I hope that these two articles have whetted your appetite for the plants that have been described. One of the annoying things about reading articles of this type, is that you can never get hold of the plants that you read about. Fear not....I have come up with a list of nurseries on both sides of the Atlantic that will, hopefully, be able to supply some, if not all, of the plants mentioned in the text. How about that for service. And all for free....the service that is....not the plants.
I am indebted to Jack Ferreri of NARGS for his help on the N.American suppliers, to Herman van Beusekom for reminding me that there are some excellent nurseries in Europe and indeed to the nurseries themselves for having the good sense to supply plants to fit in with my articles.

If you know of any other nurseries selling the plants mentioned and they are not on the list, then please e-mail me so I can update the listing.

SPECIAL NOTE
I will only list nurseries that have been personally recommended by my visitors or those from which I personally, have received good service and good quality plants on a regular basis. This is NOT a free advertising space for the trade, neither is it in any way sponsored by the trade.The nurseries mentioned are there on merit alone.

Exclusion, in no way implies inferiority of product or service, it simply means that, either I have not used the nursery, or I have as yet not had the nursery recommended to me or the nursery does not sell the plants mentioned in the articles.

This is NOT a comprehensive list of alpine nurseries and should not be read as such.

UNITED KINGDOM

Glendoik Gardens Limited
Glencarse
Perth
Scotland PH2 7NS
Telephone 01738 860205/Fax 01738 860630

sales@ glendoick.com
Home of the Cox family..Peter, Kenneth & Euan. World famous specialist growers of Rhododendrons, Azaleas and other Ericaceous plants plus Meconopsis and Primulas. Mail order available.

Potterton & Martin
The Cottage Nursery
Moortown Road
Nettleton
Caistor
Lincolnshire LN7 6HX
Telephone 01472 851714/Fax 01472 852580

http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~pottin
Contact Rob Potterton. Plenty of choice and rare ericaceous and associated plants

Ardfearn Nursery
Bunchrew
Inverness
IV3 6RH
Scotland
Telephone 01463 243250

Always a good selection of ericaceous and peat loving plants from probably the most scenic location in the UK. And the man wears a kilt. Contact Jim or Alasdair Sutherland.

Inshriach Alpine Plant Nursery
Aviemore
Invernes-shire
PH22 1QS
Scotland
Telephone: 015404 287

One of Scotland's oldest and finest nurseries. The home of the late Jack Drake.

Hedgerow Nursery
24 Braithwaite Edge Road
Keighley
West Yorkshire
BD22 6RA
Telephone 01535 606531

One of the more recently established nurseries and a great selection of Rhodos and Kalmias. 

Aberconwy Nursery
Graig
Glan Conwy
LL28 5TL
North Wales
Telephone: 01492 580875

Arguably one of the best nurseries around with top quality and rare material. Set in a beautiful landscape in North Wales. Well respected and with good reason. Unfortunately does not do mail order. Contact Keith or Rachel Lever

Christies Nursery
"Downfield"
Main Road
Westmuir
Kirriemuir
Angus
DD8 5LP
Telephone 01575 572977
http://www.christiealpines.co.uk

Another fine Scottish nursery with a great catalogue of plants. Worth a visit for the ones that are not in the catalogue.Contact Ian Christie.

Hillier Nurseries (Winchester) Limited
Ampfield House
Ampfield
Romsey
Hampshire
SO5 9PA

World famous Nursery and gardens. The name Hillier is synonymous with rarity and quality. Order from the catalogue, rather than on site(more choice).

Ballalheannagh Gardens
Glen Roy
Lonan
Isle Of Man
IM4 7QB
Telephone 01624 861875

30 acre gardens open to the public with many plants for sale. Specialist Rhododendron and ericaceous shrubs growers. Mail order may have been discontinued. Contact Cliff or Maureen Dadd

Manavlins
The Berries
30 Sheering Lower Road
Sawbridgeworth
Hertfordshire
CM21 9LF
Phone/fax 01279 722184

Kath Dryden's list of plants for the peat and woodland garden contains some excellent material and great rarities.

