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Fernwood Nursery |
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21 Apr 2006 |
This page: Introduction - Prices - Order forms - Publications - Export orders |
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Introduction |
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Fernwood is a 3-acre smallholding located in the village of Peters Marland, near Great Torrington, Devon. We are about 5 miles from RHS Gardens Rosemoor. We have been collecting, growing and studying houseleeks for more than 30 years and our present collection contains over 1100 varieties. In 1998, our collections of Sempervivum, Jovibarba and Rosularia were awarded National Collection® status by the National Council for the Conservation of Plants & Gardens (NCCPG). Our Phormium collection was also awarded National Collection® status in January 2002 At the nursery we propagate plants from our collections for sale by mail order, (Sempervivum, Jovibarba, Rosularia only), at plant fairs, shows and at the nursery. We welcome visitors to view the National Collections® or to purchase plants but please telephone first (01805 601446) to make sure that we will be there.
The best time to buy houseleeks is during the late spring, summer and early autumn. Plants are then growing actively and rapidly become established after repotting. Colours are usually brightest during the summer although some develop their best colours in the winter. In the summer the "arachnoideum" varieties are densely covered with white cobweb but during the winter this will disappear. We normally start sending mail order plants towards the end of April and continue until the end of October, or later if weather permits. We can send plants during the winter but they will not show their best colour or form and they will be slower to establish.
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Mail order prices |
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For houseleeks sent by post, many varieties are £1.50 each. Jovibarba heuffelii cultivars and geographical varieties, and some of the Sempervivum cultivars, are individually priced. The size of plant provided will depend on availability and the time of year. We normally send two or more rosettes, or a rosette with developing offsets.. Plants are sent bare rooted and wrapped in paper. All plants are sent by 1st Class Post and for orders of £5.00 and over the prices include postage and packing to UK addresses. Orders less than £5.00 please add 50P towards postage and packing. Mixed collections of plants If you are ordering by post and would like to leave the choice of varieties up to us we can supply mixed collections of 10 or more plants. Each collection will contain a selection of species and cultivars. All plants will be named. Plants in mixed collections are priced at £1.50 each. The minimum size for a collection is 10 plants (£15.00) but we can supply collections of up to 100 different at any one time. All prices include postage and packing. If more than one plant of each variety is required we can supply duplicate collections pro rata (e.g. 2 each of 8 varieties = £24.00; 4 each of 3 varieties = £18.00). Please let us know if there are any varieties that you already have and we will avoid using these when we make up the collection.
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Order forms |
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Our Mail Order Forms list the species and cultivars that we have currently available. Our current list is available for download. Download current list. (a MS Word 2003 file - 260 KB) If you would like
us to e-mail a copy of our current list to you, please
send a request to: If you would prefer to receive a copy of our order forms by post please send a stamped, addressed envelope to our nursery address: Fernwood Nursery, Peters Marland, Torrington, Devon, EX38 8QG
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Publications |
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For information about our book and CD-ROM please click below.
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Export orders |
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We can send plants to all countries within the EEC without the need for a Phytosanitary Certificate. Plants are sent by Air Mail. Please add 5% to the cost of your order to cover the cost of Air Mail. Plants can be sent by Swiftair Registered post for an extra charge of £10.00. We prefer payment in GB Pounds, by cash, cheque or postal order. Please make cheques payable to H. Wills. We will also accept cash payments in Euros. Please use the Currency converter to work out the value of your order in Euros. For cheque payments in currencies other than GB Pounds, please add the equivalent of £10.00 to cover bank charges. Currency converter (Opens in a new window. Close the window to return to this page.) We are sorry but we cannot accept payments by credit card. For export of plants to non-EEC countries, a Phytosanitary Certificate is required and plants must be completely free of soil. The cost of inspection for a Phytosanitary Certificate is £25.00. For some countries an import permit is required as well. Please enquire for further details.
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