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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Pehr Kalm |
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 This
German doctor was the first plant explorer to describe
Ginkgo biloba and the genus, Camellia. During his
time in Japan around 1690, he was the first person to make
drawings of the genus,
Hosta.
The genus,
Kaempferia is named for him as are the species, Larix
kaempferi and Rhododendron kaempferi.
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A Swedish clergyman and
botanist
who studied with
Linnaeus who
later named the genus, Kalmia,
after him.
Kalmia (mountain laurel) includes about 7
species of evergreen shrubs from 2 to 15 feet tall, in the
family
Ericaceae. Lobelia kalmii is also named
for him.
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Pharmacist and botanical
author for whom the genus, Camellia, is named.
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In his early days Lewis Kennedy worked for his father's nursery
(about 1812) at the garden of Malmaison for Josephine Bonaparte.
From 1818 until 1868 he created the remarkable formal garden at
Drummond Castle in Perthshire, Scotland.
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Scottish horticulturist
at Kew and plant collector in China whose name is associated
with the genus, Kerria.
Plants associated with
him include Euonymus japonicus, Lilium lancifolium, and
Rosa banksiae var. banksiae
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German professor. The
genus, Knautia, an upright, clump-forming, somewhat
short-lived perennial, is named for him.
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 German Professor of
Medicine and botanist at Erfurt University after whom the southern
African genus,
Kniphofia is named. His most famous work was
Herbarium Vivum (1762).
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The genus, Kolkwitzia
(beautybush),
is named for this German botanist. The plant was first
identified by Giuseppe Giraldi and was introduced in the United
Kingdom plant industry by
E.H. Wilson
about 1901.
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 A
German doctor, he was also a pioneer in the science of botany.
His main areas of interest were plant hybridizing and he was one
of the early scientists to recognize the role of insects with
plant pollination.
The genus,
Koelreuteria (goldenrain tree), is
named for him.
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