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Hillier Nurseries is a horticultural business which was founded by Edwin Hillier in 1864 as a florist and plant nursery. It expanded as a family business, especially when managed by grandson Harold Hillier , and is now the largest nursery of shrubs and trees in the UK.
Sir Harold Hillier Gardens is renowned for its collections of rare plants. Gems include: Magnolia macrophylla subsp. dealbata, with leaves up to 3ft long and large, fragrant, white flowers. Calycanthus x raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’ is a magnolia relative, a spice bush hybrid with large red flowers, a real exotic looking beauty.
Sir Harold George Hillier CBE VMH (2 January 1905 – 8 January 1985) was an English horticulturist. In 1921, he joined the family firm, Hillier Nurseries , his early career spent in assisting his father in rebuilding stocks depleted by World War I .
Hillier Nurseries 23 £69m £55m £51m £38m £37m £33m £23m Haskins 5 £45m [3] ... The UK is a nation of gardeners, and there is a strong demand for garden ...
In the UK 'Plot Elm' was propagated and marketed by the Hillier & Sons nursery, Winchester, Hampshire, from 1949, with 38 sold from 1965 to 1977, when production ceased. [70] [71] Its presence in the Hillier nursery suggests that it was also represented in the Hillier Arboretum in the mid-20th century. The tree is now only planted occasionally ...
An Ulmus × hollandica 'Australis' was propagated and marketed in the UK by the Hillier & Sons nursery, Winchester, Hampshire from 1970 to 1977 when production ceased; however none were ever sold. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Hilliers considered their hybrid 'Australis' synonymous with Henry's U. minor var. italica , but Henry distinguished between the two, his ...
In the UK the tree was supplied by Hillier & Sons Nursery of Winchester, Hampshire, as U. procera 'Vanhouttei' / 'Louis van Houtte'. [15] The tree appeared in the 1902 catalogue of the Bobbink and Atkins nursery, Rutherford, New Jersey, as Ulmus aurea Louis van Houtte, [16] and in Kelsey's 1904 catalogue, New York, as U. 'Louis van Houtte'. [17]
The tree was propagated and marketed in the UK by the Hillier & Sons nursery, Winchester, Hampshire from 1949, with 101 sold in the period 1962 to 1977, when production ceased with the advent of the more virulent form of Dutch elm disease. [16] [17]