Laurence Flatman died yesterday, 25th January 2020, aged 88 years. Laurence joined Alan Bloom at Bressingham when he left school and apart from two years National Service spent all his working life on Blooms Nurseries.

Peter Seabrook says of Laurence: "Laurence was a real Norfolk countryman who loved plants and served Blooms Nurseries with complete loyalty throughout his working life. His plant knowledge was remarkable and his reputation in the garden trade of the highest order.

"Whether it was direct with the public at shows, including the Chelsea Flower Show and on garden centres, or on the road and at home selling Blooms alpines, herbaceous and conifers he was generous with his knowledge and a great friend to many. He will be sorely missed, but not forgotten and lives on in hardy Geranium ‘Laurence Flatman’. I was fortunate to have known him, worked with him and count him a very good and dear friend."