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Orchid Show at Tatton Park

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May 21, 2011 by admin Leave a Comment
The Tenants' Hall at Tatton Park will host one of the largest displays of orchids you will find

Orchid Show at Tatton Park - Sunday 5th June - 10am - 4pm. - Tatton's orchid house open 1pm - 4pm. The North of England Orchid Society are hosts …
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Filed Under: Events, Flowers Tagged With: 4pm, Blooms, England Orchid Society, Flowering Plant, Fraction, Full Bloom, Hosts, Houseplant, Nbsp, North England, North Of England, Orchid Grower, Orchid Nurseries, Orchid Show, Orchid Societies, Orchids, Plants, Pockets, S Hall, Sun, Tastes, Tatton Park


Preserving America’s Rose Heritage

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June 14, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
Picture of old english rose

Roses are often thought of as being quintessentially English but our friends in the USA also have cultivars dating back to the 1800's which they are …
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Filed Under: Featured, Flowers Tagged With: Blooms, Catalogues, Colonisation, Dissemination Of Information, Fossil Records, Fragrance, Further Research, Heritage Roses, Human Colonisation, Million Years, Nineteenth Century, Nonprofit Organization, Old Roses, Perfumes, Periodicals, Pests, Philadelphia Inquirer, Propagation, Public Knowledge, Public Rose Gardens, Quintessentially, Research Papers, Rose Foundation, Rustlers, Unites States, World Goals


Heritage Flowers Gift Box Set

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February 22, 2010 by admin Leave a Comment
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Whilst on our search for old varieties of flower seed we came across this great gift offer by English Heritage. The Thomas Etty Esq Heritage …
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Filed Under: Flowers Tagged With: Birthdays, Caption, Dragon, English Heritage, Field Poppy, Flower Box, Flower Online, Flower Seed, Flowers Gift, Heritage Flowers, Heritage Shop, Ideal, Nasturtium, Pot Marigold, Seed Box, Seed Packets, Snap Dragon, Sweet William, Thomas Etty


Snakes Head Fritillaria

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October 8, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
Purple & white bells of the Snake's Head Fritillary

Fritillaria meleagris or Snake's Head Fritillary as it is more commonly known, is a native of Europe, found growing in damp grassland and near …
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Filed Under: Featured, Flowers Tagged With: Beach Meadows, Cultivation Techniques, Deciduous Trees, Flower Bulb, Flower Shop, Fritillaria Meleagris, Guinea Hen, Head Fritillary, Leper Lily, Light Shade, Magdalen College Oxford, National Nature Reserve, Native Flowers, Purple Flowers, River Meadows, Seed Specialists, Shades Of Purple, Stockholm Archipelago, Swedish Name, Thompson Morgan, Trees And Shrubs, White Flowers, Wild Flower


Are Your Bluebells Native?

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April 10, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
Bluebell wood at Muncaster Castle

A few woodland areas in the UK will soon be carpeted in blue from the end of April to Mid May. Our native British Bluebell is considered an …
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Filed Under: Featured, Flowers Tagged With: Beautiful Flower, Bluebell Woods, Central Scotland Forest, Cheshire, Chilterns, Cumbria, East Sussex, Endangered Species, Forest Trust, Further Study, Genetic Makeup, Grow Bulbs, Growing Concern, Hybridisation, Karin, Native Species, Natural History Museum, Nurseries, Plant Species, True Status, Wigton Cumbria, Wildlife Trust, Woodland Areas


Sweet Violets

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March 14, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
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From late February to May in shade at the edges of woodland or in hedgerows we can find clumps of sweet violet (viola odorata). This is our …
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Filed Under: Featured, Flowers Tagged With: Alba, Aphrodite Goddess, Aphrodite Greek Goddess, Aphrodite Greek Goddess Of Love, Church Floors, Clumps, Cumbrian, Delicate Flowers, Goddess Of Love, Good Soil, Greek Goddess Of Love, Ground Cover, Hedgerows, Medicinal Applications, Perfume, Specialist Nurseries, Sweet Violet, Sweet Violets, Victorians, Viola Odorata, West Dorset


The Foxglove

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March 11, 2009 by admin Leave a Comment
Plate Drawing of Digitalis Purpurea by Koehler

The Foxgolve ( Digitalis pupurea) is a native plant of Europe and used to be found growing in many British hedgerows. Its botanical name means …
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Filed Under: Featured, Flowers Tagged With: 163, Bees, Botanical Name, British Hedgerows, Camelot, Common Foxglove, Digitalis Purpurea, Europe, F1, Fir, Flower Buds, Foxgloves, Heart Medication, Hybrid Varieties, Koehler, Leaves, Medication, New Spring, Open Flower, Pink Buds, Profusion, Purple Flowers, Roots, Rosette, Seeds, Spring Growth, Tubular Flowers, Weed


Looking for Dianthus

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November 22, 2008 by admin Leave a Comment
Dianthus Plumarius

English Heritage are asking all gardeners to look out for original carnations (Dianthus), commonly known as "Pinks" Original species have a …
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Filed Under: Featured, Flowers Tagged With: 16th Century, Bbc2, Carnation, Carnations And Pinks, Clove, Cultivar Names, Dark Burgundy, E Mail, Elizabethan Gardens, English Heritage, International Registration, Kenilworth Castle, Mail Customers, Mail Order Department, Original Species, Parentage, Petals, Pom Pom, Registration Authority, Rhs Enterprises


Suppliers of old varieties

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November 6, 2008 by admin Leave a Comment

Here you will find a few commercial suppliers of old varieties of fruit, vegetables and flowers. Edwin Tucker & Sons Ltd, Devon (seeds and seed …
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Filed Under: Flowers, Fruit & Veg, Suppliers Tagged With: Amp, Bulbs, Chiltern Seeds, Commercial Suppliers, Devon, Directory, Flowers, Fruit Flowers, Fruit Tree Varieties, Fruit Vegetables, heritage, Heritage Varieties, Local Businesses, Nursery Growers, Old Varieties, Organic Gardening, Rhs Members, Seed Potatoes, Seed Varieties, Seeds, Seedsman, Somerset, Surrey, Thomas Etty


The Sweet Pea

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July 12, 2008 by admin Leave a Comment
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This is the time of year that many gardener's are daily gathering bunches of these delightfully fragrant flowers. An old favourite and mainstay of …
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Filed Under: Featured, Flowers Tagged With: british cut flowers, cut and forget, Flowers, sweet pea


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