Plant Breeding from Abutilon to Roscoea with Richard Clark of Panache Plants (Part One)
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This week on Talking Dirty, Alan Gray (East Ruston Old Vicarage) and Thordis catch up with a regular nurseryman on their local plant fair circuit, Richard Clark of Panache Plants. Richard holds the National Collection of Eucomis and we'll have more about the Pineapple Lily next week. But he's also got a background in plant breeding and has been using his expertise to select some very interesting new plants! PLANT LIST Roscoea purpurea Roscoea 'Red Gurkha' Abutilon 'Ashford Red' Abutilon 'Pink Charm' Osteospermum Aeonium 'Velour' Aeonium simsii Sparmannia africana 'Variegata'   Abutilon 'Kentish Belle'
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