There are about 150 different types of perennials and bulbs in the nursery including:
There are a few seed varieties and plastic labels available for sale. Visitors can obtain a printed catalogue and are welcome to wander around and enjoy looking at the variety of lines on offer. Some photos are on display or online.
"Its been said that life is like a garden.
Every small work of kindness and every thoughtful gesture is like a tiny seed.
And when you plant these seeds, wonderful things can happen." - Tracey Donovan
30 cms. Pointed, bright lime-green leaves with dark red veins. Harvest young leaves for salads. Sun/light shade and moist soil
10 large bulbs - sent loose in damp peat. To 60 cms. (Summer Snowflake). Nodding bell-shaped, white, green-tipped flowers in spring. Suitable for naturalising, rock gardens, under shrubs and trees, woodland gardens and in flower beds. Autumn/early winter dormant.
Beautiful, long flowering ,clump forming ground cover. To 40cm high with rounded, scalloped green basal leaves up to 10cm across in rosettes and smaller stem leaves. Flat clusters of small white flowers winter to spring, followed by small green fruits which are shaped like upside-down hearts. Brightens up garden with the large bright white flowers.
Dwarf variety with pretty deeply coloured salmon pink flowers in spring. Sun and good drainage. Semi-dormant in winter.
(Himalayense). To 45 cms. Violet-blue, touched with reddish pink. White centres. Lovely veined flowers from early summer to early autumn. Clump forming, ground cover. Leaves colour well in autumn. Sun to light shade. Winter dormant.
Candelabra Primrose. Rare variety - seldom available. Burnt orange flower buds open to orange flowers held in tiers on short, 30 cm dark stems. Shorter tham most Candelabra varieties. Winter dormant.