Nursery & Plant Supply

Specialist Plants for Rock and Alpine Gardens

 

Plants Above Treeline Nursery & Services is a small specialist nursery focusing on alpine, subalpine and other unusual plants of particular interest to rock gardeners and specialist growers.

Our scale is deliberately modest. Rather than aiming for a large permanent catalogue, we concentrate on propagating and offering plants and seeds that we find horticulturally interesting, including species that are uncommon or difficult to obtain in general horticultural trade.

With more than 35 years of practical experience in growing alpine plants, our cultivation is based on a close understanding of how plants respond to factors such as drainage, substrate, moisture, temperature, seasonality and growing environment.

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Our Nursery

Plants are propagated using a range of techniques appropriate to the individual species, including:

• seed propagation

• cuttings

• division

• grafting

• scaling

• other specialist propagation methods where appropriate

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Particular attention is given to producing well-established plants suited to specialist cultivation.

Where provenance or collection information is available, we aim to retain and provide this information with the plant or seed material.

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Plants and Seeds

Our selection may include alpine and mountain plants from a wide range of genera and geographical regions.

The emphasis is on material suitable for rock gardens, crevice gardens, alpine houses and other specialist growing environments.

Seed is offered when available from cultivated plants and other appropriately sourced material. Availability varies from year to year depending on flowering, seed production and propagation success.

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Growing Materials & Specialist Equipment

PAT Nursery & Services may also offer selected materials and equipment for the propagation and cultivation of alpine plants.

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The range may include specialist growing media, propagation materials, containers, labels and other products that we consider particularly useful for alpine and rock garden cultivation.

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Our aim is not to provide a general range of horticultural supplies, but to make selected specialist products available where they support successful propagation and cultivation.

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Availability will vary, and products will be added to the Online Shop as they become available.

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Dynamic Availability

Our inventory changes continuously.

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Plants and seeds are listed when they are ready and available rather than being maintained as a fixed year-round catalogue. Some species may only be available in very limited numbers or for short periods.

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For this reason, we recommend subscribing to news from PAT Nursery & Services if you would like to hear about new plants, seed lists and other availability.

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Current material can be found in our Online Shop.

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Purchasing from PAT Nursery & Services

Plants and seeds can be purchased through our Online Shop and, from time to time, at plant fairs and other events we attend.

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Please note that the nursery is not open to visitors and we do not currently have facilities to receive customers on site.

 

If you are looking for a particular species, provenance or type of plant that is not currently listed, you are welcome to contact us. We cannot guarantee availability, but we may be able to advise on future propagation or sourcing possibilities.

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​Cultivation with a Long-Term Perspective

Propagation in cultivation can help make specialist plants available without creating unnecessary pressure on wild populations and habitats.

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Our work therefore places emphasis on:

• responsible propagation and cultivation

• maintaining plants in cultivation over time

• sharing horticultural knowledge

• increasing experience with difficult and less commonly grown species

• encouraging successful and sustainable rock and alpine gardening

The nursery also provides a practical foundation for the wider educational and horticultural work associated with Plants Above Treeline.

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Plant Above Treeline (PAT) Association Member Benefit

Members of PAT Association receive a 15% discount on plants and seeds purchased from PAT Nursery & Services, subject to the applicable membership and purchase conditions.

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