English Garden Newsletter Archive

September 10, 2010 Issue 331: Plants for the Mid Range A - C
September 3, 2010 Issue 330: Plants for the Mid Range D - I
August 27, 2010 Issue 329: Cotyledons: The Seed Leaves
August 20, 2010 Issue 328: Pricking Out: (2) Containers To Use.
August 13, 2010 Issue 327: Pricking Out: (4) Slow Release Fertilizer.
August 6, 2010 Issue 326: Pricking Out: (6) Pre- Treat With Fungicide.
July 30, 2010 Issue 325: Pricking Out: (7) Setting Up The Potting Bench
July 23, 2010 Issue 324: Pricking Out: (8) The Technique.
July 16, 2010 Issue 323: Building the Rock Garden On A Slope.
July 9, 2010 Issue 322: Building A Rock Garden On Flat Ground.(1) The Outline.
July 2, 2010 Issue 321: Building A Rock Garden On Flat Ground.(2) Proportions
June 25, 2010 Issue 320: The "Good Old Days?"
June 18, 2010 Issue 319: Why Prune At All?
June 11, 2010 Issue 318: When To Prune: Areas Which Experience Frost.
June 4, 2010 Issue 317: The Tools For The Job.
May 28, 2010 Issue 316: The Tools For The Job.
May 21, 2010 Issue 315: Hard Pruning.
May 14, 2010 Issue 314: Moderate Pruning.
May 7, 2010 Issue 313: Light Pruning.
April 30, 2010 Issue 312: Easy Care Pruning.
April 23, 2010 Issue 311: The Perfect Rose.
April 16, 2010 Issue 310: The Best Garden Rose Type For Display
April 9, 2010 Issue 309: A Parent Of The Floribundas
April 2, 2010 Issue 308: The Rose In Miniature.
March 26, 2010 Issue 307: Roses On A Leg.
March 19, 2010 Issue 306: The Flowering Fountain
March 12, 2010 Issue 305: Striped Hybrid Teas.
March 5, 2010 Issue 304: Variegated Foliage.
February 26, 2010 Issue 303: The Gilly Flower
February 19, 2010 Issue 302: Selfs
February 5, 2010 Issue 301: Fancies
January 29, 2010 Issue 300: Flakes
January 22, 2010 Issue 299: Picotees
January 15, 2010 Issue 298: The March Seed Sowing Scedule.
January 8, 2010 Issue 297: Plants For The Front Of The Herbaceous Border: A-B.
January 1, 2010 Issue 296: Plants For The Front Of The Herbaceous Border: C
December 25, 2009 Issue 295: Plants For The Front Of The Herbaceous Border: D
December 18, 2009 Issue 294: Plants For The Front Of The Herbaceous Border: H
December 11, 2009 Issue 293: The April Seed Sowing Schedule.
December 4, 2009 Issue 292: Rhododendron ponticum
November 27, 2009 Issue 291: Aegopodium podagraria "Variegatum."
November 20, 2009 Issue 290: Lysimachia ciliata "Firecracker."
November 13, 2009 Issue 289: x Cupressocyparis leylandii
November 6, 2009 Issue 288: Rear Border Plants:S-V.
October 30, 2009 Issue 287: Plants For The Mid range: K-N
October 23, 2009 Issue 286: The Perfect Cut.
October 16, 2009 Issue 285: Why Cut Out Crossing Stems?
October 9, 2009 Issue 284: Supermarket Prepacks: A bargain or a Waste Of Money
October 2, 2009 Issue 283: Easy Seed Sowing: (5) How Long does Germination Take?.
September 25, 2009 Issue 282: Digging for Glory.
September 18, 2009 Issue 281: Shaping The Border: (2) Getting The Curves Right
September 11, 2009 Issue 280: Mignonette.
September 4, 2009 Issue 279: Climbing Roses For A North Wall.
August 28, 2009 Issue 278: Rose Pink.
August 21, 2009 Issue 277: Roses For The Small Garden Or Container.
August 14, 2009 Issue 276: Bare- Root Versus Container Grown Roses.
August 7, 2009 Issue 275: Soil Preparation For A New Rose Bed.
July 31, 2009 Issue 274: Autumn/Fall Pruning.
July 24, 2009 Issue 273: Empty Glasshouse Blues.
July 17, 2009 Issue 272: The Stone.
July 10, 2009 Issue 271: Malus: The Crab Apples.
July 3, 2009 Issue 270: Yellow H.Ts
June 26, 2009 Issue 269: Pretty Pastel Pink H.T Roses.
