Monday 15 June 2015

Hairy Righthand Star

Morning all,

Very busy still which is great. Slightly scary that next year’s plants are arriving already, looking to be fed and nurtured through the seasons until a sales opportunity arrives. Slight hiccup this week when the big van windscreen needed replacing after getting walloped by something while out on deliveries. Luckily much of the cost is covered on the insurance and the replacement went pretty smoothly once we had limped home. Despite the initial panic that wells up in me when something like happens, it turned out to be quite a reassuring exercise. We were reminded by AutoGlass of the clever construction of windscreens nowadays, two layers of glass sandwiching a sheet of plastic results in a screen that very rarely fall’s out when broken. Much safer and more practical so well done all you windscreen manufacturers out there (who I’m sure regularly read this guff).
Village barn dance tonight. Not an event I feel I ought to look forward to with my universal desire not to do what everyone else does. The thought of regimented dance routines generally sends shudders down my spine but I have to admit they are usually chaotic enough to be good fun, especially if like me and you are not afraid of everyone laughing at you!

Availability highlights
Phlox Flame varieties are showing fantastic growth, lots of bud and a first taste of colour. Don’t miss these beauties.Purple, Purple Eye and White Eye are the first three showing actual colour in the bud and the others are close behind. Veronica buds are appearing on lovely compact plants and colour beginning to show.
Delightful Catananche looking lush with flower stems and buds appearing on both colours. Very attractive plants and very popular when buds and flower are showing. Sold out very quickly last year, but took a gamble on extra this year so don’t miss out.
Digitalis Dalmatian varieties all now in bud, strong compact plants with spotted foxglove flowers in a great colour range. We lots of Achillea varieties this year, with flower shoots and buds most. The lovely Desert Eve range are very compact and showing plenty of colour, the others are fairly compact but not quite as ground hugging. All monster plants.
The short Campanulas are in bud, a real taste of summer (carpatica blue, carpatica white and posharskyana)
Our hardy Fuchsias are just beginning to produce their seemingly endless supply of buds.
The Garden Pinks (Dianthus) are beginning to bud up nicely with the odd open flower. Most of the varieties we grow have a delicious scent, classic garden flowers.Summer sunshine in a pot, Coreopsis are looking brilliant especially the Sunfire. The odd open flower and loads of bud. Stunning amounts of bud and flower on both Oxalis varieties, great pot fulls.
Just coming into bud are our great range of Leucanthemums. Several varieties this year running alongside the ever popular dwarf classics of Snow Lady and Silver Princess. All stonkingly bushy plants, Lacrosse has pretty white petals with a little spoon shape on the end of each, Sante is a stunningly frilly double and Real Dream and Banana Creme both carry very attractive large daisy flowers of varying shades of cream/pale yellow.
Our Daylily range is throwing up its flower shoots now, summer must be just round the corner. Loads of Hemerocallis Black Prince this year, but likely to still disappear fast so don’t dither, get it quick!
Our nice short Tiarella (Foam Flower) are showing plenty of bud and flower now, a very pretty cream show. The dwarf upright Polemonium Bambino Blue is now in bud, blue flowers now showing well.
Fabulous crops of Gallery Lupins, Delpiniums on stream for just a few more weeks.
Astilbes all have masses of bud showing with some just beginning to open. Dark red (Fanal), white (Deutschland), dark pink (Rhienland) and delightful pale pink of Peach Blossom.
Great ground cover plants in a good range, the Ajugas are topping their lovely foliage display with their late spring flowers.Still plenty of fresh Erigeron karvinskianus with lots of bud.
A new Eupatorium (Baby Jo) for us this year, strong compact growth and now showing bud. Not many left. Delightful little flowers of Erodium’s are showing well with months of flower colour to come.
Herbs coming along nicely as the range begins to grow. The Basils are starting now as the temperature begins to rise. Lavenders are coming into bud, and some of the pretty and tasty thymes too.
Have a good one, from all at Kirton Farm Nurseries

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