HPS Newsletter 157

Charity No. 208080

President: Roy Lancaster OBE VMH

Newsletter

Number 157

July 2013

The Hardy Plant Society Newsletter is edited by Dee Folkard on behalf of the Society and published in February, July and November.

Views and opinions expressed are those of individual contributors. The editor is always delighted to receive contributions to the Newsletter.

Email and Microsoft Word are preferred, but paper copy is acceptable if you do not have access to a computer. Copy for the November issue should be sent to the Newsletter Editor no later than Friday, 27th September 2013.

The Hardy Plant Society 15 Basepoint Business Centre Crab Apple Way Evesham WR11 1GP Tel: 01386 710317 admin@hardy-plant.org.uk www.hardy-plant.org.uk Front cover photo: West Yorkshire Group’s Gold-Medal-winning stand at the Harrogate Spring Show © Allan Mitchell Back cover photos: Spring Gardens Weekend in Kent in May: Timbers (top) Mount Court Farmhouse (bottom) © Sandra Hartley

CONTENTS Page Chairman’s Letter 3 Email Address Update Request 4 AGM Minutes 4 HPS Accounts 9 Treasurer’s Report 12 Officeholders 2013/2014 14 Seed Distribution Manager 15 Chairman of the Publications Subcommittee 16 Editor of Booklets 16 Photographic Competition 17 Events Update 18 Celebrating Our Plantsmen 19 Pulmonaria Group Meeting 20 Passionate About Plants 2014 20 Galanthus Group Report 21 The Shows Must Go On! 22 Harrogate Spring Show Report 23 Donating for the Seed Distribution 23 Peonies 24 Geranium Group Report 25 From the Administrator’s Office 26 Contact Information 27 HPS Booklets 31

Other photos: Rob Cole, Tricia Fraser

Printed by Holbrooks Printers Ltd, Portsmouth PO3 5HX

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Chairman’s Letter Dear Members This letter is one of celebration and change. At least six groups are celebrating significant years of existence. Variously the Pulmonaria Group, Cheshire and Friends, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset and Rutland Groups are celebrating 20 or 25 or 30 years. There may be others of which I am not aware. Thank you to all who have contributed to the work of the groups over the years. I know that many of you do not belong to groups, local or specialist. For others the groups provide the opportunity to learn about hardy plants as well as share knowledge and plants generously. As I visit groups I experience the friendship that abounds.

After twenty-two years providing administrative services to the Society as an independent contractor, Pam Adams has decided not to accept the offer of the Trustees for a contract for 2013/4. As a result, her current contract will have expired by the time you read this Newsletter. Over the years Pam has been the friendly and helpful voice of the Society. She has built a detailed knowledge of the people as well as the workings of the Society and has supported all of us. She will be missed and, on behalf of all of you, I thank her for her commitment and work and wish her well for the future.

Joy Dimond (pronounced Diamond) has been employed by the Society with effect from mid June. Joy is an experienced administrator and will provide a friendly and efficient service for us. It will take a little time for her to build up her knowledge of the Society, its people and foibles. I am looking forward to working with her to ensure as seamless a transition as we can. Joy will be working from an office on the outskirts of Evesham. The telephone numbers and hardy-plant.org.uk email addresses will remain the same. The new office address is on p. 27 of the Newsletter but mail sent to the old address will be redirected for 12 months.

Postholders are a very important part of the Society. It is through their work that the Society delivers many of its charitable objects. In recent years the Seed Distribution Scheme has gone from strength to strength. Sue Pinsent has done an excellent job extending the changes initiated by Barbara Matthewman. The organisation is now more robust and, thanks to members of the team, plant information is available on the website. Sue took over as Manager last year for a two-year period. We are therefore looking for a volunteer to work with her in the next season with a view to taking on the role in March 2014.

Chris Strachan has been Groups’ Coordinator for more than five years and feels that it is time for someone else to take on the role with effect from March 2014. This also gives any interested volunteer time to liaise with Chris on the work involved.

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Tim Riggs has been Editor of the Booklets since 2003 and Chairman of the Publications Subcommittee since 2006. He will finish both roles in June 2013. During his time Tim has edited eight booklets and he has been Chairman of the Committee for many issues of both The Hardy Plant and the Newsletter as well as other publications. On behalf of all of us, thank you, Tim, for your commitment and work.

For more information on each of these roles please see pp. 15 and 16 of the newsletter.

Congratulations to all groups that have created successful and awardwinning displays at shows so far this season. It has been a difficult season to manage plants, making the displays even more remarkable.

Vivienne McGhee

HAVE WE GOT YOUR CURRENT EMAIL ADDRESS? To reduce postage costs, we are trying to use more email where we can. However, many of the email addresses that we have are out of date. You can register your email address on the HPS website at www.hardy-plant.org.uk/survey/email.htm or by sending an email with your membership number (if you know it), name and postcode to email@hardy-plant.org.uk

THE HARDY PLANT SOCIETY 56th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 1.45pm, Saturday 23rd March 2013 Pershore College, Pershore, Worcestershire Officers: Vivienne McGhee Charmian Odle Elaine Lofthouse

Chairman Honorary Treasurer Honorary Secretary

Apologies for absence: owing to inclement weather, of those members booked to attend, over 70 were unable to attend. A full list is available but included the President, Roy Lancaster; Trustees Sue Catchpole and Sue Ward; Postholders John Dyson, Stella Exley and Sue Pinsent.

Apologies were received in advance from David and Kathleen Barker, Diane Bellerby, Helen Boothman, Derek and Pauline Cooper, Judy Harry, Pam Ratcliffe, Tony Rogers and Trevor Walton.

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1. The minutes of the 55th Annual General Meeting held on Saturday 31st March 2012, which had been circulated to members in the July 2012 Newsletter of the Society were presented for approval as a correct record of the meeting; proposed by Sally-Ann Turner, seconded by Fran Pattinson and approved unanimously.

2. There were no matters arising from the minutes of the 2012 AGM. 3. The Chairman’s Annual Report: A general report of 2012 had been printed in the February Newsletter, and the Chairman added to this with a written additional report circulated at the meeting. This second report is printed below: The year 2012 has been another year of change. We have had a new Hon. Treasurer and Bookkeeper who have given the Society a stable basis to continue our review of Society spending. This has involved a commitment to implementing a new software system to combine the membership database and our outmoded and cumbersome financial systems.

We have had some changes during the year with a new Hon. Secretary, Publicity Coordinator and Horticultural Advisor. A new Shows Coordinator took up the post but by agreement the effective starting date was postponed until the beginning of 2013. Luckily the Society has a number of members who can assist as and when required. As a result we have been able to enjoy a year continuing the high-quality delivery of our charity objects.

For the benefit of those who are not familiar with the Charity Commissioners’ technical jargon, the ‘objects’ are those things which we exist to do, and which we achieve through our Events, Exhibitions & Displays at Shows, Group activities, Bursaries & Projects, the Journal, Website, Conservation of Plants, Seed Distribution and so on. I wish to thank all the Postholders who are key players in the delivery of the objects, as well as those who actively support the work they do.

