The formal garden is a centuries old garden design which is mainly associate with 17th Century French chateau gardens. The French gardens were in fact imported and developed from the ideals of the Italian Renaissance gardens - these were created in the Italian manor houses and villas of a much [...]
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Following our recent visit to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, we were pleasantly surprised to see so many of the plants we are selling at our Crews Hill Plant Centre this year, planted within the stunning Chelsea Show Gardens giving us lots of summer planting ideas! Chris Beardshaw’s Furzey Garden [...]
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Dicksonia Antarctica, also known as the Tasmanian Tree Fern, is a beautiful, hardy slow growing tree fern, which grows well here in the UK. We have Dicksonia Antarctica now in stock in a range of sizes from as little as 30 cm up heights of over 3 metres! Our Dicksonia Antarctica tree ferns [...]
Read More The spectacular Tasmanian Tree Fern - Dicksonia Antarctica
Sambucus Nigra Black Lace or Common Elder for sale Online. We have currently have in stock Sambucus Nigra Black Lace, an ornamental variety of the native British elder. This perennial, known as Black Lace or the Common Elder, grows well in sun or in shade – in fact it will grow almost anywhere and [...]
Read More Our featured perennial - Sambucus Nigra Black Lace
It's strange at this time of year that many people ask when is the best time to plant trees and shrubs. Probably a lot of this is due to confusion over the weather this year changing from hot to cold / drought to wet conditions. We have the wettest "drought" in living history! Our spring flowering [...]
Read More Spring! Now is the time to get out there planting by Karen Mariconda
Did you know - we sell UK hardy yucca rostrata online with UK wide delivery? Originating from the desert regions of the mid-American continent, the Yucca Rostrata or beaked Yucca is a hardy tropical that can be planted outside and is able to withstand temperatures as low as minus 15 degrees. The [...]
Read More Yucca Rostrata – a hardy architectural plant with a spherical crown of blue-green leaves