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Chairman's Notes Bulletin 105 / March 2011 / www.rhodogroup-rhs.org CHAIRMan’s NOTES Andy Simons - Chairman or those of you who have been following our efforts to put a new constitution in place for the group, I can confirm F that the process has now been brought to completion with the confirmed votes tallied and reported at the Special General Meeting on the 15th of February (see page 8). This means we now have a constitution that reflects the nature of the group as it stands in 2011 and it allows the RHS itself to be comfortable with the group’s activities. The committee is now investigating how the benefits of the closer integration with the RHS core can be realised; the scale of the RHS enterprise should be used to yield improvements to the group. Having said that the work on the constitution has ended, it does not mean that either my work or that of the committee has ended with respect to “modernising” Camellia japonica ‘R.L.Wheeler’ Photo: Gary Long certain aspects of the group. The next step is to merge our See ‘Camellias at Trewithen’ on page 4. group committee with the expert RHS plant committee which covers two of our three genera; this committee is the RHS garden centre. The proposition to remove peat from the amateur Rhododendron and Camellia sub-committee. As many of you market by 2020 lacks the flexibility necessary to cater for plant know I am chairman of this RHS committee as well as the group. groups that really do favour peat based growing media. This will In an effort to facilitate the merger as smoothly as possible be an emotive issue for many wishing to protect the environment we have been holding joint meetings in one form or another for but one size rarely fits all and I need your input before seeking a few years now. Whilst this merger will have little visibility to further engagement. the wider group membership, it will allow the existing committee When I wrote to you this time last year I complained about two access to professional knowledge that we as amateurs sometimes difficult winters but remained positive that in the long run our lack. Conversely it will provide a channel plant collections would bounce back…. to communicate the views of you as With poorly timed frost and snow disrupting the then this winter has fallen upon us. group members directly into the RHS on flowering season, for me at any rate, Although the two preceding winters matters pertaining to the three genera. this winter has proved a killer had been a nuisance with poorly timed Such an issue may be the use of peat frost and snow disrupting the flowering as the base/bulk material in potting composts and throughout season, for me at any rate, this winter has proved a killer. I have gardening as a whole. DEFRA has launched a consultation seen two very interesting if painful phenomena after the last process concerning the horticultural use of peat in England. The few months; firstly, Camellia x williamsii which may be more documents are available at the following website: floriferous in the British climate than Camellia japonica, it is http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/peat/index.htm certainly no hardier. A number of Camellia x williamsii have I was not aware of this consultation document until it was been totally defoliated in my garden but no japonicas, so far. recently brought to my attention by an eminent member of the Secondly, variegated plants seem to have suffered more than horticultural trade and rhododendron enthusiast. If you use the conventional type. I have one plant in which the variegated peat or peat based products in your garden, I request you take portion of the leaves has been ‘burnt out’ leaving the green areas the time to review the DEFRA documents and write to me with intact and the variegated section dark brown or absent. However your opinions, I will then attempt to make representations on I do feel it necessary to repeat my message of last year which is behalf of the group either directly with DEFRA or more likely to be patient with your plants, as those that appear dead in April through RHS channels. My personal opinion of the consultation may well show life by August. paper itself is that it is potentially confused and confusing; its On a final note you may not have noticed that it has been position with respect to the destruction of habitat and the release several years since it was necessary to increase the level of of greenhouse gases seem focussed at the national level when subscription to the group. Again it has been possible to maintain the issues need to be considered at the European or global level, the level of subscriptions for at least a further year, holding the line indeed I cannot recall the last time I saw English peat for sale in a Continued on page 2 IN THIS ISSUE Chairman’s Notes page 1 Editor’s Notes page 2 Group Tours page 2 Special Events page 3 Camellias page 4 Members Notes page 5 Letters and Branch Reports page 7 New Members page 7 Notices - Group AGM page 8 Group1 Website page 8 Photographic Competition page 10 Coming Events page 12 against rising costs. Other fund raising beyond the subscription NOTE FROM THE EDITOR is expected to be increasingly difficult, and consequently an increase in subscription is inevitable in the coming years. I can I need your letters, reports from branches, articles, assure you of fair warning if and when this occurs. future events etc, to keep the members up to date! Andy Simons So, please send me your letters and copy for the July 2011 Bulletin EDITor’s NOTES John Rawling BY 10TH JUNE 2011. Please send to: John Rawling, Hon. Bulletin Editor, The Christchurch earthquake, New Zealand The Spinney, Station Road, Woldingham, Surrey, CR3 7DD. E-mail: [email protected] or Tel. (&Fax) 01883 653341 ur heartfelt sympathy goes to our members, friends and all in Christchurch, New Zealand, affected by the O devastating earthquake. For those in the UK, living in a zone largely free from even tremors, it is a little difficult to TOURS comprehend the effects on the communities and life of those Judith Hallett living in the areas affected. We pray that your life and homes return to normality, as quickly as is possible. Spring Tour to Scottish Gardens The Editor. 9th to 15th May 2011 The restored Chiswick House Conservatory This tour is now fully booked (subject to any late cancellations). and Gardens, London (Contact Brightwater Holidays – 01334 657144) ew enthusiasts for camellias can have missed the wide publicity (incl. a two page spread in the Daily Telegraph on Autumn Tour 2011 F 19th February) for the restored Camellia Glasshouse and Joint ICS and Rododendron GroupTour the 34 varieties of Camellia dating from the 1790’s onwards. The £12m restorations of the Conservatory and gardens were The annual joint ‘get-together autumn weekend’ is being completed last summer. I had the pleasure in visiting the gardens organised by the International Camellia Society, and is to be held and the glasshouse on 3rd March this year. The collection in in Jersey, Channel Islands in mid October. the Camellia House, up to 9 or 10 feet tall, were nearly all in Full details on timing and costs will be available at the ICS AGM, full bloom, a fantastic sight and not a sign of the previous sooty on 29 March, at the RHS Lawrence Hall. mould or scale. They are mainly C19th japonica varieties with If you are interested, please send a note or email indicating your just one reticulata – ‘Captain Rawes’. The ‘Camellia Festival’ is a interest to ICS U.K. Region Hon. Secretary, 41 Galveston Road, sight worth travelling to see – the manned entry to the ‘Festival’ London SW15 2RZ; e-mail: [email protected] is only open until 20th March – but I am assured that after a two week closure, it will be open to all visitors from the 2nd April. Final Reports of the Joint Autumn Weekend with Congratulations to Jane Callander, Herb Short, the late Marigold the International Camellia Society at Malmesbury Assinder and members and the officers of the ICS for all their efforts to save this historic collection for the future. Due to a full issue of the Bulletin in November 2010, two reports were held over, and appear in this issue, below: Magnolias e were all very fortunate to hear this talk on Magnolias from Kevin Hughes, of Heale Garden W Nursery. Among his discussions and recommendations, Magnolia ‘Aurora’ was his first. This early-season tree has large M. campbellii type glowing reddish pink blooms, born on a fastigiate tree which is said to grow to 7 metres. Kevin thought that New Zealand hybrids like M. ‘Felix Jury’ and ‘Black Tulip’ should be planted either in a valley or against a Inside the 300 feet long conservatory dark background as this enhances the colour, whereas against a blue sky they can appear a bit muddy. He then talked about Magnolia ‘Spring Rite’, a classic Gresham hybrid with white flowers stained rose pink at the base. This magnolia has a rich fragrance and is very hardy. We also had a discussion on the yellows. Kevin showed a slide on a new clone of M. ‘Butterflies’ which was very attractive; this was surprising because Butterflies has had a bad press from many experts in the past. He thought that M.
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