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mikesanders:
One of the pleasures of gardening is the growing of plants from seed.  However, time is not always on our side, so I am looking for the "in-between" of buying small plants for growing on - I suppose they go under the name of plug plants.

Most of the big mail order companies offer plug plants of various types, but I would rather do business with specialist nurseries who  offer this type of product.

Does any FG/IG member have a favourite nursery (preferably mail order) which specialisies in the smaller plants of a few species, who know their plants and can provide good information on species information, cultivation, and "things to look out for".

I have recently had a very good response from Sharon Shaul at Turncroft Hall in Darwen, Lancashire who has been most helpful in advising on the selction of Hebes for use as a small ornamental hedge.  The plants arrived healthy, needing a little bit of growing on, but were a very cost-effective way of adding several new varieties to my plant stock.

Any other such specialist nurseries??

Mike Sanders

no ideas man:
Hi Mike
           A nursery I have used in the past is Hayloft Plants it is not a specialist nursery but there is a good selection of plants (plugs) reasonably priced and well packaged, there web site is www.hayloftplants.co.uk hope this info may be some use.

Happy gardening

Harry

ideasguy:
Ive had a look at the Hayloft website Harry. Its very good.
Theres a section for Magazine offers, so it looks like they are the Nursery behind many of the offers we see in our UK gardening magazines.
I see they have a nice range of Penstemons! Is that where you got yours?

Another nice plant I bumped into last year was Heliotrope. I see they do one called 'Princess Marina' £9 for 3.

I browsed through their "long flowering" section and saw a lovely little plant called Saponaria officinalis Rosea Plena, 24ins, scented.

I'm building up a range of Nurseries on my web site links page:
http://www.ideasforgardens.com/links-categories/Nurseries/nurseries.html

Click on the Van Meuwen link, Mike. They do tiny plug plants. I hope to buy some myself from them.

no ideas man:
Hi george
              I have bought various collections from hayloft mainly penstemons and have been pleased with the resulting plants

happy gardening

harry

ideasguy:
The collections are a great idea. In some cases, you get a good plant that you would not otherwise have chosen.

I hope to get to choosing plants soon. I always enjoy that.
What are your favourite Penstemons? I might buy some more.

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