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Welcome to our new catalogue for 2002.

My name is Karan Junker, and together with my husband Nick, own and run the nursery. The website has been up and running for about a year now, but it is so difficult to find time to keep it up to date. I have to confess that I am still a Plantswoman at heart and prefer to spend my time in the garden or on the nursery, rather than in the office. Sorry if that is a rather negative introduction to my website! However, I have now updated the site to reflect the new catalogue for 2002. Indeed, preparing the new catalogue is always an exciting job. It is a time to look forward to Spring and the start of a new season. I hope that reading the finished product gives you as much pleasure. This year I have reviewed the entire catalogue, checking spelling and naming against Plantfinder. If you find any mistakes, I’m not sure I want to know! 

I am still (!) working on including photos within the catalogue section. I've continued tweaking the scanner, so hopefully the results are at least good enough to give you an idea of what a plant does, but please excuse their quality! (The photos that is, not the plants!)

We are a small family business, committed to providing a quality service. So please do not hesitate to ring to discuss your requirements. It is generally me who answers the ‘phone since we do not employ any staff. Unfortunately if I make a mistake (not too often I hope) I cannot pass the blame, since the buck stops here! In this way we can offer you a personal service and keep control. The downside is that we are limited by time as to how many plants we can grow. 

As we propagate the vast majority of our plants from our own stock plants ourselves and do not buy in simply to sell on, it does mean that when something has sold out, there can be no more until the next crop is ready. Generally that means the following September.

This can be a bit of a problem, particularly with Daphnes as you will see when you get to them. We are sold out of just about all of them at the time of writing, and indeed many are fully booked for September. Therefore, if you want Daphnes, please don’t delay in ordering. It would help my paperwork enormously if you could enclose a “Limit Cheque” (see “terms and conditions” at the back of the catalogue for how to do this) so I can amend your order according to availability.

It has been an exciting couple of years here, with the prospect of more to come! Development continues, with an extension to our “Woodland Walk”. This is obviously going to take a few years to look established, but already it is hard to remember that the original planting has only been in for a single season. I am hoping that my apparently never-ending efforts at weed control last summer will allow the first areas to be underplanted.

The “Woodery” (variation on a rockery....) was an unbelievable sight last autumn with a multitude of Cyclamen, and we look forward to a repeat performance this year. Constructed around our new propagation tunnel, we have taken advantage of the change in levels to create an environment especially for the smaller Daphnes. The smaller Daphnes seem happy there (despite it proving to be rather wetter than I had intended) so if you are a Daphneholic, May is usually the best time to see them. It is so useful to be able to view plants prior to making a decision - the descriptions in the catalogue are better than nothing of course, but it is always best to see the real thing. Plants are so subjective and the catalogue has become rather personal.

However, the most important innovation this year is my new labelling system. Almost every plant on the stock and display beds now boasts a handsome new label, which should neither rot, fade, rust, blow away nor meet any other equally unpleasant fate! Labelling tends to detract from the plants themselves, but I think in this environment, it is totally essential.

Unfortunately, Rome was not built in a day so our further plans and aspirations will take time. I look forward to sharing them with you in the future.

Happy Gardening……..!