P321 4-Tel 321 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:23:41 1/17 Garden Club presents its third Summer Special! The theme is Plant Collections and Collectors X Read on for plant details and [ our weekly competition! TERZ chances on p451! Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:14:24 2/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Summer Special 3 Plant Collections The final Garden Club Special comes from East Lambrook Manor, in Somjrsjt, where the late Margery Fish, influential plantswoman and garden writer created her garden from 1938 to 1969. The programme looks at some of the National Collections of Plants that the Garden Club has filmed over the years, as well as taking a look at the National Collection of Geraniums, held at East Lambrook Manor. 4-Tel's C4 preview index is on 310 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:14:12 3/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Summer Special 3 Plant Collections Margery Fish named several plants after East Lambrook, including Euphorbia wulfenii Lambrook Gold and Artemisia absinthium Lambrook Silver. John Twibell from the Huntingdon area showed Garden Club his National Artemisia Collection in 1992. Roy and John look at the following: Artemisia schmidtiana Nana A hardy species from Japan suitable for a larger rockery site More of these... 4-Tel's C4 preview index is on 310 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:15:26 4/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Artemisias continued Artemisia tridjntata North American sage brush, can grow 12 or 15 ft in its native habitat Artemisia stelleriana More Low-growing carpjtting plant with deeply lobed almost white leaves from Japan Artemisia arborescens Faith Raven Semi-evergreen (or ever-silver) from southern Europe Artemisia annua annual artemisia traditionally used in China as a malaria treatment. Not garden worthy but is being used in clinical trials 4--jl's C4 preview index is on 310 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:16:02 5/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Summer Special 3: Salvias / Geraniums Brian and Christine Yeo of South Devon had their collection of 200 Salvias featured in 1993. They are popular as they like a sunny position in well- drainjh soil. Christine's favourites: Salvia grahame Hardy, easy-to-grow with red flowers and aromatic leaves Salvia Guaranitica Half-hardy with deep blue flowers National Collection of Geraniums Roy looks at the cranesbill - Geranium robjrtianum Herb Robert commonly found in our hedgerows. 4-Tel's C4 preview index is on 310 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:16:37 6/17 Tel: ] 01222 575 444 Summer Special 3: Geraniums continued Geranium retrorsum A weed from Australia with tiny flower An unnamed Geranium species from New Mexico, with deep pink marbled flowers Geranium Gillian Perrin a seedling raised at East Lambrook Manor with pale pink flowers deeply veined in dark red, which will bj generally available next year Geranium rubifolium A geranium from Kashmir with leaves like a raspberry and pinkish mauve flowers 4-Tel's C4 preview index is on 310 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:17:20 7/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Summer Special 3: Geraniums continued Geranium wallichianum A Himalayan geranium with blue to mauve flowers Geranium harveyi from South Africa with tiny silvery leaves Geranium shikokianum A Japanese geranium with zoned leaves of dark and pale green Roy picks out certain geraniums suitable for various garden borders: Geranium macrorrhizum One of the best geraniums for dry shade, good carpjtting plant, leaves turning reddish in autumn 4-Tel's C4 preview index is on 310 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:17:54 8/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Summer Special 3: Geraniums continued Geranium x oxonianum Claridge Druce Good scrambling through other plants Geranium Ann Folkard Striking geranium with deep magenta flowers with a very dark centre, good as a contrast to silver or grey-leaved plants Geranium pulchrum A pretty, low- growing geranium with a white woolly backed leaf Geranium nodosum Good for dry shade, as in the drift at the foot of Lonicera nitida hedge. Has distinctive 3-lobed leaves and small pale purple flowers 4-Tel's C4 preview index is on 310 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:18:22 9/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Summer Special 3: Chionodoxa Alan Dickinson's National Collection of Chionodoxa in Edinburgh illustrates: Chionodoxa luciliaj Large sky-blue flowers looking upwards Chionodoxa sardjnsis Strong blue small flowers with bright white eye Chionodoxa nana Warm dove-grey flowers Chionodoxa tmoli Two-toni flowers with strong blue tips to petals and dark line down the centre 4-Tel's C4 preview index is on 310 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:19:07 10/17 Tel: ] 01222 575 444 Summer Special 3: Compost tips Garden Club Horticultural Consultant Jo Rjadman diagnoses two common problem with compost. If it is too dry, add water or nitrogen either in the form of an activator or grass mowings, nettles, comfrey or urine. If the compost is too woody, chop it up with a spade or shears. If your compost is slimey and smells of bad eggs, it needs more air and you can add this bz adding shredded newspaper or straw. 4-Tel's C4 preview index is on 310 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:19:41 11/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Summer Special 3 Peter Taskjr's vegetable collection includes Broad-leaved French cress, Red Cutting Lettuce and Plain-Leaved Celery. Gwen Black from Carlisle's Pulsatilla collection is grown from seed from a friend in Prague. She has also grown a number of Daphnes from seed: Daphne x burkwoodii Somjrsjt variegated is growing on a raised bed. Semi- evergreen with scented flowers in May and June More Daphnes... 4-Tel's C4 preview index is on 310 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:40:19 12/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 / */*/** /zpzpzpz Summer Special 3: Daphnjs continued Daphne cnjorum Eximia Sweetly scented dark red buds, attractive growing over stones Daphne arbuscula Very rare alpine variety with glossy deep green leaves, from Czechoslovakia. Not very floriferous Daphne vjlenovskzi Very rare, grown from seed from Bulgaria Useful information on National Collections, plus addresses... 4-Tel's C4 preview index is on 310 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:10:44 13/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Summer Special 3 National Collections National Collections are administered bz the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens (NCCPG). The Council was formed "to save our unique heritage of garden plants". The NCCPG has 41 county-based groups which any interested gardjnjr can join. Local groups provide a programmj of newsletters, meetings, workshops, demonstrations and visits to gardens and nurseries as well as plant sales. Address follows... 4-Tel's C4 preview index is on 310 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:11:33 14/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Summer Special 3 Useful addresses National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens, c/o The Pines RHS Garden Wesley Wooing Surrey GU23 6BQ Tel 01483 224234 East Lambrook Manor East Lambrook Somjrsjt TA13 5HL Open March to October, Monday to Saturday. Closed Sundays. 4-Tel's C4 preview index is on 310 Next page C4 Tomorrow BigBrekkie FilmsP321 4-Tel 321 Sun 27 Aug C4 21:11:54 15/17 Tel: 01222 575 444 Factsheets Summer Special 3 Each programme's details are available on a factshjet. 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