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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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What do you think about Darwin PlantSpotters?
Wednesday, 22 October 2003 www.plantspotters.com launched on 1st March 2004. We are very keen to hear what you think about the site, and Darwin PlantSpotters in general.
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| virginia myerson |
Wednesday, 01 November 2006 |
| I purchased your "Jolly Bee" geranium in May 2006 at Mays' Greenhouse in Bloomington, Indiana and planted it in welll-prepared soil in a sunny flower bed. It easily filled out to the 40 inch spread mentioned on the tag and performed just as described on the plant tag: huge flowers that bloomed all summer until the end of October!! Thank you for this great performer!!(And not insect or any other damage!)
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| Kevin Majeski |
Monday, 11 July 2005 |
| I just purchased two "Razzamatazz" plants from Miller's Manor here in Indiana (USA) and noticed the PlantSpotters tag. I'm looking forward to new releases of unique plants. Thanks for the website.
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| Miriam Young |
Friday, 01 April 2005 |
Hello Marina,
Thank you for your comments on Darwin PlantSpotters.
I have further information from Nico Wigchert about Delphinium Coral Sunset.
It is indeed hardy as previously indicated. The supply problem in 2004 was due to the dormant roots failing to produce new eyes for the following years’ growth. He believes this was because the variety didn’t respond well to being propagated in tissue culture, but this problem has now been resolved, and another 7000 plants will find their way into gardens in 2005.
You can look for a local PlantSpotters stockists who may have Coral Sunset on the Where to Buy page.
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| Marina Pestova |
Friday, 01 April 2005 |
Well! At last i found site with information that i was looking for almost 3 years.
First of all: Thank you very,very much for every New Plant,for every Garden Design(Piet Outdolf this is for you :o). Dream Park in Enkoping,Sweeden simply stanning. I hope to see you in Vancuver,Canada,
this summer.)
From now on i'll be here exploring and asking questions.
I have two qustions for Nico Wigchert.
What happened,really,
with 'Corral Sunset'? What was the cause ?
I've read that "Corral Sunset' is a pretty hardy variety. But how Hardy is it? What Winter Temperatures would be deadly for this Hybrid?
Thak you for your time.
With all my respect for all of you.
Marina
Nova Scotia Canada
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| Miriam Young |
Thursday, 27 May 2004 |
| Thanks for your comments Jamie. Tissue culture is a complex issue, for which in-depth discussions are probably more appropriate on an industry site rather than this one. However, if you have any specific questions I will do my best to answer them!
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| Jamie Vande |
Friday, 07 May 2004 |
A very interesting and informative
site. As you have a thread to
Vitro-Westland, it would be interesting
to post more information, including
the various problems encountered
with tissue culture. Many seem to
have mixed feeling concerning this
method and it would be nice to have a
bit of clear air blowing!
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| Master-Stauden |
Thursday, 25 March 2004 |
Hallo,
Congratulations to your homepage. I hope your idea will be very successfull.
Please give my regards to Fred Meilland
Kind Regards
Master-Stauden
Lehmweg 200
D-25488 Holm
Erich Luer
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| Miriam Young |
Monday, 08 March 2004 |
| There are currently no Hemerocallis varieties featured in the Darwin PlantSpotters range, so we have not researched information on hybridisers. The Hemerocallis varieties offered by Darwin Plants are widely available and information on their backgrounds can be found by searching the web.
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| Janice Dehod |
Saturday, 06 March 2004 |
| I would like to see some information about the Hemerocallis hybridizers of the plants Darwin sells
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The Plant Chooser
By Miriam Young
An overview of the Darwin PlantSpotters 2007 range and the man responsible for their selection. |
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| Also spotted! |
The best of the rest
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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| New Plants |
Do you have a new variety?
By Miriam Young
Do you have a plant you have bred or discovered in your garden which you believe to be completely new? If so we'd love to hear from you! |
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| Preferred by plantspeople |
Back to the roots
By Hans Witteman
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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| In the shops |
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| Community |
Getting involved
By Miriam Young
Be part of the plant future by taking part in discussions between hybridisers, growers, gardeners and everybody else involved. |
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| How to use this site |
Navigating your way around
By Miriam Young
Welcome to Darwin PlantSpotters. Just a few clicks and you will be experiencing gardening as you've never known it before! |
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