Monday, June 25, 2007
Photo's and Availability List
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Sunday, June 17, 2007
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Friday, June 15, 2007
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Notes for June part 2
More varieties of Fuchsias are appearing on the list now and we do have a handy crib sheet available. We have chosen these either because they have newly received the AGM or because they were recommended to us as a result of the RHS trial. All are ‘hardy’ varieties and it will be interesting to see over the course of time if any can challenge the supremacy of Mrs Popple, Tom Thumb and the like. We will supply 5 per variety at 50p each if you want to try new ones.
At the risk of teaching the sucking of eggs we have had a number of comments about leaf problems on Phormiums – damage starts as streaks that develop into unsightly holes. The problem is fungal, but can be largely prevented by attention to keeping the leaves as dry as possible – if you are not using sub-irrigation then make sure you water early in the day and that, under protection, there is adequate ventilation to reduce the humidity.
Over-wintering outside is risky, and under cover make sure the plants are not being dripped on. We use Octave if we think a problem might be developing.
There has been a rapid increase in the ease of plastic recycling and because we can now only use a certain amount of used pots we would prefer not to take pots back unless you find you cannot get them recycled (we can give you a good contact). However we do like to have our marketing trays returned if possible.
At the risk of teaching the sucking of eggs we have had a number of comments about leaf problems on Phormiums – damage starts as streaks that develop into unsightly holes. The problem is fungal, but can be largely prevented by attention to keeping the leaves as dry as possible – if you are not using sub-irrigation then make sure you water early in the day and that, under protection, there is adequate ventilation to reduce the humidity.
Over-wintering outside is risky, and under cover make sure the plants are not being dripped on. We use Octave if we think a problem might be developing.
There has been a rapid increase in the ease of plastic recycling and because we can now only use a certain amount of used pots we would prefer not to take pots back unless you find you cannot get them recycled (we can give you a good contact). However we do like to have our marketing trays returned if possible.
Note's for June Part 1
For the first time we have managed to get Phyllostachus vivax aureocaulis into production and it appears on this list. It is a spectacular bamboo, but slow to increase in terms of the size of the clump in contrast to the size and speed of growth of the individual new shoots, which grow visibly. The mature culms are glossy gold with variable green longitudinal stripes (the sulcus) and will reach 5m on a mature plant. Probably invasive, but not in the short term. The plants we despatch first will be in one litre pots with one new culm and one old one – you can expect another new shoot next spring.
We have been growing bearded Irises for a while and you will notice an increase in the range and availability through the rest of the summer. We do have a full list of descriptions and also photos of most so we can help in the selection of varieties.
It doesn’t look as if we are going to have a hot dry summer, but water conservation is something that the public are having pushed at them all the time. With this in mind it is worth pointing out that silver-leaved plants are adapted for dry conditions and we do have a good range available, including Artemisia, Lavender, Brachyglottis, some Hebes, Lotus, Ozothamnus, and Santolina. Cistus and Tamarix, and Phormiums are also all good plants to promote in this respect.
We have been growing bearded Irises for a while and you will notice an increase in the range and availability through the rest of the summer. We do have a full list of descriptions and also photos of most so we can help in the selection of varieties.
It doesn’t look as if we are going to have a hot dry summer, but water conservation is something that the public are having pushed at them all the time. With this in mind it is worth pointing out that silver-leaved plants are adapted for dry conditions and we do have a good range available, including Artemisia, Lavender, Brachyglottis, some Hebes, Lotus, Ozothamnus, and Santolina. Cistus and Tamarix, and Phormiums are also all good plants to promote in this respect.
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007
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Monday, May 28, 2007
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Monday, May 21, 2007
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Monday, May 14, 2007
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Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Notes for May part 2
You may have noticed that we rather like Cistus and just at the moment many are producing their first flush of flower and many flowers have the wrong number of petals in this first flush. Where there should be five there are seven, eight or even nine and this can be very striking in varieties with prominently blotched petals – like Snowfire. Some of the ladanifer varieties are semi double anyway, with ruffled petals and they too are spectacular. As I have said many times in the past Cistus never look as good again as when they first come up to flower and for many varieties this is best achieved by potting under cold cover anytime from July onwards. You won’t have to cut them back and they will be perfect at the right time next year.
