RHS Journals
The Garden
August 2008
Volume 133; Part 8
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Meet the stalwarts who still compete to grow the heaviest gooseberry in Britain (pp520–523) Image: Jane Sebire
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| News |
501 |
| Letters |
507 |
Garden talk
Ursula Buchan pleads for more plain green leaves in the garden, Jane Owen says why she despises squirrels and Chris Young admits that urban ‘guerilla gardening’ appeals to him |
510 |
From Abutilon to Zelkova
A visit to Meon Orchard, a garden in Hampshire that successfully integrates exotic plants with cottage-garden favourites and no less than three NCCPG National Plant Collections
PHIL CLAYTON |
512 |
Garden practice: Prolonging garden drama
Ideas to extend the seasonal interest in a garden during late summer and throughout the year
JON ARDLE |
518 |
Survival of the fattest
Competitive gooseberry growing in northwest England has a long and distinguished history, with methods (and a lexicon) all of its own
SIMON GARBUTT |
520 |
Plants with personality
A selection of some lesser-known summer-flowering trees
ROY LANCASTER |
524 |
Rays of light
Recent developments in breeding have catapulted coneflowers (Echinacea) from late-season ‘fillers’ to eagerly anticipated stars of the summer border
GRAHAM RICE |
526 |
Plum deal
In the month of the Pershore Plum Festival, a look at ways to grow plums and greengages in your own garden
SALLY CHARRETT |
532 |
Totally tropical
How a childhood trip to Tresco on the Isles of Scilly inspired subtropical-style planting in a garden near Bristol
LIA LEENDERTZ |
536 |
Courting all generations
The gardens, plants, concepts, people – and high-summer meteorological challenges – of the 2008 Hampton Court Palace Flower Show |
540 |
Viewpoint
In the race to ‘grow your own’, why is cultivating fruit proving so much less popular than growing vegetables?
BOB SHERMAN |
546 |
RHS Advice
Expert advice on jobs and information for the month |
548 |
Gardens to visit
A selection of gardens around Britain to see this month
Every other issue also comes with a pull-out booklet Diary of Events |
554 |
| Book reviews |
559 |
Parting shot
Brian Valentine’s amazing macrophotography shows life through the eyes of a dewdrop |
562 |
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