Morning all,
Lots in flower so not much room for waffle this week. Such a relief to get away from that heat, just need a splash of rain now to get back to sanity. Cooled off just in time for the release of this month’s predators, We were getting a bit anxious that they would fry up in the heat earlier in the week but in the end conditions were perfect. Now just got to release those 1,000 million nematodes tonight and tomorrow night to complete this month’s release programme. Nice and cool so should be ok.
Took a couple of hours off yesterday to collect our Green Impact Bronze award from the mayor at lunchtime. Nice sandwiches, a cup of tea and general wellness all round. We also picked up special local awards for the environmental improvements achieved and a local environmental hero award which was a bonus. Then an extra special surprise when it was announced that someone who shall remain nameless won the Green Impact National Environmental Hero award for 2017 too. Locally sourced cream cakes all round I think.
Availability highlights
Fantastic looking Monarda. We don’t have a huge number, but the Balmy Pink and Barmy Purple have loads of bursting buds sat on strong, short, bushy plants. I can see the nice bright colour appearing and more will quickly follow. The exotic Eucomis are starting to show their pretty columns of pale yellow flowers. Masses of bud coming on the two deep pink flowered Lythrums.Buds and flowers are appearing on most of the very popular Sage Hot Lips. Don’t forget that this variety does produce pure red and pure white flowers on occasions but the ‘proper’ red and white lippy ones will prevail throughout most of the summer. The flower spikes of Liatris are looking great with the odd flash of purple beginning to show. The short Campanula varieties, carpatica White and Blue and posharskyana are all showing bud.
The first Crocosmia are showing bud. Lucifer is usually the first to get going and sure enough it’s there again. Rhodanthemum is deservedly proving very popular. Low growing silver foliage with pretty flowers all summer long. The gold leaved Tradescantia Blue and Gold is in bud and flower. A standout plant if ever I saw one. The ever popular Dianthus in bud or holding up their first flower or two. The scented compact range (Scent First (SF)) are really coming into their own. I have plenty of Passion but you probably don’t want to know that. If you do, it is a new one to us this year, a fabulous rich deep passionate red, very aptly named and beautifully scented too.
Fresh batches of Salvia nemerosa in a range of colours are now back on stream with plenty of bud showing. Most Echinacea are now in bud and selling well, Strong and bushy the hardy Fuchsia range is doing its thing. We have some lovely batches of increasingly popular Erigeron karvinskianus Stallone in bud with the odd flower opening. Fresh batches of the Digitalis Dalmation range are ready to roll. Now showing their flower shoots and a bit of colour. Exotic Oxalis are both in bud and colour now. The purple foliaged triangularis has delightful contrasting pale pink flowers, while the Iron Cross looks quite different with its greener dark spotted leaves and deep pink/red flowers. Summer has arrived, in case you hadn’t noticed, with bud rushing up in the Hemerocallis varieties. Nice fresh batches of Veronica are now bushy and in bud. There are fresh batches of Achillea Paprika and the Desert Eve series now in bud again. Loads of Leucanthemum in bud now. The Shasta daisy has always been a garden favourite. The Polemonium Bambino Blue looking very neat and showing some colour, but only a few left. Coreopsis Illico, a really compact form with masses of sunshine yellow blooms over a long period. Loads of bud already and the odd flash of colour. Sunray and Sunfire are in bud and back on the list too.
Buds are now appearing on a fantastic fresh batch of Phlox, monster bushy plants in the new Sweet Summer range of colours. Don’t hang about with these we don’t have huge numbers available this year. A couple of colours sold out already. A fantastic range of foliage sizes and colours in our Hosta range, all showing off well. To see the colours check out the hosta pages in our flip book catalogue. The compact Eryngium Blue Hobbit is just about to do its thing with flower shoots erupting from the centre of the leaf rosettes. The variegated Eryngium varifolium is showing signs of flowering too. A pretty spiky flower stem, quite dramatic.