In recent years I have become concerned that there was no difference between what we were offering as Phormium Cream Delight and Yellow Wave, and the Cream Delight was not as I remembered it. Therefore we have restocked and now Cream Delight is more cream than yellow.
You may think that we are only just getting used to 2007 but in propagation terms we are into 2008 already. In our catalogue about one in five items are listed as ‘to order only’ and this means that it is unlikely that they will appear on the availability list; we will only set out to produce the numbers that are pre-ordered. This does not mean that they are not worthwhile plants – in fact some are overlooked gems – but we cannot grow everything and this is a way of maintaining the range without cluttering the nursery with free stock which may or may not sell. If you pride yourself on the range you offer then have another look at the catalogue and give it some thought. The cut-off dates vary immensely and it would be a nightmare to set them all out, so assume it is the end of May and get that order to us. For those of you getting this list by e-mail a list of these items is attached; for fax, internet and post recipients please ask if you would like such a list.
We are still taking orders for Clematis armandii as detailed last month.
In recent years I have become concerned that there was no difference between what we were offering as Phormium Cream Delight and Yellow Wave, and the Cream Delight was not as I remembered it. Therefore we have restocked and now Cream Delight is more cream than yellow.
You may think that we are only just getting used to 2007 but in propagation terms we are into 2008 already. In our catalogue about one in five items are listed as ‘to order only’ and this means that it is unlikely that they will appear on the availability list; we will only set out to produce the numbers that are pre-ordered. This does not mean that they are not worthwhile plants – in fact some are overlooked gems – but we cannot grow everything and this is a way of maintaining the range without cluttering the nursery with free stock which may or may not sell. If you pride yourself on the range you offer then have another look at the catalogue and give it some thought. The cut-off dates vary immensely and it would be a nightmare to set them all out, so assume it is the end of May and get that order to us. For those of you getting this list by e-mail a list of these items is attached; for fax, internet and post recipients please ask if you would like such a list.
We are still taking orders for Clematis armandii as detailed last month.
Notes for May part 1
There are some new things on this list which I am sure you have not heard of and I will save you the effort of googling them.
Anometheca laxa is a perennial with iris-like leaves. Growing to 15cm and carries carmine star-shaped flowers on thin wiry stems. Long-lived and hardy in a sheltered spot.
Eryngium serra seems similar in description to E. pandanifolium and looks very similar at the young stage. Massed heads of spikey greeny-white flowers on stems to 2m, foliage is saw-toothed and grows in an upright rosette. Hardy.
Salvia azurea grows flower spikes to 2m and the flowers are (unsurprisingly) azure blue.the flower stems arise forma basal rosette and respond well to being cut back in early summer (the Chelsea snip). Very hardy – and naturally grows in barren ground so it is presumably drought-tolerant.
Euphorbia Excalibur is not new, but has seldom appeared on the availability list. It is an excellent foliage plant – similar to E. schillingii in habit, with long narrow leaves on stems to about 1m. Its striking feature is the red margin to the leaf and reddish stems. The colour subsides in summer but then there are long-lasting yellow flowers.
Eupatorium sordidum is a true oddity, and its habit is unlike any other of its genus that I know (if indeed it belongs in this genus). It is a very vigorous shrub with thick tomentose stems, large hairy leaves and terminal clusters of violet, slightly fragrant flowers. It hails form Mexico and is probably only just frost-tolerant so it another one for pot culture.
Somebody please buy the 40 Abeliophyllum distichum Roseum that are listed – I am fed up with them being the first item on the list. In truth it is not a robust plant – but it does have very pretty flowers in the depth of winter. Its common name of White Forsythia is not good – it is not a thug but a blushing violet. Best grown on a cane as the stems are not strong.
