Last night was the coldest night of the year so far. Even the pots in the Venus Fly Trap house were frozen (despite a frost-stat heater). Warning for snow tomorrow – be careful out there !! TGA
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Discovering Britain
Don’t know if anybody saw ‘Discovering Britain’ on More4 on Wednesdays: the program actually starts with our plants!! They will feature a little more in the 4th episode (we believe), should be in 2 or 3 weeks – will keep you posted. And yes, our plants, at the Castle Howard Flower Show, displayed in one […]
Binoculars and Barn Owls
Today the recently ordered RSPB binoculars arrived!! Wack has no clue, as he can spot a mole at ten thousand paces, but for me this has opened a new world!! Not only could I identify a tit, I could even tell you which one (I’ve seen Robins, Blue tits, Great tits and Coal tits on […]
Nursery days
January and February are traditionally our quiet times, there are however plenty of jobs to keep Wack from playing!! Weeding the polytunnel (and around the polytunnel), selecting plants for division, repotting, tidying up the plants. January was mainly spent in the Venus Fly Trap greenhouses, potting up, dividing and sorting. The new staging (made by […]
Seeds
The glamorous assistant here, trying to be a better blogger this year. Hot news just off the press: we are selling carnivorous plant seeds this year, fresh seed, open pollinated, in packages of 20 seeds, for £ 3.00 including postage UK. Specific seeds: Sarracenia oreophila ‘Boaz clone’ and Sarracenia alata ‘red lid’. Until we’ve got […]
Happy New Year
Wack’s Wicked Plants wants to wish all our customers, family and friends who have supported us during our most successful year yet, a very happy and healthy 2016. We are looking forward to the next season. Wack is already busy sowing seeds, splitting plants and general upkeep, we should have new varieties, which we will […]
Premier gold
Unexpectedly scooped premier gold at our local flower show, after 3 years creeping up the rankings and listening to the judges feedback (as well as feedback from Christine Walkden and fellow exhibitors). Here’s the display Wack
I believe in miracles
Unbelievably, after months of stress and heart-ache, BT has finally managed to connect us to broadband. This has only been ongoing since February the 16th. We’d like to apologise to our customers for being unable to post, update the website, and mainly update the new plants we have for sale. As you all know we […]
New picture background
Playing around with different backgrounds, this one is the shed door. Has worked out well I think Wack