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| Plant Sources, Books, Societies etc | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Personally Recommended Books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Genus Pleione - Kew Monograph - Philip Cribb and Ian Butterfield | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Genus Cyclamen - Kew Monograph - Christopher Grey-Wilson (1988) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cyclamen, a guide for gardeners, horticulturalists and botanists - Christopher Grey-Wilson (1997) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Gardener's Guide to Growing Fritillaries - Kevin Pratt & Michael Jefferson-Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Societies, Groups and Information sources | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Cyclamen Society - UK based International Society with journal and seed exchange. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Alpine Garden Society - UK based International Society with journal and seed exchange. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alpine L -US based International e-mail group for beginners and experts alike | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cyclamen L - International e-mail group for Cycamen beginners and experts alike | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Pleione Report (includes terrestial Orchids) - an annual publication with contributions from growers and researchers. Very cheap but absolutely invaluable. Contact Paul Cumbleton, 881 Oxford Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, RG30 6TR, UK. email Paul@cumbleton.freeserve.co. 2002 Paul launched a Pleione website at www.pleione.info/ |
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| Plant Sources | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| This will be a very small list of the individuals who have consistantly supplied high quality plants to me over the past decade. I don't get anything back from any of them, nor would I want to. They are here because I like them. Getting good plant material and good advice is really important when you try something new. For example in the UK and the US there are alot of dried Cyclamen corms for sale, coming mainly from Holland. Often they don't grow. So people are disappointed, give up, and the genus gets the reputation for being "difficult". | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Christian- Rare Bulbs, has a huge bulb website. Vast range of bulbs, hardy and tender. Good for Cyclamen, Paul is also an expert of Trillium. Many of my Fritillaria, Pleiones came from him. Plants are true to name and healthy. Online catalogue with cultivation notes and lots of pictures. He does export too. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ian Butterfield - Butterfields Pleiones, holder of the UK National Collection of Pleiones. Ian Butterfield's hybridises and cultivates Pleiones. Many are for sale at reasonable prices. The address is; Butterfield's Pleiones, Harvest Hill, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, SL8 5JJ, UK. Ian will export with CITES certificates. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ann Earnshaw, Mendle Nursery, great for choice alpines, they also have an excellent selection of some of the best South American Oxalis and hybrids. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Peter Moore, Tilebarn Nursery, specialises in Cyclamen species. Peter has a huge selection and an active breeding programme. If you think you have every type of Cyclamen, think again, Peter always has something whether you are a beginner or a real expert. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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