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In the early 1980’s, Hawea plant enthusiast Maryed Urquhart purchased a rare white T.grandiflorum plena (aka white bunting) for a grand total of $35. Her son Jamie, who was in his mid 20’s at the time, decided to divide the rhizome and start the long journey of cultivating a collection of these rare gems.
With an understanding that this fragile rhizome would not regenerate where damaged, Jamie painstakingly divided his mothers plant into five, and patiently waited another half a decade before repeating the process.
45 years later, and with a lot of dirt collected under his nails, each Spring Jamie proudly looks over a small ocean of pure white blooms. This may quite possibly be one of the world's largest stocks of the T.grandiflorum 'flore plena'.
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With the help of his daughter-in-law Anna, Jamie ships stock to customers during the dormant season from April to September.
Bare-rooted rhizomes are packaged in a bed of sphagnum moss and posted to customers, ready to plant or pot up.
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The State flower of Ontario and also found in New York State, the white bunting was discovered in the 1920’s. This slow-growing, rare species does not regenerate where damaged, so when deer nibble and tread on it in its natural habitat, stock slowly dwindles.
As flowers mature they take on a pink tinge before wilting away for their dormant winters.
