What they say...

Visitors to this small nursery will come away, not only with a boot full of grasses but, as Gough practises what he preaches in his magnificent borders, buckets of information on how to plant them.
Rae Spence Jones. Telegraph Gardening.

Propagation Day 2011: Hands On

Why not join us on our ever popular propagation course on which dozens of keen gardeners have joined us over the years. Participants get the opportunity to hone and expand their propagation skills in one of the most exciting topics of gardening under the expert tutelage of Marchants owner Graham Gough.

Monday 29th August 2011

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Marchants Snowdrops

For details of our annual sale, see Events page

Desperate Plea! Boxes!

We spend many hours collecting boxes from a number of sources for you to take your plants home in. It is an enormous help therefore if you can provide your own boxes and moreover a sure way of becoming a favourite customer! Many thanks.

Plant Catalogue: Ornamental Grasses

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DESCHAMPSIA cespitosa. The type species, strong growing, particularly so in sticky clay. The inflorescence creates the effect of a golden cloud. 1m.	£4.75
*D. c. ‘Goldtau’.* Reckoned to be the most persistent form and noted for its misty effect, lasting long into winter. 60cm.	£4.75
*Deschampsia flexuosa ‘Tatra Gold’.* Forms low, tufted mounds of narrow foliage, a lively gold-green through winter and spring. 25cm.	£4.75

*ERAGROSTIS curvula. S&SH 10. Far superior to the form we have been offering, by mid-summer the flowering stems knit together into a billowing misty mass which persists long into the winter months. 90cm.	£4.80
E. c. ‘Totnes Burgundy’*. A selected form whose foliage develops a burgundy red caste. 75cm.	£4.80

*FESTUCA glauca ‘Blaufuchs’.* For those of you who enjoy the neatness of a fescue here’s one of the best, forming an inert, grey blob for the front of the border. 20cm	£4.60