DM 20100504__Exotic Victorian flower lost 50 years ago is unearthed in English country garden

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This is thought to be the only Rhodedendrun beanianun's in the country. It grows by only half an inch a year






Ray Abraham rediscoverd the rare lost plant at Minterne House near Dorchester. China now has a strict export ban on letting its native flora out of the country.