursula Buchan 512 chafer grubs 626 fungus (Phytophthora 404–405 378 pea ‘Stephens’ 604, 605 club root fragariae var. rubi) 545 Kew’s work to conserve Ophiopogon planiscapus pea (sweet) (Plasmodiophora red thread (Laetisaria island floras, by ‘Nigrescens’ 18, 20, 21, (see Lathyrus odoratus) brassicae) 492, 492 fuciformis) 422, 422 Andrea Wulf 122–125 nurseries in the recession 655, 656 pear: crown rot 204 Robinia pseudoacacia 571 Opuntia: cultivation for perry, cucumber mosaic virus ‘Frisia’, its decline cantabrigiensis 48, 48 by Jon Ardle 592–595 60, 696 421, 421 engelmannii 48 disorders 624 cucumber problems 558 rose care 419 Plant NurserY orchid(s): perry, National Plant dark leaf spot 204 sclerotinia 350 Developments as house plants, Collection 713 deer and rabbit damage shield bugs 572, 572 Rosa, breeding Profiles by Sarah Brooks storage 624 133 slugs and snails 258 developments in, b y Ro y La n c a s t e r 796–799 ‘Merrylegs’ 594 downy mildew snow mould by Sarah Coles cane (see Dendrobium) ‘Winnal’s Longdon’ 204, 204 (Monographella nivalis) 398–403 Blacksmiths Cottage ghost (see Epipogium 594 flea beetles 492, 492 422, 422 Nursery, Norfolk aphyllum) Pearson, Dan, on: glasshouse: survey 304 618–621 moth (see Phalaenopsis) reviving interest in red spider mite Tagetes as a natural Kevock Garden pansy (see Miltoniopsis) shrubs 552–553, 553 (Tetranychus pest repellent 615 plant Plants 194–197 reblooming 835 readers’ response 647 urticae) 203, 257, tomato: History Mead Nursery, Wilts Singapore peat 41 258, 351, 558 mosaic virus 60 476–479 (see Dendrobium) Peckett, Dean, on: on outdoor plants problems 490 Darwin’s plants, Millais Nurseries, slipper Hamamelis mollis 625 verticillium wilt 203 by Roy Lancaster Surrey 342–345 (see Paphiopedilum) 531, 531 whitefly vine weevil (Otiorhynchus 550–551 Sampford Shrubs, organic gardening, ‘partial’, Pedicularis longiflora (Trialeurodes sulcatus) 258, 556, 556 Lobb, William, by Roy Devon 754–757 by Helen Yemm 346–347 var. tubiformis 197 vaporariorum) 203, violet gall midge 36 Lancaster 392–393 readers’ response 445 Pelargonium: 257, 258, 258, 558 wasps 493 readers’ response Organiclea surplus fruit ‘Berkswell Flair’ 539 hellebore problems weeds, controlling 579 Nymans, West Sussex scheme 660–661 Black Velvet Series 312 60 without weedkillers 131 Yunnan, plant-hunting 164 Oriental greens 276, 817 BullsEye Series 312 horse chestnut white blister (Albugo in, by Toby Musgrave Nymphaea ‘Kew’s Electric Oriental vegetables 421 Ice Series 312 problems 493 candida) 492, 492 30–35 Indigo’ 299 by Nigel Slater 816–817 Pelgardini Series 312

10 Index 2009 Plant profiles – RHS gardens

‘Fireflame’263 , 264 ‘Senyuu’ 336, 339 recommended 23 rex 19, 21 Plant profiles ‘Flambeau’ 265 ‘Sikoubai’ 336 root rot fungus roxieanum var. oreonastes ‘Flamenco’ 262, 264, ‘Siritonbo’ 337 (Phytophthora fragariae 344, 345 best plants of 2009, magnolias, by Jim 265 ‘Snowflake’337 , 339 var. rubi) 545 russatum 32 by Roy Lancaster Gardiner 192–193 ‘Gibson’s Scarlet’ 264, ‘Sumisonegawa’ 337 ‘All Gold’ 545, 545 ‘Silberwolke’ 344 822–823 orchids as house plants, 265, 265 ‘Sweetie’ 336, 339 ‘Autumn Bliss’ 23, 23, sinogrande 344, 345 Campanula, by Bob by Sarah Brooks ‘Helen Jane’ 264 ‘Winter Dreams’ 338, 544, 545 ‘Sir Charles Lemon’ 21 Brown 480–485 796–799 ‘Herzblut’ 263 339 ‘Autumn Britten’ 544, 545 ‘Stopham Lad’ 344 Chrysosplenium pinks, dwarf and x hopwoodiana 264 Prince of Wales, HRH: ‘Autumn Treasure’ 545 ‘Teddy Bear’ 344, 345 macrophyllum, by Roy miniature, by Nigel x hybrida ‘Jean Jabber’ awarded the v m h ‘Caroline’ 545, 545 ‘Thomasine’ 511, 511 Lancaster 244–245 Colborn 412–415 264 437, 437, 512 ‘Galante’ 545 ‘Unique Marmalade’ conifers, seasonal Potentilla, perennial, by ‘Inverewe’ 262 Pritchard Jones, Kenneth ‘Glen Ample’ 23 342–343, 344 interest in, by Adrian Graham Rice 262–265 ‘Majland’ 263 150 Himbo Top (‘Rafzaqu’) ‘Valentine Surprise’ 344 Bloom 100–105 Primula sieboldii, megalantha 265, 265 Prostanthera rotundifolia 545, 545 wardii 34 Coreopsis, by Graham by John Grimshaw ‘Melton Fire’ 263, 264 ‘Rosea’ 179, 181 ‘Joan J’ 545 yakushimanum 344 Rice 524–525 336–339 ‘Mont d’Or’ 262, 264 Proud, Sue, and Martin ‘Joan Squire’ 544, 545 ‘Koichiro Wada’ 344 Cortaderia, by David quinces, by Roy nepalensis 264 Hughes-Jones: their ‘Polka’ 544, 545 Rhodohypoxis ‘Hope’ 542 Jewell 672–675 Lancaster 684–685 ‘Miss Willmott’ 262, nursery in Devon recession, its effects on Crocosmia, Mark Fox’s seedheads for winter 265, 265 754–757, 756 nurseries and garden National Plant effects, by Phil Clayton ‘Ron McBeath’ 264 pruning: centres 571 RHS Garden Collection, by Phil 728–733 recta: apple trees, by Peter ‘red list’ of garden plants harlow Clayton 598–601 Sempervivum, ‘Alba’ 264 Blackburne-Maze 713 Dianella, by James by Christopher Grey- ‘Warrenii’ 263, 264 824–827 red thread (Laetisaria carr Armitage 726–727 Wilson 546–549 rupestris 263, 265 Clematis 108–111 fuciformis) 422, 422 Alpine Zone 475 hellebores, shrubs, choice, by x russelliana 262 conifers, by Adrian redcurrants 536–537 future developments, by Val Bourne 94–97 RHS experts 530–531 thurberi 263, 264, 265 Bloom 334–335 growing 489 by Elizabeth Helleborus niger and its spring shrubs, a g m , by x tonguei 263, 265, 265 magnolias 423 National Plant Collection Balmforth 474–475 hybrids, by Graham Nigel Colborn 176–181 ‘Volcan’ 263, 264 regulated 824 713 Hartley Botanic Rice 818–821 summer bedding, by ‘White Queen’ 264 renewal 826 Rees, Allan, award of m b e alpine house 8, 8 Iris sibirica, by Lucinda Graham Rice 310–315 ‘William Rollisson’ 262, top fruit 58 150 in spring 165 Burgess 394–397 walls, plants for, 265, 265 wisteria 57 research, horticultural and Learning Centre irises, dwarf bearded, by Val Bourne 734–738 ‘Yellow Queen’ 262, 264 Pseudocydonia sinensis agricultural: its benefits to 474, 575 by Christine winter containers and pots (see containers) 684, 685, 685 all, by Jules Janick 126–127 Teaching Garden 474 Skelmersdale displays, by Graham Potterton, Ben: his nursery Pseudowintera colorata readers’ response 305 Wild Wood 715 246–249 Rice 652–657 near Diss, Norfolk ‘Marjorie Congreve’ 823 Rheum (see also rhubarb) kiwi fruit developments, winter structure, plants 618–621, 621 Puddle, Charles: obituary alexandrae 196 by Szczepan for, by Stephen Lacey powdery mildew 558, 558, 644, 644 Rhododendron: Marczy´nski 739–741 16–21 627, 627 Pyracantha ‘Orange Glow’ deadheading 278 on squash 696 736, 736 foliage 344, 345 RHS preserving summer Pyrus (see also pear) leaves compared 345 Garden plant-hunting in Yunnan poisonous plants 491 surpluses, by Mary Berry pyraster 593 arboreum 345 30–35 pollen-producing plants 202 686–689 argyrophyllum hyde hall Polygonatum odoratum ‘Red primitive flowering plants subsp. nankingense in spring 165 Stem’ 465 712 ‘Chinese Silver’ 344, 345 Visitor Centre 641, 641 Planting Polystichum setiferum Primula: arizelum 345 Ideas ‘Pulcherrimum Bevis’ 19, auricula at Summerdale campanulatum 21 House 318–321 Q subsp. aeruginosum 344 meadow seed mixes, pond management in cockburniana 197 ‘Creeks Cross’ 778, 778 by Nigel Dunnett summer 559 euprepes 197, 197 Queen Elizabeth, HM, at crinigerum 345 RHS 50–53 Ponerorchis graminifolia florindae (seedheads) 730 RHS Chelsea Flower Show ‘Elsie Lee’ 344 Garden Butterfly Wings mixed 155, forrestii 32 437, 437 falconeri 21, 345 rosemoor 155 glomerata 195, 197 Quibel, Sylvie and Patrick, ‘Fantastica’ 343, 344 Plantlife 777 potato(es): luteola 197 their garden near Rouen, by fastigiatum ‘Blue Steel’ 344 in spring 165 Plants for Bugs project 224 container-grown maximowiczii 197 Kirsty Fergusson 86–91, 91 ‘Furnivall’s Daughter’ Learning Centre 120–121 petelotii 197 quinces, by Roy Lancaster 342, 343 9, 575 ‘Duke of York’ 121 serratifolia 197 