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Andromeda

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1

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1

(o) Erica lusitanica

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(o) Aut-Yellow

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(o) Erica mackayana

(o) 1

Erica williamsii

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Erica Hardy Heaths:-

 

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Erica maderensis

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Erica x afroeuropea

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(o) Erica manipuliflora

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Erica andevalensis now treated as Erica mackayana ssp andevalensis

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(o) July
Summer

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SUMMER FOLIAGE COLOUR
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WINTER FOLIAGE COLOUR
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Erica multiflora

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SEED COLOUR

 

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Summer

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Seed

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(o) September
Autumn

(o) 1

(o) Sum-Green

(o)
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(o) Win-Green

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Erica platycodon

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(o) Erica australis

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(o) October
Autumn

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H15 Salmon

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Erica scoparia

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(o) November
Autumn

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Sum-Orange

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(o) Win-Orange

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Erica sicula

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Garden

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(o) Erica carnea

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(o) December
Winter

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Sum-Red

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(o) Erica spiculifolia

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(o) Erica ciliaris

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The 2 rows of "Height x Spread in inches (cms) (1 inch = 2.5 cms, 12" = 1 foot = 30 cms) and Comment" state the Heather Description from 'Handy Guide to Heathers Descriptions & Suppliers of over 1000 varieties" by David & Anne Small, published in 1992 by Denbeigh Heather Nurseries (ISBN 0-9519160-0-9). This gives the official Heather Society flower colour(s) and foliage colour(s).
Photos from Chris Garnons-Williams are added to that respective flower colour or foliage colour page in the Shrub Heather Gallery and the relevant index page in this gallery IRRESPECTIVE OF THE ACTUAL FLOWER COLOUR OR FOLIAGE COLOUR (stated in the Handy Guide) IN THE IMAGE THAT WAS TAKEN BY CHRIS GARNONS-WILLIAMS.

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Comments on the Heather Beds in the Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley:-

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

Walking along the chipped bark path from the top left to the bottom left, I see this triangular section of heathers with the following plant labels:-
 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

Heather Number 1 is entwined with Heather Number 2.

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

Heather Number 2 label.


 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

Heather Number 3 Label with Heather that may not be alive.
 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

Heather Number 1 label on the left with Heather Label Number 2 on the right.

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

Heather Number 2 label on left.
 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

Heather Number 2 on the left with this Heather Number 3 in the middle and Heather Number 4 label on the right.
 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

Heather Number 4 label
 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

Heather Number 5 label
 

 

COMMENT 1

Calluna vulgaris 'The Pygmy' looks as though it is dead and so this particulkar plant can be distinguished from the others, but we as visitors do not know if there is more than 1 of Calluna vulgaris 'The Pygmy' in this ensemble and this adds to the confusion of plant identity by the visitors.

Both Heather Number 3 and Heather Number 5 are cultivars of Calluna vulgaris. Callunar vulgaris Goldcarmen has live foliage and so is distinguihable from Calluna vulgaris 'The Pygmy', but not from Heather Numbers 2 and 4 (Daboecia cantabrica 'Bubbles' or Erica carnea 'Jason Attwater').

When did the foliage of Erica vulgaris 'The Pygmy' die off and how often are these beds maintained?

If these 5 different heathers were separated with a distinctive demarcation zone for each heather group, it would make it easier for each of the 1,000,00 visitors per year to the garden at RHS Wisley to see and perhaps check their differences:-

 

"Always allow plenty of room in planting; it pays in the long run. Nothing is more annoying than to be compelled to dig up well-established plants owing to overcrowding; this can be avoided at the outset.
 

HEATHER NAME

DISTANCES BETWEEN PLANTS
Inches.......................Centimetres

Calluna vulgaris

18

45

Erica arborea

48-72

120-180

Erica arborea var alpina

48-72

120-180

Erica australis

48-72

120-180

Erica carnea

15

37.5

Erica ciliaris

12-18

30-45

Erica cinerea

12-18

30-45

Erica lusitanica (syn. codonodes)

48-72

120-180

Erica mediterranea var hibernica

24

60

Erica mediterreanea var superba

36

90

Erica mediterranea other varieties

24

60

Erica scoparia

48-72

120-180

Erica stricta

30

75

Erica tetralix

9-18

22.5-45

Erica vagans

24

60

The hybrids darleyensis and George Rendall should each be planted 2 feet
(2 feet = 24 inches = 60 cms) apart and

the remaining hybrids 12 to 18 inches (30-45 cms).

" from The Heather Garden by Fred J. Chapple. Revised in 1960 and published by W. H. & L. Collingridge Ltd.


 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.


Heather Number 4

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.


Heather Number 5

 

 

 

 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

No plant label for this heather behind sign stating WH 0702


 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

No plant label for heather with its pink flowers.
 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

No plant label for heather and its brown seedheads.
 

 

COMMENT 2

If a plant in a garden for display to the public and the garden holds a National Collection of Heathers, it is vaguely possible that its viewers would be slightly interested in each heather's identity, especially when that garden aims to educate.

There were more heathers without plant labels.

 

 

 

 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

This is an easy to read black background label.
 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

This is still readable, but the black background is being bleached by the sun.


 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

This is becoming unreadable due to

  • the black background is bleached by the sun and
  • it is growing lichen on it

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

This is becoming more unreadable due to

  • the black background is bleached by the sun and
  • it is growing lichen on it

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

This is unreadable due to

  • the black background is bleached by the sun and
  • it is growing lichen on it

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

This is unreadable by the visitor on the lawn due to it being back to front.


 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

This is the heather with its unreadble label of the previous image.
 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

Whether the front half of the label is missing or
 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

the end half of the label being missing, it still means that the visitor still cannot identify these heathers without doing a lot of research.
 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

This has the first half of the label missing and
 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.


so it makes it very dificult to identify these 2 flowering heather shrubs.

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

This label is the right hand label of the 2 labels in the next image.
 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

This has the black label in the last image on the right and the left label is back to front - as further detailed in the next photo.
 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

As far as the visitor can see from the edge of the lawn, these 2 labels refer to the same plants.


 

 

COMMENT 3

Why are these labels allowed to age beyond readability, get broken, get turned round and then

  • not maintained by cleaning,
  • turned to face the visitor or
  • replaced - including the replacement of the white starter label with the normal black label (which includes the RHS Wisley database identity of this heather in the top left corner)?


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There are more examples of heathers with invalid Plant Labels in Label moved from elsewhere Page.

 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.


Calluna vulgaris 'Lady Maithe'

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley
by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.


Calluna vulgaris 'Lady Maithe' enveloped with moss

 

COMMENT 4

"Calluna vulgaris 'Lady Maithe' Deep mauve (H2) flowers, Aug-Sep, with dark green foliage. Prostrate habit similar to, but more floriferous than, 'Mrs. Ronald Gray'. Ht. 10-15cm. Spd. 31-45cm. Sources: THS, 14e © The Heather Society, 3 October 2002 
www.users.zetnet.co.uk" from Flora Library.

 

At last the Royal Horticultural Society has provided some soft insulation support material for this shrub

  • to provide nesting material for the local birds,
  • to support expected snow during the winter or
  • keep it warm if it is only frost.
  • Then, this moss and dead deciduous tree leaves will rot the shrub due to the moisture surrounding its branches (held in place by the absorbent moss) and
  • deleave it, since its evergreen leaves cannot receive sunshine and therefore
  • kill the heather.

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.


Group of Calluna vulgaris 'Lady Maithe' enveloped with moss.

 

 

 

 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

Erica carnea 'Rosea' with grass growing through it.
 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.

Erica carnea 'Rosea' with grass growing through it.
 

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Photo from Royal Horticultural Society Garden at Wisley by Chris Garnons-Williams in March 2015.


Erica carnea 'Rosea' with grass growing through it.

 

COMMENT 5

At last the Royal Horticultural Society has come up with a solution for its staff possibly over-watering the heather beds by leaving the sprinklers going for too long - a standpipe sprinkler is shown in the first image on this page.

The grass

  • will absorb the excess irrigation water in its extensive roots and
  • provide shade for this Erica carnea 'Rosea', before
  • the thatch created from the dying grass leaves and dead deciduous tree leaves will rot the shrub due to the moisture surrounding its branches and
  • deleave it, since its evergreen leaves cannot receive sunshine and therefore
  • kill the heather.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depending on which heather species you choose with their 1 from the official 18 heather colours in the top menu, you can have flowers throughout the year, which is very useful for their pollination by bees.

