New Arrivals

New Arrivals
Cardiocrinum giganteum bulbs in stock.
Flowering or near flowering size.
£8.50 per bulb or 3 for £22

A Very Happy New Year to You.
Thank you to all our customers last year for keeping us afloat and allowing us to indulge our passion for plants. We hope that in the process we offered good plants and good service and we are looking forward to the new season with excitement.

The New Year has kicked off with the arrival of the Cardiocrinum bulbs from India. We have been importing and growing these amazing plants for several years now but still get a huge buzz with their arrival at the nursery. After Christmas and New Year slouching this is our wake up call for the start of the new season.
A flowering Cardiocrinum is a sight to behold. A thick, sturdy stem arises from the centre of the huge, fabulously glossy, heart-shaped leaves and produces numerous, white, heavily scented, trumpet-shaped, lily-like flowers – 12ft tall isn’t unusual! After flowering the seed pods swell like fat Kiwi fruits and split to release hundreds of papery seeds (these take seven years to reach flowering size plants). Even during winter the stems and seed pods give interest and a group of these look like a sculptural installation in the garden.
Plants being plants we can’t guarantee that they will flower in their first season – not always a bad thing. We have found that bulbs that flower in their second season produce the tallest stems and more numerous flowers after having a whole year to establish. The bad news is that after flowering the bulb dies – the good news is that they produce offsets that take a couple of years to reach flowering size. Planting bulbs every year for 3 years ensures flowers ever more. These are extremely hardy plants and provided they are planted in soil that isn’t waterlogged they will survive extremely low temperatures.

Bulbs can be ordered from the website now for £8.50 each or 3 for £22. Potted, rooted bulbs will be available in 3 litre pots later in spring.

The next arrivals should be the container of New Zealand Tree Ferns including Cyathea medullaris, Cyathea dealbata, Dicksonia squarrosa and Dicksonia fibrosa, closely followed by a container of palms from Spain. More news on this later.