Anometheca laxa is a perennial with iris-like leaves. Growing to 15cm and carries carmine star-shaped flowers on thin wiry stems. Long-lived and hardy in a sheltered spot.
Eryngium serra seems similar in description to E. pandanifolium and looks very similar at the young stage. Massed heads of spikey greeny-white flowers on stems to 2m, foliage is saw-toothed and grows in an upright rosette. Hardy.
Salvia azurea grows flower spikes to 2m and the flowers are (unsurprisingly) azure blue.the flower stems arise forma basal rosette and respond well to being cut back in early summer (the Chelsea snip). Very hardy – and naturally grows in barren ground so it is presumably drought-tolerant.
Euphorbia Excalibur is not new, but has seldom appeared on the availability list. It is an excellent foliage plant – similar to E. schillingii in habit, with long narrow leaves on stems to about 1m. Its striking feature is the red margin to the leaf and reddish stems. The colour subsides in summer but then there are long-lasting yellow flowers.
Eupatorium sordidum is a true oddity, and its habit is unlike any other of its genus that I know (if indeed it belongs in this genus). It is a very vigorous shrub with thick tomentose stems, large hairy leaves and terminal clusters of violet, slightly fragrant flowers. It hails form Mexico and is probably only just frost-tolerant so it another one for pot culture.
Somebody please buy the 40 Abeliophyllum distichum Roseum that are listed – I am fed up with them being the first item on the list. In truth it is not a robust plant – but it does have very pretty flowers in the depth of winter. Its common name of White Forsythia is not good – it is not a thug but a blushing violet. Best grown on a cane as the stems are not strong.
A new Availability list is done
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Monday, April 30, 2007
More plants available
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Monday, April 23, 2007
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Monday, April 16, 2007
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007
Notes and News for April 2007 Part 2
Iris japonica Variegata is relatively small variety but it makes a very showy plant as it matures with the white variegation becoming more distinct. This is another plant that would look good in a patio planter or at the front of a sunny border and it has the bonus of delicate Flowers that are just ice-blue with yellow and blue markings.
In contrast Jasminum humile Revolutum is a large growing semi-evergreen shrub (3m) with a spreading branching habit. As you would expect it has yellow flowers, borne in clusters in summer, with some fragrance. As it has green stems it would earn a place in a winter garden.
It is time to be thinking about Clematis armandii for 2008. We offer the species, plus Apple Blossom and Snowdrift and these will be ready for delivery in early March next year. Please note that we cannot hold them after we take delivery from our contract grower because they grow quickly at that time of year and become very damage-prone.
Prices will be:
20-59 £2.48
60-199 £2.42
for the price of greater quantities please give us a call. Apple Blossom will be available in restricted quantities and only those who order soon will get a share.
Buddleia lindleyana has long slender drooping tails of purple flowers that change shade with age giving the inflorescences a two-tone effect. Flowering continues form mid-summer until the frost and it as attractive to butterflies as the B.davidii types without growing so uncomfortably large.
Salix erythflexuosa is something we only grow occasionally, but it does have merits. Its wood is as golden as weeping willow but the growth can be as contorted as Corylus ‘Contorta’. Attractive in summer it really comes into its own in the winter, and it should be stooled as you would expect to keep the effect. I will tell you its demerit which is a susceptibility to anthracnose but this is easily controlled on the nursery and is seldom a problem in the ground.
I am writing this on Easter Monday – what a beautiful weekend it has been. Now we will know whether gardening has gone out of fashion or if everybody was just waiting for the weather.
In contrast Jasminum humile Revolutum is a large growing semi-evergreen shrub (3m) with a spreading branching habit. As you would expect it has yellow flowers, borne in clusters in summer, with some fragrance. As it has green stems it would earn a place in a winter garden.
