Our Favourite Plants & Materials

 Truffle impregnated Oak and Hazel saplings:-

This year, we have started stocking small trees impregnated with the truffle fungus. Like all mycorrhizal species the truffle grows in conjunction with the roots of certain plants. The black truffle grows most successfully with the roots of oak and hazel trees. A new technique allows infected trees to be planted and truffles harvested. The two species we sell at the nursery are the black winter truffle (Tuber melanosporum) and the summer truffle (Tuber aestivum var. uncinatum). The tree species we currently hold in stock are Hazel (Corylus avellena), Oak (Quercus robur) or Evergreen Oak (Ouercus ilex). For more details, please contact the nursery.

rootgrow™ Mycorrhizal fungi:-

We also now stock rootgrow™, a mycorrhizal fungi which, when in contact with the roots of a plant, creates a huge secondary fungal root system feeding soil nutrients and water directly to the plant.  Over 90% of all plants rely on the ultra fine mycorrhizal fungi roots to transfer nutrients and water from the soil that their natural roots alone find it hard to access. We recommend using rootgrow™ on bare-rooted stock, large plants, and on roses. Using rootgrow™ with roses will not just help them to establish well and produce a good show of flowers but it will also enable gardeners to grow roses in soil that has previously had roses growing in it. For more details, please contact the nursery.

Wollemi Pine:-

At the nursery, we are currently growing a Wollemi Pine. The Wollemi Pine is one of the world's oldest and rarest plants dating back to the time of the dinosaurs. The pine was discovered in 2004 at the bottom of a gorge in Australia, where there are now only one hundred wild mature trees in existence.
The Wollemi Pine produces three types of foliage depending on its age and position on the tree. New juvenile frond-like foliage is apple green and changes to a blue-green colour as the plant grows. Mature foliage is more Jurassic-like, featuring two rows of leaves on the branches, not unlike the spines on a Stegosaur's back. In the colder months, the foliage has a warm, bronze appearance. Each growth season, the branch buds flush, creating distinct sections on the branches from which the age of the Wollemi can be estimated.