Cambridge Bulbs
40 Whittlesford Road
Newton
Cambridge
CB2 5PH
Telephone 01223 871760

Norman Stevens is a specialist in bulbs and lists many Frits, Corydalis and Trilliums.

Kevock Garden - Stella and David Rankin
16 Kevock Road
Lasswade
Midlothian
EH18 1HT
Telephone / Fax: (44) 131 454 0660
Mobile: 07811 321585
Email:info@kevockgarden.co.uk
Web Site: http://www.kevockgarden.co.uk/

EUROPE

Janis Ruksans Bulb Nursery
Rozula
LV-4150 Cesu distr.
LATVIA
Telephone +371 41 32260

You want "RARE" ? You want "QUALITY" ? You want "VALUE" ?
You want Janis's catalogue.
If it's a bulb for the peat bed, the scree, the rock garden or the bulb frame...he'll have it.

F. Suendermann,
Aeschacher Ufer 48,
88131 LINDAU
GERMANY

is one of the oldest on the Continent and grows a lot of alpines incl. Kabschia's. This company has a mail-order service.

Juergen Peters,
Auf dem Flidd 20,
25436 UETERSEN
GERMANY

has an extensive nursery on alpines including a lot of Gentian's, Hepatica's, Anemone nemorosa and Primula's for the peat garden.

Jakob Eschmann, eidg. dipl. Gaertnermeister,
Waltwil,
6032 Emmen
SWITZERLAND

Jakob Eschmann has, maybe, the most famous alpine nursery on the Continent with a huge choice in alpine plants and dwarf shrubs.

C. Esveld,
Rijneveld 72,
2771 XS Boskoop
NETHERLANDS.
http://www.esveld.nl/cateng.htm

Unsurpassed for its Rhododendrons but this company also lists many other plants. It has an extensive web-site. Mail order available

Pieter Zwijnenburg
Halve Raak 18,
2771 AD Boskoop.
NETHERLANDS.

He lists especially botanical species of which a lot can be used in the peat garden.
Mail order available

NORTH AMERICA

Munchkin Nursery
323 Woodside Drive, N. W.
Depauw,
Indiana 47115-9039
genebush@otherside.com
http://www.munchkinnursery.com

This nursery comes highly recommended and I am pleased to be able to offer a link to Gene Bush's beautiful nursery garden in Indiana. Specialising in plants for the woodland and shade, there is a comprehensive catalogue listing on the web site. Plants for sale include 8 different Anemones, 10 Iris, 4 Hepatica, 4 Cimicifugas,7 Gentians, 6 Geraniums and 14 Trilliums plus hundreds of other rare and exciting plants.The nursery is available 7 days a week along with the garden (By Appointment Only). Please call, write, or e-mail in advance. A free catalogue will be sent prior to your visit, providing sufficient notice is given. Mail order within USA only but will trade seeds etc with other countries. Check out the superb web site for full details of the Man, the Nursery, the Garden and 'Clippins' an online newsletter packed full of interest.I keep going back to this one.

Eastern Plant Specialties
Box 226 Georgetown
Maine 04548
phone/fax (732) 382-2508

An old-time nursery with several unique offerings: pyxidanthera barbulata, leiophyllum buxifolium, ledum groenlandicum, sarcococca humilis, galax aphylla, shortia galacifolia, linnaea borealis, perhaps 30-40 rhodos, azaleas, kalmias, etc.

Forestfarm
990 Tetherow Road
Williams
Oregon 97544-9599
phone (541) 846-7269 fax (541) 846-6963

Mostly trees and shrubs, with a few perennials. Their catalog is a softcover book with over 450 pages!

Greer Gardens (rhodos & companion plants)
1280 Goodpasture Island Road
Eugene
Oregon 97401-1794
phone (541)-686-8266 fax (541) 686-0910

One of the prime rhodo nurseries in the country: 20 pages of detailed listing, along with 7 pages of azaleas. Not much in heaths/heathers, 20 Ilex, 15 kalmia, 12 pieris. Also includes a good range of perennials.

