Monday 17 June 2013

Just a quick one this morning as we are off out to inspect some house decorating and partake of a full Sunday lunch . At least that what I’ve been promised. I seem to have moved from carbohydrate overload last week with Eden’s stunning breads, to protein overdose this week. Great BBQ on Friday night with so many meaty offerings there was little room on the plate for anything remotely green. Last night was the local village barn dance with similar offerings and today’s roast should see me through for my entire quota for the summer. I’m never quite sure about barn dances, I wouldn’t rush to book one up and when I get there I’m never sure I will enjoy it but as usual once dragged up onto the floor it is a good laugh. Luckily my mum used to teach a bit of barn dancing to the parents when I was at primary school back before the age of TV etc, and we kids were used as guinea pigs to walk through the routines before she set off. Three of us making a set of 8 was a challenge but something must have rubbed off as I can pick up the callers instructions reasonably quickly. The chaos of some of the more complicated ones actually adds to the enjoyment, it is something no-one really looks cool doing so just get up there for a laugh. By the end I had quite sore muscles, just above my ears, not used to so much laughing.

Nursery is filling up already with quite a lot of next year’s plants arriving already, where does all the time go. Still got quite a bit of stock to keep sales moving along through the summer so hopefully this gardening kind weather keeps going and the tills keep ringing. Things have brightened recently but the cold spring is still being felt. I can feel my laughter muscles relaxing already!

Availability

Fantastic Salvia’s are all very well budded and showing great colour, still lovely chunky plants.

Catananche have started pushing up their flower spikes ready to show off yummy sky blue summer flowers.

The dark flowering Verbascum Cherry Helen and the Pink Petticoats are showing colour and looking strong. Anthemis EC Buxton has masses of chunky bud ready to open into their stunningly pretty daisy flowers.

Plenty of bud coming on the Dianthus. The bright tiny flowers of Brilliancy and Flashing Light are now shouting.

Summer must be here as some of the Hemerocallis are showing bud with some colour on the ever-flowering Stella de Oro.

The short pretty pale yellow Digitalis Carillion is showing colour. Dicentra spectabilis is showing a second flowering flush and looks nice.

Strong white flowers about to burst open on the two dwarf Leucanthemum varieties, Snowcap and Silver Princess.

The perennial purple cornflower Centaurea deabata is showing off its first flowers and looking strong. Exotic Oxalis is up and in bud, but a huge number in stock.

Very strong Tradescatia plants in many colours with bud and flower colour in abundance. Geums have plenty of bud and colour coming now.

We have our best Japanese Anemones ever at the moment, stonkingly bushy plants. Hadspen Abundance is showing signs of flowering already and looking great.

Primula bulleysiana showing colour, but very few left.

Campanula glomerata Acaulis in bud and showing colour, short and bushy.

The Hostas are very chunky and yummy this year too, get them before the slugs do!

Carex Evergold and Ice Dance both look fantastic.

Fresh batches of Delphiniums and Lupins looking rampant.


Have a good week, from all at Kirton Farm Nurseries



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