After a very dull autumn and winter, spring is slowly arriving. The first of the cherry blossom is showing and the sarcococcas are in full flower and smelling fantastic. The big greenhouse is packed with colour – pansies & violas, primroses, bellis and anemones. We have a wonderful display of hellebores,...
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Winter Planting
There is still plenty of colour on the nursery for winter planting. Pansies. Anemones, Bellis, Cyclamen, Hellebores and Polyanthus and Primroses for the spring. In the shrub section, Mahonias and Sarcococca are in flower now; they are wonderfully scented and provide some winter food for the bees. There are also...
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Autumn Bedding and hanging basket tips
Our Autumn bedding is ready…… The first of the winter pansies are ready, so if your summer displays are looking a bit tired you can start to re-plant. If you want really good hanging baskets that will last all winter, it is best to get them planted around the end...
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Colour in your garden
Colour in your garden A lot of summer bedding hung on well into November, so some of you may not have replanted yet. We still have plenty of colourful plants to cheer you up in this gloomy weather – pansies, cyclamen, bellis – all in flower and will go on...
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