Getting ready for Mapperton House Plant Fair tomorrow and came across this Brother Stefan in the morning sun ..read more

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 ..read more

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. Group of our Minis and Small HostasHosta Fire IslandHostas being potted up ..read more

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 ..read more

An update on the Hosta June that we took out of the terrarium. Its looking rather nice at the moment ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

Well it is that time of year again, Valentines day, February 14th and it is time to start drenching Garlic into the pots to give you that head start for the year. Why do we do this? Well by starting the process now it affects the eggs of slugs and snails that are in the pots and any that come into contact with the solution will not develop. Also the small black slugs that are in the pot’s soil tend to die. So by doing the drench it gives you a month or so’s head start on the season and you only have to contend with the slug/snail population that is elsewhere in yours and your neighbours garden ..read more

Well it has been 2 days since June has been in the seed growing booth and as you can see it is growing fast and furious. Will try and acclimatize it outside again once the extremes of the weather have settled down. But on the positive side it is nice to see fresh Hostas leaves ..read more

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 taken out a June, and the Terrarium as seen now. We also have 2 spiders in the Terrarium at present which is keeping down the little midges which have hatched form the moss that was in the Terrarium, so a proper little eco system ..read more