There are plenty of real nurseries on the internet. There are plenty of us buy all our plants on line, it is the only way to get hold of a lot of more unusual plants. I don’t grow many Roses, but I know most of the experts on here buy all their Roses on line.
One very good on line nursery that has not been mentioned is Macplants.
Thanks for the replies everyone. The list isn't that extensive at the moment, but would include:
Salvia Lavender Verbena B Rosemary Wall flowers Heather/trailing plants Climbers (tbd exactly what) Rhododendron Saint Tudy - very specific here, and seems is not that widely available! - Saw this at Hyde Hall and it certainly ticked our boxes!
I'll take a look at the suggestions
My local Wilko and Morrison's have a wide range of clematis to choose from, around £3 each for decent sized 9cm plants. I noticed that they pretty much have them all year round in stock. The same with some other climbers and small shrubs (honeysuckle, camellia, etc)
Rosemary I just bought a pot from the supermarket veg section and it's been going strong in my outdoor planter.
Wall flowers I grew some from seeds (bought from Wilko again)
Interesting - how did the wall flowers from seed go? Easy?
Rosemary, yeah, we could do that, there's a couple of specific types I had in mind though, I think one was foxtail or something
Wallflowers from seed are extremely easy. If you sow them in trays this summer, they will be ready for planting this autumn and will flower next spring. They seem to have something like an 100% germination rate for me I also use Wilko seeds
Don't you need space though to grow them on for planting out in the Autumn @WAMS ? (What they call a "nursery bed "). I buy my wallflowers bare root from a local nursery as l just don't have the space to grow them from seed.
Bear in mind that when you buy clematis at this time of year from non gardening outlets - ie supermarkets, B&Q etc, they're basically cuttings/slips from the previous year and need growing on for a year until big enough to plant out. They can struggle if planted out too soon. Woottens is a great nursery @Dovefromabove - just got a couple of sibirica Irises from them that I was waiting to come back in stock. Had lots of plants from them in the last couple of years too.
Don't you need space though to grow them on for planting out in the Autumn @WAMS ? (What they call a "nursery bed "). I buy my wallflowers bare root from a local nursery as l just don't have the space to grow them from seed.
I leave them in their multi-cell seed trays all summer, AnniD, outside by the back door. They don't take up much space. Can't have a nursery bed in the garden as it all gets munched apart from cosmos, unfortunately
Buying bareroot sounds a good option. I forgot to sow honesty last summer and was hoping to be able to buy some little plants this winter, but couldn't.
The downside of buying online, even from good nurseries, is the P&P. I try to buy mostly from a local family run nursery/garden centre which has a good range mostly but when they don't have specifically what I want I will order online. Recent places for me in the past year or so have been Best4Hedges which is great for bare-rooted shrubs in winter, Wilko surprisingly, and CK Jones for roses. More than a year ago I have found Hawthornes for clematis to be excellent with a really expert proprietor who used to post a lot on this forum (@RichardHodson ) but the website is a little hard to navigate. Devon Pondplants is good for, guess what?...... pond plants.
Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
At the moment I'm mostly using Sarah Raven for plants and Chilterns for seeds. Sarah Raven does plug plants in smaller quantities and a lot of the time I have some variety of discount code. Always good to have a Google for discount codes, I found one for Sarah Raven earlier this year that was for 20% off AND free P &P. I managed to use it three times as well! Saved A LOT of money. I only started growing from seed last year and bought most of them from Chilterns. They have a really wide selection and a good germination rate.
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https://www.woottensplants.com/ for perennials … a real nursery. 👍
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
(What they call a "nursery bed ").
I buy my wallflowers bare root from a local nursery as l just don't have the space to grow them from seed.
Woottens is a great nursery @Dovefromabove - just got a couple of sibirica Irises from them that I was waiting to come back in stock. Had lots of plants from them in the last couple of years too.
Ballyrobert is another great outlet.
https://www.ballyrobertgardens.com/
Macplants was mentioned last year by @BenCotto [?] I think, and it seems excellent.
I love a good nursery - my 'local' one is 45 minutes drive away.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
https://www.hardysplants.co.uk/
Buying bareroot sounds a good option. I forgot to sow honesty last summer and was hoping to be able to buy some little plants this winter, but couldn't.