Joseph Rochford Gardens

01/06/2026

🌿 Kerry’s Plant of the Week 🌿

This week, Kerry has chosen Salvia nemorosa ‘Caradonna’.

A reliable perennial with deep violet-purple flower spikes held on dark stems from early summer onwards. It’s a favourite with pollinators and works well in mixed borders.

☀️ Best in full sun
🐝 Attractive to bees and other pollinators
✂️ Deadhead to encourage further flowering

A good choice if you’re looking for long-lasting colour and structure in the garden.

28/05/2026

27/05/2026

✨ Darren’s Weekly Perennial Pick ✨

This week’s star is Persicaria bistorta ‘Superba’ 🌸

A brilliant clump-forming perennial with tall spikes of soft pink flowers that bloom for weeks through summer. Loved by pollinators and perfect for adding colour and movement to borders, especially in cottage-style and wildlife gardens. Easy to grow and a real garden favourite, it has even been awarded the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit.

📍 Long flowering season
🐝 Pollinator friendly
🌸 Elegant pink flower spikes
🌤 Thrives in sun or partial shade

26/05/2026

🌿 Charlie’s Plant of the Week 🌿

The beautiful Fatsia japonica ‘Spider’s Web’ — an eye-catching evergreen with large glossy leaves dusted in creamy white variegation, giving it that signature “spider’s web” look. 🕸️✨

Native to Japan, this hardy shrub thrives in shaded garden spots and adds bold texture and year-round interest to borders and courtyards alike. Easy to care for and perfect for brightening darker corners of the garden. 🌱

22/05/2026

Meet Charlie at our Birch Green growing site 🌿
A look inside the heart of our nursery, where thousands of trade-quality plants are grown every season.

Keep a look out for your Mail Drop later today, happy Friday everyone, have a sunny ☀️bank holiday weekend!

21/05/2026

✨ Looking good in the nursery right now ✨

🌿 Spiraea japonica ‘Goldflame’
🌿 Pittosporum tobira ‘Nanum’
🌿 Spiraea nipponica ‘Snowmound’

All looking fresh and full of colour 👌

Keep an eye out for tomorrow’s mail drop 📩 with the latest stock list and our Pick of the Week!

20/05/2026

✨ Darren’s Weekly Perennial Pick ✨

This week’s star is Phlox ‘Fashionably Early Princess’ 🌸

A stunning early-flowering perennial with masses of soft pink blooms that bring colour, fragrance, and pollinators into the garden from late spring onwards. Compact and easy to grow, it’s perfect for sunny borders, cottage gardens, and patio containers.

📍 Long flowering season
🐝 Pollinator friendly
🌸 Beautiful scented blooms
☀️ Loves a sunny spot

horticulturist

18/05/2026

🌳For Bens plant of the week hes chosen🥁🥁🥁….