By Simon Crawford It does indeed seem remarkable that the Hose-in-Hose variant of Primrose (Primula vulgaris) and Polyanthus (P. x tommasinii (J. Richards, Primula 1993)) has all but disappeared from commercial horticulture in the United Kingdom over the past twenty-five or thirty years. This delightful form in which the calyx of the Primula flower is [...]
The dog didn’t seem to be cold. I wasn’t either, but it was no warmer than —15°F. It was a clear, still night; we had gone out for a walk before bed and nothing much seemed to be moving. The only sound I was aware of was the brittle, dry snow crunching beneath our feet. [...]
Dear Customer, At last, we have settled in our new test garden and nursery homes: “From sea to shining sea”, as the song goes. After three years of change—new staff, new gardens, new plants—we have a plan that provides us with a bright future, and you with ever-more-gorgeous cultivars, as this, our 2010 catalogue, shows. [...]
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