# Peter Catt

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{{Short description|UK nurseryman and plant breeder}}
'''Peter Catt''' was a UK plant-breeder and horticulturist, specialising in woody plants.

He was educated at Chichester Grammar School, undertook the compulsory [National Service](/source/National_Service) and was married in 1959 to Joyce (died 2001). From leaving school he worked in shops and plant nurseries, with his father or others until 1971 when he and Peter Thorpe set up Liss Forest Nursery in Hampshire together. After this was sold in 1976 he established a business propagating trees and shrubs on a six-acre field in Greatham in collaboration with Judy Medhurst. Glasshouses were later added. Catt travelled extensively in Asia, New Zealand and the Americas seeking new plants.<ref name="HortWeek-obit">{{cite web |title=Peter Catt dies aged 88: Leading horticulturists pay tribute |url=https://www.hortweek.com/peter-catt-dies-aged-88-leading-horticulturists-pay-tribute/ornamentals/article/1912482 |website=HortWeek |access-date=5 September 2025}}</ref>

He bred and introduced several new varieties to the UK including ''[Spiraea japonica](/source/Spiraea_japonica)'' 'Golden Princess' (c. 1982), ''[Choisya ternata](/source/Choisya_ternata)'', ''[Caryopteris](/source/Caryopteris)'' x ''clandonensis'' and [Salvia yangii (Perovskia atriplicifolia)](/source/Salvia_yangii) 'Lacey Blue' among others.<ref name="HortWeek-obit"/> He chaired the [Royal Horticultural Society](/source/Royal_Horticultural_Society) Woody Plant trials subcommittee for many years.<ref name="Bourne2023">{{cite web |last1=Bourne |first1=Val |title=The 10 best shrubs for your garden, by the legendary gardener who's dedicated his life to them |url=https://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/10-best-shrubs-garden-legendary-gardener-whos-dedicated-life-208136 |website=Country Life |access-date=5 September 2019}}</ref>

He was life president of Liss Horticultural Society.<ref name="LissHortSoc2021">{{cite web |title=Newsletter no. 160 November 2021 |url=https://liss-horticultural-society.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Newsletter-160-November-2021.pdf |website=Liss Horticultural Society |access-date=11 September 2025}}</ref> He was awarded the [Veitch Memorial Medal](/source/Veitch_Memorial_Medal) in 1998 and [Victoria Medal of Honour](/source/Victoria_Medal_of_Honour) in 2018 by the Royal Horticultural Society.<ref name="PetersfieldPost2018">{{cite web |title=Prestigious medal for Liss Horticultural Society president Peter Catt |url=https://www.petersfieldpost.co.uk/news/prestigious-medal-for-liss-horticultural-society-president-peter-catt-306872 |website=Petersfield Post |access-date=5 September 2025}}</ref> 

He died in 2025.

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Category:2025 deaths
Category:Veitch Memorial Medal recipients
Category:Victoria Medal of Honour recipients
Category:British horticulturists
Category:People from Hampshire

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