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2nd May 2008

Geranium phaeum Mulberry Tart Geranium phaeum 'Mulberry Tart' .
During the 1980's I was actively growing and selecting seedlings of Geranium phaeum. I named and released a few.'Calligrapher' and 'Rose Air' are still in circulation, 'Dreamer' seems to have fallen out of favour and 'Heather' is, as far as I can tell, now extinct. Then at the end of the 1980's there was a boom in new introductions, many of them excellent plants, and I stopped raising them. The market was already saturated and confused enough without any further help from me. This large flowered rather ruffled seedling had been provisionally selected for further trial under the informal name 'Mulberry Tart', but it isn't really distinct enough to warrant a name. The reddish mulberry tones were inherited from my stock of 'Bowles Red' which still seeds about the place.


2nd May 2008

iris japonica Ledgers var. Iris japonica 'Ledgers var.' .
Probably to commonest and most satisfactory form of Iris japonica, which can sometimes be miffy and damaged by frost. Does wonderfully in moist shade (most unlikely of conditions), but looks a bit dog eared in sun and becomes limp and leathery if it gets too dry.


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Acorus Alocasia Anemone Arisaema Arum Asarum Aspidistra Begonia Bromeliads Camellia
Carnivorous Cautleya Chirita Chlorophytum Clivia Colocasia Crocosmia Dionaea Drosera Epimedium
Eucomis Fuchsia Galanthus Hedychium Helleborus Hemerocallis Hepatica Hosta Impatiens Iris
Liriope Ophiopogon Pinguicula Polygonatum Ranunculus ficaria Rhodohypoxis Rohdea Roscoea Sansevieria Sarracenia
Scilla Sempervivum Tricyrtis Tulbaghia Utricularia Viola odorata Watsonia

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