Ian and Teresa Moss

About Us

We are obsessive, compulsive gardeners, propagating and growing hardy and unusual plants for our own garden and occasionally for sale at a small number of plant fairs each year. Our interest remains with hardy and unusual perennial plants; the vast majority of the plants that we will offer in the future will be hardy and half-hardy salvias propagated from our collection of over 100 varieties.

The plants we will offer are grown in our own garden on the Shropshire/Wales border and are all propagated by us. We use the minimum of winter protection, and no heat, with the exception of some of our half-hardy salvias. We take pride in producing plants of the highest quality that will establish well in your garden and which are also excellent value for money.

Our Salvias

Our obsession with salvias has grown out of a retirement hobby, and we propagate our plants primarily as an insurance policy to maintain and refresh our own collection. In the spring, we normally have a selection of surplus overwintered plants for sale. We don’t propagate in commercial quantities, so we only have a very few (often only one or two) plants of each variety for sale. However, we have a LOT of varieties, so there are quite a few plants available overall! The plants are all large, well established specimens. Later in the season (typically from July onwards) we may also have some additional spare plants from the current season’s propagation. All are large, well-established plants. Please check our list for details of our current collection and also our Gallery for a selection of photos of our salvias.

You can buy our salvias in two ways:

At one of the plant fairs that we are attending.
By collection from our home.

Please note we do NOT offer a mail order service, and we do not propagate to order.

Plant Fairs

We will continue to sell our salvias at a small number of plant fairs. Please see below for more details. The fairs at which we are planning to sell in 2024 are as follows:

June 8th/9th – Plant Hunter’s Fair at Hodnet Hall, Market Drayton, Shropshire

July 14th – Rare Plant Fair at Winterbourne House and Gardens, Birmingham

July 31st – Plant Hunter’s Fair at Cholmondley Castle Gardens, Malpas, Cheshire

August 11th – Plant Hunter’s Fair at Capesthorne Hall, Nr. Macclesfield, Cheshire

August 25th/26th – Plant Hunter’s Fair at The Dorothy Clive Garden, Nr. Market Drayton, Shropshire

September 1st – Rare Plant Fair at Adwell House, Nr. Thame, Oxfordshire

September 8th – Plant Hunter’s Fair at Weston Park, Nr. Telford, Shropshire