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Numbers in italics denote ‘Variegatum’ 537 Aegopodium podagraria 432, Anderson, Gillian, and a picture or illustration ‘Millie Houghton’ 534, 432 Graham Burgess: their 537 aerating lawns 357 garden at Ninesprings (agm) ProFiles Where a plant has a selling ‘Nabob’ 534 aerial gardening in north House, Hants 416–419, 417 name (also known as a trade ochsenii 534 London 836–839 Anderson, Valerie: award of Abies lasiocarpa Geranium rozanne designation) it is typeset in a ‘Orange Bell’ 535, 536 Afton Park House, Isle of Associate of Honour 520 var. arizonica (‘gerwat’) 512, 512 different font to distinguish ‘Patrick Synge’ 535, 537 Wight: its mixed plantings, Anderton, Stephen, on: ‘Compacta’ 856, 856 Gladiolus x colvillii ‘the it from the name pictum 534 by Oliver Mathews 558–561 garden lighting at West Green Agapanthus ‘Loch hope’ bride’ 292, 292 (shown in ‘Single Quotes’), ‘Thompsonii’ 536, Agapanthus: House, Hants 550–551 584, 584 Hamamelis x intermedia which by law must be 537 ‘Loch Hope’ 584, 584 Anemanthele lessoniana 560, bean (runner) ‘Pallida’ 70, 70 shown on plant labelling pitcairnense 224, 224 ‘Margaret’ 728, 728 824 ‘Celebration’ 584, 584 Hebe ‘midsummer ‘Sophia Jackson’ 534 ‘Purple Delight’ 552, 552 Anemone: beetroot ‘boltardy’ 292, beauty’ 718, 718 ‘Souvenir de Bonn’ 535, ‘Raspberry Summer apennina 403 292 Helenium ‘Sahin’s early 537 Plum’ 625 x lipsiensis 186 Buddleja davidii Flowerer’ 512, 512 x suntense 534 Agave: nemorosa 186 ‘dartmoor’ 584, 584 Ilex aquifolium ‘Silver vitifolium 534, 536 use in green roofs 838 pavonina 404 Callicarpa bodinieri Queen’ 856, 856 ‘White King’ 535, 536 americana 743 trifolia 340 var. giraldii ‘Profusion’ Iris ‘Stepping out’ 444, A ‘Songlines’ 743 786, 786 444 Acacia baileyana parryi Anemonella thalictroides 162 796, 796 Ageratum petiolatum 628 ‘Betty Blake’ 350, 350 Camellia sasanqua Jasminum nudiflorum Abelia: Acanthus ‘Morning’s Candle’ agm (see Award of Garden Anogramma ascensionis 591, ‘hugh evans’ 786, 786 142, 142 floribunda 495–496, 628 Merit) 591 Clematis: Kniphofia rooperi 652, 496–497 Acca sellowiana 468, 473 Akebia quinata fruit 643, 643 Anomatheca laxa 99 alpina ‘Pamela 652 x grandiflora 469, 473 Acer: Akeroyd, Simon, on: ants: Jackman’ 218, 218 lettuce ‘Little gem’ 444, Abeliophyllum distichum in garden design 748 RHS Seed Distribution by Andrew Halstead 241 cirrhosa ‘wisley 444 pruning 283 circinatum ‘Burgundy Scheme 760–761 common black (Lasius Cream’ 856, 856 Magnolia ‘Susan’ 292, 292 Abies: Jewel’ 728, 728 spring lawn care 355–358 niger) 241 ‘Frances rivis’ 218, 218 Malus ‘John downie’ lasiocarpa var. arizonica griseum 77, 77 Akers, James: award of common red (Myrmica ‘markham’s Pink’ 218, 376, 376 ‘Compacta’ 856, 856 japonicum ‘Aconitifolium’ Harlow Carr Medal 520 rubra) 241 218 Miscanthus sinensis recurvata 258–259 777, 777 Alcea rosea ‘Mars Magic’ pavement (Tetramorium Colchicum speciosum var. condensatus Abutilon: negundo: (Spotlight Series) 155, 155 caespitum) 241 ‘album’ 652, 652 ‘Cosmopolitan’ 652, 652 by Tim Miles 534–537 var. violaceum 110, 111 alder (see Alnus) slavemaker (Formica Cornus kousa Narcissus ‘February cultivation 537 ‘Winter Lightning’ aliens, invasive aquatic 502, sanguinea) 241 var. chinensis 718, 718 gold’ 142, 142 growing outdoors 537 16, 20, 21 502 wood (Formica rufa) 241 Crocus chrysanthus pear ‘williams’ bon growth types 536–537 palmatum: allium -mining fly 642 Anthemis tinctoria pruning ‘Zwanenburg bronze’ Chrétien’ 718, 718 in containers 536 var. dissectum: Allium: 361 70, 70 Salvia officinalis planting combinations ‘Seiryu-’ 750 beesianum 547, 547 apetalous 110–111 Cyclamen hederifolium ‘Purpurascens’ 512, 512 537 ‘Gibbons’ 491, 491 porrum (see leek) Aphalara itadori: its use in 786, 786 Sarcococca hookeriana under glass 537 ‘Shishio Improved’ 163 sativum (see garlic) controlling Japanese Daphne bholua var. digyna 70, 70 ‘Apricot Belle’ 536, 536 ‘White Tigress’ 835, 835 allotments, shortage of, by knotweed 299, 299, 360, ‘Jacqueline Postill’ 142, Viburnum plicatum ‘Ashford Red’ 536 Achillea millefolium Linden Groves 311 360 142 f. tomentosum ‘mariesii’ ‘Canary Bird’ 534, 535, ‘Pomegranate’ 556, 556 readers’ response 457, 665 aphids: Euphorbia characias 444, 444 537 autumnalis 547, 547 Alnus National Plant by Ursula Buchan 310 ‘Portuguese velvet’ Wisteria floribunda ‘Cannington Carol’ 535 Aconitum: Collection 660 control, organic 359 376, 376 ‘multijuga’ 376, 376 ‘Cannington Peter’ 536, austroyunnanense 635 Aloe: apples: 537 x cammarum aristata 743 cultivation in small ‘Cerise Queen’ 536 ‘Grandiflorum Album’ polyphylla 795, 795 spaces 174 Tim Biddlecombe ‘Calville Blanc d’Hiver’ ‘Cloth of Gold’ 536 395 striatula 741, 743 for chalk 706 698–699 696 ‘Cynthia Pike’ 537 japonicum 833, 833 alpines in winter 57 for containers 776 rootstocks 203 ‘Calville Winter White’ ‘Eric Lilac’ 535, 536 Act on CO2 campaign 147, Amaryllis belladonna 548, 548 for difficult conditions tree, Sir Isaac Newton’s 696 ‘Golden 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armitage, allan m: horwood, Catherine: robinson, mLa, and JF Auricula, The: History, Gardening with Shape, Pocket Guide to Uncommon Climbers Gardening Women 785 mcQuire: Pocket Guide Cultivation and Line and Texture, by Rhododendron , for Every Garden 651 Jones, Louisa: The to Rhododendron Varieties, by allan Linden hawthorne 373 by mLa robinson and blacklock, Judith: Garden Visitor’s Species 583 guest 291 Gardening Women, by JF mcQuire 583 Church Flowers 215 Companion 375 robinson, william: The Blue Heaven: Encounters Catherine horwood 785 Rock Garden Plant Campbell, katie: Paradise kingsbury, noel: Hybrid: Wild Garden 375 with the Blue Poppy, by Great Gardens of Primer, The, by of Exiles: the Anglo- the history and science rutenberg, Linda: The bill terry 141 America, by tim Christopher grey-wilson American Gardens of of plant breeding 373 English Garden at Night Blueberries, Cranberries richardson 511 215 Florence 215 kirkham, tony, and mark 511 and Lingonberries for Grow Your Own Garden, RSPB Gardening for Clark, timothy: Mary Flanagan: Wilson’s Scott, mary ann, with Everyone, by Jennifer by Carol klein 717 Wildlife, by adrian McMurtrie’s Country China: a Century On 291 margaret Stevens: trehane 853 Hybrid: the history and thomas 855 Garden Flowers 69 klein, Carol: Grow Your Botanical Sketchbook Botanic Gardens, by science of plant Seeds, Sex and Clevely, andi: Your Own Garden 717 651 Sara oldfield 717 breeding, by noel Civilization, by Peter Kitchen Garden: Month matthews, Clare: The Streeter, david: Collins Botanical Painting with kingsbury 373 thompson 855 by Month 583 Low Maintenance Guide 511 Coloured Pencils, by Invitations II, by daniël Uncommon Climbers for eckenwalder, James e: Vegetable Garden 583 Swan, ann: Botanical ann Swan 785 ost and Jean-Pierre Every Garden, by allan Conifers of the World mcQuire, JF, and mLa Painting with Coloured Botanical Sketchbook, gabriel 853 m armitage 651 217 robinson: Pocket Guide Pencils 785 by mary ann Scott, with Low Maintenance Welsh Marches Pomona, Flanagan, mark, and to Rhododendron terry, bill: Blue Heaven: margaret Stevens 651 Vegetable Garden, The, by michael Porter 717 tony kirkham: Wilson’s Species 583 Encounters with the Church Flowers, by by Clare matthews 583 Wild Garden, The, by China: a Century On 291 milne, robert: Organic Blue Poppy 141 Judith blacklock 215 Mary McMurtrie’s william robinson 375 gabriel, Jean-Pierre, and Vegetable Growing 785 thomas, adrian: RSPB Collins Flower Guide, by Country Garden Wilson’s China: a daniël ost: Invitations II nordfjell, ulf: Fourteen Gardening for Wildlife david Streeter 511 Flowers, by timothy Century On, by mark 853 Gardens 651 855 Conifers of the World, by Clark 69 Flanagan and tony gear, alan and Jackie: oldfield, Sara: Botanic thompson, Peter: Seeds, James e eckenwalder Ninfa: The Most kirkham 291 Organic Gardening: the Gardens 717 Sex and Civilization 855 217 Romantic Garden in Your Kitchen Garden: Whole Story 217 ost, daniël, and Jean- trehane, Jennifer: Flowering of the World, by Charles Month by Month, by grey-wilson, Christopher: Pierre gabriel: Blueberries, Cranberries Aberglasney, The, by Quest-ritson 69 andi Clevely 583 The Rock Garden Plant Invitations II 853 and Lingonberries for graham J rankin 141 Organic Gardening: the Primer 215 Porter, michael: Welsh Everyone 853 English Garden at Night, Whole Story, by alan guest, allan: The Marches Pomona 717 The, by Linda and Jackie gear 217 Auricula: History, Quest-ritson, Charles: rutenberg 511 Organic Vegetable Cultivation and Ninfa: The Most Fountains and Water Growing, by robert Varieties 291 Romantic Garden in Features, by rosalind milne 785 hawthorne, Linden: the World 69 hopwood 373 Paradise of Exiles: the Gardening with Shape, rankin, graham J: The Fourteen Gardens, by ulf Anglo-American Line and Texture 373 Flowering of nordfjell 651 Gardens of Florence, by hopwood, rosalind: Aberglasney 141 Garden Visitor’s katie Campbell 215 Fountains and Water richardson, tim: Great Companion, The, by Features 373 Gardens of America 511 Louisa Jones 375

Jazz (‘Scifresh’) 698 apricots: Camilla Swift 324–327 arabis mosaic virus 499, 499 canescens fruit 565 arboretum near Chagford, ‘Kanzi’ 698 cultivation 174 National Plant Collection Arbuthnott, Louisa: her viscida fruit 565 Devon 660 ‘Laxton’s Fortune’ 706 for containers 776 324 nursery at Stone House Ardle, Jon, on: Hillbark, near Aspidistra elatior 740 redlove (‘Era’) 662, 662 aquatic : true from seed 326 Cottage, Worcs 632–635, Leeds 478–481 Athyrium niponicum ‘Ribston Pippin’ 696, 696 in baskets 361 ‘Elegance’ 326 632 Arthropodium cirratum 495, var. pictum: rubens (‘Civni’) 698 planting 361 ‘Flamboyant’ 326 Arbutus: 495 ‘Burgundy Lace’ 186 Appletrees, Kath Butcher’s repotting 361 McKana Group May cover andrachne 404 artichoke, globe: as an ‘Ursula’s Red’ 186 garden in Burridge, Hants, to avoid 502, 502 nuragica 149 menziesii 404 ornamental 503, 503 aubergine: by Vanessa Berridge Aquilegia: vulgaris var. stellata arches and arbours 174, 175 Arum pictum 549, 549 recommended 732–737 cultivation 326 (Vervaeneana Group) Archibald, Jim 661 ‘Primrose Warburg’ 549 for pots 130 in combinations, by ‘Sweet Dreams’ 326 Arctostaphylos: Ashburner, Kenneth: his mini 130

