Mr Samuel & His Wrexhams

For the delightful pure white flower "Summer Cloud"

, we are indebted to Mr. William Toole of Wisconsin. He is also prominent in the world of flowers for his tireless interest in conserving the West's wild flowers. The double true white variety is the result of Mr. Charles F. Barber's investigations. Mr. Barber, a native of Oregon, has also developed many new color combinations in delphiniums noted for their extreme hardiness. And of course there are many other eminent names in American delphinium research. Crossing to England, we find delphinium enthusiasm there as warm as it is in our own country. Mr. Watkin Samuel needs no introduction to those who love flowers.

Although in 1917 the Royal Horticultural Society was busy giving the Award of Merit to such varieties as Belladonna grandiflorum, Capri, and numerous others, it remained for the Wrexham delphinium in 1921 to astound the judges. Mr. Samuel, who lives in the little picturesque town of Wrexham in North Wales, is the flower wizard who raised it. This case of Mr. Samuel and his Wrexhams is an excellent example of the patience and energy needed in introducing new flowers. For twelve long years he had worked inconspicuously, diligently, tirelessly over his delphiniums, but he did not and would not take them to London until he thought they were perfect enough to go.

The result was that when he did take them, London went wild over them. So statuesque, so beautiful were they, so entirely different in type from anything ever before seen among this flower clan, that they immediately took no less than five Awards of Merit and have had volumes of praise sung about them ever since. People exclaimed, "Don't they look like hollyhocks?" So they did. Thus it was that the name became attached to them permanently. And that is the story of our strikingly lovely Hollyhock delphiniums.

Naturally, everyone wants to have a succession of flowers throughout the summer, so that the paramount question seems to be, "How can we get a long period of bloom?" One can have delphiniums in the fall. "Delphiniums in September and October?" queries the novice. Certainly. One way in which to accomplish this, is this: as soon as the flowers pass, the plants are immediately cut down to the ground, and some fertilizer is worked in around them, a second crop of flowers will put in an appearance. It must be hastily added, however, that this method, like every amazingly good proposition, has its drawback. A second crop undoubtedly weakens the plants, thereby leaving them susceptible to disease. Because of that, the best plan is to refrain from cutting them down, merely removing the old flowers and seeds, and as a result, the plants will be unusually vigorous and impervious to disease the following year.

by: David Bunch

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