June 19, 2009 Issue 268: Red / Yellow Bicolour H.T.s.
June 12, 2009 Issue 267: Fantastic Variety Of Flower Shapes
June 5, 2009 Issue 266: Modified Sepals.
May 29, 2009 Issue 265: The Ultimate In Versatility.
May 22, 2009 Issue 264: When To Prune Clematis.
May 15, 2009 Issue 263: Lilies, The Asiatic Hybrids.
May 8, 2009 Issue 262: Pixie Lilies.
May 1, 2009 Issue 261: Short Growing Asiatics Asiatic Lilies
April 24, 2009 Issue 260: TheTrumpet Lilies.
April 17, 2009 Issue 259: Begonia: Tuberous Hybrids.
April 10, 2009 Issue 258: Begonia: Tuberous Varieties For Hanging Baskets.
April 3, 2009 Issue 257: Begonia: Tuberous Varieties From Seed/ Young Plants.
March 27, 2009 Issue 256: Begonia: Tuberous Varieties.
March 20, 2009 Issue 255: Crocosmia: Montbrietia.
March 13, 2009 Issue 254: Crocosmia: Recommended Cultivars.
March 6, 2009 Issue 253: Gladiolus callianthus: The Ethiopian Gladiolus
February 20, 2009 Issue 252: Gladiolus: Large Flowered Hybrids
February 13, 2009 Issue 251: Gladiolus: Recommended Large Flowering Cultivars.
February 6, 2009 Issue 250: Gladiolus: Small Flowering Hybrids.
January 30, 2009 Issue 249: Cornus alba: Old Specimens.
January 23, 2009 Issue 248: Forsythia.
January 16, 2009 Issue 247: Hydrangeas.
January 9, 2009 Issue 246: Hardy Fuchsia.
January 2, 2009 Issue 245: Hostas:The Plantain Lilies.
December 26, 2008 Issue 244: Plants To Add Year Round Structure to the Garden.
December 19, 2008 Issue 243: Mix And Match.
December 12, 2008 Issue 242: Moving An Established Conifer.
December 5, 2008 Issue 241: Tender Beauties.
November 28, 2008 Issue 240: Alyssum.
November 21, 2008 Issue 239: Junior Petunia.
November 14, 2008 Issue 238: Lobelia.
November 7, 2008 Issue 237: Matricaria.
October 31, 2008 Issue 236: Mimulus
October 24, 2008 Issue 235: Nemesia.
October 17, 2008 Issue 234: Nicotiana.
October 10, 2008 Issue 233: Petunia.
October 3, 2008 Issue 232: Ten Week Stock.
September 26, 2008 Issue 231: What Is A Biennial Plant?
September 19, 2008 Issue 230: Carpet Bedding: A Victorian Ideal.
September 12, 2008 Issue 229: Herbs As Ornamental Plants.
September 5, 2008 Issue 228: Bergamot: Monarda didyma.
August 29, 2008 Issue 227: Catmint: Nepeta.
August 22, 2008 Issue 226: Chamomile: Chamaemelum nobile.
August 15, 2008 Issue 225: Chives: Allium shoenoprasum.
August 8, 2008 Issue 224: Lemon Balm: Melissa offinales.
August 1, 2008 Issue 223: Perennials : The Definition.
July 25, 2008 Issue 222: Taxus : The Yew As A Hedge.
July 18, 2008 Issue 221: The Rose Hedge.
July 11, 2008 Issue 220: Winter Care Of Marguerites.
July 4, 2008 Issue 219: The Best Types of Baskets.
June 27, 2008 Issue 218: Regenerating Old Ericas.
June 20, 2008 Issue 217: Silver Foliage.
June 13, 2008 Issue 216: Soap Those Greenfly Away.
June 6, 2008 Issue 215: Save That Tree.
May 30, 2008 Issue 214: Training Exhibition Sweet Peas.
May 23, 2008 Issue 213: The Grandifloras.
May 16, 2008 Issue 212: Calendula, (English or Pot Marigold).
May 9, 2008 Issue 211: Centaurea cyanus, (The Cornflower).
May 2, 2008 Issue 210: Hardy Annuals: The Definition.
April 25, 2008 Issue 209: (1) The Craze Begins
April 18, 2008 Issue 208: (4) A Return In the 21st Century?
April 11, 2008 Issue 207: (1) The Victorian Ideal
April 4, 2008 Issue 206: (1) Showing Off.
March 28, 2008 Issue 205: (2)Half -Hardy Annuals Still Used Today.
March 21, 2008 Issue 204: Vegetative Propagation : Division.
