The Ministry of Plants

The Ministry of Plants We grow - drought tolerant, pollinator-friendly perennials in Stony Stratford (from seeds, cuttings + division) & seasonal cut flowers (unusual varieties.) x
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We’ll definitely have beautiful bunches of gorgeously scented sweetpeas on Saturday!!! We really want to share the pea-l...
17/06/2026

We’ll definitely have beautiful bunches of gorgeously scented sweetpeas on Saturday!!!

We really want to share the pea-love especially as they’re sown & grown in Stony, so they’ll be just £2.50 a bunch!

If you need a last minute gift, we have a small eclectic range of glass and/ceramic vases… just bob us a message. 🤗

Well this is a lovely surprise! (nb grubby gardening hands as standard.)Apart from selling the plants that we’ve grown f...
16/06/2026

Well this is a lovely surprise! (nb grubby gardening hands as standard.)

Apart from selling the plants that we’ve grown from seed, we put as many as we can in our tiny front garden on Wolverton Rd.

Our tiny front garden is all we have and it’s very special to us & that’s why your garden, whatever the size, is so important to us.

We need every plant to earn a place in your garden and we think you should have some beautiful flowers + foliage that you can’t find elsewhere.

We’ve not sown The Tangier Pea (Tingitanus) before and even though it’s an annual, it’s actually a bit of a star, climbing remarkably quickly and the flowers are either deep cerise (thanks Anna for the pics) or rose.

The rose flowers have just appeared on our railings today & they’re stunning.

If you’d like a Tangier Pea of your own, we’ve got a few left and will bring them on Saturday or you can apparently ‘hit me up’ for a collect/drop. 😬

16/06/2026

Well it’s got warm again. 🥵

I’ve just dashed to plot to shade everything esp seedlings. 😐

It’s getting a bit silly weather-wise so we’re dm
working on a permanent solution, that can be quickly deployed.

We put the hours in but a sudden blip of heat can literally fry seedlings and toast perennials.

If you could nip down & visit us at The Bull Market on Saturday, 9am-2pm we would greatly appreciate it, as it really does make everything worthwhile. ☺️

There is so much to pot on & look forward to!!Bunnytail grass, chinese forgetmeknots & a climbing ipomoea called Tu-tu.A...
16/06/2026

There is so much to pot on & look forward to!!

Bunnytail grass, chinese forgetmeknots & a climbing ipomoea called Tu-tu.

All sown & grown in Stony. 🤗

Mouse Ears will also make an appearance on Saturday! Limited supply.
16/06/2026

Mouse Ears will also make an appearance on Saturday! Limited supply.

Hellooooooo boofy.
16/06/2026

Hellooooooo boofy.

I’ve got a second batch of Stony sown alaska salmon nasturtiums + the vintage salmon climbing variety which I can bring ...
16/06/2026

I’ve got a second batch of Stony sown alaska salmon nasturtiums + the vintage salmon climbing variety which I can bring this Saturday.

16/06/2026

Good Morning from some v happy bees. 🐝 🐝 🐝

If you’ve got fruit trees, don’t rely on the June drop.I glanced upward today & I’ve never ever seen so many plums!😱I ha...
15/06/2026

If you’ve got fruit trees, don’t rely on the June drop.

I glanced upward today & I’ve never ever seen so many plums!😱

I had to do a swift cull to protect the branches as full fruiting would have certainly led to snapping wood.

The last pic is of a multi-stem from the greengage tree, which we normally get about 5 fruit from.
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Anything over-long got shortened, which removed weight and the resulting stems lifted nicely. I’ll sort out tall lofty stems with the pole pruner.

If there’s this amount of fruit around just be extra careful in the Summer, as too much sugar makes the wasps extra busy and rather over-excited. 😬

14/06/2026

And after his debut in the sequel : ‘The Not so Fast & Furious’ the Academy Award for ‘playing dead’ goes to Mr Vin E Weevil.

You might want to put the kettle on, he’s in it for the long haul. 😬

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Wolverton Road
Milton Keynes
MK111EH

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