We aim for hardy strong plants that will grow well in your garden - we DO NOT get weekly deliveries of grown plants in by lorry from the large distributers. It is these sorts of plants which tend to be very soft, we have found from gardening in the area for the last 20 years. They come out of totally controlled growing conditions - the likes of which do not exist in real life !!!
Our plants start their life here as seeds, cuttings, divisions, or plugs of those goodies that are not allowed to be propagated for resale. Stock that comes in from outside comes from other passionate nurserymen and women, not the "factory farmers". They are grown on in our own nursery so that by the time they are ready for sale to you they are tough. Unlike our chickens,the plants have to tough it out as they grow up, to make them as hardy as possible for your garden. We sell an astonishing array of bulbs in the autumn, potting on thousands for sale the following year.
For some pictures of the bulbs we have grown please click here :
The plant centre is open from 10 a.m. daily. There is plenty of parking with disabled access to the plant centre. Some of the area is covered with a tunnel (which just helps to keep the wind and rain off some of the younger plants in the spring and me while I am potting and sowing :~]) It also means you have somewhere to go if we get the odd shower - it happens sometimes in Argyll.
I hope to put up lists of what we are growing this year but most years I simply run out of time. Just come in and see for yourself.
For those who are not interested in plants - we also have a wide range of poultry
and waterfowl - we find they get on with plants and gardens fine - in fact well organised they can be a positive asset - providing great bug control; ground clearers; and high fertility increasers - all this and eggs as well. THE POULTRY AND WATERFOWL PARK IS OPEN TO VISITORS FROM EASTER TO OCTOBER so the non gardeners have somewhere to wander while you indulge yourself.
Experienced advice is available to help you get the most from your gardening.
We DO NOT do mail order - sorry.
We will be going to a variety of events this year in the local area, hope to see you about.
We specialise in growing hardy perennials, an amazing range of herbs, lots of rhododendron hybrids, thousands of bulbs, and are increasing the range of interesting and unusual varieties all the time.
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Garden Plant Centre
Map and directions  Herbs Alpines Perennials Rhododendrons Azaleas Heathers Grasses Climbers Shrubs Annuals Garden Pictures
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this
is a link to Northern Polytunnels - from whom
we have bought our poly tunnels - that have lasted through pretty extreme
weather conditions and who are always very helpful when we have strange
questions to ask - give them a try (and no they are not paying us to say
so - although we wouldn't say no if they decided they wanted to :~)) have
a nosy round their site - and their sister site for all the other bits
and pieces you just can't do without -
the LBS group 
