Shows/Plant Fairs

Shows/Plant Fairs

We attend a number of sales during the year please find below the 2024 list. We can take pre-paid orders to these sales for collection and save yourself the shipping charge.

11th February - Snowdrop and Early Spring Plants Fair, Hole Park Garden, Rolvenden, Cranbrook Kent TN17 4JA www.plant-fairs.co.uk



10th March - Plant Heritage North Devon Plant Fair, Pannier Market South Molton, North Devon EX36 3AB.



17th March - Rare Plant Fair, Bishops Palace, Wells. BA5 2PD www.rareplantfair.co.uk.



23rd March - Hardy Plant Society Somerset Group Plant Sale - Yeo Valley Organic Gardens, Blagdon, Somerset . https://www.yeovalley.co.uk/the-organic-garden/



31st March - Easter Sunday- Plant Fair Burrow Farm Gardens Dalwood, Axminster. EX13 7ET. https://burrowfarmgardens.co.uk/events/ .



6th April - Plant Hunters Fair, Bodenham Arboretum, Woverley, Worcs. DY11 5TB. www.planthuntersfairs.co.uk.



14th April - Rare Plant Fair, Old Rectory Quenington, Gloucs GL7 5BN. www.rareplantfair.co.uk.



21st April - Plant Fairs Roadshow - Spring Plant Fair and Tulip Festival, Arundel Castle Gardens BN18 9AB https://www.plantfairsroadshow.co.uk/



21st April - Plant Fairs Roadshow - Ramster Gardens, Chiddingfold Surrey, GU8 4SN https://www.plantfairsroadshow.co.uk/



6th May -- Hampshire Plant Heritage Plant Sale, Longstock Gardens & Arboretum , Longstock Hampshire. https://www.plantheritage.org.uk/events/hampshire-isle-of-wight/hampshire-grand-plant-fair/



11th May - Charity Plant Fair, Yarlington House, Yarlington, Somerset, BA9 8DY www.plantfairs.co.uk



12th May - Rare Plant Fair, Salthrop House, Wroughton mr Swindon SN4 9QP- www.rareplantfair.co.uk



19th May - Rare Plant Fair, The American Museum and Gardens, Bath. BA2 7BD - www.rareplantfair.co.uk



26th May - Rare Plant Fair - Kingston Bagpuize, Oxford , OX13 5AX- www.rareplantfair.co.uk



2nd June - Rare Plant Fair, High Glanau Manor, Lydart, Monmouthshire NP25 4AD www.rareplantfair.co.uk.



9th June - Rare Plant Fair - Waterperry Gardens, nr Oxford. OX33 1JZ. - www.rareplantfair.co.uk



15th & 16th June - Unusual Plant sale- Gilbert Whites House, Selborne, Hampshire GU34 3JH. www.gilbertwhiteshouse.org.uk



23rd June - Summer Plant Fair and Garden - Dorset Plant Heritage - Abbotsbury Gardens, Dorset, DT3 4LA



30th June - Devon Hardy Plant Society Plant Fair Burrow Farm Gardens Dalwood, Axminster. EX13 7ET. https://burrowfarmgardens.co.uk/events/ .



14th July - Plant Heritage North Devon Plant Fair, Pannier Market South Molton, North Devon EX36 3AB.



21st July - Rare Plant Fair, Manor House Gardens, Bledlow, Bucks. HP27 9PA www.rareplantfair.co.uk.



18th August - Summer Plants Fair, Hole Park Garden, Rolvenden, Cranbrook Kent TN17 4JA https://www.plantfairsroadshow.co.uk/



25th & 26th Augustl - Plant Hunters Fair, The Dorothy Clive Garden. Willougbridge, Shropshire, TF9 4EU. www.planthuntersfairs.co.uk.



1st September - Rare Plant Fair, Adwell House, nr Thame, Oxfordshire OX9 7DQ www.rareplantfair.co.uk.



8th September - Rare Plant Fair, Bishops Palace, Wells. BA5 2PD www.rareplantfair.co.uk.



15th September - Plant Fairs Roadshow- Borde Hill Gardens, Haywards Heath, W. Sussex RH16 1XP https://www.plantfairsroadshow.co.uk/



22nd September- Rare Plant Fair, Llanover House, Llanover, nr Abergavenny NP7 9EF www.rareplantfair.co.uk.





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Best Selling Plants

Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' AGM

Dryopteris affinis 'Cristata The King' AGM

£7.00 (2 or fewer items) £6.50 (3 or more items)

A truly magnificent fern with splendid crests and arching fronds, said to be the 'King of the British Ferns'. In time, to 1.2m tall. Very effective in a pot against a north facing wall. Semi-evergreen.
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Disporum longistylum 'Night Heron'

Disporum longistylum 'Night Heron'

£8.50

Dark flushed purple foliage on this bamboo like Disporum. Easy in a sheltered shady bed. Evergreen if sheltered enough and then gets to a good size.
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Polystichum aculeatum AGM

Polystichum aculeatum AGM

£7.00 (2 or fewer items) £6.50 (3 or more items)

Native hard shield fern with glossy stiff leathery fronds. Tolerant of most soils and happy with some chalk in the soil. Evergreen.
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Persicaria virginiana 'Lance Corporal'

Persicaria virginiana 'Lance Corporal'

£6.95 (2 or fewer items) £6.50 (3 or more items)

A lovely plant and wonderful foliage, with a dark red chevron shaped flash on each leaf and bright red spikes of flowers in masses in Autumn. Always very popular when seen at shows and sales. A stellar performer from late Summer and into the Autumn. Very easy to establish, they thrive in heavy and damp soils.
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Actaea racemosa

£9.50

Much under rated plant with pale green/yellow foliage which looks super planted with the black or brown foliage forms. Candles of white flowers to 2m tall in August and September. A north American species which is comparitively easy to grow.
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Dryopteris wallichiana AGM

Dryopteris wallichiana AGM

£7.00 (2 or fewer items) £6.50 (3 or more items)

A most magnificent fern from the Himalayas and Japan, although named after the Danish botanist Nathaniel Wallich. The young unfolding fronds are a golden green in the Spring contrasting well with the hairy black midrib and stems. Needs moist conditions though not boggy and avoid dry alkaline soils. Evergreen.
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