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The following contents page from the most recent issue of The Plantsman demonstrates the breadth of articles featured.

Cover picture: Ceanothus ‘Dark Star’. The dense, compact habit and dark, cobalt-blue, almost indigo flowers ensure that this is one of the best Ceanothus for UK gardens. It arose as a chance cross on a California nursery in the 1960s and was introduced to the UK in 1987.
 
Image: Richard Bloom

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VOLUME 7 PART 2   JUNE 2008
From the Editor
MIKE GRANT
  72 
Plant Focus - a forum for all plant enthusiasts   73 
Stewartia in cultivation
The cultivated species are reviewed and new cultivars are highlighted
ERIC HSU, TIMOTHY BOLAND AND KOEN CAMELBEKE
  78 
NCCPG: 30 years of plant collections
Current and future priorities of the conservation charity are discussed
SPENCE GUNN
  88 

Worthwhile evergreen Ceanothus
Recommendations for the best evergreen species and cultivars
PHILIP MCMILLAN BROWSE

  92 
Three species of climbing Colchicaceae
Cultivation advice and discussion of Gloriosa , Littonia and Sandersonia
GRAHAM DUNCAN
  99 
The plantsmen of Porlock
Norman Hadden’s coastal haven in Somerset allowed him to grow an extraordinary range of plants sourced from numerous contacts around the world
ROSEMARY FITZGERALD  
  106 
The midsummer peony of Finland
A double-flowered herbaceous peony found in old Finnish gardens is representative of a lost group of cultivars
REA PELTOLA
  114 
Climbing hearts identified
How to identify the climbing dicentras and an argument in favour of recognising them as a distinct genus
MAGNUS LIDEN
  118 
Recent Primula introductions from Sichuan
A new Chinese species is described and the identity of two others is clarified
JOHN RICHARDS
  122 
Charles Valin –breeding with passion
The Thompson & Morgan plant breeder discusses his work on a broad range of genera
CHARLES VALIN
128 
   
 
Book Reviews   134