Click on the 1 in the Colour Wheel below to link to those thumbnails in their Comparison Gallery -
with their index of those bee-pollinated plants in addition to heathers of that flower colour in that month -
to compare their blooms:-

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"RHS Plants for Pollinators
There are lots of ways to make your garden as perfect for pollinators as possible with the RHS
We have compiled two downloadable plant lists to help gardeners identify plants that will provide nectar and pollen for bees and many other types of pollinating insects:
 

How to attract and support pollinating insects

  • Aim to have plants that are attractive to pollinating insects in flower from early spring to late autumn.
  • Grow garden plants with flowers that attract pollinating insects.
  • Avoid plants with double or multi-petalled flowers. Such flowers may lack nectar and pollen, or insects may have difficulty in gaining access.
  • Never use pesticides on plants when they are in flower.
  • Where appropriate, British wildflowers can be an attractive addition to planting schemes and may help support a wider range of pollinating insects.
  • Observe the plants in your garden. If you know of plants with blooms that regularly attract insects, let us know.
  • Encourage bees by keeping honeybees yourself or allowing a beekeeper to place hives in your garden. Nest boxes containing cardboard tubes or hollow plant stems, or holes drilled in blocks of wood will provide nest sites for some species of solitary bees. Such nests are available from garden centres or you can make your own (holes/tubes should be in a mixture of sizes with a diameter of 2 - 8mm)." from the RHS.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Some heathers besides having flowers have foliage colours that change from 1 season to the next season in the UK -

  • Spring (March, April, May),
  • Summer (June, July, August),
  • Autumn (September, October, November) and
  • Winter (December, January, February).


The Heather Comparison Gallery provides comparison pages of the:-

  • 18 flower colours with flower and flower stalk as shown in the menu table at the top of this page,
  • 18 flower colours with flower and flower stalk in each of the months that heather flowers,
  • 7 foliage colours with foliage stalk and form per season as shown in the menu table at the top of this page, and
  • Each of the Heather Cultivar Groups with flowers

and the Index for the heathers shown in each of these Comparison Pages is in 1 or more Index Pages in the relevant Heather Evergreen Shrub Index Gallery instead of being in the same Comparison page, due to their being too many to include within the available space.
THIS COMBINATION OF FOLIAGE COLOUR CHANGE CAN BE USED IN YOUR GARDEN DESIGN TO AID DIFFERENT GROUNDCOVER FOLIAGE COLOURS IN DIFFERENT SEASONS, together with the months of flower buds before flowering and the post months of seedheads.

As an insignificant member of the Royal Horticural Society, who does not have the qualifications to criticise the Royal Horticultural Society, I must remember to always read their following email responses to keep myself in awe of their superiority of gardening knowledge and practice.

Some of my history:-

  • From 1967 to 1974 I attended Brunel University starting with Polymer Chemistry and graduating with a Lower Second in Psychology in 1974.
  • As a volunteer I lived, worked and was educated in 3 kibbutzim in Israel from May 1969 to July 1970.
    • Having suffered back problems after a car crash, I informed the first kibbutz that I was not strong enough for heavy manual work, so they put me onto digging ditches. My back gave up and whilst in the kibbutz sickness bed area unable to get out of bed a katyusha rocket exploded within 400 yards. After the surgeon in the local military hospital released the muscles in my back, I managed to touch my toes.
    • To reduce my working hours to 4, I then attended an Ulpan at the second kibbutz from May 1969; where I got used to the exploding kutyusha rockets (all children in that kibbutz slept in bomb shelters). I attended the 4 hours per day Alef and Bet Hebrew course (4 hours a day working, I did the washing up - One friday evening, my helper did not turn up and so within 30 minutes I washed the 800 plates used by the members of the kibbutz and the students for dinner) and passed in November 1969.
    • Since the second kibbutz only wanted students for the Ulpan, I then moved to the third kibbutz in December 1969. Since I had some practical skills, they requested that I convert a large wooden hut with roofed side porches to house 6 volunteers. 3 rows of 2 per row metal beds would have filled the inner room leaving the basin in one of the side porches for toiletries and the other side porch for storage of their rucksacks. I stripped the 40 year old tar paper from the outside and applied 5cm strips of plywood over every gap between the butted upright 0.5 inch thick cladding. I replaced 3 out of the 4 doors - 1 to each side porch at the front and 1 to each end of the inner room in the middle of the side walls, with recycled doors from previous wooden huts used by the kibbutz when they first built the kibbutz. Using a setsquare, saw, claw hammer and other recycled timber, I erected a hanging cupboard in the first entry porch with room above for their rucksacks, using greenhouse framing I created 2 sets of bunk beds in the bedroom end of the inner room with a side table for hairbrushes and make-up. Using the only furniture of four 1 metre square sofa cushions, I created a sofa with shelf space under it and using recycled wood and a metal bed created another bed with shelf storage under it opposite the sofa in the lounge area of that inner room. I used the same method in the other side porch to create another bed with shelving under it and got the basin to work. Using greenhouse framing, I put this into the side windows in both side porches, so that glass could be inserted later and the green mosquito netting on the outside of the same windows. Replaced the ceilings in the side porches. I returned to the UK in July 1970. I went back for 3 months in 1973 to the same kibbutz and the hut was still being used for the volunteers with the furniture I created; undamaged.
  • I then continued as a student at Brunel University doing a Sandwich Course in Psychology until April 1972. A week after the motor-bike accident where I landed on my head, I woke up in hospital. Talking caused headaches after 10 minutes and I had to relearn the English language. I had to listen to what I was saying in order to understand and continue the exchange of information with at most 3 sentences using the "Noun, Verb, Noun" structure like "The cat sat on the Mat". In order to overcome this language problem, I attended Brunel University and in the evening went to the Helpline run by students for students. I bought beads and candle-making equipment and asked if they wanted a perfumed coloured candle or a necklace - how long, colour of bead etc. I then made the relevant item and sold it to them for 25% more than the cost of the raw materials. That helped with the language problem and to improve my mind, I then created statistical programs for analysing psycholgical sessions using library books and persuaded the university computer operator to run them after midnight. After 18 months of being under Section 22, the Psychiatrist at the local hospital in Uxbridge passed me as being mentally fit. I then attended classes as a bona-fide student and passed the exams during the next summer to get a Lower Second in Psychology.
  • During my time from August 1974 to September 1976 as a specialist technician, I was also doing part time lecturing in computing to Year 1 and Year 2 Architecture students of the Architecture Department of Portsmouth Polytechnic for 6 hours as an unqualified lecturer. Handing out my typed notes to the students at the end of the hour long lesson for the next lesson, the total of 61 pages made it so that the students did not have to take notes, but only to ask questions as each lecture progressed. During 2 afternoons of practical, I got the students split into groups and they created a flow-chart, a Fortran program and documentation before using it to analyse the results of their laboratory experiment. 75% of their exam answers to a waffle question, a flowchart question and a fortran program question created by me were passes and their anwers approved by the lecturer from the Computer Science Department, who left it to me to teach the whole course of hardware, software, flowcharting, documentation and the language Fortran to both years.
  • With my fiancee going to work in Kent, I moved to become a Computer Programmer for the Inertial Navigation Division of GEC Avionics at Rochester, Kent from September 1976 to April 1986. I was responsible for the design, code and integration of software for the NIMROD Mk II CTS Displays (The last set of documentation I produced was 2,100 typed A3 pages for Levels 1, 2 and 3 Central Tactical System Avionic Documentation), Digital Colour Map Unit (Digitised paper map with aircaft two-thirds up the centre of the monitor for military helicopters and this was the precursor of SATNAV for cars) and the Terrain Referenced and Inertial Navigation System.
  • As a Senior Software Engineer for the Maritime Aircaft Systems Division in GEC Avionics at Rochester in Kent from April 1986 to August 1990, I created On-line Real-Time Test Simulators for the Indian Sea King and Royal Navy Helicopters. I was also responsiblle for the software configuration and maintenance of 44 Integration Computers in the Test Rig area.
    I have received no lectures in Computer Science and have no paper qualifications in Computer Science.
  • Being over 36 and a younger employee would have cost only half my salary, so I was made redundant in August 1990. I attended Hadlow College in Kent and in July 1991 passed my Higher National Certificate in Horticulture.
  • As a Sole Trader, I started Ivydene Horticultural Services and designed, constructed and maintained private gardens from August 1991 to March 2013.
    I suffered Heart Failure in March 2013 with Atrial Fibrillation and now I have been stabilised with medication.
    Some of my designs are shown in the Case Studies.
    I have also built a large garage 15 years ago, including the complete roof.