Dinky Erodium varieties are back again, low growing and flowering for ages. Fresh young stock of Erysimum Red Jep are looking good (in bud). The Rudbeckia Goldsturm is looking great, very strong bushy plants with the first buds forming now, always a popular plant.
Have a good week from all at Kirton Farm Nurseries.
Monday 26 June 2017
Monday 19 June 2017
Hot and Hairy
Morning all,
Too hot for me. Brain sliding into mush as the temperature rises I’m hopeless in the heat. That’s why I chose to make a career out of growing crops in polytunnels, it’s so cosy. You have to pick the right jobs in this weather and this morning’s was good one, checking the irrigation nozzles for partial blockages that push them off centre creating dry spots. A very pleasantly damp job rather than a soaking wet one, although the walking distance adds up. 72 spray-lines each an average of 40m long to walk up and down often more than once. Too many flowers to mention this week so no time to dwell, too easy to get down if we don’t keep busy. Mega visitor this week, a Red Breasted Goose dropped in for the evening, probably thought the tunnels were water.
Availability highlights
Star of this week I suspect will be Monarda. We don’t have a huge number, but the Balmy Pink and Barmy Purple have loads of bursting buds sat on strong, short, bushy plants. I can see the odd flash of colour appearing and more will quickly follow. Buds are appearing on many of the very popular Sage Hot Lips. Don’t forget that this variety does produce pure red and pure white flowers on occasions but the ‘proper’ red and white lippy ones will prevail throughout most of the summer. The flower spikes of Liatris are looking great with the odd flash of purple beginning to show. The short Campanula varieties (carpatica White and Blue and posharskyana are all showing bud.
Rhodanthemum is deservedly proving very popular. Low growing silver foliage with pretty flowers all summer long. The gold leaved Tradescantia Blue and Gold is in bud and flower. A standout plant if ever I saw one. The ever popular Dianthus in bud or holding up their first flower or two. The scented compact range (Scent First (SF)) are really coming into their own. I have plenty of Passion but you probably don’t want to know that. If you do, it is a new one to us this year, a fabulous rich deep passionate red, very aptly named and beautifully scented too.
Fresh batches of Salvia nemerosa in a range of colours are now back on stream with plenty of bud showing. Most Echinacea are now in bud and selling really well, We still have good stocks of strong plants of this increasingly popular border plant. Strong and bushy the hardy Fuchsia range is doing its thing. We have some lovely batches of increasingly popular Erigeron karvinskianus Stallone in bud with the odd flower opening. Fresh batches of the Digitalis Dalmation range are ready to roll. Now showing their flower shoots. Exotic Oxalis are both in bud now. The purple foliaged triangularis has delightful contrasting pale pink flowers, while the Iron Cross looks quite different with its greener dark spotted leaves and deep pink/red flowers.
Summer has arrived, in case you hadn’t noticed, with bud rushing up in the Hemerocallis varieties. Nice fresh batches of Veronica are now bushy and in bud. There are fresh batches of Achillea Paprika and the Desert Eve series now in bud again. Loads of Leucanthemum in bud now. The Shasta daisy has always been a garden favourite. The three Nepeta (catmint) varieties we have in stock are all now in bud. The Polemoniums are coming into colour now, the compact upright Bambino Blue looking particularly neat, but only a few left.
Coreopsis Illico, a really compact form with masses of sunshine yellow blooms over a long period. Loads of bud already and the odd flash of colour. Sunray and Sunfire are back on the list too. We have a fantastic fresh batch of Phlox available with some monster bushy plants in the new Sweet Summer range of colours. Don’t hang about with these we don’t have huge numbers available this year. A couple of colours sold out already.
A fantastic range of foliage sizes and colours in our Hosta range, all showing off well. To see the colours check out the hosta pages in our flip book catalogue. Astilbe Fanal (red) are still looking good, flowers beginning to colour nicely. The compact Eryngium Blue Hobbit is just about to do its thing with flower shoots erupting from the centre of the leaf rosettes. The variegated Eryngium varifolium is showing signs of flowering too. A pretty spiky flower stem, quite dramatic. Dinky Erodium varieties are back again, low growing and flowering for ages. Fresh young stock of Erysimum Red Jep are looking good (in bud). The Rudbeckia Goldsturm is looking great, very strong bushy plants with the first buds forming now, always a popular plant. We have two Strawberry varieties which have coloured flowers now showing bud, Roman are pretty pink producing delicious fruit and Toscana is a strong red.