Together these deliver the Public Benefit aspect against which all registered charities are measured as it is important that charities are not ‘members-only’ private clubs. The Charity Commissioners require ‘inclusivity’, and a pronounced friendly inclusivity is an aspect of our Society and the work of the Groups of which we are proud.

The Webmaster and his team have kept the website refreshed on an almost daily basis. This has included information about Group activities, articles about plants and gardens as well as detailed cultivation information about the plants in the Conservation and Seed Distribution Schemes. This information is available to everyone who visits the site. This is ongoing work and takes considerable time and effort to ensure that the information is accurate and kept up to date.

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The work of local and specialist Groups continues to flourish, with an increasing number of groups holding plant sales. Locally they are welcomed as a source of reasonably priced plants from people who know them and have the experience of growing them. Other groups have displayed at local shows, increasing awareness of the Society as well as making information available to the public.

During the year the Trustees have approved several awards from the Kenneth Black Legacy Fund. These have ranged from continuing support for a seedcollecting project in the Himalaya, to providing propagation and related equipment to college students, and supporting a smaller HPS local group to fund prestigious speakers and raise the profile of hardy plants locally as well as that of the Society.

We have used other legacy money to fund a Photographic Competition. This was on a trial basis and gave us the experience to expand it in future years. It also gave us a lot of new images for the Photograph Library that is available for members and non-members.

We are still concerned that membership numbers in the HPS, like those in so many other small charities, are slowly but steadily declining. We have therefore continued the process, started in 2011, of managing resources to ensure a healthy balance between administrative costs and those of delivering the objectives referred to earlier.

We now have a new Publicity Coordinator in post and are developing plans to raise the profile and standing of the Society generally and more specifically, where it matters, in spreading information about, and developing skills of growing, hardy plants, as well as encouraging others to do so. All of this while enjoying ourselves and forging friendships. We should see the benefits of this in the forthcoming year.

Adoption of the Chairman’s report and accompanying remarks was approved unanimously.

4. The Honorary Treasurer, Charmian Odle presented her report for 2012 which was circulated at the meeting accompanied by the Income and Expenditure account, the Balance Sheet and the Budget for 2013.

Charmian gave particular thanks to John Dilks, Chris Green and John McGhee for their help with the preparation of the accounts.

In her oral report Charmian said that Trustees were reviewing costs for printing and administration. The 2013 costs for the new IT system were a one-off and this gave rise to the deficit shown. The Trustees are committed to keeping expenditure within income and for the third consecutive year there had been a small surplus. Income from Gift Aid is not yet shown as claims could not be backdated.

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Questions were invited from members and were as follows, although not all relate to the Treasurer’s report: i. Why was Journal advertising income not shown as a separate item? It was explained that this was included in the Publications figures. ii. The £14K cost of the new IT system was queried and suggested that this item could have been shown as capital expenditure rather than distorting the budget deficit. It was explained that this was mostly a one-off cost and that the expected increase in efficiency for electronic accounting would substantially reduce the current administrative costs.

Membership Issues: iii. Concern over falling membership currently running at 3% pa: Sue Brown, Publicity Coordinator, responded by saying that at this rate in just over 50 years the Society would have no members! Sue intends to raise the profile of the society. Recent press coverage of the Society in Val Bourne’s Daily Telegraph article resulted in over 100 new members and a mention in the Daily Mail generated a few more. iv. Demographics: a member of the Worcestershire Group suggested that the typical HPS member was “an older woman living in a village”; this was thought a fair representation of many members. v. Why did members leave the society? Although members who resign are routinely asked for their reasons, very few reply. Those that do are mostly longstanding members with reasons such as death, no longer gardening, or moving house. It was suggested that ‘recent’ members could be asked for their leaving reasons by phone. vi. RHS, Plant Heritage and National Trust have focused on children/younger people. It was suggested that HPS could use its ‘captive audience' of grandparents to encourage young people. In reply it was noted that the recent photographic competition class for children and grandchildren of members had produced some fine results. Somerset Group is running a school event for parents and children which it is hoped may recruit new members. vii. Publicity: there was a plea that the HPS “does not end up like RHS or NT” but remains as a friendly local organisation, while being recognised as a national plant society. Sue Brown’s challenge is to get the Society known in the press, to raise our profile and to ‘get us in the public eye’. .

The adoption of the Treasurers’ Report was proposed by Rob Cole, seconded by Mike Foers and carried unanimously.

5. Election of the Chairman of the Society Vivienne McGhee was proposed by Elaine Lofthouse, seconded by Charmian Odle and elected unanimously.

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6. Election of the other Officers of the Society i. John Dilks was proposed for the post of Vice-Chairman by Vivienne McGhee, seconded by Elaine Lofthouse and elected unanimously. ii. Charmian Odle was proposed for the post of Honorary Treasurer by Derek Cooper, seconded by Elaine Lofthouse and elected unanimously. iii. Elaine Lofthouse was proposed for the post of Honorary Secretary by Eric Watson, seconded by Charmian Odle and elected unanimously.

7. Election of Trustees for the period March 2013 to March 2017 i. Trevor Holmes – proposed by Derek Cooper, seconded by Carol Galley ii. Sue Jackman – proposed by Sally-Ann Turner, seconded by David Barker iii. Roy Stickland – proposed by Vivienne McGhee, seconded by Lady Rosemary FitzGerald.

The vote was taken en bloc and the proposals were approved unanimously.

8. Mr Edward Wilson was thanked for his work as the Independent Examiner of the Society’s accounts and the proposal to re-elect him for the coming year was made by Caroline Raymont, seconded by Anne Jenner and carried unanimously 9. Votes of thanks The Chairman thanked the five retiring Trustees of the Society – Ruth Baumberg, Becky Dale, Sandra Hartley, Sally-Ann Turner and Sue Ward – for their commitment to the society over the last three years.

The Chairman also wanted to place on record her thanks to Pam Adams for the work she does for the Society. All members present agreed.

Sally-Ann Turner wished, on behalf of the members, to thank Vivienne McGhee for agreeing to stand for a fourth term as Society Chairman.

This concluded the formal part of the Annual General Meeting, and, because additional issues had been taken during the meeting itself, there were no items for an Open Forum.

Elaine Lofthouse Honorary Secretary

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THE HARDY PLANT SOCIETY Proposed Budget for 2013 INCOME Subscriptions Interest on investment Donations Booklets Net income from seed distribution

£ 93,000 5,000 1,000 1,000 1.000

£

£

£

101,000

Total Income £101,000 EXPENDITURE

Administration Professional administrative services Printing, postage and telephone Meetings – Trustees Insurance Equipment rental/leasing Depreciation – equipment incl. IT Bank charges IT support IT software and development

27,700 4,100 70 3,500 1,000 1,000 3,000 1,000 2,000 12,000

55,300

35,150 6,000 8,000 500 3,000 1,000 2,400 500 3,000 5,000

64,550

Total Administration £55,300 Activities in Support of Charitable Objects £ Publications Groups’ support incl. insurance Shows Website Publicity Events Conservation Photo Library Contingency Bursary

119,850

Total Activities

£64,550

Total Expenditure £119,850 Deficit

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THE HARDY PLANT SOCIETY st Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 December 2012 £ Income 1.

