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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Rosemary
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English playwright and architect of Castle Howard (North
Yorkshire), Seaton Delaval Hall (Northumberland),
Blenheim Palace
(Oxfordshire), Stowe (Buckinghamshire) and Claremont (Surrey).
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This Dutch
lawyer was a sponsor of one of
Carl
Thunberg's plant explorations to
Japan in the 1770s. The
genus,
Deutzia (beautybush) was named in his honor by
Thunberg.
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 A plant enthusiast, Van
Houtte
founded
The Belgian Horticulturist, a monthly magazine in 1832. In
the 1830's, he visited several countries in
South America and
Central
America where he collected plants which he took back to
Belgium.
Later, he founded the Belgian
Royal
Horticultural Society. He
had a huge plant nursery in Ghent where he propagated many of
his introductions.
Plants associated with him
include
Spiraea x vanhouttei,
Campanula
'Van-Houttei',
Rhododendron 'Louis Aimee van Houtte',
Clematis 'Madame van Houtte' and
Rosa 'Marie van
Houtte'
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 John
van Nost was known as the greatest
English maker of
garden ornaments of the early 18th
century. His statue of Hercules is at Powis Castle (Powys), a
fluting shepherd boy at Canons Ashby House, (Northamptonshire),
the Four Faces Urn at Melbourne Hall (Derbyshire), Father Time at
Duncombe Park (Yorkshire), Hercules at Chirk Castle
(Denbighshire). Some of the statues at Castle Howard (Yorkshire)
are also thought to have been his work.
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 A
widely known garden designer and author, Verey and her husband
purchased
Barnsley House in the early 1960's. Her books included "The
Scented Garden", "English Country Gardens", and "Making of a
Garden." She encouraged making kitchen gardens both utilitarian
and ornamental. Mrs. Verey's clients included Prince Charles and
Elton John.
Geranium x oxonianum
'Rosemary Verey' is named for her.
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