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2012 was a kind year to us, although there
are always flies in the ointment when the lid
is off.We started the year with another one
of Sue and Edward’s displays at the RHS
Vincent Square Flower show in February
earning us another gold. The rest of the
shows we attended were further afield, apart from sadly what turned
out to be the final Cottesbrooke Show. Fota near Cork was
gratifyingly buzzy, while the Lucca Flower Show was the best ever
for us despite the reduction in size of the show. Confirming the fact
that our customer base is stretching further afield.We have decided
to take on the challenge of Chelsea again in 2013. Our excuse is
that we want to help them celebrate their centenary.
Alas there was no major seed collecting trip in 2012, none of the
speculative arrangements we made came to fruition. In some ways
it has been just as well as we have been so short staffed after loosing
a couple of key members. Filling in the shortfalls has been very time
consuming for me in particular, hence the website work is still not
as up to date as we would like. Working our way through out
collections has also been fruitful, with several new species as well as
discrepancies coming to light, not least a new genus in the
Hamamelidaceae from our 2003 collections.
Don’t forget we accept appointments all year round to collect
containerised plants or select open ground plants for lifting at a
mutually convenient time. Our sales area will not be open over the
winter months, but the plants are accessible to our staff.
Please note our NEW OPENING HOURS reflecting the need to
open our gates earlier in the day for visitors staying locally.As always
all the details of our opening hours are on the back cover of this list
as well as a list of our events. For those of our customers who are
unable to visit the nursery we are offering an online shopping
experience, with deliveries throughout the UK and Europe, from
www.mailorder.crug-farm.co.uk. Where there are search
facilities by many criteria (i.e. colour), as well as by plant name,
while indicating availability, pot sizes and prices. Our carrier, City
Link offer an overnight fragile service, which should have your
plants delivered in fresh condition before 5.30pm the following day
to dispatch (UK).We have specially made boxes in 3 sizes giving us
the option of dispatching plants from 30cm (1ft) to 295cm (10ft)
tall. Our carriage charges are by the box, (volume not weight)
hence please consider ordering enough plants to fill a box, rather
than one plant as the carriage charge would be the same.There is
no minimum charge for the plants purchased. For additional
queries on plant availability etc contact Sue at mailorder@crugfarm.co.uk.We
try our best to reply to any queries, a brief e-mail
can be the surest way of a prompt reply. For any other information
visit our nursery website via www.crug-farm.co.uk where there
is additional information on our events, accommodation and some
seasonal plantings.
Please note the lay-out of the following list avoiding repetition of
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