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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Paul
Ecke, Jr |
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Paul Ecke Jr.
was world renowned for his work in hybridizing and popularizing
the poinsettia (Euphorbia
pulcherrima). He built his greenhouse,
Paul Ecke Ranch at Encinitas,
California,
into a world class research and production facility.
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 John
Elsley is a renowned horticulturist who was born and educated in
the U.K. but spent most of his career in the U.S. He has worked
at the
Missouri Botanic Garden, Geo. Park Seed. Co. and Wayside
Gardens. In addition to two hostas, Geranium sanguineum
‘John Elsley’ has been named in his honor.
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 Elwes was a British
botanist and entomologist who was known for collecting new
species of the genus,
Lilium from
Korea and the
Himalayas. The
Royal
Horticultural Society awarded him the first
Victoria Medal of Honour
for his service in 1897. He wrote the Monograph of the
Genus Lilium in 1880.
The specific epithet,
elwesii, was named for him.
Plants with this name include:
Galanthus elwesii and
Rhodophiala elwesii.
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A German plant collector
who worked primarily in
Western Europe. The species,
Geranium endressii is named in his honor.
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 First century AD Greek
physician to a Mauritanian emperor whose name was given by Dioscorides to the genus,
Euphorbia.
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