The best thing about meeting other gardeners of all ages and walks of life is seeing the passion on their faces and the enthusiasm in their voices when talking about the plants they love, and we all have such different tastes and often strong opinions when it comes to what we like and dislike.

At Langthorns plantery we genuinely have a real love and passion for plants, and wanted to share with you, some of our personal favourites.

Edward Cannon - Head Plantsman

1.   Cotoneaster
2.   Geranium
3.   Malus
4.   Betula
5.   Iris
6.   Thalictrum
7.   Ginkgo
8.   Lonicera
9.   Rosa
10. Viburnum

Jill Devon - Shade-loving herbaceous, consersatory and tender plant specialist and customer advisor.

1.    Gallium odoratum
2-4. Viola odorata Miracle Series
5.    Kirengeshoma palmata
6.    Mukdenia rossii Karasuba
7.    Epimedium x warleyense Orange Queen
8.    Aster novae-angliae Alma Potschke

Simon Hanger - Section manager for shrubs and trees, mail order deliveries and customer advisor.

1.   Grevillea rosmarinifolia Jenkinsii
2.   Mahonia
3.   Zanthoxylum
4.   Edgeworthia chrysantha
5.   Ulex europaeus Flore Pleno
6.   Ginkgo biloba
7.   Acer rubrum October Glory
8.   Wollemia nobilis
9.   Euonymus cornutus quinquecornutus
10. Rosa

Hamish Porteous - General Plant Specialist and Grounds Maintenance.

1-2. Cornus mas
3.   Albizia
4.   Ensete ventricosum Maurelii
5.   Tricyrtis
6.   Zantedchia
7.   Echinacea
8.   Clematis cirrhosa Balearica
9.   Magnolia grandiflora
10. Prunus incisa

Louise Clarke - Marketing, hanging basket designer and customer advisor.

1.   Paeonia
2.   Helenium
3.   Helleborus
4.   Clematis
5.   Deutzia
6.   Prunus
7.   Aster
8.   Phlox
9.   Cercis
10. Hamamelis

Jason Papworth - Herbaceous perennial specialist and customer advisor.

1.   Aeonium
2.   Achillea
3.   Buddleja
4.   Campanula
5.   Humulus
6.   Hebe
7.   Kniphofia
8.   Delphinium
9.   Stipa
10. Acer palmatum

Rebecca Overshaw - Plantery assistant and customer advisor.

1.   Podophyllum versipelle
2.   Ipomoea indica
3.   Camellia sasanqua
4.   Cortaderia selloana
5.   Gunnera manicata
6.   Rubus cockburnianus
7.   Thujopsis dolobrata variegata
8.   Onoclea sensibilis
9.   Scirpus zebrinus
10. Primula auricula