Comments
from Mr. PGC: Throughout
history, many people have made lasting contributions to the
world of plants. In these pages, we hope to pay tribute to
some of them. Our concentration will be primarily on those
who have introduced plants to the gardening world, those who
have helped spread the word about gardening and those who
have made significant contributions to landscaping and
landscaping design around the world.
This list will be constantly growing as we add
new names. If you have someone who you think should be on
the list, please send us an
Email.
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Asa Gray |
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 Born in
Scotland, this naturalist and doctor
spent much of his life in Charleston,
South Carolina.
The genus, Gardenia, and the species,
Fothergilla gardenia, are named in his honor.
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He was a translator of the
botanical writings of the Greek,
Theophrastus. The genus,
Gazania, is named for him.
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Gilpin was a landscape
designer known for employing the romantic picturesque style in
his gardens. He is associated with the gardens at Balcaskie,
Fife and Scotney Castle in Kent,
England. He was the author of Practical Hints for Landscape Gardening
in 1832.
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German
physician and botanist noted for studies on plant sexuality
and reproduction. He was director of the Botanic Garden in
Berlin,
Germany. The genus,
Gleditsia (Honeylocust) was named for him.
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 Known for his vast collection of roses at l"Ha˙-les-Roses in
Paris and the help he gave in the planting of the rosaries in the
garden at
Bagatelle in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris.
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 Gray
was considered on of America's leading botanists during the 19th
century.
He was a distinguished professor of botany at
Harvard in the
mid-1800's and an early supporter of Charles Darwin's theories.
Gray was the author of several text books and helped
establish the Missouri Botanical Garden. He also founded the
Gray Herbarium at Harvard.
W.J. Beal was one of
his students.
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 John
J. Grullemans (1891-1965), originally from the Netherlands,
along with Elmer Schultz started Wayside Gardens nursery in
Mentor, Ohio in 1920. In 1975, the firm and its name was
sold to Park Seed Company of South Carolina where it became
a mail order only business. The early Wayside catalogs began
offering hostas in the 1930’s and by 1988, they included 24
different cultivars. Grullemans introduced the first hosta
to receive a U.S. Patent, H. ‘Royal Standard’.
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 Born in Norway, Gunnerus was
a Catholic
bishop and
botanist who
taught at the University of Copenhagen. The genus,
Gunnera, was
named for him.
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