THIS BLOG HAS MOVED ONTO THE CROWN NURSERY WEBSITE

Hello - if you are wondering what has happened to this blog - it has been absorbed into the main Crown Nursery new website - check out the homepage - and you will see the new Blog.

RICHARD

AT LAST!! IT'S HERE - BARE-ROOT HEDGING NOW AVAILABLE!!

Hello - finally - at long last - it's all here!!! After a herculean effort - we have got everything heeled into our hedging bays. Despite snow,frost and just about everything else - in the last two days - over 16,000 hedging plants have been processed!!

Heeling-in during a blizzard yesterday was one of the highlights for me - that lovely feel as the snow starts to get in the back of your neck is just bliss!! Couple that with the plants getting heavier - the spade getting slippery - the soil getting wetter - and you have a nightmare scenario!! But we persevered and it is now all done - and in neat rows - ready for the bare-root hedging season.

We are working through the backlog of orders as fast as we can - so we will be in touch soon if you have pre-ordered your hedging. If you are just coming to visit the nursery - then we do have a hedging section near the fruit sales area - that has a good selection of most of the main hedging plants we offer - in convenient packs of 12 - plus also most of our popular hedging packs mix (50 plants in a pack) - including the new thorn-free and painters pallette mixtures.

However - if you are looking for several hundred plants - or a lot of packs - then it is best to pre-order - since we can only lift so much in one day - and we like to keep our plants as nursery-fresh as we can.

Our full hedging catalogue can be downloaded via the website - we are here to help as much as we can - we can advise you on the selections that may be best for your soil types.

Now that the darker evenings are here - please remember that the nursery opening hours have changed - due to safety reasons - we are now open Monday-Saturday 9am - 4pm only.

Now that the main planting season is in full swing - we are also delighted to announce that we are now stockists for the ROOT-GRO MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI. Much has been said about this product in the last few years - the RHS - ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY now fully endorse it.

It is particularly useful for use with bare-root plants since it helps the plant to re-develop an active root system. Almost every gardening programme seems to be in favour - so we are very pleased to offer it here at Crown Nursery - since it sits very well with the plant range we grow.

It is available in ready-to-use handy sachets - just right for sprinkling around the base of the trench when you plant your hedging!!

After a long and cold week of digging thousands of plants into the ground - I am off for a nice long soak in a hot bath - and perhaps even a glass of something stronger!!

SO UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD

BARE-ROOT FRUIT TREES NOW AVAILABLE!

Hello - Phew - what a week!! The middle part of November is always viewed with mixed feelings by the nursery staff - why - because it is the busiest time of our year - with deliveries daily, as all the new season bare-root plants come on stream.

This week has definitely been manic - there have been two more of our popular pruning courses which were hugely successful - there have been five lorries delivering new stock - over 350 bare-root fruit trees and over 10,000 hedging plants have been heeled into the ground. Our mail-order service has been in full swing with parcels going out all over the country - plus all our regular visitors to the nursery as well!!

There are actually only three members of nursery staff so to say we are a bit stretched at the moment is a bit of an understatement!!

Nevertheless - we work as a team - and we now have available - BARE-ROOT HALF-STANDARD TREES OF PLUM 'VICTORIA', 'CZAR' AND 'MARJORIE'S SEEDLING', ALSO 'OLD ENGLISH GREENGAGE' AND DAMSON 'MERRYWEATHER, PLUS PEARS 'CONFERENCE','CONCORDE','DOYENNE DU COMICE' AND 'WILLIAMS BON CHRETIEN'. WE ALSO HAVE SMASHING QUALITY HALF-STANDARDS OF CHERRY 'STELLA', 'SUNBURST' AND 'LAPINS'.

WE WILL ALSO HAVE IN A FEW WEEKS TIME - PLUM 'VICTORIA' FAN, GREENGAGE FAN, CHERRY 'STELLA','SUNBURST' AND LAPINS' FANS - AND A RANGE OF APPLE ESPALIERS!!

So as you can see we are rather busy at the moment!!

Many of you are asking when the bare-root hedging will be available - we have the first deliveries in - but it will not be available for sale until late next week - we need to get everything together first - with another 15,000 hedging plants due in early next week - please be patient and bear with us - we are going as fast as we can!!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD

BARE-ROOT SOFT FRUIT NOW AVAILABLE!!

