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News from Ardfearn Nursery
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Perhaps the most northerly Scottish Alpine and Rock Garden Plant Nursery, Ardfearn overlooks the shore just north of Inverness.
Bunchrew, IV3 8RH Inverness
Hours
Mon-Fri:
09:00 - 17:00
Phone number01463 243250
Email
addressardfearn@gmail.com
Website
http://www.ardfearn-nursery.co.uk
Started by SRGC stalwart Jim Sutherland - so long convenor of the Inverness Group - and familiar to so many over the years by Jim and Agnes setting up the Ardfearn stand at so many SRGC Shows and now under the care of Jim and Agnes' son Ali - the nursery is a popular one with SRGC members - not least because of the continued support of SRGC Shows by Ali and Sarah who can often be seen selling their wares at these events.
Sarah and Ali have been finalising what should be on their online alpine catalogue - whilst their catalogue is updated regularly, this is the time of year that they do our most extensive stockcheck. As our growing season starts to slow down, they finally have more time to take stock of everything :-) A few eagle-eyed customers noticed that several new crackers were added at weekend, with plenty more beauties to be added in the next few days...
Shortia uniflora kantoense, Anemonella thalictroides Schoaf's
double
, Reum alexandre, Ranunculus lyalii, Primula aureata
and lots, and lots more coming as soon as possible, I'm told!
A small selection of this year's alpines happily growing in one of Ardfearn's many Efford capillary sand-beds.
This may not look much at the moment, but it's a pot-full of their
Rheum alexandre
- they were delighted to hear earlier in the year that SRGC had submitted this to be considered for an AGM (Award of Garden Merit), after the parent plant was used in the SRGC award-winning display for Gardening Scotland 2016 :-)
Geranium
'Ballerina'
The
Primula aureata
are looking lovely, with flower buds ready for next spring
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More pix from Sarah at Ardfearn
This is one I must order...
Phylliopsis '
Mermaid
' flowering for the second time this year I believe...
A wee late visitor enjoying
Gentiana sino-ornata
hybrids (not bad for the end of September in the Scottish Highlands!)
Sorbus reducta
showing off its lovely pink berries (glorious autumn colour to follow
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September 25, 2016, 07:25:13 PM »
Hi Maggi,
the Ardfearn Nursery I know only since this year and I can only report good.
They have a great selection, the service is perfect and the plants are in fantastic condition. I will buy in the future there.
Sarah and Ali are very nice ... we had a few emails and I had to give the honor to some plants from me.
Just an example ... Nassauvia gaudichaudii (Falkland Islands) ... you never get in Germany ... but with Sarah and Ali.
PS.
Sarah and Ali ... you should read the ... please reserved 2 copies of Ranunculus lyallii for me. For the next spring.
Greetings from Chemnitz / Saxony
Thomas
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News from Ali and Sarah at Ardfearn.....
"Happy days here at Ardfearn :-)
After the usual summer months of endless propagating, potting-on and an almighty stock-take, our online catalogue is fully refreshed - bursting to the seams with many choice and interesting beauties, and lots of old favourites.
From the tiniest of troughs to large woodland borders (and everything inbetween!), our catalogue will provide lots of ideas and inspiration!
For those who are unable to visit us in the Scottish Highlands, delivery is available for UK and EU customers.
As always, please just give us a shout for further info. Happy browsing! :-) "
http://www.ardfearn-nursery.co.uk/
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It's that time of year ...... latest catalogue from Ardfearn is online ....
***NEW ALPINE LISTINGS 2018/19 NOW ONLINE***
"Our online alpine catalogue is available at
http://www.ardfearn-nursery.co.uk/
Quality plants grown to the highest standard in the Scottish Highlands.
After one of the most 'interesting' years for plants, gardeners and nurserymen, we are delighted with the health and growth of our plants.
More varieties will be added in the next few weeks - as always, we welcome inquiries of plants not listed.
Delivery to UK and EU - please see website for details."
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News from Ardfearn Nursery about a plant which always has a lot of members looking for it!
+++ Trillium grandiflorum roseum +++
"We are delighted to have some divisions of Trillium grandiflorum roseum available. The beautiful clump has been lifted and split, and is available in two bare-root sizes:
Large (flowering size) - £30
http://www.ardfearn-nursery.co.uk/acatalog/Trillium-grandiflorum-roseum---1.5ltr-pot-LS-43ea_12.html?fbclid=IwAR0rFm5Jn0uhUtVmh5pfHuCUMFk3mkBzNfKmaKrGOmyl0SXzIzacQ3xJw7g
Medium (probably flowering size, but cannot guarantee!) - £20
http://www.ardfearn-nursery.co.uk/acatalog/Trillium-grandiflorum-roseum---bare-root--medium--43ea_13a.html?fbclid=IwAR3uIpl_I2uP82ucvzAFpVatD1lC8czXbZ9v6S9eXuUF405pBJbEXpeBkfo
AVAILABILITY EXTREMELY LIMITED!!
Shipping available to UK and Europe."
http://www.ardfearn-nursery.co.uk/acatalog/A---M.html
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Re: News from Ardfearn Nursery
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I'm seeing very few pictures, is my Browser playing up again??
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Only one photo in my last post there, David.
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December 04, 2018, 07:34:21 PM »
Sorry Maggi, I should have been clearer, I meant pictures in the Ardfearn catalogue.
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oops! Sorry! Well, I've just had a better look myself at the cataloge and yes, there do seem to be quite a number of plants without photos - I'll message Ali and Sarah and ask them.
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I've heard back from Sarah - she's been working on the website quite a bit so that may be the issue - but she also says she's aware that time constraints have prevented them getting a lot of new photos taken and loaded.
Good idea to search here, or use Google, if there's something that is missing a pic - I can certainly vouch for their plants!
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Cheers Maggi, I'm glad it wasn't a browser problem. Good catalogue.
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Ordered last week and received an amazingly well packed box of superbly grown plants today.
Wonderful service.
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Ardfearn Nursery News .....
"Something for the weekend, Sir? (and Madam, of course!)
We are delighted to announce that our online alpine catalogue is fully updated :-)
Lots of varieties added, from old favourites to some exciting new additions, all grown on the nursery.
More plants to be added in the next few weeks, including our usual Meconopsis, Trilliums, lilliums, etc.....
Shipping to UK and EU
http://www.ardfearn-nursery.co.uk/
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News from Ardfearn -
www.ardfearn-nursery.co.uk
Ali and Sarah have decided to withdraw from the SRGC shows they were planning to attend this season.
They have the care of vulnerable parents to consider and have come to the conclusion that the risk is not acceptable. Happily, the nursery does offer mail order and hopes customers will support that part of their operation.
Whether or not nurseries decide to withdraw from any events, or the events themselves are cancelled, please bear in mind that these specialist nurseries do not have an easy time of business at the best of times, and many will lose substantial percentages of their income because of this situation, as I have just been reading about on social media from Tonkin's Nursery in Australia. Without these nurseries we would also lose out in a major fashion as hobby growers - saving the nurseries is definitely in our own interest! A couple of nurseries expected to attend the Kendal Show today also pulled out - this will be happening everywhere in the next while.
Be kind- use mail order where you can!
Handy list ..... ....
http://files.srgc.net/journals/NurseryListSRGC.pdf
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