Re: Sweet pea supplier
- Subject: Re: [GWL] Sweet pea supplier
- From: Graham Rice g*@tiscali.co.uk
- Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 21:04:33 -0500
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Robert Bolton & Son have been bought by Unwins, the largest sweet pea breeder and supplier in Britain; the Bolton family is now focusing on its retail nursery operation.
However, the name lives on and is still trading as an independent entity with its own catalogue - but the not-very-sophisticated website has been taken down pending its resurfacing in a more modern incarnation.
I have their latest catalogue (Autumn 2002/Spring 2003) in front of me... Here are the contact dertails:
Phone: +44 1945 427399
Fax: +44 1945 588235
Email: boltons.sweetpeas@virgin.net
I am in touch with the management so will ask about the website and about export to the US.
In the meantime... try these US specialists:
Enchanting Sweet Peas (http://www.enchantingsweetpeas.com) 244 Florence Avenue, Sebastopol, California 95472.
Fragrant Garden Nursery (http://www.fragrantgarden.com) P.O. Box 4246, Brookings, OR 97415.
Sweet Pea Gardens (http://www.sweetpeagardens.com) 614 Surry Road, Surry, Maine 04684.
Boltons and Unwins varieties are now being wholesaled into the US much more than previously and can be obtained from a wide variety of retail and mail order suppliers.
There are other suppliers listed at http://www.scentedsweetpeas.com/links.html
Graham Rice
Does anyone know the email or website of Robert Bolton & Son? I have a gardener wanting to get sweet pea seed from them and they cannot get in touch with them...perhaps they are not in business anymore?? Donna Dawson Member Garden Writers Association Proud Media Sponsor of Communities in Bloom http://www.ICanGarden.com See our 2003 Garden Tours! _______________________________________________ gardenwriters mailing list gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/gardenwriters GWL has searchable archives at: http://www.hort.net/lists/gardenwriters Send photos for GWL to gwlphotos@hort.net to be posted at: http://www.hort.net/lists/gwlphotos Post gardening questions/threads to "Organic-Gardening" <organic-gardening@lists.ibiblio.org> For GWL website and Wiki, go to http://www.ibiblio.org/gardenwriters
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