Santolina/Cotton lavender appeal
djtheblade
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Hey guys
I've snooped around here for a long time and finally decided to make an account. I'm a bit of a Santolina collector in my spare time and over the last two years I've been amassing a collection of every variety I can find in my tiny backyard. There are just a few varieties that continue to elude me, so much so that not even the registered national collection holders seem to keep them in their archives (that I'm aware of). Google provides clues to historic whereabouts and I suspect some of them were heirloom varieties that were probably not uncommon in nurseries around the country at some point, but over time have become displaced by newer cultivars or have simply fallen out of favour. It's a long shot I know but I thought i'd put an appeal on here to see if anyone believes they might have one of these varieties in their possession. I'm not sure what the forum rules are regarding sales etc but I'd absolutely be prepared to make it worth someone's time if they were to establish a cutting/sort postage/arrange a trade of some sort. The named varieties I'm seeking include:
Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Weston'
Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Double lemon'
Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Oldfield hybrid'
Santolina rosmarinifolia 'Blue carpet'
Santolina rosmarinifolia 'Dahlem'
Santolina rosmarinifolia 'Morning mist'
If anyone thinks they might be in possession of one or more of these varieties please consider getting in touch as I'd very much like to hear from you, thanks very much.
Lytton
I've snooped around here for a long time and finally decided to make an account. I'm a bit of a Santolina collector in my spare time and over the last two years I've been amassing a collection of every variety I can find in my tiny backyard. There are just a few varieties that continue to elude me, so much so that not even the registered national collection holders seem to keep them in their archives (that I'm aware of). Google provides clues to historic whereabouts and I suspect some of them were heirloom varieties that were probably not uncommon in nurseries around the country at some point, but over time have become displaced by newer cultivars or have simply fallen out of favour. It's a long shot I know but I thought i'd put an appeal on here to see if anyone believes they might have one of these varieties in their possession. I'm not sure what the forum rules are regarding sales etc but I'd absolutely be prepared to make it worth someone's time if they were to establish a cutting/sort postage/arrange a trade of some sort. The named varieties I'm seeking include:
Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Weston'
Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Double lemon'
Santolina chamaecyparissus 'Oldfield hybrid'
Santolina rosmarinifolia 'Blue carpet'
Santolina rosmarinifolia 'Dahlem'
Santolina rosmarinifolia 'Morning mist'
If anyone thinks they might be in possession of one or more of these varieties please consider getting in touch as I'd very much like to hear from you, thanks very much.
Lytton
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If you do live on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, you may have more luck looking on North American sites such as this:
http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/homegardening/scene9aa6-2.html
This is a British based forum.
If you live in Derbyshire, as I do.