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January 2013 e-mail: info@callygardens.co.uk
CALLY GARDENS, GATEHOUSE OF FLEET,
CASTLE DOUGLAS, SCOTLAND, DG7 2DJ, U.K.
(N. B. LAST ORDERS FROM THIS CATALOGUE APRIL 30th 2013
CONTENTS
Herbaceous Perennials .....................................................1
Grasses ...........................................................................23
Shrubs ............................................................................24
Climbers .........................................................................29
In October I gave a talk at the Garden History Museum in Lambeth called The Nurseryman as Planthunter in
which I tried to use planthunting to help understand fundamental changes in the relationship between mankind
and nature that are affecting everyone. The text is available at www.callygardens.co.uk
In this list you will find many plants grown from seed collected in China during my last expedition. Several
species of Rhododendron are now large enough to sell, with more to come next year. The expedition was a
partnership with the Kunming Institute of Botany and explored unbotanised areas of the Salween/Dulong
divide. It was arduous but productive yielding 250 seed collections and several thousand photographs.
There were many interesting Sorbus and, for the first time, a Magnolia with ripe seed -probably M. globosa,
available next year. The plants grown from the seed collected will eventually appear in these catalogues.
www.callygardens.co.uk
Our website includes a list of most of the plants in the collection. This is intended to give prospective
visitors an idea of the range of plants they can see here, and we welcome suggestions on which varieties we
should propagate for future catalogues. The site is well illustrated with original photographs and includes
sections on the garden, its history, the nursery, artists at Cally and a photographic diary of the 2001 plant
hunting trip to China. The catalogue cover is from a lino-cut of Cally Gardens by local artist Clare Melinsky.
Her work is available at www.claremelinsky.co.uk
ORDERING Important- please read
Business is by mail order or collection using the enclosed order form and the plants will be dispatched in
March, April and May. If you want your order to be acknowledged please enclose a stamped addressed
envelope. All orders should be accompanied by a cheque or postal order made out to Cally Gardens including
post and packing as follows: 10 plants and under add £8.50, 11-20 plants add £9.50, 21 plants and over add
£12.00. Minimum order £15 excluding P&P and books. Any refunds for sold out varieties will be sent with the
plants by cheque; no credit notes issued. Those who wish to collect their plants from the nursery in March or
April should mark their order ‘to be collected’ and add no postage charge; you will be advised when they are
ready by card or telephone. Many of these plants are available in very limited quantities and may take some
years to build up before they can be sold again. Orders will be dealt with on a first come, first served basis
and so early ones are most likely to succeed. Please indicate in the space provided on the order form which
alternatives you prefer in the event of some varieties being sold out. Substitutions will not be made unless
specifically asked for.
ON ARRIVAL
Unpack your plants as soon as possible and plant when weather permits; if the soil is frozen or very wet keep
pot-grown specimens and potted up divisions under cold glass until conditions improve and water sparingly.
Delicate varieties (especially those marked * in the catalogue) should be kept under glass until frosts are over.
Please let us know promptly if the plants are in bad condition - we will replace or send a refund for anything
that arrives dead or ungrowable. N.B. Herbaceous perennials are often sent when dormant and signs of life
may only be apparent on knocking the plant out of the pot.
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