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A yellow flowered selection with good dartk burgundy leaves. Writing online for the Ulster Group of the AGS, Joan McCaughey says: "Primula vulgaris 'Maisie Michael' is one of the many beautiful primulas raised by Joe Kennedy, in his garden in Ballycastle, and is named after a great plantswoman and late member of the Ulster Group, Maisie Michael, from Ballymoney." She goes on to quote a section from the Dublin Group newsletter for Summer 2012 written by Liam Byrne: "I met Joe at the Ulster Group AGS Show this year and he told me how ‘Maisie Michael’ got its name. Henry and Margaret Taylor visited his garden almost thirty years ago and were given some seedling primroses by Joe. About a year later Henry was so taken by a yellow flowered seedling that he phoned Joe and urged him to name it. Maisie Michael, a great plantswoman and a very popular member of the Ulster Group had just died and Joe decided the plant should bear Maisie’s name." |
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