agar1c:

kihaku-gato:

I love stories of plant cultivars lost to history only to be refound. I love hearing about species/hybrid plants, Heirloom plants, which may have started the trends and the start of the hype for a group of plants.

Plant cultivars refound in the gardens of grandparents, plants refound on abandoned/ruined properties. Something about it just makes me vibrate.

Me too! I actually joined up with the Historic Iris Preservation Society (amusingly acronymed as HIPS) because they have a lot of stories like this about endangered or extinct cultivars being rediscovered. It’s always rad.

Such a society exists?! 😮

How I envyyy