Golden Acres Blog

We’ve trialled a new variety of viola on the nursery, it’s called ‘Honeybee’ but I think it looks more like a Lion! Either way it’s a really gorgeous little flower.

This week I’ve been up to Manchester to a large plant show to see if there’s anything new and exciting. Amongst all the usual suspects I found a lovely new Mahonia called ‘Soft Caress’ Its a prickle free version of the old Victorian favourite that’s so useful for its evergreen structural presence, pretty and often scented yellow heads of flower and its easy to grow too.

We also looked at some new ranges for next years summer bedding and planted containers, we came away really inspired and with some really good ideas - we can’t wait to see what they look like and whether you think they’re as good as we do, but it’ll have to wait a few months!