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Paul was a Hertfordshire, UK nursery first located in Broxbourne, later in Cheshunt. The nursery was originally run by Adam Paul and was known as Paul and son, later as The Old Nursery. His son William started his own nursery (Royal Nurseries) in Waltham Cross, [26] wrote a book about roses (The Rose Garden-1888 [27]) and
The family-owned group operates 19 individual garden centres across England. Notcutts also owns one of the UK's largest rose specialists (Mattocks). Notcutts was founded in Woodbridge, Suffolk, in 1897, [1] and remains a family-owned business. Their first retail garden centre was set up in Woodbridge.
With the growing popularity of roses, the Cockers initiated a rose breeding program in the early 1890s. After Cocker died in 1897, his three sons took over the management of the company. The nursery's initial rose introductions in 1892, were two sports out of the Hybrid perpetuals, 'Duke of Fife' and 'Duchess of Fife'. The nursery's first ...
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Their new rose business was a great success; Queen Victoria purchased her roses from Harkness & Sons in the 1890s. John and Robert soon realized that Yorkshire's climate was too cold for an expanding rose growing business. In 1892, they decided to established a branch of the firm in a location with a warmer climate.
The rose gardens at Peter Beales nursery, Attleborough are home to over 1,200 rose varieties (Evelyn Simak, geograph.org.uk) Peter Beales MBE, (22 July 1936 – 26 January 2013) was a British rosarian, author and lecturer.
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