Webinar 18th February 2021 – ‘The life cycle of British and Irish Butterflies’

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  “The life cycle of British and Irish Butterflies” – Peter Eeles Peter is the author of possibly the most comprehensive book on the subject of butterflies, also of the same title. Peter will talk to us about the nectar sources and larval food plants of these beautiful insects, with a view to educating those of us who would like to encourage them to our gardens. The webinar will take place online at 16:30 on 18th February 2021. Suffolk Plant … Continue reading →

Webinar 21st January 2021 – ‘Bamboos’

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Helen Chen has been collecting bamboos for over 20 years since falling in love with them whilst living in China. A graduate of the WRAGS scheme, she has worked in estate gardening and retail horticulture, and now has a small nursery, Japonica Plants, specialising in bamboo and other interesting plants from east Asia. Her talk covers how bamboos grow, runners and clumpers, growing bamboos in containers, and a looks at a good variety of different species. The webinar will take … Continue reading →

Webinar 7 October 2020

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Plant Heritage members are invited to a Zoom webinar on Oct 7, 2020 at 17:00  (the meeting will open at 17:15 for a 17:30 start) Andrew Ward will talk about Late Summer Colour. Dr Andrew Ward comes to us from Norwell Nurseries which is based around a 1 acre plantsman’s garden which holds over 2,500 different species. He will be discussing plants for the end of the season. To keep everyone amused from 5.15 until 5.30 we will have a … Continue reading →

The Free Plant for Autumn 2020

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Tulipa clusiana ‘Cynthia’  is the free plant (for 800 visitors, released in batches to correspond with booked entry times) at Helmingham Plant Fair September 2020. Tulipa clusiana, commonly known as lady tulip, is a species tulip  that grows to 9-12” tall. ‘Cynthia’ is pale yellow with outer tepals of rose-red edged with pale yellow on the exterior. Flower interior is a solid pale yellow. It blooms April-May and is good for naturalising.

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