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Post by Louise on Jan 28, 2011 6:08:54 GMT
These are nurseries that i buy from online, the service from all of them is extremely good. I use small, sometimes specialist nurseries for a lot of my perennials and alpines and i thought i’d list my favourites. It’s always interesting to see what they have instock and their packaging and delivery is good too. 1. Worlds End nursery in Worcester 2. Special Perrenials in Cheshire 3. Chailey Irises in Sussex 4. Viv Marsh Alstromerias in Shropshire 5. Westcountry Nurseries in Devon 6. Pottertons (alpines) in Lincoln 7. Larch Cottage 8. Beth Chatto nursery in Essex I’ve had bad experiences with Long Acre in Somerset. Also GardeningExpress.co.uk (them i wouldn't touch with a barge-pole)  |
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Post by Lou78W on Jan 28, 2011 8:36:41 GMT
A useful list to check out Louise, Thanks  ...I've used Pottertons and they are good |
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Post by Geranium on Jan 28, 2011 17:17:30 GMT
I've used some on Louise's list, and I'll add
Beeches Nursery in Essex
Cotswold Garden Flowers in Worcestershire
Both very knowledgeable and helpful.
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Post by piskie on Jan 28, 2011 21:06:31 GMT
Excellent post - lovely to have recommendations ;D
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Post by Lou78W on Jan 28, 2011 21:13:16 GMT
I agree Piskie....except......its encouraging me to spend brass I don't have  |
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Post by Geranium on Jan 28, 2011 21:14:20 GMT
Seaburn had Bob Brown from Cgf at her hardy plant society meeting as a speaker - she was very impressed!  It's worth getting their catalogue - it hasn't got photos, but I drool over it! ;D |
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Post by daisy on Feb 10, 2011 15:18:18 GMT
Hiya Louise, I buy from Worlds End garden nursery too, the size of the plants are excellent, 2ltr and 3lt pots, at a reasonable price, really good friendly service and knowledgeable too I tried a couple of others on your list, one of them sent me three mislabeled plants  |
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Post by peony on Feb 11, 2011 14:07:16 GMT
We had an interesting speaker at our Garden Club last night, a chap called Tim Fuller who owns The Plantsman's Preference Nursery in South Lopham, Nr Diss (www.plantpref.co.uk). They keep over 600 varieties of perennial geraniums, and have at least 250 varieties for sale each year, as well as other perennials and shrubs. He brought plants for sale, all of which looked in very good condition (I bought Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing' a purple leafed cow parsley for £3 and Corydalis 'Berry Exciting', golden foliage and fragrant purple flowers for £4.50). He also keeps a good selection of grasses and sedges. His website is well worth a look ;D
Cherry, as this is fairly near you, have you ever visited the nursery?
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Post by Lou78W on Feb 11, 2011 15:14:48 GMT
Must have a look  ..that corydalis sounds interesting...... |
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Post by seaburn on Feb 11, 2011 19:35:07 GMT
Seaburn had Bob Brown from Cgf at her hardy plant society meeting as a speaker - she was very impressed! It's worth getting their catalogue - it hasn't got photos, but I drool over it! ;D if you use his on-line catalogue some do have photos attached. he gives them a score out of ten for performance in his garden. Bob is a real hands on gardener and a wonderful speaker. |
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Post by seaburn on Feb 11, 2011 19:36:58 GMT
I also had mixed experience with Garden express but after a polite couple of phone calls they resolved it for me.
Parkers on the whole have been 90% brill and again after a phone call replaced the damaged plants with some free bulbs included.
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Post by Cherry on Feb 11, 2011 21:09:05 GMT
We had an interesting speaker at our Garden Club last night, a chap called Tim Fuller who owns The Plantsman's Preference Nursery in South Lopham, Nr Diss (www.plantpref.co.uk). They keep over 600 varieties of perennial geraniums, and have at least 250 varieties for sale each year, as well as other perennials and shrubs. He brought plants for sale, all of which looked in very good condition (I bought Anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing' a purple leafed cow parsley for £3 and Corydalis 'Berry Exciting', golden foliage and fragrant purple flowers for £4.50). He also keeps a good selection of grasses and sedges. His website is well worth a look ;D Cherry, as this is fairly near you, have you ever visited the nursery? I don't know them Peony, but I am going to Didlington Nursery shortly. The plants here are very cheap and there are some cracking good ones too. I have only learned of this nursery recently and it is very close to here. |
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Post by Louise on Feb 12, 2011 6:22:15 GMT
Hiya Louise, I buy from Worlds End garden nursery too, the size of the plants are excellent, 2ltr and 3lt pots, at a reasonable price, really good friendly service and knowledgeable too I tried a couple of others on your list, one of them sent me three mislabeled plants That's very bad, i hope you rang and spoke with them about it  Which ones were they, out of interest ? I think it must have been one of those very rare blips because i've always been very pleased with all of them - and i'm highly critical of things  |
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Post by Cherry on Feb 12, 2011 8:55:02 GMT
By all means, name and shame the ones which sent you the mislabelled plants Daisy.
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Post by daisy on Feb 12, 2011 12:40:19 GMT
Sorry, that should be two plants and not three, dont want to make it look worse! One was a Dierama, I only noticed when it flowered! The other a fern. It was Beeches, but I have to say in their defence that, I was offered a refund straight away! Also the plants were in excellent condition, they were a good size too. So it's more label thing than the actual plants!
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...I've used Pottertons and they are good 
..that corydalis sounds interesting...... 