March 14, 2008 Issue 203: (A) An Introduction.
March 7, 2008 Issue 202: (B) Victorian Summer Bedding Scheme No 1
February 29, 2008 Issue 201: (c) Victorian Summer Bedding Scheme No 2
February 22, 2008 Issue 200: Livingston Daisy.
February 15, 2008 Issue 199: Easy Seed Sowing: (4) Covering The Trays.
February 8, 2008 Issue 198: Propagating A Mother-in-Lawīs Tongue
February 1, 2008 Issue 197: Winter Patio Tubs.
January 25, 2008 Issue 196: Types Of Planters.
January 18, 2008 Issue 195: How To Plant.
January 11, 2008 Issue 194: Plants To Use: Surfinia Petunias
January 4, 2008 Issue 193: Plants To Use: Fuchsias
December 28, 2007 Issue 192: Plants To Use: Impatiens.
December 21, 2007 Issue 191: Lining Materials.
December 14, 2007 Issue 190: How To Grow Biennial Plants.
December 7, 2007 Issue 189: Plants To Use: Ivy Leaf Geranium
November 30, 2007 Issue 188: Agryanthemum.
November 23, 2007 Issue 187: Diascia.
November 16, 2007 Issue 186: Bidens feruraefolia
November 9, 2007 Issue 185: Helichrysum petiolare.
November 2, 2007 Issue 184: Blue Spiraea.
October 26, 2007 Issue 183: Mock Orange .
October 19, 2007 Issue 182: Skimmia.
October 12, 2007 Issue 181: Escallonia .
October 5, 2007 Issue 180: The Californian Lilac.
September 28, 2007 Issue 179: How To Plant
September 21, 2007 Issue 178: (3) Less Common Half -Hardy Annuals.
September 14, 2007 Issue 177: Resistance to Disease.
September 7, 2007 Issue 176: Survival of the Fittest.
August 31, 2007 Issue 175: Good Husbandry.
August 24, 2007 Issue 174: Spreading the Infection.
August 17, 2007 Issue 173: How to Identify Rose Blackspot.
August 10, 2007 Issue 172: How to Identify Rose Rust.
August 3, 2007 Issue 171: How To treat rose Rust disease.
July 27, 2007 Issue 170: How too Identify Powdery Mildew Of Roses
July 13, 2007 Issue 169: How to Treat Rose Powdery Mildew.
July 6, 2007 Issue 168: Safety First.
June 29, 2007 Issue 167: Aphids(Greenfly) How to Identify
June 22, 2007 Issue 166: Leaf Rolling Sawfly
June 15, 2007 Issue 165: African Marigold.
June 8, 2007 Issue 164: Anagallis.
June 1, 2007 Issue 163: Coleus: The Flame Nettles.
May 25, 2007 Issue 162: An Introduction
May 18, 2007 Issue 161: Calendula.
May 11, 2007 Issue 160: Candytuft.
May 4, 2007 Issue 159: French Marigolds.
April 27, 2007 Issue 158: Godetia.
April 20, 2007 Issue 157: Heliotrope
April 13, 2007 Issue 156: The Californian Poppy.
April 6, 2007 Issue 155: How to Apply Pesticides
March 30, 2007 Issue 154: Old Fashioned Pinks
March 23, 2007 Issue 153: How to plant.
March 16, 2007 Issue 152: Caryopteris clandonensis.
March 9, 2007 Issue 151: The Hardy Yuccas
March 2, 2007 Issue 150: Phormium tenax.
February 23, 2007 Issue 149: Berried Treasure.
February 16, 2007 Issue 148: Cornus alba: The Red Stemmed Dogwood.
February 9, 2007 Issue 147: An Introduction To The Best Winter shrubs..
February 2, 2007 Issue 146: Some Wonderful Lavender Varieties
January 26, 2007 Issue 145: Spartium: Spanish Broom
January 19, 2007 Issue 144: Genista
January 12, 2007 Issue 143: An Introduction To Shrubs that Enjoy Hot Dry Conditions..
January 5, 2007 Issue 142: Japanese Anenome.
December 29, 2006 Issue 141: Astilbe
December 22, 2006 Issue 140: Coreopsis
December 15, 2006 Issue 139: Carpentaria californica.
December 8, 2006 Issue 138: Penstemon
December 1, 2006 Issue 137: Delphinium.
November 24, 2006 Issue 136: Helenium
November 17, 2006 Issue 135: Sedum :The Ice Plants.
October 27, 2006 Issue 134: Tulips : A Potted History
October 20, 2006 Issue 133: When To Plant : Large Flowered Hybrid Tulips.