Have a good week from all at Kirton Farm Nurseries.
Too hot for me. Brain sliding into mush as the temperature rises I’m hopeless in the heat. That’s why I chose to make a career out of growing crops in polytunnels, it’s so cosy. You have to pick the right jobs in this weather and this morning’s was good one, checking the irrigation nozzles for partial blockages that push them off centre creating dry spots. A very pleasantly damp job rather than a soaking wet one, although the walking distance adds up. 72 spray-lines each an average of 40m long to walk up and down often more than once. Too many flowers to mention this week so no time to dwell, too easy to get down if we don’t keep busy. Mega visitor this week, a Red Breasted Goose dropped in for the evening, probably thought the tunnels were water.
Availability highlights
Star of this week I suspect will be Monarda. We don’t have a huge number, but the Balmy Pink and Barmy Purple have loads of bursting buds sat on strong, short, bushy plants. I can see the odd flash of colour appearing and more will quickly follow. Buds are appearing on many of the very popular Sage Hot Lips. Don’t forget that this variety does produce pure red and pure white flowers on occasions but the ‘proper’ red and white lippy ones will prevail throughout most of the summer. The flower spikes of Liatris are looking great with the odd flash of purple beginning to show. The short Campanula varieties (carpatica White and Blue and posharskyana are all showing bud.
Rhodanthemum is deservedly proving very popular. Low growing silver foliage with pretty flowers all summer long. The gold leaved Tradescantia Blue and Gold is in bud and flower. A standout plant if ever I saw one. The ever popular Dianthus in bud or holding up their first flower or two. The scented compact range (Scent First (SF)) are really coming into their own. I have plenty of Passion but you probably don’t want to know that. If you do, it is a new one to us this year, a fabulous rich deep passionate red, very aptly named and beautifully scented too.
Fresh batches of Salvia nemerosa in a range of colours are now back on stream with plenty of bud showing. Most Echinacea are now in bud and selling really well, We still have good stocks of strong plants of this increasingly popular border plant. Strong and bushy the hardy Fuchsia range is doing its thing. We have some lovely batches of increasingly popular Erigeron karvinskianus Stallone in bud with the odd flower opening. Fresh batches of the Digitalis Dalmation range are ready to roll. Now showing their flower shoots. Exotic Oxalis are both in bud now. The purple foliaged triangularis has delightful contrasting pale pink flowers, while the Iron Cross looks quite different with its greener dark spotted leaves and deep pink/red flowers.
Summer has arrived, in case you hadn’t noticed, with bud rushing up in the Hemerocallis varieties. Nice fresh batches of Veronica are now bushy and in bud. There are fresh batches of Achillea Paprika and the Desert Eve series now in bud again. Loads of Leucanthemum in bud now. The Shasta daisy has always been a garden favourite. The three Nepeta (catmint) varieties we have in stock are all now in bud. The Polemoniums are coming into colour now, the compact upright Bambino Blue looking particularly neat, but only a few left.
Coreopsis Illico, a really compact form with masses of sunshine yellow blooms over a long period. Loads of bud already and the odd flash of colour. Sunray and Sunfire are back on the list too. We have a fantastic fresh batch of Phlox available with some monster bushy plants in the new Sweet Summer range of colours. Don’t hang about with these we don’t have huge numbers available this year. A couple of colours sold out already.
