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The nursery is now closed to visitors until the spring.  We will re-open on Saturday 1st March 2025.

You can however use Click & Collect on the website if you wish to pick up plants from the nursery. We need at least one full day to get your plants together.

Mail order also continues as normal and the majority of orders are being shipped within 7-14 days.

Last orders for delivery before Christmas to be placed by midnight 15th December please!

Featured Plants
Oxalis hirta 'Gothenburg'

Oxalis hirta 'Gothenburg'£5.00

A lovely bulbous type from the Cape of South Africa with greyish green, finely divided foliage on stems to 20cm topped with big pink flowers in summer. Drained soil in a sunny spot.

Eucomis comosa dark stemmed

Eucomis comosa dark stemmed£6.50

A lovely form with strongly bronzed leaves and dark brown stems supporting big spikes of pinkish flowers with green tips! Drained, good soil in full sun. 75cm?

Nasella charruana

Nasella charruana£4.50

AGM An attractive clump forming grass from south America with rich green, narrow, leaves and arching stems holding clusters of red-tinted flowers all summer. Drained soil in sun. 60cm.

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Cautleya spicata 'Bleddyn's Beacon'

Cautleya spicata 'Bleddyn's Beacon'£8.50

BSWJ2408 A superior collection with striking spikes of rich red bracts protecting the buds of attractive yellow flowers in late summer and autumn. Good soil in part shade. 80cm.

Hedera helix f. poetarum JUVENILE

Hedera helix f. poetarum JUVENILE£5.00

The juvenile form of the Poet's Ivy. This will provide creeping/climbing growth with typical green foliage. When it becomes adult the berries will be the desired yellow. Patience!

Tulbaghia violacea 'Silver Lace'

Tulbaghia violacea 'Silver Lace'£5.00

AGM Pretty silvery white variegated form of this tough bulbous southern African plant. Heads of cheerful lilac-purple flowers all summer and autumn. 60cm.

Hedera helix 'Dyinnii'

Hedera helix 'Dyinnii'£5.00

Possibly the smallest ivy with dense bushy growth covered with tiny sharply pointed foliage. A soft mossy appearance for small places or containers.

Dianthus deltoides

Dianthus deltoides£5.00

AGM Low mats of rich green leaves show the brilliant reddish pink flowers well. Ideal creeping edge to paths etc. Can also cascade over walls. Drained soil in sun. 15cm.

Hedera helix 'Jersey Doris'

Hedera helix 'Jersey Doris'£5.00

Creamy white new leaves gradually develop green speckles, small to start then larger. Medium size grower but slow with little chlorophyll until the leaves are older.

Welcome to The Plantsman's Preference website!
 

We have been selling an extensive range of Hardy Geraniums and Ornamental Grasses as well as many new, rare and unusual perennials (particularly those suitable for shade) since 1996, mail order since 1998 and online since 2000.  We probably have the largest collection of Hardy Geraniums for sale in the UK, with at least 200 different varieties over the course of a year.  We also grow a small, choice, selection of shrubby plants, particularly those from the Caprifoliaceae

The most important factors in our choice of what plants we grow have always been; good garden value, growable, and possibly most important - we have to like it!  We are particularly keen that plants should get on with it without lots of fussing from the gardener so we generally do not grow anything that needs staking or deadheading!

Here on our website you can easily securely shop online and use our fab Plant Selector to help you find plants to suit your requirements or conditions.  Or you can just browse through the categories and A-Z pages.  If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us, quickest response will be from the nursery phone number at the top of every page, please leave a message if we're unable to answer.

Don't forget to try and Visit the Nursery and see the plants in real life!
 

Award Winning Plants
RHS Award of Garden Merit

RHS Award of Garden Merit

The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) issued by the Royal Hoticultural Society (RHS) helps gardeners find reliable, consistent plants that will provide particularly good value in the garden.

The award is granted after trials at the RHS’ garden at Wisley in Surrey and/or assessment at specialist collections or discussion at meetings. There is a set list of criteria that plants have to meet to be deemed worthy of the AGM. For more information on the AGM please visit the RHS Website.