"Janet Baraclough" wrote in message
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What plants were you looking for ?

Janet

Thanks for that very good summary .
The plants were pretty ordinary --Abutilon, Bamboo etc . All were pretty
large specimen plants. The advice was that if I could obtain the plants
locally then they would stand a better chance of success. These plants
are
destined for a friends garden who wants everything instant and fully
grown


You might try Binny Plants. It's a nursery, not a garden centre. No
pots, cards, coffee, gifts, nuffink but wonderful plants which he grows
and propagates. They are situated outside Edinburgh, are exceptionally
helpful people, and specialise in finding and growing varieties which
are tough enough for the north. They do mail order.; theres's a website
with pics and and also a printed catalogue without (but good
descriptions).

www.binnyplants.co.uk/

Another excellent large northern nursery, is Larch Cottage at
Melkinthorpe just outside Penrith. ( a must-stop just off the M6,
wonderful gardens, nice home-cooked restaurant, upmarket pots and
gallery) They do mail order plants, and will also provide plants in a
wide range of sizes from tiny to big specimens. Their printed catalogue
is the size of a paperback novel and well worth getting.

www.larchcottagenurseries.com/

Janet

Once again thanks.
I had forgotten about Larch.
I got a Leycesteria (purple rain) from them a few years ago and it was a
bobby dazzler or for our Cornish friends a Morgan rattler.
I will have a good look at both sites.