Back issues 1991 to 2009
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Month Year Issue contents
March 1991 SOLD OUT
Cyclamen, a reappraisal CHRISTOPHER GREY-WILSON Three new hybrid shrubs ALLEN COOMBES
Biological control in ornamentals: current practice and future prospects KEITH SUTHERLAND
The origin of cultivated plants of Acer pentaphyllum E E KEMP June 1991 Herbaceous potentillas CHRISTOPHER BREARLEY Breeding dwarf rhododendrons, part 2: potential parents PETER COX Offbeat Papaveraceae JANE TAYLOR Alternatives to peat SUKI PRYCE
Tree peonies: a problem resolved STEPHEN G HAW
New Zealand and Australian Podocarpus GRAHAM HUTCHINS September 1991 Climbing honeysuckles DENIS BRADSHAW Bhutanese Sorbus KEITH RUSHFORTH
SOLD OUT December 1991 Sorbus meinichii PER H SALVESEN Incarvillea emodi ANDREW PATERSON Phytochrome: a remarkable light sensor in plants DAPHNE VINCE-PRUE Gladiolus breeding in Russia RON PARK Trillium, part 5: the Trillium catesbaei complex ROBERT J MITCHELL March 1992 Bhutanese Sorbus, part 2 KEITH RUSHFORTH A new broom MARK GRIFFITHS Boxwood and engraving ALUN REES
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Sutherlandia, part I B D SCHRIRE and S ANDREWS Leucojum - the snowflakes JACK ELLIOT Some notes on nut pines NIGEL MUIR September 1992 Cimicifuga L.- Ranunculaceae JAMES COMPTON Chordospartium, the weeping tree brooms of New Zealand GRAHAM HUTCHINS Edgeworthia chrysantha YVETTE HARVEY Chromosome numbers in Narcissus cultivars P E BRANDHAM The shifting sands of bamboo genera DAVID McCLINTOCK December 1992 Development of sweet cherry cultivars for the UK DAVID PENNELL Plant identification from vapour analysis J D TWIBELL Iris chrysographes BRIAN MATHEW Growing snowdrops RICHARD NUTT
Halimiums and their relatives PHILIP McMILLAN BROWSE
A survey of succulent euphorbias ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ
Growing Australian plants JEFFREY IRONS March 1993 Why use primed flower seed? PAM JORDAN Short notes on Oemleria CATHERINE M MITCHEM The New Zealand sophoras GRAHAM HUTCHINS The Spuria irises BRIAN MATHEW
Cotoneaster hylmoei KARL-EVERT FLINCK and JEANETTE FRYER
Callistemon, the beautiful bottlebrushes CATHERINE M MITCHEM June 1993 Virus diseases of daphnes COLIN J PERKINS Tetraclinus articulata MARTIN F GARDNER and STEPHEN L JURY
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September 1993
Corydalis flexuosa from western China MARTYN RIX Some Australian wattles in cultivation KENNETH A BECKETT
Clematis wilt, a review of the literature JOHN HOWELLS
Charles Lemaire and the Christmas cactus WILL TJADEN December 1993 Hostas, a decade of development DIANA GRENFELL Breeding winter-hardy ornamentals for the Swedish climate ULRIKA CARLSON
Mexican salvias in cultivation JAMES COMPTON The Lucombe Oaks ALAN MITCHELL February 1994 The genus Corokia GRAHAM HUTCHINS Some boxwoods in cultivation ELIZABETH BRAIMBRIDGE The blue-stemmed bamboo: Himalayacalamus hookerianus CHRIS M A STAPLETON Rosa roxburghii: the species, its forms and hybrids GRAHAM STUART THOMAS
Galanthus peshmenii: a new snowdrop from the eastern Aegean AARON P DAVIS AND CHRISTOPHER D BRICKELL
The identity crisis of the Douglas fir BRENT ELLIOTT
Ponerorchis: alpine orchid gems from Japan JOYCE STEWART
