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RHS New Encyclopedia of Plants and Flowers

Edited by Christopher Brickell
Comprehensively written and researched by leading plant experts, this authoritative reference book includes many features that make plant selection and identification easy.The Plant Catalogue enables you to find the type of plant you are looking for quickly and easily. No previous knowledge of plants or botanical names is necessary: simply turn to the desired category, such as trees, shrubs or perennials, where you will find plants organized by size, season of interest and colour. Popular flowering plants, including azaleas, irises and orchids are featured in special sections.Whether you are looking for a shrub to grow in a container or a climber that will flourish in acid soil, the Plant Selector has the answer. Giving guidance on finding the ideal plant for a particular purpose or location, the Plant Selector will help you track down everything from fast-growing climbers and aromatic annuals to wind-resistant trees and shrubs for shady corners.
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Inside the Great Glasshouse at the National Botanic Garden of Wales

Articles about gardens and gardening

Gardening

Introduction to the Victorian Flower Garden
'The elder brethren of our profession, who can look back, for instance, to the introduction of the Dahlia, give us but a poor idea of flower-gardening as it was practised in the first decades of the century.'

Gertrude Jekyll and Gardening
Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) aimed for 'beautiful effect' and had a lasting effect on gardening.

Safe Gardening
Bad backs and accidents can spoil the pleasure of gardening. Taking an ergonomic approach to gardening can help ensure that it is a safe and enjoyable hobby.

A View from the Far North
Like most gardeners in the UK, I'm a self-taught amateur with an interest in growing at least some of our own household food.

Growing Plants

Plants for free
A Gardening Which? trial points to the value of prunings as a source of new plants.

Ferns: Popular Victorian Plants
Ferns were hugely popular in Victorian times. This is how their care and propagation were described.

Acorn Trees: Victorian Parlour Ornaments
Very pretty ornaments for the Victorian parlour were produced by setting acorns to germinate in hyacinth glasses

Victorian Plants for Summer Grouping

Organic Gardening

What is 'Organic' Gardening?
Organic gardening is fashionable and many people try to garden without using chemical pesticides and fertilisers. But what exactly is 'organic gardening'? And what are the principles of organic gardening?

Does Companion Planting Work?
Companion planting is a method of preventing pest damage to vulnerable crops by growing plants nearby which block, distract or repel those pests.

Organic Fertilisers
Vegetarian Society approves range of organic fertilisers

Water Features

Water Features in the Garden
A water feature can enliven a garden, providing a focus for a sitting or planting area.

Seeds

Thompson & Morgan Seeds - UK
Alphabetical catalogue of seeds for the UK

Garden History

The lost garden at Campsea Ashe
The garden featured long stretches of water, avenues of elms, limes and horse chestnuts, cedar trees, an elliptical bowling green and the Great Hedge. This yew hedge was over 600 metres long, 3 metres thick and 2-8 metres high.

The Victorian Gardener
'A man cannot be a good gardener unless he be thoughtful, steady, and industrious; possessing a superior degree of sobriety and moral excellence, as well as genius, and knowledge adapted to his business.'

Victorian Gardening
'As every person who is his own gardener is naturally anxious that the care and attention he bestows on his little plot of ground should be crowned with success, and that it should at all times present that appearance of neatness and order so pleasing to the eye, attention to the following general directions will go far to secure these advantages.'

Haddon Hall, Derbyshire
By the early 1900s the gardens were hoplessly overgrown and a massive clearance was required. Yew trees and herbaceous borders were planted and the ivy stripped from the balustrades to be replaced by climbing roses.

How to Make a Compost Heap
From 'Manure from Garden Rubbish' - a World War II Dig for Victory Leaflet

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