Subscriptions Events Advertising Interest (Bank & Investments) Donations Booklets Total Income

£

£ 2011

96,343 112 3,962 5,039 1,930 681

99,489 29 2,281 2,752 2,753 1,143 108,447

108,067

Expenses Administration Professional and admin services Printing & postage Telephone Meetings (Trustees) Insurance Equipment rental/leasing Depreciation (equipment) Bank Charges Software & IT support Less Total Expenses

31,658 3,345 63 3,276 1,090 1,252 1,011 1,018 3,192

Operating surplus Activities Publications Groups’ support Shows Website Publicity Seed distribution (surplus) Conservation Photo Library Misc exp

£

21,387 3,410 589 3,088 1,225 1,260 1,003 829 1,100 (45,905)

(33,891)

62,162

74,556

35,517 4,980 6,297 183 400 (1,310) 1,283 115 1,134

34,809 9,385 7,593 285 3,150 76 1,302 77 1,181 (48,599)

(57,858)

Surplus/(deficiency) 2. Less Bursaries

13, 563 (3,400)

16,698 (3,956)

Surplus for the year

10,163

12,742

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THE HARDY PLANT SOCIETY st Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2012 £ 3. Fixed Assets Office machinery (after depreciation) 4. Investments at cost Current Assets Balances at Bank Debtors & Prepayments Stock (Booklets) Petty cash

£

Net Current Assets Net Assets Financed by:– General Fund st Balance at 1 January 2012 Prior year adjustment (2010)

£

3,352

2,227

121,841

121,841

258,471 11,218

Less Current Liabilities Creditors Subscriptions & Seed in advance

£ 2011

269,689

250,437 6,755 2,855 33 260,080

(12,017) (36,242)

(7,703) (40,826) 221,589

211,551

346,782

335,619

127,687

114,136 (432)

Waived fees on investment (2009)

1,241

Bursary Fund & Bequest Surplus for 2012

809

208,932

207,932

10,163 346,782

12,742 335,619 8

Notes 1.

This represents a decline in membership of over 37% over a twelve-year period.

Year 2008 2009 2010* 2011 2012 Totals 9,271 8,893 7,995 7,796 7,513 % decrease 2.4 4.1 10.1 3.5 3.6 *Subscription increase 2. The Kenneth Black legacy is used by the Society to fund bursaries, to provide support to Groups and to fund projects for the Society. In 2010, 2011 and 2012 the Society was able to fund these from the surplus on the income and expenditure account. Applications for the use of these funds are considered by a panel of the Trustees.

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3. The current value of items listed within the Asset Register. This includes laptop computers, printers, photocopier and assets held by individuals within the Society.

4. Investments at cost £ Capital Shopping Centres 29,475 Barclays Wealth Fund (2009) 41,241 Zurich Capital Guaranteed (2009) 51,125 121,841

THE HARDY PLANT SOCIETY Treasurer's Report to the AGM March 2013 Introduction In presenting this, my second report to the AGM of the Hardy Plant Society, I want to start by conveying my thanks to Chris Green, who as bookkeeper has been reliably producing the accounting figures throughout the year.

John McGhee, who kept the accounts going in 2011 in the absence of a treasurer, has continued to provide valued support to both myself and Chris. More recently, John Dilks has been working with us on the set-up of the new information system and providing advice for the investment strategy.

In presenting the accounts to the AGM, I shall look in turn at each of the three documents. First, the Income and Expenditure account sets out the financial statement of what has happened during the year to 31st December 2012. Secondly, the Balance Sheet sets out the assets and liabilities of the Society on the date of 31st December 2012. Both these documents report on actual facts. The third document, in contrast, is not factual in the same way. It is the Society's Budget for 2013 and is a statement of our intended use of financial resources to discharge our charitable objects in the coming year.

I hope that viewing the accounts as comprising three parts makes them more readily understandable.

Income and Expenditure Account A good way to understand this document is to think about how we look at our own domestic financial situation – how has the amount of money coming in (our income) compared with what we have spent (our expenditure)?

There is good news to report in that for the third year running the Society has produced a surplus of income over expenditure after a number of deficits in earlier years. This year's surplus is £10,163.

At £108,067, total income was very similar to 2011. Once again subscription income continued to decline in line with its long-term trend, falling by 3.2%. However, net advertising income increased as a result of

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lower commission and more advertisement receipts. Bank interest increased as more cash was placed in investments.

Administrative expenditure is now shown under expenses rather than as formerly where it was divided between expenses and apportioned across a number of the activities. This makes year on year comparison of the detail difficult. Looking at the total of expenditure on expenses and activities together shows that the amount for 2012 was slightly higher than 2011 by £2,755. Key points to note are that the final reduction from the revision of insurance costs has now been shown. Old HPS booklets with a value of £2,491 have been written off. Costs of the information-system implementation are showing under IT and software support.

Administrative expenditure, the information system and scope for further savings are considered in more detail in the budget section of this report.

As in previous years, the Society has continued to fund bursaries for Groups’ support and projects from the Kenneth Black legacy.

Balance Sheet The balance sheet provides a snapshot in time, looking at the assets and liabilities of the Society (what we own minus what we owe) and is true only for one particular day. It shows that on 31st December 2012 our net financial worth was £346,782.The Society continues to be supported by a good level of reserves.

Budget for 2013 This is our outline of the financial consequences of our plans. It is not intended to be a rigid constraint on postholders who undertake good work on behalf of the Society. It is a projection of the future, hence, unlike the other accounts, it includes a small contingency to allow the Trustees some flexibility to cope with what actually happens.

The budget is set out to identify three components. First, the amount of income expected. For 2013, this shows a continued decline in subscription income. This may be a conservative figure as we did recruit around a hundred new members following the Telegraph article in December 2012.

Our income budget may also be conservative in that it takes no account of gift-aid income pending sufficient information to enable an accurate estimate. Secondly, with regard to the general administrative and overhead costs, postholders have undertaken a number of exercises to reduce costs over the last couple of years. There are two areas of cost remaining where there may still be scope for savings, these being administrative services and printing. Trustees are overseeing a review of the cost of both areas during the course of the year. The new information system will have a nonrecurrent cost of £12,000 in 2013. The third element of the budget shows expected expenditure on the activities which are in pursuit of the charitable objects.

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The budget shows deficits in 2013 of £18,850.Trustees are committed to the aim of keeping recurrent expenditure within recurrent income. Income may be understated as explained, there is a large element of non-recurrent expenditure and the Trustees are reviewing printing and administrative costs.