October 13, 2006 Issue 132: Romneya: The Tree Poppy.
October 6, 2006 Issue 131: Flowers - Bulbs, Corms, Rhizomes And Tubers That Are Dark Colored
September 29, 2006 Issue 130: Dark Colored Perennials
September 22, 2006 Issue 129: Good Choices For Annuals, Biennials And Tender Perennials
September 15, 2006 Issue 128: Dark Colored Foliage For One Season
September 8, 2006 Issue 127: Dark Colored Perennial Foliage
September 1, 2006 Issue 126: Dark Colored Trees, Shrubs And Grasses
August 25, 2006 Issue 125: How To Force Hyacinths.
August 18, 2006 Issue 124: Bulbs For Rock Gardens.
August 4, 2006 Issue 122: A Bulb Or Not A Bulb?: That is the Question!
July 21, 2006 Issue 121: How To Store Dahlias For Winter.
July 14, 2006 Issue 120: Storing Dahlia Tubers.
July 7, 2006 Issue 119: Florist: The Old-Time Meaning.
June 30, 2006 Issue 118: Breed Your Own Unique Plants
June 23, 2006 Issue 117: Growing Plants That You Want
June 16, 2006 Issue 116: The Hyacinth Bowl
June 9, 2006 Issue 115: Amaryllis : The Ideal Christmas Gift.
June 2, 2006 Issue 114: Kalanchoe: Looking After
May 26, 2006 Issue 113: Buying And Caring For Cyclamen
May 19, 2006 Issue 112: How To Make An Easy Holly Wreath
May 12, 2006 Issue 111: Poinsettia : New Varieties
May 5, 2006 Issue 110: Primula obconica.
April 28, 2006 Issue 109: Solanum: The Winter Cherry
April 21, 2006 Issue 108: Plumeria
April 14, 2006 Issue 107: AE AE Banana
April 7, 2006 Issue 106: Donīt Wait To Plant Until Next Year
March 31, 2006 Issue 105: Angelonia Salicariaefolia
March 17, 2006 Issue 104: Babiana
March 10, 2006 Issue 103: Hardenbergia
March 3, 2006 Issue 102: Lycoris
February 24, 2006 Issue 101: Worselya Rayneri
February 17, 2006 Issue 100: Butterfly Weed
February 10, 2006 Issue 99: Bee Balm
February 3, 2006 Issue 98: Perennials to attract Butterflies
January 27, 2006 Issue 97: Unique ways to attract Butterflies
February 28, 2003 Issue 92: New Plants for Spring
January 3, 2003 Issue 88: Will They Grow In Pots?
December 27, 2002 Issue 87: Choosing Container Grown Climbers.
December 20, 2002 Issue 86: Dark Colored Perennials
December 13, 2002 Issue 85: Give Bulbs A Chill
December 6, 2002 Issue 84: Essential Items
November 15, 2002 Issue 83: Climbers That Refuse to Climb.
November 8, 2002 Issue 82: Repeat Flowering.
September 13, 2002 Issue 81: Buying Bulbs
August 30, 2002 Issue 80: Ornamental Grasses: An Introduction.
July 26, 2002 Issue 79: Give Bulbs A Chill
July 19, 2002 Issue 78: Climbers That Refuse to Climb.
July 12, 2002 Issue 77: Buying Bulbs
July 5, 2002 Issue 76: Will They Grow In Pots?
June 28, 2002 Issue 75: Florist: The Old-Time Meaning.
June 21, 2002 Issue 74: Give Bulbs A Chill
June 14, 2002 Issue 73: Roses For The Small Garden Or Container
June 7, 2002 Issue 72: Give Bulbs A Chill
May 31, 2002 Issue 71: Repeat Flowering
May 24, 2002 Issue 70: Buying Bulbs
May 17, 2002 Issue 69: Creating Hanging Baskets
May 10, 2002 Issue 68: Pruning Apple Trees
May 3, 2002 Issue 67: Plan Your Garden for Gift Giving!
April 26, 2002 Issue 66: Cincinnati Flower Show
April 19, 2002 Issue 65: Making Cut Flowers Last Longer
April 12, 2002 Issue 64: Reader Feedback!
April 5, 2002 Issue 63: Rouge Royale Rose Makes an Entrance!
March 29, 2002 Issue 62: April Showers, Spring Flowers
March 22, 2002 Issue 61: Container Tips And Tricks
March 15, 2002 Issue 60: Getting a Head Start on Vegetables
March 8, 2002 Issue 59: Make Them Say WOW!
