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First flowers on Primula Barnhaven Garnet Cowichan for the year. This one looks a bit bright thanks to the bright sun!

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February 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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Viola sororia 'Rubra' was really glowing in the evening sun yesterday.

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April 12, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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That's the last plants tidied and top dressed on the sales area. Just need to get the last few gravel beds raked and the plants back in them - then do the paths!

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February 16, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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No holes! New growth on Hosta sp TCM 12-838 looking lush.

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April 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Dianthus deltoides burning with Salvia scabra and Verbena officinalis 'Bampton' on our driveway bench.
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June 10, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Fresh juicy new shoots of Hemerocallis 'Crimson Pirate' are always welcome at this time of year. These freshly potted divisions will be ready in a few weeks.

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March 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Acorus gramineus 'Ogon' is one of those rare evergreen plants that manages to look fresh all year round. Love the way it catches the slightest glimmer of sun in winter.

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February 4, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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Mingling in the stock bed:

Geum 'Savannah Sunset'
Geranium phaeum 'Ray of Light', unknown pink and 'Joseph Green' (really not sure about him).
Tellima grandiflora 'Delphine'

All to be divided later in the summer.
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May 24, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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An oldie now but Polemonium 'Lambrook Mauve' is one of those reliable survivors that will keep on performing at the front of the border.
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May 13, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Watsonia bourbonica 'Peach Glow' doing the glowing thing!

We are between batches of these at the moment, new ones ready later in the summer.

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May 26, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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It's been a few years since we've sold Alopecurus pratensis 'Aureovariegatus' but this lot of divisions should soon make nice plants.

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April 15, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Amsonia orientalis getting going now. Love the subtle colour change as the flowers age, it's the only one that has pink tones as far as I know.

Young plants almost ready to go.

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June 3, 2025 at 6:07 AM
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Isopyrum thalictroides doesn't flower much but you just have to stop and look when it does. Low growing woodlander that probably wants more moisture than we have!

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April 2, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Glycyrrhiza uralensis seedheads still looking great and towering above Miscanthus sinensis 'Strictus'. Will all be cut down shortly though!

We will be sowing seed of the Glycyrrhiza soon.

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February 14, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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The first bearded irises are out (admittedly in a polytunnel!):

Iris sp aff subbiflora
Iris attica
Iris 'Wizard's Return'

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April 3, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Managed to catch the new growth of Chrysosplenium macrophyllum highlighted by the hazy sun yesterday afternoon. The light has been so harsh lately it's hard to take decent photos...

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March 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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I really like this pair: Aquilegia vulgaris 'Nivea' and Allium subhirsutum. An accidental combination in pots but they really sparkle together.
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May 1, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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Ipheion uniflorum 'Charlotte Bishop' just coming into the main flowering season and the first stock in many years added to the website yesterday. A good doer for well drained soil in full sun.

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February 9, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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More #peatfree seeds germinating in the seed frames. It's a constant jigsaw trying to keep making space to move them on!

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April 11, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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First flowers on the Geums last week. This is one of the lovely warm but soft yellows 'Farmer John Cross'. Compact and a good doer.

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April 14, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Low evening sun really suits some of the Geums. This is 'Rusty Young'.
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April 27, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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I've been watching the buds on this Iris 'Kent Pride' for the last week and it finally opened yesterday. I'm a complete sucker for brown flowers!

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May 10, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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There's been a lot of appreciation for Viola elatior amongst visitors to the nursery this week. It's self seeded in the paths and gravel beds quite a bit but it's never a nuisance.

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May 11, 2025 at 6:08 AM
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We are open as normal this week, so Friday & Saturday, 9.30am to 5pm. Closed Sun & Mon.

Sunday I will be at Swines Meadow for the Fenland HPS Plant Fair.

Uvularia grandiflora Wisley Form
Tiarella cordifolia 'Moorgrün'
Omphalodes verna

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April 18, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Triffid season in the shade house! The first Scopolia to open here is always S carniolica var brevifolia with these lovely yellow flowers. Potato like leaves will follow.

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March 26, 2025 at 7:12 AM