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The society banned plants ‘removed from habitat’ from its shows – causing uproar from enthusiasts
A furious row has blown up in the UK’s leading succulent society over the practice of taking desirable specimens from the wild, with the chair now resigning in protest over the behaviour of his fellow enthusiasts.
Succulents haverisen in popularity in the last few years; they’re attractive and also have a hardy nature. In the UK a succulent won the Royal Horticultural Society plant of the year award in 2022, while the plants have also become wildly popular in Asian countries, leading to a massive boom in demand.
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