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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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₤6700 donated to Red Cross
Thursday, 23 June 2005
In a ceremony at BBC Gardeners' World Live, the first installment of funds raised from sales of Helenium 'Chelsey' was presented.
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You saw it here first!
Wednesday, 20 April 2005
Back in July 2004, we gave you a glipmse of a very distinctive new hosta, discovered by Gert van Eijk-Bos. It's now in production and will be available in 2006!
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Stakeless Delphinium for 2005!
Monday, 07 February 2005
Delphinium 'Little Flamingo' is a shorter Elatum type with very strong stems which can stand upright in most gardens without the need for staking.
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Where to buy Helenium 'Chelsey'
Monday, 31 January 2005
It's a fabulous new variety, and money from plants sold in the UK is also being donated to The Red Cross. So where can you buy it?
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More Razzmatazz in 2005
Friday, 17 December 2004
Its scarcity in 2004 left gardeners all over the world wondering when they would get to grow Echinacea 'Razzmatazz'. For many, 2005 will be the year they get lucky!
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