Have you ordered your seed?
Is there anything more thrilling than seeing the first little shoots appearing from a pot of seeds? And what wonderful potential in each little seedling. It might grow into a huge tree or a tiny alpine plant but, of course, first, you have to sow the seed. If you haven’t placed your seed orders yet there’s still time. Read more
Bulbs from seed
by Gill Regan
Trillium
In the third article based on the talks given at the Seedling Swap in April 2006, Gill Regan shares with us the hard-won secrets of growing bulbs from seed. The many striking photographs that accompanied her talk showed that, after early setbacks, she has clearly discovered a successful formula. Read more
Trees and shrubs from seed
by Jeremy Spon
Eucalyptus leucoxylon var. rosea
The second talk given at our first Seedling Swap in April 2006 dealt with the pleasures and principles – and the few pitfalls – of growing trees and shrubs from seed. Jeremy Spon’s infectious enthusiasm comes across in print, just as it did in his talk.
In my talk at the Seedling Swap, I tried to address two main questions: how to grow trees and shrubs from seed? And why? Of the two, I think the second is in a way more important. Read more
Coffee Cake
Home-made cakes are a feature of our lecture meetings and garden visits so we will be publishing the most popular ones on our website.
Watch this space!
Brickwall Cottage Nursery
1 Brickwall Cottages, Frittenden,
Cranbrook, Kent. TN17 2DH
Tel: 01580 852425
(Access by footpath opposite Frittenden village school)
Small nursery in a cottage garden setting.
NCCPG National Collection holder of Geum.
Specialities - Geums (Geum cultivars), herbaceous potentillas (Potentilla species & cultivars) and unusual hardy perennials.
The Nursery is open at other times by appointment - please telephone first.
Usual and Unusual Plants
Onslow House, Magnum Down,
Hailsham, East Sussex. BN27 1PL
Tel: 01323 840967
Small nursery specialising in some of the best perennials available, produced in small numbers to ensure widest choice.
See details and plant list in RHS Plant Finder
Tile Barn Nursery
Standen Street, Iden Green,
Benenden, Kent. TN17 4LB
Tel: 01580 240221
Specialist Cyclamen Nursery
Wide range of Cyclamen species and other small bulbs.
See details and plant list in RHS Plant Finder.
Rosie’s Garden Plants
Fieldview Cottage, Pratling Street,
Aylesford, Kent. ME20 7DG
Tel: 01622 715777 Mobile: 07740 696277
Specialist hardy geranium nursery
Hardy geraniums, asters, buddlejas.
See details and plant list in RHS Plant Finder
Plantbase
Graham Blunt, Sleepers Stile Road, Cousley Wood,
Wadhurst, East Sussex. TN5 6QX
Tel: 01892 891453 Mobile: 07967 601064
Wide range of alpines, perennials, shrubs, climbers, waterside plants, herbs, Australasian shrubs & South African plants.
See details and plant list in RHS Plant Finder
Pettet’s Nursery
Poison Cross, Eastry,
Sandwich, Kent. CT13 0EA
Tel: 01304 613869
A wide range of herbaceous perennials grown on the nursery,
clematis, other climbers and shrubs.
See details and plant list in RHS Plant finder