I hope that the above demonstrates that I can think; and I find that the following reply from the Deputy Curator of the garden at Wisley for the Royal Horticultural Society is a demeaning experience.

You are reminded that the only person allowed to read the following is Chris Garnons-Williams, and even the authors from the Royal Horticultural Society who wrote the replies to my emails may not read it either according to their confidential restrictions:-

 

Confidential Emails from the Royal Horticultural Society for use only by Chris Garnons-Williams

 

On 16 Apr 2015, at 16:47, <thegarden@rhs.org.uk>
<thegarden@rhs.org.uk> wrote:

Dear Chris Garnos-Williams, 

Thank you for your additional response on this matter. I have passed this to Chris Young for his information, and also again to the Director of Horticulture, Curator of RHS Garden Wisley and Jim Gardiner, our Executive Vice President. 

Many Thanks,

Michelle. 

Michelle Housden

Commissioning Editor, The Garden

 

 

From: "chris@ivydenegardens.co.uk"
<chris@ivydenegardens.co.uk>

Reply-To: Christopher Garnons-Williams
<chris@ivydenegardens.co.uk>

Date: Tuesday, 14 April 2015 15:56

To: Michelle Housden <thegarden@rhs.org.uk>

Subject: Re: Change is in the Air Article in The Garden - hopefully the standards at Wisley might improve

Dear Mr Young

Thank you for current response and the sharing with the others, who might also find these 5 comments on heathers interesting:-

http://www.ivydenegardens.co.uk/
Shrub%20Heather%20Index%20Gallery/comments1.html

which is linked to at the bottom of the heather page in my last email. 

Also the incorrect labelling of a heather in 

http://www.ivydenegardens.co.uk/
Shrub%20Heather%20Gallery/heathersitemap.html

I look forward to your responses, and I can come to you if you wish. 

Kindest regards,

Chris Garnons-Williams

 

 

On 14 Apr 2015, at 12:26, <thegarden@rhs.org.uk>
<thegarden@rhs.org.uk> wrote:

Dear Mr Garnons-Williams

Thank you very much for your email in response to my article 'Change is in the Air'. You have supplied me with a huge amount of information which I will go through, so thank you for that. In addition, I will share it with our Director of Horticulture, Curator of RHS Garden Wisley and with Jim Gardiner, our Executive Vice President.

Please excuse the brevity of this response in proportion to the length of your email, but I wanted you to know that we have received it and it won't be ignored.

Many thanks

Chris Young

Editor, The Garden

 

 

From: chris@ivydenegardens.co.uk
[mailto:chris@ivydenegardens.co.uk]

Sent: 28 March 2015 12:08

To: thegarden

Subject: Fwd: Change is in the Air Article in The Garden - hopefully the standards at Wisley might improve

Begin forwarded message:

From: chris@ivydenegardens.co.uk <chris@ivydenegardens.co.uk>

Subject: Re: Change is in the Air Article in The Garden - hopefully the standards at Wisley might improve

Date: 28 March 2015 12:06:18 GMT

To: Christopher Garnons-Williams <chris@ivydenegardens.co.uk>

Reply-To: Christopher Garnons-Williams <chris@ivydenegardens.co.uk>

Dear Mr Young,

It is good to read that using £100 million  the Society will improve horticultural opportunities in the UK.

Comments:-

The photo at the start of the article shows the Bowes-Lyon Rose Garden and the Mixed Borders. I wonder if you have walked round those beds in April and again in August:-

 

1. Flower Colour Scheme in the Mixed Borders in 2013 - See table towards the bottom of this page on the right hand side indicating the lack of a coordinated flower colour scheme when you include the Permanent Perennials, the Bedding and Other Permanent Plants

http://www.ivydenegardens.co.uk/
Mixed%20Borders%20Design/easts1p3.html

and lack of coordinated flower scheme for Permanent Perennials, separated from Bedding and separated from Other Permanent Plants

http://www.ivydenegardens.co.uk/
Mixed%20Borders%20Design/permherbacindex.html

 

2. Together with missing the identity of 29% of the plants in flower for the Permanent Herbaceous Perennial Plants in the Middle Table

http://www.ivydenegardens.co.uk/
Mixed%20Borders%20Design/permherbacindex.html


 

3. un-labelled Bedding Plants

http://www.ivydenegardens.co.uk/
Mixed%20Borders%20Design/bedding2index.html

 

 

4. Use a system to select your plants

http://www.ivydenegardens.co.uk/
Mixed%20Borders%20Design/easts2p5.html#flowerselection

 

 

5. Provide plant labels that can be read by visitors

http://www.ivydenegardens.co.uk/
Mixed%20Borders%20Design/easts1p3.html#VisiblePlantLabels
 

See complete waste of money and effort by 60 staff in the Violas and Pansies display at the bottom right hand side of the above page

 

 

6. Create bed histories so that next year's students do not make the same mistakes as last years students

http://www.ivydenegardens.co.uk/
Mixed%20Borders%20Design/easts5p14.html#planthistory

 

 

7. Position Climbers in Mixed Borders so that they are visible when in flower and can be identified

http://www.ivydenegardens.co.uk/
Mixed%20Borders%20Design/easts5p16s6p16.html#Climberunseen

 

 

8. Speed up safety resolutions

http://www.ivydenegardens.co.uk/
Mixed%20Borders%20Design/easts7p20.html#safetyconcerns

 

 

9. Do explain to your visitors if you intend to bring in a new Rose Classification System

http://www.ivydenegardens.co.uk/
Rose%20RHS%20Wisley%20Gallery/wisleywisley.html


 

 

10. Further Plant Label and Path Foundation Comments

http://www.ivydenegardens.co.uk/
Rose%20RHS%20Wisley%20Gallery/furtherplantlabe.html


 

 

11. Same plant labelling problems with the heathers in your heather collection

http://www.ivydenegardens.co.uk/
Shrub%20Heather%20Gallery/heathersitemap.html
 


The same problem with being able to read the plant name in the Alpine House also exists as well as identifying the Tulips in the large bedding trial - the beds were split up using baling twine and labels inserted. When the tulips were in flower, the labels had been overgrown.
 


I would suggest that you personally walk round the gardens once a month in Wisley as a visitor and you will see the degradation of standards as plants grow and mingle together. Perhaps the budget for the plant labeller could be increased so that when the bedding seed is planted in February, the label is available before they are planted out in May.

 

The standard of the trials in the Trials Field is superb and visitors can identify each plant in each trial. The labels in the plant trials alongside the Bowes-Lyon Rose Garden get overgrown and the result is beautiful to look at but totally uninformative for the visitor seeing the flowers.

 

If I was employed as a gardener at Wisley and I carried out your standard of gardening I would have been sacked years ago.

 

You might other parts of my retirement hobby of an educational website informative - it neither sells nor buys anything.

 

Best Regards,
 


Chris Garnons-Williams


 

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On 21 Apr 2015, at 15:45, <thegarden@rhs.org.uk>
<thegarden@rhs.org.uk> wrote:

Dear Mr Garnons-Williams

Thank you for your recent email to the Editor of ‘The Garden’ magazine.

I am the Deputy Curator of RHS Garden Wisley and, given that your feedback principally relates to the garden at Wisley, I wanted to take the time to address your concerns personally. 

 

Plant combinations and colours

With regard to your feedback on colour schemes and plant combinations across the Mixed Borders and Bowes Lyon Rose Garden, the appreciation or indeed the dislike of certain groupings and colours is always going to be highly subjective.  Whilst some combinations are clearly incorrect from a horticultural perspective – for example not mixing drought tolerant plants with aquatic plants – I believe that there is no absolute right or wrong when it comes to colour mixes.  Nowhere is the saying ‘beauty is in the eye of the beholder’ more true than in gardening.

As I regularly conduct guided tours of the garden, you may be interested to know that we receive overwhelmingly positive feedback about both the Mixed Borders and the Bowes Lyon Rose Garden.  I do think that one of the joys of gardening is sharing varied opinions on someone else’s creations and, whilst I appreciate that these areas are not to your taste, I hope that there are parts of Wisley which you enjoy as your own personal favourites.