A fantastic range of foliage sizes and colours in our Hosta range, all showing off well. To see the colours check out the hosta pages in our flip book catalogue. Astilbe Fanal (red) are still looking good, flowers beginning to colour nicely. The compact Eryngium Blue Hobbit is just about to do its thing with flower shoots erupting from the centre of the leaf rosettes. The variegated Eryngium varifolium is showing signs of flowering too. A pretty spiky flower stem, quite dramatic. Dinky Erodium varieties are back again, low growing and flowering for ages. Fresh young stock of Erysimum Red Jep are looking good (in bud). The Rudbeckia Goldsturm is looking great, very strong bushy plants with the first buds forming now, always a popular plant. We have two Strawberry varieties which have coloured flowers now showing bud, Roman are pretty pink producing delicious fruit and Toscana is a strong red.
Have a good week from all at Kirton Farm Nurseries.
Monday 12 June 2017
Hairy Hurry
Morning all,
Another hectic week behind us and looks like another ahead. May hay and all that.
Not enough hours in the day today so a very brief resume of the week. Busy, nicely damp, turbines went round a bit. Definite decision made that despite my loud protests the trousers have to go, apparently despite what I glimpsed on the Manchester fund raising gig last weekend, I have passed the age when a flash of underwear through rips in the fabric is considered fashionable. I must admit it was a bit draughty this week. Now I just need a moment to get to town.
A revival dance tonight with a band called The Ordinary Joes. Not seen them before but could be a tiring night. They would have to go some to beat the Ben Waters Big Band who we saw last night. Can you believe it, they stopped us dancing, health and safety gone mad, but it has saved a bit more energy for tonight. Leaving in ten, just time to send this and shower. Have a good one.
Availability highlights
Buds are appearing on many of the very popular Sage Hot Lips which is back on the list for the summer, while stocks last. Don’t forget that this variety does produce pure red and pure white flowers on occasions but the ‘proper’ red and white lippy ones will prevail throughout most of the summer.
The gold leaved Tradescantia Blue and Gold is in bud and flower. A standout plant if ever I saw one.
The ever popular Dianthus Doris showing their first buds. The scented compact range (Scent First (SF)) are also coming into their own. We have also extended the range this summer to broaden the colour palette.
Fresh batches of Salvia nemerosa in a range of colours are now back on stream with plenty of bud showing.
Most Echinacea are now in bud and selling really well, We still have good stocks of strong plants of this increasingly popular border plant. We have some nice batches of Erigeron karvinskianus Stallone in bud and ready to fly out.
Fresh batches of the Digitalis Dalmation range are ready to roll. Just showing their flower shoots extending up. Exotic Oxalis are both in bud now. The purple foliaged triangularis has delightful contrasting pale pink flowers, while the Iron Cross looks quite different with its greener dark spotted leaves and deep pink/red flowers. Summer has arrived, in case you hadn’t noticed, with bud rushing up in the Hemerocallis varieties. Loads of Leucanthemum in bud now. The Polemoniums are coming into colour now, the compact upright Bambino Blue looks particularly neat. Rhodanthemum is deservedly proving very popular. Low growing silver foliage with pretty flowers all summer long. Coreopsis Illico, a really compact form with masses of sunshine yellow blooms over a long period. Loads of bud already and the odd flash of colour. Sunray and Sunfire are back this week too.
We have a fresh batch of Phlox available with some monster bushy plants in the new Sweet Summer range of colours. Don’t hang about with these we don’t have huge numbers available this year. A fantastic range of foliage sizes and colours in our Hosta range, all showing off well. To see the colours check out the hosta pages in our flip book catalogue.
Astilbe Fanal (red) and Ellie (White) are still looking good, buds beginning to colour nicely. The compact Eryngium Blue Hobbit is just about to do its thing with flower shoots erupting from the centre of the leaf rosettes. The variegated Eryngium varifolium is showing signs of flowering too. A pretty spiky flower stem but quite dramatic. Dinky Erodium varieties are back again, low growing and flowering for ages.
A mass of fresh foliage and buds all appear in a rush on the Astilbes, just two varieties left including the deep red Fanal. Fresh young stock of Erysimum Red Jep are looking good (in bud). The Rudbeckia Goldsturm is looking great, very strong bushy plants, always a really popular plant.
We have two Strawberry varieties which have coloured flowers now showing bud, Roman are pretty pink preceding delicious fruit and Toscana is a strong red. There are just a few left of a fresh batch of the Foam Flower Tiarella wherryi, plenty of bud and flower.
