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We are a family-run mail order company who specialise in Alstroemeria and new plant introductions. To view our full range of Alstroemeria, please click on this link Alstroemeria or use the view catalogue link above for our range of plants. |
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NURSERY VIDEOS
We are in the process of producing a monthly video, to show you what is happening here at the nursery. Our first video will be available in a few weeks. Please do log onto my website regularly to catch up with the nursery news!
DAILY TELEGRAPH
We are delighted to be featured in Sarah Raven’s recent article in the Daily Telegraph From Garage to Gorgeous where she encourages readers to grow alstroemeria for cutting. She also explains that the new varieties are not invasive (as the old ‘Ligtu Hybrids’ were) and they have a much longer flowering period. Please remember that the dwarf alstroemeria are wonderful for the front of the border so don't dismiss them just because you can't use them for cutting!
2009 ALSTROEMERIA CATALOGUE
Our 2009 catalogue, featuring 20 new introductions, is now available. If you would like us to send you a copy, please contact us using the link above and we will put one in the post for you Our on-line catalogue has all the new additions and is regularly updated with availability.
CAYEUX IRIS 2009 CATALOGUE
Please click on the link on the right of the page for details of how to get the new Cayeux catalogue.
We only sell large, 1.7 or 2 litre, well established alstroemeria plants which will flower this season. When comparing our prices, please bear this in mind. We do not send out plugs or small, 7cm or 9cm pots as we feel these are too small to plant directly into the ground. We would never send alstroemeria plants bare root, as we feel there is a strong possibility that they will not survive. There is a minimum order of £30 plant value.
DELIVERY DATES
Plants will usually be despatched within 2 to 3 weeks from receipt of your order according to plant availability, but in extremes of hot (or cold) temperatures, plants will be held here in the nursery until the weather improves. Orders will be acknowledged personally by e-mail within a few days, giving an estimated delivery date.
NURSERY OPENING TIMES
The nursery will be open to the public for two weekends in 2009: Sat 27th & Sun 28th June and Sat 19th & Sun 20th September. Outside those times please arrange an appointment if you would like to visit. Look for the link at the bottom of this page to find us on Streetmap - note that we are approx. 300 yards from the crossroads on the left - NOT the closed-down garden centre at the crossroads!
For our nursery opening last autumn we planted up the demonstration garden below, showing how plants can be displayed in the border to best effect. 
Tingles likes to sit in the garden!
Alstroemeria 'White Queen'
Unfortunately this variety has now been discontinued but please contact us if you are interested in a new, medium height white variety which will be available in late autumn 2009.
Looking for spring colour? Our Spring Peas, ranging from blue, purple and pink to yellow, are just about to burst into colour, including our stunning exclusive introduction Lathyrus 'Lamorna's Love' (left) was the result of many years' breeding. It is unique, and only available from Viv Marsh Postal Plants. For more varieties of our 'Spring Peas', please click on View Catalogue or search for Lathyrus from the link on the right.
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Aerial View of Nursery
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Viv's aim is to
promote and sell new plant releases from around the
globe and he is often featured in the horticultural
press such as Amateur Gardening, BBC Gardeners' World,
Gardens Monthly and Horticultural Week showing the new
varieties of plants he launches at the Royal
Horticultural Shows around the country.
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LIGHTS, CAMERA AND ACTION!
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Viv with Chris Beardshaw and the team
from BBC2 - filming for the Chelsea Flower Show
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Filming with Kay Alexander
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Viv has also been
featured on BBC Gardeners' World and BBC Midlands today.
His most recent appearance was during the 2002 Tatton
Flower Show where the crew followed him to New Zealand
to pick up the first ever scented Zantedeschia from
Bloomz Nurseries in Tauranga. Charlie Dimmock
interviewed him during the flower show and BBC Midlands
Today Chief Reporter, Kay Alexander, reported on Viv's
trip from beginning to end during a special news
segment.
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Viv at the Chelsea Flower Show
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Viv's other
television appearances were during the 2001 Chelsea
Flower Show where Chris Beardshaw, visited the nursery
looking at Viv's plants, in particular the blue
Meconopsis, Viv's own Lathyrus, 'Lamorna's Love', which
incidentally looks set to be released during 2003, as
well as the stunning lavender/blue Alstroemeria, 'Perfect Blue'. Finally Viv was also
featured on a Real Rakeovers programme, with Diarmuid
Gavin, when the production team paid a visit to a garden
in Ironbridge.
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Jilly, the
Labrador, happy to assist you with your plant
purchases |
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If you would like to receive a copy of our fully illustrated alstroemeria catalogue,
please send 5 x first class stamps to Viv Marsh Postal Plants,
Walford Heath, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 2HT. For enquiries outside the United
Kingdom we would request that you send 2 x International Reply
Coupons.
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'Contact Us' page.
Viv Marsh Postal Plants
Walford Heath
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY4 2HT
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1939 291 475
e-mail: mail@postalplants.co.uk
VAT number 451 6814 48
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