Broadleigh Gardens .  
European mail-order specialists in small bulbs and herbaceous plants.  
Barr House, Bishops Hull, Taunton, TA4 1AE
01823 286231 (Fax) 323646

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      LATEST NEWS  :  Autumn

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For those of you who phone us Angela has now retired and Anne has joined Julie to answer the phone and deal with your orders.

Mary is now looking after the daffodil collection and the frame yard and preparing plants for the shows.

            

Garden

 

n the garden winter is creeping in and the first snowdrops are out

There is always something to see. Do call and see us and help the St Margaret's Somerset Hospice.  
Garden and nursery are open Mon-Friday 9am - 4pm- £2.
Limited plant sales but pre booked orders can be collected in season.

         

Things to do:


Agapanthus

Cyclamen coum

Plan for next summer's display and order your bulbs - the spring catalogue with full availability is online.

It is now time to repot your lilies.

Bring pot grown Eucomis and evergreen agapanthus undercover for the winter. Dead head the agapanthus to stop seedlings growing in the middle of the plants - this is how they "change" colour.


See our Online Store to place your order for next spring's display.                                          

     

       

On the Nursery

We  are busy preparing for the spring sales. The daffodils and other bulbs are now planted and we are busy splitting up the perennials and potting for the spring shows.

   

Online Ordering - the full  catalogue is  online

 

Our spring catalogue of snowdrops, lilies  etc 
is available to download 

or why not see our full Online Store where everything is illustrated

 

 

Our autumn catalogue of daffodils, tulips and alliums will be available in June but you can see the range here

 

 

Shows  2011

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February RHS London  - gold medal

Malvern - silver gilt medal

Chelsea - silver gilt medal

Tatton    - silver gilt medal

Hyde Hall
                                      Monty Don featured our agapanthus-
                           Order now for spring delivery

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 Show round-up:  We will be exhibiting at the following shows in 2012

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London February Show -
Snowdrops, reticulata iris and early daffodils 

Malvern Spring Show, 
Tulips, Alliums and iris - Pacific Coast and dwarf bearded.

Chelsea - 40th celebration
This is our 40th Chelsea flower show and will be our last so come and see us on stand G6
Revisit spring with daffodils and tulips and also featuring our large collection of Alliums and our own Pacific Coast Iris. 

Tatton Park Flower Show
we will be showing around 40 different agapanthus and other S African plants. They can be ordered online now. 


Can't remember what the plant you saw was called? Click here to see the Illustrated Chelsea Show stand.

April Show 2009    

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The year at Broadleigh

Clematis & roses

Carved seats

We are a working nursery with an extensive display garden. All are open to visit.

The garden is open every week day (£2 charity donation to St Margaret's Somerset Hospice www.somerset-hospice.org.uk) 9am - 4pm, with limited plant sales. Do come and see our full range of bulbs in a  garden setting, as well as the nursery beds. 

In Winter our extensive collection of snowdrops can be viewed, along with scented shrubs. In Spring there are thousands of daffodils, In early summer the largest cistus in the world and thousands of iris, in mid summer there are daylilies & Agapanthus then in the autumn Crocosmia & Colchicums and good autumn colour.  Why not come and pay us a visit. 

The garden has woodland, dry stream and pond, parterre and herbaceous borders so there is plenty to see.


snowdrops 
under the trees     Parterre       Cherry blossom
Shows  

February

                     March/April                   

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Malvern

Chelsea

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April - 60 daffodil vars.

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Tatton 
- agapanthus

 
2012 Show list - we hope to be exhibiting at the following shows:
RHS  SHOWS :  
London :
February 14/15 Snowdrops, cyclamen & early daffodils 
Malvern: May10-13 P C and D B Iris with alliums and tulips
Chelsea : May 22-26    Alliums, Iris, Daffodils, tulips, Lilies etc
Tatton Park: July 18- 22 Agapanthus, Eucomis
 
 

All pictures on this site copyright ©2002 Christine Skelmersdale are available for licensing.
All rights reserved.