Fruit for Thought. A Down to Earth Talk. Plant Your Fruit Now for Next Year

It's a very good time to plant fruit and the rest of your garden. The soil is moist and still warm giving shrubs, perennials, trees and fruit the optimum chance of establishing before we have winter dormancy. They can get their roots in the ground so they will be strong and ready to grow from April onwards next year.

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October Gardener's Calendar

Autumn has arrived and it's traditionally time for autumn planting. Its also the best time to reposition plants in your garden and of course get your spring bulbs in the ground. It's also time to plant your fruit bushes and trees.

It is Time to Start Planting Spring Bulbs for 100 Day of Colour

It is a new season and we have a sweet shop of Prinz bulbs and this is the time to start choosing and planting them for next spring and possibly a few for Christmas! You can have 100 days of flower.

Late Summer Colour This Year

We're officially in the late summer season. September is fading into autumn

What Bees Enjoy Most In Late Summer

Circium rivulare

The bees are enjoying the current revival of our traditional cottage garden plants. It’s extremely beneficial and couldn’t come at a better time for their survival.

Choosing Perennials That Bring Colour From Late Summer Into Autumn

Gardens Do Not Finish at the end of summer

Late summer and you may think your gardens are past there sell by date, but you would be so wrong. Perennials that have finished flowering may just require a chop back to stop them going to seed. You may well then get a second flood of blooms.

September Gardener's Calendar

 

We have reached the autumn planting and spring bulb planting season. As we

Come to the end of the growing season gives us the opportunity to prepare for next years garden by planting, pruning and perhaps rearranging borders whilst enjoying a glorious glut of fruit and veg and glorious late summer colour. 

August Gardener's Calendar

Chop back your perennials if you let them go to seed they will not produce a second flush of colour .

Now the soil has had some moisture we can start to think about planting some summer shiners to fill the gaps.

FIVE IDEAS TO STEAL FROM OUR SUMMER GARDEN SALE

Bordering on the Beautiful Continued

Late Summer Garden Flowers 4 different colourways

Bordering on the beautiful - The story continues...

Bordering On The Beautiful

Do your borders lack colour?

We have all the colours, textures and form to elevate your borders

Flowers For The Tipi

 Here at the Nurseries we love fresh homegrown flowers. These were picked from my garden today for The Garden Tipi.

July Gardener's Calendar

 Take steps to prevent your pots and garden getting tired and loosing vigour whilst working hard to delight. A little chopping, snipping and feeding should encourage your annuals and herbaceous to carry on flowering late into the year.

Fresh Flowers From Your Garden for Cutting

I Love Bringing Flowers Into The Home

Sweet peas and leucanthemum daisies are just some of the fresh flowers you can grow easily in your garden.

June Gardener's Calendar

June is a month to be enjoying the garden but with a little bit of care and some snipping and deadheading you can keep those flowers going often into late summer

Perennial Favourites

This is a great month to admire herbaceous perennials with show many 

show-stoppers.

Wisteria The King of English Climbers

Wisteria is another plant in the leguminous family. Its related to peas. Its  perhaps not so surprising it has lovely fragrance. Leguminous plants can help to put nitrogen back into the soil through nodules on their roots.

A White and Green Garden

 

Home produce: Grow Your Own A Quick Guide

How To Make A Summer Hanging Basket

Here are some step by step photos of us making up a basket

 

There are different ways of potting up baskets and we don't always follow the same pattern but here is one Peter made up.

 You will need:

What To Plant Now

The perfect time to plant is now. Moist soil and warmer condions help plants root. Get your plants established so you can enjoy many of them this year, particularly the perennials.

Edible flowers Are Abundant All Year Round

Edible flowers are a hot topic at the moment and whilst I do not recommend taking risks with something new if you may have allergens and many people have pollen allergies there are many reasons for adding pretty flowers to your salads and cakes.

Planting in Shade

Epimedium

One of the most difficult spots people find to to plant is shade. This is why we have created a shade house in our shade tunnel and its brimming with plants, not just ferns and hostas but perennials, excellent ground cover for both dry and wet shade. Here are some suggestions that should help to carpet the ground. 

Colour Ideas For Summer Pots, Containers and Hanging Baskets.

Take A Look At Some Of The Summer Bedding Colour Combinations 

Pinks, blues and silver tones are one of the most popular colour choices

May Gardener’s Calendar

Here are a few suggestions of what you can be getting on with in the garden this month.