"Rod" wrote in message
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Most of us know about big garden centres within our travelling reach -
what
would be good is a section on small specialist outfits.

thats what I meant - thanks
I enjoy "garden centres" but its the wee places that may not be able to
advertise in all the obvious places that can often be real gems.

Here's a couple for starters:
http://www.hardycyclamen.com/cyclamen1/index.html
lovely people to deal with and a lovely genus much easier to grow than
most
folks think. They grow all of their own stock so wild stocks aren't being
raped in sensitive ecosystems. Quality is good, advice is reliable and
some
good priced offers on buying reasonable quantities of slightly smaller
corms
during the dormant season (early summer).

http://www.bluebellnursery.com/
Again nice people to deal with, good range of interesting stuff. They're
very good at small mail orders and they come beautifully packed.

More where these came from if it's usuful.

to add some of my favourites
- Kevock Gardens Lasswade near Edinburgh - not had a chance to visit but
they were coming past and dropped off some lovelly plants - lots of
primulas; roscoea; meconopsis; saxifrages; androsace and tonnes more
http://www.kevockgarden.co.uk/

Abriachan near Drumnadrochit, Inverness - just yummy perennials of all
kinds - you could say hardy !!!!
http://www.lochnessgarden.com/

A place I would love to visit but have had great plants from
Cotswold Garden Flowers - http://www.cgf.net/home.html

Ardmaddy Castle Gardens - just south of Oban ARgyll
Not cheap but she often has something interesting from the garden

Drumneil House just north of Oban Argyll
as above

damn - phone's ringing :~))

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Rod