Index 2010 3 auricula – Cardiocrinum giganteum auricula (see Primula) Be Plant Wise 298 emeiensis 109 planting’ 540–543 to legislation, by Ursula Anderson: their garden at autumn: beans: ‘Eric Smith’ 106, 109, 189 blueberries: Buchan 596 Ninesprings House, Hants bulbs, by Rod Leeds climbing French: ‘Eroica’ 107, 108, 109 by Jennifer Trehane Brugmansia x candida 416–419, 417 546–549 ‘Borlotto Lingua di ‘Frau Holle’ 108, 109 36–39 ‘Variegata’ 496, 496 Butcher, Kath: her garden in crocuses, by Christopher Fuoco 2’ 244 ‘Morgenröte’ 109 cultivation 38–39, 60, 172 Brunnera macrophylla 184, 186 Burridge, Hants 732–737, Grey-Wilson 692–693 ‘Goldfield’ 244 ‘Mrs Crawford’ 108, 109 for containers 776 ‘Jack Frost’ 187 734 grass plantings, by Neil ‘Melbourne Mini’ 225 pacumbis 109, 762, 762 ‘Blue Pearl’ 39 Brussels sprouts 708 butterflies: Lucas 668–673 cultivation 280 ‘Pugsley’s Pink’ 109 ‘Bluecrop’ 36, 36, 60 by Sue Stickland 814–815 Big Butterfly Count 450 trees with autumn dwarf French: RHS trial purpurascens: ‘Bluegold’ 36 cultivation 708, 814 plants for 251 interest 777 452 var. delavayi 107, 108 ‘Brigitta’ 39, 60 harvesting 814 Buxus: Award of Garden Merit (see ornamental 503 ‘Irish Crimson’ 107, ‘Chandler’ 39 reliable cultivars 708 box blight 434 also agm Plant Profiles panel): runner: 108 ‘Dixie’ 38 ‘Abacus’ 35 problems 434 agm plants: ‘Celebration’ 245, ‘Reitheim’ 109 ‘Duke’ 36, 60 ‘Agincourt’ 814 by Ian Le Gros 376, 246, 584, 584 ‘Rosi Klose’ 108, 109 ‘Hardyblue’ 60 ‘Bedford Fillbasket’ 814, 444, 512, 584, 652, ‘Painted Lady’ 148 x schmidtii 109 ‘Herbert’ 39 815 718, 786, 856 ‘Potimarron’ 246 ‘Silberlicht’ 109 ‘Legacy’ 39 ‘Bitesize’ 814 by Matthew Wilson ‘St George’ 82, 82, 246 ‘Wintermärchen’ 107 ‘Northblue’ 39, 60 ‘Bosworth’ 35, 814 70, 142, 218, 292 ‘Teenie Beanie’ 113 Berridge, Vanessa, on: ‘Northcountry’ 39, 60 ‘Brilliant’ 814, C 815 climbers, annual 247 Beardsley, Chris 402–403, 404 excessive pruning 391, ‘Northsky’ 60 ‘Cascade’ 814 cabbage: Crocus 87 bedding, winter 705 391 ‘Ozarkblue’ 39, 39 ‘Crispus’ 814 Chinese, for autumn cucumbers 322 beds, raised 63 Kath Butcher’s garden in ‘Patriot’ 36, 36 ‘Falstaff’ 814, 815 cropping 183 Helianthus 599 bedstraw, lady’s (see Galium Burridge, Hants ‘Spartan’ 36 ‘Icarus’ 814 mini 112, 115, 130 history, by Matthew verum) 732–737 ‘Sunshine Blue’ 39 ‘Maximus’ 814 recommended cultivars Wilson 28–29 Bees nursery 547 berries: Bolney Court project, West ‘Montgomery’ 814 for pots 130 mangetout and sugarsnap bees, plants for 251 for wildlife 640 Sussex 689, 689 ‘Nelson’ 814 ‘Duncan’ 115 peas 544 Beesia calthifolia 633 hybrid: cultivation 574 Bombax ceiba 819 NIZ 16-4021 35 ‘January King 3’ 34 awards, RHS: beetle: Berry, Lady Anne 313 borders: ‘Petit Posy’ 814, 815 ‘Minicole’ 115 in 2010 520 citrus longhorn yuccoides 560, creating, by Chris Young ‘Red Ball’ 814 ‘Redcap’ 115 in 2011 592 (Anoplophora chinensis) 561 569–571 ‘Revenge’ 814 ‘Traviata’ 34 Aylett, Roger (obituary) 223, 223 Beth Chatto Gardens 42–45, edges 571 ‘Silverline’ 814 ‘Winter Jewel’ 728, 728 452, 452 great diving (Dytiscus 232 planning and timing ‘Trafalgar’ 814 calabrese: Azara serrata 111 marginalis) 280 Betula: 570, 571 Buchan, Ursula (see also mini 114 Azolla filiculoides 298, 502, lily (Lilioceris lilii) 573, National Plant Collection plants for insects 253 Comment), on: ‘Orpheus’, ‘Kabuki’ 114, 115 502, 658 573 660 selecting plants 570 at Boughton House, Calamagrostis x acutiflora: use of weevils to control colonising Britain insignis catkins 680, 681 soil preparation and Northants 118–121 ‘Karl Foerster’ 672 658 204, 523 Biddlecombe, Tim, and feeding 570 Buczacki, Stefan: award of ‘Overdam’ 671 feeding preferences Matthew Ordidge, on: Bostock, Helen, on: plants 520 Calanthe: 204, 303 Brogdale Farm’s apple for pollinators 250–253 Buddleja: Dominyi 191 stag (Lucanus cervus), by collection 698–699, Boughton House, Northants, colvilei 404 striata 346, 347 Andrew Halstead 467, 698–699 by Ursula Buchan 118–121 ‘Kewensis’ 633 tricarinata 346, 347 467 bifenthrin (withdrawal) 844 Bowden, Jenny, on: pruning davidii: Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii B grub Biggs, Jeremy, on: ponds for roses 125–127 invasiveness 253 ‘Profusion’ 786, 467 786 Beeton, Mrs 320 wildlife 260–265 box (see Buxus) ‘Dartmoor’ 584, 584 Calycanthus occidentalis 473 Baarda, Herman (obituary) 9, 9 beetroot 130 Biggs, Matthew, on: Rustling box sucker (Psylla buxi) 434, ‘Miss Ruby’ 473 Calystegia sepium 432, 432 stricta 96, 99 mini 112, 114, 130 End, Herts 254–257 434 ‘Purple Prince’ 468, Camassia Broadleigh Belle backswimmer, common ‘Boltardy’ 292, 292 Biggs, Sue 521, 521 boysenberries: 473 Group 305, 305 (Notonecta glauca) 280 ‘Pablo’ 114, 115 bilberry cultivation 60 cultivation 175, 574 rêve de Papillon Camellia House, Chiswick Bacon, Sir Nicholas: award ‘Pronto’ 114, 115 Billbergia nutans 743 thornless 574 (‘Minpap’) 662, 662 Park 383 of OBE 77 Begonia: bindweed, hedge (see brambling (Fringilla x weyeriana ‘Golden Glow’ Camellia: bacterial soft rot 846, 846 grandis subsp. evansiana Calystegia sepium) montifringilla) 709, 709 468, 473 algae 205 Bailes, Christopher 315, 315 740, 741 biodiversity: brassica club root 775 bulbs: chlorosis 205, 205 orchids for the open palmata 740 and gardens, by Roger Brassica oleracea Gemmifera autumn-flowering, by flower-bud drop 205 garden 342–347 berberis sawfly (Arge Williams 248–249 Group (see Brussels sprouts) Rod Leeds 546–549 oedema 205 Bailey, Kate, on: the Reeves berberidis) 282, 282 aquatic 260 Brickell Award, 2010 593 combinations 676–679 problems 205 Collection, RHS Lindley Bergenia: Biodiversity, UN Bridgeman, Charles 120 depth of planting 702 pruning 435 Library 816–819 by Phil Clayton 106–109 International Year of 5, 248 Britain as gardening’s world in borders 703 sooty mould 205 Baines, Chris, on: the UN planting combinations 109 by Chris Baines 801 leader, by Stephen Lacey in containers 703 ‘Free Spirit’ 229, 229 International Year of RHS trial 106–109 biological pest control 828, 566–567 lifting and storing 704 japonica: Biodiversity 801, 801 ‘Abendglocken’ 107, 109 831 readers’ response 663 naturalising in grass 703 ‘Lemon Drop’ 387 Balmforth, Elizabeth 386, ‘Abendglut’ 189 birch (see Betula) , RHS 657, pests and diseases 573, ‘Middlemist’s Red’ 383 386, 462, 463, 463 ‘Admiral’ 107, 108 birds: 691, 726 573 sasanqua ‘Hugh Evans’ bamboos: winter stems 21 ‘Apple Blossom’ 108, 109 bird table hygiene 845 British Pomology, by Robert planting techniques, by 786, 786 Banks, Elizabeth 79, 517, 517 ‘Baby Doll’ 109 foods for winter 845 Hogg 694 Phil Clayton 701–704 Cameron, Roderick Banksia marginata 742 ‘Ballawley’ 185, 189 threatened in UK 725 British Summer Time, by plunging 704 (obituary) 81, 81 bark 181 ‘Beethoven’ 109 winter migrant 709, 709 Ursula Buchan 730 bumblebees: Campanula medium Barnes, Chris: her Isle of ‘Bressingham Ruby’ 108 bittercress, hairy (see Brogdale Farm, Kent: its activity 6 var. calycanthema 27 Wight garden, by Oliver ‘Britten’ 109 Cardamine hirsuta) apple collection, by buff-tailed (Bombus campion, red (see Silene Mathews 558–561, 560 ciliata 108, 109 blackberries: Matthew Ordidge and Tim terrestris) 6, 6, 91 dioica) basil: f. ligulata (see Bergenia thornless 175 Biddlecombe 698–699 by Andrew Halstead 91 Canna ‘Phasion’ 246 lime 183 pacumbis) ‘Karaka Black’ 552, 552 ‘Broken Britain’ 273 common carder (Bombus Cardamine: ‘Aristotle’ 12, 12 ‘Claire Maxine’ 109 Blanco White, Anne, on: irises Broughton Grange, Oxon, by pascuorum) 91 glanduligera 338 bat boxes 133 cordifolia 107 throughout the year 30–33 Tom Stuart-Smith 266–267 short-haired (see Garden hirsuta seedling 205, 205 Bateman, James 190, 191 ‘Lunar Glow’ 229, 229 Bletilla striata 343 Brown, Bob: award of Veitch 2009, p725): correction pentaphylla 338 Batemannia 191 ‘Purpurea’ 107 ‘Albostriata’ 343 Memorial Medal 520 23 quinquefolia 338 Batsford Arboretum, Gloucs: ‘Rosa Zeiten’ 107 f. gebina 343, 343 brown rot 846 tree (Bombus hypnorum) 91 Cardiocrinum giganteum 405, expansion 451 crassifolia 108 Bloom, Adrian, on: ‘river ‘brownfield sites’: changes Burgess, Graham, and Gillian 405

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Carex: types 423 ‘Pamela Jackman’ 218, use in green roofs 838 ‘Amber’ 420, 421 218 elata ‘Aurea’ 186 ‘Bigarreau Napoléon’ community armandii 133 comment & oPinion Carpinus: 420, 421, 422 GardeninG ‘Celebration’ 662, 662 allotments, shortage of, by andrew wilson 667 fangiana 680, 681 ‘Black Eagle’ 422 ‘Chacewater’ 763, 764 by Linden groves 311 gardens in January, by shensiensis 680, 681 ‘Cluster’ 422 communal gardening: cirrhosa 133 readers’ response ursula buchan 14 turczaninowii 405 ‘Colney’ 420, 421 its benefits, by kevin ‘Wisley Cream’ 856, 457, 665 growing your own carrot fly (Psila rosae) 281, ‘Donnissen’s Gelbe’ 420, mcCloud 636–637 856 alpines in roof gardens, vegetables, by robert 281 421 readers’ response diamantina (‘Evipo039’) by abbie Zabar 85 and Jane Fearnley- carrot: ‘Early Birchenhayes’ 420, 729 305, 305 aphids, by ursula whittingstall 196–197 mini 112, 114, 130 421 communities: engaging ‘Étoile Violette’ 765 buchan 310 international Year of recommended cultivars ‘Elton Heart’ 422 in gardening, by alan ‘Frances Rivis’ 218, 218 beds, raised, by helen biodiversity, un, by for pots 130 ‘Frogmore Early’ 422 titchmarsh 272–273 ‘Helios’ 245 Yemm 159 Chris baines 801 RHS trial 300 ‘Governor Wood’ 422 community gardening ‘Kermesina’ 765 beth Chatto gardens, memorial gardens, by ‘Adelaide’ 300 ‘Kentish Red’ 420, 421, projects including ‘Killifreth’ 763 by ursula buchan 232 dominic Cole 766–767 ‘Amsterdam Forcing’ 433 britain in bloom, by ‘Kinju Atarashi’ 492, 492 britain’s place in the Photinia x fraseri ‘red 114, 115 ‘Knight’s Bigarreau’ 420, rae Spencer-Jones ‘Little Bas’ 764 gardening world, by robin’, by ursula ‘Ideal’ 114, 115 421, 433, 433 688–691 macropetala 116 Stephen Lacey buchan 458 ‘Mignon’ 114, 115 ‘Knight’s Early Black’ 422 Crop Swap scheme, ‘Madame Julia Correvon’ 566–567 readers’ response 663 catch-cropping 435 ‘Kordia’ 420, 421 twickenham 455 765 readers’ response 663 Plant breeders’ rights, cauliflower: ‘Lapins’ 422 gardening campaigns ‘Markham’s Pink’ 218, 218 british Summer time, by michael wickenden mini 112, 115, 130 ‘Lukeward’ 422 657 montana: by ursula buchan 730 840–841 recommended cultivars ‘May Duke’ 423 horticulture in the var. rubens ‘Tetrarose’ ‘brownfield sites’, pruning, excessive, by for pots 130 ‘Merchant’ 422 recession, by david 116 changes to legislation, vanessa berridge 391 ‘Avalanche’ 115 ‘Merton Bigarreau’ 420, gwyther 328–329 var. wilsonii 116 by ursula buchan 596 self-seeding, by mary ‘Igloo’ 115 421, 422 qualifications, rhS ooh la la (‘Evipo041’) 117 communal gardening: keen 525 Caulophyllum thalictroides 340 ‘Merton Favourite’ 420, 592 ‘Perle d’Azur’ correction its benefits, by kevin snow, by ursula buchan Centaurea: 421 rhS community 521 mcCloud 636–637 84 ‘Blewit’ 349–350 ‘Merton Glory’ 422 support 691 ‘Praecox’ 116 readers’ response 729 tolerating pests, by cheiranthifolia ‘Merton Heart’ 422 wildlife haven near ‘Purpurea Plena Elegans’ communities: engaging Chris Packham 233 var. purpurascens 350 ‘Morello’ 696, 696 Leeds, by Frank 763, 765 in gardening, by alan trees, their benefits, by Cercis: ‘Nabella’ 433 noble 597 reflections(‘Evipo035’) titchmarsh 272–273 andrew mcindoe 731 canadensis ‘Forest Pansy’ ‘Naples’ 422 552, 552 conceptual art and unremarkable new 777, 777 ‘Noir de Guben’ 420, 421 ‘Royal Velours’ 765 gardening, by tony cultivars, by nigel racemosa 405 ‘Polstead Black’ 420, 421 care 843 tangutica hybrid 245 heywood 459 Colborn 122–123 Cerinthe major ‘Purpurascens’ ‘Roundel Heart’ 420, 421 ‘living’ 843 vitalba 116 Crûg Farm Plants, by readers’ response 231 737 ‘Stella’ 377, 420, 421, christophine (see Sechium viticella 116 ursula buchan 458 vertical gardening, by Cestrum parqui 468, 470 422, 433 edule) Viticella Group National differences between the ursula buchan 524 Chaenomeles: ‘Sunburst’ 420, 421, 422, Chrysanthemum: Plant Collection 765 sexes in garden design, village volunteers and pruning 283 433 late-flowering cultivars Clethra alnifolia 473 by katherine Lambert wildlife haven near japonica fruit 643, 643 ‘Van’ 420, 421, 422 752 ‘Rosea’ 469, 473 352–353 Leeds, by Frank noble chaffinch 725, 725 ‘Waterloo’ 422 ‘Emperor of China’ 753, Clevely, Andi, on: tree planting readers’ response 457 597 chalk plantings 402–405 Cheshunt compound 753 and aftercare 769–772 eucalypts, by tom hart violets, by ursula Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (withdrawal) 844 ‘Green Mist’ 150, 150 climbers: dyke 15 buchan 84 ‘Intertexta’ 307, 307 chickweed (see Stellaria ‘Kung Fan Mau Tang’ annual: failure, by ursula volunteering, by ursula Chamaerops humilis media) 816–817 agm awards 247 buchan 666 buchan 390 protecting 706 chicory: ‘Stallion’ 554, 554 by Graham Strong favourite plants, losing, wildlife, designated chard 112 for autumn cropping 183 Chusquea culeou 16, 21 242–247 by ursula buchan 800 areas for, by ken as an ornamental 503 ‘Blues’ 183 Cistus x pulverulentus ‘Sunset’: combinations garden design: clients’ thompson 424–425 Chatto, Beth, and her gardens, ‘Rossa di Chioggia’ 183 use in green roofs 837 244–246 changing requirements, readers’ response 595 by Roy Lancaster 42–45 ‘Treviso’ 183 Citrus: overwintering 707 from seed 283 chayote (see Sechium edule) children: Clayton, Phil, on: RHS trial 244 Chelsea 2010 Plant of the plants to interest 253 Bergenia 106–109 supports 246 Queen’) containers: Year, RHS 449, 449 their health and -planting techniques to attract pollinators 251 speciosum ‘Album’ 652, Abutilon 536 ‘Chelsea chop’ 361 gardening 455, 660 701–704 cloud-pruning techniques at 652 drought-tolerant plants 2010 chilli pepper: hardy survivors of recent Harvard Farm, Dorset, by cold damage 132 364 (see RHS) recommended cultivars harsh winters 740–743 Stephen Lacey 616–619 cold frames 57 for tabletops 40–41 chemical advice postcard 450 for pots 130 readers’ response 799 club root 775 Cole, Dominic, on: memorial fruit 776 chemical pest control 828 ‘Dorset Naga’ 78, 78 Myles Irvine’s hardy Cobaea: gardens 766–767, 766 herbs 474–477 Chenopodium album seedling Chinese botanical passionflowers 610–611 pringlei 743, 762, 763 Colocasia: combinations 500 205, 205 watercolours 816–819 tabletop planters 40–41 scandens 763 esculenta ‘Mohito’ 628 hosta 499 cherries: Chionanthus: using straw bales for Codonopsis forrestii 548, 548 gaoligongensis 743 plants to attract by Tom La Dell 420–423 retusus 405 outdoor plants 275–277 coir 181 colour combinations, pollinators 251 Chinese 423 virginicus 405 readers’ response 389 Colborn, Nigel, on: winter, by Patrick Wiltshire roses in, by Michael cultivation 172, 174, chipping bulbs 104 winter protection for Gill Richardson’s planting 820–825 Marriott 330–335 175, 422–423 x Chitalpa tashkentensis tender plants 55–57, 55 combinations at Manor columbine (see Aquilegia) readers’ response 523 Duke 423 ‘Pink Dawn’ 680, 681 cleavers (see Galium aparine) Farm, Lincs 756–759 Commonwealth War Graves Coode-Adams, Giles 79, 79 for containers 776 Chloranthus fortunei 350–351, Clematis: summer-flowering Commission 767 Coombe House, Devon: its for small spaces 433 350–351 as ground cover, by David shrubs 468–473 compost: ‘mythological’ garden, by largest tree in UK 518, chlorophyll, plants without Jewell 116–117 unremarkable new for herbs 476 Chris Young 682–687 518 282 planting combinations cultivars 122–123, 123 risk of Legionnaires’ Copt Howe, Cumbria, by morello 423 cho-cho; choko (see Sechium 116 readers’ response 231 disease from 298 Linden Hawthorne 160–163 rootstocks 203 edule) pruning 116 Colchicum: Compton, Robert (obituary) cordons, fruit on 614 sour 423 Christmas cactus: light and RHS trial 764 ‘Autumn Queen’ 549, 549 81, 81 cornsalad: sweet 423 temperature 846 winter care 133 ‘Princess Astrid’ (see conceptual art and gardening, for autumn cropping 183 tree survey 383 Christmas trees: alpina 116 Colchicum ‘Autumn by Tony Heywood 459 ‘Coquille de Louviers’ 183

