Useful Websites for gardens and plants

The website links below are ones which we find particularly helpful and many, but not all, are referred to in the text of our website. It goes without saying that we can not take any responsibility for the accuracy or content of these third party websites and we are very much aware that the list is far from comprehensive. If you do feel that a link should be added, please do not hesitate to let us know by sending an email, but please also respect our discretion to decide which websites we will include in this list. Finally, the list below does NOT include sites where salient text is only in Dutch. These can be found by clicking on the Dutch flag.

Aroids and Arisaemas

www.arisaema.info/index.htm
www.aroid.org/International Aroid Society
www.plantdelights.com/Tony Avent’s (USA) – good pictures and information on arisaemas and other plants.

Camellias

There are three camellia society sites that have good pictorials etc.

www.camellias-acs.com/American Camellia Society
www.duchyofcornwallnursery.co.ukDuchy of Cornwall nursery – an excellent nursery site in the UK
http://www.internationalcamellia.org/home,en-usInternational Camellia Society

Exotic plants (palms, banana, bamboo, etc.)

Many specialist nurseries have informative websites and those below have a UK bias. On the Dutch page, they tend to be Benelux based, but some sites have an English language option, so please do a quick check of these as well. For good general information and extensive further links see:

http://www.panglobalplants.com/Pan-Global Plants is a specialist nursery founded by Nick Macer in 1997. Located in the Severn Valley of Gloucestershire, he provides an inspiring selection of the finest, most desirable and often rarest plants capable of growing on these isles.

Bamboo societies (excellent links to suppliers and other information)  

www.Bamboo.org The American Bamboo society
http://www.bamboo-society.org.uk

Good nursery sites are:

www.crug-farm.co.ukSomething for people interested in (very) unusual plants
www.plantdelights.comTony Avent’s highly informative site including plants for sale in the USA
www.urbanjungle.uk.comThe Urban Jungle Nursery, UK
www.thepalmcentre.co.ukThe Palm Nursery, UK

Suppliers of seeds are:

www.jungleseeds.co.ukJungle seeds and gardens, UK

 Ferns

www.rickardshardyferns.co.ukEurope’s premier fern nursery
www.hardyferns.orgA good website for ferns
https://www.bowdenhostas.com/categories/Ferns/Ferns-%252d-Special-and-Rare/A website with special and rare ferns

Hosta

There are numerous links on hostas, many we use are primarily in Dutch and not given here so the adventerous reader may like to click over to the Dutch site as well. Many national hosta societies have useful sites.

www.hostahem.org.ukBritish Hosta and hemerocallis society
www.hostavereniging.nlDutch hosta society
www.hosta.org/American hosta society<<>
www.hostalibrary.org/index.htmlGood for photographs<<><<>
www.hostaparadise.comFransen hostas gives comprehensive descriptions
http://hostaregistrar.orgAn excellent source for background information on hosta hybrids
http://www.plantdelights.com/Article/Fragrant-Hostas/Buy-Fragrant-HostaAn article on fragrant hostas
  

Magnolia

www.magnoliasociety.org 
www.rhodogroup-rhs.org/RHS Rhododendron, Camellia & Magnolia group
  

Rhododendron

www.esveld.nlEsveld – one of Europe’s major specialists
www.rhododendron.org/American Rhododendron Society
www.rhodogroup-rhs.org/RHS Rhododendron, Camellia & Magnolia group
  

Roses

National Rose Societies have excellent informative sites and provide additional links. Simply putting “rose society”into Google yields many more.

www.canadianrosesociety.org/The Canadian Rose Society

Shade plants

Clearly, links under other sections are relevant (e.g.hosta , ferns, aroids, rhododendrons) but two excellent sites from shade plant specialists are: 

www.crug-farm.co.uk/Crug Farm Plants in N. Wales
http://www.hessenhof.nl/Hessenhof in Netherlands (plant descriptions only in Dutch)
https://www.gardeners.com/how-to/great-plants-for-shade/8201.html 10 plants that are great for shady gardens
https://www.hardy-plant.org.uk/meet-us-at/specialist-groups/shadewoodland
“Shade & Woodland Group”of the UK Hardy Plant Society. A very informative monthly newsletter freely available via Internet

General Websites

  The selection here is inevitably idiosyncratic, but here goes:

www.esveld.nlEsveld has a massive databank of photos that are excellent when used in conjunction with data in other books, such as The Hiller Manual of Trees and Shrubs
https://www.mygarden.org/An Australian online resource for lovers of gardens with a growing international listing of private gardens. (Click on “gardening resources”, then on “gardens” and finally on “private”)
www.cgf.netBob Brown’s “Cotswold GArden Flowers”nursery is well worth a visit if you are looking for something unusual
http://www.birdsandblooms.com/gardening/flower-gardening/tips and ideas about flower gardening
https://www.wirefence.co.uk/the-best-gardening-databasescollection of different types of gardening databases and information
https://www.buyrope.co.uk/flower-database/flower image database for easy identification of hundreds of different flowers
https://www.hardy-plant.org.uk/
Hardy Plant Society ( UK) very informative website with interesting links and information

 

                    

Other links to open gardens

http://www.europesetuinen.nl// 
A website with many open gardens all over Europe, visited by Garden Tours.
http://www.groei.nl/2362.htmlGroei en Bloei
http://www.groei.nl/1087.htmlGroei en Bloei section Nijkerk and Hoevelaken
www.tuinsite.nl/open-tuinen Many links to open private gardens in The Netherlands.
 http://www.opentuinagenda.nl/Many links to open gardens in The Netherlands 
www.tuinen.nlAn inspiration source for gardeners and country people (in Dutch)
 

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