684–685 ‘George Hyde’ 344 new Hot Garden, ‘Maris Peer’ 121 sieboldii: quinoa (see Chenopodium ‘Ginny Gee’ 344 by Christopher Plants with ‘Mimi’ 121 by John Grimshaw quinoa) ‘Golden Torch’ 344 Bailes 250–253 Personality ‘Smile’ 121 336–339 ‘Gomer Waterer’ 343 Square Garden, its Cambridge University ‘Swift’ 121 cultivation 339 ‘Hachmann’s Constanze’ redevelopment Botanic Garden: Potentilla: National Plant 344 250–253 plants associated a g m plants 265 Collection 339 ‘Homebush’ 344 with, by Roy cultivation 264 ‘Asahi’ 337, 339 ‘Horizon Monarch’ Lancaster 48–49 perennial, by Graham ‘Dancing Ladies’ 339 R 343, 344 Rice 262–265 ‘Geisha Girl’ 337 kesangiae 345, 345 planting companions ‘Hibai-no-kagayaki’ rabbits, damage by 133 lanatum, 345 RHS 265 339 Rafflesia 779 ‘Lem’s Monarch’ 344 Garden plant societies, special- andicola 262 ‘Kokoroiki’ 10, 10 Ramosmania rodriguesii ‘Logan Delight’ 715, 715 wisley interest 272–273 anserina 264 ‘Ko-odori’ 339 122, 124, 124–125 ‘Magic Flute’ 344 Platycladus orientalis ‘Flame’ argentea 264 ‘Kotonosirabe’ 337 Rankin, David and Stella mallotum 344, 345 Glasshouse prairie 104, 104 atrosanguinea 263, 264 f. lactiflora 337 194, 194–195 ‘Nancy Evans’ 344, 344 meadow 575, 575 Podocarpus nubigenus 393 var. argyrophylla 262, ‘Manakoora’ 338, 339 raspberries: ‘Narcissiflorum’343 hop-planting 441 Podophyllum ‘Kaleidoscope’ 264 ‘Masasino’ 337, 339 autumn, by Bob Sherman pachysanthum in spring 165 463 ‘Blazeaway’ 262, 264 ‘Mihonokoji’ 337 544–545 ‘Crosswater’ 344, 345 Narcissus collection poinsettia detommasii 263 ‘Pago-Pago’ 337, 339 cultivation 544–545 ‘Pink Pearl’ (hybrid) 342 781 (see Euphorbia pulcherrima) ‘Etna’ 265 ‘Rasyoumon’ 339 nutrition 559 ‘Rendezvous’ 179

Index 2009 11 RHS (continued) – Rosa

Absolutely Fabulous (‘Wekvossutono’) RHS ADVICE RHS 441, 441 algae 61 container: insect larvae, beneficial Rhododendron Lindley Alissar, Princess Of alpines, growing media displays, prolonging 277 deadheading 278 Library Phoenicia (‘Harsidon’) for 203 558 invasive aliens 559 Robinia pseudoacacia 462 apple disorders 624 plants, repotting 131 Japanese maple ‘Frisia’, decline 421, 421 Salmon, William: Armada (‘Haruseful’) 402 asparagus cultivation Cortaderia cultivation 696 problems 129 rose: his Botanologia, Belle Epoque (‘Fryyaboo’) 350 cucumber problems 558 Jerusalem artichokes 695 care 419 by Brent Elliott 403 aubergine pests and currants 489 lawn: mildew 419 42–43 ‘Brownie’ 403 diseases 203 dahlias, lifting and care in autumn 623 rust 419 ‘Café’ 403 bamboo flowering 833 storing 761 pests 626 salads, leafy 276 ‘Cantabrigiensis’ 49, 49 bean: daphnes 133 Lilium in containers 694 snow mould rhubarb 242 Cinderella (‘Korfobalt’) French, problems 350 deer damage 133 Magnolia pruning 423 (Monographella nivalis) by Nigel Slater 28–29 399 broad, cultivation 132 fairy rings (Marasmius meadows, managing 420 422, 422 National Plant Collection Claude Monet (‘Jacdesa’) bedding: oreades) 422, 422 mealybug, root (Rhizoecus softwood cuttings 353 29 402 sowing summer 278 fruit harvesting and species) 834, 834 soil cultivation 834 ‘Forcing’ 242 Cloud Nine (‘Fryextra’) winter 693 storing 624 medlars, cultivation 759 spiders 352 ‘Timperley Early’ 242 402 bees, planting to attract fruit trees: moss 61 squirrels 760 Rhubarb Triangle, Yorks 28 Congratulations (‘Korlift’) 202, 422 protecting 59 Narcissus flower forms staking perennials 353 Ribes: 402 beetle pests 351 renovating 130 205, 205 suckering 695 x culverwelli ‘Casseille’ ‘Cornelia’ 401 blackspot 419 garden chemicals 352 orchids, reblooming 835 tender plants, protecting 715, 715 Crown Princess Margareta bonfire regulations 762 garlic and shallots 763 Oriental vegetables 421 760 laurifolium 735, 735 (‘Auswinter’) 401 borders, neglected 832 glasshouses, autumn overwintering: tip cuttings 627 rubrum: Duchess Of Cornwall box diseases and care 697 evergreens 61 tomato problems 