March 1, 2002 Issue 58: Spring is In the Air!
February 22, 2002 Issue 57: How Much Do You Know About Chocolate?
February 15, 2002 Issue 56: Planning Your Spring Garden
February 8, 2002 Issue 55: Romance Is In The Air
February 1, 2002 Issue 54: 2002 Perennial Plant Of The Year
January 25, 2002 Issue 53: Gardening Legends And Myth
January 11, 2002 Issue 52: New Gardening Catalog Introductions For 2002
December 28, 2001 Issue 51: A New Garden for a New Year!
December 21, 2001 Issue 50: Bulbs: Don`t Wait To Plant!
December 14, 2001 Issue 49: English Cottage Garden Seeds
November 23, 2001 Issue 48: The Holidays Are Here Again!
November 16, 2001 Issue 47: English Garden Site Revised
October 26, 2001 Issue 46: Who You, an EnglishGarden Guru?
October 5, 2001 Issue 45: Winter Care of Cannas
September 28, 2001 Issue 44: Exquisite Pink Daffodils and Narcissi.
September 21, 2001 Issue 43: How To Lift and Store Dahlia Tubers
August 31, 2001 Issue 41: Taking Cuttings of Tender Perennials.
August 24, 2001 Issue 40: Plan Ahead for Christmas Hyacinths.
August 17, 2001 Issue 39: Plant Naked Ladies Now!
August 10, 2001 Issue 38: Shrubs to Attract Wildlife
August 3, 2001 Issue 37: Summer Pruning
July 27, 2001 Issue 36: Propagating Shrubs: Plants For Free.
July 20, 2001 Issue 35: Giving Your Houseplants A Vacation.
July 13, 2001 Issue 34: Summer Plant Impulse Buys.
June 29, 2001 Issue 32: Rain Resistant Roses..
June 22, 2001 Issue 31: Plants For the Twilight Garden
June 15, 2001 Issue 30: Sow Those Cottage Biennials Now
June 8, 2001 Issue 29: Patio Plants For Shade
May 25, 2001 Issue 27: Patriotic Victorian Annual Bedding
May 18, 2001 Issue 26: Vivacious Violas For Every Garden
May 11, 2001 Issue 25: Purple Foliage Shrubs For Long Season Colour.
May 4, 2001 Issue 24: The Restoration of Sma Shot Cottage Garden. (Part Three)
April 27, 2001 Issue 23: The Restoration of Sma Shot Cottage Garden. (Part Two)
April 20, 2001 Issue 22: The Restoration of Sma` Shot Cottage Garden. (Part one).
April 13, 2001 Issue 21: Easter Favourites: The Narcissi.
April 6, 2001 Issue 20: Shrubs To Prune Now
March 30, 2001 Issue 19: Dreamy Daylilies
March 23, 2001 Issue 18: Sowing Sweet Peas.
March 16, 2001 Issue 17: Spring Pruning Bush Roses.
March 9, 2001 EnglishGarden-tips Newsletter, Issue : 15 The Garden Awakes.
March 2, 2001 EnglishGarden-tips Newsletter, Issue : 14 The Garden Awakes.
February 23, 2001 EnglishGarden-tips Newsletter, Issue 13 : The Romantic English Cottage Garden.
February 16, 2001 EnglishGarden-tips Newsletter, Issue12 : The Romantic English Cottage Garden.
February 9, 2001 EnglishGarden-tips Newsletter, Issue 11 : The Romantic English Cottage Garden
February 2, 2001 EnglishGarden-tips Newsletter, Issue 10 : The Romantic English Cottage Garden.
January 26, 2001 EnglishGarden-tips Newsletter, Issue 9 : Beat Those Winter Blues: Plan Ahead For Summer.
January 19, 2001 EnglishGarden-tips Newsletter, Issue 8: Beat Those Winter Blues: Plan Ahead For Summer.
January 12, 2001 EnglishGarden-tips Newsletter, Issue 7: Beat Those Winter Blues: Plan Ahead For Summer.
January 5, 2001 EnglishGarden-tips Newsletter, Issue 6: Beat Those Winter Blues: Plan Ahead For Summer.
December 22, 2000 EnglishGarden-tips Newsletter, Issue 4: Make Your Own Festive Table Arrangement.
December 15, 2000 EnglishGarden-tips Newsletter, Issue 3: Tips On Buying Those Festive Gift Plants
December 8, 2000 EnglishGarden-tips Newsletter, Issue2, The Real Christmas Tree
December 1, 2000 EnglishGarden-tips News letter, Issue 1 Poinsettia :The Christmas Star.
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