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Charlie Pridham

2008-03-25, 9:25 am

I am not sure how many of you will have known him or indeed even heard of
him but Edward Needham has recently died, almost a recluse he was hard to
get to know as he was so shy a real gentleman in all senses of the word,
it was even harder to get to visit his garden, this was a copy of a
himalayan valley where he was able to grow many of the plants he
introduced to cultivation in this country.
I got to know him when writing "Gardening on the edge" for which he did
the chapter on Hedychiums. His depth of knowledge was quite extraordinary
being able to tell you not only what a plant was but which valley it had
been found in and by whom!
Take a look at the pictures in the link below
http://growingontheedge.net/viewtop...8405381df8f3eb2
3e80efce237
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

Jeff Layman

2008-03-25, 5:25 pm

Charlie Pridham wrote:
> I am not sure how many of you will have known him or indeed even
> heard of him but Edward Needham has recently died, almost a recluse
> he was hard to get to know as he was so shy a real gentleman in all
> senses of the word, it was even harder to get to visit his garden,
> this was a copy of a himalayan valley where he was able to grow many
> of the plants he introduced to cultivation in this country.
> I got to know him when writing "Gardening on the edge" for which he
> did the chapter on Hedychiums. His depth of knowledge was quite
> extraordinary being able to tell you not only what a plant was but
> which valley it had been found in and by whom!
> Take a look at the pictures in the link below
> http://growingontheedge.net/viewtop...8405381df8f3eb2
> 3e80efce237

Very impressive. Where was that photo taken?

--
Jeff
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Rupert \(W.Yorkshire\)

2008-03-25, 8:25 pm

"Jeff Layman" <jmlayman@thetapetcp.co.uk> wrote in message
news:X6adnZBaIveNxHTanZ2dnUVZ_qCunZ2d@tcp.co.uk...
> Charlie Pridham wrote:
>
> Very impressive. Where was that photo taken?
>
> --
> Jeff
> (cut "thetape" to reply)
>
His Garden--Cornwall-I think.

Charlie Pridham

2008-03-26, 9:25 am

In article <X6adnZBaIveNxHTanZ2dnUVZ_qCunZ2d@tcp.co.uk>,
jmlayman@thetapetcp.co.uk says...
> Charlie Pridham wrote:
>
> Very impressive. Where was that photo taken?
>
>
He was always very wary about anyone knowing exactly where his garden was
but its in Cornwall alongside one of the inlets on the south coast.
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea

Sacha

2008-03-26, 9:25 am

On 26/3/08 08:42, in article MPG.22541cc034939f929897ec@News.Individual.NET,
"Charlie Pridham" <charlie@roselandhouse.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <X6adnZBaIveNxHTanZ2dnUVZ_qCunZ2d@tcp.co.uk>,
> jmlayman@thetapetcp.co.uk says...
> He was always very wary about anyone knowing exactly where his garden was
> but its in Cornwall alongside one of the inlets on the south coast.

I never saw his garden but had heard of it as being one of the most
spectacular anywhere. I'm sorry to hear of his death.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'

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