Plant Heritage Guernsey – Downloads

Our helpful downloads & media collected in one place

Nerine cultural hints

Hints on cultivation of Nerine sarniensis – Guernsey Lily.

Clematis cuttings

A useful video on how to take clematis cuttings.

History of daffodil growing

Tony Falla and Malcolm Cleal have a lively conversation about the history of daffodil growing in Guernsey.

Snails & Slugs

A helpful list of herbaceous plants less likely to be eaten by slugs and snails.

‘Puddling’

In June 2016, a group from PHG visited Edmondsham House, where the Head Gardener, Andrew Haynes, showed us how to transplant our new plant purchases into our gardens.

Now is the time to put out your lacewing shelter. It needs to be full of straw with a special pheromone attractant to persuade the lacewings to overwinter in a lovely home. #Guernsey #LoveGuernsey #Gsy #GuernseyLife #PlantHeritage #PlantHeritageGuernsey

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The Nerines have all been cleaned of their dead leaves and are just ready to begin throwing up flower spikes. They will be perfect for our Nerine festival, which runs from Saturday, 7 - Saturday 21 October at Guernsey Gardens. #Guernsey #LoveGuernsey #Gsy #GuernseyLife #PlantHeritage #PlantHeritageGuernsey #Plants #Flowers #nerine

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A couple of the planters on the old petrol pump bases at the bottom of Candie Road. #Guernsey #LoveGuernsey #Gsy #GuernseyLife #PlantHeritage #PlantHeritageGuernsey #Plants #Flowers

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Iberis, which I remember as candytuft, seems to be in flower much earlier this year. #Guernsey #LoveGuernsey #Gsy #GuernseyLife #PlantHeritage #PlantHeritageGuernsey #Plants #Flowers #iberis #candytuft #whiteflowers

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Allow your artichokes to seed and the birds will be happy. Are they interested in the seed or the bugs in there? #Guernsey #LoveGuernsey #Gsy #GuernseyLife #PlantHeritage #PlantHeritageGuernsey #Plants #Flowers #artichokeseeds

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Solanum, the potato vine, is almost always in flower, but most profusely in Guernsey from early summer to winter. #Guernsey #LoveGuernsey #Gsy #GuernseyLife #PlantHeritage #PlantHeritageGuernsey #Plants #Flowers #solanum #whiteflowers

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Fragaria 'Red Ruby', produces no fruit and is grown as a flowering, low growing, ornamental ground cover that spreads by wire-like stolons. #Guernsey #LoveGuernsey #Gsy #GuernseyLife #PlantHeritage #PlantHeritageGuernsey #Plants #Flowers

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Have a look for your Haemanthus coccineus, the paintbrush lily. They appear from seemingly nothing, but what a welcome burst of colour at this time of year. #Guernsey #LoveGuernsey #Gsy #GuernseyLife #PlantHeritage #PlantHeritageGuernsey #Plants #Flowers #haemanthuscoccineus

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Herbaceous clematis, which flowers later in the year and is very easy to grow.

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