While looking up mail order plant nurseries recently, I searched for an old favorite, Canyon Creek Nursery. They had a small but fascinating catalog. One of my favorite plants from the nursery were violets. I always wanted to try Parma Violets, but didn’t have the confidence that I could succeed with them. If I had it to do over, I’d grow them in containers as annuals. In those days I did no outdoor container gardening,
Unfortunately, Canyon Creek is no more. I found a wonderful article on the founder, John Whittlesey. It gives a background on John and the nursery, and what he was involved with after the nursery closed.
https://www.pacifichorticulture.org/articles/the-educational-journey-of-a-plantsman-john-wittlesey-2/He now has a landscape design business
http://www.canyoncreeknurserydesign.com/
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