Well had to take one of the Hostas out of the new Terrarium as the Small Hosta in it has grown exceedingly well. I think that since the depth of soil in the Terrarium is deeper than we would normally have it hasn’t Bonsaied the Hostas as much as previous Terrariums.So here is the one …
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Here are our event dates for 2024
6th April – Forde Abbey Spring Plant Fair14th April – Mapperton House -Plant Fair27th & 28th April – Dorset Spring Show (Attending as South Hele Cross Farm)3rd & 4th May – Powerderham Castle Tobey’s Garden Festival11th May – Yarlington House – Plant Fair12th May – RHS Rosemoor – Devon Plant Heritage16th to 18th May – …
Terrarium for 2024
Well, here is the new hosta terrarium for 2024. This was put together over the weekend and is much larger than our Teapot terrariums. It was put together over the weekend after acclimatising the 3 Hostas in here. I won’t tell you what they are yet. I’ll let you discover as we go through the …
Bare Root Hosta Sale
Our Bare Root Hosta offering will end on February 15th and we will be changing our website over to potted Hosta pricing after this date. So to celebrate the beginning of the new Hosta growing season we thought we would offer you a discount of 15% off all bare root orders. Please note that all …
Review 2023 Part 4
Happy New Year to everyone! This is the final part 4 look back on 2023. As I sit here remembering looking back at the high lights of 2023 I am reminded that we meet many of you at a lot of other shows and plant fairs not mentioned and I would just like to thank …
Review of 2023 Part 3.
Looking back on 2023 part 3. The next major event of the year was Taunton Flower Show #TauntonFS held at the beginning of August. This was important to us for lots of reasons. It is the oldest flower show in the country, and the second oldest one in the world behind San Francisco. It was …
Reviewing 2023 Part 2
Looking back on 2023, the next major event for us was attending and putting together a small display for the Devon County Show. This was our first floral marquee, normally we end up outside and I particularly remember one event where we were almost blown away. Couldn’t put up a pergola as it was too …
Checking after the flooding
Did the inspection rounds as the flooding had prevented me from visiting our Milverton and Clayhanger Sites. We start feeding the birds this time of year, especially when it gets colder and they were waiting for me. The #hostas have all been put to bed over the last week or two, as part of this …
Show year Review 2023
As we come towards the end of 2023 I thought it would be nice to look back on the years show highlights and take stock of what we have achieved this year. Especially as the weather turns darker and colder. The first thing we did was attend the RHS training course held at the beginning …
Clearing Hosta Leafs
Having to clear the #hosta leaves. If I don’t then the mice burrow under the leaves and dig/eat the hosta plants. Lost a Devon Giant this way, there was nothing left.