September 2026 Meeting

PeteB — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 08:23:14 +0000

We resume our 2026 programme on Saturday 5th September 2026 at 2.00p.m. We welcome Colin Ward from Swines Meadow Farm Nursery who will be talking on ‘Springing Forward at Swines Meadow’. Colin is well known to the group and will be bringing plants for sale. Refreshments will be served at the conclusion of the talk. As normal our meeting will be held at The Weatherley Centre, Eagle Farm Road, Biggleswade, Beds SG188JH.

Visitors are welcome at a small charge. Hope to see you all there.

Amended email address Cambs and Beds Group.

PeteB — Tue, 12 May 2026 07:57:58 +0000

Please note that the contact email for the group has been amended to:

bedscambshps@gmail.com

Cambs and Beds Group Conservation Information

PeteB — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 11:10:25 +0000

Cambs and Beds HPS Conservation Scheme

Nationally the HPS runs a conservation scheme to save cultivars of hardy perennials, that are in danger of possible extinction. This could be for many reasons, ranging from changing tastes to difficulty in growing on for the retail trade. It would be a shame to lose many of these plants for posterity and therefore a group of us here at Cambs and Beds do our best to propagate and disseminate these plants every year.

All members are welcome to join in. A list of conservation plants can be found on the national website, and anyone wishing to join, just let me know what plants you would like to propagate and I will endeavour to supply them.

For those who have plants I have designed a table, which is just a quick go-to, to show the method and time of year for propagation of our conservation plants.

Peter Johnson

Propagation Table

Plant	Division	Cutting
Arabis Alpina		Softwood or semi-ripe Summer
Astilbe	Spring
Bergenia	Rhizome Autumn
Chrysanthemum	Spring	Basal Softwood Spring
Epimedium	Autumn
Erigeron	Spring	Basal
Erysimum		Soft or Semi-ripe Spring or Summer
Geranium	Spring	Basal Softwood Early to mid spring
Helianthus	Spring Autumn	Basal or Root Spring
Hemerocalis	Spring Autumn
Heuchera	Late Spring
Hylotelephinium		Softwood
Iris	Rhizome division Leave top exposed
Penstemon	Spring	Softwood early summer Semi-ripe midsummer
Persicaria		Runners – Nodes of stem in contact with ground
Phlox maculata	Spring Autumn	Basal cuttings Spring Root cuttings Late Autumn
Phlox paniculata	Spring Autumn	Basal cuttings Spring Root cuttings Late Autumn
Pulmonaria	Autumn	Root cuttings
Rodgersia	Spring
Silene x walken	Spring	Basal softwood Early spring
Symphyotrichum	Spring	Rooted Stem Cuttings from the edge
Veratum album	Autumn
Vinca minor		Layering
Rudbeckia	Spring Autumn
Zantadeschia	Spring	Or detach offsets

H.P.S. Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire

September 2026 Meeting

Amended email address Cambs and Beds Group.

Cambs and Beds Group Conservation Information