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Roemaria refracta provides a bold splash of colour in Ian Hodgson's meadow plantings (pp98-103).
Image: Tim Sandall

News

80

Letters

87

Tradescant's Diary

91

Joie de vivre
A courtyard garden in Paris
PENELOPE HILL

92

Little spots of colour
Easy-to-manage dwarf sweet peas
GRAHAM RICE

96

Small is beautiful
Meadows in pots
IAN HODGSON

98

Assessing your soil
Using science to improve the soil
DAVID KINSMAN

104

Leaves from the Lindley Library
BRENT ELLIOTT

108

New Zealand novelties
Evergreen clematis species and hybrids
CHRIS GREY-WILSON

109

Bending the rules
Aesthetic and productive fruit training
LIA LEENDERTZ

112

Ever elegant lilies
Majestic in flower and easy to grow
MICHAEL JEFFERSON-BROWN

115

Early to bed
Propagating summer bedding plants
DAVID HIDE

122

Plants with personality
Colourful evergreens
ROY LANCASTER

126

In an English country garden
The cottage garden profiled
NIGEL COLBORN

128

Viewpoint
GEOFF HODGE

134

RHS Help and Advice

136

Books

141

Compass
RHS Events around the UK
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142

Last words
Winter treasures in North Yorkshire
LINDEN HAWTHORNE

150