By reproducing a selection of magazine and newspaper articles which have been published about us, we hope to give you an insight into the history and ongoing developments at Crûg Farm Plants.
2008 Articles
The Daily Telegraph - Gardening, Sunday October 4th, 2008
"Crûg Farm's cornucopia of exotic plants will make the pulse of any plantsman race"
Rae Spencer-Jones
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Nice fruit if you can get it
The Garden - October 2008
When a new collection of a familiar garden plant is brought into cultivation, it may have qualities that were previously underestimated, as Roy Lancaster discovers at Crûg Farm Plants in Wales.
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The plants we loved in 2008
Country Life - September 10th 2008
Gardeners and nurserymen recommend the most rewarding plants that were new to them this year.
Holboellia latifolia is known for it's ornamental evergreen foliage in 3-9 leaflets, like the spokes of an umbrella. These emerge purple to bronze, delicate as tissue paper, ageing to a parchement-like texture. The highlight comes in early spring when the clusters of flowers unfold, performing for 6-8 weeks before the sausage-shaped fruit takes over.
Having grown the original species (from seed of hardier forms we collected in the Himalayas), we have now selected the best seed parent by the size and colour of flowers.
H.latifolia will fill a space of 12ft with a dense cover of evergreen foliage, wafting its scent into the spring air. Clematis napaulensis is a good companion for it on s south facing wall, flowering from December to March.
Plant hunting is still valid
The Garden - September 2008
We are often asked why we goto such lengths to collect in the wild.It is simple really. We are just curious:curious as to what wonders of diversitynature has created. We are alsoanxious: anxious to see it before maninevitably destroys it.
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Three new Crûg Farm introductions
The Plantsman - March 2008
A new Lilium species with a curious dispersal mechanism, a new Ypsilandra variety and a new Cardiandra hybrid are described by JULIAN SHAW.
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Planthunters Bleddyn & Sue Wynn-Jones
Gardens Illustrated - February 2008
The Wynn-Jones’ are true planthunting professionals. Their nursery, Crûg Farm Plants Nursery in North Wales, is beloved by amateurs and professionals because of the staggering list of wonderful plants they have introduced into cultivation. The couple started the nursery more than 20 years ago and have been planthunting at least once a year since the early 1990s, visiting the Far East, Middle East, South America and, in particular, Asia. “It has become a way of life for us,” Sue says.
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Magazine's website: www.gardensillustrated.com