I'm after quite a few to act as ground cover plants and i'm hoping it
might be cheaper to buy online bulk than at my local nursary ...

any help and links appreciated ...

Possibly http://www.jparkers.co.uk/

Regards,



"descds" wrote in message
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I'm after quite a few to act as ground cover plants and i'm hoping it
might be cheaper to buy online bulk than at my local nursary ...

any help and links appreciated ...

If you want quantity..have you thought of asking your local nursery for a
price for what you want,??


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David Hill
Abacus Nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 14:08:37 -0000, "Bart" wrote:

Possibly http://www.jparkers.co.uk/

Thanks for the info .. they do seem to sell them but for what i
require are a tad expensive .. still looking for that bargain

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 16:21:52 -0000, "david"
wrote:

If you want quantity..have you thought of asking your local nursery for a
price for what you want,??

I've tried that .. they are not specialists in such things so tend to
import heathers etc .. Thusly the price is still not right

Kinda looking for around £1 a plant or less for 1 or 2 year old pot
grown winter heathers .. looking for around 60 to 100 ...

In article , descds
writes
I'm after quite a few to act as ground cover plants and i'm hoping it
might be cheaper to buy online bulk than at my local nursary ...

any help and links appreciated ...

B&Q (at least one branch) has some remaindered, and they looked in
reasonable nick.
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Stewart Robert Hinsley

On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 18:53:26 +0000, sacha
wrote:

in article , descds at
wrote on 3/2/03 6:28 pm:

On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 16:21:52 -0000, "david"
wrote:

If you want quantity..have you thought of asking your local nursery for a
price for what you want,??

I've tried that .. they are not specialists in such things so tend to
import heathers etc .. Thusly the price is still not right

Kinda looking for around £1 a plant or less for 1 or 2 year old pot
grown winter heathers .. looking for around 60 to 100 ...


OTOH, miracles do happen and you could keep your eyes open for garden sales
and for a nursery that's packing up and selling off stock. Or you could buy
a few plants and raise your own - slowly. ;-)

point taken however they have been at our local markets before at
those prices quite readily available .. I was kinda looking to get
some to establish now rather than latter. I've found a site on the web
that does 500 plugs of heathers for £55 which with the math is pretty
good .. I would prefer to buy more established plants but the plugs
may be a way to go.

As you say i could propgate them but then i'd have to wait a further
two years for what i need them for. Mind you if it comes down to costs
i guess i'm probably going to have to go down that root.

Thanks anyway for the reply.

I've found a site on the web that does 500 plugs of heathers for £55

Go for it, they will make up fast at that size. esp. if you add peat into
the soil your planting in.
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David Hill
Abacus Nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 00:46:43 -0000, "david"
wrote:

I've found a site on the web that does 500 plugs of heathers for £55

Go for it, they will make up fast at that size. esp. if you add peat into
the soil your planting in.

cheers dave, i think i'll give it a go. I've requested a free sample
from them so i can see what the quality of the plants are like but it
looks like a good buy ..

If you plant in clumps of 5 with about 3 inches between plants they will
quickly fill up the space between the plants, and should you loose a plant
or two it wont be to obvious.

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David Hill
Abacus Nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

On Tue, 4 Feb 2003 23:12:38 -0000, "david"
wrote:

If you plant in clumps of 5 with about 3 inches between plants they will
quickly fill up the space between the plants, and should you loose a plant
or two it wont be to obvious.

cheers david.

btw how do i get to your nursary ??? i live in port talbot and quite
fancy having a look at what you have.

Sorry but I don't open to the public.

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David Hill
Abacus Nurseries
www.abacus-nurseries.co.uk

Suggest you try Wrenvale Nurseries at Gwaun Cae Gurwen, Ammanford, Carmarthenshire? Tel/Fax 01269 826700 to Nigel Sheldon.