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The small pots have arrived!
Just received our initial order of a few thousand 1litre and 1.4litre pots ready for the start of the season. Looking forward to filling these next month.
The storms finally caught up with us.
Well we thought we’d got off lightly with the storms so far this year, Dudley, Eunice but Franklin caught us out as our Milverton site where most of our Hostas are grown is wooded. We have spent the last 3 years improving the general health of the trees, but Franklin came suddenly changed direction from …
Progress with Mini growing at Milverton
The Minis we have been growing outside under shade netting have started to show themselves. Most of these are at our Woodland site near Milverton and grown under shade netting. With the weather forecast for the moment we have been putting some fleece over them to protect from overnight frosts. Very pleased with progress with …
List of New Hostas for 2022
Managed to put together the list of new Hostas available for 2022. They will need to settle down a bit, but hopefully once we get through March and April we should know where we stand:Abiqua Drinking GourdAugust MoonAutumn Frost (R)Bedford BlueBlue UmbrellasBlue VisionCaptain KirkCarnivalDesigner GenesDevon GoldDevon GreenDinner JacketFunny MouseGiantland Mouse CheeseGlory hallelujahGolden TiaraJune Fever (R)Lakeside …
Miniature Outside Overwintering Trial
A Hosta Ballerina picking up early. Having to put fleece over it though. This was one of the trials with the minis outside this year, underneath a shade netting enclosure, so pleased with progress at the moment.Several of the varieties that have been done this way seem to have strengthened up the plant, whilst others …
Events for 2022
Well we said that we had been planning this, but due to events beyond our control it got put back, so we have had 2 of our events confirmed so we will be attending the following plantfairs: Sunday 10th April 2022- Mapperton House, Dorset Saturday 7th May 2022 – Yarlington, SomersetWe have 3 other events …
Early Risers
Happy New Year to everybody. Got an exciting year to come. Hoping to go to a few local shows and plant fairs in Devon, Somerset and Dorset this year. Will give further details once our bookings are confirmed. In the meantime due to the mild weather some of our Hostas have risen a little early …
Help with making new enclosures
Here we have Indie helping as we create and stock some new raised enclosures ready for the Winter.
Well here we are in October!
Well here we are in October, the weather is getting cooler and the Hostas are starting to die back ready for winter. Here are a few photos of some that are still going strong, but won’t be long before they die back too.