LATE SUMMER DELIGHTS

Hello, this week we seem to have had a reminder that we are actually still in late summer!! There have been some very warm days - and we are back into the old watering regime - having had a few weeks' grace.

There has definitely been a move towards autumn though - but there are still many lovely plants about on the sales areas - that will keep the colour going right into September and beyond.

It is a record year for fruit - despite early reservations about the late spring frosts we had - most of the trees are dripping with fruit - you only have to go along the A12 - and see the ground smothered in the little red and yellow mirabelle plums that have fallen from the trees.

Wasps aside - the apples are also looking excellent - and talking of apples - what better to go with them in a pie - than the BLACKBERRY OREGON THORNLESS - as the photo shows - a delicious fruit - now coming into it's season - and the beauty of this one is that it not only thorn-free - it has a pretty divided leaf - which often earns it the nickname of the Parsley-leaved Blackberry!!

The hybrid BLACKBERRIES have come a long way from the wild types - and are no longer like some sort of trifid that will take over your plot!!

On the ornamental side - there are lots of super shrubs and climbers still full of flower and interest on the sales areas - the girls have had a bumper year on the cuttings front - and many of these are now out on sale.

Late August can be a dreary time - but there is much to see at the nursery - so why not pay us a visit!!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD

P.S - I am off on my hols for the rest of the month - so just a reminder that the NURSERY WILL BE CLOSED OVER THE AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND FROM SATURDAY 28TH TO MONDAY 30TH INCLUSIVE.