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| 21st April 2006 | 1st May 2016 | 29th March 2017 |
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One of a range of varieties that were popularised by tissue culture, and now seen everywhere. This white jack-in-the-green form can be really lovely, but over the course of the last ten years
she is slowly fading away in the trade. Barnhaven Primroses say: "Produced by Welsh breeder, Dr. Cecil Jones. 'Dawn Ansell' has dozens of white double flowers, set off to perfection by the surrounding fresh green ruff of leaves. One of the best double Jack-in-the-Green forms." Raised during the 1960s. Writing in the Journal of the RHS in 2000, Graham Rice says: "Among the most popular of the micropropagated doubles is the lovely, white 'Dawn Ansell', with its green ruff of enlarged bracts cradling the flower (a mutation known as jack-in-the-green). It was grown from seed distributed by amateur hybridist Cecil Jones of Llanelli. He had created doubles even before Florence Bellis had exhibited her range, but many of his seedlings lacked vigour. 'Dawn Ansell' is an exception and is deservedly widely grown." |
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