Conclusion Members are asked to adopt this report.

Charmian Odle Honorary Treasurer March 2013

Officeholders for 2013/14 President Roy Lancaster Vice-Presidents Gwladys Tonge David Barker Dilys Davies

Tony Lord Brian Mitchell

Trustees Vivienne McGhee (Chairman) John Dilks (Vice-Chairman) Diana Bellerby Helen Boothman Sue Catchpole Maggie Cocks Trevor Holmes

Charmian Odle (Hon. Treasurer) Elaine Lofthouse (Hon. Secretary) Sue Jackman Ray Lakeland Helen Mount Roy Stickland

Events Panel Beverley Powlesland (Coordinator) Dee Folkard Sandra Hartley Lyn Miles

Peter Regan Tony Rogers Chris Strachan Sally-Ann Turner

Publications Subcommittee Chairman – Vacant Booklets Editor – Vacant Tony Bays (Cornucopia Editor) Sue Brown (Publicity Coordinator) Sue Catchpole (Managing Sec.)

Dee Folkard (Newsletter Editor) Jennifer Harmer (Historian) Sandra Hartley Pam Ratcliffe (Journal Editor) Trevor Walton (Photo Librarian)

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Conservation Scheme Coordinator Helen Mount

Seed Distribution Manager Sue Pinsent

Groups Coordinator Chris Strachan

Shows Coordinator Stella Exley

Horticultural Advisor Judy Harry

Web Team Cliff Powlesland (Webmaster) John Dyson (Website Content) Sharin Ingleby (Facebook)

Seed Distribution Manager Are you wondering how to spend your time during the winter? Do you have organisational skills? Do you relish the satisfaction of working as a member of a team of highly motivated volunteers delivering one of the key objectives of the Society? This may be the role for you.

Seed is received throughout the year, recorded and stored by Joe and Wendy Sime. They liaise with Eleanor Fisher who researches and produces a descriptive database. Bill Hodgson ensures that the seed list is formatted for the printers. Cliff Powlesland puts the list on the website. Joe and Wendy send the seed to Kent, Lincolnshire and Southern Counties Groups for packing.

Orders are received in the National Administrative Office where payments are also processed, and labelled envelopes sent to Shropshire Group whence packed seed is dispatched. The role of the Seed Distribution Manager is to liaise and coordinate this process as well as deal with incidental matters.

The core members of the team generally meet in May/June to review the previous season as well as plan for improvements for the next season. The Manager also reports to and attends a Trustees’ Meeting in March and the annual Postholders’ Meeting, this year in November.

Sue Pinsent took on the role for two years and, at the end of her first year, has described her experience as very rewarding. She will be in post until March 2014. So there will be the opportunity to work with her for an entire ‘seed season’.

So – how about it? For more information please contact Sue, initially by email on suepinsent@phonecoop.coop

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Chairman of the Publications Subcommittee Tim Riggs has resigned as Chairman of the Subcommittee and as Editor of the Society’s booklets. Tim has been in post for some years and has decided that it is time to hand over to someone else.

The remit of the Subcommittee is to oversee all the publications of the Society – The Hardy Plant, the Newsletter, the booklets, Cornucopia and leaflets. It also includes oversight of the Society’s Photo Librarian and the work of the Historian, as well as providing publishing support to the Publicity Coordinator and linking with the Webmaster.

The various members of the Subcommittee have their own particular detailed skills to deliver their respective tasks. The important and rewarding role of the Chairman is in contributing to HPS policy development, coordinating the delivery of the various roles and controlling the publications budget, ensuring that the Society obtains value for money. The Committee is supported by a Managing Secretary who deals with the administrative aspects of the Subcommittee’s work.

This is an excellent opportunity at an exciting time when the Society is reviewing the electronic opportunities in publishing in order to extend the delivery of the Society’s charitable objects.

Copies of the Job Description for the post can be obtained from Elaine (Hon. Secretary). If you would like to talk over any aspect of the job, Vivienne (Chairman) would welcome a call or email.

Editor of Booklets The Editor is a member of the Publications Subcommittee, which is responsible for all the Society’s printed publications. As such, the Editor is responsible for the delivery of the Society’s charitable objects in the publishing of specialist booklets written by members of the Society. Ideas for the subjects of the booklets often come from members but on occasion the editor may commission a new booklet. Once the Committee has approved the publication of a booklet the major role of the Editor is to liaise with the author in producing a fully edited text and layout as well as commissioning the printing and related requirements.

Further information can be obtained from Vivienne (Chairman) by telephone or email.

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Photographic Competition Could I remind members about the Photographic Competition? The closing date is September 1st 2013. A panel of three judges will then assess the photographs and the results will be published in the November 2013 Newsletter with the winning photographs printed in the 2014 Spring Journal.

There are three categories: 1.

Individual hardy perennial – whole plant or close-up 2.

Plant grouping, border, garden view, HPS events 3.

For Members’ children/grandchildren (16 or under): any gardeningrelated subject.

The prizes are funded from a legacy to the Society from Nancy, Lady Rowlinson and will be given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each category: £50/£30/£20 (or book tokens) with gift vouchers for children.

Rules • The competition is open to all HPS members, except professional photographers or relatives of the judging panel.

• The member submitting the image should have taken the photograph, or in the case of category 3, be the parent/grandparent of the child who has taken the photograph.

• Images taken of private gardens other than that of the entrant must have the permission of the owner before submission. Images containing identifiable people must have their permission before submission.

• Images should be sent to the Photo Librarian on a CD/DVD or memory stick, which will be returned only if a stamped addressed envelope is enclosed. Please ensure that you keep a copy.

• Images should be presented at high resolution in JPG/JPEG format.

• Images cannot be accepted via email.

• Slides converted to digital format are acceptable. Prints are not acceptable.

• Entrants can submit up to three digital images per category, (parents/grandparents up to three for each child), stating which category each image is to be judged in. Entries must include the photographer’s name and address and HPS membership number, plus the plant name(s), location and date where appropriate. Images may also be given a title.

Please do not superimpose writing on the actual image.

• Images entered in last year’s competition cannot be resubmitted.

• Minimal digital enhancement is acceptable, but alterations that change the authenticity of the image are not.

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• All photographs received will be added to the Photo Library, allowing the Society to lend the images to other members and use them in its publications and promotions. The photographer will retain the copyright.

Please ensure that your entry has the correct postage.

Further images, not being entered into the competition, can be added to the CD/DVD/memory stick for inclusion in the Photo Library. These will be gratefully received, but please indicate which of the images (max. 3 in each category) are to be entered into the competition.

Please consider donating reasonable-quality digital images to the library even if you are not entering the photographic competition.

Entries into the Photographic Competition and other donations to the library should be sent to: 143 Temple Lane, Copmanthorpe, York YO23 3TE.

