What's to come

Right first time for everything, once I've got a few spare seconds, two topics I will cover soon
1. A planting list of drought resistant water loving plants (yes you have read correctly)
2. How to overwinter tropical Erythrinas and others extremely easily

Pics of the nursery - End of March 2012

A quick view of what is growing as at the 30 March 2012.

BRONZE MEDAL - RHS Great London Plant Fair

Pleased to have won a Bronze medal with our display of exotics. 

Now looking forward to RHS Cardiff... lets see if we can improve on the Bronze!

You can see a pic here.

Erythrinas

Despite the cold nights, our tropical plants are starting to reactivate, including the first of the very rare erythrinas Lysistemon (Lucky bean tree) and  Speciosa.

This is particularly rewarding as we've used a new method this year... more to follow.

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RHS Great London Plant Fair

Getting ready for next weeks RHS London Plant Fair. As you can imagine there's lots to do. It's always a last minute thing, waiting to choose the plants which are ready and looking there best. Here are some pics of the plants picked so far.

If you fancy a trip out here are the details.  It should be a good show

And do remember to come and see us.

Handkerchief Tree - disaster!

Nooo, just got into nursery to find a mouse has eaten five out of seven handkerchief tree seedlings, taken a year to germinate!!

This is native to the woodlands of China, and has a small flowerhead surrounded by two large white bracets, one side much larger than the other, giving it its common name.

It's a hardy tree which grows well in fertile, moist but well drained soil.  It prefers sun or partial shade.

Also known as the Dove or Ghost tree.

For a great story on how this tree arrived in England there is an good piece on the Kew website, click here.

FROST!!

Everything seems to be bursting into flower... which means it's time for the frost... yep and as if by magic the frost appears.