490 ‘Laxton’s Number (‘Tan97157’) 399 disorders 626 grasses, ornamental, invertebrates 761 tomato ring culture 204 One’ 537, 536–537 Edith Holden bracket fungi 697 growing from seed 556 pansy diseases 204 tree stumps and woody ‘Versailles Blanche’ (‘Chewlegacy’) 403 brassica pests and hanging baskets 351 pear disorders 624 weeds 695 537 First Great Western diseases 492 hardening off 278 pesticides for edibles 277 trees, planting bare-root sanguineum: (‘Oracharpam’) 402 bulbs: hardwood cuttings 762 Phalaenopsis, repotting 763 ‘Pulborough Scarlet’ foetida ‘Bicolor’ 399 autumn-flowering 625 hellebore(s): 835 tropical plantings 555 176, 178 ‘Francis E. Lester’ choosing 627 for gardens 833 plant labels 132 turf diseases 422 White Icicle (‘Ubric’) 754, 754 small summer 275 problems 60 poisonous plants 491 vegetables 178 gallica var. officinalis 399 spring 201 herbicide damage 350 pond management 559 early, sowing 130 speciosum 176, 178, Gardeners Glory butterflies 557, 557 herbs, woody, powdery mildew 627, 627 harvesting 557 738, 738 (‘Chewability’) 401 planting to attract 202 propagating 420 pruning: vine weevil damage ‘Worcesterberry’ 605 Gertrude Jekyll butternut squash hibernating animals 694 top fruit 58 556, 556 Rice, Graham, on: (‘Ausbord’) 402 disorders 696 horse chestnut problems wisteria 57 water plants: dividing 204 Christmas roses 818–821 Graham Thomas chillies, sowing 279 493 rabbit damage 133 watering 423 Coreopsis 524–525 (‘Ausmas’) 402 Christmas tree recycling house plants, winter care raised beds 59 weeds, controlling perennial Potentilla Greensleeves 832 831 raspberry nutrition 559 without weedkillers 131 262–265 (‘Harlenten’) 403 companion plants 493 impatiens downy mildew red thread (Laetisaria winter-flowering climbers summer bedding ‘Grey Dawn’ 403 composting 279 349, 349 fuciformis) 422, 422 60 310–315 Highgrove winter containers and (‘Hornightshade’) 462 displays 652–657 Hot Chocolate Robinia pseudoacacia ‘Frisia’, (‘Wekpaltez’) 403 its decline 421, 421 Iris Webb (‘Chewell’) 403 RHS – General RHS Shows Robinson, Michael: obituary Jasmina (‘Korcentex’) affordability of peat policy 41 Hampton Court Palace RHS Chelsea Flower 644, 644 399, 400 membership 375, 377 plant diversity strategy Flower Show: Show: Rock, Joseph 31, 31, 33 ‘Jocelyn’ 403 Annual General Meeting 746–747 2009 review 2009: 340–341 rocket: Josephine (‘Weksiamia’) 370–371, 574 Plants for Bugs project 538–543 review 462–467 salad 243, 276 540 art, botanical, bursary 224, 747 by Rosy Hardy 502 by Ursula Buchan 308 wild 243, 276 ‘Julia’s Rose’ 403 for 227 RHS Britain in Bloom ‘green’ technologies letters on 377 roe deer damage 133 ‘La France’ 399 awards: results 714 for the garden RHS London shows, Rogers, Stephen and Kim: Lady Of Shalott 2009 512 RHS Council, by Ursula (feature at Hampton a new direction, their garden and nursery (‘Ausnyson’) 340 nominations 780 Buchan 260–261 Court Palace Flower by Chris Young 112–113 in West Yorks 584–589 Laguna (‘Kormulen’) biodiversity strategy RHS McLaren Show), by Chris RHS Show Tatton Park Romans, Alan, on: 400 746–747 Horticultural Young 410–411 2009 review 608–611 container-grown potatoes Leah Tutu (‘Hornavel’) Campaign for School Scholarship/Garden 120–121 540 Gardening 301, 668–671 Club of America Inter- Rondeletia amoena 374 ‘Madame Isaac Pereire’ climate change strategy change Fellowship 645 Rosa: 401 746–747 RHS science strategy, aphids 419 Munstead Wood committees, RHS 261 by Anisa Gress 746–747 RHS trials blackspot 419 (‘Ausbernard’) 401 costcutting measures 574 Seed Distribution breeding developments Nimbus (‘Leggrey’) 403 elections 781 Scheme 714 2010 trials 715 Cortaderia 675 in, by Sarah Coles ‘Paul Ricault’ 382 expenditure 2008–2009 three-year strategy 370 Asparagus 303 Hydrangea paniculata, 398–403 Purple Tiger (‘Jacpurr’) 577 urban gardening 746–747 aubergine 184, 187 RHS Plant Trials care 