Hello - our season is now in full swing - and our new stock of bare-root soft fruit is now available.

Bare-root gives you better-quality and bigger plants with the soft fruit - and are right ready for planting in the next few months - while the soil remains warm and workable.

We have Blackcurrant 'Ben Sarek, 'Ben Lomond', Redcurrant 'Rovada', Raspberry 'Glen Moy', 'Tulameen' and 'Autumn Bliss' - Gooseberry 'Invicta','Hinnmaki Red' and 'Hinnamaki Yellow' and Strawberry 'Cambridge Favourite' as bare-root plants - plus potted Rhubarb 'Brandy Carr Scarlet' and 'Stockbridge Arrow', plus Loganberry Thornless and Thornless Blackberries - 'Waldo' and 'Oregon' and Strawberry 'Elsanta'.

There now - that's an excellent selection that will get your new fruit plot - or fill in existing gaps - and get you off to a flying start - get planting!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD

BLUEBERRY PLANTS NOW AVAILABLE!

Hello - we have at last got new supplies of Blueberry plants in stock - we have 2 litre pots of the variety 'Bluecrop' on the fruit sales area - approx 2ft tall - 2 year-old @ £10.50 each.

PLEASE NOTE - THIS REPLACES THE VARIETY 'JERSEY' THAT IS LISTED IN OUR CURRENT FRUIT CATALOGUE - THAT VARIETY IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR SALE.

UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD

HEDGING YOUR BETS!!

Hello - the end of a WILD AND WET WEEK here at the nursery!! Some days it has not been fit for man nor beast to be out - but we plod on!!

Fortunately, the day of our WINTER PRUNING COURSE was actually the only dry and sunny day of the week - so we could not have timed that better!! 19 gardeners had a very enjoyable morning up in the orchard learning about fruit tree pruning. Our reserve course on TUESDAY NOVEMBER 23RD only has three places left as I type this - so if you want to come on this one - GET YOUR SKATES ON!! - and contact the office on 01394 460755. I am sure we will run new courses in the New Year - but no dates have yet been set for those.

We are very close to starting our new bare-root HEDGING season - although lifting has not started quite yet - EXPECTED ABOUT 10 DAYS - we are taking orders - so if you know what you want and would like to get the pick of the crop - contact us.

We have revamped our popular HEDGING PACKS for 2010-2011 - and these include some new mixes - by popular demand we are introducing a 'BIG SOFTY - THORNFREE MIX' -many people do not want a thorny old hedge - and we have put together a pack that will give you a dense barrier - but without the prickles!!!

This has been the best autumn for leaf colour for years - and we have put together a PAINTERS PALETTE pack, which will give you an outstanding display of colour every year - combine this with our new NATURE'S LARDER pack - which has been selected to provide a stunning fruiting hedge - great for wildlife - and you!!

We also have the opposite to the 'Big Softy' Mix - and that is the 'KEEP 'EM OUT' mix - or it could be called the 'KEEP THEM IN'!!! This is the thorniest mix we can make up - and will certainly deter 'unwanted' visitors!

We are still offering our 'MIXED NATIVE' packs - a mix of traditional Suffolk hedgerow plants.

All of these packs contain 50 PLANTS which is sufficient to do a 10 metre double-row hedge. As mentioned above - these will be available in a few weeks - but can be pre-ordered to save delay.

Download our full hedging catalogue on the website.

UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD

BY DEMAND - EXTRA PRUNING COURSE!

Hello - pruning courses have never been so popular!!!

Both of our November courses are now full - (the 10th and 18th) - but we have bowed to demand - and put on an extra course on WINTER PRUNING ON TUESDAY NOVEMBER 23RD - 10.30-12.30.This will be exactly the same as the other two - RHS members are - £17.60 - non RHS members are £22.00.

Light refreshments will be served on the day. It is a fun morning - we are very easy-going - and you will learn a lot - and hopefully enjoy yourself at the same time!!

This course is already filling up fast - there is a limit of 15 people - so if you want to book - contact the office on 01394 460755 without delay!!

My guess is that we will still have to run extra courses in February 2011 - so if you do miss this one - there will be other opportunities!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD

MAIL-ORDER SEASON BEGINS

Hello - a new month - but at the moment it is so mild, it feels more like May!!