 

Labelling

Having read the various label-related points on your website, I do appreciate your frustration at finding an interesting plant with no means of identifying it.  It is worth noting that, overall, the standard of our horticultural labelling is considered to be one of the highest in the country, however, no plant labelling system is infallible and sometimes, unfortunately, omissions or errors do occur.  To put this in context, there are over 25,000 different plants at Wisley, many of which have multiple accessions, so there are potentially several hundred thousand plants labelled within the garden.  In fact, our label engraving team, which is based at Wisley, engrave in excess of 20,000 labels each year, for all four RHS gardens. 

My team and I are passionate Horticulturists and plants people and we want our visitors to be inspired by the discovery of a plant which is new to them.  For this reason, we do our utmost to ensure the correct size and height of label, and position them relevant to the planting, but where they will not be obscured.  Unavoidably, as the plants grow, some labels do become hidden by foliage.  I can offer my assurance that the gardeners work continually to correct this, time and resources permitting.

There are, also, other factors which are beyond our control.  As you may be aware, Wisley has over a million visitors a year and, during the daily review, we do find that labels have been broken and sometimes strangely relocated.  Interestingly in recent years, we have also suffered from some visitors ‘removing’ the smaller labels, which we presume is the easy alternative to making a written note/taking a photo of the name of the plant in which they are interested.  Unfortunately this is very unhelpful to all our other visitors and means that there is a ‘void’ period whilst we produce and install replacement labels.

I would say that our plant labelling is a continually evolving and, hopefully, improving process and that, over the whole 200 acre site, the plants are well labelled.  Should you need assistance with identifying a specific plant during one of your visits, please ask a member of the garden staff, who will be delighted to help.

 

Health & Safety

Thank you for reporting the issues with the paving stones on the path next to the Mixed Borders.  This is helpful, and if you do observe anything of concern during your visits please continue to report it to a staff member or mention it to the Visitor Services Team when exiting.

Please be assured that we take all matters relating to safety extremely seriously and aim to address any problems as a matter of priority.  We close off any areas which present a hazard and replace or repair any loose stones or those where movement is occurring.  If there are paving stones which are cracked but where there is no movement, these will be replaced as part of a wider and ongoing routine maintenance programme.

You may be interested in taking a look at the sloping path through the Alpine Meadow which is a new type of surface we are trialling in the garden.  This is a ’Flexipave’ path, a product made up from a blend of chippings and recycled rubber, bonded with polyurethane which allows for flexing under pressure or heave, and avoids the cracking and splitting which can occur with traditional resin bonded gravel.  The rubber content provides a non-slip quality and increases ‘grip’ for foot traffic.

 

Rose classification system

Finally, thank you for your feedback on the rose classification system which, as you highlight, is not displayed in the garden.  The physical signage in the garden is to interpret what the visitors see, with additional brief interesting or stimulating facts where space permits.  It’s not feasible, nor intended, for the garden signage to cover in-depth topics such as rose classification systems.  The rose classification system can be found in the ‘Classification of Genera’ section, Page 25, in the RHS Plant Finder.

 

I have read all your comments with interest and can see that you are a passionate and dedicated gardener, and a regular visitor to Wisley.  I hope that you will continue to enjoy visiting the garden with all the planned investment in its future, and find pleasure in the plant displays even where opinions on style and design may differ.

 

Kind regards

Matthew Pottage

Deputy Curator, RHS Garden Wisley

 

 

 

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Topic
Remaining Topic Table is now on the right hand side.


Plants
...Plant Selection of 6 levels with lists by:

1 - Plant Use including Bee Pollinated Plants for Hay Fever Sufferers, Groundcover and
Poisonous Plants

2 - Plants for Soil
Any, Chalk, Clay, Lime-free, Sandy, Peaty
2a Plant Requirements
2b Form - Tree Growth Shape
Columnar
2b Shrub/ Perennial Growth Habit
Mat
2c - Garden Use
Bedding
2d - Plant Type
Bulb

Refining Selection
3a - Flower Colour
Blue Flowers
Photos -
Bedding
Bulb
Climber
Evergr Per
Evergr Shrub
Wild Flower
3b - Flower Shape
Photos -
Bedding
Evergr Per
Herbac Per
3c - Foliage Colour
Large Leaves
Other
Non-Green Foliage 1
Non-Green Foliage 2
Sword-shaped Leaves

4 - Pruning Requirements
Pruning Plants

5 - 1000 Groundcover Plants
Plant Name - A

6 - Then, finally use
COMPANION PLANTING to
aid your plant selected or to
deter Pests



Topic - Plant Photo Galleries
Evergreen Shrub
...Shrubs - Evgr
...Shrub Heathers
......Gallery,
......Species Index Page with
......Pages describing each Heather of that Species Index Page
......Andromeda
.........Andromeda In
......Bruckenthalia
......Calluna
.........Index AC
.........AB-AP,
.........AP-BU,
.........BU-CW,
.........Index D-G
.........DB-FA,
.........FA-GO,
.........GO-GU,
.........Index H-L
.........HA-IN,
.........IN-LO,
.........LO-LY,
.........Index M-R
.........MA-PA,
.........PA-RO,
.........RO-RU,
.........Index S-Z
.........SA-SO,
.........SP-WH,
.........WI-YV
......Daboecia
.........Daboecia In
.........Index
.........cantabrica
.........x scotica
......Erica: Carnea
.........Carnea Index
.........AD-JO
.........JO-RO
.........RU-WI
......Erica: Cinerea
.........Index
.........AM-HE,
.........HO-RO,
.........RO-WI
......Erica: Others
.........Others Index
.........Others 1
.........Others 2
.........Others 3
.........Others 4
.........Darleyensis In
.........darleyensis 1
.........darleyensis 2
.........Tetralix Index
.........tetralix
.........Vagans Index
.........vagans
...Heather Shrub
...Heather Index
 

 

STAGE 4C CULTIVATION, POSITION, USE GALLERY

 

Cultivation Requirements of Plant

Outdoor / Garden Cultivation

1

Indoor / House Cultivation

1

Cool Greenhouse (and Alpine House) Cultivation with artificial heating in the Winter

1

Conservatory Cultivation with heating throughout the year

1

Stovehouse Cultivation with heating throughout the year for Tropical Plants

1

 

Sun Aspect

Full Sun

1

Part Shade

1

Full Shade

1

 

Soil Type

Any Soil

1

Chalky Soil

1

Clay Soil

1

Lime-Free Soil

1

Peaty Soil

1

Sandy Soil

1

Acid Soil

1

Alkaline Soil

1

Badly-drained Soil

1

 

Soil Moisture

Dry

1

Moist

1

Wet

1

 

Position for Plant

Back of Shady Border

1

Back of Shrub Border

1

Bedding

1

Bog Garden

1

Coastal Conditions / Seaside

1

Container in Garden

1

Front of Border

1

Ground Cover 0-24 inches (0-60 cms)

1

Ground Cover 24-72 inches (60-180 cms)

1

Ground Cover Over 72 inches (180 cms)

1

Hanging Basket

1

Hedge

1

Hedge - Thorny

1

Pollution Barrier

1

Pond

1

Pot in House, Greenhouse, Conservatory or Stovehouse

1

Raised Bed

1

Rest of Border

1

Rock Garden

1

Scree Bed

1

Speciman on Lawn

1

Sunny Border

1

Tree for Lawn

1

Tree/Shrub for Small Garden

1, 2,
3, 4,
5, 6,
7, 8,
9, 10,
11,12,
13,14,
15,16,
uses of tree/ shrub

Wildflower

1

Windbreak

1

Woodland

1

 

Use of Plant

Pollen or nectar for Bees

1

Hosts to Butterflies

1

Encouraging birds / wildlife, providing food and shelter

1

Bee-Pollinated plants for Hay Fever Sufferers

1

Berries / Fruit

1

Dry Site in Full Sun

1

Dry Shade

1

Filtering noise

1

Flower Arrange-ments

1

Fragrant Flower

1

Language of Flowers

1

Low maintenance

1

Moist Shade

1

Moist and swampy Sites

1

Nitrogen fixing plants

1

Not Fragrant Flower

1

Rabbit-Resistant

1

Speciman Plant

1

Thornless

1

Tolerant of Poor Soil

1

 

STAGE 4D
SHAPE, FORM INDEX GALLERY

Plant Foliage

Aromatic Foliage

1

Autumn Foliage

1

Finely Cut Leaves

1

Large Leaves

1

Yellow Variegated Foliage

1

White Variegated Foliage

1

Red / Purple Variegated Foliage

1

Silver, Grey and Glaucous Foliage

1

Sword-shaped Leaves

1

 

 