419 403 financial summary 371 Vice Presidents, new 441 beans (climbing French) Bulletin 78 cutflower use 402 Rhapsody In Blue Gift Aid 576–577 visual impairment: by Sue Stickland Iris sibirica 397 fragrance 402 (‘Frantasia’) 402 Grimsey, Inga: readers’ policy on 375 330–333 pinks, dwarf and rose, Christmas ‘Ripples’ 403 letters to 375, 377 website improvements Buddleja 442 miniature, by Nigel (see Helleborus niger) ‘Roseraie de l’Haÿ’ 402 Lawrence Hall 112 645 butternut squash Colborn 412–415 rose, Lenten (see Rosy Future managing resources winter hardiness survey 676–677 Tagetes, by Val Bourne Helleborus x hybridus) (‘Harwaderox’) 401 746–747 225 chilli peppers 8 612–615 rose mildew 419 Scented Carpet rose rust 419 (‘Chewground’) 401

12 Index 2009 Rosa (continued) – Tagetes

‘Soleil d’Or’ 399 Scaevola aemula ‘Zig Zag’ 315 pittonii 547 grit 190 winter, RHS trial (2010) RHS trial, by Val Bourne Sweet Dream scarifying lawns 623 tectorum ‘Royanum’ 547 leafmould 190 715 612–615 (‘Fryminicot’) 402 scented flowers for winter, ‘Tristesse’ 547 lime 190 squirrels 760 erecta 614 Terracotta (‘Simchoca’) by Nigel Colborn 36–37 senescent breakdown 624 manure 189 St Aubyn, Sir John: his patula 614 402 Schefflera taiwaniana 17 Senior, Rob, on: sand 190 herbarium collection 299 ‘Aton Fire’ The Mayflower (‘Austilly’) Schisandra grandiflora Tremenheere Sculpture slow-release organics Stachys affinis (Aton Series) 612 400, 401 B&SWJ2245 736, 736 Gardens, Penzance, 190 (see artichoke, Chinese) ‘Aton Gold’ Tickled Pink (‘Fryhunky’) Schizophragma hydrangeoides Cornwall 470–473 sulphur 190 Stachyurus: (Aton Series) June cover, 401, 401 735, 735 Sequoia: sandy 191 ‘Magpie’ 178 614, 615 ‘Tom Brown’ 403 Schizostylis coccinea 157, sempervirens 393 stony 191 praecox 176, 177–178 ‘Aton Spry’ Whisky Mac (‘Tanky’) 399 157, 625, 625 ‘Adpressa’ 334 type 189 staking perennials 353 (Aton Series) 614 Wild Edric (‘Aushedge’) Schlumbergera 831 ‘Cantab’ 49, 49 Solanum: Staphylea National Plant ‘Aton Yellow’ 400 ‘Prostrata’ 49 aethiopicum (see Collection 713 (Aton Series) Wildeve (‘Ausbonny’) 402 Sequoiadendron giganteum aubergine, garden egg) Star Inn, The, North Yorks: 614, 615 rotenone 352 Schools 392, 392 melongena its home-grown fare, by ‘Bonanza Flame’ de Rothschild, Edmund: shallots 763 (see aubergine) Matthew Wilson 456–459 (Bonanza Series) obituary 154, 154 gardening Shardlow, Matt, on: the torvum Stearn, William 48 614, 615 Royal Botanic Garden RHS Campaign for beneficial role of (see aubergine, pea) steep gardens, Bonanza Series, mixed Edinburgh 163 School Gardening: invertebrates 515, 515 tuberosum (see potato) by Toby Buckland 15 614, 615 Rubus: by Lila Das Gupta Sheals, Gail and David: their solar power 411 Stickland, Sue, on: ‘Bonanza Yellow’ idaeus (see raspberry) 668–671 garden in Cumbria Solidago gigantea butternut squash cultivars (Bonanza Series) 612 phoenicolasius 736, 736 birdseed project 318–319 (seedheads) 729, 730 676–677 ‘Colossus’ 614 reflexus var. lanceolobus 540 815 Shepherd, Allan, on: home ‘sops in wine’ 412 climbing French beans ‘Disco Orange’ setchuenensis 620, 621 composting 808–811 sorrel 243 330–333 (Disco Series) Rudbeckia: Sherman, Bob, on: autumn Sparaxis tricolor 275 Stipa gigantea 586 612, 614, 615 hirta ‘Cherry Brandy’ 541 Schwerdt, Pamela: obituary raspberries 544–545 special-interest plant storing fruit 624 ‘Double Mr Majestic’ maxima (seedheads) 714, 714 shield bug: societies, by John strawberries: 614 731, 732 science at the RHS, green (Palomena prasina) Grimshaw 272–273 by Nigel Slater ‘Durango Gold’ Rumex acetosa (see sorrel) by Anisa Gress 746–747 572, 572 readers’ response 445 468–469 (Durango Series) Ruta toxicity 491 sclerotinia 350 southern green (Nezara spider: recommended 23 612 Scott-James, Anne, Lady viridula) 572, 572 crab (Misumena vatia) ‘Alice’ 23 ‘Harmony Boy’ Lancaster: obituary 442 shopping for the