Denis Hughes has bred or introduced dozens of new plants. Photos by Blue Mountain Nurseries/Gillian Vine : Blue Mountains breeds beauties
Denis Hughes has bred or introduced dozens of new plants. Photos by Blue Mountain Nurseries/Gillian Vine : Blue Mountains breeds beauties
This pink Francoa appendiculata is the parent of two new plants to be released later this year. : Blue Mountains breeds beauties
This pink Francoa appendiculata is the parent of two new plants to be released later this year. : Blue Mountains breeds beauties
Bred by Stanley Hughes, Lavandula angustifolia Blue Mountain is still popular. : Blue Mountains breeds beauties
Bred by Stanley Hughes, Lavandula angustifolia Blue Mountain is still popular. : Blue Mountains breeds beauties
Pseudowintera colorata Red Leopard, one of Blue Mountain Nurseries' popular introductions. : Blue Mountains breeds beauties
Pseudowintera colorata Red Leopard, one of Blue Mountain Nurseries' popular introductions. : Blue Mountains breeds beauties
Metrosideros umbellata St Nicholas, a southern rata selected for its performance and developed by Denis Hughes. : Blue Mountains breeds beauties
Metrosideros umbellata St Nicholas, a southern rata selected for its performance and developed by Denis Hughes. : Blue Mountains breeds beauties
Cornus Greenvale was a chance seedling found in a Southland garden. : Blue Mountains breeds beauties
Cornus Greenvale was a chance seedling found in a Southland garden. : Blue Mountains breeds beauties
Blue Mountains breeds beauties
For more than 80 years, a West Otago family has made a huge contribution to horticulture, here and overseas, writes Gillian Vine.