Diana Grenfell
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Born
29 March 1935
Diana Margaret Eva
29 March 1935
Died19 March 2021 (aged 85)
Knownforbreeding hostas
Diana Grenfell | |
|---|---|
| Born | Diana Margaret Eva 29 March 1935 |
| Died | 19 March 2021 (aged 85) |
| Known for | breeding hostas |
Diana Grenfell (29 March 1935 – 19 March 2021) was a British gardener and horticultural writer who was a world expert on hostas, a genus of ornamental plants.
Career
She started her own hosta collection and later, with her husband, founded and owned the Apple Court Gardens and Nursery in Hampshire. This contained around 1000 varieties, including at one time the plants that formed a National Collection of Hostas within the National Council for the Conservation of Plants and Gardens scheme.[2] She introduced new cultivars.
In 1981 she was one of the founders of the British Hosta and Hemerocallis Society.[1]