Tim Fuller
@plantpref.bsky.social
Growers of Hardy Geraniums, Ornamental Grasses and New, Rare and Unusual Herbaceous perennials. Owned by a Border Collie.
www.plantpref.co.uk
www.plantpref.co.uk
Our perimeter hedge and shelter belt looking good at this time of year. Over a thousand shrubs and trees planted since 2010, nearly all native but some ornamentals like this Malus hupehensis added for interest and to feed the birds!
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Our perimeter hedge and shelter belt looking good at this time of year. Over a thousand shrubs and trees planted since 2010, nearly all native but some ornamentals like this Malus hupehensis added for interest and to feed the birds!
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
Deschampsia cespitosa 'Schottland' is one of the taller and stronger stemmed forms. The skeletons of the seedheads should stand most of the winter unless the weather gets really bad.
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
November 27, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Deschampsia cespitosa 'Schottland' is one of the taller and stronger stemmed forms. The skeletons of the seedheads should stand most of the winter unless the weather gets really bad.
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
Begonia grandis seedpods look interesting in the low sun. Never had viable seed from them before but maybe this year...
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
November 25, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Begonia grandis seedpods look interesting in the low sun. Never had viable seed from them before but maybe this year...
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
Good colour on Themeda triandra ssp japonica again this year. It might be a bit green in the summer but the autumn and early winter colour makes up for it in my mind.
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Good colour on Themeda triandra ssp japonica again this year. It might be a bit green in the summer but the autumn and early winter colour makes up for it in my mind.
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
Quite pleased with the leaf and flower combination on this Cyclamen confusum seedling. Only sown two years ago, they do well if you keep them moving.
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
November 15, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Quite pleased with the leaf and flower combination on this Cyclamen confusum seedling. Only sown two years ago, they do well if you keep them moving.
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
There are probably more flowers on Bidens aurea now than there have been all year! Paler too, almost white in the late afternoon sun yesterday.
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 AM
There are probably more flowers on Bidens aurea now than there have been all year! Paler too, almost white in the late afternoon sun yesterday.
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
Geranium nodosum 'Hexham Whitethroat' has decided to have a late flush of flower. The colour is a bit off but the flowers are big!
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Geranium nodosum 'Hexham Whitethroat' has decided to have a late flush of flower. The colour is a bit off but the flowers are big!
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
This amazing aster has been in flower for months (started in June or July this year) and will be the last in flower by some margin. It makes a billowing cloud of flowers up to 1m tall, similar width.
Proving easy to grow but temperamental to propagate!
Symphyotrichum sp.KM.C.28.02
#gardening 🌱
Proving easy to grow but temperamental to propagate!
Symphyotrichum sp.KM.C.28.02
#gardening 🌱
November 12, 2025 at 8:04 AM
This amazing aster has been in flower for months (started in June or July this year) and will be the last in flower by some margin. It makes a billowing cloud of flowers up to 1m tall, similar width.
Proving easy to grow but temperamental to propagate!
Symphyotrichum sp.KM.C.28.02
#gardening 🌱
Proving easy to grow but temperamental to propagate!
Symphyotrichum sp.KM.C.28.02
#gardening 🌱
A good bit of autumn colour from this Geranium sanguineum seedling in the sales area path. As a friend said to me years ago: "you never find anything interesting on a tidy nursery"! Maybe we take it too far?!
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
A good bit of autumn colour from this Geranium sanguineum seedling in the sales area path. As a friend said to me years ago: "you never find anything interesting on a tidy nursery"! Maybe we take it too far?!
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
Tropaeolum smithii is back after we lost it a couple of years ago. This year's seedlings flowering in the seed frame since it got too hot and dry to prick them out in the summer...
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
November 5, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Tropaeolum smithii is back after we lost it a couple of years ago. This year's seedlings flowering in the seed frame since it got too hot and dry to prick them out in the summer...
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
I admit to always being somewhat underwhelmed by this Malus transitoria with its small yellow fruit that go brown so fast but it is doing well this year.
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
November 4, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I admit to always being somewhat underwhelmed by this Malus transitoria with its small yellow fruit that go brown so fast but it is doing well this year.
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
My first Cyclamen cyprium grown from seed to flower. It might not look much but it's the first time I've had any luck with this species. It's super sweetly scented too!
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
November 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
My first Cyclamen cyprium grown from seed to flower. It might not look much but it's the first time I've had any luck with this species. It's super sweetly scented too!
#gardening 🌱
#gardening 🌱
First daffodil of the season! Narcissus 'Cedric Morris' is meant to flower this side of Christmas but I think it's early even for this variety this year.
Sorry none to spare this year.
#gardening 🌱
Sorry none to spare this year.
#gardening 🌱
November 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
First daffodil of the season! Narcissus 'Cedric Morris' is meant to flower this side of Christmas but I think it's early even for this variety this year.
