Well if you are a proud owner of a big clump of Phormium in the garden, you are probably looking upon a fairly sorry-looking specimen. This loss of condition in the Phormium will be the result of the heavy December snows sitting on and eventually flattening the foliage. Well this is not too...
Flattened Phormiums
February 20th, 2011Dwarf Fan Palm to the rescue!
February 11th, 2011Fresh in the nursery this morning is a whole platoon of dwarf fan palm (Chamaerops humilis). This hardy fan palm is salt tolerant, wind tolerant, looks great in a pot or planted out with other palms and structural plants. If you are new to palms this is a great place to start. Click on
Tree fern winter protection
November 29th, 2010Winter is has and truly announced itself, and it seems like it will be another cold one. Every year, it seems to be a record winter for one thing or another. Last night's temperatures in mid-Wales reached -17c which is the earliest, coldest weather for 20 odd years. Anyway back to the tree...
Feedback from Superflowers
November 12th, 2010A little feedback from Charlotte from Superflowers, who ordered a large number of Areca Palms (indoor Palms) 'You have been my biggest success on the internet.. everything else seems to end up not quite right but the palms you sent are absolutely YUMMY! I do hope I can give them a long and...
Retail Landscaping and Planting
November 9th, 2010Just finished the planting of the new Asda store in St Leonards, East Sussex. The design was based on a prehistoric theme, which included lots of structural foliage. If you are close by and need some milk and bread, pop in and you will see our wonderful plants at the entrance.