Hartley Magazine

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Alstroemeria, The Peruvian Lily

Of the many greenhouse and conservatory plants few tick all boxes. That eternal quest for all-the-year-round interest in foliage, compact, neat with long lasting flowers good for cutting, lots of colour, scented in whole or part, possibly also edible, and of course, easy. Few indeed, however the Peruvian Lily does, moreover in myriad varieties only […]

What’s so great about stinging nettles

For some strange reason we have been programmed to loathe stinging nettles, but these plants play a vital role in nature, says Jean Vernon. If your earliest memories of nettles is falling into the nettle patch or being chased around the playground by nettle wielding classmates, you won’t have a good relationship with these incredible […]

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RHS Chelsea Flower Show Tradestand no. 142 Hartley Botanic’s 2025 RHS Chelsea Flower Show Tradestand ‘Your Space, Your Story’ 20th to 24th May 2025 Celebrating Hartley Botanic’s Values – English Built, English Grown The 2025 stand at RHS Chelsea Flower Show will showcase the craftsmanship of Hartley Botanic’s Greenhouses, handmade in England to nurture English-grown […]