garden 352, 352 ‘Cambridge Favourite’ (Boy Series) 612 Scully, Robin, of online and through TV, by jumping (Salticus 23, 23 ‘Hero Bee’ Abbotswood, Glos 722 Richard Jackson 486–487 species) 352, 352 ‘Fenella’ 466 (Hero Series) 612 sea beet 243 shrubs 530–531 orb web (Araneus species) Streptocarpus ‘Hope’ 340 ‘Hero Spry’ S Seabrook, Peter, on: a g m spring 176–181 352, 352 Strongylodon macrobotrys at (Hero Series) 612 trials and the furtherance reviving interest in, by wolf (Pardosa species) Cambridge, by Phil Clayton ‘Honeycomb’ 614 St Aubyn, Sir John: his of horticultural Dan Pearson 552–553 352, 352 216, 216 ‘Jumbo Bicolour’ herbarium collection 299 knowledge 690–691, readers’ response 647 spider mite, red 203, 257, Stuart Thomas, Graham 399 (Jumbo Series) 613 Saintpaulia ‘Flashy Angel’ 691 von Siebold, Philipp 339 258, 351, 558 suckering 695 ‘La Bamba’ 312 304, 304 readers’ response 783 Silene: on outdoor plants 625 sulphur 190 ‘Legend Yellow’ salads, leafy 276 seakale 242, 242 dioica ‘Firefly’465 Spielberg, Sue, on: tulips summer bedding, (Legend Series) Salisbury, Andrew, on: seaweed, alien 369 hookeri 196, 196 at Cerney House, Glos by Graham Rice 310–315 613 biological control of garden Sedum: zawadskii 195, 196 234–239 Summerdale House, ‘Little Hero Flame’ pests 256–259 ‘Herbstfreude’ Simmons, Peggy: obituary Spilanthes ‘Peek-a-boo’ Cumbria: its range of (Little Hero Series) Salix: (seedheads) 731, 733 644, 644 (see Acmella oleracea) spring plants, by Caroline 613 montane Scottish willows matrona (seedheads) 729 Simpson, Niki 645 Spiraea x cinerea ‘Grefsheim’ Beck 318–321 ‘Mars’ 613 643 Seed Distribution Scheme, Skelmersdale, Christine: 176, 178 sunflower ‘Old Scotch Pride’ lanata 643, 643 RHS 714 award of v m h 512, 512 spring bulbs 201 (see Helianthus annuus) 312 lapponum 643 seedheads for winter effects, on: dwarf bearded irises in Richard Hobbs’ and surplus fruit scheme ‘Pascal Gold’ myrsinifolia 643 by Phil Clayton 728–733 246–249 Sally Ward’s Norfolk in North London, (Pascal Series) 612 Salmon, William, seeds, finding single-colour, Skene, Duncan 394, 397 garden 172–175 by Matt Biggs 660–661 ‘Pascal Rusty’ his Botanologia, by Brent by Ursula Buchan 650 Skimmia: display, UK gardens sweet pea (Pascal Series) Elliott 42–43 readers’ response 785 japonica: notable for, by Stephen (see Lathyrus odoratus) 613, 614, 615 Salvia: Segall, Barbara, on: winter ‘Nymans’ 656 Lacey 160–165 Syon Park lake restoration ‘Pinwheel’ 612 blancoana 478 plantings at Marcus ‘Rubella’ 656 spring shrubs, a g m , by Nigel 508 ‘Red Cherry’ 614 coccinea Sallynia Series Harpur’s Essex garden slugs 258 Colborn 176–181 Syringa: ‘Safari Red’ 312 24–27 Smith, Geoffrey: obituary spruce (see Picea) x josiflexa 181 (Safari Series) 613 ‘Indigo Spires’ 518 Sempervivum: 300, 300 squashes: ‘Bellicent’ 179, 181 ‘Solan’ 613, 614 officinalis ‘Purpurascens’ a g m plants 549 letter on 443 butternut: vulgaris: ‘Yellow Boy’ 655, 656 as lightning repellent 546 Smithiantha ‘Little One’ 780 a g m plants 676 ‘Charles Joly’ 181 (Boy Series) 613 ‘Sallynia Red’ 314 by Christopher Grey- snails 258 cultivars, by Sue ‘Firmament’ 181 ‘Yellow Jacket’ Sampford Shrubs, Devon, Wilson 546–549 snakes 694 Stickland 676–677 ‘Madame Lemoine’ (Jacket Series) 614, by Roy Lancaster 754–757 cultivation and snow mould (Monographella cultivation 676 181 615 sand 41, 190 propagation 548–549 nivalis) 422, 422 disorders 696 ‘Sunburst Orange Splash’ Sanguinaria canadensis RHS trial 549 snowdrop (see Galanthus) ‘Barbara’ 676, 677 (Sunburst Series) 613 f. multiplex ‘Plena’ 374 arachnoideum 546, 547 sodium chlorate 352 ‘Butterboy’ 677 Sunburst Series 312 Sargassum muticum 369, 369 calcareum: soil: ‘Cobnut’ 676, 677 mixed 612, 615 Savill Garden, The 164, 165 ‘Extra’ 547 acidic 191 ‘Early Butternut’ 676 ‘Sunburst Yellow Splash’ by Andrew McIndoe 772 ‘Guillaumes’ 547 chalky 191 ‘Harrier’ 676, 677 T (Sunburst Series) 615 Saxifraga ‘Cuscutiformis’ ciliosum 547 clay 191 ‘Hawk’ 676, 677 ‘Zenith Golden Yellow’ (stolonifera) 619 ‘Delta’ 547 cultivation methods 834 ‘Hercules’ 677 tadpoles 317 (Zenith Series) saxifrage, golden ‘Lilac Time’ 547 improvers: ‘Hunter’ 676, 677 Tagetes: 613, 615 (see Chrysosplenium) ‘Night Raven’ 547 by Andi Clevely ‘Metro’ 676 a g m awards 615 Zenith Series 312 Scabiosa africana ‘Jocelyn’ octopodes var. apetalum 188–191 ‘Sprinter’ 676 as a natural pest repellent ‘Zenith Yellow’ 340 547 green manure 190 ‘Waltham’ 676, 677 615 (Zenith Series) 615