Flower Shape

Number of Flower Petals

Petal-less
lessershapemeadowrue2a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1

1

1 Petal

1

2 Petals

1

3 Petals
irisflotpseudacorus1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

4 Petals
aethionemacfloarmenumfoord1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

5 Petals
anemonecflo1hybridafoord1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Above 5
anemonecflo1blandafoord1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

 

Flower Shape - Simple

Stars
anthericumcfloliliagofoord1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1

1

Bowls
 

1

Cups and Saucers
euphorbiacflo1wallichiigarnonswilliams1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1

1

Globes
paeoniamlokosewitschiiflot1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1

1

Goblets and Chalices
paeoniaveitchiiwoodwardiiflot1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Trumpets
acantholinumcflop99glumaceumfoord

1

Funnels
stachysflotmacrantha1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1

1

Bells
digitalismertonensiscflorvroger1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Thimbles
fuchsiaflotcalicehoffman1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1

1

Urns
ericacarneacflosspringwoodwhitedeeproot1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1

1

Salverform

phloxflotsubulatatemiskaming1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1

1

 

Flower Shape - Elaborated

Tubes, Lips and Straps
prunellaflotgrandiflora1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Slippers, Spurs and Lockets
aquilegiacfloformosafoord1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Hats, Hoods and Helmets
acanthusspinosuscflocoblands1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Standards, Wings and Keels
lathyrusflotvernus1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Discs and Florets
brachyscomecflorigidulakevock1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Pin-Cushions
echinaceacflo1purpurealustrehybridsgarnonswilliams1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Tufts
centaureacfloatropurpureakavanagh1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Cushion
androsacecforyargongensiskevock1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Umbel
agapanthuscflos1campanulatusalbidusgarnonswilliams1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Buttons
argyranthemumflotcmadeiracrestedyellow1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Pompoms
armeriacflomaritimakevock1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

 

Natural Arrangements

Bunches, Posies, Sprays
bergeniamorningredcforcoblands1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Columns, Spikes and Spires
ajugacfloreptansatropurpurea1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1

1

Whorls, Tiers and Candelabra
lamiumflotorvala2a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1

1

Plumes and Tails
astilbepurplelancecflokevock1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1

1

Chains and Tassels
 

1

Clouds, Garlands and Cascades
 

1

Spheres, Domes (Clusters), Plates and Drumsticks
androsacecfor1albanakevock1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1a1

1

 

STAGE 4D
SHAPE, FORM INDEX GALLERY

Shrub, Tree Shape

Columnar
ccolumnarshape1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Oval
covalshape1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Rounded or Spherical
croundedshape1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Flattened Spherical
cflattenedsphericalshape1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Narrow Conical / Narrow Pyramidal
cnarrowconicalshape1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Broad Conical / Broad Pyramidal
cbroadpyramidalshape1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Ovoid /
Egg-Shaped

ceggshapedshape1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Broad Ovoid
cbroadovoidshape1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Narrow Vase-shaped / Inverted Ovoid
cnarrowvaseshapedshape1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Fan-Shaped /Vase-Shaped
cfanshapedshape1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Broad Fan-Shaped / Broad Vase-Shaped
cbroadfanshapedshape1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Narrow Weeping
cnarrowweepingshape1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Broad Weeping
cbroadweepingshape1a1a1a1a1a1a1a

1

Palm

1

 

Conifer Cone

1

 

Form

Arching

1

Climbing

1

Clump-Forming

1

Mat-Forming

1

Mound-Forming

1

Prostrate

1

Spreading

1

Stemless

1

Upright

1

 

Poisonous Plant

1

 

STAGE 1
GARDEN STYLE INDEX GALLERY

 

Fragrant Plants adds the use of another of your 5 senses in your garden:-
Sense of Fragrance from Roy Genders

Fragrant Plants:-
Trees and Shrubs with Scented Flowers
1
, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Trees and Shrubs with Scented Leaves
1
, 2, 3, 4, 5

Trees and Shrubs with Aromatic Bark
1
, 2, 3

Shrubs bearing Scented Flowers for an
Acid Soil
1
, 2, 3, 4

Shrubs bearing Scented Flowers for a
Chalky or Limestone Soil
1
, 2, 3, 4

Shrubs bearing Scented leaves for a
Sandy Soil
1
, 2, 3

Herbaceous Plants with Scented Flowers
1
, 2, 3

Herbaceous Plants with Scented Leaves
1
, 2, 3

Annual and Biennial Plants with Scented Flowers or Leaves
1
, 2

Bulbs and Corms with Scented Flowers
1
, 2, 3, 4, 5

Scented Plants of Climbing and Trailing Habit
1
, 2, 3

Winter-flowering Plants with Scented Flowers
1
, 2

Night-scented Flowering Plants
1
, 2

Scented Aquatic Plants
1


Plants with Scented Fruits
1


Plants with Scented Roots
1
, 2

Trees and Shrubs with Scented Wood
1


Trees and Shrubs with Scented Gums
1


Scented Cacti and Succulents
1


Plants bearing Flowers or Leaves of Unpleasant Smell
1
, 2
 

 

STAGE 2
INFILL PLANT INDEX GALLERY 3

Fan-trained Shape
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From Rhododendrons, boxwood, azaleas, clematis, novelties, bay trees, hardy plants, evergreens : novelties bulbs, cannas novelties, palms, araucarias, ferns, vines, orchids, flowering shrubs, ornamental grasses and trees book, via Wikimedia Commons

 

Ramblers Scramblers & Twiners by Michael Jefferson-Brown (ISBN 0 - 7153 - 0942 - 0) describes how to choose, plant and nurture over 500 high-performance climbing plants and wall shrubs, so that more can be made of your garden if you think not just laterally on the ground but use the vertical support structures including the house as well.

The Gardener's Illustrated Encyclopedia of Climbers & Wall Shrubs - A Guide to more than 2000 varieties including Roses, Clematis and Fruit Trees by Brian Davis. (ISBN 0-670-82929-3) provides the lists for 'Choosing the right Shrub or Climber' together with Average Height and Spread after 5 years, 10 years and 20 years.

 

STAGE 2
INFILL PLANT INDEX GALLERIES 1, 2, 3


Gardening with Alpines by Stanley B. Whitehead. Garden Book Club.
Published in 1962. It provides most of the data about the Alpines.

Plant Solutions 1000+ suggestions for every garden situation by Nigel Colborn ISBN
13:978
0 00 719312 7, provides many of the plants for the pages in these Galleries.

Essential Annuals The 100 Best for Design and Cultivation. Text by Elizabeth Murray. Photography by Derek Fell. ISBN 0-517-66177-2, provides data about annuals.

Indoor Bulb
Growing by
Edward Pearson
. Published by Purnell & Sons, Ltd in 1953. It provides the data about Indoor Bulbs and Bulbs in
Window-boxes.

Colour All The
Year In My Garden
: A selection of choice varieties - annuals, biennials, perennials, bulbs, climbers and trees and shrubs - that will give a continuity of colour
in the garden throughout the year. Edited by C.H. Middleton. Gardening Book
from Ward, Lock & Co published in 1938, provides plant data for a calendar of plants in bloom throughout the year and for those in the smallest garden.
The Book of Bulbs by S. Arnott, F.R.H.S. Printed by
Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh in 1901. This provides data about Hardy Bulbs, Half-Hardy Bulbs, Greenhouse and Stove Bulbs.

Collins Guide to
Bulbs by Patrick
M. Synge
. ISBN
0 00 214016-0
First Edition 1961, Second Edition 1971, Reprinted 1973. This provides data on bulbs for bedding, bulbs in the border, bulbs naturalised in grass, bulbs in the woodland garden, bulbs in the rock garden, bulbs in pans in the alpine house, bulbs in the greenhouse, bulbs in bowls and the bulb frame.

Annuals & Biennials, the best annual and biennial plants and their uses in the garden by Gertrude Jekyll published in 1916 and
republished by Forgotten Books in 2012
(Forgotten Books
is a London-based book publisher specializing in the restoration of old books, both fiction and non-fiction. Today we have
372,702 books available to read online, download as ebooks, or
purchase in print.).

Cut Flowers All The Year from The New Illustrated
Gardening Encyclopedia
by Richard Sudell, printed before May 1935 for the plant names in each month, followed by details for culture and propagation.

Mr. Middleton's Garden Book by
Daily Express Publication,
reprinted 1941
for the individual
cultivar names with evergreen/
deciduous, flower colour, flower month and height.

