WIN A £50 VOUCHER TO SPEND IN LOWER RED BARN. To enter our January/February competition simply EMAIL YOUR NAME & POSTCODE TO: marketing@larchcottage.co.uk Do let us know what you would like to buy from Lower Red Barn if you won! Good luck! (Larch Cottage is a small family run nursery, we value our visitors and […]
How long do Helleborus flower? The Helleborus Niger AGM One of the nicest sights in the garden during the depths of winter is the Helleborus Niger AGM or Christmas Rose. An Evergreen perennial – which holds The Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit (AGM). bears flat, nodding, white flowers with golden stamens that can measure […]
Say hello to our Head Chef, Grant Raw! Local lad with a passion for seafood returns to Cumbria to work in a family run business as head chef. Grant Raw grew up in Wetheral, left to pursue his career in catering and has recently returned to Cumbria to take up the role of head chef […]
Follow the link below from the RHS website for a fact sheet on acidifying your soil. https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=82
The Larch Cottage Rose list 2018 is now available to download. Listing all the roses we currently have in stock the Rose List has information on the different types of roses available from Shrub roses to Climbers. Rambling Roses to Standards and Half Standards, as well as notes on fragrance, flowering times, roses that grow […]
The Crab Apple – one of the best small garden trees. Considered by many to be one of the best small garden trees, the crab apple provides a mass of late spring blossom which rivals that of the Japanese Cherry, with a variety of very attractive, often edible fruit. One of our favourites is the […]
Callicarpa Bodinieri var Giraldii Profusion AGM really is the most beautiful shrub which really comes into its own during mid to late Autumn. The bright purple berries stand out like jewels in these dull days of Autumn bringing much wanted colour to the garden. At one time the Bodinieri species lost popularity mainly due to […]
Paeonia’s make a fantastic addition to any garden Flowering in a variety of rich colours through spring and early summer, Peonies are hardy, adaptable and prefer to grow in full sun. Although they will grow in light shade, they will produce fewer flowers even though they do tend to bloom for longer. The single flowered […]
What to do when my garden has been flooded? The severe flooding experienced across Cumbria in 2015 left many Cumbrian gardens with heavily water logged soil and has led to the loss and damage of a number of trees, shrubs and perennials. How do plants drown? As the floods begin to subside, gardens which are […]
Article written by Robin Lane Fox and appeared in the FT Weekend, House and Home section In wind and heavy rain the recent splendour of asters, dahlias and late-flowering salvias has been reduced to sodden brown pulp and blackened stems. Beauty has to be found elsewhere and I am finding it where many other gardeners […]