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Maggi Young

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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #180 on: January 30, 2011, 05:19:49 PM »
Narcissus 'Cedric Morris ' was collected in the wild as a variant of N. minor in 1956

 DaffSeek has the story...
http://daffseek.org/query/query-detail.php?value1=Cedric%20Morris&lastpage=1&
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Re: Winter Narcissus
« Reply #181 on: January 30, 2011, 05:30:45 PM »
Narcissus 'Cedric Morris ' was collected in the wild as a variant of N. minor in 1956

 DaffSeek has the story...
http://daffseek.org/query/query-detail.php?value1=Cedric%20Morris&lastpage=1&
So does John Blanchard. Collected by Basil Leng in northern Spain (nr. Ribalden) & cultivated by Sir Cedric Morris for several years. Hence the name. Apparently Basil Leng revisited the site some years later but found all the plants had disappeared as a result of road widening.
Gerry passed away  at home  on 25th February 2021 - his posts are  left  in the  forum in memory of him.
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