This week at the nursery, has seen the start of our 2010-2011 MAIL-ORDER SEASON. We can send out most of the items in our catalogues up to a height of about 2m to any UK mainland destination - so if you are a long way from Suffolk - but like what you see - we can get it to you!!

Those of you who have already placed orders with us - we are working through them in rotation - and will be in contact with you shortly!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD

ALL GOOD THINGS.......

Hello - wow what a hectic week it has been here at the nursery!! To all of you who came last Saturday and helped to make our APPLE DAY 2010 such a success - we say a big THANK YOU!! It was definitely our best yet - and with 120 apple varieties to taste - from the comments received most of you thought so too!! I would personally - like to say Thank you to all those people who made such kind comments about this blog - it is nice to know that somebody out there is reading it!!! We had over 300 people across the day - and although it was a little damp in the morning - the sun did shine in the afternoon - for those who were unable to make the day - the above photo taken early in the morning gives an idea of the vast array of apples that were on display!

I would also like to say a big Thank you to the entire CROWN NURSERY TEAM for all their hard work - and all the HELPERS who served teas and refreshments - we could not have done it without you!!

I am still restocking the fruit sales area - filling all the gaps that were made!

We have also had the first of our popular AUTUMN FRUIT COURSES - FOCUS ON FRUIT - and 15 keen gardeners had a most enjoyable morning on Thursday - learning all about the huge subject of fruit growing - our next two PRUNING COURSES are sadly fully-booked - but we are now compiling a list of interested people - and intend to run additional courses in February 2011 - so if you wanted to come -and missed out this time round - do ring the office and get your name on the list for the new courses.

This week - has seen the real arrival of AUTUMN COLOUR in the countryside - the hedges are now turning yellow and amber more and more each day - most of that colour is coming from the common FIELD MAPLE - ACER CAMPESTRE - and they really do make a stunning hedge. Combine that with the bounty of berries that are everywhere this year - and hedges have a lot going for them - we expect our NEW-SEASON BARE-ROOT HEDGING in mid-November - but if you know what you are after - do ORDER IN ADVANCE - to ensure you get the pick of the crop.

RHUBARB CROWNS are now in stock - the superb virus-free varieties we offer are a huge improvement on the old types of years ago - we have BRANDY CARR SCARLET and STOCKBRIDGE ARROW - nice fat crowns ready for planting now.

Our BARE-ROOT FRUIT TREES - plums,gages,cherries,damsons and others are also expected mid-November - so again these can be pre-ordered to ensure no disappointment - contact the office for details.

On a sadder note - we have said Farewell to two members of our nursery team recently - KEVIN and JANET - who will be known to many of you - we wish them well as they move onto pastures new - and new challenges.


As someone once said - ALL GOOD THINGS MUST SURELY COME TO AN END.

UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD

APPLE DAY 2010 - IT'S HERE!!

Hello - well - all the final preparations are made for our main event of the year!!

Tomorrow - Saturday 23rd - is APPLE DAY 2010!!

A celebration of all things apple - from fun and games - to tasting - to advice - to trees to buy - it's one of the highlights of our year.

I can confirm that there are 120 apple varieties available to taste!! - yes I did manage to squeeze in those extra two!!

We are also very excited this year to formally launch our own new variety - CROWN PIPPIN - discovered here at the nursery - ,bright red,crisp,sweet and juicy - everything you could want from an apple!!! - and proving very popular with those who have been lucky enough to try it - we will have trees for sale for the first time on the day -(and apples to taste of course) - be one of the first to grow it!!

Entry to the event is free - and the day runs from 10am to 4pm at the nursery - teas/cakes e.t.c will be available to sample in return for a small donation to charity - and various varieties of apples will be available in bags to buy as well - along with just about everything else under the sun connected with the word apple!!

The apple tasting and the games are all under cover - so no matter what the weather - the show will go on!!

SEE YOU THERE!!!
UNTIL THEN,
RICHARD

COUNTDOWN TO APPLE DAY 2010!!

Hello - we are on the Countdown to our biggest event of the Year!!

Saturday October 23rd is the day - 10-4 - a free-event CELEBRATING ALL THINGS APPLE !! From apple-related games to apple tasting - this is the event to come too - if you love fruit as much as we do!!

