Shire Plants Blog

Old Fashioned Pinks

Old Fashioned Pinks

Old fashioned pinks, cottage pinks, old world pinks, garden pinks. All common names for Dianthus. The Greeks called the Pink, 'The Flower of Zeus' or 'The Divine Flower' and the word Dianthus is derived from Dios (God) and Anthos (Flower). Old names ...
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Autumn Planting

Autumn Planting

We are often asked if it is ok to put our plants in the ground in autumn. It is! Traditionally, autumn was the main time for planting hardy perennials, because they would be bare-rooted. The advent of cheap plastic pots made container growi...
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Root Cuttings

Root Cuttings

We grow most of the plants we sell ourselves and one way we produce new plants is by taking root cuttings. Pictured are Symphytum roots, taken today. With luck these will each turn into a small plant and be potted on before the winter and will be rea...
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Get planting now! Autumn is the perfect time.

Get planting now! Autumn is the perfect time.

We are often asked when the best time to plant is, or whether our plants can be planted in autumn.Our plants are all pot-grown and they can be planted at any time of the year, but autumn is the traditional time to plant hardy perennials and experienc...
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