Sourcing plants beyond Brexit

notAMember

Hello all

as we are coming up to planting season, I’m wondering do any of you have good links or experience with finding specialist plants in the EU? I look first in Irish nurseries, but with our population the range of varieties can be limited and there’s a good bit of legwork phoning them as our horticulture sector is not yet internet-savvy.

I used to use the RHS plant-finder, as that linked me directly to the UK growers for specific plants but as we can’t import plants from the UK any more I’ll look more towards Germany and Holland as the next nearest powerhouses of horticulture. Does anyone know of something similar to the RHS search in those or other EU countries?

I’ve just ordered some grapevines from this site in Germany https://www.rebschule-schmidt.de/

It’s not an option to arrange Irish delivery directly on their website, but an email sorted it for me.

wait4me

double posted this... another issue I'm having with the new boards

looksee

OT but don't be tempted to change a 'double post', just refresh the page and one of them will disappear.

notAMember

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117736813#Comment_117736813

No reply here, if you left something else?

tromtipp

Barnhaven for primulas and hellebores - very long established specialists who offer seeds and plants - they're in Northern France so their plants are well adapted to the kind of conditions they'll get in Ireland.

https://www.barnhaven.com/

notAMember

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117741092#Comment_117741092

oh that’s a great site , thanks!

wait4me

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117738151#Comment_117738151

Sorry - yes - I posted that I had a thread on this, sourcing plants online and it seems to have disappeared with the boards upgrade. In short some suggested sites were gardens4you.ie which is Netherlands-based and a site in Northern Ireland - 3fatpigs.co.uk which is beechwoodtrees

wait4me

and if somebody can find my post, I think there may be some other suggestions on it.

howsshenow

I've used

Dmkert.hu.. great choice and accommodating, pay in their currency.

Vreekens zaden Netherlands, good range, can be very slow in Spring.

Irish History

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058202874/sourcing-plants-beyond-brexit

Hi - I have bought a lot of stuff from Poland extremely cheaply, including grapevines. Last order, I bought a couple of Pluot trees (Dapple Dandy and Flavour Queen) and hardy Almond Palatina tree - varieties of stuff I didn't see for sale on British sites.

notAMember

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117932598#Comment_117932598

Any particular site?