Our worries were confirmed this weekend, when some of you who visited this weekend pointed out that we have not posted anything on the blog section of our website for a year: people DO read our blog posts! And just to put your minds at rest, we would like to take this opportunity to let […]
Often times we get what we think are good ideas. And then we proceed to see what it takes to make them happen, and doubt over how good an idea it was in the first place starts creeping in! Organising the nursery for unknown numbers of public is a rather serious task (as we found […]
A Happy New Year to all from us at Brighter Blooms! Each year starts with a (sometimes new) list of wishes, aspirations or concerns. What will be the star performing Zantedeschia in 2018? What will 2018 bring to the grow-your-own movement, what famous new face will join the existing enthusiastic alotmenteers this year? What will […]
After a rather intense run of flower shows, with very little time in between, we have finally found a few moments to write a quick update for our website. Of course, at the flower shows, the public get to see the finished product – beautiful, colourful flowers. But the questions we are always ask is […]
We are delighted to introduce two new Zantedeschia varieties this year – Zantedeschia ‘Dubai Nights’ and Zantedeschia ‘Eyeliner’. Dark flowers have proved to be the most popular colour with our customers from when we started our business. In the 8 years we have been growing and exhibiting Zantedeschia, dark flowers have continued to outsell by […]
Here at Brighter Blooms we continue our quest to convince the public that Zantedeschia (Calla Lily) should decorate every patio in the land! But first of all, we were keen to acquaint you all with the versatility of the genus. In 2014 our entry to the Plant of the Year competition was the majestic Zantedeschia […]
At the end of February we’ve organised the first public event at the nursery. The event was aimed for keen allotment holders, enthusiastic gardeners and anyone else who goes for the grow-your-own philosophy and lifestyle. We were delighted to see so many people at the event and to see how popular the grow-your-own and eat-well […]
Zantedeschia rhizomes are now available to pre-order for delivery in April and May. Thank you if you have purchased or registered with us in the past. We just wanted to let you know that our show size Zantedeschia (Calla lily) rhizomes are available to order on our new website, www.brighterblooms.co.uk. We also have a range […]
During January and February we run a series of eight potato days in Northwest England What is a potato day? For those with a love for growing potatoes a potato day is the beginning of their growing season. Potato days, as the name suggests, are a place to buy seed potatoes and with 80-100 varieties […]
As the winter deepens many of us start to think towards spring and with that the opportunity to plant summer flowering bulbs. A rhizome is just a swollen root that acts a bit like a bulb. Zantedeschia rhizomes can be planted at almost any time of year, however, certain conditions need to be met to […]
