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these pages I have tried to pull together all the various sources of
information I have found and been given over the years relating to Lapageria.
Many people like me will have found Noel (in the Nappa valley, California) and
his Lapageria.com web pages (No longer there sadly), and been captivated by all the different varieties
and the stories behind them. Noel has moved on from growing Lapageria but has
given his permission to reproduce some of Lapageria.com's content now that
that web site is no more. The torch was picked up by Carlos Rendon the volunteer
propagator of Lapageria at Berkeley botanic gardens, who not only produced a
large range of plants for sale at the garden but put up on the Berkeley
Botanic web pages much Lapageria information. Then there is the Cornish connection
as documented by Christian lamb in her article.
Finally there are a number of pages related to growing and propagating
Lapageria, as you will see no two growers use exactly the same method!
I hope over time to add more information and pictures, so anyone that has
any details of Lapageria, or the people and places involved I would love to
hear from you. charlie@roselandhouse.co.uk
Current availability
A number of people have given me both material and help with these pages,
Ashley Basil, Carlos Rendon, Mike Jeans, and Noel Gieleghem,
but any mistakes are mine, and if I am alerted to them I will correct them. |
In the case of Lapageria these are not hybrids but selected forms that have either
been spotted in the wild and introduced to gardens or have turned up from the
seed produced by garden plants. More of these non standard forms turn up when
grown together in gardens for two reasons, firstly the genetic material is
more diverse so the chance of something odd increases, and secondly its
chances of survival are much greater in a garden situation.
