Rodgersia pinnata 'Maurice Mason'
29th June 2013
Maurice Mason was a farmer from Norfolk who specialised in growing greenhouse plants but had wide horticultural interests.
I remember seeing his exhibit at the Chelsea show on the Memorial stand, sometime at the end of the 1970's though I never
met the man himself. Maurice Mason gave a plant of R.pinnata to Christopher Lloyd at Great Dixter and it was distinct
enough to be named.
I was given a plant in a pot that had seen better days but I was delighted to have it as a reminder of one person I didn't
meet and another who was charming enough to overlook the nonsense I write.