Starting to think about Autumn planting?

With summer almost over its time to start thinking about autumn planting. Preparing garden beds and sourcing new and interesting plants. There is still a number of plants looking good in the nursery despite the heat and lack of any rain. Our website will soon be updated with a number of new and returning to stock plants, including some from our new edible plant range which is growing well.

Plants still looking good from our current catalogue include:-

• Strawberries including yellow, white and red heirloom varieties;

• Salsify;

• Perennial onions including Ever Ready, Bunching, Egyptian and Chinese;

• Yacon;

• Skirret;

• Lobelia siphilitica;

• Cock's Foot Grass - growing well and providing excellent green forage for pets and livestock;

• Sculpit;

• Sea Campion;

• Par-Cel:

• Leaf Celery;

• Mitsuba.

New plants being added soon:-

• Banana Mint;

• Arabian Mint;

• Samphire;

• Juniper Berry- self fertile;

• Betony- white flower;

• Chinese Potato;

• Lobelia siphilitica alba;

• Blue bugle;

• Sea Celery;

• Makua;

• Rampion.

Returning to stock plants include:-

• Lovage;

• Skirret;

• Perennial Leek;

• Greek perennial basil.

I really enjoy growing herbs and edible plants, but I am also very interested in the history and folklore of plants. I find it fascinating learning about historical uses and folklore of plants. So I thought I might include with each blog's ending an interesting piece of folklore about a plant I sell.

This weeks - According to folklore eating leeks in spring will ensure good luck for the rest of the year!