Caherhurley Nursery 3.47

Some of the advantages of our range of plants are:

1.Only the strongest and best varieties are selected by us for growing at our nursery. We found that many plant varieties available in Ireland are just unsuitable for our climate: In some cases frost can kill them, but often dampness in winters causes a lot of trouble. Then there’s the problem of poor performing plants that looked so good when purchased. Many varieties don’t flower as abundantly as they would in other, less weather-battered, more protected parts of Europe. We thought we ought to try to do something about this by offering varieties that can cope with the more challenging Irish situation.

2.By growing our plants in the harsh conditions of our windy mountain slope, without any protection from glasshouses or polytunnels, we give them a far better chance to survive challenging circumstances anywhere. They are much better adapted to the extremes of the Irish climate than the few-months-hardened-off polytunnel-grown plants out of the modern fast-crop mass-production nurseries (often situated in sheltered areas) which have been ‘hardened off’ for only a few months. Our plants were outside all their young lives.

3.Our plants are grown to certified organic standards (IOFGA licence 4308) without chemicals or artificial fertilisers. They are grown slowly into compact, strong, fresh and healthy looking plants, waiting to burst out into something wonderful in your garden. Most of our plants have been growing a year longer than is usual in nurseries. This results in many growing shoots per plant.

4.The plants are grown in peat-free compost, so no bogs have been destroyed for plants purchased at our stall.

5.Our range of plants is beyond the usual. They are different from common everyday plants: we mainly grow plants with a natural appearance. We like real, true beauty. Not all popular, newly introduced plants are as good as promised by their commercial developers and in many cases old, almost forgotten varieties perform better.

6.You can split some of our plants into 2 to 4 pieces to plant out in your garden, straight away as you purchase them. These plants have lots of growing shoots since they have been growing in our nursery for a year longer than most other plants offered in Ireland. This means more plants for your money. At our market stall we are happy to explain to you how to divide these plants.