It is time to be thinking about Clematis armandii for 2008. We offer the species, plus Apple Blossom and Snowdrift and these will be ready for delivery in early March next year. Please note that we cannot hold them after we take delivery from our contract grower because they grow quickly at that time of year and become very damage-prone.
Prices will be:
20-59 £2.48
60-199 £2.42
for the price of greater quantities please give us a call. Apple Blossom will be available in restricted quantities and only those who order soon will get a share.
Buddleia lindleyana has long slender drooping tails of purple flowers that change shade with age giving the inflorescences a two-tone effect. Flowering continues form mid-summer until the frost and it as attractive to butterflies as the B.davidii types without growing so uncomfortably large.
Salix erythflexuosa is something we only grow occasionally, but it does have merits. Its wood is as golden as weeping willow but the growth can be as contorted as Corylus ‘Contorta’. Attractive in summer it really comes into its own in the winter, and it should be stooled as you would expect to keep the effect. I will tell you its demerit which is a susceptibility to anthracnose but this is easily controlled on the nursery and is seldom a problem in the ground.
I am writing this on Easter Monday – what a beautiful weekend it has been. Now we will know whether gardening has gone out of fashion or if everybody was just waiting for the weather.
Notes and News for April 2007 Part 1
Libertia ixioides is a pretty addition to the range. Like most other Libertias it has three-petaled white flowers but its leaves are a dark green with a very narrow red margin and red bases which seem to become more noticeable with time. The midrib is slightly golden, but not as much so as in L. perigrinans
Gelsemium sempervirens is flowering at the moment (under cover), and it’s common name of ‘False Jasmine’ tells you a lot about it. The flowers are deep yellow trumpets with a fragrance of primroses. It is twining climber and is frost hardy, but it will not tolerate real cold.
Leymus magellanicus (Elymus magellanicus) is an electric blue grass with leaves about ¼ “ wide and growing to 75cm (yes I know, but are you fully metricated ?). It is clump forming rather than spreading like many of its family – which includes Couch grass! Potted now they will make striking plants very soon. Likewise Calamagrostis Overdam which is attractively variegated as well as producing pretty flower spikes. Calamagrostis brachytricha has plain green leaves but the prettiest of flowers
Imperata Red Baron are emerging very strongly and should be ready by early May. It is an oddity of this plant that all the roots seem to disappear overwinter and it has to regrow a fresh batch in the spring. There is nothing quite as red as Imperata and it is a good seller through summer and into the autumn, particularly as a patio plant.
Gelsemium sempervirens is flowering at the moment (under cover), and it’s common name of ‘False Jasmine’ tells you a lot about it. The flowers are deep yellow trumpets with a fragrance of primroses. It is twining climber and is frost hardy, but it will not tolerate real cold.
Leymus magellanicus (Elymus magellanicus) is an electric blue grass with leaves about ¼ “ wide and growing to 75cm (yes I know, but are you fully metricated ?). It is clump forming rather than spreading like many of its family – which includes Couch grass! Potted now they will make striking plants very soon. Likewise Calamagrostis Overdam which is attractively variegated as well as producing pretty flower spikes. Calamagrostis brachytricha has plain green leaves but the prettiest of flowers
Imperata Red Baron are emerging very strongly and should be ready by early May. It is an oddity of this plant that all the roots seem to disappear overwinter and it has to regrow a fresh batch in the spring. There is nothing quite as red as Imperata and it is a good seller through summer and into the autumn, particularly as a patio plant.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Just Camellia liners
Now in bold or May in Red
Camellia:
6 Aaron's Ruby - red large semi-double
