Well, here we are at the end of what has been an unremarkable summer with few extremes. Watering has been much less of a chore ...

Hello everybody; we have enjoyed some “interesting” weather this winter, our polytunnels have been damaged and re-covered due to the gales, we have been inundated ...

Hello everybody In my previous blog you will have read about some of the challenges of building a natural swimming pond, and today I would ...

Hello everybody 2024 is here at last; I think we are all looking forward to a break from all the depressing news which has assailed ...

Welcome to our late autumn blog. After a very warm autumn the heavens have opened, and everything here is absolutely waterlogged. Several late summer and ...

Welcome to my blog; after a gloriously rainy week – a respite from outdoor watering for a while – our plants are all breathing a ...

Hello everyone Just a few words this time to say how much we have enjoyed welcoming customers back to our nursery. Thursdays and Fridays have ...

Welcome to my Spring blog, at last the rain is getting warmer, there is new growth everywhere and it isn’t so hard to motivate ourselves. ...

Welcome to our winter blog. After the very mild autumn a lot of our plants have started to think it is Spring and have put ...

Unbelievably I find that it is six months since my last blog; my apologies, we have had another storming year and have had little time ...

Hello everybody; we have enjoyed some interesting weather this week but thankfully no major damage, just a few unwelcome extra repair jobs to do. On ...

Welcome to our winter blog. At last, we have managed to catch up on all the propagation tasks; the warm mild autumn has been a ...

Welcome to my late summer blog; We have had a second incredible year, commercially very successful, but utterly exhausting. The nursery has been looking awful, ...

Hello again everyone I won’t dwell on the universal subject, except to say thank you for the massive vote of confidence and the brilliant feedback ...

Welcome to my blog; what unprecedented times we live in. We are still working 14 hour days seven days a week, but the despatch queue ...

Welcome to my latest blog; what an unforgettable time it has been since my last one. Firstly, I want to say a big “Thank You” ...

Welcome to my late winter blog; we have enjoyed endless rain and gales here for six weeks with no sign of a let-up. On the ...

Welcome to my late autumn blog; we have enjoyed some lovely red and yellow tints on many plants, especially Penthorum sedoides, though the colours are ...

Welcome to my last summer blog; things are starting inexorably to wind down now, red and yellow tints are developing on many leaves and we ...

Welcome to my blog; depending on where you live in the UK you will either have experienced extreme heat and/or torrential rain or simply much ...

Welcome to my blog; after a truly weird weather week that had Monday opening close to a frost and only a max of 9 degrees ...

Welcome to my blog; after a gloriously rainy week – a respite from outdoor watering for a while – our plants are all breathing a ...

Welcome to my blog; I wanted to answer a common question asked by so many customers: What is the difference between a marginal plant, a ...

Welcome to my first blog; I now intend to produce a blog monthly during the growing season. Everything on the nursery is looking absolutely fab ...