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You need hands!
Carl Thunberg, who travelled in Japan in the late 18th century, gave it the species name palmatum, describing the hand-shaped leaves.
Get some Jack Frost sparkle
Recently there has been an explosion in the number of variegated forms available and members are growing them with great success.
Lime green at seventeen
None of this can convey the ‘Look at me!’ bravado of a plant in full flower.
Study in scarlet
It looks wonderful in dappled shade when, in early summer, individual shafts of light pick up the rich red and gold.
Elegant white spires
It repays just that little bit of effort on our part with beautiful, elegant white spires.
An evocation of summer
What springs to mind when you hear the word phlox?
Flying the flag
If you don’t already know, which I didn’t, the Blue Ensign is a flag used by . . .
Turk’s cap’s the clue at twenty two
It is the more modest Lilium martagon that appeals to our members.
A welcome guest
What makes a welcome guest? Someone who’s good company . . .
An upright american
This plant brings us to Number 24 and takes us to the west coast of the US.
Golden lanterns
She needs a bit of coddling but will repay you well.
A tree for all seasons
Gardeners are always looking for small trees and there are many varieties of sorbus that fill that role