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General Subjects => Alpines => Topic started by: Maggi Young on January 21, 2015, 03:21:32 PM

Title: Surprising subject for "Garden Retail" magazine
Post by: Maggi Young on January 21, 2015, 03:21:32 PM

It is not very often that any of the horticulture mags in the Garden Retail, Hort Week etc stable have anything about alpines or plants  that are remotely "rock garden" plants. What a surprise then to find this subject for  "Garden Retail" magazine  15th January 2015 :

Dodcatheon  by Miranda Kimberley :

http://www.hortweek.com/dodecatheon/retail/article/1329305?DCMP=EMC-CONGardenRetail&bulletin=garden-retail-bulletin (http://www.hortweek.com/dodecatheon/retail/article/1329305?DCMP=EMC-CONGardenRetail&bulletin=garden-retail-bulletin)   - with quotes from Terry Hunt at Edrom ( and also " Rae Littlewood, partner, Cambridge Alpines, Cambridgeshire" - of whom I have never heard  :-\  )

Title: Re: Surprising subject for "Garden Retail" magazine
Post by: brianw on January 21, 2015, 10:29:32 PM

I guess "remotely" is the operative word. I can see these getting promoted in the same way as the gaudy primroses or auriculas or cyclamen. Must be something about this family ;-)
The wild species look delicate and elegant in the wild but then what do "we" do to them?

Title: Re: Surprising subject for "Garden Retail" magazine
Post by: fermi de Sousa on January 21, 2015, 10:49:08 PM

Perhaps you could get in touch with them to suggest other genera that might stir some interest? If they can be commercialised, I guess?
cheers
fermi