A survey of Incarvillea in cultivation CHRISTOPHER GREY-WILSON March 1994 Dormancy in plants ALUN REES Nymphaea cultivars: clumpers and crawlers BILL HERITAGE
Searching for hardy woody plants in Chile MARTIN F GARDNER AND SABINA G.KNEES Murray Hornibrook: a mystery resolved J G D LAMB Some observations on Lathyrus rotundifolius SYLVIA NORTON
Astrophytum: the star cacti ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ
Clematis cirrhosa RAYMOND EVISON AND VICTORIA MATTHEWS
Crocus mathewii: a new autumn-flowering crocus from Turkey HELMUT KERNDORFF AND ERICH PASCHE
Miscellaneous note 1. Flowering in Allium callimischon RICHARD DADD June 1994 Cut-leaved sumacs ALLEN J COOMBES Further notes on Himalayan and Sino-Himalayan Hedychium species TONY SCHILLING The forgotten nurserymen: William and Charles Wood BARBARA ABBS
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September 1994
Tree peonies revisited GIAN LUPO OSTI The breeding potential of sea buckthorn (Hippophae L.) MALCOLM M ANDERSON AND KATERINA WAHLBERG The propagation of Ceanothus from seed PHILIP McMILLAN BROWSE Calochortus gunnisonii VICTORIA MATHEWS December 1994 Magnolia 'Gold Star' and other yellow-flowered magnolias JIM GARDNER Fritillaria ruthenica MARTYN RIX Miscellaneous Note 4. Birds, bees and fritillaries ALUN REES Sinningia tubiflora: a gesneriad for the conservatory BRIAN MATHEW Prince Henri of Orleans: explorer and plant-hunter (1846-1901) AUDREY LE LIEVRE
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March 1995
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June 1995
September 1995 SOLD OUT
SOLD OUT December 1995 The Conifer Conservation Programme MARTIN GARDNER AND PHILIP THOMAS
Meconopsis integrifolia, the yellow poppywort and its allies CHRISTOPHER GREY-WILSON
Allspices and winter-sweets - an account of Calycanthaceae in the wild and in cultivation PAUL BYGRAVE March 1996 Hellbores 2: Helleborus dumetorum the structure of hellebore flowers and its implications WILL McLEWIN AND BRIAN MATHEW
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June 1996
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September 1996 Rhododendron rushforthii: a new species from Vietnam GEORGE ARGENT AND DAVID CHAMBERLAIN Miscellaneous note 7: the Plant Finder Reference Library, compiled by Chris Philip: a review PETER G BARNES
Liriodendron tulipifera: the tulip-tree STEPHEN A. SPONGBERG AND ANDREW C BELL
A survey of Cultivated Oaks (Quercus) of the Subgenus Cyclobalanopsis NIGEL MUIR
Miscellaneous note 8: the International Oak Society ALLEN COOMBES December 1996 Notes on cultivated species of Euonymus NICOLA BROWN Flowering date variation in Narcissus ALUN REES AND GORDON HANKS
The Crocus chrysanthus - biflorus cultivars NIELS JACOBSEN, JOHAN VAN SCHEEPEN AND MARIAN ORGAARD
Rosa omeiensis Rolfe and its affinities to Rosa sericea Lindley KEITH RUSHFORTH
Miscellaneous Note 1: Comments on Plant Finder Reference Library CD-ROM, version 1.1, released October 1996 PETER G BARNES
Hellebores: 4. Helleborus multifidus subsp. hercegovinus WILL McLEWIN AND BRIAN MATHEW March 1997 A history of Leptospermum scoparium in cultivation - discoveries from the wild MURRAY DAWSON
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June 1997
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September 1997
December 1997 SOLD OUT
