Flower Spikes Showing

Goes to show how mild this winter has been as in amongst this tray several Twist of Lime and Lemon and Limes have chosen to start flowering!
We will be preparing and checking stock for Mapperton Plant Fair tomorrow, so let us know if you would like us to bring any particular varieties with us. So far we have had a request for Catherine and Diana Remembered.

All Quiet on the West Country Front

Haven’t posted much for a little while as have been busy potting thousands of Hostas over the last 2 weeks. Finally finished that and am now looking forward to our first event of the year.
We will be attending Burrow Farm Gardens Spring Show this Sunday 31st March. Nervous and excited, because it has been a while since our last event at Malvern last September, but looking forward to meeting people and sharing stories about Hostas.

Chillie and Garlic mix!

Well here is a 2 litre concentrate of our Garlic and Chilie mix. It actually smells quite nice when your making it and not so garlicy. We used 1 table spoon of chilie flakes per bulb of garlic.
Sprayed now, so I will let you know how we get on.
Now you are wondering why use this mix rather than the pure Garlic mix? Well the chilie is a recommended additive to deter rabbits and deer from eating your plants. In this case we are doing it to deter mice and shrews.

Look what I found!

Was doing the usual checks on the Hostas and came across this, a Kiwi Hippo that had been munched, however it wasn’t slugs and snails it was a mouse or shrew. So, I’m going to use the modified garlic solution to deal with this. If you add some chilli flakes to the garlic, brew, then this should deter them. I’ll let you know how I get on. This is the method for dealing with rabbits and deer, so hopefully, it should work for the little ones.

Changeover to Plant Sales

We have changed the website and have stopped bare root sales and changed over to plant sales.
Thankyou to everyone that purchased bare root Hostas, we will be shipping them to you over the next few weeks.
The website only has a few potted Hosta varieties currently available but more, will be added each week as they are checked and have started growing and we know they have all done well over winter.

More Hostas waking up.

More and more of the #hostas are waking up, Dixie Chick, Golden Tiara, Cracker Crumbs, Guacamole and Goldrush.

Just to remind you that there is always a chance of the temperatures falling back again and all these hostas are grown outdoors so fleeces at the ready.