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Paul Whittaker

  • Taming the Dragon by John Ardell - The Gardener, September 1977
  • Nature of the Beast by Paul Whittaker - The Guardian 4 November 2006
  • The New Bamboo by Val Bourne - The Daily Telegraph 2 February 2007
  • Bamboozled! by Martin Cox - Daily Mail 8 November 2010

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Paul Whittaker

Paul Whittaker

For a masterclass on how to look after bamboos, there's no one better than Paul Whittaker. For 25 years he ran PW Plants in Norfolk selling almost 200 varieties of bamboo. Further, he has been awarded 47 gold medals for his displays at RHS shows. 

In 2005, Paul's book Hardy Bamboos: Taming the Dragon, was published.

PW Plants was acquired by Bowdens in 2013.

Taming the Dragon - an ariticle about bamboos in containers from the RHS magazine "The Garden"
Nature of the Beast - an article by Paul Whittaker in The Guardian
The New Bamboo - an article about Paul Whittaker in The Daily Telegraph
Bamboozled! - an article about Paul Whittaker in The Daily Mail

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