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  • BenCottoBenCotto Posts: 4,718
    edited August 2021
    Oddly, I do want to know. I’m racking my brain trying to think of saucy words similar to ‘again’.

    For a recommended nursery take a look at Farmyard Nurseries in Carmarthen. Carrying a smaller range, so little use to @Jack1974 but maybe beneficial to others, is the brilliant Tortworth Plants in Gloucestershire.
    Rutland, England
  •  Not plant,but I bought sail blinds for a conservatory roof from Primrose,they took 5 months,I would never use them again (you DONT want to know what phone typed instead of again!!!)
    I have used Primrose twice in the past 5 years and never had a problem with them.
    Admittedly not for plants but for timber compost boxes ( which have also made excellent raised beds ) and a timber potting bench.
    Even my order just a couple of months ago was delivered on time.
  • BenCotto said:
    Oddly, I do want to know. I’m racking my brain trying to think of saucy words similar to ‘again’.


    Same here - wracking my brains but can't think of anything remotely naughty :D  Perhaps @Na@"Nanny Beach" will enlighten us ? 
  • Jack1974Jack1974 Posts: 61
    Thank you all for the recommendations for Burncoose. 

    They had most of my list, I ordered the plants Friday morning, and they arrived Saturday morning!

    Beautifully and safely packed, and all the plants were in excellent condition and size.

    That is me now sorted for future online buying.
  • Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,872
    You could not fault that service! What is in those boxes?? A lot of work in store for you. Must google them myself.  :)
  • Jack1974Jack1974 Posts: 61
    Fran IOM said:
    You could not fault that service! What is in those boxes?? A lot of work in store for you. Must google them myself.  :)
    Yes, hence why I was keen to get them in quick as the gardener is helping this Wednesday! In the boxes is updated here:

    Blue Passion flower


    3x Stipa Tenuissima (Grass)


    3x Callimagrostis (Tall Grass) Karl Foester (NOT AVAILABLE)


    6x Scabious deep pink


    1x Cardoon Cynara Cardunculus


    3x Verbena Bonariensis


    3x Salvia Nemorosa


    2x Bronze Fennel


    6x Erigeron Karvinskianus ‘Profusion’


    Wild Carrot (NOT AVAILABLE)


    Cenolophium Denudatum  (NOT AVAILABLE)


    White Allium


    Ornithogalum


    Umbellatum  (NOT AVAILABLE)


    Sedum Hylotelephium


    3x Telephium Maximum (purple emperor)  (NOT AVAILABLE)

  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    The allium and ornithogalum are bulbs, and the time is just right to be looking at bulb catalogues and getting your order in. If you want large-ish quantities for impact, I've had good stuff from J. Parkers Wholesale - and they have 3 types of ornithogalum listed https://www.dutchbulbs.co.uk/c-sa/other-miscellaneous-bulbs/3/ (other suppliers are of course available).
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Good stuff @Jack1974 - that'll keep you out of bother for a while   ;)

    Burncoose is very reliable, so that's great you had a good result. Primrose [like Crocus] is just a retail outlet, which isn't quite the same thing either. A nursery will always be a better source, and most have good customer care too. 
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • Fran IOMFran IOM Posts: 2,872
    @Jack1974. I do hope we get to see them when they are all in place in your garden. Hope the weather allows you to do that as soon as possible. 
    Have googled Burncoose and am impressed. Slightly more expensive than most but worth the extra to get that service and quality.   :)
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    We visited Burncoose Nursery one year when we were in Cornwall ... we were very impressed ... a real plantsman/woman's nursery ... definitely nothing like a generic Garden Centre ... and all the staff we spoke to there seemed to really know their stuff.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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