Cheilanthes Lanosa

Another new one for the nursery, coming in 2013.








 Cheilanthes Lanosa

Also known as the Hairly Lipfern (great name!), this is a soft-textured fern with green leaflets along a brown stem.

It's ideal for rock walls and in shady stone troughs.  It's equally at home in fairly well-drained garden soil and in containers.

It's not a huge plant at 30 cm high to 40 cm wide... perfect for those small places.

It comes from the US, Pennsylvania to New Mexico... and would look lovely in our UK gardens!

An added bonus is that it's also deer resistant, great for round here! 

A new variety coming to the nursery - if it grows!

Some formal info for you!


Cyathea Australi

 Image courtesy of Photographer: Fagg, M. ANBG Photo number: P 91

This is a tree fern native to Australia.  It's also known as the Rough Tree Fern. It grows in moist shady forest, and hopefully soon in the East Sussex countryside!

It has a stem covered with frond scars, and a mass of wiry roots at the base. 

It can grow up to 12 m tall, and may reach 4 m in length, better tell the neighbours! It has a distinctive crown that is dark green above and lighter green below, should look great.

September Update

Sorry that I've been neglecting my blog a bit... like most, I've been manic over the summer, with show after show.

I hope you've followed our facebook and tweets - where we've been and what we've won.

The last big one was at RHS Wisley, which was great with fab weather. I think you will agree our stand was looking particularly wonderful.

 We also got on the radio, check this out... sorry about the Chest Comment... but you know me!!

The lack of bees really have been a problem this year. Check out my interview for some tips of plants to grow.  Please help them as I love my food, and no bees no food.

Right from now on I'm going to stop being clever like Stephen Fry and do more factual tweets and blog posts!

I'm looking forward to 3 new varieties for 2013, cyathea_australis, cheilanthus_lanosa, cyrtomium_falcetum - and will removing 2 varieties heuchera snowstorm (because it is rubbish at growing) adansonia greggorii (unlike the others, again poor growth).

More to follow!

This Sunday, 2 Sept, we will be at the Sussex Prairies Unusual Plant and Art Fair. See www.plantsandart.co.uk/ for details.

There will be a rare collection of exciting nurseries, artists and crafts people coming together in the prairie garden bringing a great selection of unusual plants and beautiful pieces for you to buy.

A great chance to source some amazing plants and artifacts for you, your house and your garden!

.... Sounds good to me.  REMEMBER TO COME AND SEE OUR STALL!!!

For the first time ever, one daviesia pectinata and daviesia cordata put aside for RHS display plants.

daviesia pectinata - Thorny Bitter-pea

This shrub is native to Australia, so it's great that it's growing in my nursery in East Sussex. It will be red and orange when in bloom, hopefully growing to about 120cm in height. As it grows it will develop spines or sharp edges

As it is at the moment (just a baby)

 

daviesia cordata - also known as Bookleaf

Native to West Australia this will be a small woody shrub with large, bluish-green leaves, it will have orange-yellow to purplish-red flowers... but at the moment looks like this...

 I can't wait to see how these two progress and will keep you posted with new pics!!

Next stop Gold!

Check out the coverage of our RHS Silver Medal... and you'll see a photo of me and the wife!

And silver it is!

Our award winning display at RHS Hampton Court Flower Show - we were only one point away from a silver gilt... next time!