Ivydene Horticultural Services If you know the name of the plant you wish to see, you can ask Google and get information; otherwise for the public this website may help you choose your plants using foliage, shape and seed/fruit as well as flower photos before you buy them mailorder directly from the nursery / seed company that has donated the use of their photos! With free advertising of their plants, I am asking for photos from the public / nurseries / seed companies / suppliers in the UK, or any other country in the European Union, who would supply plants / seeds mailorder direct to the public in the UK and/or the rest of the world. This also applies to American nurseries for America, Chinese Nurseries for China, etc since the plants from most other countries in the world can also be grown in the UK as well as their own country; providing the appropriate growing conditions are stated.

With over 10 years in business, Swines Meadow Farm Nursery has grown into one of the UK's most specialised growers of Exotic and Rare Plants. Colin and Karan also go out and do talks and demonstrations to gardening groups, societies and organisations so if you are thinking of arranging an entertaing evening or afternoon for your local club or group don't hesitate to send us an email or ring us for details.

Photos and descriptions of Deer-resistant bulbs from A.D.R. Bulbs

Ivydene Gardens Hippeastrum and Lily Bulb (bulbs despatched between January and March) Gallery:
Site Map

"Lily. To the ancient Egyptians, the trumpet-shaped lily was a symbol of Upper Egypt, the southern part of the country. In the ancient Near East, the lily was associated with Ishtar, also known as Astarte, who was a goddess of creation and fertility as well as a virgin. The Greeks and Romans linked the lily with the queen of the gods, called Hera by the Greeks and Juno by the Romans. The lily was also one of the symbols of the Roman goddess Venus.

In later times, Christians adopted the lily as the symbol of Mary who became the mother of Jesus while still a virgin. Painters often portrayed the angel Gabriel handing Mary a lily, which became a Christian symbol of purity. Besides being linked to Mary, the lily was also associated with virgin saints and other figures of exceptional chastity.

chastity - purity or virginity" from Myths Encyclopedia.

Note - the Bulb Gallery names of Spring Bulb,
Late Summer Bulb, Autumn Bulb and Winter Bulb refer to when the bulbs are delivered to you, not when they flower.

Lib.fo.am is:-

",. . . the libarynth is a parafictional, semifunctional (deeply intertwingled) collection of documents, notes and randomness in the smouldering rubble of babel. it has been mostly reconstructed from material with escaped the libarynth greyhole event, however there are some old pages that may reappear in the near future, stochastically. current pages can be edited as you like, you can also create new pages… .

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and could provide hours of interest in its contents.

You can select a Hippeastrum or Lily Bulb from the Winter Catalogue (that are despatched by R.V. Roger Ltd between January and March for planting by you in your garden in that time period) by clicking on the Thumbnail to see its Plant Description alongside from the:-

• Bulb Flower Colour
• Bulb Foliage Colour
• Bulb Form - Lily Division or Hippeastrum
• Bulb Seed/Fruit Colour or
• Bulb in Flower Bed Pictures Comparison pages in the menu on the right or
• Flower Colour per Month Comparison Pages

or clicking on the Botanical Name link from one of the:-

• All Flowers Colour Wheel ,
  All Flowers per Month Colour Wheel ,
  Foliage Colour Wheel or
  Rock Garden Plant Colour Wheel Pages
  or the
• Index L of Bulb, Corm, Rhizome and Tuber Page

or you can select one of the 65 BULBS by clicking on the name in the following:-

• Bulb Description Pages list

Site Map for Hippeastrum and Lily Bulbs

Lilium 'Apollo' - Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Cancun' - Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Citronella' - Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Claire' - Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Cote d'Azur' - Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Fata Morgana' - Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Gironde' - Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Gran Paradiso' - Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Kingdom' - Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'King Pete' - Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Lennox' - Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Lollypop' - Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Montreux' - Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Orange County' - Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Prunotto' - Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Rosella's Dream' - Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Buff Pixie' - Dwarf Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Butter Pixie' - Dwarf Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Ceb Crimson' - Dwarf Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Inuvik' - Dwarf Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Pink Pixie' - Dwarf Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Tailor Made' - Dwarf Asiatic Hybrid Lilium 'Mrs R O Backhouse' - Martagon Hybrid Lilium 'Snow Queen' - Longiflorum Hybrid Lilium 'African Queen' - Trumpet Hybrid Lilium 'Golden Splendour' - Trumpet Hybrid 'Lilium 'Pink Perfection' - Trumpet Hybrid Lilium 'Regale' - Trumpet Hybrid Lilium 'Acapulco' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'Arena' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'Barbaresco' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'Bergamo' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'Black Beauty' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'Casa Blanca' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'Cobra' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'Con Amore' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'Garden Party' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'La Reve' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'Lovely Girl' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'Mona Lisa' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'Robert Swanson' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'Siberia' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'Starfighter' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'Star Gazer' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'Visa Versa' - Oriental Hybrid Lilium 'Conca d'Or' - Miscellaneous Hybrid Lilium 'Red Dutch' - Miscellaneous Hybrid Lilium 'Triumphator' - Miscellaneous Hybrid Lilium auratum - Species Lilium cernuum - Species Lilium davidii - Species Lilium duchartrei - Species Lilium formosanum - Species Lilium formosanum pricei - Species Lilium hansonii - Species Lilium henryi - Species Lilium leichtlinii - Species Lilium martagon - Species Lilium nepalense - Species Lilium pardalinum - Species Lilium pumilum - Species Lilium superbum - Species Lilium wallichianum - Species Lilium lancifolium 'Splendens' - Unspecified Lilium speciosum 'Rubrum' - Unspecified Hippeastrum and Lily Bulb Gallery Introduction Hippeastrum and Lily Bulb Site Map

Aberdeen Gardening - from Bonnie Scotland. Profile of plants that grow well in North East Scotland:-

"I am Alistair and have been gardening in Aberdeen with my wife Myra for forty years. I suppose it would be quite true to say that we are rather fanatical about our garden.

Neither of us are professional gardeners, however over the years we have built up a great deal of knowledge as to how garden plants perform in the cooler climate of Aberdeen and the North East of Scotland.

My posts are to provide information to the amateur gardener. I am not infallible, however I will let you know exactly how the plants which I feature performed in this part of the country."

When you are on the home page of Aberdeen Gardening and you click on 'Your Gardens', then 'Esthers boring garden blog', you will be able to see this very important information on how to solve the problem of male aggression:-

"This is about how to solve the problem of male aggression in densely populated trout farms. It comes from ‘Mendel’s Dwarf’ - a novel by Simon Mawer. (1997.) (I’m uncomfortable with his use of commas but if he wants to put them after brackets and before ‘but’s . . . well, I wouldn’t want anyone interfering with my punctuation so I’ve left his alone.)

'You rear some female trout (XX of course), but you dose them with male sex hormone. This turns them into males of a kind. They produce sperm, for example. But genetically they remain XX, and so every sperm cell produced contains an X chromosome. Using these 'males' as a source of sperm, every fertilisation will be by an X sperm with an X egg. Every baby trout that these 'males' father (if you'll forgive the expression) will turn out female.'

That’s neat isn’t it? Don’t want fights? Miss out males."

Deeproot Plant base is an encyclopaedia of plants in the form of a simple to use interactive database. It is supplied complete with extensive data, but also enables adding and modification with personal information, including references to external material. The fully featured PC edition is available for download, also the same data may be viewed in the free simplified on-line version at www.deeproot.co.uk . The commercial reproduction rights of the photos in the database are for sale from Geoffrey Looker of Deeproot Software - email: enq@deeproot.co.uk.

Plant World Devon Ltd was formed in 1985 and supplies rare and unusual seeds to retail and wholesale customers all around the world. At any one time there are around 2000 flower and vegetable seeds in store and available to be purchased on-line.
Plant World Devon Ltd, St Marychurch Rd, Newton Abbot, Devon TQ12 4SE  (01803 872939)  www.plant-world-seeds.com

R. V. Roger Ltd, The Nurseries, Malton Road (A169), Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 7JW - Tel:(01751)472226 - Fax:(01751)476749 is a traditional third-generation family-run nursery, with the emphasis on plant quality and first-class customer service. The range of field-grown fruit trees grown is one of the best in the country, including many traditional varieties, which are becoming quite rare. They also grow over 40,000 roses in nearly 300 varieties. The rose field is usually in flower from the middle of July until the autumn, when you are welcome to visit and walk through the field. Besides shrubs and ornamental trees, R. V. Roger also produce four bulb catalogues throughout the year, offering choice for a plant or plants by mail order direct from the 280 acre nursery.

All lilies are potentially lethal to cats. As little as one leaf can kill a cat if they eat it, and any part of the plant is dangerous, including the pollen, flowers and leaves. The first symptoms that are likely to occur after a cat ingests lilies are depression, lack of appetite and sometimes vomiting. If left untreated, the symptoms will worsen and include dehydration, diarrhoea, breathing difficulties and bad breath. It is likely that the cat will eventually suffer from acute renal failure. If medical treatment isn't sought within hours, the cat will probably die. If you think your cat has eaten any part of a lily plant you should get it to a vet as quickly as possible. The cat may have to go on dialysis to improve its kidney function. It seems that cats are the only animals to be affected by lilies in this way. Other plants to be cautious of include dieffenbachia (dumb cane or leopard lily), hemerocallis (day lily), cyclamen, poinsettia and amaryllis. Laburnum, some berries and toadstools can also cause problems occasionally. Although there are many poisonous plants, it is unusual for them to cause harm to cats. Most at risk is the bored kitten that is left alone and starts to chew houseplants or picks up plant trimmings unnoticed whilst out in the garden.