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March– 1998– December 2000 Stresses in your Garden GEOFFREY DIXON Royal lineage TOMASZ ANIS'KO Double entendre ROBERT GRANT-DOWNTON Notes on Chinese Cypripedium PHILLIP CRIBB & PETER CORKHILL Bluebell blues TIMOTHY CLARK Paeonia anomala in Finland VESA KOIVU March 2001 Calochortus, supplying the demand ROBERT ROLFE Problems with the big perennial blue poppies EVELYN STEVENS & CHRISTOPHER BRICKELL Tricyrtis puberula VOLKER DEBUS Looking at Abelias PETER BARNES Isoplexis, Digitalis' sister WIM SNOEIJER
Floral ontogeny and systematic research LOUIS P RONSE DE CREANE
Further observations on the big perennial blue poppies EVELYN STEVENS June 2001 Setting the standard for cultivated plants DIANA M MILLER Standard Specimens 2000-2001 COMPILED BY SUSAN GRAYER
Little known and confused species of Pleione PHILLIP CRIBB & IAN BUTTERFIELD Peter Good, pland hunter extraordinary ROSALIND ZURIDIS September 2001 Tree peonies, a review of their history and taxonomy STEPHEN G HAW RHS Plant Awards 2000-2001 COMPILED BY ROBERT ROLFE
William Stearn CBE, FLS,VMH, an appreciation CHRISTOPHER D BRICKNELL Plant Focus COMPILED BY REBECCA DUNBAR New curcumas from South-east Asia JOHN MOOD & KAI LARSEN
William Purdom's Rodgersia GARY DUNLOP
Myrtle in a whorl LUCY J. HALSALL & ANNA M DOURADO
Captivating cotoneasters JEANETTE FRYER & BERTIL HYLMO
Ruscus aculeatus 'Lanceolatus' DAVID CANN December 2001 Palm wine ALUN REES A new Tibetan Rhododendron KEITH RUSHFORTH Paeonia delavayi, a variable species STEPHEN G HAW
New gingers from SE Asia JOHN MOOD AND IDA THEILADE Mary Grierson, botanical artist URSULA BUCHAN Wilson's Paradise JOHN CREECH Black or white? MIKE GLOVER March 2002 Lilies in revolution MICHAEL JEFFERSON-BROWN Crocus up-date BRIAN MATHEW Global magnolias JIM GARDINER Meconopsis 'Lingholm' EVELYN STEVENS AND CHRISTOPHER BRICKELL
Crocus up-date BRIAN MATHEW
Musa coccinea GEORGE ARGENT AND RUTH KIEW
Medicinal rhubarb JEFFREY BRYCE June 2002 Reappraising Fritillaria hermonis RANNVEIG AND ROBERT WALLIS An Azorean hawkbit returns MIKE GRANT
Practical projects for the conservation of succulent plants WILLIAM F MADDAMS Marjorie Blamey, botanical artist URSULA BUCHAN
Helleborus viridis WILL MCLEWIN AND BRIAN MATHEW
A new species of Primula in section Crystallophlomis DAVID W H RANKIN, ZHENG DONG FANG AND HANG SUN
Cistus 'Enigma' ROBERT G. PAGE September 2002 Erodium x variabile NICOLA TOOMEY, JANET CUBEY AND ALASTAIR CULHAM Sprenger's alpine Cyclamen CHRISTOPHER GREY-WILSON
The genus Cardiocrinum in cultivation VICTORIA A MATTHEWS RHS Plant Awards 2001-2002 Part 1 COMPILED BY ROBERT ROLFE A new blue poppy from Western China CHRISTOPHER GREY-WILSON December 2002 Three monocotyledons new to the Flora of Bhutan HENRY NOLTIE AND DHAN BAHADUR GURUNG Nomenclatural Notes
John Morley, artist URSULA BUCHAN Fritillaria frankorum, a new species RANNVEIG AND ROBERT B WALLIS
A new Ornithogalum from Kenya LEONARD NEWTON
Classification and nomenclature of weeping katsuras MICHAEL DOSMANN, SUSYN ANDREWS, PETER DEL TREDICI AND JIANHAU LI
Early spring bulbs of the northern Tien Shan IRINA KOKOREVA March 2003 Crown imperials TIMOTHY CLARK AND CHRISTOPHER GREY-WILSON RHS Plant Awards 2001-2002 Part 2 COMPILED BY ROBERT ROLFE The Crocus biflorus aggregate HELMUT KERNDORFF & ERICH PASCHE Iris perrieri, legitimised at last NIGEL SERVICE