Have a good week from all at Kirton Farm Nurseries.
Another hectic week behind us and looks like another ahead. May hay and all that.
Not enough hours in the day today so a very brief resume of the week. Busy, nicely damp, turbines went round a bit. Definite decision made that despite my loud protests the trousers have to go, apparently despite what I glimpsed on the Manchester fund raising gig last weekend, I have passed the age when a flash of underwear through rips in the fabric is considered fashionable. I must admit it was a bit draughty this week. Now I just need a moment to get to town.
A revival dance tonight with a band called The Ordinary Joes. Not seen them before but could be a tiring night. They would have to go some to beat the Ben Waters Big Band who we saw last night. Can you believe it, they stopped us dancing, health and safety gone mad, but it has saved a bit more energy for tonight. Leaving in ten, just time to send this and shower. Have a good one.
Availability highlights
Buds are appearing on many of the very popular Sage Hot Lips which is back on the list for the summer, while stocks last. Don’t forget that this variety does produce pure red and pure white flowers on occasions but the ‘proper’ red and white lippy ones will prevail throughout most of the summer.
The gold leaved Tradescantia Blue and Gold is in bud and flower. A standout plant if ever I saw one.
The ever popular Dianthus Doris showing their first buds. The scented compact range (Scent First (SF)) are also coming into their own. We have also extended the range this summer to broaden the colour palette.
Fresh batches of Salvia nemerosa in a range of colours are now back on stream with plenty of bud showing.
Most Echinacea are now in bud and selling really well, We still have good stocks of strong plants of this increasingly popular border plant. We have some nice batches of Erigeron karvinskianus Stallone in bud and ready to fly out.
Fresh batches of the Digitalis Dalmation range are ready to roll. Just showing their flower shoots extending up. Exotic Oxalis are both in bud now. The purple foliaged triangularis has delightful contrasting pale pink flowers, while the Iron Cross looks quite different with its greener dark spotted leaves and deep pink/red flowers. Summer has arrived, in case you hadn’t noticed, with bud rushing up in the Hemerocallis varieties. Loads of Leucanthemum in bud now. The Polemoniums are coming into colour now, the compact upright Bambino Blue looks particularly neat. Rhodanthemum is deservedly proving very popular. Low growing silver foliage with pretty flowers all summer long. Coreopsis Illico, a really compact form with masses of sunshine yellow blooms over a long period. Loads of bud already and the odd flash of colour. Sunray and Sunfire are back this week too.
We have a fresh batch of Phlox available with some monster bushy plants in the new Sweet Summer range of colours. Don’t hang about with these we don’t have huge numbers available this year. A fantastic range of foliage sizes and colours in our Hosta range, all showing off well. To see the colours check out the hosta pages in our flip book catalogue.
Astilbe Fanal (red) and Ellie (White) are still looking good, buds beginning to colour nicely. The compact Eryngium Blue Hobbit is just about to do its thing with flower shoots erupting from the centre of the leaf rosettes. The variegated Eryngium varifolium is showing signs of flowering too. A pretty spiky flower stem but quite dramatic. Dinky Erodium varieties are back again, low growing and flowering for ages.
A mass of fresh foliage and buds all appear in a rush on the Astilbes, just two varieties left including the deep red Fanal. Fresh young stock of Erysimum Red Jep are looking good (in bud). The Rudbeckia Goldsturm is looking great, very strong bushy plants, always a really popular plant.
We have two Strawberry varieties which have coloured flowers now showing bud, Roman are pretty pink preceding delicious fruit and Toscana is a strong red. There are just a few left of a fresh batch of the Foam Flower Tiarella wherryi, plenty of bud and flower.
Have a good week from all at Kirton Farm Nurseries.
