On 2014-05-06 08:18:41 +0000, Chris Hogg said:

On Sun, 4 May 2014 13:24:53 +0100, sacha wrote:

Is anyone growing this and is it a good 'do-er'? And if so, do you
know of a nursery or gc selling it? We have a customer looking for it
and I'd like to be able to point her in the right direction.

Not answering your question specifically, Sacha, but some 40 years ago
I collected seed from a yak rhodie on a local NT property, when yaks
were a novelty and rather scarce. I had good germination, and I grew
on about twenty or so plants. They were a bit of a mixture, as one
might expect from open pollination, but a few had all the
characteristics of true yaks and did very well in my (then)
mid-Cornwall garden. I would expect Marietta to be no different to
other yaks: a dwarf, slow growing compact shrub with distinctive
narrow recurved leaves with white indumentum, and covered in creamy
pink flowers in Spring, doing very well in the right circumstances
(open situation, acid soil, etc. etc.). But I do remember that the
flowers were often spoilt by frosts, and I regularly had to cover them
with sacking (fleece, these days), to protect them on clear cloudless
nights.

Thanks, Chris. I hve a photo the customer gave me, not of the plant but
of its label with a reference or catalogue number. I'll find the photo
and reproduce the number to see if anyone recognises it. There's also
the symbol of a trophy-like cup which resembles the AGM but it's not
listed in the Plant Finder online.
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk