Any good sites to get Garden plants/bulbs?

[Hightowermark]

For next year of course, as the bulbs need to go in aorund October time wanna to get a plan together.

 

[Scoby_Beasley]

Try Crocus (the company name, not the plant ) here

 

[STENDEC]

J Parkers Dutch Bulbs - They have a website. Just do a google search.

My top tip - Phone them up and mention you are in the market for regular bulk buying... They will probably send you a Trade Price Catologue if you play your cards right. VERY Cheap prices for bulk.

However, if you buy their Trade Priced Nursery Stock be prepared for mini plug sized plants that will need a year or two to grow on before they are Garden Centre sized. Good value still, if you have patience.

Obviously the bulbs come full sized and ready to plant!

I believe their Retail Priced normal catalogue prices are still reasonable and cheaper than most Graden Centres.

 

[Hightowermark]

Excellent, it's on it's way.

Are they good on delivery? also see they give you loads of free things aswell.

 

[STENDEC]

Glad you took the advice and found it useful!!! Ta.

Did you get the Wholesale "trade" version?

They do tend to give out some free plants or vouchers with an order - this is a regular thing that they do.

Ordering - well, generally they wait until the right planting season for your chosen order before sending the goods out. Sometimes this can mean part orders being shipped and what not. However, once the time is right delivery is quick, secure and efficient. I have never had a problem with anything not turning up in good time or trouble with orders etc.
The bulbs are very good sizes and only the odd one or two in a big batch are a bit ropey. The vast majority are superb!

If you buy the Nursery Stock plants then the succes rate is very high when transplanting and growing on - only a few items have failed to grow (Kniphofia being the worst of them with 4 out of 10 plugs failing to grow). Just remember - if you are buying from the Wholesale Catalogue the plants are cheap because they are very young and some will take a long time to mature and will need appropriate care to get established. If you have an eye for a bargain and have green fingers and some patience you cant go wrong!!! If you have the standard retail catalogue the plants are still excellent value and will be more mature specimens.

I buy bulk plants from Parkers and grow them on for a year in the greenhouse before selling them at car boots etc for a big profit the following year!

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Sorry - forgot to add.....if you are in the market for them....Some of the plants which they sell that come full sized include all their roses.

I can highly HIGHLY vouch for the excellent quality of their Standard Roses and Shrub / HT Roses if you or anyone else wants to get some!

Trade price was about £10.00 each for full sized Standards last year. Thats about half of what a Garden Centre would charge!!!!

Cant remember the price of the HT or other Shrub roses - but it was very cheap!

The downside to buying from Parkers is the masses of Gardening related Junk Mail you will now get sent from various companies who obviously get the details from Parkers!!

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[Hightowermark]

I got the Trade one

Thanks for the advice much appricated.

 

[Hightowermark]

Got the 'Wholesale' magazine today.

They do have alot of cheap stuff, after grasses and shrubs so can you recommend any?

 

[STENDEC]

Depends on your soil type really!

Some good all rounders are the Choitsya Ternata- Sundance (shrub)

Siberian Dogwood (Shrub) - grows big but looks great in winter / spring

Grab yourself at least one of the Butterfly Bushes if you have some spare room (Its big). Buddlejas are great.

Ther are hundreds of others but some are soil specific. These three are the fastest growing that I found in the catalogue.

I can recommend some of the perrenials to. Try the Lupins and foxgloves - which will need growing on first but are great!!

Grasses - The three colour selection they do grows well. Why not get the spiral type bamboo (Not too invasive) and a couple of ferns to complement it!? That would look great in a sligtly shady / damp corner.