Fact Sheets

My presentation entitled Bulbs for All The Year Round Colour contains many thoughts and plant names

This Fact Sheet is to support Howard's presentation Encouraging Birds Into Your Garden, it covers the framework of the presentation and when time permits I will add more plants to the relevant lists and expand more on the information offered generally

This Fact Sheet is to support Howard's presentation Balancing Wildlife and Gardening, it covers the framework of the presentation and when time permits I will add more plants to the relevant lists and expand more on the information offered generally

Streptocarpus are easy to grow houseplants that can flower over long periods and suffer few pests and diseases. They can be long-lived, are not difficult to propagate by leaf cuttings. They represent good value for money and can be seen as environmentally friendly in comparison with cut flowers. Furthermore, they may even be used as summer bedding plants as demonstrated by John Massey MBE VMH in his garden at Ashwood Nurseries.

Phytophthora pluvialis, is a fungus-like pathogen known to affect a variety of trees including western hemlock, tanoak, pine (Pinus radiata, Pinus patula and Pinus strobus) and Douglas-fir.

The last couple of years has seen many new variegated Aeoniums emerge onto the market, here is a list of cultivars and possible suppliers.

Ground cover plants can enhance your garden in many ways, while also saving you time in the garden. There are some good plants that work well as ground cover, there are others which can turn out to be absolute horrors.

The changing climate and certain garden situations can leave gardeners with damp, shady areas in our gardens. The following is my list based on experience rather than searching books of plants that will thrive in damp shade.

This list details plants which will thrive in dry shade. My list is borne out of my  observations of successful plantings, there may well be other subjects that should be included, and this list will grow as I see other impressive plantings.

Each year many millions of Polyanthus and Primroses are sold in Britain, here's how to get the best from your plants.

Being a keen grower of succulents and Primulas, I am all too aware that mealybug is becoming an increasing problem for growers, yet there seems to be little understood about these pests and the possible means of control.

As gardens seem to be getting smaller, the search is on to find trees suitable for today's modern small garden, or perhaps you want a small tree for a larger garden.