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Heuchera 'Color Dream'
NO LONGER SOLD AS A DAWIN PLANTSPOTTERS VARIETY.
Changing foliage colours keep this plant interesting all season.
Hosta 'June Fever'
If Hosta 'June' had a coat of varnish, this is how it might look!
Hosta 'Magic Fire'
This wider-margined mutation of 'Sagae' burns with character.
Hybridiser
 
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European exclusives
10-08-2004 17:52 Jan van den Top's nursery in Barneveld, The Netherlands, has varieties people travel from far and wide to find.
By Miriam Young   

Around 600 varieties of Hosta can be found here, many of which Jan is the only commercial grower of in Europe.

 


Just one of the many tunnels full of hosta varieties at Jan's nursery.

 

Heucheras are less plentiful these days, as Jan has ceased development work on these as he focuses his attention on Hosta.

 


Though no longer the focus of Jan's attention, a good selection of Heucheras still reside at his nursery.

 

The plants propagated and grown here are all destined for his own garden centre, just around the corner, which attracts visitors from all over Europe on the hunt for one of Jan’s special varieties.

 


The garden centre and retail nursery in Barneveld, The Netherlands.

 

Jan also hosts special Hosta and Heuchera show days each year, for which his varieties are nurtured to look their best for the visitors come from far and wide to see them.

 
Biography
You only live once
By Miriam Young
Following a dream led Jan van den Top to become first breeder of Hosta and Heuchera in The Netherlands.
The Nursery
European exclusives
By Miriam Young
Jan van den Top's nursery in Barneveld, The Netherlands, has varieties people travel from far and wide to find.
Breeding Work
The Netherlands' original Hosta breeder
By Miriam Young
Jan van der Top operates an extensive Hosta breeding program at his nursery, continually experimenting with crosses to see what happens.
Connections
Birds of a feather
By Miriam Young
Jan has friends all over the world with whom he swaps plant material.
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