A new gardenworthy Euphorbia hybrid TIMOTHY WALKER
Cycad conservation and introduction A N SHARGA June 2003 The International Clematis Register and Checklist VICTORIA A MATHEWS The changing face of the daffodil MICHAEL JEFFERSON-BROWN
A botanist in Guizhou PHILLIP CRIBB Stella Ross-Craig, botanical artist URSULA BUCHAN
Camellia x williamsii 'Mary Christian' HENRY J NOLTIE
An historic peony HUGH BENNISON
From Culpeper to Linnaeus, the dazzling century ROSALIND ZURIDIS September 2003 Some notes on Agapanthus GRAHAM DUNCAN Clubroot, a case for integrated control GEOFFREY R DIXON
December 2003 SOLD OUT
The RHS Bicentenary and The Plantsman. Plant-hunting today URSULA BUCHAN Drought and the gravel garden BETH CHATTO
Grass focus CHRISTOPHER LLOYD
Joys and sorrows PETER A COX
Kinnaur for flowers MARGARET & HENRY TAYLOR
Xanthocyparis vietnamensis, a new conifer from Vietnam PHILLIP CRIBB
Benthamiella, Patagonian cushion plants PETER J ERSKINE March 2004 Narcissus conspectus JOHN W BLANCHARD Eryngium leavenworthii BRIAN MATHEW A new Primula from Bhutan SABINE MIEHE, GEORGE MIEHE & JOHN RICHARDS
Griffith's spurge TONY SCHILLING The New Zealand species of kowhai (Sophora) PETER HEENAN Mikinori Ogisu and his plant introductions ROY LANCASTER Hot plants from a Chile desert MARTIN F GARDNER AND SABINA G KNEES Grewia triloba MICHAEL S.DOSMANN The genus Veltheimia GRAHAM DUNCAN June 2004 A new autumn-flowering Crocus from SW Turkey S YU''ZBASIOGLU AND O'' VAROL Pyrenean gentians STEPHEN G HAW Clerodendron trichotomum 'White Ibis' RAY TOWNSEND AND SANDY ATKINS Christabel King, botanical artists URSULA BUCHAN The Internet: a source of information on plants TONY LORD Chilean Tecophilaeaceae at Kew TONY HALL The unsolved mystery of a Cypripedium DAVID SAMPSON Viola section Melanium – a scattershot survey ROBERT ROLFE September 2004 Japonica STEPHEN G HAW European alpines, some recent arrivals JIM JERMYN Sambucus nigra 'Thundercloud' CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS
Calomeria amaranthoides JEFFREY H IRONS Liberty Hyde Bailey surmounting the garden fence ERIC HSU Crocus biflorus in Anatolia [Part Two] HELMUT KERNDORFF & ERICH PASCHE December 2004 Southern Indian balsams RAY MORGAN RHS Plant Awards 2002-2003 COMPILED BY ROBERT ROLFE March 2005 SOLD OUT
June 2005 SOLD OUT
Aster amellus and its hybrids PAUL PICTON Ozothamnus rosmarinifolius and its hybrids TONY SCHILLING Opening Pandora's paintbox URSULA BUCHAN The myrtles of Chile MARTIN GARDNER AND PAULINA HECHENLEITNER V Overcoming seed dormancy SPENCE GUNN Naming the silver saxifrages BERYL BLAND The Crocus of Istanbul OSMAN EROL AND ORHAN KUCUKER September 2005 Developments in Geranium JAMES ARMITAGE Hardy Hyacinthaceae Part 3: Hyacinthoides, puschkinia, Bellevalia, Brimeura, Hyacinthella, Alrawia, Hyacinthus BRIAN MATHEW How useful are plant awards? JOHN RAVENSCROFT Shedding light on Cornus sanguinea CHRIS SANDERS Survival of honey fungus in wood and bark chip mulches ANA PEREZ SIERRA AND CAROLINE GORTON Botanical illustration goes digital NIKI SIMPSON The incorporation of Smilacina into Maianthemum JANET CUBEY Haemanthus and their cutivation GRAHAM DUNCAN Hot tips for grafters SPENCE GUNN December 2005 Carolus Clusius and the ascent of