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Plant pics from Kelways
Hi folks, We’ve just received some ace pics from Mel and Catherine at Landform, who visited Kelways Nursery last week with Jim, Dave Root and Mark Britton to check on our plants. It’s very heartening to see just how well the plants … Continue reading
Posted in Australian native plants, Jim Fogarty, Kelways Nursery, Salt sculpture
Tagged Australian Garden, Australian Garden design, Australian plants, Catherine MacDonald, Chelsea, Chelsea Flower Show, Dave Root, Jim Fogarty, Kelways, Landform, Landform Consultants, Mark Britton, plants, Show Garden, Show Garden design, water
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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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The Smellycat story
Hi folks, “Who on earth is Smellycat??” I hear you ask… Smellycat is the resident kitty at Kelways Nursery, which is where our native plants for the Show Garden have been cared for by Dave and Sonya Root. I think I’ll let Dave … Continue reading
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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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
Posted in Australian native plants, Crocus, Kelways Nursery, Uncategorized
Tagged Chelsea, Chelsea Flower Show, Crocus, Dave Root, Dianella, Kelways, Mark Straver
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Will this snow never end?
As you’ve probably seen on the news, the UK is currently under feet of snow which is grounding planes at Heathrow and throwing Christmas plans into disarray. These extreme conditions are also a test for our plants in Somerset, UK. As … Continue reading
Posted in Australian native plants, Kelways Nursery
Tagged Australian plants, Dave Root, macrozamia, Somerset
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First seeds sent to the UK
A new batch of seed, including 15 gms Sturt’s Desert Pea and a number of yellow-flowered Podolepis species were sent to David Root in the UK today. Hopefully the snow will clear soon so that our seeds arrive before the New … Continue reading
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
