About John Richards Nurseries
We are a wholesale nursery producing one of the widest ranges of Hardy Nursery Stock, for sale to garden centres, throughout the UK and occasionally beyond. We are known for our growing some of the more unusual, sought-after, varieties. We grow everything we sell; we are nurserymen not traders. More than 90% of what we sell we propagate in-house.
![Since 1969](images/aboutus/butterhead_lettuce.jpg)
Since 1969
![More than 90% in-house propagation](images/aboutus/hamamelis_grafts.jpg)
More than 90% in-house propagation
![50,000 grafts a year](images/aboutus/bench_grafting.jpg)
50,000 grafts a year
![Double-grafted weeping cherry](images/aboutus/double_grafted_weeping_cherry.jpg)
Double-grafted weeping cherry
![Cuttings inserted into 100% peat-free media](images/aboutus/rooted_cuttings_in_weaning_stage.jpg)
Cuttings inserted into 100% peat-free media
![Naturally sourced irrigation water, with 5 million gallons storage capacity](images/aboutus/reservoir.jpg)
Naturally sourced irrigation water, with 5 million gallons storage capacity
![A massive range of varieties](images/aboutus/stock_beds_to_hills.jpg)
A massive range of varieties
![Grown in our Herefordshire soil](images/aboutus/prunus_budded_onto_colt.jpg)
Grown in our Herefordshire soil
![Most deliveries in our own transport](images/aboutus/krystof_in_drivers_cab.jpg)
Most deliveries in our own transport
![In-house research into and development of growing media](images/aboutus/prelim_trials_peat_free.jpg)
In-house research into and development of growing media
![Picture labels: predominantly bespoke](images/aboutus/picking_picture_labels.jpg)
Picture labels: predominantly bespoke
![Ownership succession in place](images/aboutus/john_and_paul_with_conifer_root.jpg)
Ownership succession in place
The types of plant we grow are:
![Clematis: 150 varieties](images/aboutus/clematis_fujimusume.jpg)
Clematis: 150 varieties
![Heathers: 100 varieties](images/aboutus/two_winter_erica_plus_kerstin.jpg)
Heathers: 100 varieties
![Conifers: 120 varieties](images/aboutus/conifer_stock_plants.jpg)
Conifers: 120 varieties
![Shrubs: 400 varieties](images/aboutus/hamamelis_diane.jpg)
Shrubs: 400 varieties
![Trees: 200 varieties](images/aboutus/heart_of_nursery_with_tree_yards.jpg)
Trees: 200 varieties
![Tree Lupins](images/aboutus/lavender_spires.jpg)
Tree Lupins
![Climbers](images/aboutus/climber_stock_tunnel.jpg)
Climbers
![Tree Heaths: more than 1/3 million 'Albert's Gold' sold since our computer records began.](images/aboutus/tree_heaths_alberts_gold.jpg)
Tree Heaths: more than 1/3 million 'Albert's Gold' sold since our computer records began.
Within these groups we have:
![Daphne](images/aboutus/daphne_eternal_fragrance_specimen.jpg)
Daphne
![Japanese Acers ...](images/aboutus/new_prop_house_acers.jpg)
Japanese Acers ...
![… from our own Acer stock plants](images/aboutus/Acer_pal_shindeshojo_stockplant.jpg)
… from our own Acer stock plants
![Hamamelis](images/aboutus/hamamelis_in_open_ground.jpg)
Hamamelis
![Wisteria: 17 varieties](images/aboutus/wisteria_stock_plants.jpg)
Wisteria: 17 varieties
![and some very special Wisteria](images/aboutus/wisteria_on_house.jpg)
and some very special Wisteria
![Front garden trees](images/aboutus/front_garden_tree_the_bride.jpg)
Front garden trees
![and some fine weeping varieties](images/aboutus/salix_int_pen_waterfall_2.jpg)
and some fine weeping varieties