botany ROSALIND ZURIDIS Highlights from RHS Pland Awards 2004-2005 ROBERT ROLFE Who owns nature MICHAEL WICKENDEN Camellia reticulata - The Kunming cultivars BRIAN WRIGHT Challenges for the future SIMON THORNTON-WOOD A flurry of snowflakes JOHN GRIMSHAW Searching for Passiflora JOHN VANDERPLANK Elusive Emmenopterys henryi ERIC HSU New observations on Arum italicum PETER BOYCE The climbing clan of Aconitum GRAHAME WARE Conservation of Yavia cryptocarpa WILLIAM F MADDAMS and JOHN MILLER March 2006 Developing DNA markers for the identification of Penstemon cultivars NICOLA TOOMEY and ALASTAIR CULHAM While Rome Burns JOHN WATSON
Stokesia laevis and its cultivars MAURICE HOARE Saracha punctata JULIAN SHAW Tree peonies - a review of recent literature STEPHEN G HAW The history of Rodgersia pinnata 'Superba' GARY DUNLOP Rocket - wild or wall? JOHN AKEROYD The genus Hoheria in cultivation GRAHAM HUTCHINS Paramongaia weberbaueri - the giant Peruvian daffodil ALBERTO GROSSI Propagating ornamental Musaceae DAVID CONSTANTINE June 2006 Telopea and their cultivation JEFF IRONS The benefits of mycorrhizae SPENCE GUNN The border cultivars of Geum ALISON MALLETT Too much gardening in the wild GRAHAM RICE
September 2006 SOLD OUT December 2006 SOLD OUT
Scadoxus of South Africa JONATHAN HUTCHINSON A handful of hollies SUSYN ANDREWS Saving historic Cornish plants BEE ROBSON Stachyurus in cultivation ERIC HSU & RONALD HOUTMAN Pinning down Linnaean names CHARLIE JARVIS Variation in Leucojum vernum JOHN GRIMSHAW, ENA GATENBY & JOE SHARMAN Viola cornuta and its cultivars MIKE HARDMAN March 2007 Chusquea - mountain bamboo of Latin America GIB COOPER A note on Tulipa cinnabarina KARIN PERSSON Don’t blame the aliens DAVID PEARMAN Sanguisorba in cultivation JULIAN SUTTON Geum rivale and its hybrids ALISON MALLETT Summer division of perennials PETER THOMPSON
Hybridising Rhododendron yakushimanum NEIL LANCASTER
Lesser-known Eucomis GRAHAM DUNCAN
Scots roses then and now PETER BOYD
A Bauhinia renamed CHRISTOPHER WHITEHOUSE June 2007 The cultivation of Primula in meadows JAMES HITCHMOUGH & SALLY INNES Twenty years of Plant Finders TONY LORD We need fair trade plants DAVE DEMERS
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September 2007
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Fothergilla in cultivation RICK DARKE Compost tea DAVID HUTCHINSON Setting the record straight on Europe's mild winters RICHARD SEAGER
Caltha and its cultivars JOHN CARTER
Euro-trials: a new concept in plant assessment RONALD HOUTMAN
Three new introductions from Crûg Farm JULIAN SHAW
An overview of recent Camellia species introductions JENNIFER TREHANE March 2008 Variation in Leucojum aestivum JOHN GRIMSHAW A new hybrid of Nothofagus KEN GILLANDERS Elwin Orton - from hollies to dogwoods ELWIN ORTON Stewartia in cultivation ERIC HSU, TIMOTHY BOLAND AND KOEN CAMELBEKE NCCPG: 30 years of plant collections SPENCE GUNN Worthwhile evergreen Ceanothus PHILIP MCMILLAN BROWSE Three species of climbing Colchicaceae GRAHAM DUNCAN The plantsmen of Porlock ROSEMARY FITZGERALD The midsummer peony of Finland REA PELTOLA June 2008 Climbing hearts identified MAGNUS LIDEN Recent Primula introductions from Sichuan JOHN RICHARDS Charles Valin – breeding with passion CHARLES VALIN Aucuba japonica in Japan LINDA EGGINS