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Shire Plants Blog

Pillow Talk

Pillow Talk

17th Jun 2022

Matthiola incana 'Pillow Talk' has the most heavily scented flowers and just a few stems can fill a room with a lovely fragrance. This plant has long been a cottage garden favourite, grown in the … read more
Fox and Cubs

Fox and Cubs

16th Jun 2022

This wonderful plant is called Fox and Cubs because of the dual appearance of bronzy-orange open flowers (the fox) alongside red-brown flower buds (the cubs).  Tall stems hold the flowers above … read more
Beautiful wildflowers

Beautiful wildflowers

14th Jun 2022

Our British native plants have some of the prettiest flowers. This is Dropwort (Filipendula vulgaris), which has coral-pink buds which open to beautiful fluffy white flowers. Eminently suited to our B … read more
Erysimum Sale

Erysimum Sale

31st May 2022

For a limited time, all of our Perennial Wallflowers (Erysimum) are reduced by 25%. Now is a great time to get them into the ground, or into containers, for flowers this year and then several years to … read more
The Chelsea Chop

The Chelsea Chop

31st May 2022

It's Chelsea Flower Show, so it's time to go around the garden doing the Chelsea chop. This isn't a new type of dance, sweeping the gardening world, but a method of pruning for herbaceous perenn … read more
Robins Nesting

Robins Nesting

26th May 2022

We've had to temporarily fence one off one of our potting benches because a pair of Robins have built a nest in a rubbish bag (on the ground in the corner). She's been sitting in the nest for a whi … read more
World Bee Day

World Bee Day

20th May 2022

It's #WorldBeeDay today and the RHS are encouraging gardeners to plant bee-friendly plants including Lavender, Oregano, Allium, Nepeta, Cosmos and more. Generally, bees require 'simple' or 'single' fl … read more
May Newsletter

May Newsletter

14th May 2022

May's newsletter went out to subscribers yesterday. If you haven't signed up to receive our monthly newsletter, you can view the latest issue here. If you want to receive future newsletters, just … read more
Pink Dandelions in flower now

Pink Dandelions in flower now

13th May 2022

Pink dandelions always cause a double-take in the garden. These plants are identical to our native dandelion but they come from central Asia and the blooms are an attractive pale pink with a golden ce … read more