2012 Bulb Catalogue Now Online
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2012 Bulb Catalogue Now OnlineWe have dug about half of our three acre bulb field and have a fair idea of which varieties are available for sale. This year we list a good number of new imports and many other uncommon varieties which are exclusive to Lambley.
Our summer 2012 bulb catalogue is now on-line. You may visit it here. Quite a few of the bulbs listed on the website are likely to be very popular and will not be in the printed catalogue. If you order straight away you can be sure that your order will be filled. The bulbs will be allocated on a first come first served basis. The bulbs should all be up by Christmas and then drying, cleaning, curing and grading will take much of January. We will start sending bulb orders out in February. Please note bulbs will not be ready to be picked up from the nursery until February. Christmas time at Lambley is a time for celebration. The garden is looking as well as it has ever looked at this time of year. David, Criss and all the staff at Lambley would like to wish our customers and friends all the joys of Christmas and a prosperous and happy New Year. May all your gardens flourish. |
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Autumn and Winter DVD Release
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The Autumn and Winter Dry Climate Gardening DVDs are now available. ($29.95 each) The whole project some six hours of film has taken the best part of three years. There have been many kind and generous comments from those people who have seen the Spring and Summer episodes and we are sure that the Autumn and Winter ones won’t disappoint. |
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AutumnThis DVD shows the gardens and gardening at Lambley with David Glenn during autumn, one of the most exciting times as many perennials, bulbs, shrubs and trees are at their best then. David deals with seed planting, apple growing, garden tools as well as spending time in his renowned dry climate garden. $29.95 - Click Here. |
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WinterWhilst Winter is a time when much of the garden either is in or moving towards senescence it is also a time when those jewels of the plant world, the small bulbs from the mountains of Greece, the steppes of Central Asia and the dry hills of the Levant stir from summer hibernation and moves the soul with wonder at such extraordinarily exquisite beauty. $29.95 - Click Here. |
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Criss CanningMacmilliam Mini Artist SeriesThis mini-book, written by Ken McGregor and Jenny Zimmer, is illustrated with more than a hundred beautiful full coloured plates of Criss’ work many of which have not been published before. The book also features photographs of her studio and many of the ceramics Criss uses in her paintings. The garden she has made with her husband, David Glenn, in Ascot, Central Victoria is also illustrated. This hard cover book is bound in Italian linen. $35.00 - Click Here. |
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Gift vouchers are the perfect gift for the keen gardenerAnd of course at any time a gift voucher is a great option. At Lambley you can order and pay for your gift voucher by phone and we will mail it out to your nominated recipient. A gift voucher allows the recipient to pore over the catalogue with great excitement anticipating their purchases. Just telephone to arrange payment by credit card. |
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New Summer 2011-2012 Catalogue out now.
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Dear Fellow Gardener, Lambley’s latest catalogue, Summer 2011/12 is now on our website. There are plenty of good plants listed including many new ones and many making a return for the first time in a while. The new catalogue can be downloaded here. The full range of available plants including those from the new catalogue can also be viewed on our online catalogue here. The Dry Garden and Molly’s Garden are looking extraordinarily beautiful at the moment and will be at their spring early summer best from now until Christmas. Molly’s garden especially shouldn’t be missed as although it is a simple planting, easily maintained, it is a joy.
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Mt Fuji Cherry Blossom at Lambley
Under the cherry blossoms
None
Are utter strangers.
Issa
The Mount Fuji Cherry Avenue at Lambley will be at its best over the next ten days depending on the weather. Visitors are welcome to picnic under the cherry trees.
The tulip borders in the vegetable garden are in their full sumptuous glory and will be looking good for another two weeks or so. I plant 6000 of these horticultural wonders every year and every year I’m astonished by their glory.
Crocus at Their Finest
The Crocus vernus hybrids have weathered the incredibly wet cold blustery days we’ve had over the last week or so and will be at their best this weekend. A weekend which will be fine and sunny, just the weather Crocus need to shine. If you have time it would be well worth a visit to Lambley and if you don’t have time make some.
Winter Bulb Display
Two autumns ago we planted eight thousand Crocus vernus bulbs in a quite formal garden area which we made for our grand-daughter Molly. The crocuses are the giant Dutch varieties, Pickwick, Jeanne d’Arc, Grand Maistre and Remembrance. They flower at the same time as Molly’s birthday.
This year there are nigh on twenty thousand flowers and this weekend and next week will be the best time to see them. Though I say it myself this garden is one of the seven wonders of Ascot.
The Iris reticulata ‘Harmony’ are also in full flight, flowering with Hoop petticoat daffodils and Crocus sieberi ‘Tricolor’ which was once described as being like a “purple egg in a golden egg cup wrapped in a white damask napkin.” Or words to that effect. I can’t find the exact quote.
If you do nothing else this weekend visit Lambley and give your soul some joy and respite.