Gladiolus
With its huge range of colours this plant can brighten up any garden, says Miranda Kimberley.
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A guide to species and cultivars of popular or useful plant genera, with supplier's tips on how to use or sell them plus the latest plant releases.
Latest Plant Focus
Gladiolus
17 February 2012With its huge range of colours this plant can brighten up any garden, says Miranda Kimberley.
Landscape Plant Focus - Ulmus
10 February 2012Disease-resistant cultivars could help the elm to launch a comeback, says Miranda Kimberley.
Eranthis
27 January 2012These cheery yellow flowers look good in a border, in pots or in grass, says Miranda Kimberley.
Cornus
20 January 2012These plants provide colourful structure in winter and flowers in summer, says Miranda Kimberley.
Plant Focus - Carnivorous plants
09 December 2011These ornamentals have wide appeal despite complex cultivation regimes, says Miranda Kimberley.
Abies
02 December 2011These firs are becoming customers' favourites for Christmas, says Miranda Kimberley.
Agave
18 November 2011These spiky, evergreen rosettes add eye-catching structural form, says Miranda Kimberley.
Stipa
11 November 2011These deciduous or evergreen grasses are a favourite of garden designers, says Miranda Kimberley.
Echium
28 October 2011This hairy quick-grower seeds well and produces striking flower spikes, says Miranda Kimberley.
Fagus sylvatica
21 October 2011This majestic tree provides stature, colour and screening, says Miranda Kimberley.
Tulipa
07 October 2011Often treated by councils as annuals, tulips are still worth the trouble to plant, says Miranda Kimberley.
Evergreen Prunus
30 September 2011Fast growing and tough, these plants can be shaped for hedging or topiary, says Miranda Kimberley.
Apples
16 September 2011Apples are among the most rewarding fruits to grow at home, says Miranda Kimberley.
Sphaeralcea
09 September 2011These sun-loving flowers provide bursts of colour late into the season, says Miranda Kimberley.
Plant Focus - Alpine Campanula
25 August 2011These low-growing mountain plants will thrive in the right conditions, says Miranda Kimberley.
New Plants
Rose 'Boscobel'
17 February 2012Rose 'Boscobel', with deep reddish-pink buds opening into salmon-pink blooms held in clusters. It forms a bushy shrub.
Rose 'Heathcliff'
17 February 2012Rose 'Heathcliff', with large, deeply-cupped blooms and forming an upright shrub with slightly spreading growth.
Rose 'The Lark Ascending'
17 February 2012Rose 'The Lark Ascending', an outstandingly floriferous shrub rose that is very healthy and reliable.
Rose 'Royal Jubilee'
17 February 2012Rose 'Royal Jubilee', which has a bushy habit with many slightly arching stems.
Rose 'Tranquillity'
17 February 2012Rose 'Tranquillity', a very floriferous variety with large, rosetteshaped blooms. It forms a bushy upright shrub.
Cyclamen 'Salmon evolution'
10 February 2012Ch. Morel introduced 19 cyclamen varieties at this year's IPM Essen trade show, including:
Cyclamen 'Fantasia Rose evolution'
10 February 2012Ch. Morel introduced 19 cyclamen varieties at this year's IPM Essen trade show, including:
Cyclamen 'Rose shades'
10 February 2012Ch. Morel introduced 19 cyclamen varieties at this year's IPM Essen trade show, including:
Sweeter celery launched
10 February 2012G's Fresh has launched a branded variety of celery that it says is both sweeter and less stringy than normal. Celericious, for which G's Fresh has acquired the trademark, will go on sale in supermarkets this summer.
Cyclamen 'Curly'
10 February 2012Ch. Morel introduced 19 cyclamen varieties at this year's IPM Essen trade show, including:
Primula Belarina 'Valentine'
03 February 2012Primula Belarina 'Valentine' received a special prize for its use as a house, bedding, balcony or perennial plant.
Lathyrus odoratus 'Royal White'
03 February 2012Lathyrus odoratus 'Royal White', from the Japan Flower Trade Council, won best cut flowers.
Nandina domestica 'Seika'
03 February 2012Nandina domestica 'Seika', from Plantipp and breeder Magnolia Gardens, topped the woody plants category.
Kalanchoe 'Paris Evergreen'
03 February 2012Kalanchoe 'Paris Evergreen' was given the prize for best blossoming house plant.
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In This Issue
NEWS: RHS hears call for outsider role in judging
RETAIL PLANT FOCUS: Gladiolus
INTERVIEW: Stowe School head gardener, Barry Smith
MARKET REPORT: Catalogues and point of sale
GROWER PROFILE: BLSA's John Allan
