Category: Plant Advice & Tips

We coined the term ‘Blobbery’ many moons ago, but if you’re familiar with Japanese gardening, you might know them as ‘Karikomi’ – the art of shearing back plants into beautiful, sculpted forms. In this blog, we’re sharing our top 5 blobs for a perfect Blobbery, showcasing the versatility and charm of this unique style….

After all the exploring and plant hunting it’s vital to find a good place to rest your head and recover. These are our favourite places, but we are always hunting for more. …

Plants and pots are not always a match made in heaven. This is my guide to getting started and making the best choices with my top 5 plants for pots….

You’ve been hunting for plants and you’ve got the taste of adventure? Here’s our guide to the places we visit when we aren’t tending to our Architectural Plants….

Hunting for plants makes you hungry (and thirsty!). Here’s our guide to the places we visit when we aren’t tending to our Architectural Plants….

Plants For New Homes: Part 3 Filling in the gaps: blobs, pillows and puffs. In part 1 we discussed some of the easy to care for plants that will bring instant high visual impact into your new garden. We’ve covered several trees and plants and shrubs that develop strong character and unique forms as they…

Plants For New Homes: Part 2 Forward Thinking With Forms: Topiary Trees Here in Part 2, we’ll talk about 5 of the must-have topiary trees which are perfect for new gardens. In Part 1 of our ‘Plants For New Homes’ guide we looked at a number of starter plants that could handle most of the…

Plants For New Homes: Part 1 Instant Impact: Dramatic, Hardy & Easy To Care For Congratulations! At last, you’re into your new home. As you pause among the unpacking to look through a window into your new garden space, the odds are you’re confronted with a blank square of new turf or a muddled landscape…

What makes an olive so good? Guy takes a look at the large Olea europaea currently on our nursery. Contact Us about their availability or Book Your Visit and come and hunt for them… On our nursery at the moment we have some fantastic examples of Olea europaea. We think they are an excellent evergreen…

Online shopping at AP We don’t mind admitting that we have launched our online shop with a certain amount of trepidation. In the past, plans to provide our customers with an online mail order service have been hindered by all sorts of questions – not least, how to overcome the often unsociable nature of e-shopping…