In March we welcomed back Diane Clement, this time sharing her vast knowledge of cyclamen & hepaticas – her ‘jewels of the garden’. Her enchanting photography showed us their natural habitats and why they favour similar conditions, then the wide variety available and how to grow & propagate them in our area. There are so many more cyclamen varieties than we knew, and the way that hepatica flowers change colour from year to year was fascinating, also the differences between some of the mums and their babies! Diane’s passion for breeding both these plants really shines through, and she recommended places to source them for those of us who don’t have her patience with hepaticas…..
After her talk she drew our usual raffle then judged our well-supported monthly competition, with Sue’s delicate white erythronium taking first place, Denise’s hellebore in 2nd and Anita’s camellia 3rd. Members enjoyed their refreshments and choosing from the ‘bits & bobs’ table, also collecting their free Teddy Bear dwarf sunflower seeds to grow for the special class in our August Produce Show, with spares that can be used for our 28th & 29th June Open Gardens weekend plant stall.
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