Trevor Walton Events Update On a cold, crisp but sunny Saturday in February, members met to embrace Hellebores! We enjoyed a very informative talk on the subject by Diana Guy, who demonstrated many varied and wonderful hellebores which she brought with her. The following day we were able to see them in her garden. We toured the Trehanes’ herd of British Holstein Friesians, as well as the spring gardens of the owners. The event was fully booked and most members stayed overnight to share dinner with fellow hardy planters who were entertained by Roy Lancaster. There is a write-up, with lots of information, on the website.

The AGM/ALD was hosted by the Worcestershire Group at Pershore College.

Although the event was fully booked, many members had to abandon journeys because of severe weather. Some had set out, only to be caught in blizzards.

The heavy snow lasted only a short while in some areas, and certainly in Gloucestershire, the roads were relatively back to normal the next day! Several HPS members volunteer in the Perennial Garden at Pershore and we were fortunate to secure the rooms at a reasonable rate in return.

Spring was rather late this year, but when it arrived it certainly made the Kent gardens lush and very fresh. We had good weather for the Spring Weekend and those who attended were treated to 5 very different gardens – something for all tastes. Kent HPS members’ gardens, not easily accessible by coach, were open on the Sunday afternoon and many took the opportunity to see even more gardens – you can’t get enough of the addiction.....

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Thanks to Dorset, Worcestershire and Kent groups for arranging those events.

Your contributions are most welcome and much appreciated.

Although there is no Summer Gardens Day, we shall be Celebrating our Plantsmen in September at Cannington, with a chance to explore the walled gardens and arboretum (details below).

If your group has not arranged a national event for a while, and would be interested in doing so, please drop me an email or phone me, and I will be happy to discuss it further with you. Alternatively, if your group would like to arrange something with a different format, I will be delighted to hear from you.

Beverley Powlesland Celebrating our Plantsmen Saturday 14th September 2013 Cannington College Bridgwater, Somerset We look forward to welcoming you to the Cannington Campus on Saturday 14th September. We are honoured to have Roy Lancaster and Mary Toomey, two stalwarts of the HPS, sharing their experience with us.

Four nurseries with choice and unusual plants will be in attendance on the day and, if you purchase plants in advance from these specialist nurseries, the owners will be happy to bring them to the meeting. The nurseries are: 1. Longacre Plants, South Marsh, Wincanton BA9 8EX. Tel: 01963 32802.

Email: info@longacreplants.co.uk www.plantsforshade.co.uk 2. Mill Cottage Plants, Henley Mill, Wookey BA5 1AW. Tel: 01749 676966.

Email: millcottageplants@gmail.com www.millcottageplants.co.uk 3. Desert to Jungle, Lower Henlade, Taunton TA3 5NB. Tel: 01823 443701.

Email: plants@deserttojungle.com www.deserttojungle.com 4. Elworthy Cottage Plants, Elworthy, Taunton TA4 3PX. Tel: 01984 656427.

Email: mike@elworthy-cottage.co.uk www.elworthy-cottage.co.uk We will also have the opportunity to visit East Lambrook Manor Gardens on the Sunday as the owner will be opening especially for HPS members.

Programme: 10.00 am Registration and coffee/tea 11.00 Tour of walled garden and arboretum by Cannington staff 12.30 pm Lunch Afternoon session chaired by Brian Dockerill 2.00 Mary Toomey on ‘Passionate about Clematis’ 3.00 Coffee/tea 3.30 ‘In conversation with Roy Lancaster’: Roy discusses a range of gardening topics 4.30 Raffle

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Tickets, priced at £30, include the 2 afternoon talks, refreshments morning and afternoon, lunch and a guided tour of the walled gardens and arboretum.

The local Somerset group will be meeting on the same day at Cannington, and Diana Guy will be speaking on ‘Cottage Gardens’. Members are welcome to attend the meeting at 11.00 am if unable to join the guided tour of the walled gardens. There will be no extra charge for the meeting.

More information is available on the website. Contact Dee Folkard on dmfolkard@gmail.com or 020 8778 2752.

Pulmonaria Group Anniversary Meeting 21st September 2013 Newton Tony Memorial Hall, 42 Beechfield, Newton Tony, Wiltshire, SP4 0HH To continue the celebration of our 21st year, the Pulmonaria Group are having this second meeting.

The focus will be on Pulmonaria foliage which is at its best at this time of the year. Jennifer Harmer and Sue Ward will give an introductory talk and then members will be invited to participate in a discussion, using plant photos and plants if available. In the afternoon we will visit the garden of Lyn Miles with its large collection of Pulmonarias, and also another garden close by. There will be a nursery in attendance at the hall selling plants.

Group members will shortly be receiving a reminder email with an application form. Guests are very welcome and full details and an application form can be obtained from Group Secretary, Barry Street, 10 St Margarets Grove, Great Kingshill, High Wycombe, Bucks. HP15 6HW. Tel: 01494 713476 email: barry.street@virgin.net

'Passionate About Plants' 2014 Middlesex Group 10 years after our very first such event, the HPS Middlesex Group are pleased to announce our sixth very popular biennial ‘Passionate About Plants’ day for 2014.

The event will follow the same successful format as before including three topquality speakers, an impressive range of hardy plants for sale from several specialist nurseries, a raffle with quality prizes. In addition, a selection of tasty light refreshments will be on sale during intervals.

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As usual, our guest speakers are specially chosen for their gardening knowledge and excellent presentation skills. You can look forward to talks given by Cleve West – one of Britain’s top garden designers, RHS judge, writer and avid allotmenteer; Anne Wareham – gardener and writer; Toby Buckland – broadcaster, gardener and author. All are well-known, accomplished speakers who always have something interesting and informative to say.

‘Passionate About Plants’ will take place from 10.00 am (doors open 9.00 am) to 4.00 pm on Saturday 12th April 2014 at Haydon School, Wiltshire Lane, Pinner, Middlesex HA5 2LX. Additional details and a ticket application form can be obtained from our website at www.hardy-plant-middlesex.org.uk or from: PAP, Derek Curtler, 50a Green Lane, Bovingdon, Herts, HP3 0JY. Tel: 01442 833139; email: derek.curtler@virginmedia.com.

A self-addressed stamped envelope would be appreciated.

Tickets for the day, priced at just £20, must be ordered and paid for in advance as they will not be available at the door. To avoid disappointment please book early as tickets always sell out very quickly.

HPS Galanthus Group Study Day, 17th February 2013 On 17th February 2013, the HPS Galanthus Group held its second AGM and Study Day in the Herefordshire town of Leominster (see photographs on p.29).

97 delegates were welcomed by Karen Reid, the Group's Chairman.

After the AGM, Jim Almond gave a talk on 'Snowdrops in the Green' which concentrated on forms of Galanthus with green tips or green leaves, virescent snowdrops, and lifting 'in the green'. Jim is not only a keen grower and admirer of snowdrops, but also a skilled photographer, and he discussed a wide range of common and unusual cultivars, interspersed with hints on growing and propagation, as well as suggestions for taking better photographs.

