About Me

I'm Paul Cumbleton and I live in Middlesex in the U.K. Although I grew my first Pleione many years ago, it is only since 1997 that they have become an obsession! I grow most of the species and a good range of the hybrids. I've started growing the species from seed and also doing my own hybridising. I do the flasking of the resulting seed myself at home using  make-shift equipment which works surprisingly well.

In addition to Pleione I, together with my partner, grow a range of bulbs - especially Fritillaria and a range of winter-growing South African bulbs, along with a few cacti and other succulents and we have a keen interest in anything to do with plants. Professionally I have the good fortune to work as Senior Supervisor of the Alpine Section at the famous Wisley Garden, for the Royal Horticultural Society