Nursery Ramblings

Preparing the Iris beds

We have a new batch of bay trees at the nursery

Our Agapanthus production is in full swing.

Its that time when we need to think about moving the citrus trees into the big tunnel. 

Winter comes alive with sparkling frosted leaves and bright red berries!

A pictorial guide to joining bamboo rhizome/root barrier together, to help control the growth or spread of hardy bamboo plants

Well it's that time of year again and the Iris are being spilt down and rejuvenated ready for the gorgeous blooms next year.

Agapanthus are one of the most amazing plants, long lived flowers of intense colours of whites, blues and purples.

Warm summer evenings and warm summer colours, not just from the sunsets :)

Its madness that this beautiful tree is not that widely used in this country!

Its all go at the nursery at the moment, we have lots of new stock to sort, photograph and launch online.

We make life so easy for you. So here is the perfect gift for that 'awkward to buy for' person.

Wow what great idea!

Well, we got the warnings, thank you to the MET Office but there was little we could do.

1 tunnel damaged, 2 tunnels destroyed BUT our oldest tunnel a McGregors Polytunnel, beat the weather!

We are busy collecting and sewing the seed of the beautiful ornamental grass species Stipa barbata.

Who says Trachelospermum's aren't hardy! Look at this fantastic use of a beautiful plant.

Olive trees for sale in the UK from an award winning nursery.

A guide to the Citrus trees we have for sale and how to look after them.                                                      

Citrus Limon (Lemon tree)                                                                                                               Citrus aurantifolia (Lime tree)                                                                                                             Citrus sinensis (Orange tree)

We are very excited to now be selling beautiful little grapevines. Vitis vinifera AGM.

This time of year we really need to have structural, evergreen beauty in our gardens. Fed up with the usual choice? Why not give Pinus pinea some thought.

Exciting new range of plants to be launched shortly.

Olive trees and topiary such as Box, Bays and Yew look so wonderful lit up with small fairy lights, either side of the front door or in the garden. 

Winter has arrived, and it looks so beautiful here in north essex.

Over the weekend we took the oportunity to plant two of our very old olive trees.

Even in mid-winter, the world of horticulture continues in earnest. Read about our final design project of 2011, which consisted of an exciting seasonal garden in picturesque Suffolk…

Walking around the nursery this morning reminds me why I do this job. I wanted to share a few pictures with you...

This is by no means a quiet and calm time of year for us nurserymen...

Now the temperature has risen slightly I can just about lift my chin and focus my eyes on the scene around that is supposed to be the nursery...

This winter is the coldest so far at the nursery, -14c and it’s not over yet.