The second talk, by Joe Sharman, was on 'The New, the Rare, and the Curious'. Joe is well known as an avid collector and propagator of snowdrops, and illustrated an amazing range of old, but scarce, cultivars which appear in photographs but never on the sales tables. He showed examples of new finds, and enthralled his audience with pictures of his successful attempts at raising seedlings from deliberate crosses. Joe's enthusiasm for his subject was much in evidence.

After lunch the delegates visited 'Ivycroft', the nearby garden of Sue and Roger Norman where they grow a wonderful collection of snowdrop cultivars and species, both in garden borders and in naturalistic settings where drifts of snowdrops are encouraged to 'do their own thing'. The afternoon was sunny and cold, but cake and endless hot drinks ensured that visitors lingered among the snowdrops they had come to see, and that many new friendships were made.

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Judging by comments received from the delegates, it would appear that the Galanthus Group has a promising future and will continue to raise the profile of the Hardy Plant Society. The policy of the Group will continue to be the enjoyment of snowdrops as good garden plants. Collecting snowdrops will of course be an inevitable adjunct, but the appreciation of snowdrops both in the garden and in the wild will continue to be the principal focus.

Rob Cole The Shows Must Go On! It was during a lazy afternoon last September, relaxing on a beach in Chatham, Cape Cod MA, that I received an email from Vivienne McGhee asking if I might be interested in taking on the role of Shows Coordinator for the HPS. I am a member of the South Pennine Group, having recently relocated back to Yorkshire from Devon. My long-held ambition of establishing a hardy-plant nursery is now finally coming to fruition and in future I hope to use links with other nurseries to benefit HPS Groups as they develop planting plans for their show entries.

I am very much looking forward to getting out and about and meeting with Groups who are interested in being involved in shows, whether this be at local, county or national level, and of course learning from those who have a wealth of knowledge and experience, with the aim of sharing this for the overall benefit of the HPS. I will also be visiting as many shows as possible this year, so look forward to meeting representatives of Local Groups and hearing about their experiences in staging their displays. Already I have had the pleasure of seeing the West Yorkshire Group’s Gold-Medal-winning display at the Harrogate Spring Flower Show in April and the First Prize that the Worcestershire Group were awarded for their exhibit, showcasing variegated plants, at the Malvern Spring Show in early May. I plan to spend time learning more about the different cogs of the Society and meeting other Postholders to enable me quickly to gain a good grasp of how best this role of Shows Coordinator can dovetail with other roles to achieve maximum benefit for the Society as a whole. I would be delighted to hear from you (contact details on p.28) if: • you have ideas/knowledge/experience you wish to share with me regarding shows • you have contacts that may be beneficial to me in my role • you are interested in helping at future shows.

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Harrogate Spring Show The West Yorkshire Group’s exhibit at the Harrogate Spring Show featured ‘Colour’ as our theme, using the colour wheel to link the educational and plant displays. We carried out research at Harrogate Library and found much useful information including in Fundamentals of Colour, an excellent booklet from NAFAS. The educational display featured several gardeners famous for their use of colour planting combinations as well as information on colour theory.

Requests went out to members for plants which would be at their peak in time for the show. We checked out our own gardens, dug up and took the plants into the greenhouse and in some cases, to encourage flowering, they took pride of place in our own living rooms.

The centre of the stand would hold the primary colours, and to the left and right there would be harmonious/adjacent colours representing the cooler and hotter sections of the wheel.

We were going for the ‘wow‘ factor and to the centre placed Fritillaria imperialis, Forsythia x intermedia ‘Goldrausch’, Tulipa ‘Abu Hassan’, Primula ‘Cowichan’, Primula veris, Ranunculus gramineus, Muscari latifolium, Uncinia rubra ‘Firedance’ and Heuchera ‘Lime Marmalade’, to form the basis of the primarycolour section (see photograph on the front cover). To the right of the stand we included blue Lathyrus vernus, Corokia x virgata ‘Frosted Chocolate’, Geranium ‘Bobs Blunder’, Pulsatilla vulgaris, Pulmonaria ‘Blake’s Silver’. The left-hand display included Epimedium ‘Amber Queen’, Coronilla valentina subsp. glauca ‘Citrina’, Erysimum ‘Apricot Queen’.

On Thursday morning, after the judging, the screams of delight were heard half a mile away – GOLD!!! We were euphoric – worth all the hard work. The best thing was the reaction of the public – so much praise made it worthwhile. Thank you to all members for their support in supplying plants and help with the stewarding of the stand. Finally it isn’t the winning, it’s the taking part, but winning Gold feels pretty good.

Shirley and Allan Mitchell Donating for the Seed Distribution I hope by now we will all have had some seed-ripening weather and that our three hundred and fifty trusty donors of seed will have begun collecting for the 2014 distribution. The distribution would benefit from more donors, and I am aware, from visiting members’ gardens, of a wonderful diversity of plants that we all grow and particularly how a plant that is commonplace in one area is eagerly sought after in another. Therefore, why not closely inspect your plants by collecting their seed, however small the amount, and donating it to the seed distribution? It will all be most gratefully received.

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It will assist Joe Sime if you would: 1. Collect, name, dry and clean your seed (in that order). Take care in identifying and labelling seed. Store seed in a dry and cool environment, e.g. a plastic container at the bottom of the fridge.

2. Put your seed into labelled packets. If you do not have suitable packets available, they can be obtained from Joe (address below), on receipt of a C5-size SAE. 3. Include your name and address, along with an alphabetical list of the seed, ensuring the list accurately reflects the names on the packets of seed that you are sending.

4. Send seed to S.J. Sime, Park Cottage, Penley, Wrexham, LL13 0LS, to arrive by 31 October 2013. Seed that arrives after 31 October will not be wasted but will be included in Distributor’s Choice. Joe will accept seed at any time of year.

A more detailed account of how to collect and clean seed is on the HPS Website. Alternatively, when you request packets, ask Joe to include a paper copy of that information which first appeared in the Newsletter, July 2011.

As I mentioned in the previous Newsletter, I would appreciate feedback about the quality of the distribution, with realistic suggestions for the future. Also Chris Chadwell and I would appreciate updates on plants being grown from his expedition seeds.

Sue Pinsent

Peonies Peonies are among the most beautiful of hardy herbaceous perennials, and should be at the centre of the Hardy Plant Society’s concerns. So it is rather surprising that until now there has not been an HPS booklet devoted to them.

This gap is now ably filled by Gail Harland’s attractively produced account, well written and enlivened by Gail’s own photographs and Sue Ward’s exquisite line drawings.

