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Woottens Spring Plant & Garden Fair 5th May 2024
Our Spring Plant & Garden Fair will be running this year on Sunday 5th May 2024 We have some of the most prestigious experts in their fields attending, from rose and tree specialists to those that have a passion for the exotic and carnivorous. They travel from Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Cambridge to visit us […]
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National Collection of Species and Scented Leaf Pelargoniums
Exciting News for 2023! We are proud to announce that in November last year we applied for and received National Collection status from Plant Heritage for our collection of Species and Scented Leaf Pelargoniums. Over the past few years we evolved the Pelargonium collection to encompass more and more of the rare species plants. We now hold 82 species […]
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Pelargonium Winter Maintenance
Nestled in the polytunnel with three chickens the biting breeze outside on this January day isn’t bothering us much at all. It is a positively tropical 4 degrees in here and fairly dry. The girls are waiting patiently for me to throw them either a succulent bug or a sprig of chickweed – both as […]
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Woottens of Wenhaston Plant Advice
Woottens of Wenhaston has been growing and propagating plants for over 25 years, the qualified and experienced staff love to share their experiences and knowledge with our customers This blog includes advice on all types of horticulture from small scale propagation to specific genus advice, as well as the odd blog on how to erect […]
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Autumn Planting Advice
Autumn Planting It is easy to feel lethargic about the garden, especially when the days are damp and the nights are drawing in. However contrary to belief the autumn months are when we should be highly active in our gardens & be enjoying all our late flowering plants, rather than closing the back door on […]
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Plant care for severe dry conditions
The last time we recall rain on the nursery in Wenhaston was the week before our Grand Spring Fair; Monday 30th April to be precise. Torrential rain saturated the site and our biggest concern was whether our newly planned parking area for the event would become to muddy to drive on. That was over 12 weeks ago, since then there has been just 1 or 2 days of insignificant drizzle and although we are making the most of this very un-British climate each day is a struggle to care for the plants.
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Plants for windy Gardens
Plants for windy Gardens. Each season throws new challenges our way in gardening, whether its dealing with a long wet winter or severe summer drought. This year our biggest challenge has been battling the ferocious wind on the nursery, not only does it decimate blooms but it dries and crisps even the most robust plants. […]
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Nursery Life in the snow
Nursery Life in the snow. Wenhaston is a fortunate village when it comes to the weather, our only downfall is that the nursery is located on a very exposed site and therefore gets the brunt of any gales. But this week we have experienced up to 6 inches of snowfall and daytime temperatures of -6 […]
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Dependable Evergreens
It is at this time of year that you really can appreciate the beauty behind your garden. I don’t mean what’s lurking behind the shed but the true naked structure of your borders and the plants growing there.
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Small scale but satisfying propagation
What can be more satisfying than your own plant propagation, whether it’s the first seedlings of the year appearing or noticing your cuttings of your prize plant have rooted. This weekend was blissfully spent sowing the early vegetables of the year – potting on my Pelargonium tomentosum cuttings and taking the first basal cuttings from […]
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Gardening with chickens
For those of us that love ‘the good life’ we quickly learn to appreciate that often our love of plants has to either take a back seat or be evolved to accommodate our love of nature and animals! For me it was the latter, at the offer of having chickens I was never going to decline […]
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What are the benefits of regularly repotting plants?
It is often easy to forget that container planting requires much more attention than plants that are in the earth. Containers do not have their own ecosystems, a constant supply of nutrients or moisture retention and even when planted in the best media, its structure will not last longer than one season. If a container […]
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Let’s learn to appreciate ‘Half Hardy’ plants
One of the most common questions we receive about plants on the nursery is the ultimate ‘is it hardy’ – and after three severe winters of uncertain and prolonged weather you may believe this to be a just question.
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Woottens of Wenhaston – The Relocation!
In July of 2016 the nursery had to be relocated from it’s site on Blackheath Road to the land containing the nurseries Iris fields. Soon to be called ‘The Iris Field’ and become the new permanent address. This monumental task was carried out by two determined new owners, five wonderful staff members and a team […]
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How to name a Hemerocallis…
Toodeloo Kangaroo I'm off to visit Santa's Pants. Now don't get me wrong I'm not some crazy woman who converses with imaginary marsupials, nor do I have a fetish for the jolly mans jingle!
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The many leaves of the Pelargonium
After five years of growing and propagating Pelargoniums I still cannot identify each variety we stock by its flower. There are some obviously differences and some are exquisitely distinct in their features but I still feel much more confident when presented with a leaf to name rather than any flower. This could be due to many […]
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