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    Horticultural HEROINES

    Sep 14, 2022 2 minutes
    WORDS: CHRIS MORLEY.
    PHOTOS: DAVE LEWIS, MELLIE LEWIS , MERCY MORRIS, BETH OTWAY, MARK OTWAY, WILLIAM SKELLORN

    Plant collectors used to be the Indiana Joneses of the botanical world, travelling to far-flung places in search of new species. These women follow their passion for discovering new plants but closer to home.

    Inspired by irises

    Lucy Skellorn, a horticultural researcher who lives in Suffolk, has been collecting rare irises

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