It was very sad to hear the other day that Lee Martin had died after an illness. Lee and his wife Julie were often mentioned in these pages, usually as the exhibitors of truly spectacular show plants, for which they won a large amount of Best in Show Medals si I thought it fitting to place this post here- in the thread for a show which they regularly supported.
The pair were always smiling and my fondest memory of the two is of their mock anger at their car getting covered in the sticky mess from aphids in the trees above it at the Nottingham Alpines Conference!
Jon Evans, a long time friend of Lee and Julie, has posted a super tribute on his diary, illustrated, as you might imagine, with some of his photos of their most attractive show exhibits. You can read that here:
https://www.alpinegardensociety.net/plants/in-honour-of-lee-martin/There will be many of us who mourn the loss of Lee and our sympathies go out to Julie at this sad time.
This photo by Jon Evans is of Julie and Lee with their magnificent
Campanula aff.
andrewsii MELJ200944 at the Summer South Show 2012 (grown from seed collected by Melvyn Jope)
