by Brian | Nov 29, 2024 | Brian's Blog
Since mid-June, the main crop on our nursery has been the Poinsettia, 1,500 of them for the Christmas festive season and many millions more are being produced and sold throughout the world. As I was tending my crop of Poinsettia, I got to thinking about the man who...
by Brian | Nov 4, 2024 | Brian's Blog
As you enter our garden centre you will see amongst the family photographs one very old photograph of my father (probably taken in the 1950’s), standing proudly in his greenhouse among his crop of Cyclamen that are in full bloom. In those days it was a crop that would...
by Brian | Oct 1, 2024 | Brian's Blog
Most of us enjoy the beauty of summer hanging baskets but have you thought of the possibility of enjoying a hanging basket during the winter months? For many years we have been trialling and testing plants for use in winter hanging baskets. If a ball of colourful...
by Brian | Aug 28, 2024 | Brian's Blog
Spring flowering bulbs have been available in shops and garden centres for some weeks now. With their vivid pictures of promise for next spring. Always aim to plant daffodils and narcissi early as possible, preferably before the end of October so that their roots...
by Brian | Jul 23, 2024 | Brian's Blog
After all the work planting, watering and feeding our garden during the last few months it is just coming to a climax of colour and beauty. All is growing well in the vegetable patch and it will soon be time to harvest the fruits of our crop. So what should we do when...
by Brian | May 17, 2024 | Brian's Blog
Looking forward to the coming season always excites me and these days we seem to see new plants and varieties to make the growers life even more interesting. Hanging baskets increase in popularity each year as does the range and selection of plants available. We...
