The gardens and nursery re-open to visitors on 2nd April. Choose plants from our on-line shop for delivery UK wide. Looking for bare root perennials? Click here

Hardy perennials grown in Cheshire

The Plant Nursery

The nursery specialises in flowering perennials, those gorgeous garden plants that add life and colour to our gardens and return year after year. We stock over 800 varieties, from old favourites like Asters and Hostas to more unusual plants such as Thalictrum and Dictamnus.

Choose the perfect plants for your garden

With so many varieties to choose from, it can be hard to decide what to buy. Do drop in and ask one of our expert staff for advice, or use the handy selection options in our online shop to help you choose. We offer a  Click and Collect sercice as well as UK wide delivery (sorry, not N.I. at present).

Where our plants come from

We propagate most of our plants from our own stock plants in the gardens from seed, cuttings and division. We source some additional plants each year as bare root or plug plants, using UK grown sources where possible. Since 2007 we have only ever used peat-free compost at the nursery to pot plants on. See our Environmental Care section below for more about how we grow our plants. 

Garden designers/trade enquiries

We welcome trade supply enquiries from garden designers, landscapers and professional gardeners. We offer a trade discount (subject to status) and can grow to order. Please Contact Us for further information.

Opening times

Please see our Opening Times page for details.

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Environmental care

Peat-free compost

We think that buying a plant for your garden should always be good for the environment. We have not used any peat on the nursery since 2007 - all of our plants are potted into peat-free compost and managed without chemical pesticides. We use biological and manual controls for pests and have never used neonicotinoid pesticides. 

Pots

All new pots at the nursery are taupe pots made from recycled plastic. The pots can be re-used or recycled. We have carefully chosen pot labels that can be peeled off. We welcome the return of pots from plants purchased from our nursery. Sorry, we can't take used pots from other sources. 

We also offer a plastic-free mail order service and the option to de-pot your plants at the counter and take them home wrapped in waxed paper. Please remember to bring your own bags too!

Peat-free - older stock

Some of the plants we sourced as plugs may have been grown in peat originally - we're working on eliminating these from our stock completely - this is now a very small percentage of our plants. Look for the '100% peat-free' label next to plants when you order. This guarantees that the plant has never been grown in peat.