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Old 27-07-2004, 11:03 PM
Stewart Robert Hinsley
 
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Default commercialising new varieties

In article , David Hill david@abacus
nurseries.freeserve.co.uk writes
On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:23:15 +0100, Stewart Robert Hinsley
wrote:

I've one, maybe two, plants that I reckon are worth marketing. Any
recommendations as to whom I should contact. (I've found PlantNet UK and
ex Blooms.)


Is it worth the effort for the private individual?


Plants of what?


A Lavatera x clementii hybrid (seed parent 'Candy Floss', but plant is
effectively, IMHO, an improved 'Eyecatcher'). A hybrid Malva, but I'm
not sure whether it can be propagated - it doesn't seem to be very keen
to mature fruits, and as the pollen parent is annual, and the seed
parent not reliably perennial, I'm not yet sure whether it behaves as an
annual or a perennial, or whether it can be vegetatively propagated.

Some firms are better than other for certain kinds of plants


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Stewart Robert Hinsley