WE ARE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

To all of our customers: Stay healthy, stay safe. This will prove a tough time for all of us. And yet, as one of you said in an e-mail to me recently, ‘we might need a bit of colour during these difficulties.’ With that in mind, here are my initial thoughts about delivery.

DELIVERIES:

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Logistically, we are not very well equipped to handle demand as I expect, nor is the website set-up for online shopping. We will not be able to deliver all requested orders. Nevertheless, here are the conditions, should you wish to order plants:

• Please e-mail wattonnursery@gmail.com with specific orders. Please include your name, address, and phone number. It may take a while for us to reply, but rest assured we’ll get to you!
• MINIMUM ORDER UPDATE: Due to overwhelming demand, we’re having to meet some deliveries via private courier. We ask that minimum order is in the region of £50. If you’ve already sent an order, we will of course honour it. We’ll do our very best to accommodate everyone. For ease, can I also ask that if you have neighbours who might like plants, please collate the order and send it to us on one e-mail? This way the order might more easily meet the minimum. Thanks for your understanding.
• We will accept only card payments over the phone. We will leave deliveries at your doorstep or nearest safe place.
• We cannot guarantee delivery times, although it will be between 10:00 and 16:00. We will advise you at least by the end of the week of the day we expect to deliver.
• Please do not worry about missing out! We have grown plenty for the season. Even if we are not open until June/July, we will still have plants ready and available, including hanging baskets/planters/seasonal plants.

 

STOCKLIST:

*Growers all purpose Compost 80L £8.50

*Ericaceous compost: £8.50

*Bedding plants: all varieties £5/tray of 15, except pelagoniums (geraniums) 60p each.

*Nursery stock shrubs: £7 for 2ltr. £10 for 5ltr.

We have a huge range of seasonal plants this time of year. If you’re unsure what you may need, please e-mail me, leave your phone number and I’ll be sure to call ASAP to advise. We have a few hanging baskets and planters, although the vast majority will be for sale after 3 weeks (providing we are allowed to open).

In the meantime, we have a great range of early spring stock all available for delivery. Here are some SAMPLES: 

Aubretia 2L- 3 for £10

Lillies 2L- £6

Argyranthemum (marguerite) 1L- £2.50

Speciality dicentra 2L- £6.50

Heuchera 1L- 3 for £10

Cytisus racemosa– 2L, £6

Surfinia (trailing petunia) 9cm- £1

Hardy Fuchsia 1L- £2.50

Spiral bay- £60. Buxus ball 30cm- £25

Ceanothus 10L- £20 (various other sizes available)

Clematis (35 varieties)- £7.50

Coreopsis 1L- £2.50

Nemesia 9cm- £1

2L perennials- 3 for £10

Senecio angel wings/ pittosporum gold ball 2L- £8

Lauropetalum:  10L specimen, £40

Digitalis x Isoplexis (Digiplexis): 2L, £6.50

Penstemon purple: 5L, £7.50

Spiraea Arguta: 10L, £25

Lilac: 7.5L, £15. 15L specimen 1/2 st. £50

Golden Yucca: 10L specimen, £20

Fatsia Spider’s web: 3L, £10

Dianella: 15L specimen, £36

Aucuba: 10L specimen, £35

Edgeworthia: 3L, £20

Palms, Chamaerops/Phoenix: £30/£40

1/4 St. Roses: £25

Osteospermum (hardy) white and pink: 10L specimen, £10

Arum Lillies: £15, or 2 for £25

 

Lupins (all colours): £3.50, or 3 for £10. (Same deal applies for a variety of 2ltr perennials.)

Basket Plants: £1 for 9cm pot. £1.75 for 11cm trailing geraniums. Full selection available. For basket kits, I can organise trays for colour schemes, certain varieties, or varietal mixes. 

Hedging: Large Laurel 20lt, 5′ £30. Smal Laurel, 3lt, 2′ £10. Red Robin, £30. Euonymus (many varieties) 2lt, 1′ £8. (Lots of availability for all)

Acers: All varieties, sizes. 3lt £15. 15lt £45. 50lt half standard £125. 70lt specimen £625.

Skimmia Parbella: £30

fruit trees: all varieties. dwarf £15. Semi dwarf £25. (flowering cherries available: £45)

Magnolia: £45. (3lt available £18)

Roses: Many varieties, £7-£8.

Geraniums: 60p for 9cm. £2 for speciality 1ltr. All colours.

Hebes: many varieties, £7.50.

Gift bowls: £15/£20. Cacti: small £4.50. Large £12

Dahlias, Lillies, Gladioli: 2.50, or 3 for £6. Many varieties.