 

STAGE 4D
SHAPE, FORM INDEX GALLERY

Tree and Shrubs in Garden Design -

Trees and Shrubs suitable for Clay Soils (neutral to slightly acid)

Trees and Shrubs suitable for Dry Acid Soils

Trees and Shrubs suitable for Shallow Soil over Chalk

Trees and Shrubs tolerant of both extreme Acidity and Alkalinity

Trees and Shrubs suitable for Damp Sites

Trees and Shrubs suitable for Industrial Areas

Trees and Shrubs suitable for Cold Exposed Areas

Trees and Shrubs suitable for Seaside Areas

Shrubs suitable for Heavy Shade

Shrubs and Climbers suitable for NORTH- and EAST-facing Walls

Shrubs suitable for Ground Cover

Trees of Pendulous Habit

Trees and Shrubs of Upright or Fastigiate Habit

Trees and Shrubs with Ornamental Bark or Twigs

Trees and Shrubs with Bold Foliage

Trees and Shrubs for Autumn Colour

Trees and Shrubs with Red or Purple Foliage

Trees and Shrubs with Golden or Yellow Foliage

Trees and Shrubs with Grey or Silver Foliage

Trees and Shrubs with Variegated Foliage

Trees and Shrubs bearing Ornamental Fruit

Trees and Shrubs with Fragrant or Scented Flowers

Trees and Shrubs with Aromatic Foliage

Flowering Trees and Shrubs for Every Month:-
Jan
, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec

Topic
Plants detailed in this website by
Botanical Name

A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, Q, R, S, T, U,
V, W, X, Y, Z ,
Bulb
A1
, 2, 3, B, C1, 2,
D, E, F, G, Glad,
H, I, J, K, L1, 2,
M, N, O, P, Q, R,
S, T, U, V, W, XYZ ,
Evergreen Perennial
A
, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, Q, R, S, T, U,
V, W, X, Y, Z ,
Herbaceous Perennial
A1
, 2, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, I, J, K, L, M,
N, O, P1, 2, Q, R,
S, T, U, V, W, XYZ,
Diascia Photo Album,
UK Peony Index

Wildflower
Botanical Names,
Common Names ,

will be
compared in:- Flower colour/month
Evergreen Perennial
,
F
lower shape Wildflower Flower Shape and
Plant use
Evergreen Perennial Flower Shape,
Bee plants for hay-fever sufferers

Bee-Pollinated Index
Butterfly
Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis, Butterfly Usage
of Plants.
Chalk
A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, QR, S, T, UV,
WXYZ
Companion Planting
A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, Q, R , S, T,
U ,V, W, X, Y, Z,
Pest Control using Plants
Fern Fern
1000 Ground Cover A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M, N,
O, P, Q, R, S, T, U,
V, W, XYZ ,
Rock Garden and Alpine Flowers
A, B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M,
NO, PQ, R, S, T,
UVWXYZ

Rose Rose Use

These 5 have Page links in rows below
Bulbs from the Infill Galleries (next row), Camera Photos,
Plant Colour Wheel Uses,
Sense of Fragrance, Wild Flower


Case Studies
...Drive Foundations
Ryegrass and turf kills plants within Roadstone and in Topsoil due to it starving and dehydrating them.
CEDAdrive creates stable drive surface and drains rain into your ground, rather than onto the public road.
8 problems caused by building house on clay or with house-wall attached to clay.
Pre-building work on polluted soil.

Companion Planting
to provide a Companion Plant to aid your selected plant or deter its pests

Garden
Construction

with ground drains

Garden Design
...How to Use the Colour Wheel Concepts for Selection of Flowers, Foliage and Flower Shape
...RHS Mixed
Borders

......Bedding Plants
......Her Perennials
......Other Plants
......Camera photos of Plant supports
Garden
Maintenance

Glossary with a tomato teaching cauliflowers
Home
Library of over 1000 books
Offbeat Glossary with DuLally Bird in its flower clock.

Plants
...in Chalk
(Alkaline) Soil
......A-F1, A-F2,
......A-F3, G-L, M-R,
......M-R Roses, S-Z
...in Heavy
Clay Soil
......A-F, G-L, M-R,
......S-Z
...in Lime-Free
(Acid) Soil
......A-F, G-L, M-R,
......S-Z
...in Light
Sand Soil
......A-F, G-L, M-R,
......S-Z.
...Poisonous Plants.
...Extra Plant Pages
with its 6 Plant Selection Levels

Soil
...
Interaction between 2 Quartz Sand Grains to make soil
...
How roots of plants are in control in the soil
...
Without replacing Soil Nutrients, the soil will break up to only clay, sand or silt
...
Subsidence caused by water in Clay
...
Use water ring for trees/shrubs for first 2 years.

Tool Shed with 3 kneeling pads
Useful Data with benefits of Seaweed

Topic -
Plant Photo Galleries
If the plant type below has flowers, then the first gallery will include the flower thumbnail in each month of 1 of 6 colour comparison pages of each plant in its subsidiary galleries, as a low-level Plant Selection Process

Aquatic
Bamboo
Bedding
...by Flower Shape

Bulb
...Allium/ Anemone
...Autumn
...Colchicum/ Crocus
...Dahlia
...Gladiolus with its 40 Flower Colours
......European A-E
......European F-M
......European N-Z
......European Non-classified
......American A,
B, C, D, E, F, G,
H, I, J, K, L, M,
N, O, P, Q, R, S,
T, U, V, W, XYZ
......American Non-classified
......Australia - empty
......India
......Lithuania
...Hippeastrum/ Lily
...Late Summer
...Narcissus
...Spring
...Tulip
...Winter
...Each of the above ...Bulb Galleries has its own set of Flower Colour Pages
...Flower Shape
...Bulb Form

...Bulb Use

...Bulb in Soil


Further details on bulbs from the Infill Galleries:-
Hardy Bulbs
...Aconitum
...Allium
...Alstroemeria
...Anemone

...Amaryllis
...Anthericum
...Antholyzas
...Apios
...Arisaema
...Arum
...Asphodeline

...Asphodelus
...Belamcanda
...Bloomeria
...Brodiaea
...Bulbocodium

...Calochorti
...Cyclobothrias
...Camassia
...Colchicum
...Convallaria 
...Forcing Lily of the Valley
...Corydalis
...Crinum
...Crosmia
...Montbretia
...Crocus

...Cyclamen
...Dicentra
...Dierama
...Eranthis
...Eremurus
...Erythrnium
...Eucomis

...Fritillaria
...Funkia
...Galanthus
...Galtonia
...Gladiolus
...Hemerocallis

...Hyacinth
...Hyacinths in Pots
...Scilla
...Puschkinia
...Chionodoxa
...Chionoscilla
...Muscari

...Iris
...Kniphofia
...Lapeyrousia
...Leucojum

...Lilium
...Lilium in Pots
...Malvastrum
...Merendera
...Milla
...Narcissus
...Narcissi in Pots

...Ornithogalum
...Oxalis
...Paeonia
...Ranunculus
...Romulea
...Sanguinaria
...Sternbergia
...Schizostylis
...Tecophilaea
...Trillium

...Tulip
...Zephyranthus

Half-Hardy Bulbs
...Acidanthera
...Albuca
...Alstroemeri
...Andro-stephium
...Bassers
...Boussing-aultias
...Bravoas
...Cypellas
...Dahlias
...Galaxis,
...Geissorhizas
...Hesperanthas

...Gladioli
...Ixias
...Sparaxises
...Babianas
...Morphixias
...Tritonias

...Ixiolirions
...Moraeas
...Ornithogalums
...Oxalises
...Phaedra-nassas
...Pancratiums
...Tigridias
...Zephyranthes
...Cooperias

Uses of Bulbs:-
...for Bedding
...in Windowboxes
...in Border
...naturalized in Grass
...in Bulb Frame
...in Woodland Garden
...in Rock Garden
...in Bowls
...in Alpine House
...Bulbs in Green-house or Stove:-
...Achimenes
...Alocasias
...Amorpho-phalluses
...Arisaemas
...Arums
...Begonias
...Bomareas
...Caladiums

...Clivias
...Colocasias
...Crinums
...Cyclamens
...Cyrtanthuses
...Eucharises
...Urceocharis
...Eurycles

...Freesias
...Gloxinias
...Haemanthus
...Hippeastrums

...Lachenalias
...Nerines
...Lycorises
...Pencratiums
...Hymenocallises
...Richardias
...Sprekelias
...Tuberoses
...Vallotas
...Watsonias
...Zephyranthes