I have just about finished apple picking - and I can reveal that so far there will be 118 different varieties available for tasting!!!!

I suppose the big question is will I make it to 120??!!

On a related subject - our WINTER PRUNING COURSES are filling up very fast - if you want to come down to the nursery - and learn all about pruning your fruit trees - then book with the office ASAP - the dates are WEDNESDAY 10th NOVEMBER - or THURSDAY 18TH NOVEMBER - 10-12.30ish.

These are always fun - we are very informal - but you will go away inspired and with bags of new knowledge!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD

AUTUMN FOLIAGE AND BERRY BONANZA!

Hello - autumn is well under way now - and here at the nursery, we are enjoying some fabulous AUTUMN COLOUR. The warm nights are producing some spectacular colour on trees and shrubs as the old foliage begins to decay.

One particular superb tree at the moment is the FLOWERING ASH - FRAXINUS ORNUS -this seldom-seen tree scores on two points - and also has the added bonus of excellent late spring flowers - a fluffy candy-floss type flower - but now it wears a coat of PURPLE-RED foliage - an excellent all-round tree for a small garden.

On the berry front - the SORBUS - ROWANS or MOUNTAIN ASHES - are studded with berries in every colour from red to white - we even have a dark purple one!!

Many of the ornamental CRAB APPLES - the MALUS have started to colour up - again a huge choice is available from the yellow fruits of GOLDEN HORNET to the red polished cherry-like RED SENTINAL.

But almost threatening to overshadow these all at the moment is CRATAEGUS CRUS-GALLII -THE COCKSPUR THORN - this is one smashing tree - the berries are large like rose hips -produced in great profusion - and the foliage is also large - quite unlike the normal hawthorn types - put those red berries against golden yellow autumn foliage and you have a winning combination!!

And on the shrub front - well - we are spoilt for choice!! From the incredible BLUE BERRIES of CALLICARPA to the well-known PYRACANTHAs - there is plenty of choice!!

Any of these planted in the next few weeks will establish in the warm soil and get away to a flying start in the spring - what are you waiting for?? - get out there!!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME - (IF WE ARE SPARED!)
RICHARD

COMING SOON - NEW WEBSITE AND ONLINE-SHOP!

Hell0 - we are delighted to announce that we are about to embark on a relaunch of our website - and online shop.

With new features and user-friendly ideas - we hope that this will inspire everyone into the world of trees and shrubs that is at the heart of Crown Nursery.

All the new season 2010-2011 catalogues will be available to download as PDF files - the blog will move there - and we will also be launching a new newsletter service - offering our latest top tips on a range of different subjects. There is even a rumour that we are going on Twitter!!

Our online shop will re-appear with an expanded range of products - more user-friendly than ever before - we are very excited about all these developments - so WATCH THIS SPACE - ove the next few weeks - we should be merging into the new site.

Exciting stuff!

UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD

AUTUMN - NATURE'S TIME FOR PLANTING

Hello - what a week!! A lot of water has fell out of the sky at the nursery this week - nearly an inch and three-quarters - and parts of the nursery have returned to their 'Battle of the Somme' status!

But - it has remained pretty mild - and this is excellent planting weather - trees and shrubs planted now will root quickly while the soil remains warm - and get off to a flying start in spring.

In recent years - there seems to have been a move away from autumn planting in favour of spring - but - particularly in East Anglia - this can lead to problems of establishment when springs turn dry. Far far better to copy dear old Mother Nature - she ripens her fruits now - and as they fall onto warm soil - they swell up and often produce small root systems before the cold weather comes.

The pace is starting to quicken at the nursery, as the new planting season dawns - I have spent most of my week gathering apples for long-term storage - running on about 75 varieties picked so far - all in preparation for our APPLE DAY CELEBRATION on SATURDAY OCTOBER 23RD.

If you have never been before - it is a great fun day out - we have a lot going on - from games to advice and of course there are over a hundred different apples to taste!!

Definitely one to put in your diary!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD

NEW SPECIMEN STOCK NOW IN!

Hello - we have just had the first of our new season stock delivered by a colossal lorry - we have now topped up the SPECIMEN AREA with all sorts of goodies.

