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Also known butterfly bush or summer lilac, Buddleia is a beautiful flowering shrub immensely valuable to the wildlife by producing large amounts of nectar especially benefiting pollinators. The flowers are intensely scented and will make any cut flower bouquet smell like perfume. In our gardens Buddleia turned into mature 10ft (3m) tall shrubs in only […]
The key advantage of the American elder is that it produces flowers throughout the growing season increasing the harvest window significantly. The flowers of the American elder have a superior vanilla flavour. Both the flowers and the berries can be made into wines, cordials and jams. An excellent wildlife tree readily supplying a source for […]
Portuguese kale is also known as walking stick kale. It’s perennial, meaning it will continue to grow delicious leaves year after year. These can be harvested fresh any time of the year including winter which gives it a very flexible harvest window without the need to preserve them. It’s a delicate flavor similar to cabbage […]
Can be used for hedging, windbreaks, biomass and firewood. Extra quick growing Poplar species reaching up to 12 feet / 3.6m in just one year when mulched or planted into a lasagne garden. Don’t let freshly planted cuttings dry out in the first growing season. Cuttings are about 25cm / 9″ long and about pencil […]
In this video we’ll show you what we’ve done with willow in our gardens and how to plant willow cuttings. Willow is a powerful and versatile tree, especially the fast growing variety with large flowers producing abundant pollinator food in early Spring. You can create a hedge, a shelterbelt or even a living willow structure […]
Newly added to our mint collection! Vigorous rhizomes (Root cuttings) are freshly harvested on the day of purchase and posted unwashed for extra preservation. Each of the root cuttings is 10cm long and can be planted 1-2cm deep in a pot kept near the kitchen or into garden bed directly. We prefer the start new […]
You can grow your own plants for free with this simple technique. It only takes about 6 weeks to root a cutting which can then planted out or potted to become a full size plant in only a matter of a couple of months. Mid summer is the ideal time to use new growth, also […]
Can be used for living willow structures, windbreaks, biomass, bee friendly hedging and even firewood. Extra quick growing willow species reaching up to 12 feet / 3.6m in just one year when mulched or planted into a lasagne garden. Don’t let freshly planted cuttings dry out in the first growing season. We like to plant […]
After 2 months of rooting these cuttings, it’s now time to pot them up giving them more space to expand their roots and full strength compost for growth. In this video we’re using cuttings from a purple Lilac tree and a Wormwood shrub. This post will be part of the nursery series to help encourage […]