...Plant Bedding in
......Spring

......Summer
...Bulb houseplants flowering during:-
......January
......February
......March
......April
......May
......June
......July
......August
......September
......October
......November
......December
...Bulbs and other types of plant flowering during:-
......Dec-Jan
......Feb-Mar
......Apr-May
......Jun-Aug
......Sep-Oct
......Nov-Dec
...Selection of the smaller and choicer plants for the Smallest of Gardens with plant flowering during the same 6 periods as in the previous selection

Climber in
3 Sector Vertical Plant System
...Clematis
...Climbers
Conifer
Deciduous Shrub
...Shrubs - Decid
Deciduous Tree
...Trees - Decid
Evergreen Perennial
...P-Evergreen A-L
...P-Evergreen M-Z
...Flower Shape
Evergreen Shrub
...Shrubs - Evergreen
...Heather Shrub
...Heather Index
......Andromeda
......Bruckenthalia
......Calluna
......Daboecia
......Erica: Carnea
......Erica: Cinerea
......Erica: Others
Evergreen Tree
...Trees - Evergreen
Fern
Grass
Hedging
Herbaceous
Perennial

...P -Herbaceous
...Peony
...Flower Shape
...RHS Wisley
......Mixed Border
......Other Borders
Herb
Odds and Sods
Rhododendron

Rose
...RHS Wisley A-F
...RHS Wisley G-R
...RHS Wisley S-Z
...Rose Use - page links in row 6. Rose, RHS Wisley and Other Roses rose indices on each Rose Use page
...Other Roses A-F
...Other Roses G-R
...Other Roses S-Z
Pruning Methods
Photo Index
R 1, 2, 3
Peter Beales Roses
RV Roger
Roses

Soft Fruit
Top Fruit
...Apple

...Cherry
...Pear
Vegetable
Wild Flower and
Butterfly page links are in next row

Topic -
UK Butterfly:-
...Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis and Butterfly Usage
of Plants.
...Plant Usage by
Egg, Caterpillar, Chrysalis and Butterfly.

Both native wildflowers and cultivated plants, with these
...Flower Shape,
...
Uses in USA,
...
Uses in UK and
...
Flo Cols / month are used by Butter-flies native in UK


Wild Flower
with its wildflower flower colour page, space,
data page(s).
...Blue Site Map.
Scented Flower, Foliage, Root.
Story of their Common Names.
Use of Plant with Flowers.
Use for Non-Flowering Plants.
Edible Plant Parts.
Flower Legend.
Flowering plants of
Chalk and
Limestone 1
, 2.
Flowering plants of Acid Soil
1.
...Brown Botanical Names.
Food for
Butterfly/Moth.

...Cream Common Names.
Coastal and Dunes.
Sandy Shores and Dunes.
...Green Broad-leaved Woods.
...Mauve Grassland - Acid, Neutral, Chalk.
...Multi-Cols Heaths and Moors.
...Orange Hedge-rows and Verges.
...Pink A-G Lakes, Canals and Rivers.
...Pink H-Z Marshes, Fens, Bogs.
...Purple Old Buildings and Walls.
...Red Pinewoods.
...White A-D
Saltmarshes.
Shingle Beaches, Rocks and Cliff Tops.
...White E-P Other.
...White Q-Z Number of Petals.
...Yellow A-G
Pollinator.
...Yellow H-Z
Poisonous Parts.
...Shrub/Tree River Banks and other Freshwater Margins. and together with cultivated plants in
Colour Wheel.

You know its
name:-
a-h, i-p, q-z,
Botanical Names, or Common Names,
habitat:-
on
Acid Soil,
on
Calcareous
(Chalk) Soil
,
on
Marine Soil,
on
Neutral Soil,
is a
Fern,
is a
Grass,
is a
Rush,
is a
Sedge, or
is
Poisonous.

Each plant in each WILD FLOWER FAMILY PAGE will have a link to:-
1) its created Plant Description Page in its Common Name column, then external sites:-
2) to purchase the plant or seed in its Botanical Name column,
3) to see photos in its Flowering Months column and
4) to read habitat details in its Habitat Column.
Adder's Tongue
Amaranth
Arrow-Grass
Arum
Balsam
Bamboo
Barberry
Bedstraw
Beech
Bellflower
Bindweed
Birch
Birds-Nest
Birthwort
Bogbean
Bog Myrtle
Borage
Box
Broomrape
Buckthorn
Buddleia
Bur-reed
Buttercup
Butterwort
Cornel (Dogwood)
Crowberry
Crucifer (Cabbage/Mustard) 1
Crucifer (Cabbage/Mustard) 2
Cypress
Daffodil
Daisy
Daisy Cudweeds
Daisy Chamomiles
Daisy Thistle
Daisy Catsears Daisy Hawkweeds
Daisy Hawksbeards
Daphne
Diapensia
Dock Bistorts
Dock Sorrels
Clubmoss
Duckweed
Eel-Grass
Elm
Filmy Fern
Horsetail
Polypody
Quillwort
Royal Fern
Figwort - Mulleins
Figwort - Speedwells
Flax
Flowering-Rush
Frog-bit
Fumitory
Gentian
Geranium
Glassworts
Gooseberry
Goosefoot
Grass 1
Grass 2
Grass 3
Grass Soft
Bromes 1

Grass Soft
Bromes 2

Grass Soft
Bromes 3

Hazel
Heath
Hemp
Herb-Paris
Holly
Honeysuckle
Horned-Pondweed
Hornwort
Iris
Ivy
Jacobs Ladder
Lily
Lily Garlic
Lime
Lobelia
Loosestrife
Mallow
Maple
Mares-tail
Marsh Pennywort
Melon (Gourd/Cucumber)
Mesem-bryanthemum
Mignonette
Milkwort
Mistletoe
Moschatel
Naiad
Nettle
Nightshade
Oleaster
Olive
Orchid 1
Orchid 2
Orchid 3
Orchid 4
Parnassus-Grass
Peaflower
Peaflower
Clover 1

Peaflower
Clover 2

Peaflower
Clover 3

Peaflower Vetches/Peas
Peony
Periwinkle
Pillwort
Pine
Pink 1
Pink 2
Pipewort
Pitcher-Plant
Plantain
Pondweed
Poppy
Primrose
Purslane
Rannock Rush
Reedmace
Rockrose
Rose 1
Rose 2
Rose 3
Rose 4
Rush
Rush Woodrushes
Saint Johns Wort
Saltmarsh Grasses
Sandalwood
Saxifrage
Seaheath
Sea Lavender
Sedge Rush-like
Sedges Carex 1
Sedges Carex 2
Sedges Carex 3
Sedges Carex 4
Spindle-Tree
Spurge
Stonecrop
Sundew
Tamarisk
Tassel Pondweed
Teasel
Thyme 1
Thyme 2
Umbellifer 1
Umbellifer 2
Valerian
Verbena
Violet
Water Fern
Waterlily
Water Milfoil
Water Plantain
Water Starwort
Waterwort
Willow
Willow-Herb
Wintergreen
Wood-Sorrel
Yam
Yew


Topic -
The following is a complete hierarchical Plant Selection Process

dependent on the Garden Style chosen
Garden Style
...Infill Plants
...12 Bloom Colours per Month Index
...12 Foliage Colours per Month Index
...All Plants Index
...Cultivation, Position, Use Index
...Shape, Form
Index

 


Topic -
Flower/Foliage Colour Wheel Galleries with number of colours as a high-level Plant Selection Process

All Flowers 53 with
...Use of Plant and
Flower Shape
- page links in bottom row

All Foliage 53
instead of redundant
...(All Foliage 212)


All Flowers
per Month 12


Bee instead of wind pollinated plants for hay-fever sufferers
All Bee-Pollinated Flowers
per Month
12
...Index

Rock Garden and Alpine Flowers
Rock Plant Flowers 53
INDEX
A, B, C, D, E, F,
G, H, I, J, K, L,
M, NO, PQ, R, S,
T, UVWXYZ
...Rock Plant Photos

Flower Colour Wheel without photos, but with links to photos
12 Bloom Colours
per Month Index

