About Us
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The nursery was established in 1927 by Richard Milne-Redhead and in the early days specialised almost solely in the cultivation of alpine and rock garden plants which proved very popular with gardeners across the north and were soon offered by mail order countrywide. Over the years the range of plants propagated and offered for sale has widened immensely to include many fine herbaceous perennials, shrubs, climbing plants, dwarf conifers and heathers as well as hardy ferns and
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Cultural Tips ornamental grasses. Throughout this time the main criteria of the nursery has been to produce quality plants in a hardy manner with no excessive protection from the elements and at the same time ensure that the range of plants offered is hardy in our North West England Pennine location. Recently as a nursery we have diversified into specialising in certain types of plants. One of these is Crocosmia. The nursery collection consists of well over 140 different cultivars and several species. All of our Crocosmias are grown
   
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Crocosmia Facts   outside and not inside greenhouses, this therefore enables us to provide the customer  with a top quality plant which is used to and adapted to growing in the North of England climate.
   

 

Designed and Constructed by John Foley

All images İHolden Clough Nursery 2005

 
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