Heronswood Nursery
7530 NE 288th St
Kingston
Washington 98346-9502
phone (360) 297-4172 fax (360) 297-8321
http://www.heronswood.com/

An unbelievable nursery. Doubtless the best in the country for a wide range of unusual shrubs and perennials. Look at their site.

Siskyou Rare Plant Nursery (alpines, etc.)
2825 Cummings Road
Medford
Oregon 97501
phone (541) 772-6846 fax (541) 772-4917
srpn@wave.net
www.wave.net/upg/srpn

The biggest and probably the oldest (35 years) alpine nursery in the US. Lots of non-alpine things. A few shrubs and conifers, but mostly perennials.
Gentians: acaulis, angustifolia 'Grandiflora', asclepiadea, asclepiadea 'Alba', x makinoi 'Royal Blue', newberryi, paradoxa, septemfida, and verna.
Some other peat lovers: 4 different Andromeda polifolia, 7 arctostaphylos, 3 asarum (caudatum, europaeum, & hartwegii), Bruckenthalia spiculifolia, a dozen Calluna, chamaedaphne calyculata 'Nana', Cornus canadensis, Empetrum nigrum v hermaphroditum, 3 erica ciliaris, 10 erica carnea, 4 erica cinerea, 7 erica x darleyenses, 2 erica erigena, erica sicula v libanotica, 5 erica tetralix, 1 erica vagans, 4 leptospermum, leucopogon fraseri, 5 lithodora, 9 pieris, 28 rhodos, 4 synthyris, 6 tricyrtis, 6 vaccinium,
and a partridge in a pear tree.

Mt. Tahoma Nursery (alpines, etc.)
28111 112th Avenue E
Graham
Washington 98338
http://www.backyardgardener.com/mttahoma.html

Considerably smaller than Siskyou, but handles much choice material. A few shrubs ... kalmiopsis leachiana, phylliopsis 'Sugar Plum' (the only place I know to get this in the States), 7 dwarf rhodos (including Rh. 'Golfer' -- yaku x R. pseudochrysanthum). Perennials include lots of androsaces and choice campanulas, gentians (acaulis 'Rannock', affinis, asclepiadea, cruciata, 'hexa-farreri', 'kingfisher', newberryi, setigera, sceptrum, septemfida ssp grossheimii, sino-ornata, ternifolia, & verna), and many very choice primula (best allionii purveyor in US).

Roslyn Nursery
211 Burrs Lane
Dix Hills
NY 11746
phone (516) 643-9347 fax (516) 427-0894
email roslyn@concentric.net
http://www.cris.com/~Roslyn/

Hundreds of azaleas and rhododendrons (both species and cultivars), perhaps 25 Pieris, 30 Kalmia, many assorted shrubs and conifers. Some perennials as well -- gentians: cruciata, dahurica, decumbens, freyniana, gracilipes, kurroo, paradoxa 'Blue Herold', septemfida 'lagodechiana', tianschanica, & tibetica.

Woodlanders
1128 Colleton Ave
Aiken
South Carolina 29801
phone & fax (803) 648-7522
No web or email presence

"Many very unusual plants, some of them not hardy in the northern tier of the Midwest (where I am), but I suspect they'd all be hardy for you". (NB These are Jack's comments to me......I am not qualified to comment on what would be hardy in the USA...... AG).
Some samplings ... 15 different magnolias, many callicarpas and camellias, perhaps 30 rhodos (species and cultivar), seventeen viburnum.

I am sure there are many other nurseries out there selling top quality plants that may be suitable for the peat garden. Many of them can be found in the advertisements in the back of the specialist society bulletins but unfortunately I can't list them all, neither do I have first hand experience of their goods, so I can't personally recommend them. The nurseries should be supported...they are the lifeblood of our hobby but spare a thought too for the unsung heroes out there.

Let us not forget the one-man nursery, the lone propagator who takes his plants to the local shows and car boot (garage) sales. He is the one like you and I who cares for his plants and cherishes them. He does us all a favour by distributing his "spares". Support the trade but support "the little man" as well.

HAPPY GARDENING

The Peat Garden by Alan Grainger
Plant Associations In The Peat Garden by Charles Johnson