Index 2010 5 Cornus – Dutch elm disease

‘Albus’ 692 Cynosurus cristatus 433, 433 free gardening 297 ‘Artabir’ 692 Cypella herbertii 97, 100 demoiselle, banded cultiVation ‘Cassiope’ 692 Cypripedium: desiGn (Calopteryx splendens) 319, Abutilon 537 ericaceous fruit in pots ‘Conqueror’ 692 cultivation 363 (see also Plant 319 auriculas 236 60 ‘Oxonian’ 692 calceolus 346 combinations) derris 828 berries (hybrid) 574 fruit for containers 776 tommasinianus 88 flavum white-flowered borders, creating, by Desirable Plants, Totnes, by blueberries 38–39 herbs in containers ‘Albus’ 88 449, 449 Chris Young Roy Lancaster 348–351 brussels sprouts 708 474–477 ‘Eric Smith’ 88 formosanum 346, 346 569–571 Deutzia: chayotes 538 peas and beans 280 ‘Pictus’ 88 Gisela 343, 346 broughton grange, x elegantissima ‘Rosealind’ climbers, annual: from potatoes 131 ‘Roseus’ 88 Hank Small 346 oxon, by tom Stuart- 633, 634–635 seed 283 in growing sacks ‘Whitewell Purple’ 88 Irene 381 Smith 266–267 x hybrida ‘Magicien’ 495, Crocus 89 94–95 vallicola 549, 549 parviflorum var. pubescens clients’ changing 495 autumn-flowering salads for every season ‘Vanguard’ 88, 89 346 requirements in setchuenensis 692–693 182–183 vernus 87 reginae 346 garden design, by var. corymbiflora 468, Cyclamen (hardy) 577, sunflowers 600 versicolor 89 Sabine 346 andrew wilson 667 473, 751 577 tomatoes from seed 283 ‘Picturatus’ 89 Sebastian 662, 662 differences between Dianthus ‘Old Mother Cypripedium 363 walnuts 47 ‘Zenith’ 88 ‘Sunny’ 381 the sexes in garden Hubbard’ 497, 497 dahlias 639 winter vegetables 34–35 ‘Zephyr’ 693, 693 Ulla Silkens 346 design, by katherine Diascia personata 497 Crop Swap scheme, Cytisus scoparius pruning 283 Lambert 352–353 Dicentra formosa 184, 186, 187 Twickenham 455 readers’ response dichlobenil (withdrawal) 844 Cornus: baytopiorum 89 Crosbie, Colin 725, 725 457 Dickerson, Tony, on: in garden design 748 biflorus 87, 88 Crute, Ian: award of CBE 77 ‘garden of rooms’ at eradicating weeds alba: ‘Blue Bird’ 88 Crûg Farm Plants, by Ursula hillbark, near Leeds, 427–429 ‘Kesselringii’ 17, 18 ‘Blue Pearl’ 87, 88 Buchan 458 by Jon ardle fertilisers 199–201 ‘Sibirica’ , 18, 59, , 693, cucumber 113 D 478–481 : 17 cartwrightianus 383 Dierama 465, 823 693 agm awards 322 Dactylorhiza: Japanese cloud- medium 101 kousa: ‘Albus’ 693, 693 by Michael Michaud elata 342–343 pruning techniques reynoldsii 101 var. chinensis 718, 718 chrysanthus 87 320–323 fuchsii 345 at harvard Farm, Diervilla: ‘Miss Satomi’ 777, 777 ‘Cream Beauty’ 88 cultivation 320–323 x grandis 345 dorset, by Stephen rivularis ‘Troja Black’ 469, ‘Norman Hadden’ 750 ‘E.A. Bowles’ 87–88 growing indoors 323 Blackthorn hybrid 343 Lacey 616–619 473 nuttallii 405, 405 ‘Zwanenburg Bronze’ growing outdoors 323 maculata subsp. ericetorum lighting at west green sessilifolia cool splash sanguinea: 70, 70, 88, 88 pests and diseases 322 345 house, hants, by (‘Lpdc Podaras’) 155, 155 ‘Anny’ 17, 21 corsicus 89 recommended cultivars praetermissa 344 Stephen anderton Dietes bicolor 97, 100 ‘Midwinter Fire’ 16, ‘Elegance’ 88 323 Dahlia: 550–551 differences between the 20, 21, 59, 59 etruscus 88 RHS trial 322 classification 622 ‘orpheus’, at sexes in garden design, by sericea: ‘Zwanenburg’ 88–89 sowing 320 cultivation 639 boughton house, Katherine Lambert 352–353 ‘Bud’s Yellow’ 16, 18 flavus 88 ‘Byblos’ 321 Mark Twyning’s cultivars, northants, by ursula readers’ response 457 ‘Cardinal’ 16, 21 gargaricus 89 ‘Carmen’ 321 by Val Bourne 620–623 buchan 118–121 Digitalis ‘Serendipity’ 728, ‘Isanti’ 17, 21 ‘Gipsy Girl’ 88 ‘Cucino’ 321 pests and diseases 639 Plaz metaxu, at 728 Corydalis: goulimyi 549, 693, 693 ‘Delizia’ 492, 492 watering: RHS research Coombe house, Dioscorea orangeana 518 solida subsp. solida subsp. goulimyi ‘Mani ‘Emilie’ 321 into best practice 453 devon: a Diplarrena (as Diplarrhena): ‘George Baker’ 162 White’ 693, 693 ‘La Diva’ 113, 115 ‘Bishop of Llandaff’ 122, ‘mythological’ latifolia 97, 100 ‘Spinners’ 633 subsp. leucanthus 693, ‘Marketmore’ 323 622 garden, by Chris moraea 100 Cotinus: 693 ‘Masterpiece’ 323 ‘Ian Hislop’ 622, 623 Young 682–687 diseases (see Pests, diseases coggygria ‘Royal Purple’ imperati 89 ‘Mini Munch’ 321 ‘Rachel de Thame’ 622, and disorders) 751 subsp. suaveolens 89 ‘Naomi’ 321 623 Disporum: szechuanensis 259 kotschyanus 549 ‘Prima Top’ 323 ‘Twyning’s After Eight’ by Andrew Halstead 319 leucanthum 341, 490, 490 courgette: ‘Ladykiller’ 88 ‘Socrates’ 321 620, 623 common blue (Enallagma maculatum 340 ‘Black Forest’ 113, 115 x luteus: ‘Tiffany’ 321 ‘Twyning’s Aniseed’ 622, cyathigerum) 319 sessile ‘Variegatum’ 339, ‘Picchio’ 113, 115 ‘Golden Yellow’ 88 ‘Tokyo Slicer’ 323 623 large red (Pyrrhosoma 340 cowslip (see Primula veris) ‘Stellaris’ 88, 89 ‘Tyria’ 321 ‘Twyning’s Black Cherry’ nymphula) 319 dividing perennials 130 cranberry: malyi 89 cultural pest control 830–831 622, 623 Daphne: dock bugs (Coreus cultivation 60 ‘Ballerina’ 87, 89 curculio (weevil) control ‘Twyning’s Candy’ 620, bholua 110 marginatus), by Andrew ‘Early Black’ 60 ‘Sveti Roc’ 89 (1865 illustration) 829 623 ‘Jacqueline Postill’ Halstead 675, 675 ‘Pilgrim’ 60 ‘Margot’ 86–87 curly kale (see kale) ‘Twyning’s Chocolate’ 142, 142, 751 dog’s tail, crested (see cranesbill: minimus 89 currants: cultivation 172, 622, 623 ‘Peter Smithers’ 111 Cynosurus cristatus) dusky (see Geranium ‘Bavella’ 89 173, 174, 175 ‘Twyning’s Peppermint’ mezereum 110 Dominy, John 191 phaeum) olivieri 89 Cushnie, John (obituary) 622, 623 odora 110 Dowding, Charles, on: salads meadow (see Geranium pestalozzae 89 153, 153 ‘Twyning’s Pink Fish’ Darlingtonia californica 563, for every season 182–183 pratense) ‘Prins Claus’ 88 cuttings of less-hardy plants 622, 623 565 dragonflies: Crassula helmsii 262, 502, 502 ‘Prinses Beatrix’ 88 641 ‘Twyning’s Revel’ 622, Dasylirion wheeleri use in attracting 262, 280 Crawford, Martin, on: pulchellus 693, 693 Cyclamen: 623 green roofs 837–838 southern hawker (Aeshna walnuts 46–47, 46 ‘Albus’ 693, 693 hardy 577, 577 ‘Twyning’s Smartie’ 622, Davidia: cyanea) 280, 280 readers’ response 157 ‘Ruby Giant’ 88, 88 cilicium 577 623 involucrata 110 Dronet, Thierry and Crocosmia ‘Krakatoa’ 497 sativus 383, 693, 693 coum 104, 577, 577 ‘Twyning’s White ‘Sonoma’ 835, 835 Monique: their garden in the Crocus: ‘Saturnus’ 88 subsp. coum f. coum: Chocolate’ 622 var. vilmoriniana 110 Vosges, France 48–53, 52 autumn-flowering, by sieberi 88 ‘Maurice Dryden’ un-named sport (from Dawson, Jeanette: award of Dryopteris wallichiana 350 Christopher Grey- ‘Bowles’ White’ 88 577 ‘Twyning’s Black OBE 519 Duncan, William: MBE 77 Wilson 692–693 ‘George’ 88 Silver Group 577 Cherry’) 622, 623 Dawson, Peter: award of Dunnett, Nigel, on: green by Brian Mathew 86–89 ‘Hubert Edelsten’ 88 hederifolium 547, 547, ‘Waterlily’ 626 roof plantings in David cultivation 89 subsp. sublimis 577, 577, 786, 786 daisy: 520, 520 Matzdorf’s north London pests and diseases 89 ‘Tricolor’ 88 intaminatum 548, 548 fossil 793, 793 Day, Michael: award of garden 836–839 ‘Advance’ 88 ‘Snow Bunting’ 88, 88 persicum light and ox-eye (see Leucanthemum Associate of Honour 520 Dutch elm disease 299, 658, angustifolius 88 speciosus October cover, temperature 846 vulgare) DDT 830 658, 799 ‘Ard Schenk’ 88 692, 692 purpurascens 577, 577 damselflies: Dean, Pauline 191 ‘Aubade’ 88, 89 ‘Aitchisonii’ 692 repandum 577, 577 attracting 262 DEFRA consultation on peat-