Blue genes for GM flowers STEVE CHANDLER AND YOSHI TANAKA The origin of Musa basjoo DAVID CONSTANTINE An intergeneric hybrid between Eriobotrya and Rhaphiolepis ALLEN COOMBES AND KENNETH ROBERTSON Conserving hardy plants RAY LAKELAND Hardiness zone maps of the northern hemisphere MICHAEL BRADY Colour charts and the gardener PETER BARNES Roots – to leave, tease or cut? TIJANA BLANUSA AND ROSS CAMERON The status of Sophora TOBY PENNINGTON AND MARTIN WOJCIECHOWSKI September 2008 How useful are botanic gardens for conservation? DAVE APLIN The identity of limes labelled Tilia insularis DONALD PIGOTT A new cultivar name in Tilia japonica JOHN GRIMSHAW Geraniums from the north ALAN BREMNER
Magnolia sprengeri ‘Diva’ and its relatives in China KANG YONGXIANG, ERLAND EJDER, WANG YALING, HENRIK SJOMAN AND YANG MEI Castilleja: saying goodbye to the host PAUL CUMBLETON
Crinum in cultivation ALBERTO GROSSI
Lily beetle and prospects for control ANDREW SALISBURY
Conserving traditional UK crops NIALL GREEN December 2008 A selection of ornamental umbellifers TIMOTHY INGRAM Focus on Sorbus New Chinese Mahonia in British cultivation ROY LANCASTER U Chit Ko Ko: a Burmese botanist DAVID SAYERS
What future for peat in horticulture? PAUL ALEXANDER, NEIL BRAGG, ROGER MEADE, GEORGE PADELOPOULOS & OLLY WATTS
Holboellia in cultivation JULIAN SHAW
A new name for the Leyland cypress LAWRENCE SPRINGATE
Charles Darwin as a plantsman PETER AYRES
Plant hunting in Gaoligong SIMON CRUTCHLEY March 2009 A reassessment of Crocus based on molecular analysis BRIAN MATHEW, GITTE PETERSEN& OLE SEBURG Philip Baulk – breeding collections to perfection PHILIP BAULK
Brunnera macrophylla and its cultivars GRAHAM RICE Spanish botanical art of the Pacific Northwest GRAHAME WARE Variation in Cardiocrinum giganteum PETER COX
A British daylily renaissance? RO FITZGERALD
Ungernia sewerzowii in Kazakhstan DAVID VICTOR
The DNA content technique BEN ZONNEVELD
The mysterious climbing dahlia JOHN DAVID
Plants of the lost world STEWARD McPHERSON June 2009 The sinking of Michelia and Manglietia into Magnolia DICK FIGLAR Roscoea x beesiana and its variants CHRISTOPHER WHITEHOUSE & JILL COWLEY Imagining, making and marketing MARGARETH HOP Harry Hay and his plants JULIAN SHAW Changes in the flowering times of garden plants over three centuries BRENT ELLIOTT Advance of the Aspidistra DAVID CONSTANTINE
The RHS Hydrangea paniculata trial CHRIS SANDERS
Plant introductions from Tasmania ERIC HSU
Acer pauciflorum ‘Blaze Away’, a new maple in cultivation GUY JONES
Fritillaries in Iran BOB & RANNVEIG WALLIS September 2009 Growing fritillaries in clay granules PAUL CUMBLETON Taking Asarum out of the shade RUSSELL SHARP Nothing but plants… COEN JANSEN Hybridising Helleborus niger GRAHAM RICE Recently introduced diseases of ornamental plants BEATRICE HENRICOT Begonia taliensis: a Chinese species new to cultivation JOHN FIELDING
Replacing peat in ericaceous growing media PAUL ALEXANDER
A survey of cultivated Ozothamnus JEFF IRONS
Pamianthe peruviana ALBERTO GROSSI
William Lobb and his glass dome MATTHEW BIGGS
Long-lived pines of California NICK BELL December 2009 A new Peliosanthes in cultivation JULIAN SHAW Bedding plants in a changing climate TIJANA BLANUSA AND ROSS CAMERON Peter Catt – skilled breeder and propagator PHIL CLAYTON