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Hilda Murrell / Edwin Murrell Ltd.
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Rose (closed, reference only) Nursery
Listing last updated on Wed Aug 2024
Shrewsbury, West Midlands
United Kingdom
Hilda Murrell (February 3, 1906 Eaton Cottage, Shrewsbury - ca. March 21-23, 1984 Shrewsbury), British rose breeder, author, environmental and anti-nuclear activist. In 1937 she took over the management of Edwin Murrels / Murrell's Nurseries in Shrewsbury from her father Owen Murrell and her uncle Edwin Foley Murrell. in 1970 she sold the nursery to TV gardener Percy Thrower and Duncan Murphy (1941-2008), who set up the first garden centre in Shropshire. [From Modern Roses 6, 1965, p. 304:] Murrell, E. Edwin Murrell, Ltd. Portland Nurseries, Shrewsbury, England. *Independence Day Cl., Kiftsgate, Portland Pink.
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