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Seedy Subjects! => Seeds Wanted => Topic started by: Rob Potterton on November 06, 2008, 02:38:16 PM

Title: Looking for New Zealand alpine seed.
Post by: Rob Potterton on November 06, 2008, 02:38:16 PM: Greetings

Please could anyone suggest a source in New Zealand for commercial quantities of alpine seed??

Thank you. Regards
Title: Re: Looking for New Zealand alpine seed.
Post by: Maggi Young on November 06, 2008, 04:14:15 PM: Rob, there is Steve Newall... I'll check his email and send it to you and there is another SRGC Member Ross Graham: http://alpine-plants-new-zealand.110mb.com/index.htm who I think does seeds too..... some of the NZers will have more suggestions, I'm sure - when they get up!
Title: Re: Looking for New Zealand alpine seed.
Post by: ranunculus on November 06, 2008, 04:19:30 PM: Hi Maggi and Rob,
Steve Newall now collects and grows purely for Jellito seeds - such a shame as his collections were excellent.
Title: Re: Looking for New Zealand alpine seed.
Post by: Carlo on November 06, 2008, 04:44:49 PM: I'm not at the right computer at the moment, but isn't Russ Graham still collecting and shipping in NZ?
Title: Re: Looking for New Zealand alpine seed.
Post by: Maggi Young on November 06, 2008, 05:19:02 PM: Quote from: Carlo on November 06, 2008, 04:44:49 PM
I'm not at the right computer at the moment, but isn't Russ Graham still collecting and shipping in NZ?

Yes Carlo, but it's ROSS Graham; I've given his website url above!
Title: Re: Looking for New Zealand alpine seed.
Post by: Carlo on November 06, 2008, 05:47:52 PM: Thanks Maggi, I knew I was close...glad to have you checking things out.
Title: Re: Looking for New Zealand alpine seed.
Post by: Lesley Cox on November 06, 2008, 07:34:28 PM: I think Steve and Ross are about it for commercial seed quantities. Ross's is good quality, so I've heard, but haven't had any myself. Most of us who get into the hills collect a bit for private use. You could contact Dave Toole (Forum member) who would probably be interested in swapping. But Dave will be having major psychological and anger management problems at present with the news a couple of days ago that a London-based company is to start drilling for oil behind the Remarkables Range, in the Nevis valley (Ian Y knows the area), one of Dave's happy hunting grounds. Why don't they keep their bl....y oil activities off shore, as previously?
Title: Re: Looking for New Zealand alpine seed.
Post by: Rob Potterton on November 08, 2008, 09:02:30 AM: Thanks for the advice, i am now in contact with Ross Graham, his 2008 seed list was quite extensive and hopefully the 2009 crop will be of similar good quality.