6 Index 2010 Eastgrove Cottage – garden design

Erica x darleyensis: favourite plants, losing, by f. aureifolia ‘Moonshine’ Ursula Buchan 800 12, Fearn, Brian: 2010 Brickell Fruit & VeGetables 12 (see also Pests, diseases and disorders; Practical advice) ‘Phoebe’ 12, 12 Award 593 E ‘Quakeress’ Fearnley-Whittingstall, apple industry, britain’s, growing your own seed of non-traditional Erigeron 27 Eastgrove Cottage Garden, Eriobotrya japonica 797 Robert and Jane, on: by matthew ordidge vegetables, by robert crops, project to collect Worcs: correction 225 Eriophorum chamissonis 488, growing your own and tim biddlecombe and Jane Fearnley- 299 Eccremocarpus scaber 243, 244, 488 vegetables 196–197, 197 698–699 whittingstall 196–197 show-quality fruit in 752, 752 Eryngium x zabelii ‘Jos Eijking’ fern: blueberries, by Jennifer hardening off young small spaces 612–615 Tresco Series, mixed 245 250 believed extinct 591, 591 trehane 36–39 vegetables 204 storage problems 846 Echinacea: Erythrina crista-galli 496, 496 water (see Azolla brussels sprouts 708 heirloom vegetables: straw bales for outdoor ‘Hot Summer’ 625 Erythronium ‘Diana Chappell’ filiculoides) by Sue Stickland availability 723 plants, by Phil Clayton purpurea pruning 361 194, 195 fertilisers: 814–815 herbs in containers, by 275–277 Echinopsis ‘Lincoln Charm’ Eschscholzia: by Tony Dickerson catch-cropping 435 Jekka mcvicar 474–477 readers’ response 389 491, 491 propagating 643 199–201 chayotes, by John hybrid berries 574 strawberries: maximising Ecoworks Community californica: content codes 200 and Shirley murrell leeks: yields 279 Garden, Nottingham 691, by Graham Rice slow-release 201 538–539, 539 problems 642 sweet corn: 691 400–401 fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) 709, cherries: rhS trial, by Sue by Sue Stickland Elaeagnus fruit 643, 643 ‘Appleblossom 709 by tom La dell Stickland 630–631 414–415 elder (see Sambucus nigra) Chiffon’ (Thai Silk figs: 420–423 mangetout and recommended elder, ground (see Series) 400, 401 cultivation 172, 174 for small spaces 433 sugarsnap peas: cultivars 363 Aegopodium podagraria) ‘Apricot Chiffon’ for containers 776 Citrus overwintering 707 by mario depace tomatoes: elephant’s ears (see Bergenia) (Thai Silk Series) firethorn (see Pyracantha) cordons, fruit on 614 544–545 from seed 283 Elliott, Brent, on: 400, 401 fish ponds 263, 265 cucumbers, by michael pests 574 small, by ian hodgson orchids and the RHS ‘Apricot Flambeau’ flame guns 428 michaud 320–323 mini vegetables 112–115 268–271 190–191 (Thai Silk Series) flower-arranging, plants early onions and for pots 130 types 207 Robert Hogg’s The Fruit (see ‘Apricot grown for 737 potatoes 61 Palmer, doug: his show- vegetables: Manual 694–697 Chiffon’) flowers, world’s smallest 77 fruit: quality fruit, by Jean as ornamentals 503 elm (see Ulmus) ‘Champagne and Foggy Bottom, Bressingham, for containers 776 vernon 612–615, 612 for overwintering 642 Elmwood College, Fife: Roses’ 400, 401 Norfolk: its ‘river plantings’ harvesting 640 parsley: curled-leaf in small spaces, by orchard of traditional ‘Copper Pot’ 400, 401 542–543 in small plots, by bob cultivars, by Sarah wain Sue Stickland cultivars 659 ‘Fruit Crush’ 400, 401 Foil-sis 95, 95 Sherman 172–175, 336–337 112–115 Embothrium coccineum 110, 110 var. maritima ‘Golden Forbes, Alasdair: his garden 612–615 pea and bean weevil late-season 362 endangered species in Tears’ 401 at Coombe House, Devon, rootstocks 203 574, 574 seeds, welsh: appeal 383 ‘Mission Bells’ 400, by Chris Young 682–687 unusual edible 643 peas and beans: for 225 endive: 401 Forestry Commission 450, Fruit Manual, The, by cultivation 280 walnuts, by martin autumn cropping 183 ‘Monarch Mixed’ 591 (correction) brent elliott 694–697 pigeons 574 Crawford 46–47 summer cropping 183 400, 401 forking 428 garlic cultivation 774 potatoes: readers’ response 157 ‘Frenzy’ 183 ‘Strawberry Fields’ Forsythia pruning 283 goji berries 503, 503 new developments in winter vegetables, by Ensete frost protection 56 400, 401 Fortune, Robert 634 gooseberry pests and breeding, by alan medwyn williams Epilobium illinoiensis 565 ‘Sun Shades’ 400, 401 fossils: diseases 362 romans 92–95 34–35 Epimedium: espaliers 174 daisy 793, 793 grow Your own readers’ response grandiflorum ‘Freya’ 340 Euonymus oxyphyllus 777, 777 liverwort spores 796 campaign 196 309 x omeiense ‘Akame’ 338, Euphorbia: Foster, John and Brenda: iPhone app 150, 387 rhubarb, establishing 774 339 characias: their garden in Redisham, x warleyense 185, 186 subsp. characias ‘Blue Suffolk 102–105 Epipactis: Hills’ 189 Fothergilla major 111, 111 ‘Wandlebury Ring’ Galium: gigantea 343, 343 ‘Portuguese Velvet’ foxes (Vulpes vulpes), by 223 aparine seedling 205, 205 Lowland Legacy 376, 376 Andrew Halstead 23, 23 ‘Wendy’s Gold’ 129 verum 433, 433 ‘Edelstein’ 343 x martini ‘Ascot Rainbow’ Frank, Anne: her horse G reginae-olgae: Garbutt, Simon, on: Gable palustris 344, 344 796, 796 chestnut tree 659, 725 Gable House, Redisham, ‘Autumn Snow’ 223 House, Redisham, Suffolk Epipogium aphyllum European Garden Award Freesia: Suffolk, by Simon Garbutt subsp. reginae-olgae 102–105 discovered in UK 149 2010 725 alba 99 102–105 129 Garden Bird Health Initiative Equisetum arvense 432, 432 Europom festival, Wisley 661 lactea 96, 99 Gaillardia ‘Naomi Sunshine’ subsp. vernalis 129 725 Eragrostis curvula ‘Totnes exotics mixed with hardy Fremontodendron ‘California 305, 305 ‘Trymming’ 226 Garden Talk (see Comment) Burgundy’ 670 plants in Chris Barnes’ Isle Glory’ 110, 111 galanthomania 223 ‘Tubby Merlin’ 104 garden design (see Design) Eremurus planting 704 of Wight garden, by Oliver Fritillaria imperialis ‘William : Mathews 558–561 Rex’ 387 bulb auctions 223 frogs, attracting 262, 280 choosing by season 129 Gardeners frost, protecting plants from ‘Ecusson d’Or’ 223, 223 enViron­ 55–57 elwesii: and PlantsPeoPle ment Fruit Manual, The 698 var. elwesii 129 awards: van der kloet, Jacqueline: (see also Wildlife) by Brent Elliott 694–697 ‘Kite’ 105 2010 520 her bulb combinations, F fuchsia gall mite 794, var. 129 2011 nominations by noel kingsbury 794 monostictus aquatic plants to failure, by Ursula Buchan 666 Fuchsia: gracilis 129 592 676–679, 676 avoid 502, 502 Falkland in Bloom project, fruit 643, 643 ikariae 129 Chatto, beth, in Lilium regale and government ‘green’ Fife 689, 689 ‘Chillerton Beauty’ 469, ‘Jacquenetta’ 105 conversation with roy eh wilson, by roy policies 449 Fallopia japonica: biological 470 ‘Modern Art’ 105 Lancaster 42–45, 43 Lancaster 258–259, international Year of control 299, 360, 428 ‘Hawkshead’ 470 nivalis February cover, highdown: Sir Frederick 258–259 biodiversity, un 5, fan-trained fruit 174 magellanica 470 129, 724 Stern’s garden in west Lloyd, Christopher 44 248, 801 Fascicularia bicolor: ‘Lady Bacon’ 470 ‘Flocon de Neige’ 223 Sussex, by roy orchids and the rhS, by plant species in subsp. bicolor 743 ‘Margaret’ 469, 470 (Sandersii Group) Lancaster 402–405 brent elliott 190–191 danger 724 subsp. canaliculata 741, ‘Mrs Popple’ 470 ‘Ray Cobb’ 103, 105 hogg, robert: his Fruit reeves Collection, the, Putting nature on the 743 ‘Riccartonii’ 470 plicatus 129 Manual 694–695, 695, rhS , by map project 591 fat hen (see Chenopodium (Poculiformis Group) 698 kate bailey 816–819 album) ‘E.A. Bowles’ 223

Index 2010 7 ‘Garden on a Roll’ – Hornby, Sir Simon

Gibby, Mary: award of OBE 77 groundsel (see Senecio Hebe: ‘Shuffle the Deck’ 381, Gardens Gittins, Tim, and Malcolm vulgaris) ‘Midsummer Beauty’ 381 Simm: their ‘garden of Groves, Linden, on: shortage 718, Henry vii 699 (see also rhs Gardens) 718 rooms’ at Hillbark, near of allotments 311, 311 topiaria 751 Henry viii 420 appletrees: kath hillbark, near Leeds, by Leeds 478–481, 478 readers’ response 457, 665 Hedera beneficial effects on Herbertia lahue 100 butcher’s garden in Jon ardle 478–481 Gladiolus: Grow Your Own: walls 519 herbs: burridge, hants, by Jardin de berchigranges, x brenchleyensis 7, 7 campaign 196 hedges: combinations in pots vanessa berridge Lorraine, France, by cardinalis 833, 833 iPhone app 150, 387 their importance for 475, 476, 500 732–737 Louisa Jones 48–53 x colvillii ‘The Bride’ 292, growing your own biodiversity 793 compost 476 Aquilegia in Carrie Lancaster, roy: his 292 vegetables, by Robert and to attract pollinators 252 for summer cropping 183 thomas’s Swansea garden near flanaganii 96, 98 Jane Fearnley-Whittingstall Hedychium: in containers, by Jekka garden, by Camilla Southampton 832–835 huttonii x liliaceus 351 196–197 coccineum ‘Tara’ 740, 742 McVicar 474–477 Swift 324–327 manor Farm, keisby, splendens 98 guelder rose (see Viburnum densiflorum 740 windowboxes 476 beth Chatto gardens, Lincs: its planting tristis 98, 98–99 opulus) ‘Assam Orange’ 740 Herefordshire Pomona, The Colchester, essex, by combinations, by nigel gladiolus thrips (Thrips gum, sweet (see Liquidambar) ‘Stephen’ 740 696, 699 roy Lancaster 42–45 Colborn november simplex) 573, 573 Gwyther, David, on: heirloom vegetables: Heritage Seed Library 723 Copt howe, Cumbria, by cover, 756–759 glasshouse preparation 62 horticulture in the availability 723 Herodotus 422 Linden hawthorne ninesprings house, goji berries (see Lycium recession 328–329 Helenium: Heuchera ‘Sugar Plum’ 489, 160–163 whitchurch, hants, by barbarum) pruning 361 489 gable house, redisham, Cleve west 416–419 goldfinches: letter on primula ‘Gelbe Waltraut’ 662, 662 Heywood, Tony, on: Suffolk, by Simon ‘orpheus’, at boughton depredations 457, 457 ‘Sahin’s Early Flowerer’ conceptual art and garbutt 102–105 house, northants, by Goldsborough Hall, 512, 512 gardening 459, 459 grafton Cottage, Staffs, ursula buchan 118–121 Knaresborough, North Helianthus: Hibiscus syriacus 473 by Lia Leendertz 24–27 osborne house, isle of Yorks 76, H by Hazel Sillver ‘Diana’ 473 76 green-roof plantings in wight: its walled gooseberry, Cape (see Physalis Habenaria radiata 347, 347 September cover, ‘Marina’ 469, 473 david matzdorf’s north garden, by Jean vernon peruviana) Haddon Lake House, Isle of 598–601 ‘Woodbridge’ 473 London garden, by 526–531 gooseberry: Wight, and its walled champion sunflowers 599 Hickson, Michael: award of nigel dunnett 836–839 Plaz metaxu: alasdair cultivation 172, 173, 175 garden, by Andrew Wilson choosing 599 Victoria Medal of Honour haddon Lake house, isle Forbes’ garden at mildew, American December cover, 802–807 cultivation 600 520, 520 of wight, and its walled Coombe house, devon, (Podosphaera mors-uvae) Hall, Peter: award of Associate cut flowers 600 Highdown, West Sussex, by garden, by andrew by Chris Young 362, 362 of Honour 520 dwarf sunflowers 600 Roy Lancaster 402–405 wilson december cover, 682–687 pests and diseases 362 Halstead, Andrew, on: RHS trial (2000) 599 Hilborne, Stephanie: award 802–807 rustling end, herts, by resistance to mildew 362 ants 241 sunflowers for children of OBE 77 hardy plants mixed with matthew biggs sawfly (Nematus ribesii, bumblebees 91 600 Hill House Nursery, near exotics in Chris barnes’ 254–257 Pristiphora rufipes) 362 cinnabar moths 533, 533 use as garden plants 599 Ashburton, Devon, by Roy isle of wight garden, Swagerman, Lumine: her Government ‘green’ policies damselflies 319 annuus 599 Lancaster 494–497 by oliver mathews netherlands garden, by 449 dock bugs 675, 675 ‘Black Magic’ 599 Hillbark, near Leeds, by Jon 558–561 nicola Stocken tomkins Grafton Cottage, Staffs, by foxes 23, 23 ‘Claret’ 599 Ardle 478–481 harvard Farm, dorset: 392–397, 394 Lia Leendertz 24–27 grass snakes 603, 603 ‘Double Shine’ 599 Hillier, Robert: award of its cloud-pruned west green house, grapes: house sparrows 399, 399 ‘Gigantor’ 599 Victoria Medal of Honour plantings, by Stephen hants: its garden cultivation 172, 175 moles 739, 739 ‘Golden Cheer’ 599, 520, 520 Lacey 616–619 lighting, by Stephen ‘Alicante’ 696 robins 809 601 Himantoglossum hircinum 383 highdown, west Sussex, anderton 550–551 ‘Black Hamburg’ 696, 696 stag beetles 467, 467 ‘Goldrush’ 599 Hippeastrum: by roy Lancaster wildwood, kent, by tim ‘Muscat of Alexandria’ 696 grub 467 ‘Kong’ 599 agm plants 845 402–405 ingram 338–341 ‘Saturn’ 615 woodlice 165 ‘Lemon Sorbet’ 601 care 845 ‘Schiava Grossa’ 696, 696 Hamamelis x intermedia: ‘Little Dorrit’ 600 ‘Alasca’ 82, 82 grasses: ‘Jelena’ 751, 787 ‘Munchkin’ 600 ‘Sonatini’ 740 ‘Garden on a Roll’ 232 Geranium: and sedge care 132 ‘Pallida’ 70, 70 ‘Pastiche’ 599 ‘Toughie’ 740 Garden Organic 723 dragon heart (‘Bremdra’) dividing 709 ‘Ruby Glow’ 823 ‘Prado Red’ 599 Hobson, Jake: his Japanese ‘garden-grabbing’ 517, 596 626 plantings for autumn and hardening off young ‘Procut Brilliance’ cloud-pruning techniques Gardenia jasminoides ‘Kleim’s maderense letter on 665 winter, by Neil Lucas vegetables 204 600, 601 616–619 Hardy’ 743 phaeum 184, 189 668–673 hardiness ratings review, ‘Procut Orange’ Hobson, Tim and Dilly 617 gardening and Britain’s place ‘Album’ 189 using 673 RHS 589 598–599, 600, 601 Hodgson, Ian, on: small in the world, by Stephen ‘Chocolate Chip’ 189 wild flowers in grassland hardy plants mixed with ‘Procut Yellow’ 600, tomatoes 268–271 Lacey 566–567 ‘Margaret Wilson’ 189 501 exotics in Chris Barnes’ Isle 601 hoeing 428 readers’ response 663 var. phaeum ‘Samobor’ Grasslands Trust 383 of Wight garden, by Oliver ‘Russian Giant’ 599 Hogg, Robert 695 gardening clubs and 189 correction 519 Mathews 558–561 ‘Sparky’ 600 his Fruit Manual 694–695, societies, RHS-affiliated 593 ‘Séricourt’ 387 grass snake (see snake) hardy survivors of recent ‘Starburst Aura’ 599, 698 Gardening Leave (charity) 688 pratense 433, 433 Gravetye Manor, West Sussex: harsh winters, by Phil 601 Hoheria: Gardiner, Jim: new RHS ‘Hocus Pocus’ 497 restoration of its gardens 590 Clayton 740–743 ‘Terracotta’ 585, 599, ‘Glory of Amlwch’ 471, Director of Horticulture rozanne (‘Gerwat’) 382, Great British Elm readers’ response 799 601 473 453, 453 395, 512, 512 Experiment 299 Hargreaves, Margaret and ‘Valentine’ 599 sexstylosa 473 on planting schemes at and ‘Jolly Bee’: DNA green compost 181 Peter: their garden in Staffs debilis 599 holly (see Ilex) RHS Gardens: tests on 382 green roofs: 24–27, 24 ‘Earthwalker’ 599 Holmes, Susie, on: peat-based Harlow Carr 460–465 use in ‘river’ plantings construction 839 Harlow Carr, RHS Garden helleborine (see Epipactis) composts 178–181 Hyde Hall 604–609 542 maintenance 838–839 (see RHS Gardens) Helleborus: readers’ response 309, 665 Rosemoor 312–317 sylvaticum 340 plantings in David Hart Dyke, Tom, on: foetidus 822 Homeria collina 96, 101 Wisley 166–171 ‘Amy Doncaster’ 340 Matzdorf’s north London eucalypts 15, 15 ‘Yellow Wilgenbroek’ honours lists (awards to garlic: Gerbera: garden, by Nigel Dunnett Haszeldine, Bob: his garden 226 horticulture): cultivation 774 ‘Brandy’ 229, 229 836–839 at Copt Howe, Cumbria Walberton’s rosemary New Year 77 harvesting 774 Everlast Series 740, 742 grey mould 573, 846, 846 160–163, 162 (‘Walhero’) 226 Queen’s Birthday 519 gas lime 828 ‘Jilly’ 229, 229 Grey-Wilson, Christopher, Hawthorne, Linden, on: Heloniopsis orientalis 161 Hooker, William 696 Gaura lindheimeri ‘Ruby ‘Rachel’ 229, 229 on: Copt Howe, Cumbria Hemerocallis: Hornby, Sir Simon 593, 826 Ruby’ 449, 449, 728, 728 Get Your Grown-Ups autumn-flowering 160–163 ‘For the Good Times’ 381 his garden The Ham, genetic fingerprinting 699 Growing scheme, RHS 660, crocuses 692–693 Hay, Harry (obituary) 519, ‘Forgotten Dreams’ 554, Oxon 826–827 Gentiana makinoi ‘Marsha’ 497 727 Pulsatilla 176–177 519 554 his life and achievements,

