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Jim’s update – 1 May
May 1st Pimlico, London The last few days I have spent visiting our plants at Kelways Nursery in Somerset. Many of the plants have now been at Kelways for 12 months, where they have been potted up, pruned, hand-watered, protected in glass houses … Continue reading
Posted in Australian native plants, Crocus, Design, Jim Fogarty, Kelways Nursery, Landform Consultants
Tagged Australian Garden, Australian Garden design, Australian plants, Chelsea, Chelsea Flower Show, Crocus, Dave and Sonya Root, Dave Root, Jim Fogarty, Kelways, Landform, Landform Consultants, Mark Straver, plants
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Update from Aguilas, Spain
Feb 25 Medi Palm Nursery Aguilas, Spain After two long days of plant hunting and tagging, we have finally finished our last purchasing for Chelsea. Most of our plants were tagged in Feb 2010 in both Spain and Sicily and in … Continue reading
Posted in Australian native plants, Crocus, Design, Kelways Nursery
Tagged Australian plants, Crocus, Dave and Sonya Root, Dave Root, Jim Fogarty, Kelways, Mark Straver, plants, Sonya Root, Spain
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Postcard from Aguilas, Spain
The latest from Jim’s plant sourcing trip to Spain: Trees have proven a real difficulty for us. Sourcing good specimens for Chelsea that are of a good enough standard are the problem. Having Mark Straver from Crocus with us is great as … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian plants, Crocus, Jim Fogarty, Mark Straver, plants
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Update: Australian plants in the UK
Part 1 of Jim’s adventures in the UK 22 February It’s easy to forget the difficulties in housing Australian plants for Chelsea in the UK. The photo below shows a batch of Dianella which were wiped out by the cold snap and snow … Continue reading
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Tagged Chelsea, Chelsea Flower Show, Crocus, Dave Root, Dianella, Kelways, Mark Straver
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Sourcing Australian plants for Chelsea
Early on, we knew our weakest point was plants as we are not able to ship any plants from Australia. It was Andy Sturgeon, a good friend of Jim’s who he had exhibited with at the 2008 Singapore Garden Festival … Continue reading
