Plants that are beautiful, tough, useful or just particularly interesting. Often all of the above! Everything we sell has been tested and chosen because it grows well with a minimum of fuss. Generally these plants will not need feeding or water beyond establishment.

They look stunning and are usually close to wild forms which work perfectly in naturalistic garden schemes. We do not grow double flowers, overdeveloped bedding or anything that doesn’t increase the value of your garden for wildlife, whether in terms of nectar, forage or habitat.

Many of these plants are drought tolerant and competitive making them ideal choices for a changing world. We try to include as many native or near native plants (ie plants from areas in geographical proximity to northern europe or closely related plants of the same genus) in our selection as possible.

All plants are propagated on site and are slow grown without use of chemicals, excessive fertiliser, or protection from the elements. All plants will be sold ready for planting. We will not supply anything that we wouldn’t be happy to plant in our own garden.

We use our own mixes of potting compost based on Melcourt peat free products and amended to suit plant requirements.

We aim to minimise our use of plastics in growing and packaging.