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John and Ingrid in the nursery In this busy year of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 Olympics in London, we can all join in even if we didn’t get tickets. By being creative in your garden, enjoy an “outdoor room” with a party atmosphere, made as colourful as you like with fresh ideas. And why not make gardening the new gym? Why pay hundreds of pounds in gym membership when you can go into your garden and do the same amount of exercise for free, thus leaving the pounds in your pocket and not on your waistline? This will give you the opportunity to improve both your health and your environment. Gardening has never been so easy with an enormous variety of container grown plants to choose from: not only flowers but also vegetables. Why not try growing them together? Visit us at the nursery or give us a call for some ideas.

We will be running RHS partnership days at the nursery: pruning and propagation, spring and autumn (see our events list). In addition, we are running “special event” days including some where part of the proceeds will go to charity, both local and gardening related.

We hope to see many of our customers, both old and new, not only at the nursery but also at the many plant fairs and shows we attend. Don’t forget that you can order plants from us and we can bring them to any event, thus saving you post and packing charges.

If you are struggling to find a particular plant or have any gardening queries, do not hesitate to get in touch as even if we do not stock the plant or know the answer to your question, we can use all our resources and contacts to solve your problems.

We do not have a bespoke tea room but if you would like a cuppa, just ask. (donations to the RSPCA). Our restroom is disabled friendly, as are the outside sales beds. Please ask if you need any assistance such as getting plants from the tunnels.

Dogs are welcome on leads. Please let us know if you would rather our cats and dog stayed indoors during your visit and we will be most happy to oblige as we realise that not everyone shares our love of animals.

Do look around our garden and pond and feel free to pic-nic: there are tables and chairs available for use. If the weather is inclement, do sit in our shop area and if you venture outside, we have plenty of umbrellas.

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Talks

We are available to give talks on the following subjects and if we have enough notice, can tailor one of our talks to you needs/situation, or create a new talk for you. We use a digital projector and can bring our own equipment and plants for sale if you wish.

1. Plant Hunting on Holiday
2. South African Bulbs
3. Herbaceous perennials
4. Plants for Autumn colour in the garden
5. Propagation (practical)
6. The Dry Garden
7. Primulas and Auriculas
8. Cannas
9. An exploration into the world of the Acanthus, including history, influence and other plants in the Acanthus family
10. Bulbs for the garden throughout the year
11. Trees for smaller gardens
12. Plants for wildlife

Visits

We are happy to receive daytime or evening visits from gardening clubs, etc. There is room for a coach to park at the end of our lane (by pre arrangement with the farmer) and we can give a talk, guided tour, provide light refreshments or whatever else you may need. Just give us a call for further details. 01746 716 454.

Loyalty Scheme

This is up and running and still costs only £5.00 to join. Benefits include 10% off all purchases at the nursery and previews to our seasonal “sales”.

Featured Plants - Today's best selection
Salvia patens Guanajuato
Enormous dark-blue hooded flowers in summer. Distinctively splotched leaves. Sunny position. Forms tubers a bit like a dahlia. Up to 200cm.
£ 6.50
Cyclamen hederifolium
AGM. The leaves, have silver patterning over dark green, and the flowers appear at the same time from tubers underground. The flower colour can vary from white to deep red. Good in dry shade. 5cm.
£ 4.00
Primula auricula Green Shank (S)
Green/red. Green edged.
£ 4.50
Primula auricula Gleam (S)
Yellow self.
£ 4.50
Paeonia lactiflora Bowl of Beauty
AGM. Fragrant single flowers with soft-pink petals. 60cm.
£ 7.50
Canna Wyoming
AGM. Large soft orange flowers with red purple stems held high above very large deep rich purple foliage. Excellent foliage and flower canna. Tall height.
£ 6.00
Nepeta parnassica
New to cultivation. This large Catmint is a splendid plant from the hills and mountains of Albania and Greece. With long, thick, strong stems with fragrant leaves, it bears from summer to late autumn long spikes of purple-blue flowers.
£ 5.50
Dianthus Mrs Sinkins
Old fashioned variety of "pink" with fragrant white flowers. Grey foliage persists all year. Well drained and sunny spot.
£ 4.50
Papaver somniferum Lauren's Grape
Lovely dark purple flowers. Hardy annual but self seeds. 90cm.
£ 1.50
Salvia microphylla Pink Blush
AGM. Shrubby plant with vivid carmine-pink flowers. Hardy. 80cm.
£ 4.50
Salvia x jamensis Hot Lips
It has bicolour flowers white with red lips. The sprinkling of all-white or all-red blooms does not mean it is reverting. It is to do with temperature.
£ 4.50
Scabiosa columbaria ochroleuca
A tufted perennial scabious with masses of palest yellow flowers in summer. Attractive ferny foliage. 50cm.
£ 5.50
Primula auricula T.A.Hadfield (A)
Gold centred. Red/pink.
£ 4.50
Primula auricula Girl Guide (S)
Blue self.
£ 4.50
Clematis campanuliflora
Pretty clematis that grows easily from seed. Scrambling with small pale blue-white flowers, shaped like campanula bells.
£ 1.50
Papaver orientalis Miss Piggy
NEW. 25cm diameter heavily ruffled double white flowers infused with soft pink. Dark purple centre and striking purple seed
£ 5.00
Primula auricula Fradley (A)
Dark red, darker towards the middle. Gold centred.
£ 4.50
Acanthus hungaricus MESE 561
(Collected as A. balcanicus MESE 311, in Montenegro)  A neat, deciduous, plant with jagged green foliage and stocky spikes of soft pink flowers from green bracts. Free flowering and rather hirsute all over.  30-60cm.
£ 7.00
Viola elatior
The tallest of the hardy violets with slender branching stems lance-shaped leaves. Scented pale lavender-blue flowers 2½ cm across, from late spring to summer. Europe. 30cm .
£ 4.00
Justicia brandegeeana variegated
This special form of the popular Shrimp Plant has leaves splashed creamy white, bronzy orange floral bracts, and tubular white flowers.
£ 6.00
Nursery Opening Times
March 1st to October 15th: 9am-5pm daily.
Closed Sundays
All other times by appointment.


AGM - Award of Garden Merit, given by the RHS to particularly garden worthy plants.

PBR - Plant Breeder’s Rights apply