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One of the first double primroses to be micropropagated and widely distributed through the 1980s and 1990s. Barnhaven Primroses say: "A very attractive plant with pale primrose yellow flowers. Named after Val Horncastle who worked for Micro Plants in Longnor. Supposedly a Barnhaven seedling originally." Caroline Stone says: "'Val Horncastle' is an excellent double yellow primrose quite widely grown. It is a clear bright yellow that isn’t garish. It shows up well from a distance, and has a good full head of petals. It originates from a company in Derbyshire called Micro Plants. This company was set up by Martin Stokes and his business partner to microprop plants and was based at Longnor. In 1984 the company was about to send some plants to Holland and needed to put a name to a rather nice yellow double primrose. They decided to name it after their secretary Val Horncastle – a very good secretary Martin says! The plant had been grown from Barnhaven seed." |
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| 18th April 2016 | ||