8 Index 2010 Hornby, Sir Simon – Leycesteria formosa

by Martin Lane Fox northwestern USA: their bulb combinations differences between the weeds in 357 826–827 flora, by Roy Lancaster 676–679 sexes in garden design Lawrence, Sir Trevor 191, 191 obituary 593 562–565 Kirkham, Tony: the benefits 352–353, 352 Le Gros, Ian 607, 607 horsetail, field (see Equisetum Taiwan’s floriculture, by J of planting trees: readers’ readers’ response 457 Award of Garden Merit arvense) Simon Garbutt 482–483 response 83 Lambert, Phillippa and Steve: plants 376, 444, 512, horticulture in the recession, International Society for Jackson, Leila, of Wall End van der Kloet, Jacqueline: her their walled garden at 584, 652, 718, 786, 856 by David Gwyther 328–329 Fungal Conservation 724 Nursery, Herefordshire bulb combinations, by Noel Haddon Lake House, Isle of Leeds, Rod, on: autumn- Hosta: International Year of 534, 536 Kingsbury 676–679, 676 Wight, by Andrew Wilson flowering bulbs 546–549 in containers 499 Biodiversity, UN 5, 248 Jamesia americana 634 Knight, Thomas Andrew 422 802–807, 803 leek moth 642 problems 499 by Chris Baines 801 Japanese cloud-pruning Kniphofia: lamb’s lettuce (see cornsalad) leeks: slugs and snails 499 invasive plants 253 techniques at Harvard by David Jewell 484–487 Lancaster, Roy: cultivation 630 viruses 499 alternatives to 661 Farm, Dorset, by Stephen effective use 484–486 adventurous choices of mini 112, 115, 130 ‘Fire Island’ 490, 490 aquatics 262, 502, 502 Lacey 616–619 RHS trial 484–487 tree 680–681 problems 642 ‘Rhino Hide’ 231 pondweeds 298 Japanese knotweed (see ‘Ample Dwarf’ 485, 486 readers’ response 797 RHS trial, by Sue ‘Snow Mouse’ 556, 556 iPhone app, RHS 150, 387 Fallopia japonica) ‘Amsterdam’ 485, 487 Beth Chatto and her Stickland 630–631 house plants: light and Ipomoea: Jardin de Berchigranges, le, ‘Apricot Sky’ 485, 486 gardens 42–45, 43 rust 642, 642 minimum temperatures 846 wigwam 242 Lorraine, France, by Louisa ‘Bressingham Comet’ 486 Desirable Plants, Totnes white tip 642 Hubbard, Raymond and x imperialis ‘Sunrise Jones 48–53 bressingham sunbeam 348–351 ‘Apollo’ 630 Matthew: their nursery, Serenade’ 245 Jasminum nudiflorum 142, 142 (‘Bresun’) 485, 486 flowers without ‘Atlanta’ 630, 631 near Ashburton, Devon indica 762–763 pruning 283 ‘Brimstone’ 486, 487 110–111 ‘Baikal’ 631 494–497 lobata 247 jay 502 caulescens 486, 487 Highdown, West Sussex ‘Bandit’ 630, 631 Hughes, Kevin: his nursery ‘Exotic Love’ 245, 247 Jewell, David, on: ‘Dorset Sentry’ 485, 486 402–405 ‘Edison’ 630, 631 near Salisbury 192–195, ‘Jungle Queen’ 247 Clematis as ground cover ‘Erecta’ 486 Hill House Nursery, near ‘Giant Winter’ 630 192–193 x multifida 245 116–117 ‘Fiery Fred’ 486, 487 Ashburton, Devon ‘King Richard’ 115 Hulme, Kenneth (obituary) purpurea ‘Bohemian colourful winter stems ‘Firefly’485 , 486 494–497 ‘Longbow’ 35, 630 303, 303 Shades’ 245 16–21 ‘Green Jade’ 487 his garden near ‘Musselburgh’ 630 Hyde Hall, RHS Garden (see (iris family) by Kniphofia 484–487 ‘Jane Henry’ 485, 486 Southampton 832–835 ‘Oarsman’ 630 RHS Gardens) Julian Sutton 96–101 ‘Jonathan’ 485, 486 Kevin Hughes Plants, ‘Snowdon’ 630 Hydrangea: Iris: linearifolia 486 near Salisbury 192–195 ‘Toledo’ 35, 630 pruning 62 throughout the year, by Jobs to ‘Little Maid’ 487 Lilium regale and ‘Triton’ 631 arborescens ‘Annabelle’ 737 Anne Blanco White do in… ‘Mermaiden’ 487 EH Wilson 258–259, 259 ‘TZ 02213’ 631 aspera 469, 473 30–33 ‘Minister Verschuur’ 485, Roseland House Nursery ‘TZ 7267’ 631 Villosa Group 405, bucharica 403 January 64 486 762–765 ‘TZ 7270’ 631 405, 472 cycloglossa 31, 31 February 134 ‘Moonstone’ 485, 486 Siskiyou Mountains: their ‘TZ 7271’ 631 ‘Garden House Glory’ danfordiae 31, 31 march 208 ‘Red Admiral’ 485, 486 flora 562–565 ‘Zermatt’ 115 82, 82 ensata ‘Returning Tide’ april 284 ‘Rich Echoes’ 485, 486, Stone House Cottage Leendertz, Lia, on: Grafton paniculata 470 32, 32 may 365 487 Nursery, Worcs 632–635 Cottage, Staffs 24–27 ‘Kyushu’ 469, 473 ‘Evening Drama’ 305, June 436 rooperi 169, 486, 487, landscape fabrics 429 Legionnaires’ disease 298 ‘Wim’s Red’ 628 305 July 504 652, 652 landscape, imparting Lennox Boyd, Arabella: quercifolia 473 foetidissima January cover, august 578 ‘Royal Standard’ 485, 486 meaning into 682–687 award of Veitch Memorial Hydrocotyle ranunculoides 33, 33 September 644 ‘Safranvogel’ 485, 486 Lane Fox, Martin, on: Sir Medal 520 298, 298, 502, 502 graminea 33, 33 october 710 ‘Sunningdale Yellow’ 486 Simon Hornby: his life and the role of woody plants Hypericum: var. pseudocyperus 33 november 778 ‘Tawny King’ 485, 486, achievements 826–827 in garden design ‘Hidcote’ 469, 471, 473 ‘Holden Clough’ 32, 32 december 848 487, 487 Langland, William 420 746–751 lancasteri 473 ‘Katharine Hodgkin’ 824 thomsonii var. thomsonii Lapageria: Leonardslee, West Sussex: ‘Kiss of Summer’ 32, 32 487 National Plant Collection closure 225, 299 laevigata: Jones, Louisa, on: le Jardin ‘Timothy’ 485, 486 764 Leptodontium gemmascens ‘Regal’ 418, 419 de Berchigranges, Lorraine, ‘Toffee Nosed’ 487 rosea ‘Flesh Pink’ 764, (thatch moss) 792, 792 ‘Snowdrift’ 418, 419 France 48–53 uvaria ‘Nobilis’ 487 764–765 Lespedeza thunbergii 473 ‘Weymouth Midnight’ Jones, Richard, on: the knotweed, Japanese (see late-season flowers, by lettuce: I , 419 history of pest and disease ) Graham Rice 752–753 alternatives for autumn 418 Fallopia japonica Ilex: magnifica 31, 31 control 828–831 Lathraea clandestina 282, cropping 183 sex of different cultivars 63 ‘Mary Constance’ 32, 32 Jubaea chilensis 743 282, 794 mini 112, 115, 130 aquifolium ‘Silver Queen’ pseudacorus ‘Variegata’ protecting 706 Lathyrus: ornamental 503 856, 856 189, 418, 419 Juglans (see also walnut) nervosus 245 recommended cultivars Impatiens: reticulata var. bakeriana regia 46, 46 nissolia 501, 501 for pots 130 740 30, – 224, L : spring 182 arguta 30 31 Juniperus communis 224 odoratus omeiana 740 ‘Rose de la Vallée’ 488, 488 La Dell, Tom, on: cherries ‘Julie Ann’ 492, 492 ‘Chartwell’ 182 rothii 740 sibirica ‘Exuberant Encore’ 420–423 ‘Matucana’ 244 ‘Little Gem’ 115, 444, tinctoria 495, 495, 740, 33, 33 La Mortella, Ischia 455 rotundifolius 633, 635 444 742, 833, 833 ‘Stepping Out’ 444, 444 Lablab purpureus 243, 244, vernus 185, 186 ‘Mini Green’ 115 walleriana ‘Masquerade’ tectorum 191 245, 283 ‘Alboroseus’ 186 ‘Red Grenoble’ 182, 183 229, 33, K Lacey, Stephen, on: 405 ‘Rosemoor’ 182 229 unguicularis 33 Laurus azorica Indigofera: ‘Mary Barnard’ 33 kale 130 Britain’s leading role in Lavandula pruning 577 Leucanthemum vulgare 433, heterantha 468, 472, 473, ‘Walter Butt’ 33 as an ornamental 503 gardening 566–567, 566 lavender (see Lavandula) 433 634 versicolor ‘Kermesina’ mini 112, 130 readers’ response 663 lawns: : potaninii 473 419, 419 black tuscany (‘Nero di Jake Hobson’s Japanese aerating 357 aestivum: subverticillata 634 Irvine, Myles 610–611, 610 Toscana Precoce’) 34 cloud-pruning bare patches 358 subsp. aestivum 192, Ingram, Tim, on: Wildwood, Isoplexis: Keen, Mary, on: self-seeding techniques 616–619 care in spring, by Simon 192 Kent 338–341 canariensis 494, 495 525, 525 ladybird: Akeroyd 355–358 var. pulchellum 192 insects, pollinating 250–253 sceptrum 495 Kerria japonica pruning 283 Australian vedalia: its use edging 61, 356 autumnale (see Acis international gardening ivy (see Hedera) Kevin Hughes Plants, near in pest control 831 feeding 358 autumnalis) Jardin de Berchigranges, Ixia viridiflora 96, 99 Salisbury, by Roy Lancaster harlequin: its use in pest mowing 356, 432 Leycesteria formosa 468, 470 Lorraine, France, by 192–195 control 831, 831 scarifying 357 Golden lanterns Louisa Jones 48–53 Kingsbury, Noel, on: Lagarosiphon major 502, 502 seed mixes 641 (‘Notbruce’) 470, Siskiyou Mountains, Jacqueline van der Kloet’s Lambert, Katherine, on: topdressing 358 472–473

Index 2010 9 Libertia – Paphiopedilum

Libertia: ‘Joan Lorraine’ 245 Mathew, Brian, on: Crocus (Ectoedemia heckfordii) caerulescens 97, 100 ‘Mystic Rose’ 245 86–89 467 grandiflora 100, 100 ‘Sky Blue’ 245 Mathews, Oliver, on: Chris plants for 251 nurseries obituaries peregrinans 100 Lowther Castle gardens: Barnes’s Isle of Wight mowing 356, 432 (by roy lancaster) aylett, roger 452, 452 procera 100, 635 restoration of 149 garden 558–561, 560 mulches 429 desirable Plants, baarda, herman 9, 9 light for house plants 846 Lucas, Neil, on: grasses in Matteuccia orientalis 350 Murrell, John and Shirley, totnes, devon Cameron, roderick 81, lighting at West Green House, autumn and winter Matzdorf, David: green roof on: chayotes 538–539 348–351 81 Hants, by Stephen Anderton 668–673 plantings in his north Musa frost protection 56 hill house nursery, Compton, robert 81, 81 550–551 Lupton House, Brixham, London garden 836–839, mussel scale (Lepidosaphes near ashburton, Cushnie, John 153, 153 Lilium: Devon: restoration 724, 724 837 ulmi) 434, 434 devon 494–497 hay, harry 519, 519 lily beetle (see beetle) Luzuriaga radicans 634, 635 Mawson, Thomas: rose mustard ‘Red Frills’ 183 kevin hughes Plants, hornby, Sir Simon lily disease 573, 573 Lycium barbarum cultivation garden near Watford 659 Myriophyllum aquaticum 262, near Salisbury 593, 593 henryi 405, 405 503, 503 Maytenus boaria 404 298, 502, 502 192–195 hulme, kenneth 303, lily allen (‘Popstar’) 488, Lysimachia paridiformis McCloud, Kevin, on: the roseland house 303 488 var. stenophylla 833, 833 benefits of communal nursery 762–765 macLeod, John 521, 521 ‘Raspberry Ripple’ 556, gardening 636–637, 637 Stone house Cottage morrison, alasdair 556 readers’ response 729 nursery, worcs 153, 153 regale and EH Wilson, by McIndoe, Andrew, on: the 632–635 robinson, wm 387, Roy Lancaster 258–259, benefits of trees 731, N 387 731 258–259 McVicar, Jekka, on: herbs in Nagata, Haruhiko: award of Stokes, geoffrey 303, ‘Russia Red’ 489, M containers 474–477 Veitch Memorial Medal 520 303 489 Linaria purpurea ‘Mini Me’ Mace, Ivor: award of meadow plants, native 433 Narcissus: Sturdza, Princess 552, 552 Associate of Honour 520 Meconopsis propagating 643 ‘Faith’ 8, 8 greta 81, 81 lingonberry: MacLeod, John (obituary) Melittis melissophyllum 349 ‘February Gold’ 142, 142 O wood, Jack 521, 521 cultivation 60 521, 521 ‘Apple Blossom’ 348, 349 ‘Trepolo’ 490, 490 oak (see also Quercus) ‘Red Pearl’ 60 Magnolia: membership, RHS: through nectarine: decline, acute 450 Liquidambar: in garden design 748 HTA garden centres 593 cultivation 174 correction 591 698–699, 698–699 by Robert Vernon cylindrica 194, 835, 835 memorial gardens, by for containers 776 sudden oak death (see organic pest control 830 810–813 grandiflora ‘Kay Parris’ 194 Dominic Cole 766–767 Nelumbo nucifera 818 Phytophthora) Oriental for summer cultivation 847 x highdownensis 405 men and women gardeners: Nemesia bluebird (‘Hubbird’) Ochagavia rosea 743 cropping 183 improving leaf colour 812 liliiflora ‘Raven’ 194 the differences 352–353 497 Ocimum (see basil) Ormerod, Eleanor 830 acalycina 810 x loebneri 750 merliton (see Sechium edule) Neottia nidus-avis 282, 282 Olsynium douglasii 96–97, 100 Orobanche minor 282, 282 formosana 810 ‘Petit Chicon’ 193, 193 Mertensia virginica 185, 186, Nepenthes: ‘Album’ 97, 100 Osborne House, Isle of ‘Afterglow’ 812, 812 ‘Star Wars’ 195 339 attenboroughii 518 onions 112 Wight: its walled garden, orientalis 810, 812, 812 ‘Susan’ 292, 292 van der Meulan, Leonard 120 ‘Bill Bailey’ 491, 491 early 61 by Jean Vernon 526–531 styraciflua 810, 810–811, wilsonii 405, 405 Michaud, Michael, on: palawanensis 382, 382 neck rot 846, 846 Oudolf, Piet 542 812 Mahonia: cucumbers 320–323 Nerine: ‘Guardsman’ 35 his plantings at Wisley 171 ‘Andrew Hewson’ huiliensis 835, 835 mildew: bowdenii ‘Rowie’ 795, 795 Open University ‘Plants and Owen, Jennifer 424, 726, 812, 812 x media ‘Winter Sun’ 753, downy 576, 576 ‘Pink Triumph’ 753, 753 People’ course 661 726 ‘Anja’ 810 753 powdery 576, 576 Nerium oleander 743 Ophrys apifera 345 award of Veitch Memorial ‘Burgundy’ 813, 813 Maianthemum oleraceum 340, susceptible plants 576, 576 nest boxes 133 orchids: Medal 520 ‘Fastigiata’ 813, 813 341 identifying 576, 576 nettle (see Urtica) and the RHS, by Brent her 30-year survey of ‘Festival’ 813, 813 mallow, musk (see Malva Miles, Tim, on: Abutilon new species in 2009 518 Elliott 190–191 garden wildlife, by Ken ‘Goldmember’ 813, moschata) 534–537 newts, attracting 262, 280 bird’s nest (see Neottia Thompson 754–755, 813 Malus (see also apple): Milium effusum ‘Aureum’ 186 Nicotiana glauca 496 nidus-avis) 755 ‘Kia’ 810 in garden design 748 Miltonia Rocqueberg 491, nicotine, use of in pest butterfly (see Platanthera) Oxalis: ‘Lane Roberts’ 810, coronaria var. dasycalyx 491 control 828 common spotted (see lobata (see O. perdicaria) 812, 812 ‘Charlottae’ 777, 777 mini vegetables 112–115 Ninesprings House, Dactylorhiza fuchsii) perdicaria 548, 548 ‘Palo Alto’ 813, 813 ‘John Downie’ 376, 376 for pots 130 Whitchurch, Hants, by easy-to-grow ‘Parasol’ 810, 813, 813 Malva moschata 501, 501 Miscanthus: Cleve West 416–419 recommendations ‘Rotundifolia’ 810 mancozeb (withdrawal) 844 sinensis: niwaki 616–619 342–343 ‘Slender Silhouette’ Mandevilla laxa 495, 495, ‘Abundance’ 673 Noble, Frank, on: a for grass 345 813, 813 742, 743 var. condensatus community wildlife haven for the open garden, by ‘Variegata’ mangetout: ‘Cosmopolitan’ 652, near Leeds 597, Christopher Bailes P 810 597 ‘Worplesdon’ 813, 813 agm awards 544 652 Nothaphoebe cavaleriei 681 342–347 Packham, Chris, on: Lithocarpus densiflorus and sugarsnap peas, by ‘Ferner Osten’ 671 nutrients, plant 200–201 ghost (see Epipogium tolerating pests 233 var. echinoides 565 Mario Depace 544–545 ‘Flamingo’ 672, 673 Nymphaea thermarum (world’s aphyllum) Paeonia: liverwort spores, fossilised pests 574 transmorrisonensis 340 smallest waterlily) 451, 451 heath spotted (see ludlowii 405, 405 796 RHS trial 544 mistletoe, cultivation 847, Dactylorhiza maculata mascula 184, 187, 189 lizard, common (Zootopa ‘Bijou’ 155, 155 847 subsp. ericetorum) pak choi ‘Rubi Shine’ 521 vivifera) 575, 575 ‘Delikata’ 545 mizuna 183 national Japanese white egret (see Palmer, Doug: his show- Lloyd, Christopher 44 ‘Kennedy’ 545 moles (Talpa europaea), by Habenaria radiata) quality fruit, by Jean Vernon Lloyd, John 386 ‘Norli’ 544, 545 Andrew Halstead 739, 739 Plant lady’s slipper (see 612–615, 612 Lobelia laxiflora ‘Oregon Giant’ 544, 545 Molinia caerulea collec­ Cypripedium) palms, protecting 706, 706 var. angustifolia 497 ‘Oregon Sugar Pod’ 544 subsp. arundinacea light and temperature 846 jasminoides ‘Rosea loganberry: ‘Snow Sweet’ 544, 545 ‘Windspiel’ 670 tions native for gardens Superba’ 764 cultivation 574 Manor Farm, Keisby, Lincs: Moraea huttonii 96, 101 Aquilegia 324 344–345 Panicum virgatum: thornless 574 its planting combinations, Morris, Cedric 42 birch and alder 660 naturalising 345 ‘Hänse Herms’ 673 London Wetland Centre, by Nigel Colborn 756–759 Morrison, Alasdair Clematis viticella southern marsh (see ‘Heavy Metal’ 673 Barnes 590 Marriott, Michael, on: roses (obituary) 153, 153 group 765 Dactylorhiza praetermissa) ‘Shenandoah’ 672, 673 Lonicera: in containers 330–335 moths: Dahlia 620–623 specialist 346–347 Papaver propagating 643 calcarata 833, 833 readers’ response 523 cinnabar (Tyria Lapageria 764 tiny species in Ecuador 77 Paphiopedilum: tragophylla 193 Massey, John: award of jacobaeae), by Andrew national Fruit Orchis mascula 344, 345 Baron Schröder ‘Veitch’ Lophospermum: Victoria Medal of Honour Halstead 533, 531 Collection, brogdale, Ordidge, Matthew, and Tim 191, 191 purpusii ‘Victoria Falls’ 245 520, 520 mullein (larva) 754 kent 698–699 Biddlecombe, on: Brogdale micranthum f. glanzeanum scandens: new 3mm species Farm’s apple collection ‘Gillian’ 301