The first 44 pages are devoted to general topics, followed by a directory of peony species and cultivars. An introduction rightly starts by emphasising that peonies in the garden are not only valuable for their flowers: the fat red noses that push up in late winter are among the most welcome signs of the awakening year, and many have attractive foliage and autumn colours. There are brief accounts of peonies in the wild, of their history and uses and their place in the garden. The section on botany and classification summarises Hong’s recent taxonomy of the 33 wild species, followed by a consideration of garden hybrids and an account of flower form, all illustrated with clear drawings and photographs.

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The sections on cultivation and propagation are the heart of the book. They are full of sensible advice born of long experience.

They bury the myth that peonies cannot be transplanted. Propagation is vital to the whole future of peony growing, especially of the species. Far too few are available in the nursery trade, so it is incumbent upon amateur growers to propagate theirs, by division or especially by seed. It is not difficult, though admittedly slow.

In the directory, 13 garden-worthy species are described, then 49 of the bewildering variety of garden selections and hybrids, mostly descendants of P. lactiflora. Socalled tree peonies, really shrubs, are different in their garden uses from the herbaceous forms. 5 species and 24 cultivars are listed, including the spectacular suffruticosa hybrids and descendants of P. rockii. Finally, 19 cultivars of the Itoh hybrids between herbaceous and tree peonies are described: this group is relatively new but rapidly expanding and becoming familiar because of its hardiness and long flowering period.

With each copy of the booklet comes a joining form for the HPS Peony Group.

It is hoped that many will use it, and its seed list, thus helping to keep our society and our peonies growing.

John Hudson The Hardy Geranium Group Day On June 15th 2013 at Avondale Nurseries near Coventry 26 members of the Group were entertained by Robin Moss talking about some of the geraniums he’s introduced and how he grows and selects good geraniums. After a raffle and plant sales members enjoyed looking round the ‘Library’ Garden and buying yet more plants from Avondale’s well-stocked nursery. All in all it was an excellent day with members heading home laden with new plants.

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From the Administrator’s Office Bed & Breakfast List 2013 Gardens Open List 2013 Register of Lecturers 2013 These 3 lists are now available in the Members’ Area on the Society’s website to view or download and print.

Alternatively: Please send a C4 (324 x 229 mm) self-addressed envelope with the nd required number of loose 2 class stamps: 1 for Bed and Breakfast 2 for Gardens Open 4 for Register of Lecturers Please DO NOT STICK ANY STAMPS on the envelope.

HPS Booklets – please use order form in the newsletter.

Back copies of The Hardy Plant – limited stock from 1957–1989 (black and white) @ £2.50; all issues from 1990–present (colour) @ £3.50; prices include p&p. Please email or telephone for an order form.

Subscriptions Subscriptions are due on 1st January 2014; the annual subscription rates remain unchanged at £17.00 for single membership or £19.00 for two members at one address (joint membership), with an optional charge of £10.00 for overseas members, outside Western Europe, who wish all their mailings to be sent by airmail. All subscriptions should be sent to the Administrator’s office: 15 Basepoint Business Centre, Crab Apple Way, Evesham, WR11 1GP and not to the Hon. Treasurer or Hon. Secretary. To save on administrative costs we would like to encourage you to pay your 2014 subscription by Standing Order through your bank or building society. Please email or telephone to request a mandate.

All enquiries concerning Hardy Plant Society matters and membership renewals should be addressed to the Administrator in office hours, (Monday to Friday 9am to 1pm) or messages can be left on the answering machine: 01386 710317

Joy Dimond

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CONTACT INFORMATION For all email addresses, insert hardy-plant.org.uk after @ The Society’s website is at www.hardy-plant.org.uk Administrator Joy Dimond, 15 Basepoint Business Centre, Crab Apple Way, Evesham WR11 1GP. 01386 710317, Fax: 01386 710117, admin@ Officers Chairman: Vivienne McGhee, Half Acre, Main Street, Aldington, Evesham, WR11 7XB. 01386 830789, chairman@ Vice-Chairman: John Dilks, Greenhayes, Upper Westmancote, Tewkesbury, GL20 7ES. 01684 773300, vicechairman@ Hon. Secretary: Elaine Lofthouse, 62 Cobham Road, Blandford Forum, DT11 7YD. 01258 451580, honsec@ Hon. Treasurer: Charmian Odle, Whispering Well House, Chandler Hill Lane, Holymoorside, Chesterfield, S42 7HN. 07852 347468, treasurer@ Service Contacts Booklet Distribution: Administrator, 15 Basepoint Business Centre, Crab Apple Way, Evesham WR11 1GP. 01386 710317, Fax: 01386 710117, books@ Booklet Editor: Vacant. Please contact Administrator Conservation Scheme Coordinator: Helen Mount, Funakoshi, Cranmore Avenue, Cranmore, Isle of Wight, PO41 0XR. 01983 761321, conservation@ Cornucopia Editor: Tony Bays, The Cornmill, Seifton Lane, Seifton, Ludlow, SY8 2DG. 01584 861250, cornucopia@ Events Coordinator: Beverley Powlesland, The Ferns, Broad Street, Hartpury, GL19 3BN. 01452 700883, events@ Groups Coordinator: Christine Strachan, 56 Way Lane, Waterbeach, Cambridge, CB25 9NQ. 01223 860498, groups@ Horticultural Advisor: Judy Harry, The Villa, South Somercotes, Louth, LN11 7BW. 01507 358487, advisory@ Journal Editor: Pam Ratcliffe, Brackenlea, High Humbleton, Wooler, NE71 6SU. 01688 281487, editor@ Newsletter Editor: Dee Folkard, 67 Beaulieu Avenue, Sydenham, London, SE26 6PW. 020 8778 2752, newsletter@ Photo Librarian: Trevor Walton, 143 Temple Lane, Copmanthorpe, York, YO23 3TE. 01904 706593, photos@ Publicity Coordinator: Sue Brown, 14 Adel Vale, Adel, Leeds, LS16 8LF. 0113 261 1183, publicity@ Seed Collection: Joe Sime, Park Cottage, Penley, Wrexham LL13 0LS. 01948 830126, seedcollection@

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Seed Distribution Manager: Sue Pinsent, 01694 724451, seed@ Shows Coordinator: Stella Exley, Hare Spring Cottage, Finkle Street Lane, Wortley, Sheffield, S35 7DH. 0114 288 8793, shows@ Society Historian: Jennifer Harmer, 21 Carthage Close, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, SO53 2BL. 02380 268584, historian@ Website Content Coordinator: John Dyson, Heathcote, East Norton, Leicester, LE7 9XL. 0116 2598345, webpages@ Specialist Groups Correspondents: Valerie Livesey, The Manse, Dolybont, Borth, SY24 5LX. 01970 871419, correspondents@ Galanthus: Marie Paginton, Cyngfield, Church Lane, Defford, WR8 9BJ. 01386 751896, galanthus@ Half Hardy: Valerie Livesey, The Manse, Dolybont, Borth, SY24 5LX. 01970 871419, halfhardy@ Hardy Geranium: Oliver Folkard, 1 Baron’s Close, Fakenham, NR21 8BE. 01328 851468, no email.

