A visit to my favourite nursery

Gorgeous Acers!! Your blog has made me itch to visit the GC but no point as I still haven't gotten around to planting the bulbs I picked up last week :)

wow! lovely blog ~ you got the tree i would like. have a look at anglesey abbey ~ they have them ~ gorgeous trees.

oh and that beautiful acer ~ perhaps i could afford a few leaves or a twig??

i do like that phrase
'it is much easier to be forgiven than to gain permission'
must remember that one!

That looks like a fantastic nursery Poppy. Oh, to have room for a tree.......Sigh.

Lovely Garden centre wish I could visit! - Cameillas a very good choice - I have them in a shadier part - A 6ft one sounds excellent - I keep watering it with waterbutt water. Sometimes we get a bit ripped off when we shop around - acers are great , I feel I need to mulch mine better , more acid

Happy buying :))))))))))))))))))))))))

Looks like a really nice GC.

lovely acers poppy, and lots of lovely plants to :o)

Hello everyone, thanks for all your lovely comments. I wish I could take all of you with me to this nursery. All I have to do now is dig the borders and prepare them ready for planting. - Yes I know that's the wrong way around, but I had to get these plants before the nursery closed for the winter. Well that's my excuse. Bilbo I will send you a PM re your acers, you really must get one to grow! And Paul Ive got some smaller camelias. I always water them with rainwater, almost every day. It swells the buds up and makes them flower better. My problem is squirrels they nip the flower buds off. Had to resort to putting chicken wire around them. The little b.....s!

It's nice to visit a garden centre at different seasens. I liked the acers, and am glad you bought some plants. Why ask for permission. I believe in doing what you want and if anyone doesn't like it, well it isn't their life is it. Don't let people controll you.

Lovely blog Poppy, and great to have such a fabulous nursery not far away . . . thanks for the website btw. You won't regret your Jacqumontii - they are such graceful trees.

As you're a Kent lady, did you get to the Plant Fair at Great Dixter last Sunday (Oct 2nd)? There are often unusual plants at Fairs, and sometimes bargains too!

Hywel
Yes I've been bitten by the Acer bug. They were all calling to me...my little motto about easier to be forgiven than to get permission comes from the many years I worked for a large bureaucratic company. The lines of communication were very strict and very frustrating - glad I don't work for them anymore!
Sheilabub Thank you for your comment about the tree. I've seen them in other peoples gardens and just want something to break the big open skyline I now have. The white trunk will go beautifully with another shrub/ tree I got at the same time - the wedding cake tree.
It may be as well that I didn't know about the plant fayre at Great Dixter, but I will look out for it next year.

Oooh, the wedding cake tree is a favourite of mine too . . . Cornus Controversa Variegata??

Well you have such good taste Sheilabub!! - Carol Klein likes this one too - says it is her favourite tree in her garden. I bought a big one because its very slow growing. Ive just had a look at some of your photos and see you have one too! - love them

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