Thomas Lobb (1817–1894) was a British botanist and, along with his older brother, William Lobb, collected plants for the plant nursery Veitch.
Phalaenopsis lobbii
Thomas Lobb's headstone, Devoran church, Cornwall
Thomas and William Lobb's memorial garden planting near his headstone, Devoran church, Cornwall
William Lobb was a British plant collector, employed by Veitch Nurseries of Exeter, who was responsible for introducing to commercial growers Britain Araucaria araucana from Chile and the massive Sequoiadendron giganteum (Wellingtonia) from North America.
Monkey-puzzle trees are popularly grown as ornamental trees
Sequoiadendron giganteum in the New Forest, Hampshire, England, one of the tallest in the UK at 51.5m
Desfontainia spinosa
Crinodendron hookerianum