Sorry none to spare this year.
#gardening 🌱
Sorry none to spare this year.
#gardening 🌱
Some other plants from my trip at the start of the week:
Morina longifolia - I don't think this likes East Anglian hot summers.
Xanthoriza simplicissima - amazing autumn colour, must try this again.
Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride' giving a good contrast with the hedge in low sun.
#gardening 🌱
Morina longifolia - I don't think this likes East Anglian hot summers.
Xanthoriza simplicissima - amazing autumn colour, must try this again.
Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride' giving a good contrast with the hedge in low sun.
#gardening 🌱
November 1, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Some other plants from my trip at the start of the week:
Morina longifolia - I don't think this likes East Anglian hot summers.
Xanthoriza simplicissima - amazing autumn colour, must try this again.
Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride' giving a good contrast with the hedge in low sun.
#gardening 🌱
Morina longifolia - I don't think this likes East Anglian hot summers.
Xanthoriza simplicissima - amazing autumn colour, must try this again.
Heuchera villosa 'Autumn Bride' giving a good contrast with the hedge in low sun.
#gardening 🌱
A few days away to give a talk and the chance to see other gardens and nurseries. More photos to come but to start, Parottia persica looking fiery at Belsay Hall.
October 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A few days away to give a talk and the chance to see other gardens and nurseries. More photos to come but to start, Parottia persica looking fiery at Belsay Hall.
Although we sold out ages ago Bidens aurea is still flowering its heart out and will continue until we get an actual frost. Will try and pot more next year!
🌱 #gardening
🌱 #gardening
October 27, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Although we sold out ages ago Bidens aurea is still flowering its heart out and will continue until we get an actual frost. Will try and pot more next year!
🌱 #gardening
🌱 #gardening
So many customers have commented on (and asked for) this Molinia seedling that we'll be starting to trial and propagate it in the spring.
#gardening
#gardening
October 26, 2025 at 6:59 AM
So many customers have commented on (and asked for) this Molinia seedling that we'll be starting to trial and propagate it in the spring.
#gardening
#gardening
Not bad for the end of October. Open today and then next Thursday and Friday, 9.30am to 5pm. Then we are mail order only until the beginning of March next year.
#gardening
#gardening
October 25, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Not bad for the end of October. Open today and then next Thursday and Friday, 9.30am to 5pm. Then we are mail order only until the beginning of March next year.
#gardening
#gardening
Pennisetum 'Fairy Tails' still looking good and should do for a while yet. A really good value grass for the garden as long as it has sun and a drained soil.
#gardening
#gardening
October 24, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Pennisetum 'Fairy Tails' still looking good and should do for a while yet. A really good value grass for the garden as long as it has sun and a drained soil.
#gardening
#gardening
One of those plants I call a "survivor", we've had Aconitum uchiyamae for 26 years and still only two plants. Every time we get it bulked up, it collapses and most of it dies again. I think we sold about 5 plants one year! Still, it's producing loads of flower this autumn...
#gardening
#gardening
October 22, 2025 at 6:20 AM
One of those plants I call a "survivor", we've had Aconitum uchiyamae for 26 years and still only two plants. Every time we get it bulked up, it collapses and most of it dies again. I think we sold about 5 plants one year! Still, it's producing loads of flower this autumn...
#gardening
#gardening
Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues' showing some good late flower this year. Relatively broad blue-grey leaves on an upright plant to 1.5-1.8m.
#gardening
#gardening
October 21, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Panicum virgatum 'Dallas Blues' showing some good late flower this year. Relatively broad blue-grey leaves on an upright plant to 1.5-1.8m.
#gardening
#gardening
October 20, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Always good for its seedheads - Doellingeria umbellata. This season some pants still have flowers on while others are in full seedhead mode. Long lasting winter structure.
#gardening
#gardening
October 19, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Always good for its seedheads - Doellingeria umbellata. This season some pants still have flowers on while others are in full seedhead mode. Long lasting winter structure.
#gardening
#gardening
Most of the Hardy Chrysanthemum are starting to flower now and 'Old Norwell' is the first outside this season. As the flowers age they fade to a softer shade.
#gardening
#gardening
October 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Most of the Hardy Chrysanthemum are starting to flower now and 'Old Norwell' is the first outside this season. As the flowers age they fade to a softer shade.
#gardening
#gardening
I suspect I post Vincetoxicum hirundinaria too often but it does earn its keep in the garden. October sees this glorious golden yellow foliage before the leaves drop.
#gardening
#gardening
October 17, 2025 at 6:05 AM
I suspect I post Vincetoxicum hirundinaria too often but it does earn its keep in the garden. October sees this glorious golden yellow foliage before the leaves drop.
#gardening
#gardening