I haven't got into the whole blog thing recently as I have been slightly preoccupied, namely redoing the gardens/stock beds . In the last few weeks me and hubby ripped up all the turf (and there was a lot of it), skipped it and got 4 tonnes of topsoil in.
I'm now moving said 4 tonnes to where I want it. It took a good 4 hours witha turf cutter to get most of the grass up.
Now i'm doing what should be the fun bit, standing planning where things should go and popping then in place...but no. The builders want shooting, I think there are more buried bricks than weer used for the building. Every time you dig you hit something and the ground is really compact anyway. Anyway, plants are going in..then coming out again when I decide they aren't quite in the right place.
Plants...ok the best bit. So far i've put in:
Impatiens arguta (from nepal), Acanthus Hollards Gold, Angelica corinne Tremaine (scrummy and rarehttp://www.exoticunusual.co.uk/acatalog/Angelica__Corinne_Tremaine_.html) and Angelica Ebony (even scrummier, very sexy big black divided leaves on this hardy perennial and fluffy pink flowers http://www.exoticunusual.co.uk/acatalog/Angelica__Ebony___Black_foliage_Architectural_.html) Cerinthe major, Decaisnea fargesii (Dead mans fingers!) has electric blue seed pods that do resemble an old knarled hand. An attractive plant too, nice green foliage that always looks fresh can reach around 5 feet or so. I will be selling some soon, let me know if you want notifying.
Friday, 13 June 2008
Sunday, 8 June 2008
June 08 Exotic Unusual Website live!!!
June 08.
The Nursery has been manic recently, plants are everywhere and we finally launched the Exotic Unusual website http://www.exoticunusual.co.uk/index.htmla few weeks ago, orders of our Exotic , Rare and Unusual Mail order plants are starting to flow.
In flower right now the diminutive hardy gem viola "Bowles Black", very low growing and bears dark purple/black flowers. Very pretty en masse.http://www.exoticunusual.co.uk/acatalog/Viola__Bowles_Black_.html
The Cerinthe major (honeywort)http://www.exoticunusual.co.uk/acatalog/Cerinthe_major__Purpurescens_.html is a favourite, when the first flower opened I wondered what all teh fuss is about, now they are in full swing I get it, they are gorgeous deep purple blue flowers and bracts nod gracefully and the bees love them. Very easy to grow just dont like drying out.
Chilli/ chile plants are in full growth and the first flowers are appearing, in a couple of weeks masses of unusual chillies should be growing, cant wait to try them all!http://www.exoticunusual.co.uk/acatalog/Chillies.html
We have chilli (capsicum) "Lemon Drop", hot and strongly lemon tasting chilli with yellow chillies, a real unusual one. Capsicum Hungarian Black/ black hungarian, proving very popular with blackish chillies. We are also selling capsicum "Sweet Chocolate" a chocolate coloured pepper so a real unusual pepper and easy to grow, and lets face it peppers aren't cheap even for the normal boring red and green ones at about 50p each so why not get all the fun of growing your own, plus they look cool!
We have some capsicum "Joes Long cayenne", these produce unusual chillies up to about 14" long and bright red, really popular and heavy cropping chilli plants to buy. Capsicum "Purple Tiger" are also coming up for sale, the foliage is multicoloured and great chilli fruits a real ornamental chilli plant even if it wasnt in flower. Click here for more info or to buy our cheap chilli plants, they are only around £3.50 each or we offer collection with different plants giving even greater savings. http://www.exoticunusual.co.uk/acatalog/Chillies.html
Our most popular plants include the very rare Geranium madarense "alba" http://www.exoticunusual.co.uk/acatalog/Geranium_maderense__Alba___White_tropical__.html we also offer the normal tropical hot pink geranium maderense and the tropical looking but hardy geranium palmatum which has reddish stems too, snap them up fast.
We have lots of unusual and exotic plants ready for sale now all sorts of weird and wonderful stuff that you haven't heard of or seen before prices start at about £1 a plant, most plants are below £6 each.
We have masses of the annual white double flowered poppy papaver "swansdown" , these are good sized plug plants and are coming into flower, they just need new homes and planting out so they can really show off http://www.exoticunusual.co.uk/acatalog/Papaver__Swansdown_.html. We do 3 plant for £3 or 10 plants for £5.25 etc so grab them while you can. They look beautiful with pure white poppy flowers and glaucous foliage.
The Nursery has been manic recently, plants are everywhere and we finally launched the Exotic Unusual website http://www.exoticunusual.co.uk/index.htmla few weeks ago, orders of our Exotic , Rare and Unusual Mail order plants are starting to flow.
In flower right now the diminutive hardy gem viola "Bowles Black", very low growing and bears dark purple/black flowers. Very pretty en masse.http://www.exoticunusual.co.uk/acatalog/Viola__Bowles_Black_.html
The Cerinthe major (honeywort)http://www.exoticunusual.co.uk/acatalog/Cerinthe_major__Purpurescens_.html is a favourite, when the first flower opened I wondered what all teh fuss is about, now they are in full swing I get it, they are gorgeous deep purple blue flowers and bracts nod gracefully and the bees love them. Very easy to grow just dont like drying out.
Chilli/ chile plants are in full growth and the first flowers are appearing, in a couple of weeks masses of unusual chillies should be growing, cant wait to try them all!http://www.exoticunusual.co.uk/acatalog/Chillies.html
We have chilli (capsicum) "Lemon Drop", hot and strongly lemon tasting chilli with yellow chillies, a real unusual one. Capsicum Hungarian Black/ black hungarian, proving very popular with blackish chillies. We are also selling capsicum "Sweet Chocolate" a chocolate coloured pepper so a real unusual pepper and easy to grow, and lets face it peppers aren't cheap even for the normal boring red and green ones at about 50p each so why not get all the fun of growing your own, plus they look cool!
We have some capsicum "Joes Long cayenne", these produce unusual chillies up to about 14" long and bright red, really popular and heavy cropping chilli plants to buy. Capsicum "Purple Tiger" are also coming up for sale, the foliage is multicoloured and great chilli fruits a real ornamental chilli plant even if it wasnt in flower. Click here for more info or to buy our cheap chilli plants, they are only around £3.50 each or we offer collection with different plants giving even greater savings. http://www.exoticunusual.co.uk/acatalog/Chillies.html
Our most popular plants include the very rare Geranium madarense "alba" http://www.exoticunusual.co.uk/acatalog/Geranium_maderense__Alba___White_tropical__.html we also offer the normal tropical hot pink geranium maderense and the tropical looking but hardy geranium palmatum which has reddish stems too, snap them up fast.
We have lots of unusual and exotic plants ready for sale now all sorts of weird and wonderful stuff that you haven't heard of or seen before prices start at about £1 a plant, most plants are below £6 each.
We have masses of the annual white double flowered poppy papaver "swansdown" , these are good sized plug plants and are coming into flower, they just need new homes and planting out so they can really show off http://www.exoticunusual.co.uk/acatalog/Papaver__Swansdown_.html. We do 3 plant for £3 or 10 plants for £5.25 etc so grab them while you can. They look beautiful with pure white poppy flowers and glaucous foliage.
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