The European hepaticas (H. nobilis, H.transsilvanica and H.x media and their cultivars) are the most tolerant of garden cultivation while the American species (H. americana, H. acutiloba and their cultivars) are well worth trying in very sheltered areas of the garden.  Some of our new inter-species crosses may well succeed in the garden but we are still trialling these and they have yet to prove themselves as reliable performers in the garden. It’s...

Moorcroft Pottery has launched an exquisite new design ‘Jewels of Ashwood’ inspired by John’s Garden at Ashwood Nurseries. John Massey, owner of Ashwood Nurseries, and Moorcroft Pottery have always enjoyed a special relationship and some much loved Moorcroft designs have featured Ashwood’s speciality plants, notably hellebores, cyclamen and hepaticas. John is also renowned for his beautiful garden, regarded as one of the finest private gardens...