exciting plants

New Petunias for 2011!

2011-03-04T12:22:00.000-08:00

Over the last few years there has been a large number of exciting new petunia varieties hitting the market. 2011 is no different and at the moment we have several new varieties growing on our Nursery which will be ready for sale around Mid April.

Petunia 'Black Velvet': is a bushy compact petunia with black flowers. Not every ones cup of tea but certainly different and it will create great contrast in thubs and containers.

Supertunia 'Pretty Much Picasso' is pur favourite of the lot and it is suitable for tubs and hanging baskets. We feel it will fly off the shelves. Take a look at the picture and judge for yourselves.

Supertunia 'Raspberry Blast': We trialed this one last year and it got a great response so have grown more. Suitable for hanging baskets it will produce a mass of striking flowers.

'Black velvet' 'Pretty much picasso' 'Raspberry blast'

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Primula Francesca

2011-03-04T12:07:00.000-08:00

After a long winter and an even longer gap since our last post, We are back with details of some very exciting plants we have at the Garden Centre.

Starting off with Primula 'Francesca': a stunningly unusual polyanthus type primula. It has a particualrly long flowering period right through into mid Summer. They are easy to grow: like most primulas they do not like hot and dry conditions.

Pennisetum 'Fireworks'

2010-08-25T05:43:00.000-07:00

This is a brand new grass with very striking foliage. Pennisetum 'fireworks' has variegated leaves flushed deep pink and produces attractive fluffy seed heads around September time. It is not fully hardy so will require protection during winter time.

Nandina domestica 'Filamentosa'

2010-08-25T05:36:00.000-07:00

This is a highly unusual form of the popular heavenly bamboo. It has very fine, wispy foliage and is more compact than the more common forms of nandina making it suitable for growing in patio containers. It is hardy: Plant in good but well drained soil in full sun to achieve the best winter foliage colour.

Sundavilles

2010-03-28T08:58:00.000-07:00

Sundavilles are beautiful evergreen climbers that make excellent patio plant. They flower from Spring right through to Autumn. During wintertime, move them inside to a conservatory or a greenhouse. Although they are climbing plants, they are not rampant growers and can easily be contained in a large patio pot. They like a position where they are in the sunshine for at least half a day.

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Hebe Frozen Flame

2010-03-07T11:29:00.000-08:00

Hebe 'Frozen Flame' was a new plant introduction in 2009. It has green and white variegated leaves which flush purple during Winter and through to Spring. Hebes are easy to grow: they just need a sunny spot in well drained soil, and are fairly compact so does not need pruning. It is a much stronger grower than previous brightly coloured foliage Hebes such as 'Orphan Annie' and 'Dazzler'.

If you like this then you would almost certainly like Hebe 'Heartbreaker' too which has foliage that flushes vivid pink during Winter.

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Lime tolerant rhododendrons

2010-03-01T12:31:00.000-08:00

Inkarho Rhododendrons were bred in Germany and are marketed as 'Lime-tolerant'. Most rhododendrons like acidic soil with a pH of around 5.5 (neutral is 7). Due to their large size they are not usually happy in a pot either, meaning that if you do not have acid soil, you were not able to grow rhododendrons

Inkarho Rhododendrons change all that! They grow well in near neutral soil so can be grown in the ground in most areas (unless you have chalky soil). They flower spectacularly in spring and tolerate shade well.

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Erica australis 'Riverslea'

2010-02-03T11:54:00.000-08:00

We have just had an excellent delivery of english grown Erica australis 'Riverslea'. It is a type of tree heath with dark green foliage and pink flowers in late spring. It will grow to around 1 metre in height. It requires lime free soil but do not let that put you off as it is an outstanding plant too rarely seen in peoples gardens.

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Uncinia 'Everflame'

2010-02-03T11:44:00.000-08:00

Uncinia 'Everflame' is a very exciting new plant introduction. It is a hooked sedge and is an improvement on previous Uncinias, with a striking red margin to the edge of their dark brown leaves. Uncinias originate from New Zealand and are reasonably hardy if you give them a well drained position. They are a unique evergreen and offer foliage interest all year round.

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Nandina Gulfstream

2010-01-23T04:16:00.000-08:00

Nandina gulfsteam is an exceptional new plant. It is a dwarf form of Nandina Domestica (heavenly bamboo). It is hardy with elegant evergreen foliage: blue/green in summer and turning bronze/red in winter time.

It is compact enough to be grown in a patio pot, but make sure you position it out in the sun, the foliage will not colour up in shade. There have been other dwarf forms of Nandina in the past but this is by far the strongest growing and healthiest we have seen

Hellebores

2010-01-21T12:46:00.000-08:00

The cold snap is over and some brand new plants are coming into the Garden Centre. Over the last few years there have been many excellent introductions into the hellebore market. Among some of the new hellebores we have in stock are Helleborus ericsmithii 'Winter moonbeam', Helleborus foetidus 'Gold Bullion' and Helleborus ericsmithii 'Pirouette'. The pink flowered Pirouette is probably our favourite.

Hellebores are such wonderful garden plants, they grow in most locations and tolerate shade well. To add to that they brighten up the garden in late winter and flower for a pleasingly long time. Pirouette as you can see from the picture has strong evergreen foliage and also at this time of year is stacked full of buds.

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