Peony: Kath Carey, Thorncar, Windmill Lane, Appleton, Warrington WA4 5JN. 01925 267633, peony@ Pulmonaria: Anne Wood, 29 Easedale Avenue, Melton Park, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 5TA. 0191 236307, pulmonaria@ Ranunculaceae: Sue Hough, Old Rose Cottage, 87 Blackberry Lane, Four Marks, Alton, GU34 5DG. 01420 562039, ranunculaceae@ Variegated Plants: Brian Dockerill, 19 Westfield Road, Glyncoch, Pontypridd, CF37 3AG. 01443 402999, variegated@ Local Groups Berkshire: Helen Keane, Pembroke Lodge, Byes Lane, Silchester, Reading, RG7 2QB. 0118 970 0522, berks@ Bucks and Oxon: Doreen Jacques, Cottage C, Middle Claydon, Buckingham, MK18 2EU. 01296 730198, bucks&oxon@ Cambs and Beds: Vivienne Kirby, The Folly, High Street, Pavenham, Bedford, MK43 7PE. 01234 822118, cambs&beds@ Cheshire and Friends: Penny Ivill, 599 London Road, Davenham, Northwich, CW9 8LH. 01606 331055, cheshire@ Clwyd: Susan Morris, Berthen Farm, Berthen Road, Lixwm, Holywell, CH8 8LT. 01352 780697, clwyd@ Cornwall: David & Marilyn Mayhew, Sunray Cottage, Reen Cross, Goonhavern, Truro, TR4 9JR. 01872 572452, cornwall@ Cumbria: Stella Hall, Longacre, Burnside Nurseries, Low Bentham, Lancaster, LA2 7BP. 01524 261183, cumbria@ Derbyshire: Celia Weaver, 24C Shaw Lane, Milford, DE56 0RE. 01773 824446, derby@ Devon: Jenny Page, Lower Shoplands, New Buildings, Sandford, Crediton, EX17 4PP. 01363 84361, devon@

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Galanthus ‘Benton Magnet’ at Ivycroft The sales table at Galanthus Day at Leominster Dorset: Elaine Lofthouse, 62 Cobham Road, Blandford Forum, DT11 7YD. 01258 451580, dorset@ East Yorkshire: Lois Scott, 31 Park Avenue, Hull, HU5 3EW. 01482 494276, eastyorks@ Essex: Jennifer Baldwin, 13A Hillside Road, Burnham on Crouch, CM0 8EY. 01621 782878, essex@ Fenland: Janet Quinn, 28 St Benedicts Close, Glinton, Peterborough, PE6 7LJ. 01733 252161, fenland@ Hampshire: Sue Smith, Flat 20, Brampton Manor, Beechmount Road, Basset, Southampton SO16 3JE. 01256 472556, hants@ Hereford & Mid Wales: Jane Barton, Ivy Cottage, Kinsham, Presteigne, LD8 2HN. 01544 267154, hereford@ Hertfordshire: Heather Osborne, 20 St Stephens Avenue, St Albans, AL3 4AD. 01727 856354, herts@ Isle of Wight: Trisha Minns, 74 Watergate Road, Newport, IOW PO30 1XP. 01983 533619, iow@ Kent: Karin Proudfoot, The Old Rectory, Fawkham, Longfield, DA3 8LX. 01474 707513, kent@ Lincolnshire: Barbara Jones, Shiloh, Birchwood Grange, Lincoln, LN6 0LB. 01522 695357, lincs@ Middlesex: Sandra-Lee Palmer, 122 Pinner View, Harrow, HA1 4RL. 07958 753277, middlesex@ Monmouthshire: Olga McKellar, 111 Usk Road, Pontypool, NP4 8AE. 01495 762951, monmouth@ Norfolk & Suffolk: Pauline Roberts, Strebor House, Swaffham Road, Wendling, Dereham, NR19 2LY. 01362 687379, norfolk&suffolk@ Northamptonshire: Jan Craig, Hillview, Guilsborough Hill, Hollowell, NN6 8RN. 01604 740401, northants@ North East: Joyce Hickman, 29 Easedale Avenue, Melton Park, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE3 5TA. 0191 236 3097, northeast@

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North West: Erica Hodgkinson, Alum Scarfold, Woodfold Park, Samlesbury, Blackburn, BB2 7QA. 01254 812583, northwest@ North Yorkshire: Michael Parr, Purchase Farm, Thornton Rust, Leyburn DL8 3AW. 01969 663644, northyorks@.

Nottingham: Sylvia Bennett, 8A Fisher Lane, Bingham, NG13 8BQ. 01949 836882, notts@ Rutland: Pat Osborne, Rose Cottage, 12 Barlows Lane, Wilbarston, Market Harborough, LE16 8QB. 01536 770400, rutland@ Scottish & Northern Borders: Gwen Beales, 660 Stirling Road, Luggiebank, Cumbernauld, Glasgow G67 4AB. 01236 729966, scottish@ Shropshire: Linda Edmondson, Holly Bank, Rowley, Westbury, SY5 9RZ. 01743 891726, shrops@ Somerset: Jane Hunt, Frogs Hole Farm, Brinscombe, Weare, Axbridge, BS26 2LH. 01934 732441, somerset@ Southern Counties: Dee Folkard, 67 Beaulieu Avenue, Sydenham, London, SE26 6PW. 020 8778 2752, southerncounties@ South Pennine: Judy Coulson, 46 Ryefield Gardens, Sheffield, S11 9UD. 0114 235 1290, spennine@ South Wales: Sue Dockerill, 19 Westfield Road, Glyncoch, Pontypridd, CF37 3AG. 01443 402999, swales@ Staffordshire: Clive Plant, Yew Tree Cottage, Long Lane, Haughton, Stafford, ST18 9JR. 01785 282516, staffs@ Sussex: Jane Baker, Pembury, Ditchling Road, Clayton, Hassocks, BN6 9PH. 01273 842805, sussex@ Western Counties: Sue Norman, Ivy Croft, Ivington Green, Leominster, HR6 0JN. 01568 720344, wcounties@ West Midlands: Hugh Wilkie, 28 Ellesboro Road, Harborne, Birmingham B17 8PT. 0121 4273304, wmids@ West Wales: Peter Forrest, Maes Heulog, Alltyblaca, Llanybydder, SA40 9ST. 01570 480918, wwales@ West Yorkshire: Pat Inman, 9 Sunny Bank, Shaw Mills, Harrogate, HG3 3HS. 01423 771909, wyorks@ Wilts & Avon: Marlene Mackay, The Old Parsonage, Church Road, Luckington, Chippenham, SN14 6PG. 01666 840249, wilts@ Worcestershire: Judith Doughty, 11 Painswick Road, Cheltenham, GL50 2EZ. 01242 241035, worcs@

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HPS Booklet Order Form July 2013 The Hardy Plant Society has pleasure in making the following items available, post free, to members by Mail Order.

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