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R: Lavender sources in Europe

Hi to all subcsribers!
We have a nursery in South Italy and a site
http://www.sesam.media.it/vivaicapitanio where you can admire some of
plants we produce: among them also Lavanda in various cultivars. You can
contact us for any information.
Kind regards.
Stefania
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> Da: Roger Bastin <bastinkk@cuci.nl>
> A: frgntgar@ozemail.com.au; medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
> Oggetto: Re: Lavender sources in Europe
> Data: giovedì 12 marzo 1998 22.03
> 
> >Do any of these have allardii?     yes
> >Certainly Norfolk doesn't.           ah, sure?
> >Is it an Australian hybrid?         no
> 
> Probably most of them do have L. x allardii. We grow 4 different forms of
> it, not for the catalogue but for our own interest (bio in some cases).
We
> are the official Dutch national collection holders for Lavandula. Our
> allardii's:
> L. x allardii
> L. x allardii with slightly darker flowers
> L. x heterophylla same cross less showy leaves are less cut only slightly
> at the base
> L. 'Devantville' probably the same as above, from France
> 
> In fact L. x allardii is a group of mainly unnamed cultivars. They are a
> cross between L. dentata x latifolia. The cross was first recorded in
> Europe as L. x heterophylla in 1802 in Italy and in France 1804 and 1894.
> And as L. x allardii in 1890 in France (Mauleverie near Angers). they
were
> all found as spontanous garden hybrids. Wich of these cultivars  are
still
> alive today is not clear. They do exist as herbarium specimens. There are
> severall cultivars in the trade today that show resemblance to the
> herbarium specimen. Differences among them are often not very obvious.
> 
> Susyn Andrews at Kew is investigating the allardii complex. She urges the
> trade to suggest cultivar names because it is confusing and messy  when
> different plants are grown under the same name. The Australian growers
> present on the lavender study day at Whisley last summer did suggest the
> name L. 'Vergelegen' for the most widespread L. x allardii and 'Majella'
> for L. x heterophylla.
> 
> 'Goodwin Creek Gray' is a very distinct cultivar, very gray foilage and
> compacter growth.
> 
> 
> Michael, I have received many of your personal messages. the adres is
> correct, don't understand why they end up in myt mail box.
> 
> These are the messages, I have send them all back to you so that you can
> check if the adressed did receive their copy as well.
> 
> 
> >>Alessandra, you asked some time ago about European sources for rare
> >>lavenders. Sorry I didn't answer earlier, I'm quite busy at this period
of
> >>the year.
> >>
> 
> >>2)Dr. S. J. Charlesworth, Downderry Nursery, 649 London Road, Ditton,
> >>Aylesford, Kent, ME20 6DJ
> 
> Simon has different forms among wich 'Goodwin Creek Gray' and  L. x
> heterophylla.
> 
> >>4) John Head, 6 Church Gate, Clipston-on-the-Wolds, Keyworth,
Nottingham,
> >>NG12 5PA
> 
> Joan does at lest have one form but is not a nursery. She does however
> publish a Lavender newsletter: "the Lavender Bag"
> 
> 
> >>In Holland, try Kruidenkwekerij, email : bastinkk@cuci.nl, good
catalogue
> >>(thank you Olivier)
> 
> We also have a homepage that contains a listing of our national
collections
> see below in sig file.
> 
> >>In France, well, there's my little botanical nursery...mail order only
to
> >>southern Europe, best time to order is not now, but in september or
> >>october. If you can come and visit our lavender garden in june or july.
> >>
> >>Olivier
> 
> >
> >
> >Michael Bailes.
> >The Fragrant Garden, Portsmouth Road, Erina. N.S.W. 2250 Australia. (OZ)
> > Int fax 61 243 651979  Phone 61 243 677322
> > EMAIL: frgntgar@ozemail.com.au
> >  Web page at: http://www.ozemail.com.au/~frgntgar/
> 
> 
> Roger Bastin,
> 
> 
>                Kruidenkwekerij, V.O.F. Roger & Linda Bastin
>           Herbs, fragrant plants and uncommon plants nursery
> 
>                             http://www.cuci.nl/~bastinkk/
> 
>             Trichterweg 148a, 6446 AT Brunssum, Nederland,
>               Tel.: **31-45-5231475, Email; bastinkk@cuci.nl
>                                             Zone 8
>
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