Early spring planters, baskets: £15 – £20

Hydrangea: standard colours £12. Speciality £18.

Lavender: £3 for 1lt. (many varieties)

Dianthus (pinks): large, £6.

 

 

NOTICE: WATTON NURSERY OPEN AS USUAL

The nursery is ready for the year, stocked, and looking great.

Plug plants and primulas will be here until the end of March.

In addition to this we have: Alpines, shrubs, climbers, hedging (some lovely new laurel and red robin bushes), a full stock of acers…

Acer dissectum Iniba Shidare

And there’s plenty more to come. We already have small perennials, and our larger stock (Lupins/heucheras, etc) will form a perfect complement from April onwards.

For sheer variety, this might be my favourite time of year. A few notable specimens to look out for (and hurry, they’ll be popular, I imagine), are as follows:

Nandina ‘Lemon and Lime’

 

Edgeworthia Chrysantha

And as I have promised a few of you, some smaller ones of these-

Euonymus alatus.

We also have some standard wisteria and lilac which I’m very excited about, and will probably photograph and post when they’re in flower, if they last on the nursery that long that is!

Until then, happy gardening!

Open from January 6th.

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January and February tend to be quiet. I’ll update this post in February to let you all know what’s coming in March (We aim to have the nursery looking INCREDIBLE from the 1st March onward) but in the meantime here’s what you can expect=

Primula Acaulis (Common names include: polyanthus/primula/prims)

The first of these are flowering in the next few weeks, and as a stop-gap bedding before the Spring season arrives, they’re perfect; hardy, colourful, low maintenance.

Bulbs can still be planted. We’ve potted up tete a tete, snowdrops, bluebells, daffs, crocus and many more. These are rooting now, although can be set at any point right up until spring.

It’s a good time for hedging! Although the majority of our laurel/red robin comes late Feb, there’s still a bit of native beech and privet. Better, it’s cheap this time of year, and conditions for planting are perfect.

In the meantime we’ll be busy growing the first plugs for the Spring season.

Best,

Max.

Christmas trees are here!

Lots of large specimens this year, so if you have the space we’ll most likely try and tempt you…

Scottish grown, sustainable Nordman fir

As well as trees we have our freshly made wreathes, designed in-house, created with holly grown on the nursery.

Expect to see smaller gifts and decorations too, including:

Wicker tree skirts,

Tree stands,

Pot grown blue fir,

Cyclamen,

Pot grown holly,

and my favourite, the year round berries of skimmia parbella, a perfect festive garden addition:

As usual, on at least one of the weekends you can expect to see us with the bbq on (we might even have a spare hot dog if you’re lucky), and perhaps even some mulled wine.

See you soon, and Merry Christmas!

Opening times: WINTER OPENING TIMES NOW IN EFFECT

Monday-Saturday: 9:30 – 16:00, Sunday: 10:00 – 16:00

From now until the end of October, we’ll have a full range of pansy and viola colours, as well as (due to high demand!) a far greater volume of dwarf wallflowers.

Cheiranthus cheiri. Flowers from autumn until well into the following summer.

We’re also stocking a far greater number and variety of year round salvia. Two of my favourite are available now,

Salvia Microphylla ‘wild watermelon’

And-

Salvia Greggii, wonderfully fragrant, surprisingly hardy.

These will be in stock most of the autumn alongside the usual range of calluna heather, goldcrest conifers, cyclamen, and much more. We now have a full stock of planted hanging baskets, and new this year, theme planted wooden barrel planters for only £15.

Let’s hope the autumn sun continues!

See you on the nursery,

Max.

The busy time for planting is over. Although the stock on the nursery is significantly less in the off season, we still have some excellent plants. Such as-

pelargonium (geraniums)

Which are excellent to fill in any summer gaps, and are still only 60p each. Further, we have an excellent selection of drought tolerant bedding begonia, 6 varieties of heuchera, and some beautiful-

Dahlia (available in various colours)

So- although the main thrust of the season is over, there is still plenty of interest.

On our growing site we are preparing to grow nursery stock shrubs, bulbs, and pansies- which will be ready for the next best time on the nursery- September/ October.

 

 

 

It’s that time of year when all is colourful. The nursery is no exception. We are, and will be fully stocked until at least July, with the best selection in May and early June.  Notable highlights are a fabulous crop of geranium-

pelargonium h. Zonals ‘violet

… which we stock in 10 different colours. Equally eye catching are our range of osteospermum, including my personal favourite,

osteospermum ‘blue eyed beauty’

These are only 2 of hundreds of different lines. So if you need seasonal colour of any sort; tubs, baskets (especially our range of illumination begonia), planters, shrubs, perennials and more, do come and see us!