The Plant Nursery

Below are all the plants that I hope to have available for sale over the coming seasons. The list is up-dated every week so please bookmark the site and come back often. If you don't see something you like please contact me as I may be able to help source the required plant.

GENUS	SPECIES	CULTIVAR	COMMON NAME	TYPE	HEIGHT	DESCRIPTION	AVAILABLE & PRICE	PIC
PAK CHOI		IVORY F1		VEG		Attractive enough for the flower garden, its tasty white stems contrast well with the fleshy, dark green foliage. A very productive variety.
PAPAVER	SOMNIFERUM		BLUE BREAD SEED POPPY	HA	3 FT	This is a must for any cook or gardener. This is a beautiful poppy for the border with purple-blue blooms in summer and large seed heads filled with those seeds that cooks use in breads and baking. A fabulous plant.	0.40
PARSLEY		PLAIN LEAVED	FRENCH PARSLEY	HERB		Large flat leaves with an excellent flavour. A perennial variety.	0.75
PEA		HURST GREENSHAFT		VEG		An ideal second early / maincrop variety. Gives large yields and has good disease resistance.
PEA		SUGAR ANN		VEG		An ideal choice for those who enjoy eating their peas raw. This very early and heavy cropping snap pea has succulent, fleshy, pale green pods with great flavour. Pick young as mangetout or leave to mature till the pods swell.
PEA		SUGAR SNAP		VEG		A versatile variety which may be picked young and eaten as mangetout, left to mature to give normal peas or even cooked in the style of green beans
PEPPER		BULLHORN MIXED		VEG		Beautifully long shiny red and yellow pointed peppers which average 25cm in length and very few seeds inside. These have an extremely sweet flavour which is perfect for eating raw or cooked.	0.75
PRIMULA	DENTICULATA		DRUMSTICK PRIMULA	HP	12-18"	The drumstick primula flowers from spring through to summer. This is a pale lilac / blue variety but I don't know the exact type. It is a beautiful easy plant to grow in a damp spot in semi shade or full sun.	1.00
PRUNELLA	VULGARIS		SELF HEAL, HEAL ALL	HP	6-18"	This is an unusual ground cover plant forming a mat of numerous leafy runners and producing in summer erect stems bearing heads of purple-violet flowers. This species has numerous medical uses but don't leave your GP just yet! This plant can be quite invasive so be careful where you plant it.
ROCKET				VEG		Great peppery leaves which add so much flavour to any salad. Leaves can also be wilted like spinach.
SALAD LEAVES		MESCLUN MIXED		VEG		A blend of 'cut and come again' leaves for a spicy alternative to everyday salad. Includes rocket, red russian kale, mustard, mizuna and chervil. Add to traditional lettuce or serve on their own	0.75 for several plants
SALAD LEAVES		ORIENTAL MIXED		VEG		An interesting mix of spicy salad leaves. Ideal for adding to mixed green salad or stir frys.
SALAD LEAVES		ORIENTAL MUSTARDS		VEG		Adds taste and texture to your mixed salads and stir frys.
SALVIA	OFFICINALIS		SAGE	HERB	18"	This is an indispensible herb for the kitchen gardener. It makes a splendid border plant with aromatic leaves and mauve-blue flowers in the summer. Use for flavouring meat and stuffings and is also useful for detering cabbage butterflies when planted nearby.	1.00
SAXIFRAGE	URBIUM		LONDON PRIDE	HP	8 - 12"	A popular garden flower that is generally used in the rockery but is able to thrive just about anywhere in the garden. The pink star-shaped flowers are tiny and grow on long stalks. The leaves are dark green and evergreen. A good ground cover plant that is not invasive.
SEDUM	SPECTABILE		ICE PLANT	HP	18"	I'm not sure of the variety, but this is a spectabile. Forms blue-green rosettes of succulent foliage all through summer. Flat heads of tight green buds develop in late summer and open out into large plates of pink flowers into autumn. Loved by bees.
SEDUM	TELEPHIUM		ICE PLANT	HP	8 - 12"	I'm not sure what variety this is as I've had it for years. The original came as a freebie from a hedgerow during a walk in the country. It's not one of the cultivated forms with dinner plate sized flat head; but is beautiful all the same. It flowers in Autumn with lovely pink flowers and is loved by bees.
SQUASH		SWEET DUMPLING		VEG		A very attractive striped, blocky, little squash produced in abundance on compact vines. Great for cooking whole or stuffed. They can also be harvested in summer.
SQUASH		UCHIKI KURI		VEG		An onion shaped squash with orange red skin and golden coloured flesh with a good flavour. A good keeping variety. Each plant forms 3 - 5 squash. Very early to mature and well suited to growing in the UK.
STRAWBERRY				FRUIT		I don't know the varieties of these plants as I have several varieties in my garden and these are the resulting offspring. They are all extremely tasty varieties though and all grow happily together.	0.75
SWEETCORN		SNOBABY F1		VEG		A mini baby corn with good yields of 5 - 7 cobs per plant. The sweet cos will mature at approx 10cm. Toss whole into stir-fry dishes for wonderful taste and texture.