Peonies & Irises

Sue Applegate

Last evening we were fortunate to welcome, as our guest Speaker, Sue Applegate, once a farmer, then of Kelways and now an independent grower of beautiful peonies and irises. With illustrations, enthusiastic and informative talk and hands-on demonstration she guided us skilfully through the details of raising these beautiful blooms.
Hearing that peony seeds (the dark ones which the birds are more likely to ignore) only have about a 10% germination rate and that can even take up to 3 years, I realised why these can be amongst our dearer plants to buy.
Thank you Sue.

The New Greenhouse

Next post will be some pictures from Nichola, who is usually in charge of our publicity, who has been busy with Adam building their own greenhouse from an original design!