USEFUL LINKS

NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE CONSERVATION
OF PLANTS AND GARDENS
www.nccpg.com

Through volunteer membership, the NCCPG seeks to conserve, document promote and make available Britain's great biodiversity of garden plants for the benefit of horticulture, education and science. Details of hundreds of plant collections, local groups etc.

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
www.rhs.org.uk

Shows, gardens, plants, research, books, sales and the indispensable RHS PLANT FINDER

NATIONAL GARDENS SCHEME
www.ngs.org.uk

Now a national institution arranging the opening of some 3.500 gardens in England and Wales for charity. All listed in the famous "yellow book". Their site has a useful Garden Finder.

THE GARDENERS GUIDE TO GROWING ASTERS
www.davidandcharles.co.uk
www.timber-press.com

Written by Paul Picton, this book was first published in 1999. It is a complete practical guide to growing these rewarding late-flowering herbaceous perennials and using them to best effect in the garden. Superb colour photography makes identification simple and shows the wide range of plants available.