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  1. @gardenhero loon perhaps, but will you be able to do that with a hoola hoop when you are 64?
  2. BREEDERS: fixed price for your new plant is a bad deal! Retain ownership - earn royalties for the life of your plant. Use a breeders' agent.
  3. BREEDERS: never accept a fixed price offer for rights to your new plant - use an agent! Pls RT.
  4. BREEDERS! Top plant in PFE's range earned EUR10k for its owner in 2011. Compare that to £500 payment for your new variety! Use an agent.
  5. @TobyBuckland nice, but look out for new varieties coming from Selecta this year.
  6. Queen hornet just flown into my office. A thing of beauty, the invertebrate equivalent of a Lancaster bomber. Gently encouraged to leave.
  7. Planning my trip for week 24 for #flowertrials. See you there?
  8. I'm going to get in first today...BREEDERS: never accept a fixed price offer for rights to your new plant - use an agent! Pls RT.
  9. BREEDERS: never accept a fixed price offer for rights to your new plant - it will be the worst deal you ever make! Use an agent! Pls RT.
  10. @NeilAlcock Karl Rosenfeld?
  11. The answer is NO, in case you wondered. is.gd/IEUNUK - and I'm considering a media campaign on this theme.
  12. New blog posting, Is accepting a fixed-price deal for a new plant a good idea? - tinyurl.com/cst863x
  13. BREEDERS: never accept a fixed price offer for rights to your new plant - it will be the worst deal you ever make! Use an agent! Pls RT.
  14. New blog posting, Prewss coverage for breeders - tinyurl.com/bm2dovf
  15. @MattSkylark a lacewing. Very useful - eats aphids.
  16. RT @NeilAlcock: We have a lovely batch of 1000 Agapanthus Queen Mum still available! Want some? is.gd/ShebWx
  17. @NeilAlcock that's not bad for me - my shrub knowledge is nowhere near my perennial knowledge. I'll bask in the glow of being nearly right!
  18. @NeilAlcock Calycanthus?
  19. Have you read this? Breeder of the Month: May 2012 – Martine Tellwright - planterianews.com/?p=573
  20. Can't decide whether scaffold towers and QR codes are fun or plain old gimmick. In my Chelsea days, would have been kicked out. #rhschelsea