From blue and yellow CONIFERS to three types of MAGNOLIA, black and green BAMBOOS - evergreens for screening purposes - multi-stemmed silver BIRCHES - to standard LIQUIDAMBARS,EUCALYPTUS and EVERGREEN OAKS.

We also have got in some super WISTERIAS - quality grafted plants - some with flower buds - in pink, white and dark blue.

And the ever popular evergreen Jasmine - TRACHELOSPERMUM has arrived on the shrub sales area!!!

All of these plants are now in the sales areas - plus many others just waiting for a new home - why not come down to the nursery and see them??

UNTIL NEXT TIME,
RICHARD

HELMINGHAM PLANT SALE - THIS SUNDAY (19TH)

Hello - what a year this is proving for fruit. In 18 years in this industry - I have NEVER seen fruit trees so laden. Are your trees nearly bent double??

Mine certainly are - and that is after all the careful management and thinning I put into them!!!!

Everything is just stuffed - from plums to pears - to Quinces.

With the gales earlier in the week - there has been some branch breakage - but generally the fruit has held on pretty well - although it may look initally alarming to see some of the branches weeping to the ground - they will spring back up into shape once the fruit is picked -and if they do not - you can still remove them when doing your annual winter prune.

Why is there such a bounteous harvest this year??

A combination of strong quality blossom - followed by an excellent growing season - with just the right amount of sun and rainfall has kept things pretty rosy for them.

Tomorrow - SUNDAY 19th - we are exhibiting at the PLANT HERITAGE PLANT FAIR at HELMINGHAM HALL. This is our one and only forray into the Plant Sale world- simply being too busy to attend most of them.

This is an excellent sale - it is open from 10.00 - 4.30 - Helmingham is a fabulous site - on the B1077 just outside Debenham - it is Brown - Tourist Board Signed - an ancient mansion with a fabulous garden and park - last year there were 46 stands with different nurseries - selling everything you could ever want for your garden!!

We will be there with our fruit trees and shrubs - so do come and say Hello!!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME - OR SEE YOU AT THE PLANT SALE!!
RICHARD

LAST CHANCE TO PRUNE YOUR PLUMS!!

Hello - have you pruned your plum trees yet?? If not - you need to get your skates on - the end of September is the latest date you can safely prune them - before winter - and still give them time to heal up the cuts.

The problem with pruning any stone fruit - and I include cherries,greengages and damsons in this - is that their wood is soft - and if pruned in winter when the sap is not actively flowing - they cannot repel infection - this will lead to the dreaded Silver Leaf Disease or Bacterial Canker getting in - and that will eventually prove terminal for any tree.

So get them done now - this weekend if poss - do bear in mind though that they do not require spur pruning like apples and pears - all that is usually necessary is to remove one or two larger branches to increase air-circulation - and help remove Brown Rot (See My earlier post on that) - and improve fruit size. The easiest and best rule with these is - to start obviously remove any broken branches - and my Victoria had broken several this year with the heavy crop - also anything that is old and thin is best taken out - other than that - take out crossing stuff - and keep the centre open - I tend to do about 8 cuts on my tree at the most.

Talking about pruning - our PRUNING COURSES are filling up fast - if you intend to come and spend a morning with Graeme and myself learning about fruit tree pruning or shrub pruning - you need to book with the office quickly - places are limited - the dates are NOVEMBER 10TH OR 18TH - this is also open to RHS members - so there will be no possibility of just turning up on the day!!!

If you have never been on a course - and are not sure about it - do come along - it is GREAT FUN - and you will learn a lot - we are very FRIENDLY PEOPLE here you know - yes really!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME,

RICHARD

AUTUMN COLOUR - IT BEGINS!!

Hello - the beauty of AUTUMN COLOUR - how we love it!! There has been a subtle change at the nursery over the last week - with the cooler nights - and nippy mornings - plus the shortening days - this triggers a change in our plants - and they begin to withdraw some of the chemicals and hormones back into their trunks and branches - causing a breakdown of the green leaf into wonderful pigments of red and orange - giving us A FABULOUS SHOW.

Many of the ACERS - members of the MAPLE family are starting to colour up - as the photo at the top shows -

It is still early - and over the next month - every day - new tints and colours are revealed - in many ways it is the HARVEST period of the nursery - the farmers have their golden fields of corn - and here at CROWN NURSERY - we have our AUTUMN COLOUR and the ripening APPLES - or perhaps I am just an old romantic at heart!!

