Finally our new crops arrived today! Acconitum, Erigeron, Eryngium, Kniphofia & 8 new colourful varieties of Phlox. It doesn’t look like much when you look at the boxes but each one contains loads of beautiful little plants which my dad…
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The best place to buy British Flowers
The Best place to buy British Flowers. If you’re looking for locally grown British Flowers then look no further than here in sunny Cornwall. There has not been such a high interest in locally grown flowers for more than 20…
The Best place to buy British Flowers. If you’re looking for locally grown British Flowers then look no further than here in sunny Cornwall. There has not been such a high interest in locally grown flowers for more than 20…
Ranunculus are coming!!
They are coming!! We’ve had 5 days straight of beautiful sunshine here with temperatures topping 20 degrees in the greenhouses. Its still chilly in the wind and we had a frost here this morning but the Ranunculus are protected from…
They are coming!! We’ve had 5 days straight of beautiful sunshine here with temperatures topping 20 degrees in the greenhouses. Its still chilly in the wind and we had a frost here this morning but the Ranunculus are protected from…
The fall & rise of the British flower industry?
The Fall and Rise of the British flower industry? There is a generation of florists in the Uk who have grown up believing that the flower world begins and ends in Holland. But this hasn’t always been the case. My…
The Fall and Rise of the British flower industry? There is a generation of florists in the Uk who have grown up believing that the flower world begins and ends in Holland. But this hasn’t always been the case. My…
Steam sterilizing the greenhouses
This week we’ve been getting on with the Steam Sterilization programme. Before we can get this seasons new crops into the ground we have to clean the soil to make sure that it is free from weeds and disease. We…
This week we’ve been getting on with the Steam Sterilization programme. Before we can get this seasons new crops into the ground we have to clean the soil to make sure that it is free from weeds and disease. We…
Cheap Valentines Roses.
The last year or two several of my friends have asked me why we don’t sell Valentines roses as cheap as the supermarkets. I guess to anyone not in the flower industry a rose is a rose but there is…
The last year or two several of my friends have asked me why we don’t sell Valentines roses as cheap as the supermarkets. I guess to anyone not in the flower industry a rose is a rose but there is…
Our English Delphiniums are really starting to shoot.
It feels almost tropical here in Sunny Cornwall today, 11 degrees outside but warmer inside the greenhouses. The sudden change from the gloomy cloud, rain, cold and snow to sunny spells has already had an effect. The Delphinium house is springing into life…
It feels almost tropical here in Sunny Cornwall today, 11 degrees outside but warmer inside the greenhouses. The sudden change from the gloomy cloud, rain, cold and snow to sunny spells has already had an effect. The Delphinium house is springing into life…
English Statice planted today.
Today Darrin & Vauhgan have been busy getting our Statice plants into the ground. Every plant has to be carefully planted the right distance apart to allow the roots to fill out and a healthy plant to grow. We’re very…
Today Darrin & Vauhgan have been busy getting our Statice plants into the ground. Every plant has to be carefully planted the right distance apart to allow the roots to fill out and a healthy plant to grow. We’re very…
Stocks & Antirrhinum planting underway.
Despite all of the bitter cold weather and the snow planting of our Spring and Summer flowers is well underway. By the end of today this greenhouse will be full of young Stock and Antirrhinum plants after the first bay was…
Despite all of the bitter cold weather and the snow planting of our Spring and Summer flowers is well underway. By the end of today this greenhouse will be full of young Stock and Antirrhinum plants after the first bay was…
South West Cutflower Growers meeting.
This week we attended the first South West Cutflower Growers meeting held at the rather beautiful ‘Corn Barn’ in Cullompton, mid Devon. The idea behind the meeting was to connect growers from across the South West in a bid rejuvenate…
This week we attended the first South West Cutflower Growers meeting held at the rather beautiful ‘Corn Barn’ in Cullompton, mid Devon. The idea behind the meeting was to connect growers from across the South West in a bid rejuvenate…
