Summer has arrived!

I feel a bit embarrassed that I have had nothing to say to you all since December! I could find nothing to inspire me about the Winter or the Spring. Isn't that terrible! We were busy trying to keep everything alive for months - and we succeeded (mostly). We have had a good bedding plant season and have been kept busy with Hanging Basket orders. We have been heartened by the number of lovely comments we have received from customers both old and new about how well the plants look and how much they enjoy coming to the Nursery. I must say that it is great to hear such nice comments. We love our plants and it is great when we discover that you love them too! The picture is of one of the many Hanging Baskets we have made this year. Sue, our chief Hanging Basket maker does a really fantastic job as any of you who have had a Basket made by us will testify. We are justifiably proud of the service we offer and Sue always manages to produce beautiful Baskets whatever the colour scheme requested! Jim is getting a bit tired of getting up at 5 a.m. to water everything so is glad that almost all of the baskets have now gone to their new homes. We discovered that there is an enormous difference in the quality of the plants when they are watered very early in the morning compared to those that got watered in the afternoon - so now he gets up really early and waters everything - I think he enjoys the peace and quiet and communing with the plants uninterrupted!!

We have some lovely roses at the moment - they are all just coming into flower. The picture is the David Austin Rose 'Port Sunlight' - beautiful isn't it? If you're passing why not pop in and come and sniff them all - they are fantastic!!