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Good plant nursery in SE London/Kent?


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Hi - wondering if anyone can recommend a good plant nursery in south-east London or Kent? Am looking for advice as well as to buy. Ideally looking for specialists in prairie grasses and/or any of the following:

Dierama

Stipa

Verbena

Echinops

Salvia

Nerine

Agapanthus


Thanks!

Rebecca

I second the recommendation for Shannons in Forest Hill (http://www.shannonsgardencentre.co.uk/1112.html) i've been using them for years and they are great, and also Alexandra Nurseries (http://www.alexandranurseries.co.uk/) which is in Penge so a bit further away for you, but run by professional gardeners and well worth a visit!
we love the Alleyns Garden centre in West Dulwich, just off Alleyn Park Rd...It's not a massive centre, but think they can source plants for you if you ask. They are super helpful and know their plants..Karen is particularly lovely and always gives good advice, their plants are great quality too.

Sue Wrote:

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> wello Wrote:

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> > West Dulwich garden centre (behind the station)

> > has won a few awards through RHS,

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> xxxxxxx

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> I didn't know the RHS gave awards to garden

> centres?

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> What did it win? I'm impressed!



Hmm. I don't think they do. they give awards to plants but I don't think they give them to garden centres per se. So the award would be for the producer, rather than the garden centre. Some big garden centres do produce their own plants though.

Yes, that's what I thought.


The RHS Award of Garden Merit.


It's the plant itself which gets the award, not the producer.


Most garden centres will stock at least some plants which have it, I would think.


http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/Plant-trials-and-awards/Plant-awards/Award-of-Garden-Merit-%28AGM%29

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