10 Index 2010 parakeets – poinsettia

Pests, diseases Plant combinations Plant ProFiles and disorders Aquilegia in wisley 166–171 combinations, by ‘river planting’, by adrian Abutilon by tim miles Liquidambar, by robert aphid control 359 Hosta problems 499 Camilla Swift 324–327 bloom 540–543 534–537 vernon 810–813 arabis mosaic virus leek problems 642 autumn and winter roses in containers auriculas, by elspeth orchids for the open 499, 499 lily disease 573, 573 grasses, by neil Lucas 330–335 thompson 234–239 garden, by Christopher beetle: mildews 576, 576 668–673 readers’ response autumn-flowering bulbs, bailes 342–347 citrus longhorn organic pest control beds, raised 63 523 by rod Leeds 546–549 Passiflora, hardy, by (Anoplophora 830 Clematis as ground spring-flowering bulbs Bergenia, by Phil Clayton Phil Clayton 610–611 chinensis) 223, 223 peach leaf curl 131, 131 cover 116–117 102–105 106–109 perennials, spring- lily (Lilioceris lilii) pest and disease climbers, annual, by Stuart-Smith, tom: his cherries, by tom La dell flowering, by graham 204, 204, 303, control: a history, by graham Strong plantings at wisley 420–423 rice 184–189 523, 573, 573 richard Jones 242–247 166, 170 climbers, annual, by -less flowers, by berberis sawfly (Arge 828–831 colourful stems, by tabletop planters 40–41 graham Strong roy Lancaster 110–111 berberidis) 282, 282 pesticides withdrawn david Jewell 16–21 tulips at broughton 242–247 Pulsatilla by Christopher biological pest control 727, 844 cottage-garden planting grange, oxon, by tom crocuses, autumn- grey-wilson 176–177 828, 831 Phytophthora ramorum 24–27 Stuart-Smith 266–267 flowering, by roses: bulbs, summer 573, 573 on larch 792 hardy plants mixed with vegetables as Christopher grey- for every month of Buxus problems 434 pigeons 574 exotics in Chris barnes’ ornamentals 503 wilson 692–693 the year, by Charles Camellia problems 205 potatoes 94–95 isle of wight garden, walled garden plantings dahlias: mark twyning’s Quest-ritson carrot fly (Psila rosae) raspberries 500 by oliver mathews at haddon Lake house, cultivars, by val 406–413 281, 281 rose replant disease 558–561 isle of wight, by andrew bourne 620–623 in containers, by club root 775 773 van der kloet, wilson 802–807 Eschscholzia californica, michael marriott Crocus 89 slugs and snails 207, Jacqueline: her bulb water plantings at by graham rice 330–335 cucumbers 322 499 combinations, by noel ninesprings house, by 400–401 readers’ response cultural pest control smuts 573 kingsbury 676–679, Cleve west 416–419 hardy survivors of recent 523 830–831 storage problems 846, 676 wild and cultivated harsh winters, by Phil shrubs, summer- dahlias 639 846 manor Farm, Lincs: its combinations at Clayton 740–743 flowering, by nigel dock bugs 675 sugarsnap and planting combinations, rustling end, herts, by readers’ response 799 Colborn 468–473 dutch elm disease 299, mangetout peas 574 by nigel Colborn matthew biggs Iridaceae 96–101 Siskiyou mountains: 658, 658, 799 tomatoes 270 756–759 254–257 irises throughout the their flora, by roy fuchsia gall mite 794, viruses 573 rhS gardens: planting winter colour year, by anne blanco Lancaster 562–565 794 walnuts 47 schemes within, by combinations, by white 30–33 sunflowers by hazel gladiolus thrips (Thrips weevil: Jim gardiner: Patrick wiltshire Kniphofia, by david Sillver 598–601 simplex) 573, 573 pea and bean 574, harlow Carr 820–825 Jewell 484–487 unusual trees, by roy gooseberries 362 574 460–465 year-round late-season flowers, by Lancaster 680–681 grey mould 573, 846, 434, 434 hyde hall 604–609 combinations 397 graham rice 752–753 readers’ response 797 846 winter wash 60 rosemoor 312–317 Lilium regale and winter colour eh wilson, by roy combinations, by Lancaster 258–259, Patrick wiltshire parakeets: Passiflora: harvesting 640 ‘Hameln’ 673 258–259 820–825 culling 7, 7 hardy, by Phil Clayton rootstocks 203 ‘Herbstzauber’ 673 winter stems 16–21 survey 603 610–611 ‘Bartlett’ 697 ‘Red Head’ 673 parasitic plants 282 ‘Anastasia’ 795, 795 ‘Beurré Superfin’ 697, ‘Fairy Tails’ 673 Paris green 828 ‘Betty Myles Young’ 610, 697 setaceum ‘Rubrum’ 670 Phygelius: coloured 745 Parrotia persica 111 610–611 ‘Conference’ 697 pennywort, floating (see aequalis ‘Yellow Trumpet’ home-grown, by Patrick parrot’s feather (see ‘Justine Lyons’ 611, 611 ‘Doyenné du Comice’ 697 Hydrocotyle ranunculoides) 470 Wiltshire 744–745 Myriophyllum aquaticum) ‘Lambiekins’ 611, 611 ‘Hacon’s Incomparable’ pepper (sweet): capensis 470 plant-breeding parsley: ‘Mini Lamb’ 611, 611 697, 697 recommended cultivars for x rectus ‘African Queen’ developments, by Nigel cultivation 336–337 ‘Poppet’ 611, 611 ‘Humbug’ 796, 796 pots 130 469, 470, 471 Colborn 122–123 curled-leaf cultivars, by quadrangularis 610 ‘Louise Bonne of Jersey’ perennials, spring-flowering, Phyllostachys: readers’ response 231 Sarah Wain 336–337 ‘Star of Surbiton’ 610, 697 by Graham Rice 184–189 aurea 16, 21 PlantforLife 329 mini 114 611, 611, 764, 764 ‘Williams’ Bon Chrétien’ pesticides, withdrawal of aureosulcata f. spectabilis Plants for Bugs project 250, ‘Afrodite’ 337, 337 passionflower (see Passiflora) 697, 718, 718 727, 844 20 727 ‘Atika’ 12, 12 patents, plant 840–841 ‘Zéphirin Grégoire’ 697, petal-less flowers, by Roy nigra 17, 21 Platanthera: ‘Bravour’ 337, 337 pea bean, Majorcan 148, 148 697 Lancaster 110–111 vivax f. aureocaulis 16, 21 bifolia 345 ‘Envy’ 336, 337 pea, sweet (see Lathyrus peat in composts: petroleum emulsion 828 Physalis peruviana 615 chlorantha 345 ‘Favorit’ 337, 337 odoratus) peat-free campaign 297 Petroselinum crispum (see Phytophthora: Platystele: new species in Green Pearl (‘Grüne pea: peat-free products 147 parsley) new research project 227 Ecuador 77 Perle’) 336, 337 cultivation 280 phasing out of 297 Phalaenopsis Mrs James infestans (late blight) 94 Plaz Metaxu, Alasdair Forbes’ ‘Lisette’ 337, 337 Llanover 225, 225 update, by Susie Holmes H. Veitch 190 ramorum on larch 519, 792 garden at Coombe House, ‘Moss Curled’ 336, 337 shoots, spring 182 178–181 Phallus drewesii (mushroom) pigeons 574 Devon, by Chris Young ‘Opal’ 336, 337 ‘Sugar Tall White’ 182 readers’ response 309, 518 Pinus lambertiana 565 682–687 ‘Robust’ 336, 337 ‘Sutton’s Harbinger’ 148 665 Philadelphus maculatus ‘Sweet Pittosporum tenuifolium ‘Tom Pleione limprichtii 346, 347 ‘Rosette’ 337, 337 pea-sticks, home-grown 745 Pelargonium: Clare’ 305, 305 Thumb’ 737 plums: parsnip: peach: ‘Fir Trees Betty’ 626 Philesia magellanica 634 Plant Breeders’ Rights, by cultivation 172, 174, 175 ‘Arrow’ 114, 115 cultivation 172, 174, 175 ‘Quantock Double Phillips, Roger: award of Michael Wickenden for containers 776 ‘Dagger’ 114, 115 for containers 776 Dymond’ 556, 556 MBE 77 840–841 harvesting 640 ‘Gladiator’ 35 harvesting 640 penconazole (withdrawal) Phlox paniculata pruning 361 Plant Conservation (charity) rootstocks 203 ‘Picador’ 35 peach leaf curl (Taphrina 844 Phoenix canariensis 743 260 Reine-Claude Group 697 ‘Pinnacle’ 35 deformans) 131, 131 Pennisetum: Photinia x fraseri ‘Red Robin’ Plant List, The (new plant ‘Victoria’ 697 pasqueflower (see Pulsatilla) pear: alopecuroides: 663 name database) 792 Podophyllum pleianthum 340 cultivation 174 autumn Wizard (see by Ursula Buchan 458 plant species in danger 724 poinsettia: light and for containers 776 ‘Herbstzauber’) readers’ response 663 plant supports: temperature 846

