05 Dec

Herbs News Plants

Thyme Foxley

Thyme Foxley.. One of my favourite herbs. It just keeps giving. Lovely colour just as it is, but when it flowers in the summer you get a lovely delicate pinky red flower. Very bee friendly too! These will sit happily outside now until next season and toughen up!

07 Jun

Chilli Peppers Herbs News Plants

30% Reduce Peat

We’re currently trialling 30% reduced peat and working towards further reductions in the times ahead.

With already going peat free with our Wild Flowers, we are hoping each step will help towards the environment.

Here’s to adapting and improving our ways.

27 Mar

Herbs New Products Plants

New Pot Range

As you will all know the use of plastics in all areas, commercial horticulture included has fallen under close scrutiny in 2018.  In our sector, supplying the Garden Centre trade, it is pots that are felt to be the priority as these end up being distributed all around the country, to consumers’ homes.  Transport trays end up at Garden Centres from where it is normally possible for them to be palletised and then recycled.

At Country Herbs and Plants we have spent a lot of time this last Autumn and Winter exploring the various options available to us within the market.  We also sent out a questionnaire to you, our customers and most who responded favoured the use of a pot that was both made from recycled waste that was in turn recyclable in kerbside bins.  We are pleased to say that we have found a range of Taupe coloured pots that tick these boxes.  These pots are made by Aeroplas, a UK company, using UK origin post-consumer waste.  These Taupe pots are carbon pigment free which means that it is far easier for them to be recycled again.

We believe that the pots that we have chosen are the best and greenest commercial option available at this time.  We are now potting into the new taupe pots so you will begin to see some coming your way in the forthcoming weeks.  There will be a period of time when we will be out loading orders where some trays are of the old black pots and others are in the new taupe pot.  Unfortunately this is unavoidable and whilst it will look a little untidy the alternative would be to create unnecessary waste plastic which hardly seems appropriate in the circumstances.

We hope that you and your customers will all appreciate the steps that we and other nurseries are taking to address the serious issues surrounding the issue of plastics.

25 Jul

Herbs News

Special Trolley Deal Price for week 31 on selected Lavender, Rosemary & Sage

We are able to offer some selected lines at a special offer price for week 31 delivery on a first come first served basis.  These are all beautiful quality 9cm plants suitable, either for retail or perfect for use as liners.  See photos.

This offer applies to a trolley or more of the offer lines and is your normal price less 25 %

The following are available, all in our usual tall 9cm pots.

2000 x Lavender Hidcote

2000 x Lavender Munstead

1500 x Rosemary Officinalis

1500 x Rosemary BBQ

1000 x Salvia Officinalis

300   x Salvia Icterina

300   x Salvia Tricolour

300   x Salvia Purple

14 Sep

Herbs

Great Looking Rosemary Off.

9 cm Rosemary’s looking good!

08 Sep

Herbs Uncategorised

Full, bushy Rosemary’s

The Rosemary seem to be enjoying the weather.