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Duncan Heather's Top 10 tips for buying nursery stock at trade price.

One of the hardest things to source as a newly qualified as a garden/landscape designer is a good source for trade plants. I never buy from Garden Centres as I consider them too expensive with some plants having up to a 200% mark-up on them.So here a

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Recomended Nursery

I would like to let everyone know about a wonderful nursery in Suffolk. They have over ten acres of plants all grown in the UK and in 100% non-peat based compost.

I am sounding like an advert as I have been comunicating with Jon and Danny who have bot

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Sourcing a rhododendron

Dear All

I have been asked by a customer to source an evergreen Rhododendron with bright red flowers in late spring with a long flowering period. Interesting foliage would also be an advantage.

The budget for this needs to be under £200 incl Vat and de

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How do you remember plant names?

I really enjoyed the plant identification and tests at college and I think my average was 97% over the three year course (although I don't think I faired that well with grass idents at Sparsholt during my greenkeeping course).

It will be six years t

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supplier of plants

can I please get some recommendation on good wholesale nurseries in the london area (between Twickenham and Covent Gardens) -thankyou

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Ilex crenata

I want to use an Cloud Pruned Ilex crenata, in a garden with free draining soil, but have reservations as I planted a number of them several years ago over a 3yr period, and several died in their second year.Could anyone suggest why, or can you recom

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Where do you get your plants ?

Hi all first time poster here !I've read this site for some time now and have found it so interesting to see how some of you 'established and professional' gardeners do things.I only garden on a small scale, part time basis (three days a week due to

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What am I describing?

A tube that exits through the cambium of some trees - It can remove pollution from the air. The London Plane is one particular tree that exhibits this particular feature - as it filters air from the city streets, its bark flakes from the trunk with t

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Favourite Plants

I was Just woundering what peoples favourite plants are, either from a personal point of view or what works well on your jobs, mine are:Tree: Betula utalis var. ' Jacamontii'Shrub: Aucuba japonica 'Crotonifola'Perennial; Phormium tenax 'Jester'Annual

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Palm tree supplier

Hi thereJust wondering if anyone can recommend a supplier of palm trees? I need six around 7 to 8 feet tall for a garden that I'm working on. Also has anyone got any general info on them too or know a good source of info?Many ThanksBen

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Help to identify a dwarf conifer

Hello all...I hope you all had nice weekends?A potential customer of mine has had a problem with a dwarf conifer and it has died. There are 2 and I've been asked to replace the dead one for one of the same. I'm not up to scratch on conifers and would

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Extra deep plant pots

Anyone on LJN sell them?Looking for very specific sizes and also must be very heavy duty28 or 29cm across and at least 30cm+ deep40 cm across and 40+ cm deep

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One for the softscapers splitting Strelitzias

As part of our hire stock we have some Strelitzia nicolai (black) they have become too large to be carried, apart from very short distances. At the moment they have 8ft central stems with small plants at the sides. They are currently in 60ltr planter

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How can we revive a yew hedge?

Does anyone out there know how to manage a sick yew hedge? We were asked to trim a long, six-foot high, eighteen month old hedge planted originally by reputable landscapers, which now doesn't look at all happy.It has quite a lot of brown bits, some g

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Iris spuria 'Orientalis'

I have to admit to absolutely loathing Iris' - until they flower :-0)) There is nothing more boring and hard on the eye than the spiky leaves of Iris in the winter. I would have never have planted them out of choice; until now that is. For the fist t

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Trifolium pratense - red clover

I would appreciate some help from anyone with knowledge of wild flowers. I have discovered an unusual very deep red clover growing in a meadow close to my home that looks so out of place in amongst the more usual coloured clover. It stands out a mile

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Diseased Apple tree

Can anyone suggest what the possible cause could be? The apple tree is about 12 years old and generally good health. However most of the branches are covered in what looks like small silver fungus. Quite spongy to touch and appears to be black undern

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Can anyone recommend a plant supplier

Wholesale plant supplier needed for project to restore victorian walled garden in surrey. Can anyone recommend a good nursery/plant supplier for Fruit trees and shrubs?

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Plant identification mock-up

Here is a quick mock up of how you might make the plant identification idea work:

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Inclusion or a plant and identification page on LJN

Hi guys and PhilI was thinking this morning about how useful a plant identification page would be on LJN. I would like to think that I know 90% of the species that grow in my area but that remaining 10%, I don't seem to be able to find in any of my b

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