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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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 American physician and plant collector who sent the first plants
of Japanese Honeysuckle (a.k.a. Hall's Honeysuckle) (Lonicera
japonica) and Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata) to
the United States from Japan.
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 Sir Thomas was a wealthy Quaker and for 20 years a silk
merchant in
China. In 1867 he bought the Palazzo Orengo on the
Italian Riviera around which, with his eminent botanist brother
Daniel, he created the celebrated garden of La Mortola. In 1960,
the garden was given to the care of the Genoa University.
On the
death of E.H. Wilson in 1902, Hanbury bought his Oakwood Experimental
Garden at Wisley and the
following year presented it in trust to the Royal Horticultural
Society.
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Worked at
Jardin des Plantes in Paris before heading to North and
South America on several plant collection expeditions. He
introduced the species Cupressus
macrocarpa.
Plants named for him include Pinus
hartwegii, Penstemon hartwegii, Fuchsia hartwegii and
Asarum hartwegii.
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 French
city planner in charge of the massive alteration to the layout
of the
City of Paris instituted by Napoleon III in the mid-1800's.
He was responsible for the enhancement of monuments, open spaces
and vistas in the City. The Place de l'Opéra, the Étoile, and
the Place de la Nation were created under his guidance. The
Bois de Boulogne and a number of
smaller parks were completed then also.
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 Owner
of Terra Nova Nurseries in Portland, Oregon, Heims is an
internationally known plant breeder and collector. His
specialties are the genera,
Heuchera and
Tiarella.
Plants he has
introduced include Echinacea purpurea 'Ruby Giant',
Heuchera 'Amber Waves', Heuchera 'Amethyst
Myst', Heuchera 'Cherries Jubilee', Heuchera
'Key Lime Pie', Heuchera 'Plum Pudding', Hosta
'Jade Cascade', and Hosta 'Pacific Blue Edger'.
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 Irish
doctor who worked for the Chinese Customs Service in the
1880s. As an avid botanist, he sent 15,000 plant specimens
to the gardens at Kew. He became acquainted with another
great plant collector,
E.H.
Wilson during that time.
After having
studied forestry in France, in collaboration with
Henry John Elwes
he wrote his great book in 7 volumes, Trees of Great Britain
and Ireland. He is associated (with A. C. Forbes) with
plantings at Avondale Forest Park, County Wicklow, Ireland.
Many plants bear his name including
Acer henryi, Lilium henryi, Lonicera henryi, Parthenocissus
henryana, Sinowilsonia henryi, Rubus henryi, Tilia henryana, Emmenopterys henryi
and Rhododendron augustinii.
He also introduced Rodgersia
aesculifolia and Rodgersia pinnata.
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Member of Parliament, poet, classicist
and later, rector of Spofforth and Dean of the
Collegiate Church of Manchester, William Herbert cultivated
bulbous plants and experimented in hybridization.
His name is
commemorated in the genus, Herbertia, a group of iris
shaped bulb plants.
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 The genus,
Heuchera (Coral Bells), is named after this 18th
century German botanist.
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 British nurseryman, founder of the
Hillier Arboretum,
originator of dozens of superior ornamental cultivars, author of
the well known Hillier's Manual, and one of the 20th centuries
leading experts on woody plants.
 Plants associated with the Hillier family and
nursery include Abutilon x suntense 'Jermyns',
Ceanothus 'Blue Mounds', Cotinus 'Grace', Daphne
'Valerie Hillier', Eucryphia x hilleri 'Winton', X
Halimiocistus wintonensis, Lonicera x purpusii
'Winter Beauty', Malus x scheideckeri 'Hilleri',
Phygelius x rectus 'Winchester Fanfare',
Robinia x slavinii 'Hilleri', Thuja plicata 'Hilleri',
Tilia 'Harold Hilleri', Ulmus x hollandica
'Jacqueline Hillier' and Viburnum x hilleri
'Winton'.
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 Founder
of Heronswood Nursery (now owned by Burpee Seed Co.) near
Seattle, Washington. Hinkley is an internationally known plant breeder
and collector. He has travelled extensively around the world in
search of new plants to introduce into the plant trade.
Plants named for
the nursery include Cercidiphyllum japonicum 'Herronswood
Globe' and Tiarella wherryi 'Heronswood Mist'.
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 Garden
writer, lecturer and designer, Penelope Hobhouse is the author
of several popular gardening books. She has designed gardens
across Europe and in the United States. For a number of years,
she was in charge of the National Trust Gardens at Tintinhull
House in Somerset.
Her books include Colour
in Your Garden', Plants in Garden History, Penelope Hobhouse on Gardening,
Penelope Hobhouse’s Garden Designs, and Penelope Hobhouse’s
Natural Planting.
The plant Oenothera 'Penlope Hobhouse' is
named for her.
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 Plants of the
genus, Hosta, were reportedly first imported to America
from Asia in
large quantities to the Manhattan nursery owned by Thomas Hogg Jr.
During the 1860s, he spent time exploring Japan for new
plants and, in addition to the Hosta, also introduced
Cercidiphyllum japonicum (Katsuratree) and Styrax japonicus
(Japanese Snowbell )
to the nursery trade.
The first host
was reportedly named 'Fukurin Fu Giboshi' in Japanese
but soon became Hosta 'Thomas Hogg'. It has gone through a
name change and is known as Hosta 'Decorata' in the
U.S. and Hosta undulata var. albomarginata in
the U.K.
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Son of Sir William, who he succeeded as Director of
Kew Gardens. Sir Joseph
Hooker returned from the Himalayas in 1850 with the magnificent
Sikkim rhododendrons. He introduced the Himalayan birch and
reported amongst other trees, the biggest of all magnolias,
Magnolia campbellii.
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One of the worlds great botanists, became the first Director of
Kew Gardens. Published part
one of his Handbook of the New Zeeland Flora in 1864 and
part two in 1868.
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The genus, Hosta, is named in honor of this Austrian
physician and botanist.
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