Buckland Nurseries

Buckland Nurseries was established as a family run garden centre business over 150 years ago. 

The business was founded by Thomas Hogg in 1865 and has continued through six generations of the Hogg family into the hands of David and Linda Hogg (pictured alongside). 

Buckland Nurseries stocks a wide range of perennials, trees, shrubs, bedding plants, roses, herbs, garden sundries, tools, turf, seeds, paving and gravels and the friendly team looks forward to giving you a lovely welcome when you next visit their traditional Garden Centre. 

September Garden Notes – Refreshing late summer and autumn colour

A wonderful long and hot summer with plenty of heatwaves has left many gardens slightly jaded. The lack of rain has meant that lawns have mostly grown far less than normal, but have instantly revived after the odd downpour. There’s no point in granular feeding until the soil is more moist and just before rain is due. By now, the best option is an autumn lawn feed which is slower release than the spring feed and will strengthen the lawn for the winter.

Many bedding plants have finished flowering earlier than usual and even with careful watering and feeding you will have gaps to fill. There are many opportunities to refresh and renew. Violas, pansies and cyclamen will flower now and survive the winter months to rebud and flower again in the spring. Hebes, heathers, ferns and  cineraria maritima (silverleaf) will complement these well in pots and hanging baskets.

Perennials have also had a long flowering season, but as you cut back those that have finished, switch to others which will continue for a few more valuable weeks. Japanese anemones range in height from 45cm to over 80cm, their elegant sturdy stems supporting plentiful buds and flowers in white and shades of pink. Once established, they are not fussy and will thrive in rich, well-drained soil in sun or partial shade. As with all herbaceous plants, if happy they will spread and improve every year.

Many shrubs will begin to produce richly-coloured foliage from September. Cotinus (smoke bush) will evolve from purple to bright red; euonymous alatus from green to fire red, and many berberis, often unloved for their thorns, will also have bright red foliage before they drop in the late autumn.

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David Hogg
Buckland Nurseries