Monday 5 June 2017
Hairy Head
Morning all,
Yet another perfect gardening weekend, although it looks like we might pay the price on Monday with a bit of a storm brewing. Meanwhile here, the sunglasses are on this morning and not just because it’s pretty bright out there. Last night we ran off with the Winchester Green Business of the Year award, we didn’t win it, but thought we should have and now we are having to lie low! I jest. We won it fair and square and partied until well past bed-time, consequently there are a couple of fuzzy heads out there on the potting team this morning and dark glasses definitely help, as well as keeping the autograph hunters at bay. Emergency haircut and shave on Thursday night to smarten me up a bit went slightly awry when I pointed out the bit that got missed by Caroline’s clippers. Clippers straight out of the box, bend forwards and swish, a rather bigger pile of hair on the floor than expected. Oops wrong setting. Had to do the rest to match, so now I’m just a small step away from a full Duncan Goodhew.
Sales are still bowling along here, keeping us on our toes. We are looking forward to a few more settled 5 day weeks for a while, hoping to catch up on all those jobs that keep getting put off because of the lack of time. I desperately need to get to the shops and replenish the trouser department. All my favourites are a tad worn and holed and Caroline has started grading them out from the wash basket. I’m now down to one pair of zip off’s that only defy gravity thanks to a sturdy belt making up for the lack of effort being made by the ‘hidden’ elasticated waist band which perished some time ago. Why don’t they ever make clothes as comfy as the old ones?
Availability highlights
Buds are appearing on many of the very popular Sage Hot Lips which is back on the list for the summer, while stocks last. Don’t forget that this variety does produce pure red and pure white flowers on occasions but the ‘proper’ red and white lippy ones will prevail throughout most of the summer.
Apparently Chelsea was full of Geums this year. Sadly we only have one in stock at the moment, but it does look good. Most Echinacea are now in bud and selling really well, We still have good stocks of strong plants of this increasingly popular border plant. Exotic Oxalis are both in bud now. The purple foliaged triangularis has delightful contrasting pale pink flowers, while the Iron Cross looks quite different with its greener dark spotted leaves and deep pink/red flowers. Summer has arrived, in case you hadn’t noticed, with bud rushing up in the Hemerocallis varieties.
Loads of Leucanthemum in bud now. Lacrosse looks great, the odd opening flower with loads more to follow on bushy plants. The Polemoniums are coming into colour now, the compact upright Bambino Blue looks particularly neat. Rhodanthemum is deservedly proving very popular. Low growing silver foliage with pretty flowers all summer long. Coreopsis Illico, a really compact form with masses of sunshine yellow blooms over a long period. Loads of bud already and the odd flash of colour. The gold leaved Tradescantia Blue and Gold is in bud and flower. A standout plant if ever I saw one.
We have a fresh batch of Phlox available with some monster bushy plants in the new Sweet Summer range of colours. Don’t hang about with these we don’t have huge numbers available this year. Classic Alchemilla mollis looking great at the moment, fresh green foliage with the first flower showing.
A fantastic range of foliage sizes and colours in our Hosta range, all showing off well. To see the colours check out the hosta pages in our flip book catalogue. The compact Eryngium Blue Hobbit is just about to do its thing with flower shoots erupting from the centre of the leaf rosettes. The variegated Eryngium varifolium is showing signs of flowering too. A pretty spiky flower stem but quite dramatic. Dinky Erodium varieties are back again, low growing and flowering for ages.
The ever popular Dianthus Doris showing their first buds. The scented compact range (Scent First (SF)) are also coming into their own. We have also extended the range this summer to broaden the colour palette.
A mass of fresh foliage and buds all appear in a rush on the Astilbes, just two varieties left including the deep red Fanal. Fresh young stock of Erysimum Red Jep are looking good (in bud). The Rudbeckia Goldsturm is looking great, very strong bushy plants, always a really popular plant. Also a fresh batch of the more usual Green Wizard is back on the list.
We have two Strawberry varieties which have coloured flowers now showing bud, Roman are pretty pink preceding delicious fruit and Toscana is a strong red. Vibrant are now carrying fruit, very tasty.
Have a good week from all at Kirton Farm Nurseries.
