The Cultivation of Victoria amazonica Sowerby in Northern Latitudes by Pat Clifford

“…In this paper the cultivation of this species at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is outlined with reference to its native environment, including propagation, planting out, general maintenance, flowering and pollination.…”
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Dimorphanthera wickendeniana by George Argent, Tony Conlon

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Botanic Garden Profile: Dawyck Botanic Garden by David Knott

“…The garden today has some of the oldest plants in the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh’s living collection including an Abies alba, planted in 1690, and several Larix decidua, planted in 1725. …”
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Cavendishia Lindl. by Tony Conlon

“…[Ericaceae] grown under glass at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and their collection from the wild with notes on cultivation. …”
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Sabal bermudana L.H. Bailey (The Sabal Palm) : by Alan Elliott, Paul Mullany

“… Sabal bermudana, known as the Sabal palm, is, at over 200 years of age, frequently listed as the oldest living specimen growing at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Bown, 1992; Fletcher & Brown, 1970; Govier et al., 2001; Rae, 2011; RBGE, 2012). …”
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Agapetes D. Don Ex G. Don by Tony Conlon

“… The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) holds a number of collections of the family Ericaceae (Conlon, 2010; 2012). …”
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Target capture and genome skimming for plant diversity studies by Flávia Fonseca Pezzini, Giada Ferrari, Laura L. Forrest, Michelle L. Hart, Kanae Nishii, Catherine A. Kidner

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Flowering curves and the summer-gap mystery by Geoffrey Harper, Elizabeth Rogers

“… Results from year-round weekly monitoring of 93 taxa (179 accessions) at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) are presented in the form of flowering curves. …”
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The Value of Record Keeping: a Case Study from Four Elderly Orchid Accessions by Andrea Fowler

“…The history of four orchids growing at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE), some of the oldest accessions still in cultivation in the Indoor Department, is outlined. …”
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The 10th Flora Malesiana Symposium by Peter Wilkie

“… The 10th Flora Malesiana Symposium was held at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) between 11 and 15 July 2016 and was attended by 185 researchers from 25 countries. …”
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Cultivation of the genus Pelargonium under glass by Kate Hughes

“…The difference between Pelargonium and the other four genera in the family Geraniaceae is noted and a list of species grown at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is provided. The use of the genus in the display glasshouses at this botanic garden is described followed by notes on cultivation including watering, nutrition, pruning, pest control, and propagation. …”
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Plant Health and How it Affects Private Gardens: Experience from a Botanic Garden Pathologist by Stephan Helfer

“… Like many other botanic gardens the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) provides advice about plant pests and diseases to amateur gardeners. …”
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Dimorphanthera (F. Muell, Ex Drude) F. Muell. by Tony Conlon

“… The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) holds major collections of plants from the family Ericaceae. …”
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Fit for Purpose? by David Rae

“… Collection statistics provide valuable evidence against which to judge the development or decline of live plant collections. At the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) a recent audit of the collections and review of key indicators have proved very useful and will now be used on a regular basis as a sort of 'health check' of the collections. …”
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SHORT NOTE Propagation of Bambusa vulgaris: a simplified method for use in display glasshouses by Paulina Maciejewska-Daruk

“… Horticulture staff at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh have experimented with the propagation of Bambusa vulgaris by planting pieces of stem directly into the bed in which the plant is to grow. …”
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Effects of Pre-Treatment of Gibberellic Acid Solution on Musa sikkimensis Seeds by William Purdom, Julie Glover

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Diplycosia Blume by Tony Conlon

“… The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh holds a number of small and understudied collections in the glasshouses at Edinburgh about which relatively little is known. …”
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Conservation Hedges: by Martin Gardner, Tom Christian, William Hinchliffe, Rob Cubey

“… In May 2014, the first planting of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (RBGE) conservation hedge took place, when the Reverend Anne Brennan planted a tree which had originated as a cutting from the ancient and historic European yew, Taxus baccata, in the churchyard of her church at Fortingall, Perthshire. …”
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Introduction by David Rae

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Notes on the Performance and Cultivation of some Lesser Known Eastern Himalayan Plants by Simon Crutchley

“…Staff from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh have made four expeditions to eastern Nepal and Bhutan during the years 1985-1991. …”
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