Index 2010 11 poisons – raspberries poisons and other pest cerasus 420, 423 control methods 828–831 x gondouinii 423 poker, red-hot (see Kniphofia) Practical adVice laurocerasus invasiveness Polemonium ‘Hannah Billcliffe’ alpine plants 162 grass and sedge care 132 shrubs, summer-flowering: pruning 253 349, 350 apples for difficult conditions 706 grasses, dividing 709 501 pseudocerasus 423 pollinators, plants to attract, aquatics: herbs: container combinations 500 snowdrops: choosing by season ‘Shirotae’ 171 by Helen Bostock 250–253 planting up 361 Hippeastrum care 845 129 ‘Sho-getsu’ 750–751 Polygonatum: plants to avoid 502, 502 hollies, sexing 63 softwood cuttings 364 Pseudopanax crassifolius 560 x hybridum 185, 186 auriculas: propagation 281 house plant light and minimum Sorbus: choosing 776 Pterostylis curta 347, 347 ‘Betberg’ 340 bedding, winter 705 temperatures 846 spring-flowering shrubs: pruning Pulmonaria: ‘Striatum’ 186 beds, raised 63 Hydrangea pruning 62 283 ‘Excalibur’ 186 odoratum var. pluriflorum berries: Japanese cloud-pruning techniques straw bales for outdoor plants, by ‘Moonshine’ 186 ‘Variegatum’ 186 for wildlife 640 616–619 Phil Clayton 275–277 Pulsatilla: polythene used on weeds 429 hybrid: cultivation 574 knotweed, Japanese: controlling readers’ response 389 by Christopher Grey- ponds: bird foods for winter 845 360 strawberries: maximising yields 279 Wilson 176–177 for wildlife 280 borders, creating, by Chris Young lawns: sugarsnap and mangetout peas cultivation 177 by Jeremy Biggs 569–571 care in spring, by Simon akeroyd pests 574 albana 176, 177 260–265 brussels sprouts 708 355–358 sweet corn recommended cultivars alpina 177 preparing for winter bulbs: planting techniques, by edging 61 363 ambigua 176 775 Phil Clayton 701–704 mowing 432 tabletop planters 40–41 ‘Budapest Blue’ 177 in small spaces 262 catch-cropping 435 seed mixes 641 tomatoes: georgica 176 invasive plants 262 ‘Chelsea chop’ 361 leek problems 642 from seed 283 grandis 176, 177 naturalistic 265 cherries for small spaces 433 Liquidambar cultivation 847 types 207 halleri 176 non-permanent 264, 280 Christmas tree care 843 meadow plants, native 433 trees: subsp. slavica 177, 177 shallow 261 Citrus: overwintering 707 mistletoe, cultivation 847, 847 autumn interest 777 ‘Papageno’ 177, 177 water quality 263 Clematis: nest and bat boxes 133 planting and aftercare, by andi turczaninovii 176 pondweeds, invasive 298 as ground cover, by david palms, protecting 706, 706 Clevely 769–772 vulgaris 176, 177, 189 poppies: Jewell 116–117 peas and beans: cultivation 280 tulip types 206, 206 ‘Alba’ 176, 177 propagating 643 winter care 133 plant supports, home-grown, by vegetables: ‘Barton’s Pink’ 176, California (see Eschscholzia climbers, annual: from seed 283 Patrick wiltshire 744–745 as ornamentals 503 177 californica) containers, drought-tolerant 364 plants without chlorophyll 282 for overwintering 642 ‘Eva Constance’ 176, potatoes (see also Solanum) cuttings of less-hardy plants 641 pollinators, plants to attract, by in small spaces, by Sue 177 blight (Phytophthora) 92 Cyclamen (hardy) 577, 577 helen bostock 250–253 Stickland 112–115 ‘Rubra’ 176, 177 resistance 92, 94–95 Cypripedium cultivation 363 ponds and wildlife 280 late-season 362 pumpkin ‘Baby Bear’ 113, 115 chitting 131 dahlia cultivation 639 poppies, propagating 643 mini for pots 130 Punica granatum 473 cultivation 131 dividing perennials 130 potato cultivation 131 storage problems 846 var. nana 469, 472, 473 in growing sacks early onions and potatoes 61 pruning camellias 435 weeds: Putting Down Roots project, 94–95 ericaceous fruit in pots 60 rainwater collection 708 eradication, by tony dickerson London 690, 690 dry rot 846, 846 fertilisers, by tony dickerson reptiles in the garden 575, 575 427–429 Putting Nature on the Map early 61 199–201 rhubarb, establishing 774 seedlings 205 project 591 eelworm 95 fruit: ‘river planting’, by adrian bloom spreading: how to treat 432 pygmyweed, New Zealand famine, Irish 92 for containers 776 540–543 wild flowers in grassland 501 (see Crassula helmsii) heritage cultivars 93 harvesting 639 roses: wildlife: Pyracantha berries for wildlife late blight (Phytophthora in small plots, by bob Sherman replant disease 773 alleviating heat and drought 502 640, 640 infestans) 94 172–175 planting under 431 ponds in winter 775 pyrethrum 828 minitubers 93 rootstocks 203 pruning, by Jenny bowden winter migrant birds 709, 709 Pyrus pyrifolia ‘Kumoi’ 615 new developments in storage problems 846 125–127 winter: breeding, by Alan unusual edible 643 seeds: protection for tender plants Romans 92–95 garlic cultivation 774 cleaning and stratifying 707 55–57 readers’ response 309 glasshouse preparation 62 saving from perennials 575 stems 21, 59 origins 92 goji berries 503, 503 winter wash 60 pests and diseases 94–95 Q recommended cultivars qualifications, RHS 131 ‘Red Ace’ 470 ‘Eden Blue Star’ 239 ‘Scorcher’ 235 Berridge 391 horticultural 592 ‘Adam Blue’ 93 pots (see containers) ‘Eden Greenfinch’ 239 ‘Sharon Louise’ 238, in May (‘Chelsea chop’) Queen Victoria: her walled ‘Apache’ 95 President, new RHS 79 ‘Fluffy Duckling’ 235, 238, 239 361 garden at Osborne House, ‘Arran Victory’ 95 Pridham, Charlie: his nursery 239 ‘Sophie’ 236, 237, 237 Japanese techniques at Isle of Wight 526–531 ‘Axona’ 93, 94, 309 at Roseland House Nursery, ‘Forest Sunlight’ 235 ‘The Raven’ 239 Harvard Farm, Dorset, by Quercus robur ‘Menhir’ 492, ‘Bambino’ 155, 155 Cornwall, by Roy Lancaster ‘Henry’s Bane’ 238, ‘Trouble’ 239 Stephen Lacey 616–619 492 ‘Blue Danube’ 93, 94 762–765, 763, 764–765 238, 239 ‘Vega’ 235 lavender 577 Quest-Ritson, Charles, on: ‘Bonnie’ 94 Primula: ‘Joel’ 238, 239 ‘White Wings’ 239 roses 408 roses for every month of ‘Golden Wonder’ 95 auriculas: ‘Joy’ 235, 236 ‘Winnifrid’ 235, 237, summer-flowering the year 406–413 ‘Kerr’s Pink’ 94, 95 by Elspeth Thompson ‘Likely Lad’ 235, 239 237 shrubs 501 ‘Kestrel’ 94 234–239 ‘My Ode Boots’ 281 ‘Da Vinci’ 12, 12 Prunus: ‘Osprey’ 94 classification 236, 239 ‘Nil Amber’ 235, 238, denticulata 185, 188–189, cultivars resistant to Phureja Group 93, 95 cultivation 236 238, 239 189 peach-leaf curl 131 ‘Rooster’ 94 from seed 281 ‘Nymph’ 237, 237, 239 var. alba March cover fruit rootstocks 203 ‘Sarpo Extra’ 94 parentage 239 ‘Old Mustard’ , (as . ) 77, in garden design 748 R 235 scotica P scotia 77 ‘Sarpo Mira’ 94, 309 theatres 234 237, 237, 239 sieboldii 186 largest cherry tree in UK radish (leaf) ‘Sai Sai’ 183 ‘Sarpo Una’ 93 auricula: ‘Party Time’ 235 sinensis 819 518, 518 ragwort (see Senecio jacobaea) ‘Saxon’ 94 ‘Adrienne’ 235, 236 ‘Pharaoh’ 239 veris 184, 189, 501, 501 peach leaf curl (Taphrina rainwater collection 708 ‘Smile’ 94 ‘Ancient Society’ 235, ‘Piglet’ 235, 237, 237, ‘Katy McSparron’ 189 deformans) 131, 131 Ranunculus: ‘Yukon Gold’ 95 236, 237, 237 239 Protea cynaroides 741 UK cherry tree survey 383 ficaria ‘Brazen Hussy’ 186 Potentilla fruticosa 470 ‘Astolat’ 238, 238, 239 ‘Pott’s Eclipse’ 236 pruning: avium 420, 423 reptans 383 ‘Katherine Dykes’ 469, ‘Daniel’ 236 ‘Prosperine’ 235, 238, camellias 435 campanulata ‘Felix Jury’ raspberries: 470 ‘Dilly Dilly’ 235, 236 238, 239 excessive, by Vanessa 680, 681 cane blight 500

12 Index 2010 raspberries – Sarcococca

rhs rhs Gardens administration: awards to people: it’s Your practice 453 rhs garden planting schemes, by 2010 annual general 2010 520 neighbourhood watering and growing harlow Carr: Jim gardiner 312–317 meeting 592 2011 nominations 592 scheme 691 media 593 balmforth, elizabeth rose gardens 317 committees, associate of honour Coode-adams, giles: shows: (new curator) 386, waterside plantings membership of 82 520 retirement 593 Chelsea Flower Show 386, 462, 463, 463 312–313 Council elections, 2011 harlow Carr medal gardening clubs and 2010 488–493 bramall Learning Centre webster, Jonathan (new 795 520 societies, rhS-affiliated hampton Court Palace 452, 452, 463, 464 curator) 725, 725 financial summary veitch memorial medal 593 Flower Show 2010 kitchen garden 462, winter garden 314–315 385 520 gardening for special 552–557 462 summary of activity in victoria medal of educational needs 11 tatton Park 2010 main borders July cover, rhs garden 2009 384–385 honour 520 hardiness ratings review 624–629 460, 460–461, 462, wisley: appointments: Young designer of the 589 seed distribution scheme 462–463, 464, 464 Conifer Lawn 167, 167 balmforth, elizabeth: Year 153 legacies 453 9, 727, 760–761 planting schemes, by Crosbie, Colin (new new curator, rhS awards to plants: Lindley Library: trials: Jim gardiner 460–465 curator) 725, 725 garden harlow Carr award of garden merit reeves Collection 2011 726 Streamside walk 465, europom festival 661 386, 386, 462, 463, (agm): its history 816–819 beans, dwarf French 465 glasshouse: 463 28–29 thefts from 592 452 winter walk 465, 465 borders 171, 171 banks, elizabeth: new Chelsea 2010 Plant of membership through hta Bergenia 106–109 gardens 166, 166–167, President 79, 517, 517 the Year 449, 449 garden centres 593 carrots 300 rhs garden 170, 170 biggs, Sue: new britain in bloom, rhS orchids and the rhS, by Clematis viticella hyde hall: late-summer borders director general 521, 657, 691, 726 brent elliott 190–191 group 764 dry garden 606, 168, 168 521 bursaries: photographic competition: climbers, annual 244 606–607 mixed borders 169, 169 Crosbie, Colin: new photographic 79 2009 75 Crocus 86–89 planting schemes, by planting schemes, by curator, rhS garden Susan Pearson 151 2010 226, 723 cucumbers 322 Jim gardiner 604–609 Jim gardiner 166–171 wisley 725, 725 campaigns: winning photo723 Kniphofia 484–487 rose garden 609, 609 prairie plantings 170, 170 gardiner, Jim: new community gardening, projects: leeks 630–631 visitor centre 301 Seven acres 171, 171 rhS director of rhS support for 691 online herbarium 660 mangetout and lake planting 168, horticulture 453, 453 get Your grown-ups Plants for bugs 250, sugarsnap peas 544 rhs garden 168–169 webster, Jonathan: growing scheme 660, 727 sweet corn 414–415 rosemoor: wild flowers in the new curator, rhS 727 qualifications 592 trials and the agm hot garden 316 garden 794 garden rosemoor grow Your own research: 28–29 kales in potagers 317 725, 725 campaign 196 biodiversity 248 winter hardiness Peter buckley Learning iPhone app 150, 387 dahlia watering: survey 589 Centre 9 research into best

cultivation 172, 173 choosing 774 ‘Apollo’ 183 bright smile (‘Dicdance’) ‘Sombreuil’ 409, 409 diseases 500 establishing 774 ‘Victoria’ 183 332 ‘Stanwell Perpetual’ 410, powdery mildew 500 x Rhyncholaeliocattleya Haw wild 182 brilliant Pink iceberg 410 rust 500 Yuan Gold ‘0-2’ 301 Rodgersia: (‘Probril’) 412–413, ‘Suntory Applause’ 7, 7 S spur blight 500 Rhynchostele uroskinneri 191 ‘Die Schöne’ 340 413 surrey (‘Korlanum’) 334, saffron 383 ‘Twotimer Sugana’ 728, ‘Burford’ 190 pinnata: canina hips for wildlife 335 salads for every season, by 728 Ribes sanguineum ‘Elkington’s ‘Crûg Cardinal’ 340 640, 640 Violet cloud (‘Harquick’) Charles Dowding 182–183 ‘Yellow Antwerp’ 697 White’ 229, 229 ‘Jade Dragon claire marshall 333 Salisbury, Dowager rattle, yellow (see Rhinanthus Rice, Graham, on: Mountain’ 351 (‘Harunite’) 662, 662 virginiana 409, 409, 413 Marchioness of: award of minor) Eschscholzia californica Romans, Alan, on: recent ‘Cupid’ 408, 408 Whirlaway (‘Decwhirl’) Victoria Medal of Honour Red List (IUCN) 724 400–401 developments in potato easy does it 12, 12 520, 520 red-hot poker (see Kniphofia) late-season flowers breeding 92–95 (‘Harpageant’) 305, 305 Roscoea purpurea f. rubra 625 Salix: redwing (Turdus iliacus) 709, 752–753 readers’ response 309 ‘Felicia’ 412, 412 Roseland House Nursery, by winter stems 59 709 spring-flowering Romulea: gallica ‘Versicolor’ 410, 410 Roy Lancaster 762–765 alba: Reeves Collection, RHS perennials 184–189 bulbocodium 96, 99 Gertrude Jekyll Rosemoor, RHS Garden (see ‘Golden Ness’ 16, 18 Lindley Library: Richardson, Gill: her monadelpha 99 (‘Ausbord’) 411, 411 RHS Gardens) var. vitellina 17, 18 by Kate Bailey 816–819 planting combinations at sabulosa 99, 99 Grace (‘Auskeppy’) 332 Rubus: ‘Britzensis’ 59 restoration work 817 Manor Farm, Lincs, by roofs, green (see green roofs) Graham thomas winter stems 59 ‘Yelverton’ 16, 18 Reeves, John 816–819, 819 Nigel Colborn 756–759 ‘rooms’, garden of 478–481 (‘Ausmas’) 335 biflorus 17, 18 bockii 195 reptiles in the garden 575, Rittershausen, Brian 725 root barriers 429 ingrid bergman ‘Boysenberry’ (see daphnoides 16 575 obituary 795, 795 rootstocks, fruit 203 (‘Poulman’) 411, 411 boysenberry) irrorata 18 Rhaphiolepis x delacourii ‘river planting’: Rosa: ‘Korresia’ 412, 412 cockburnianus ‘Goldenvale’ myrsinifolia 17 ‘Coates’ Crimson’ 634 by Adrian Bloom blue 7, 7 ‘Little Flirt’ 332 17, 18, 244 Salvia officinalis Rheum (see rhubarb) 540–543 in containers, by Michael munstead Wood idaeus (see raspberry) ‘Purpurascens’ 512, 512 Rhinanthus minor 433, 433 suitable plants 542 Marriott 330–335 (‘Ausbernard’) 334 x loganobaccus (see Sambucus nigra: Rhodochiton atrosanguineus Roberts, Nellie 191 readers’ response 523 nitida 413, 413 loganberry) berries for wildlife 640, 243, 245, 247, 283 robins (Erithacus rubecula), planting under 431 x odorata: niveus 17, 18 640 Rhododendron: by Andrew Halstead 809 pruning 408 ‘Fortune’s Double phoenicolasius 16, 18 subsp. caerulea fruit 565 azaleas: light and Robinson, Dick and Helen by Jenny Bowden Yellow’ (see Tayberry Group (see f. porphyrophylla ‘Eva’ 186 temperature 846 606 125–127 ‘Pseudindica’) tayberry) Sandall, Tim 76, 76 argyrophyllum Robinson Garden 607, 607 rose replant disease 773 ‘Pseudindica’ 634, ‘Tummelberry’ (see correction 149 subsp. nankingense Robinson, Jenny (obituary) roses for every month of 634–635 tummelberry) Sarcococca: ‘Chinese Silver’ 161 727 the year, by Charles ‘Rose d’Amour’ 409 Rumary, Mark (obituary) 795 hookeriana var. digyna 70, RHS (see RHS panel) Robinson, WM (obituary) Quest-Ritson 406–413 ‘Roseraie de l’Haÿ’ 377 Rustling End, Herts, by 70, 111 RHS Plant Finder 2010–2011 387, 387 ‘Ballerina’ 407 rosy cushion (‘Interall’) Matthew Biggs 254–257 orientalis 195 381 rocket: banksiae var. banksiae 410 334 saligna 111, 195 rhubarb: salad: ‘Lutea’ 410, 410 rugosa 413 wallichii 340

