Posts by Sharon Lowndes
Geum Scarlet Tempest
Geum Scarlet Tempest achieves second place at the Chelsea Flower show ‘Plant of the Year 2016’ Geums as a genus have become more popular over the past few year especially with the successes for Totally Tangerine being launched at Chelsea flower show over 5 years ago. This new Geum comes from the breeder of the…
Read MoreWhich Gardening review
Great reviews in Aprils copy of Which Gardening We often send in new plants to be trialled at the three Which Gardening trial grounds across the country. We believe it to be great way to get our plants out there and help publicize for our customers through a retail magazine. This months copy of Which Gardening has three of…
Read More2016 Catalogue.
Fairweather’s 2016 Catalogue now available Are new 2016 catalogue is now available. All copies have been posted to our mailing list. If you have not received your copy yet then please contact sharon@fairweathers.co.uk One of the more unusual ways to deliver a catalogue was when Patrick visited on of our French customers. Off the coast…
Read MoreWest Country Lupin Range
Great new additions to West Country Lupin range at Fairweather’s West Country Lupins Lupins hadn’t changed much since the introduction of the Russell hybrids back in 1939. Then in 1996 Sarah Conibear from West Country Nursery saw a Channel 4 programme called ‘Bloom’ which featured Lupins and this inspired her to select the best forms and…
Read MoreWhere are nurseries going?
Patrick Fairweather’s article from newPlantsandFlowers and Fairweather’s Newsletter. “Where are nurseries going?”, asks Patrick Fairweather of UK based Fairweather’s Wholesale Nursery rhetorically in a recent mailing. He notes that during the last 2 years significant changes in the supply of young plants to our customers have been seen. “Large growers are been squeezed on price…
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