by Sue Marshall | Nov 14, 2009 | Latest
Whilst the traditional late summer/early autumn planting season appears to be losing favour with gardeners iris planting still retains popularity amongst many. Planting large beds of iris for display or even small groups of iris can give spectacular results the...
by Sue Marshall | Nov 9, 2009 | Latest
Many people wonder what happens to those Chelsea plants that are not sold. Richard Cayeux decided that approx100 plants from the 2009 Chelsea Show should be given to a charity in London for residents in Balham to enjoy.Sue Marshall visited the area with Richard Cayeux...
by Sue Marshall | Nov 1, 2009 | Latest
The turning back of the clock at the end of October,the start of television advertisments for Christmas and of course the shortening days are all reminders that the gardening season is coming to an end.The Iris of Sissinghurst nursery is already thinking of and...
by Sue Marshall | Oct 25, 2009 | Latest
This autumn we have had several Iris reflowering during September and October. It started off with a Short bearded Iris Rockabye and then the Tall bearded Iris started. St Petersburg ,a pure white followed by Buckwheat ,yellow with brown...
by Sue Marshall | Sep 17, 2009 | Latest
We are going to attend The autumn Lambeth Garden Museum Show on Sunday 4th October We don’t usually exhibit in the autumn though it is an excellent time to buy and plant Iris but the Garden Museum is such a wonderful venue we couldn’t refuse. We will...
by Sue Marshall | Aug 3, 2009 | Latest
Details of new stock and new varieties of Iris will be appearing on the website in the next few weeks. We have several new short bearded Iris and reintroductions of some old favourites There will be several new varieties of Intermediate and Tall bearded Iris including...
by Sue Marshall | Jul 7, 2009 | Latest
In an article about best of Chelsea Toby Buckland States "I didn’t go looking for flag Iris at Chelsea but boy did I find them.Feu du Ciel blew me away Stout stems an abundance of buds Whats not to love" Feu du Ciel was one of...
by Sue Marshall | Jun 16, 2009 | Latest
Good news We are currently working on website ,some of you may have already noticed some changes and are hoping that within next two-three weeks customers will be able to purchase their Iris on line Until then please continue to either download order form and send in...
by Sue Marshall | May 27, 2009 | Latest
Display at Chelsea 2009
by Sue Marshall | May 27, 2009 | Latest
by Sue Marshall | Apr 27, 2009 | Latest
Garden Mueum in Lambeth Spring Plants and Gardens Fair This was a very sucessful Show and we had sold out of Iris by early afternoon The star of our display was an early flowering tall bearded Iris Art Deco Sold out after first 30 minutes! We were given a special...
by Sue Marshall | Mar 28, 2009 | Latest
At long last the cold wintry weather seems to be disappearing and the days are longer and warmer The Iris are responding and are showing growth. The short bearded Iris are showing buds and hopefully we will be seeing flowers soon We have several new short bearded Iris...
by Sue Marshall | Feb 6, 2009 | Latest
We have arranged to be at the following shows Sat 18th Sun 19th April 2009 Spring Flower Celebration Borde Hill Garden Haywards Heath West Sussex Sun 26th April 2009 Museum of Garden History Lambeth Palace SE11 Sun 3rd May 2009 NCCPG Spring Plant Fair Denbies Wine...
by Sue Marshall | Feb 6, 2009 | Latest
So far all the Iris we are growing for Cayeux for Chelsea are doing well and showing signs of growth despite the cold snowy weather we have been experiencing. It is also likely that we will be providing and growing Iris plants for two of the courtyard gardens at...
by Sue Marshall | Nov 23, 2008 | Latest
Chelsea Flower Show In the past we have grown Iris for both gardens and exhibitors at Chelsea Flower Show We have now agreed to grow Iris for Cayeux ,a French Iris grower for Chelsea 2009 They have already sent from France over 600 Iris for us to grow...
by Sue Marshall | Aug 18, 2008 | Latest
We are currently updating website with details of new Iris introductions for 2008 in a wide range of stunning colours from deep red and black to pale pastels of lilac and pink We hope you enjoy browing through new...
by Sue Marshall | Jun 16, 2008 | Latest
Friends of Smarden Church are organising an open weekend Saturday/Sunday 21st/22nd June from 1pm until 6pm each day.Several gardens will be open aswell as vintage cars on Saturday and classic cars on Sunday Teas and cakes are available Other attractions are as...
by Sue Marshall | Jun 9, 2008 | Latest
The beds of Iris that were planted up in 2006/7 were absolutely amazing this year.The flowers were in a huge range of colours and have lasted for several weeks in spite of the heavy rain and strong winds we experienced over the May Bank...
by Sue Marshall | May 28, 2008 | Latest
Although the weather was poor to say the least the displays in the floral marquee were stunning We created a small Iris garden featuring tall and intermediate Iris.There was also a small display of the Iris bred in Kent in recent years including Iris Cranbrook,Iris...
by Sue Marshall | Apr 29, 2008 | Latest
Despite the cold spring weather the Shows so far have been sucessful. There were some short bearded Iris in flower for Show at Borde Hill and the gardens were looking lovely despite the heavy rain on Saturday. Garden Show at Paddock Wood The weather was better than...
by Sue Marshall | Mar 30, 2008 | Latest
Despite awful wet weather the Iris are all starting to grow. Iris bucharica is in flower with its unusual pale yellow and white flowers.All of the bearded Iris are showing good new growth promising a wealth of flowers to come in next few weeks/months. We are beginning...
