Tag Archives: Lilies

The show season is upon us…

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That’s right, we are back travelling the UK for the show season. We have already been to Wisley and Suffolk this year and next week we are off to Cardiff for the RHS Flower Show Cardiff. The shows are a great day out with plenty of things to see, places to eat and of course, to purchase all your gardening needs. We will be exhibiting our display of Lilies at many of the shows and you can purchase our Lily bulbs from our ‘pick n mix’ style of shop. Look out for our show offers!!  We will also have many other favourite Summer flowering and Spring flowering bulbs available including some unusual varieties. See you at the shows!!
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Our Lily Display

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We were fortunate enough to have a professional team from Zumm Creative come over to the RHS Tatton Park Flower Show this year and capture some great footage of our lily display and outside Garden where we won a Gold Medal for our lilies and Best Plant Village Exhibit for our garden.
Well done to all – it looks great!
https://zumm-creative.wistia.com/medias/asz0l0fj04
For more information regarding Zumm Creative,
please contact Calam Smail on 01270 897170.

Planning ahead

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You may be thinking that Summer has only just arrived and we really haven’t seen much of it so far. But unfortunately, Autumn will be upon us before we know it and that’s when you need to start thinking about your garden for the following Spring… Yes! I said Spring, 2016!! Seems a long way off but if you want your garden to look full of colour and packed with your favourite flowers then thinking ahead and planting your bulbs in the Autumn is what you need to do. If you’re not an experienced gardener, that’s not a problem as we provide growing and planting instructions on most varieties on our website at www.hartsnursery.co.uk.
Have you thought about your colour scheme for your garden or the height of the flowers you would like? Or do you need to know what flowers grow best in what conditions? Some prefer sunnier positions and some like growing in the shade. Perhaps your garden has an Alkaline or Acidic Soil? If so, our website can advise on this or you can just drop us an email at info@hartsnursery.co.uk and ask us! We are happy to help!
We have some great offers on Spring bulbs this year with many new collections being added to our website to make the decision-making easier. We’ve grouped certain varieties together based on what we think complement each other at a special offer price! Check out our fabulous offers on Alliums too!! It seems these majestic, pom-pom like flowers are not only attracting the bees as we’ve noticed that Alliums have been super popular this year! There’s plenty of new varieties for you to choose from.
Autumn is also the time to plant your Martagon Lily Bulbs. Now, these spectacular species grow well in woodland type gardens and especially well in dappled shade in a humus-rich, Alkaline soil. Another great feature about these Lilies is that they naturalize really well and are long-lived and particularly hardy! Again, we have some amazing new varieties for you to choose from on our website. Order now to avoid disappointment as we have limited stock!

Happy planning and planting from hartsnursery.co.uk

It's not too late

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Now Spring is well under way and we approach our ever anticipated Summer, please do not think it’s too late to plant lilies for flowering this year. I know that many of your lilies will have some nice growth on already but lilies planted now will show in as early as 12 weeks with the same fantastic results as planting in early Spring. Lilium Oriental Red Empire has become very popular with our customers in the past couple of weeks, what a statement it would make in any Summer garden.
Red Empire

Which lilies are scented?

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Eyeliner Longiflorum x Asiatic Lily with slight fragrance.
Samantha Roselily
Scented Roselily Samantha

How to tell if a lily will be scented or not

There are many different types of lilies, some that are scented and some that are not. Oriental Lilies do tend to carry the strongest fragrance although other varieties can have just as strong a perfume. Oriental x Trumpets, Longiflorums, Trumpets and Double Orientals including Roseilies all carry a fantastic perfume. Continue reading →

Wednesday's question and answers with Jonathan Hart

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As I am getting a lot of customers asking questions for tips and advice on many lily queries, I have decided to have an evening of questions and answers on our blog page. This will take place every wednesday from 7pm until my fingers run out of steam. Please feel free to email me any questions regarding lilies at enquiries@hartsnursey.co.uk  and your answers will be posted on our blog every wednesday. No question is too silly.

Jonathan Hart

Jonathan Hart


Today I received this question:
Q: Can I grow lilies in the shade as I have an area in my garden covered by a large tree?
A: I would recommend growing martagon lilies in shade as these thrive on growing in woodland type gardens. These special varieties of Lilies grow especially well in dappled shade in Humus-rich, Alkaline soil. They naturalize really well and are long lived and hardy.
 

Did you know you can plant lilies in your garden?

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Did you know you can plant lilies in your garden?
Many people think that lilies can only be grown in pots or in hot tropical countries. In fact, lilies thrive on being planted straight out into the garden as our climate is perfect for them. Just plant in a nice well-drained area and away you go!! See our website for more
Planting and Care instructions for your lilies.

Homerus Oriental Lily

Homerus Oriental Lily

The Great Garden Revival

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Did you know Lilies are so easy to grow?
James Wong from the ‘Great British Garden Revival’
explains it all after visiting us at Harts Nursery…

 

Loraine Hart’s favourite lily Nymph can be purchased here at https://www.hartsnursery.co.uk/Nymph.html