Roy Lancaster - The Plantsman's Garden

Roy Lancaster CBE, one of the country’s leading gardening experts spoke to us at Ringshall Village Hall in November 2014. 

Here are some of the plants he has in his garden:

Acer triflorum and Tachycarpus wagnerianus
Sorbus wardii and Frank Kingdon Ward
Magnolia cylindrica
Carpinus fangiana
Acer (tegmentosum) “White Tigress”, Aucuba omeiensis, Schizophragma integrifolium “Emei Shan” and Cortaderia richardii
Acer (tegmentosum) “White Tigress”
Mahonia russellii and M. lomariifolia var. tenuifoliola
Mahonia shenii and M. ogisui
Mahonia eurybracteata “Soft Caress” and M. nitens
Mahonia huiliensis
Parrotia subaequalis and Lindera obtusiloba
Hardy ferns Dryopteris crassirhizoma, Polystichum polyblepharum and P. neolimbatum. Mahonia x savilliana and Bergenia ciliata
Dryopteris crassirhizoma and Polystichum neolimbatum
Daphne bholua “Jacqueline Postill”
Roscoea “Kew Beauty” and R. purpurea “Royal Purple”
R. purpurea var. rubra “Red Gurkha”
Euonymus clivicola and Grevillea victoriae
Camellia “Anticipitation”
Camellia “Spring Festival”
Aucuba omeiensis
Aucuba omeiensis in Sichuan
Holboellia brachyandra and Elytropus chilensis
Schizophragma integrifolium “Emei Shan” and Lonicera calcarata
Hosta “Halycon” and Calycanthus chinensis
Abelia floribunda and Cobaea pringlei
Lonicera pilosa and Lonicera subaequalis
Fascicularia bicolor and Ochagavia carnea
Dierama pulcherrimum
Impatiens tinctoria
Gladiolus cardinalis
Davidia involucrate and “Sonoma”
Calycanthus chinensis
Calycanthus “Venus” and C. x raulstonii “Hartlage Wine”
Deuztia pulchra
Philadelphus purpurascens and Syringa komarowii “Emei Shan”
Aconitum japonicum and Lysimachia paridiformis var. stenophylla
Aspidistra sichuanesis
Aspidstras – A. longipedunculata, A. dolichanthera and A. grandiflora
Schefflera taiwanaina
Fargesia denudata “Huanglong” and fatsia polycarpa
Hedychium rubrum and H. gracile
Hedychium “Tara” and H. gardnerianum