Caradoc Doy: Horticulturist

Olive Trees

For information on olive trees for sale and for general information on growing olives in the U.K., please click here. In addition, I have been growing a variety of European olive outdoors in Britain since the 1990's known as The Peace Olive, Olea europaea 'Peace' and can now offer young trees for sale by post. These are suitable for growing outside in the UK and for a next few years, will be part of the BBC Gardeners' Question Time trials. For further information, care instructions or to order a tree, please click here.

Other Plants For Sale

For a list of Caradoc's plants for sale, which includes some rare and unusual plants, please click here.

Hortus Veitchii

Hortus Veitchii Centenary Reprint 2006

Hortus Veitchii is an important botanical work of reference containing details of over 1,500 plants introduced by the nurseries of James Veitch & Sons including information on the plant hunters who found them, where they were found and many other important details. In addition, this book chronicles the details of many of their plant collectors as well as the early hybridization work carried out by their pioneering staff.

Hortus Veitchii is an essential reference for plants introduced during the Victorian era, listing many which are still available from nurseries today and therefore helping gardeners to accurately replicate historic gardens within that period. This is also important for those wishing to preserve rare plants introduced to Britain at that time, as well as being a facsinating historical account of Victorian plant collecting. For further details, please click here.

Reprints of Veitch Catalogues For Sale

James Veitch & Sons Catalogue of New & Beautiful Plants, 1868

James Veitch & Sons Catalogue of New & Beautiful Plants, 1868

An A5 (210x148mm) facsimile reprint of this rare Veitch catalogue describing many interesting plants not seen before this date and introduced for the first time. All of the plants featured are of James Veitch & Sons' own introduction.

40pp, 14 black and white plates
£15.00 plus p+p

For further details, please click here.

Gift Vouchers are now available

which can be redeemed against olive trees or other plants, consultancy or talks from Caradoc Doy. Please send a cheque for the required value of the voucher made payable to Caradoc Doy and a gift card and receipt will be posted to you first class.

Plant Sales

I can be found at the following plant sales this season.

Last updated 3rd July 2009.

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