...All Plants Index


Topic -
Use of Plant in your Plant Selection Process

Plant Colour Wheel Uses
with
1. Perfect general use soil is composed of 8.3% lime, 16.6% humus, 25% clay and 50% sand, and
2. Why you are continually losing the SOIL STRUCTURE so your soil - will revert to clay, chalk, sand or silt.
Uses of Plant and Flower Shape:-
...Foliage Only
...Other than Green Foliage
...Trees in Lawn
...Trees in Small Gardens
...Wildflower Garden
...Attract Bird
...Attract Butterfly
1
, 2
...Climber on House Wall
...Climber not on House Wall
...Climber in Tree
...Rabbit-Resistant
...Woodland
...Pollution Barrier
...Part Shade
...Full Shade
...Single Flower provides Pollen for Bees
1
, 2, 3
...Ground-Cover
<60
cm
60-180cm
>180cm
...Hedge
...Wind-swept
...Covering Banks
...Patio Pot
...Edging Borders
...Back of Border
...Poisonous
...Adjacent to Water
...Bog Garden
...Tolerant of Poor Soil
...Winter-Flowering
...Fragrant
...Not Fragrant
...Exhibition
...Standard Plant is 'Ball on Stick'
...Upright Branches or Sword-shaped leaves
...Plant to Prevent Entry to Human or Animal
...Coastal Conditions
...Tolerant on North-facing Wall
...Cut Flower
...Potted Veg Outdoors
...Potted Veg Indoors
...Thornless
...Raised Bed Outdoors Veg
...Grow in Alkaline Soil A-F, G-L, M-R,
S-Z
...Grow in Acidic Soil
...Grow in Any Soil
...Grow in Rock Garden
...Grow Bulbs Indoors

Uses of Bedding
...Bedding Out
...Filling In
...Screen-ing
...Pots and Troughs
...Window Boxes
...Hanging Baskets
...Spring Bedding
...Summer Bedding
...Winter Bedding
...Foliage instead of Flower
...Coleus Bedding Photos for use in Public Domain 1

Uses of Bulb
...Other than Only Green Foliage
...Bedding or Mass Planting
...Ground-Cover
...Cut-Flower
...Tolerant of Shade
...In Woodland Areas
...Under-plant
...Tolerant of Poor Soil
...Covering Banks
...In Water
...Beside Stream or Water Garden
...Coastal Conditions
...Edging Borders
...Back of Border or Back-ground Plant
...Fragrant Flowers
...Not Fragrant Flowers
...Indoor
House-plant

...Grow in a Patio Pot
...Grow in an Alpine Trough
...Grow in an Alpine House
...Grow in Rock Garden
...Speciman Plant
...Into Native Plant Garden
...Naturalize in Grass
...Grow in Hanging Basket
...Grow in Window-box
...Grow in Green-house
...Grow in Scree
...Naturalized Plant Area
...Grow in Cottage Garden
...Attracts Butterflies
...Attracts Bees
...Resistant to Wildlife
...Bulb in Soil:-
......Chalk
......Clay
......Sand
......Lime-Free (Acid)
......Peat

Uses of Rose
Rose Index

...Bedding 1, 2
...Climber /Pillar
...Cut-Flower 1, 2
...Exhibition, Speciman
...Ground-Cover
...Grow In A Container 1, 2
...Hedge 1, 2
...Climber in Tree
...Woodland
...Edging Borders
...Tolerant of Poor Soil 1, 2
...Tolerant of Shade
...Back of Border
...Adjacent to Water
...Page for rose use as ARCH ROSE, PERGOLA ROSE, COASTAL CONDITIONS ROSE, WALL ROSE, STANDARD ROSE, COVERING BANKS or THORNLESS ROSES.
...FRAGRANT ROSES
...NOT FRAGRANT ROSES


Topic -
Camera Photo Galleries showing all 4000 x 3000 pixels of each photo on your screen that you can then click and drag it to your desktop:-

RHS Garden at Wisley

Plant Supports -
When supporting plants in a bed, it is found that not only do those plants grow upwards, but also they expand their roots and footpad sideways each year. Pages
1
, 2, 3, 8, 11,
12, 13,
Plants 4, 7, 10,
Bedding Plants 5,
Plant Supports for Unknown Plants 5
,
Clematis Climbers 6,
the RHS does not appear to either follow it's own pruning advice or advice from The Pruning of Trees, Shrubs and Conifers by George E. Brown.
ISBN 0-571-11084-3 with the plants in Pages 1-7 of this folder. You can see from looking at both these resources as to whether the pruning carried out on the remainder of the plants in Pages 7-15 was correct.

Narcissus (Daffodil) 9,
Phlox Plant Supports 14, 15

Coleus Bedding Foliage Trial - Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13, 14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
26, 27, 28, 29, 30,
31, 32, Index

National Trust Garden at Sissinghurst Castle
Plant Supports -
Pages for Gallery 1

with Plant Supports
1, 5, 10
Plants
2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9,
11, 12
Recommended Rose Pruning Methods 13
Pages for Gallery 2
with Plant Supports
2
,
Plants 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Dry Garden of
RHS Garden at
Hyde Hall

Plants - Pages
without Plant Supports
Plants 1
, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

Nursery of
Peter Beales Roses
Display Garden

Roses Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13

Nursery of
RV Roger

Roses - Pages
A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,
A6,A7,A8,A9,A10,
A11,A12,A13,A14,
B15,
B16,B17,B18,B19,
B20,
B21,B22,B23,B24,
B25,
B26,B27,B28,B29,
B30,
C31,C32,C33,C34,
C35,
C36,C37,C38,C39,
C40,
C41,CD2,D43,D44,
D45,
D46,D47,D48,D49,
E50,
E51,E52,F53,F54,
F55,
F56,F57,G58,G59,
H60,
H61,I62,K63,L64,
M65,
M66,N67,P68,P69,
P70,
R71,R72,S73,S74,
T75,
V76,Z77, 78,

Damage by Plants in Chilham Village - Pages
1, 2, 3, 4

Pavements of Funchal, Madeira
Damage to Trees - Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13
for trees 1-54,
14, 15,
16, 17, 18, 19, 20,
21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
for trees 55-95,
26, 27, 28, 29, 30,
31, 32, 33, 34, 35,
36, 37,
for trees 95-133,
38, 39, 40,
41, 42, 43, 44, 45,
for trees 133-166

Chris Garnons-Williams
Work Done - Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11, 12, 13

Identity of Plants
Label Problems - Pages
1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10,
11

Ron and Christine Foord - 1036 photos only inserted so far - Garden Flowers - Start Page of each Gallery
AB1 ,AN14,BA27,
CH40,CR52,DR63,
FR74,GE85,HE96,

Plant with Photo Index of Ivydene Gardens - 1187
A 1, 2, Photos - 43
B 1, Photos - 13
C 1, Photos - 35
D 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
Photos - 411
with Plants causing damage to buildings in Chilham Village and Damage to Trees in Pavements of Funchal
E 1, Photos - 21
F 1, Photos - 1
G 1, Photos - 5
H 1, Photos - 21
I 1, Photos - 8
J 1, Photos - 1
K 1, Photos - 1
L 1, Photos - 85
with Label Problems
M 1, Photos - 9
N 1, Photos - 12
O 1, Photos - 5
P 1, Photos - 54
Q 1, Photos -
R 1, 2, 3,
Photos - 229
S 1, Photos - 111
T 1, Photos - 13
U 1, Photos - 5
V 1, Photos - 4
W 1, Photos - 100
with Work Done by Chris Garnons-Williams
X 1 Photos -
Y 1, Photos -
Z 1 Photos -
Articles/Items in Ivydene Gardens - 88
Flower Colour, Num of Petals, Shape and
Plant Use of:-
Rock Garden
within linked page


 

 

Topic -
Fragrant Plants:-

Sense of Fragrance from Roy Genders

Fragrant Plants:-
Trees and Shrubs with Scented Flowers
1
, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Shrubs bearing Scented Flowers for an Acid Soil
1
, 2, 3, 4
Shrubs bearing Scented Flowers for a
Chalky or Limestone Soil
1
, 2, 3, 4
Shrubs bearing Scented leaves for a
Sandy Soil
1
, 2, 3
Herbaceous Plants with Scented Flowers
1
, 2, 3
Annual and Biennial Plants with Scented Flowers or Leaves
1
, 2
Bulbs and Corms with Scented Flowers
1
, 2, 3, 4, 5
Scented Plants of Climbing and Trailing Habit
1
, 2, 3
Winter-flowering Plants with Scented Flowers
1
, 2
Night-scented Flowering Plants
1
, 2
 


Topic -
Website User Guidelines


My Gas Service Engineer found Flow and Return pipes incorrectly positioned on gas boilers and customers had refused to have positioning corrected in 2020.
 

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