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We have now sold out of Alstroemeria plants.

We still have a large range of Tall Bearded Iris, which are available as bare-rooted rhizomes. Please click on the View Catalogue link at the top of the page to order.

When we receive your order, we will reserve the plants for you. Please note that after you have submitted your order, you can pay by BACS transfer or by posting a cheque. We are no longer able to accept card payments.

We only despatch to the Mainland UK, Scilly Isles and Scottish Highlands & Islands. We can no longer deliver plants to Northern Ireland or the Channel Islands.

 
 

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Viv Marsh

As planned, my retirement sale of mail order Alstroemerias is now over, with every Alstroemeria plant now sold. However, we do have an even larger range of Irises for sale during 2023.

To order, please use the View Catalogue link above, this will confirm the total amount due including carriage. Payment can be made by BACS bank transfer or by a cheque – we no longer accept credit or debit cards.

Alstroemeria plant breeding with micropropagation and the National Collection will continue, alongside my Praise Bee research charity work.

TALL BEARDED IRISES
We have a large selection of Iris varieties which are available as generous bare-root rhizomes, ready to plant out in your garden.

To view our full range of Iris, please click on this link tall bearded Iris or use the View Catalogue link above for our range of plants. If you need some help with your selection just drop us an e-mail and we will be happy to advise you.

Below is a picture of the Iris plants growing in one of our tunnels.

AVAILABILITY OF PLANTS FOR SALE
We update our website regularly with current availability of plants.

MINIMUM ORDER
There is a minimum order of £30 plant value.

DELIVERY
Orders will be acknowledged personally by e-mail within 7 days, giving an estimated delivery date. In normal circumstances, plants will usually be despatched within 2 to 3 weeks from receipt of your order.

P&P is charged at a flat rate of £9.95 for each order. Please note that orders to the Scottish highlands & Islands and the Isles of Scilly may incur an additional carriage charge.

We can no longer deliver to European countries or Northern Ireland.

PRAISE BEE CHARITY

You might have heard on BBC Radio Shropshire from time to time or seen on Countryfile about the charity. We have been breeding osmia solitary bees in the wild for over ten years.

My remit is to initiate the concept of breeding these bees back in the hands of the general public. As a qualified farmer as well as horticulturalist, I feel well placed to carry out this task.

Please log onto the charity’s website for further details PraiseBee.org.uk

ALSTROEMERIA MICROPROPAGATION
Semi-retirement will allow me more time to devote into the production of Alstroemeria for the trade, along with the introduction of many new varieties that I have been selecting over the last 35 years.


Step One sourcing of buds from the mother plants


Step Two Meristem production


Step Three Alstroemeria budding up on agar gel ‘in vitro’


The laboratory growing room


NATIONAL COLLECTION OF ALSTROEMERIA




The National Collection tunnel

On 14th February, 2011 we were granted the National Collection status of garden hardy Alstroemeria by Plant Heritage NCCPG National Collections In the collection there are well over 100 garden varieties, along with an ever increasing selection of wild species from Chile.

SECOND NATIONAL COLLECTION OF ALSTROEMERIA
We were delighted to supply a mirror of our National Collection of Alstroemeria to Pershore College in Worcestershire. The students have already dug out and created the flower beds which can be easily seen as you enter the college grounds on the left.




The project is progressing!


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Viv Marsh Postal Plants
Hunkington Nurseries
Walford Heath
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY4 2HT
United Kingdom
Telephone: 01939 291 475
e-mail: mail@postalplants.co.uk

VAT number - 451 6814 48

 

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