@Nollie. You’ll have to sow more seeds, or can you not buy seeds either very easily?
No, I would have to buy them from the UK, Lyn! Same problem with dearth of choice. I’m going to be devastated if I can’t buy my veg seeds from the OGC in the UK in future, here its a ‘plum tomato, ‘cherry tomato’ kinda place. Seed potatoes, you want white or red?!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Nollie - have a look at Kokopelli for veggie seeds. EU based so no probs and they are a heritage seed saving organisation.
If you want plants - shrubs, roses, perennials - try Promesse des Fleurs and Busy Lizzie has a good site for ordering plug plants for border and pot fillers.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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I do (because of said local dearth) buy most perennial plants and the occasional shrub from France, @Obelixx, I’ve tried a few different suppliers and like Le Clos d’Armoise, but Promesse des Fleurs is good too, in fact I am due a delivery from them today. TBH, for perennials, I prefer the convenience of someone else growing my plants and receiving them in 9cm pots ready to pot on or plant straight out
I have looked up Kokopelli vegetable seeds, many thanks for that, they have some really interesting varieties, I have had seeds from Italy too, but the Orangic Garden Catalogue has all my favorites and its more than that, its a sort of sentimental gardening link to the UK for me which is why I will be sad if in future I can no longer order from them. A minor issue in the grand scheme of things I appreciate!
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
Maybe your suppliers will see an opening to upgrading their stock.
I can’t see it Lyn, its not the GCs really, its a cultural reluctance to try new things - its shrubs, bedding, hybrid tea roses, more bedding, acres of bedding... If its perennial, it must be something familiar, in a two litre pot, sold in full flower in July/August. Same with seeds, which is really just the ‘grow your own bedding’ section. I’m just the weird foreigner that wants weird things, like drought tolerant perennial plants.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
It is the same in France, plants must be familiar. My neighbour always asks what a certain plant is and shakes her head when I tell her the name! All summer plants are sold in full flower. Seeds are always the same year in year out.
It is the same in France, plants must be familiar. My neighbour always asks what a certain plant is and shakes her head when I tell her the name! All summer plants are sold in full flower. Seeds are always the same year in year out.
At least you have good online suppliers with fab choice, floralies - I wonder who buys them all? Apart from us ex-pats that is. I think it was you I have to thank for the intro to Promesse des Fleurs, so thanks
The uncertainty must be crippling for businesses, large and small, HH.
Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
I think the french are far more "into" gardening up in the north Nollie than they are down here, maybe be because it is very rural and agriculture has been the main thought. Also maybe the large range of temperature here that they are not prepared to experiment.
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If you want plants - shrubs, roses, perennials - try Promesse des Fleurs and Busy Lizzie has a good site for ordering plug plants for border and pot fillers.
I have looked up Kokopelli vegetable seeds, many thanks for that, they have some really interesting varieties, I have had seeds from Italy too, but the Orangic Garden Catalogue has all my favorites and its more than that, its a sort of sentimental gardening link to the UK for me which is why I will be sad if in future I can no longer order from them. A minor issue in the grand scheme of things I appreciate!
"You don't stop gardening because you get old, you get old because you stop gardening." - The Hampshire Hog
The uncertainty must be crippling for businesses, large and small, HH.
@Hampshire_Hog I think you are right, the ‘Warning Brexit! Deliveries Suspended’ bit now seems to have disappeared from Brittany Perrenials website...