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Tan, Kiat 441 Torenia: Verbena: Vinca minor RHS trial (2010) house plant care in 831 Tatton Park, RHS Show (see Moon Series 315 Aztec Cherry Red 715 plantings at Marcus RHS Shows) Purple Moon (‘Dantopur’) (‘Balazcherd’) 310 vine weevil Wildlife Harpur’s Essex garden, Taxus: 315 Aztec Magic Series 312 (Otiorhynchus sulcatus) biological control by Barbara Segall 24–27 pruning 334 Yellow Moon Aztec Series 312 258, 556, 556 of garden pests, scented flowers for, baccata toxicity 491 (‘Danmoon20’) 313 ‘Corsage Peach’ (Corsage Viola: by Andrew Salisbury by Nigel Colborn 36–37 Taylor, Patrick, on: Trachycarpus ‘Naggy’ 539 Series) 310, 312 ‘Amiral Avellan’ 256–259 structure, plants for, Mottisfont Abbey, Hants tree ferns, protecting 760 ‘Crimson Twinkle’ 36, 36 birds, plants to by Stephen Lacey 16–21 432 tree spinach (see (Donalena Series) 315 ‘Beconsfield’ attract, by Mary winter cress tea tree (see Chenopodium giganteum) Donalena Series 312 (Sorbet Series) Maher 812–815 (see Barbarea verna) Leptospermum scoparium) tree(s): ‘Quartz Burgundy’ 655, 657 bumblebees, by winter-flowering climbers teasel (see Dipsacus fullonum) hardwood cuttings 762 (Quartz Series) 313 ‘Nelly’ 465 Ursula Buchan 582 60 Telekia speciosa (seedheads) planting bare-root 763 ‘Strawberry Kiss’ 541 x wittrockiana butterflies, planting wireweed 731, 732 stumps, removing 695 vermiculite 40, 41 ‘Fizzy Lemonberry’ to attract 202 (see Sargassum muticum) television shopping channels tallest in Britain 298 Veronicastrum virginicum 655, 657 endangered native Wisteria: 486–487 their positive aspects, by ‘Fascination’ (seedheads) violet gall midge 36 European flora 642 pruning 57 Tellima grandiflora Tony Kirkham 828–829 730, 733 x Vuylstekeara hibernating animals ‘Caroline’ 737, 737 Rubra Group 18, 21 Tremenheere Sculpture verticillium wilt 203 Cambria grex 798 694 witch hazel (see Hamamelis) tender bedding, Gardens, Penzance, Cornwall, Vestia foetida 179, 181 honeybees, their Woodwardia unigemmata by Ursula Buchan 232 by Rob Senior 470–473 Viburnum x juddii 176, 178 decline, by Philippa 21 tender plants, protecting 760 trials and the furtherance of Victoria Medal of Honour O’Brien 182–183 woody weeds 695 thiacloprid 149 horticultural knowledge, by (v m h ) 437 invertebrates, Woollam, Peter, his Thomas, Graham Stuart 399 Peter Seabrook 690–691 2009 awards 512 overwintering 761 garden at Alderley Edge, Thompson, Elspeth, on: readers’ response 783 W lawns and wildlife, Cheshire 602–605, 603 the benefits of ignoring trials, RHS (see RHS trials) by John Akeroyd Worcesterberry garden chores 447, 447 Tricyrtis formosana Walker, John, on: 416–417 (see Ribes ‘Worcesterberry’) thrushes, B&SWJ 6741 619 viewpoint Hough Garden, readers’ response wounds to trees, treatment by Andrew Halstead 455 Triteleia laxa 275 food and community, Alderley Edge, Cheshire 581 824 Thuja: Trochetiopsis ebenus 124 by Rosie Boycott 602–605 spiders 352 Wulf, Andrea, on: pruning 334 Trochodendron aralioides 54–55 walls, plants for, squirrels 760 Kew’s work to conserve plicata 393 16, 19, 20 horticulture’s poor by Val Bourne 734–738 island floras 122–125 Thymus pulegioides tropical plantings 555 image as a career, wasps 493 ‘Archer’s Gold’ 655, 656 in East Anglia, by Chris Beardshaw