It’s the first of March and the
nursery is engulfed in a thick mist – no view to the estuary and no breeze to
shift it. The important thing is that its mild and the plants are getting that
perky spring look.
We have started supplying
wholesale orders to local garden centres. Where their customers are venturing
out of the tearooms and looking at plants. This phenomenon happens suddenly
every year at the same time! There is probably a mathematical formulae for it!
Our http://www.seasideplants.co.uk/
customers seem a keener bunch and have been buying that special plant steadily
since the New Year. Brightening our duller days, of which last week there were
many.
Pulmonaria Blue Ensign is a
spring delight also the scented Violet Viola odorata gives pleasure this time
of year. The unusual Arisarium pro. Looks good the foliage, which dies down
when it gets hot, is excellent low ground cover for planting with small spring
bulbs and the flower is amusing. We still have a few Ribes laurifolium and
Ribes speciosium for spring colour.
This is the time of year when
many over wintered 9cm plants are potted into 2 or 3 litre pots, so there may
be some gaps in this range until the next batches of plugs are established into
9 cm pots.
