What new plants have you got on your list for next year?

They should, once summer is here, pack a punch in the borders happy as larry!!

 

Just a few then Al n

 

Which nursery al?

 

It was sycamore park in great Sutton. Had some right bargains, esp the perennials that have gone over, and the grasses.

They did have some stuff that was expensive like trachycarpus, yukka's and phormiums and cordylines. If you want stuff like that, then the garden house on the Chester high road opposite mini monsters is vgfm!

 

I'll have to give them a try as often visit mini monsters with the little gardener!

 

That's how I found it, apparently he's been there for years, but I never knew! A really nice guy too.

 

I think I shall try to expand my fuchsia's and put a few conifer plants out the front of the property. This would make Mrs. L happy.

 

I want some Alpine plants at some point next year. Wont be making a rock garden lol, dont have the space for that. But i think I could probs get some containers in. Also some of these plants dont mind full shade so would be ideal. But still researching them, soo many interesting varieties about and some are amazing shapes and produce awesome flowers.

Quite like these Rosette ones (Orostachys Spinosa)

Alot of Sempervivum types look pretty cool too like this one (Sempervivum reinhard)

Just researching at the moment though to see whats available on the market and which plants like what so i know whats suitable for my garden

 

I'm considering ordering seeds for Notothlaspi rosulatum..............

 

Longk tell us the truth , are you inventing this plants? that is amazing ...

 

LOL
I think i'm mostly becoming attracted to alpine plants because theyre things we dont really see very often and also species like in Longk's pic are just something else lol. If i had one of those plants I'd probs just sit infront of it the whole day looking at it in adimiration

Just googled it Longk, do the seeds have to be ordered from oversea's?

 

Sal - if you take a hike up the Southern Alps when you're in NZ you may get lucky! It grows on the scree slopes.

 

I'll dig out a couple of pics from OBG tomorrow for you........

 

If you're after Alpines then you could try Pottertons Nursery which specialises in them. I've had half a dozen alphine Daphnes off them which are not easy to find

Ooo, now there's an idea for some more plants I could buy which wouldn't take up much space

 

As promised.........

This is Petrocosmea rosettifolia..................


...............and a few weeks later in bloom....................