Yet another perfect gardening weekend, although it looks like we might pay the price on Monday with a bit of a storm brewing. Meanwhile here, the sunglasses are on this morning and not just because it’s pretty bright out there. Last night we ran off with the Winchester Green Business of the Year award, we didn’t win it, but thought we should have and now we are having to lie low! I jest. We won it fair and square and partied until well past bed-time, consequently there are a couple of fuzzy heads out there on the potting team this morning and dark glasses definitely help, as well as keeping the autograph hunters at bay. Emergency haircut and shave on Thursday night to smarten me up a bit went slightly awry when I pointed out the bit that got missed by Caroline’s clippers. Clippers straight out of the box, bend forwards and swish, a rather bigger pile of hair on the floor than expected. Oops wrong setting. Had to do the rest to match, so now I’m just a small step away from a full Duncan Goodhew.
Sales are still bowling along here, keeping us on our toes. We are looking forward to a few more settled 5 day weeks for a while, hoping to catch up on all those jobs that keep getting put off because of the lack of time. I desperately need to get to the shops and replenish the trouser department. All my favourites are a tad worn and holed and Caroline has started grading them out from the wash basket. I’m now down to one pair of zip off’s that only defy gravity thanks to a sturdy belt making up for the lack of effort being made by the ‘hidden’ elasticated waist band which perished some time ago. Why don’t they ever make clothes as comfy as the old ones?
Availability highlights
Buds are appearing on many of the very popular Sage Hot Lips which is back on the list for the summer, while stocks last. Don’t forget that this variety does produce pure red and pure white flowers on occasions but the ‘proper’ red and white lippy ones will prevail throughout most of the summer.
Apparently Chelsea was full of Geums this year. Sadly we only have one in stock at the moment, but it does look good. Most Echinacea are now in bud and selling really well, We still have good stocks of strong plants of this increasingly popular border plant. Exotic Oxalis are both in bud now. The purple foliaged triangularis has delightful contrasting pale pink flowers, while the Iron Cross looks quite different with its greener dark spotted leaves and deep pink/red flowers. Summer has arrived, in case you hadn’t noticed, with bud rushing up in the Hemerocallis varieties.
Loads of Leucanthemum in bud now. Lacrosse looks great, the odd opening flower with loads more to follow on bushy plants. The Polemoniums are coming into colour now, the compact upright Bambino Blue looks particularly neat. Rhodanthemum is deservedly proving very popular. Low growing silver foliage with pretty flowers all summer long. Coreopsis Illico, a really compact form with masses of sunshine yellow blooms over a long period. Loads of bud already and the odd flash of colour. The gold leaved Tradescantia Blue and Gold is in bud and flower. A standout plant if ever I saw one.
We have a fresh batch of Phlox available with some monster bushy plants in the new Sweet Summer range of colours. Don’t hang about with these we don’t have huge numbers available this year. Classic Alchemilla mollis looking great at the moment, fresh green foliage with the first flower showing.
A fantastic range of foliage sizes and colours in our Hosta range, all showing off well. To see the colours check out the hosta pages in our flip book catalogue. The compact Eryngium Blue Hobbit is just about to do its thing with flower shoots erupting from the centre of the leaf rosettes. The variegated Eryngium varifolium is showing signs of flowering too. A pretty spiky flower stem but quite dramatic. Dinky Erodium varieties are back again, low growing and flowering for ages.
The ever popular Dianthus Doris showing their first buds. The scented compact range (Scent First (SF)) are also coming into their own. We have also extended the range this summer to broaden the colour palette.
A mass of fresh foliage and buds all appear in a rush on the Astilbes, just two varieties left including the deep red Fanal. Fresh young stock of Erysimum Red Jep are looking good (in bud). The Rudbeckia Goldsturm is looking great, very strong bushy plants, always a really popular plant. Also a fresh batch of the more usual Green Wizard is back on the list.
We have two Strawberry varieties which have coloured flowers now showing bud, Roman are pretty pink preceding delicious fruit and Toscana is a strong red. Vibrant are now carrying fruit, very tasty.
Have a good week from all at Kirton Farm Nurseries.
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