Arisaemas and Amorphophallus,Hedychiums and Alocasia.
Our plants of Arisaema and Amorphophallus and other Aroids are coming to the end of their growing season. We will no longer be attending the Stroud Farmers Market this year. Our last visit was 30th August . We enjoyed everyone coming to buy and talk about our unusual plants.
We look forward to seeing our faithful customers next year at the Stroud Farmers Market and the Rare Plant fairs we will be attending.
We still have a few interesting plants including Hedychiums in flower and Alocasia(suitable for a large conservatory.)
So if you wish to come and see us, please ring first to see if we are in . You are very welcome.
If you wish to come and stay, we have our B&B website www.doreys.co.uk
It also has a map and shows you how to find us.
We are half a mile from Painswick”Queen of the Cotswolds”
Hope to see you soon.
Filed by Sylvia on September 3rd, 2008 under News
Arisaemas, Arisaemas,Arisaemas!
We have been selling these amazing plants for a while now and they are becoming more well known. People come specially to see if we have them.
So if you dont know these unusual elegant plants come and see us at Stroud Farmers Market in July.
Alternatively visit us, but please ring first to save a wasted journey.
01452 812459
There is a map on our B&B website
www.doreys.co.uk
Filed by Sylvia on July 4th, 2008 under News
Stroud Farmers Market
We went to sell our Arisaemas and hostas, etc, at Stroud Farmers Market on Saturday, and had a good day as usual. Our Arisaemas caused a lot of interest ,People were intrigued by their unusual flowers. We had quite a few different varieties in flower. The weather was kind to us too.
We shall be there this Saturday 7th June 2008
Hope to see you there!
Filed by Sylvia on June 5th, 2008 under News
Birmingham Botanic Gardens Plant fair
We had another lovely day at Birmingham meeting people who had bought from us last year and the year before and were very enthusiastic about how their plants had grown. We sold our Japanese Arisaemas, Hostas and Our gloriosa rothschildiana tubers sold like hot cakes.
Filed by Sylvia on May 23rd, 2008 under News
Quenington in Glorious Gloucestershire! 20th April
The Old Rectory, Quenington, GL7 5BN
Don’t forget to come to this beautiful garden in the Cotswolds on 20th April. We shall be there selling our Arisaemas, Amorphaphallus and hostas etc.
See you there. 10a.m. until 4p.m.
Filed by Sylvia on April 10th, 2008 under News
Syon Park Plant Fair 23rd March 2008 even in the snow!
We went to the first rare plant fair of the season at Syon Park in London and it snowed!
The people still came and bought our Arisaema tubers.
It was VERY cold but we had a good day and hope the hardy people who braved the weather enjoyed themselves.
Hope to see you at Quenington, in Glorious Gloucestershire.
Filed by Sylvia on March 27th, 2008 under News
New Arisaema Tubers from Japan
We have just received some new Arisaema tubers from Japan. Among them
- Arisaema Heterophyllum
- Arisaema Thunbergii
- Arisaema maximowiczii
- Arisaema Thunbergii Urashima
- Arisaema serratum
- Arisaema iyoanum
- Arisaema kishidae(pattern)
- Arisaema mayebarai
- Arisaema ringens
- Arisaema sikokianum
- Arisaema ternatipartitum
They got through the customs , etc, remarkably quickly this time. So there is great excitement, unpacking the beautifully packed boxes and admiring the tubers.
We have some Japanese guests staying in our B&B at the moment and they have told Tony they have seen Arisaemas growing in the deep forests.
We have set to planting the tubers already. We will try to keep you informed of their progress. More on this later.
NEWS FLASH
WE WILL BE TAKING SOME, UNPOTTED, TO SYON PARK THIS SUNDAY (EASTER SUNDAY) FOR THE ENTHUSIAST.
Filed by Sylvia on March 18th, 2008 under News
Syon Park Plant Fair 23rd March 2008
We are looking forward to our first plant fair of the season at Syon Park, Brentford, South west London,TW8 8JF
10-30a.m. till 4-30p.m on 23rd March 2008 .We hope to see you there.
We are potting up lots of interesting plants for you to see and hopefully buy.
For more information about Rare Plant Fairs see http://www.rareplantfair.co.uk
Filed by Sylvia on February 25th, 2008 under News
Happy New Year and Good Plant Hunting!
We shall be at Rare plant sales and Stroud Farmers Market and other sales e.g. Boddington N.C.C.P.G plant sale this year .Please see our Events/plant sales page. We are busy potting. We hope you had a good Christmas.
Filed by Sylvia on December 18th, 2007 under Blogroll
Stroud Farmers Market
Despite the rain last weekend, we met quite a few interesting people who found our large Amorphophallus Konjac and Bulbifera fascinating.
Amorphophallus Bulbifer.
Our beautiful Gloriosa Lillies were also very popular.
We shall be there again next week!
Some of the Hedychiums have now come into flower, here’s a picture of one. We will have plenty on the stall next weekend.