parasitic, as pest control tickseed (see Coreopsis) by Matt Biggs 532–535 198–199 257, 258 Tigridia pavonia 275 Tulbaghia cominsii letters on 307 water core 624 Wildlife Tilia National Plant ‘Harry Hay’s Pink’ 466 lawns and wildlife, by water plants, dividing 204 Diary Collection 713 Tulipa: John Akeroyd water tanks 411 XYZ Tinker, John, award of m b e at Cerney House, Glos, by 416–417 watercress 243 collared doves 508 Sue Spielberg 234–239 readers’ response by Mary Maher 725, 725 Xanthocyparis nootkatensis tip cuttings 627 ‘Abu Hassan’ 239 581 406–409 elephant hawk moths 393 Titchmarsh, Alan 441 ‘Apricot Beauty’ April organic gardening, cultivation 409 (Deilephila elpenor) Yemm, Helen, on: Tjaden, Will: obituary cover ‘partial’, by Helen watering 423 523, 523 ‘partial’ organic 154, 154 ‘Bleu Aimable’ 239 Yemm 346–347 watermelon ‘Rosario’ 73 frogs 317, 317 gardening 346–347 toad 694 ‘Blue Heron’ 238 readers’ response waxcaps 581, 581 fungi in gardens readers’ response 445 tomato(es): ‘Candy Club’ 239 445 Webster, Jonathan, 659 yew (see Taxus baccata ) blossom end rot 490, 490 ‘China Pink’ 238, 239 research, horticultural on: Cornus kousa moth, winter York Gate Garden, boxy fruit 490 ‘Groenland’ 237, 239 and agricultural, its 531, 531 (Operophtera West Yorks, by Nigel Slater 404–405 ‘Havran’ 237 benefits to all, by weeds: brumata) 795, 795 by Matt James 362 catfacing 490 ‘Ice Cream’ 715, 715 Jules Janick 126–127 controlling without orange-tip butterflies Young, Chris, on: foliage curl 490, 490 ‘Little Princess’ 174 readers’ response weedkillers 131 387, 387 creative front garden greenback 490 ‘New Design’ 238, 239 305 eradicating 832 pipistrelles 591 design 800–805 magnesium deficiency ‘Prinses Irene’ 237 shopping for the woody 695 thrushes 455 ‘green’ technologies 490, 490 ‘Purissima’ 237, 239 garden online and Weigela florida ‘Foliis for the garden mosaic virus 60 ‘Queen of Night’ 239 through TV, by Purpureis’ 179, 181 410–411 poor pollination 490 ‘Shirley’ 239 Richard Jackson Weinmannia trichosperma Wildlife and Natural RHS London shows: problems 490 ‘Uncle Tom’ 239 486–487 778 Environment Bill 509 a new direction ring culture 204 ‘Virichic’ 238 shrubs, reviving wellingtonia (see willow (see Salix) 112–113 splitting 490, 490 ‘West Point’ 237 interest in, by Dan Sequoiadendron giganteum) Wilson, EH 193 Yucca gloriosa ‘Variegata’ whitewall 490 turf 266–271 Pearson 552–553 West, Kate, her small Wilson, Matthew, on: 19, 21 cherry: diseases 422 readers’ response garden in Norwich, Food Up Front network Yunnan, plant-hunting ‘Gardener’s Delight’ 647 by Vanessa Berridge 98–99 in, by Toby Musgrave 404 special-interest plant 662–665, 662 lawns 266–271 30–35 ‘Hundreds and societies, by John Wheeler, David, award of The Star Inn, North Yorks Zantedeschia ‘Captain Florida’ Thousands’ 10, 10 Grimshaw 272–273 Veitch Memorial Medal 456–459 466 plum: readers’ response 512 wind power 410–411 ‘Roma’ 405 UV 445 white blister wineberry, Japanese ‘Sungold’ 405 trees, their positive (Albugo candida) 492, 492 (see Rubus phoenicolasius) ‘Tigerella’ 404 Ugni molinae 551 aspects, by Tony whitecurrants 536–537 winter: Toomey, Mary, on: UK Climate Projections Kirkham 828–829 growing 489 bedding 693 Lakemount Gardens, 2009 507 trials and furthering whitefly 203, 257, 258, containers and displays, Co. Cork 678–683 Van Assche, Jozef, award of horticultural 258, 558 by Graham Rice Mount Usher Gardens, Veitch Memorial Medal 512 knowledge, by Peter Whitehouse, Christopher, 652–657 Co. Wicklow 636 vegetables (see Fruit Seabrook 690–691 on: the RHS trial of focus in the garden, topdressing 623 and vegetables) readers’ response Iris sibirica 397 by Ursula Buchan 84 topiary at Les Jardins de Veitch Memorial Medal: 783 Whitsey, Fred: obituary hardiness survey (RHS) Séricourt 788–793 2009 awards 512 644, 644 225

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