People often ask which is the best plant for autumn colour - but it really depends on what effect you are trying to achieve - and also your soil. Those on drier sandy soil - slightly on the acidic side will get far more of the orange and red tints than those on wetter clay soil - whose autumn colour tends to be far more towards the yellow side of the spectrum.

However - the creme de la creme if you have a neutral to acid soil has to be LIQUIDAMBAR - The Sweet Gum. As the photo below shows - a STUNNER!! It also has a very ornamental bark too!! This tree - unlike most - starts it's autumn colour on one lower branch and the effect then floods over the rest of the tree - giving a much longer period of colour.

The photo just above that is of AMELANCHIER - but grown on sandy soil - on a heavy clay -it will have yellow autumn colour.

Colour also seems to vary from plant to plant - and in some trees - there will always be stronger autumn colour on some types than others, for the best autumn colour on trees - FRAXINUS 'RAYWOOD' (Claret Ash), QUERCUS RUBRA (Red Oak), PYRUS COMMUNIS (Wild Pear) and even our dear common little SPINDLE - EUONYMUS EUROPAEUS - with it's stange fruit shown below - will oblige in most years.

It's an exciting time - early autumn - and certainly not a time to shut up shop in your garden and prepare for winter - there is much colour to come - from berries to bark - from foliage to fruits - come and see for yourself!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME,

RICHARD

APPLE DAY - SATURDAY OCTOBER 23RD

Hello, - as the season moves into autumn - we are already into our forward planning for our Apple Day - our most busy and popular event of the year!!

If you have never been before we have a lot of fun!! I think I can best describe it as a Celebration of All Things Apple!! We have apple related games - we can offer advice on selection and pruning of apples trees - and most importantly for some - we have a MEGA APPLE TASTING marquee!!!

Last year, we had 107 different varieties available for tasting - and the target this year is 110!!!

Do come down and see us - it is a totally free event - refreshments are available - and the day runs from 10-4.

SEE YOU THERE!!!
RICHARD

THE GOLDEN DAYS OF SEPTEMBER

Hello - what a wonderful week this has been!! The first week of September - and we have had some superb weather - blue skies - and gentle warmth - I love September - the beginning of autumn - but still with that hint of the summer. I should think just about everyone has enjoyed this week - from holiday makers to farmers getting in the harvest - to us gardeners enjoying the lush growth.

Some difference to the weather last week - I was away on holiday in Ireland - where the weather was exactly as now - but back home in Suffolk - over 2 and a half inches of rain fell - together with gale-force winds - typhoons and goodness knows what else. When I returned to the nursery this week - parts of it looked like a re-enactment of the Battle of the Somme!!! Broken trees, damaged branches - support structures twisted and buckled - so much for August!

The beauty of September is that the soil is warm after the summer - but certainly this year - has plenty of moisture enabling an early start to autumn planting schemes. Trees and shrubs planted now will root very quickly - and establish themselves before the colder weather sets in.

We are already taking orders for hedging and fruit trees - the new HEDGING CATALOGUE is now available at the nursery - our new TREE CATALOGUE is also out - and the fruit catalogue is the next for a makeover.

A lot of plants are looking good at the moment - but one of our favourites is the ornamental crab apple - MALUS 'JOHN DOWNIE' - as the photo at the top of the page shows - this is a great tree for any garden - masses of scented apple blossom in the spring - and a profusion of large flagon-shaped orange crab apples in autumn - ideal for making crab-apple jelly!! As an extra bonus - this tree is also an excellent POLLINATOR for dessert and cooking apples.

Talking of apples - the APPLE-TASTING SHED is proving popular as always - there are new varieties ripening every week - currently we have DISCOVERY,TYDEMANS EARLY WORCESTER,BAKERS DELICIOUS,GRENADIER,REV.W. WILKS and SAINT EDMUNDS PIPIPN for customers to taste - and I will add more as they come into season.

This really is one of the best times of the year to look and plan for your autumn planting schemes - many of the trees are displaying great berries and the first signs of autumn colour will be with us soon - the late-summer flowering shrubs are still going great guns - everything is gearing up for a FABULOUS AUTUMN!!

Make sure you don't miss out!!

UNTIL NEXT TIME,

RICHARD