Wyevale Transplants is the section of Wyevale Nurseries producing field-grown seedlings and transplants. The range grown includes hedging plants and woodland trees, native, ornamental and forestry. Located on the Gloucester-Hereford borders near Ledbury, the team of some12 staff raise the range of young plants from seed or cuttings, all reared outdoors. Director Steve Ashworth comments `this is the most efficient way of growing young trees and hedging, starting from seed sown in-situ in the field: no peat, no pots, no added heat, no polytunnels, hardy as nature intended. Plants are compact to transport and young stock requires no staking to establish.` The company has been growing for 22 years on the same 220 acre farm, rotating crops with a pig herd which keeps the land in good heart; the sandy loam soil benefitting from the natural fertility of strawy manure.
Seed is collected from British sources wherever possible, plants are grown for usually 1 or 2 years, some 3 or 4 years, before sale. Culture is directed toward a good root system by undercutting and transplanting to confer the best start when planted out. Top varieties grown are native hedging dominated by Hawthorn but also a range of lesser species, woodland trees especially Oak and Ash and ornamental hedging such as Beech, Hornbeam, Laurel and Box. Also a range of shelter varieties such as Alders, Willows and Poplars and ornamental shrubs such as Dogwoods and Roses.
A range of specifications are offered to help provide customers with their precise needs; one-year undercuts for easy to plant stock at a basic price right up to heavy, bushy, instant-effect material. We offer to match the customers needs to the right product, priced competitively, graded carefully, ready on time, packed for success.
Wyevale Transplants is the section of Wyevale Nurseries producing field-grown seedlings and transplants. The range grown includes hedging plants and woodland trees, native, ornamental and forestry. Located on the Gloucester-Hereford borders near Ledbury, the team of some12 staff raise the range of young plants from seed or cuttings, all reared outdoors. Director Steve Ashworth comments `this is the most efficient way of growing young trees and hedging, starting from seed sown in-situ in the field: no peat, no pots, no added heat, no polytunnels, hardy as nature intended. Plants are compact to transport and young stock requires no staking to establish.` The company has been growing for 22 years on the same 220 acre farm, rotating crops with a pig herd which keeps the land in good heart; the sandy loam soil benefitting from the natural fertility of strawy manure.