Specialists in Water Management for Landscapes, Fisheries, Leisure and Conservation
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Aquatic Plant Division |
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Welcome to our aquatic plant division. Set up in 2006 to supply our clients, landscapers and garden outlets, our nursery can offer a huge range of aquatic marginals and lilies.
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About the Nursery
The Kingcombe Aquacare aquatic plant nursery has been in operation for a full season now. Our nursery expert Trevor Kirk is overseeing the day to day operation with the main emphasis on producing good quality strong plants that are free from unwanted contaminents. Our Nursery in Hooke, West Dorset is ideally suited to the propagation of aquatic plants and we are expanding our growing area to enable us to hold more stock.
Trevor has been involved in the horticulture industry for many years. More recently he has specialised in aquatic plants giving him a sound knowledge of their propagation and care.
Why Kingcombe Aquatic Plants?
So often you see plants with unwanted 'passengers'. The introduction of weeds into your pond is often down to them being introduced by accident as passengers within a plant pot containing another plant. Examples of such unwanted, or alien, species are Crassula helmsii (Australian Swamp Stonecrop), Lemna spp (Duckweed) and Myriophyllum aquaticum (Parrotts Feather).
Our maintenance team spends hundreds of man hours each year removing or herbiciding such plants, proving that their innocent introduction can be very expensive! It is important to check the cleanliness of the plant before purchase to verify that you are buying only that plant!
We feel that our experienced background in aquatic weed control enables us to realise the importance of good plant hygiene. To this end you can have every confidence that when you purchase one of our aquatic plants you will be buying the best.
Something Special?
Our nursery is still young. We have taken the decision therefore to concentrate on producing a select list of plants, mainly in 1 litre size. Currently we can supply most aquatic marginals and a good range of Nymphea lilies. We have many carefully selected contacts throughout the UK industry so if we do not stock it we can probably source it!
How to Purchase
We are the sole supplier of aquatic plants to our local co-operative of plant nurseries, Somerstock. All transactions are wholesale only and conducted through Somerstock. The latest plant availability list is always to hand. Somerstock deliver weekly throughout the south of England, so if you are a landscaper or garden centre and you are interested in our plants, please contact sales on 01460 77 110. Alternatively visit their website by clicking on the link below.