Index 2010 13 Saruma henryi – Twyning

Saruma henryi 340, 341 Sinocalycanthus chinensis 469, Spiranthes aestivalis 383 summer: Weesp 676–679 protecting 706 Sárvári Research Trust 94 473 spring: bulb pests and diseases Thompson, Elspeth 383 fortunei 743 Saxifraga granulata 501, 501 Siskiyou Mountains, the: lawn care, by Simon 573, 573 auriculas 234–239 latisectus 743 saxifrage, meadow (see their flora, by Roy Lancaster Akeroyd 355–358 herbs 183 Thompson, Ken, on: martianus 743 Saxifraga granulata) 562–565 perennials, by Graham shrubs: designated wildlife areas wagnerianus 741, 743, scarifying lawns 357 Sisyrinchium: Rice 184–189 by Nigel Colborn 424–425, 425 835, 835 Schefflera: macrocarpum 100 shrubs, pruning 283 468–473 readers’ response 595 tree fern crowns: protection fantsipanensis 743 palmifolium 100 squash ‘Honey Bear’ 229, 229 pruning 501 Jennifer Owen’s 30-year in winter 57 taiwaniana 680, 681, striatum 100, 100 Stellaria media seedling 205, sunflower (see Helianthus) survey of garden trees: 741, 743 slowworm (Anguis fragilis) 205 Sunnyside Rural Trust, Herts wildlife 754–755 backfilling 772 Schisandra: 575, 575 stems: 691, 691 Thunbergia 283 benefits of, by Andrew grandiflora 633, 633 slugs, controlling 207, 499 colour in winter: supports for plants, by alata 243, 244 McIndoe 731 sphenanthera 633, 633 Smith, Iain and Christine: by David Jewell 16–21 Patrick Wiltshire 744–745 ‘African Sunset’ 243, campaign to plant one Schröder, Baron Henry 190, their garden at Wildwood, by Patrick Wiltshire Sutton, Julian and Sarah: 245 million 791 191 Kent 338–341, 338 820–825 their nursery near Totnes, ‘Susie White With Black landscape trees: new Scilla: smuts 573 Rubus 59 Devon 348–351, 348–349 Eye’ (Susie Series) 245 British Standard for hughii 349 snails, controlling 207, 499 Salix 59 Sutton, Julian, on: the iris Tiarella: survival rates 518 peruviana 348–349 snake, grass (Natrix natrix) stepovers 174, 175 family 96–101 ‘Appalachian Trail’ 796, mulching 772 ‘Alba’ 349 575, 575 Stern, Sir Frederick: his Swagerman, Lumine: her 796 pit-digging 771 var. elegans 349 by Andrew Halstead 603, garden at Highdown, West garden in the Netherlands, ‘Spring Symphony’ 185, planting and aftercare, by ‘Paul Voelker’ 348, 349 603 Sussex 402–405, 403 by Nicola Stocken Tomkins 186, 187 Andi Clevely 769–772 scilloides 549, 549 snowdrop (see Galanthus) Stickland, Sue, on: 392–397, 394 ‘Sugar and Spice’ 186 pollinator-attracting 252 Scone Palace, Perthshire: sodium chlorate Brussels sprouts 814–815 sweet corn: Tigridia: positive aspects of, by restoration project 727, 727 (withdrawal) 844 RHS trial of leeks by Sue Stickland 414–415 orthantha 100 Tony Kirkham: readers’ Scott, John 694 softwood cuttings 364 630–631 cultivation 414–415 ‘Red-Hot Tiger’ 100 response 83 his Orchardist 694 Soil Analysis Service, RHS 8 sweet corn 414–415 mini 113 pavonia 97, 100, 100 preparation for planting Sechium edule, by John and soil sickness 773 vegetables in small spaces recommended cultivars Tilia platyphyllos ‘Aurea’ 16, 770 Shirley Murrell 538–539, Solanum (see also aubergines, 112–115 363, 414–415 21 role in garden design 539 potatoes, tomatoes): Stocken Tomkins, Nicola, RHS trial 414–415 Titchmarsh, Alan, on: 746–751 sedge and grass care 132 canasense 92 on: Lumine Swagerman’s ‘Conqueror’ 415 engaging communities in root care 771 Sedum: phureja 92, 95 garden in Gelderland, the ‘Earlibird’ 415, 415 gardening 272–273 unusual, by Roy Lancaster use in green roofs 838 pimpinellifolium 271 Netherlands 392–397 ‘Lapwing’ 414, 415 toads, attracting 280, 280 680–681 ‘Herbstfreude’ pruning sisymbriifolium 95, 95 Stokes, Geoffrey (obituary) ‘Lark’ 414, 415 tomatoes: readers’ response 797 361 stenotomum 92, 95 303, 303 ‘Mainstay’ 414, 415 cherry 113, 130 with autumn interest 777 sieboldiana ‘Dragon’ 155, tuberosum 92, 95 Stone House Cottage ‘Mirai 003’ 414, 415 cultivation 270–271 Trehane, Jennifer, on: 155 Solidago pruning 361 Nursery, Worcs, by Roy ‘Mirai 302BC’ 414, 415 flavour 270–271 blueberries 36–39 seeds: Sorbus: Lancaster 632–635 ‘Northern Xtra Sweet’ from seed 283 trials (see RHS) cleaning and stratifying choosing 776 storing fruit and vegetables 415, 415 odour when infected trichomonosis 725 707 for berries 776 846 ‘Ovation’ 415, 415 with botrytis 7 Tricyrtis ‘Tojen’ 340 collecting and cleaning in garden design 748 straw bales for outdoor plants, ‘Prelude’ 414, 415 pests and diseases 270 Trillium: 575 new species in Cheddar by Phil Clayton 275–277 ‘Segovia’ 414, 415 small, by Ian Hodgson chloropetalum 186 non-traditional crops: Gorge 77 readers’ response 389 ‘Sparrow’ 415 268–271 cuneatum 194 project to collect their aucuparia 776 strawberries: ‘Swift’ 414, 415, 415 types 207 ‘Ghost’ 194 seed 299 ‘Fastigiata’ 776 cultivation 172, 173 sweet pea (see Lathyrus ‘Blondekopfchen’ 269 ‘Moonshine’ 193, 194 Pavlovsk Research Station autumn spire (‘Flanrock’) maximising yields 279 odoratus) ‘Brown Berry’ 269, 271 grandiflorum 185, 186 seedbank, St Petersburg 776 recommended cultivars Swift, Camilla, on: Aquilegia ‘Conchita’ 269, 271 sulcatum x erectum 725 cashmiriana 776 279 in Carrie Thomas’s Swansea ‘Dasher’ 269, 271 f. albiflorum 193, 193 saving from perennials 575 ‘Chinese Lace’ 776 ‘Finesse’ 554, 554 garden 324–327 ‘Egg Yolk’ 269 Tritonia: size, gene to control 78 commixta 776 Streptocarpus ‘Harlequin Sycopsis sinensis 111 ‘Gardener’s Delight’ 271 crocata 99 storing 575 olympic Flame Blue’ 449, 449 ‘Goldrush Currant’ 269 disticha subsp. rubrolucens Seed Distribution Scheme, (‘Dodong’) 776 Strong, Graham, on: annual ‘Green Grape’ 268, 269, 96, 98–99 RHS 727 ‘Ravensbill’ 776 climbers 242–247 271 Tropaeolum: by Simon Akeroyd hupehensis ‘Pink Pagoda’ Stuart-Smith, Tom: ‘Ildi’ 269, 271 majus 243 760–761 776 his plantings at Wisley ‘Mexico Midget’ 269, 271 ‘Jewel of Africa’ 246 self-seeding, by Mary Keen ‘Joseph Rock’ 776, 166, 170 T ‘Orange Pixie’ 268, 244, 776 269 peregrinum 245 525 ‘Leonard Messel’ 776 tulips at Broughton T3 Plants, Wall End Nursery, ‘Piccolo’ 269, 270–271 Tulipa: Senecio: poteriifolia 776 Grange, Oxon 266–267 Herefordshire 534 ‘Polar Baby’ 268, 269 at Broughton Grange, jacobaea code of conduct rosea ‘Rosiness’ 776 Sturdza, Princess Greta tabletop planters, by Phil ‘Red Dwarf Romanian’ Oxon, by Tom Stuart- 533 scalaris 776 (obituary) 81, 81 Clayton 40–41 82, 82 Smith 266–267 vulgaris seedling 205, 205 vilmorinii 776 Stylophorum: Taipei International Flora ‘Riesentraube’ 269 types 206, 206 Serapias cordigera 347 sorrel, spring 182 diphyllum 185, 186 Exposition 2010 483 ‘Santorange’ 269, 271 ‘Aladdin’s Record’ 488, Sherman, Bob, on: fruit in Sowing New Seeds scheme lasiocarpum 340 Taiwan’s floriculture, by ‘Striadel’ 269, 271 488 small plots 172–175 299 Styrax formosanus Simon Garbutt 482–483 ‘Sunburst’ 269, 271 tummelberry cultivation 574 shrew, water (Neomys fodiens) Sparaxis: var. formosanus 751 tar oil spray 828 ‘Sweet Pea Currant’ 269 Turner, Eric, of Wall End 280, 280 elegans 99 sugarsnap peas: tayberry cultivation 574, 574 ‘Tonadose des Conores’ Nursery, Herefordshire shrubs, summer-flowering: grandiflora 99 agm awards 544 temperatures, minimum for 269 534, 536 by Nigel Colborn tricolor 97, 99 by Mario Depace house plants 846 ‘Yellow Butterfly’ 269 Turner, Ken: award of 468–473 sparrows, house, by Andrew 544–545 tender plants: protecting in topdressing lawns 358 Associate of Honour 520 pruning 501 Halstead 399, 399 pests 574 winter 55–57 topiary: turnip: Silene dioica 433, 433 Spencer-Jones, Rae, on: ‘Cascadia’ 544, 545 Tennant, Lady Harriot, of in Kath Butcher’s mini 130 Sillver, Hazel, on: sunflowers community gardening ‘Delikett’ 544, 545 Balfluig: award of MBE 519 garden in Burridge, recommended cultivars 598–601 projects 688–691 ‘Sugar Ann’ 544, 545 Tetrapanax papyrifer ‘Rex’ Hants 732–737, 734 for pots 130 Simm, Malcolm, and Tim spinach 112 ‘Sugar Bon’ 544, 545 742, 743 Japanese-style 617 ‘Armand’ 35 Gittins: their ‘garden of spring 182 ‘Sugar Gem’ 544 thatch moss 792, 792 Trachelospermum asiaticum Twyning, Mark: his dahlia - rooms’ at Hillbark, near ‘Tarpy’ 182 ‘Sugar Lace’ 544, 545 Theetuin: Jacqueline van der ‘Ogon-nishiki’ 155, 155 cultivars, by Val Bourne Leeds 478–481, 478 ‘Toscane’ 182 Kloet’s tea garden near Trachycarpus: 620–623, 621

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Viola: Patrick Wiltshire canina 184, 189 820–825 189 WildliFe hardiness survey, RHS 589 riviniana (see also environment) viruses (see Pests, diseases protection for tender U and disorders) alleviating heat and moles (Talpa europaea), plants, by Phil Clayton Ulmus: Viscum alba 847, 847 drought 502 by andrew halstead 55–57 Dutch elm disease 299, volunteering, by Ursula ants, by andrew 739, 739 stems 59 658, 658, 791 Buchan 390 halstead 241 moth: vegetables, by Medwyn in Scotland: letter on x Vuylstekeara Cambria beetle, stag (Lucanus cinnabar (Tyria Williams 34–35 799 ‘Melba’ 190 cervus), by andrew jacobaeae), by winter wash 60 repopulation in UK 299 halstead 467, 467 andrew halstead Wise, Julie: her garden at americana ‘Princeton’ 791 grub 467 533, 531 Rustling End, Herts ‘Morfeo’ 658, 658 berries for wildlife 640 new 3mm species 254–257 ‘Sapporo Autumn Gold’ biodiversity and gardens, (Ectoedemia Wisley, RHS Garden (see 791, 791 by roger williams heckfordii) 467 RHS Gardens) Ulmus Londinium (London W 248–249 owen, Jennifer: her 30- : Wisteria elm-planting project) 791 Wain, Sarah, on: curled-leaf bird foods for winter 845 year survey of garden floribunda ‘Multijuga’ unremarkable new cultivars, parsley cultivars 336–337 bumblebees, by andrew wildlife, by ken 376, 376 by Nigel Colborn 122–123 walnuts: halstead 91 thompson 754–755, sinensis 819 readers’ response 231 by Martin Crawford damselflies, by andrew 755 Wollemia nobilis 743 Urban Tree Survey 659 46–47 halstead 319 pollinators, plants to women and men gardeners: Urtica seedling 205, 205 readers’ response 157 designated areas for, by attract, by helen the differences 352–353 Uvularia grandiflora 184, pests and diseases 47 ken thompson bostock 250–253 Wood, Colin: award of Royal 186, 340 ‘Broadview’ 46, 47, 47 424–425 ponds for wildlife 280 Victoria Medal 519 orange-flowered194 ‘Buccaneer’ 47, 47 readers’ response 595 by Jeremy biggs wood fibre 181 ‘Chandler’ 47 dock bugs (Coreus 260–265 woodlice, by Andrew ‘Coble’s Number 2’ 46, 47 marginatus), by andrew in winter 775 Halstead 165 ‘Corne du Périgord’ 47 halstead 675, 675 reptiles in the garden Woodwardia unigemmata 350 ‘Ferjean’ 47 endangered species in 575, 575 woody plants, their role in ‘Fernette’ 47, 47 england 383 robins (Erithacus garden design, by Arabella V ‘Fernor’ , 47 foxes (Vulpes vulpes), by rubecula), by andrew Lennox Boyd 746–751 46 Vaccinium: ‘Franquette’ 47 andrew halstead 23, 23 halstead 809 angustifolium 39 ‘Hartley’ 46, 47 grass snakes (Natrix tolerating pests, by corymbosum 37, 60 (see ‘Lara’ 47 natrix) 575, 575 Chris Packham 233 also blueberry) ‘Meylannaise’ 47 by andrew halstead wild flowers: macrocarpon 39, 60 (see ‘Parisienne’ 47, 47 603, 603 in cultivated also cranberry) ‘Proslavski’ 47, haven near Leeds, by combinations XYZ 47 myrtillus 37 ‘Rita’ 46, 47 Frank noble 597 254–257 Xanthocyparis vietnamensis vitis-idaea 39, 60 (see ‘Ronde de Montignac’ hedges, importance of in grassland 501 298 also lingonberry) 46, 47 for biodiversity 793 recommended 257 Vanda Miss Joaquim 191, 191 ‘Soleze’ 46, 47 house sparrows, by winter migrant birds Yemm, Helen, on: raised vegetables (see Fruit and Walton, Lady Susana 455 andrew halstead 399, 709, 709 beds 159, 159 vegetables; Pests, diseases water: 399 Young, Chris, on: and disorders; Practical for wildlife 502 creating borders 569–571 advice) plantings 416–419 (see Plaz Metaxu, at Coombe Veitch, Sir Harry 190, 191 also aquatics) Weigela coraeensis ‘Alban’ Williams, Roger, on: House, Devon 682–687 Veratrum californicum watering and growing media, 494, 494 biodiversity and gardens var. caudatum 193, 193 RHS research into 593 Weissia mittenii 383 248–249 Zabar, Abbie, on: roof garden Verbascum luridiflorum 490, waterlily (see Nymphaea) West, Cleve, on: Ninesprings willowherb (see Epilobium) alpines 85 490 waterweed, curly (see House, Whitchurch, Hants Wilson, Andrew, on: Zea mays (see sweet corn) Vernon, Jean, on: Lagarosiphon major) 416–419 changing requirements in Doug Palmer’s show- Watsonia: West Dean Gardens: trial of garden design 667, 667 quality fruit 612–615 aletroides 349, 349 parsley 336–337 Phillippa and Steve Queen Victoria’s walled angusta 350 West Green House, Hants: its Lambert’s walled garden garden at Osborne borbonica 101, 101 garden lighting, by Stephen at Haddon Lake House, House, Isle of Wight laccata 349, 349 Anderton 550–551 Isle of Wight December 526–531 pillansii 101, 101 whitecurrant ‘White Dutch’ cover, 802–807 Vernon, Robert, on: ‘Tresco Dwarf Pink’ 97, 697, 697 Wilson, EH: his last trip to Liquidambar 810–813 101, 349, 349 Wickenden, Michael, on: China, by Roy Lancaster vertical gardening, by Ursula waxwing (Bombycilla Plant Breeders’ Rights 258–259, 258 Buchan 524 garrulus) 709, 709 840–841, 841 Wilson, Matthew, on: vetchling, grass (see Lathyrus Webster, Jonathan 725, 725 wild flowers: agm plants 70, 142, 218, nissolia) weeds: in grassland 501 292 Vetting and Barring Scheme: eradicating, by Tony recommended 257 Award of Garden Merit clarification 83 Dickerson 427–429 Wild Flowers of Wisley, by (agm), RHS: its history Viewpoint (see Comment) in lawns 357 Barry Phillips and James 28–29 Viburnum: seedlings 205 Armitage 794 Wiltshire, Patrick, on: betulifolium fruit 403 spreading: how to treat Wildlife of a Garden: a thirty- home-grown supports opulus berries for wildlife 432 year study, by Jennifer Owen for plants 744–745 640, 640 weeding by hand 428 754–755 winter colour plicatum f. tomentosum weedkillers 429 Wildwood, Kent, by Tim combinations 820–825 ‘Mariesii’ 444, 444 weevil: Ingram 338–341 Windlesham Trophy 2010 Vinca: pea and bean (Sitona Wilkie, Kim 120 661 difformis 185, 189 lineatus) 574, 574 Williams, Medwyn, on: winter: ‘Jenny Pym’ 189 vine (Otiorhynchus winter vegetables 34–35 bedding 705 major 189 sulcatus) 434, 434 colour combinations, by

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