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Richard Saul
bred the Echinaceas that everybody's talking about. But there's so much more to him than just Coneflowers! |
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René van Gaalen
is the anarchist of the plant-breeding world, constantly coming up with unexpected new varieties. |
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Pieter Damen
Pieter Damen is a cutflower grower who's constantly working to breed improved varieties. |
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Piet Zonneveld
Piet Zonneveld is an Agapanthus specialist, with over 40 varieties at his nursery. |
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Piet Oudolf
is an internationally renowned garden designer and plant hybridiser, with a number of notable achievements. |
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Peter van Steijn
Peter van Steijn is a cutflower grower who takes great pleasure in breeding new varieties. |
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Nico Wigchert
grows and breeds many Delphinium varieties, mainly for the cut-flower market. |
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Nic Geerlings
Nic Geerlings owns a production nursery where he grows several different genera of perennials. |
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Mark van Kesteren
is a perennial propagator and grower responsible for raising a range of sought-after varieties. |
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Marco van Noort
Initially in the cut flower trade, Marco switched to perennials during the 1980's and never looked back. |
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Buying perennials by mail order?
Tuesday, 11 April 2006
Sometimes the easiest way to get your hands on Darwin PlantSpotters varieties is to buy them from a mail-order catalogue. But do you know what to do with them when they arrive?
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2 new fantasies for 2006
Wednesday, 16 November 2005
Veronica 'Fairytale' and Hosta 'Magic Fire' are new introductions which complete the set for 2006.
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Scabiosa on a grand scale
Wednesday, 16 November 2005
Scabiosa 'Grand Stone' is an impressive 2006 introduction bred by Pieter van Steijn.
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Introducing Reinier van Elderen
Tuesday, 08 November 2005
Reinier van Elderen is responsible for the introduction of 'Golden Meadows', a colourful new variety of Hosta sieboldiana.
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Poppies fit for a King
Tuesday, 01 November 2005
'Place Pigalle' is the jewel in the crown of Eleanore de Koning's 'Parisiennes' series, and will be available in 2006. 'Koning' is Dutch for 'King'!
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The Road to Chelsea
Friday, 24 June 2005
What it took to force Helenium 'Chelsey' into bloom for its big day.
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By Miriam Young
While the plants featured on this site and sold with the Darwin PlantSpotters label are undeniably special, there are also many other perennials we know PlantSpotters fans will love! |
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By Miriam Young
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Back to the roots
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A plant is not another bag of potato chips, ready to be consumed. You've got to work first and that is actually part of the enjoyment. |
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Be part of the plant future by taking part in discussions between hybridisers, growers, gardeners and everybody else involved. |
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