20 Adolphe Audusson - red medium semi-double
235 Anticipation - pink large peony
60 70 Apollo - red & white large semi-double
5 Arajishi - red medium full peony
150 Ballet Queen Var. - pink large peony
20 70 Black Tie - red large formal double
30 Blood of China - red large loose peony
55 Brushfield's Yellow - white medium anemone
15 Cornish Snow - white small single in profusion
110 Debbie - pink medium full peony
20 Debutante - pale pink medium full peony
35 150 Dixie Knight - red large semi-double
50 130 Donation - pink large semi-double
35 Drama Girl - pink very large semi-double
10 110 E G Waterhouse - pale pink medium formal double
15 15 Edelweiss - white large semi-double
40 Elegant Beauty - pink large anemone
40 Elsie Jury - pale pink large peony
100 Finlandia Var. - white & red medium semi-double
15 Francis Hanger - white medium single
35 Glenn's Orbit - pink large semi-double
17 50 Golden Spangles - pink single gold splashed foliage
10 130 Grace Bunton - pale pink medium anemone
45 Grand Prix - red very large semi-double
40 Guilio Nuccio - pink very large semi-double
45 Hana fuki - pale pink medium cupped semi-double
140 Inspiration - pink medium semi-double
25 Kramers Supreme - red large peony
65 Lady Clare - pink large semi-double
40 Leonard Messel - pink large semi-double
80 Little Bit - red & white small full peony
10 Magnoliaeflora - pale pink medium semi-double
30 65 Margaret Davis - white & red large full peony
15 10 Margaret Waterhouse - pale pink medium semi-double
80 Mars - red large semi-double
15 15 Mathotiana Alba - white large formal double
30 Mathotiana Supreme - red large semi-double
110 30 Monte Carlo - pink large semi-double
5 100 Red Dandy - red medium semi-double
50 Rendezvous - red medium semi-double
20 Rosularis - white & red medium peony
5 San Dimas - red large semi-double
105 Senorita - pink large full peony
60 55 Shirobotan - white medium semi-double
80 90 Silver Anniversary - white large semi-double
75 Tiffany - pale pink very large loose peony
35 Waterlily - pink medium formal double
Camellia:
6 Aaron's Ruby - red large semi-double
20 Adolphe Audusson - red medium semi-double
235 Anticipation - pink large peony
60 70 Apollo - red & white large semi-double
5 Arajishi - red medium full peony
150 Ballet Queen Var. - pink large peony
20 70 Black Tie - red large formal double
30 Blood of China - red large loose peony
55 Brushfield's Yellow - white medium anemone
15 Cornish Snow - white small single in profusion
110 Debbie - pink medium full peony
20 Debutante - pale pink medium full peony
35 150 Dixie Knight - red large semi-double
50 130 Donation - pink large semi-double
35 Drama Girl - pink very large semi-double
10 110 E G Waterhouse - pale pink medium formal double
15 15 Edelweiss - white large semi-double
40 Elegant Beauty - pink large anemone
40 Elsie Jury - pale pink large peony
100 Finlandia Var. - white & red medium semi-double
15 Francis Hanger - white medium single
35 Glenn's Orbit - pink large semi-double
17 50 Golden Spangles - pink single gold splashed foliage
10 130 Grace Bunton - pale pink medium anemone
45 Grand Prix - red very large semi-double
40 Guilio Nuccio - pink very large semi-double
45 Hana fuki - pale pink medium cupped semi-double
140 Inspiration - pink medium semi-double
25 Kramers Supreme - red large peony
65 Lady Clare - pink large semi-double
40 Leonard Messel - pink large semi-double
80 Little Bit - red & white small full peony
10 Magnoliaeflora - pale pink medium semi-double
30 65 Margaret Davis - white & red large full peony
15 10 Margaret Waterhouse - pale pink medium semi-double
80 Mars - red large semi-double
15 15 Mathotiana Alba - white large formal double
30 Mathotiana Supreme - red large semi-double
110 30 Monte Carlo - pink large semi-double
5 100 Red Dandy - red medium semi-double
50 Rendezvous - red medium semi-double
20 Rosularis - white & red medium peony
5 San Dimas - red large semi-double
105 Senorita - pink large full peony
60 55 Shirobotan - white medium semi-double
80 90 Silver Anniversary - white large semi-double
75 Tiffany - pale pink very large loose peony
35 Waterlily - pink medium formal double
New Availability List
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