Skip navigation.

Text-only version
    

Learning

RHS Online: Gardening for All
    
 

Publications

RHS Publications

The Plantsman

The cover of the September 2006 issue of The Plantsman    

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

Cover picture: Fruits of Thalictrum rochebrunianum. This species has been crossed with T. flavum to create the first hybrid cultivar in the genus. The fruits are small but they have an intricately sculpted surface
Image: John Fielding

Click on the links below to view articles from this issue.

Get Adobe Acrobat ReaderTo view these documents you will need a copy of Adobe Acrobat Reader. We strongly recommend that you download the latest version to prevent problems viewing the documents. This is available free from the Adobe website. Click on the logo to go to the website.

VOLUME 5 PART 3   SEPTEMBER 2006
From the Editor
MIKE GRANT		   140
Plant Focus - a forum for all plant enthusiasts   141
Soqotra - land of the dragon’s blood tree
Unusual plants from a small group of islands in the Arabian Sea
SABINA KNEES AND TONY MILLER 		  146
Box blight rampages onwards
The latest news on the spread and control of a devastating disease
BÉATRICE HENRICOT		   153
Hydrangea serrata - the mountain hydrangea (511KB)
Despite a long cultural history in Japan, many of the cultivars are not well known in the Western gardens
SALLY GREGSON		   158
The true identity of Veronica ‘Georgia Blue’
The correct species is revealed
DIRK ALBACH		   165
Geranium psilostemon - an ideal husband
Part two of an assessment of a major RHS trial
JAMES ARMITAGE		   168
The NCCPG Demeter database
Recording information from the vast diversity of National Plant Collections
JULIA HOARE 		  174
Thalictrum: an overview (619KB)
The larger members of this genus are compared with recent introductions
DAN HINKLEY		   178
Splitting Eupatorium
The reasons behind the division of a large genus into many smaller ones
NICHOLAS HIND		   185
Growing Lathyrus nervosus
Cultivating Lord Anson’s blue pea
IAN TEESDALE		   190
The origin of Caryopteris x clandonensis and its cultivars
The parentage is confirmed and some cultivar relationships are revealed
NICOLA BEHARRELL AND ALASTAIR CULHAM 		  192
Where now for pest control? (90KB)
The effect of the diminishing range of pesticides available to the amateur
GUY SISSON		   198
Book Reviews   200
Letters   202