So, what’s a Blobbery?

The best thing is to book a visit to our nursery, so that we can show you examples in our nursery gardens. Mass planted ‘blobs’, tightly clipped to the shape of a large inflatable ball that someone has sat upon to widen it to roughly 50% more than its height. Planted as one plant or as a mixed ‘Blobbery’ (mixing plant types) works just as well. 

Home grown by us from cuttings, very fast growing and wild if left unclipped. As a result, cheaper. Perfect for those who like to get out their Okatsune shears. Ideally clip 3-4 times per year to get maximum blob impact. Evergreen, good box alternative. Ideally best placed in sun or light shade.

Traditional, dark and slow growing. Keeps the maintenance down but a much higher initial costs due to the time they take to grow. Tight clip. A firm favourite. Pretty tolerant to most conditions and light levels. 

We tend to use these at the outer edge of a ‘Blobbery’, they clip very well but tend to remain smaller in size (best 40-50cm wide x 30cm high). Great colour for variety – we would clip 2-3 times per year and that means you are unlikely to see any flowers, but it helps to prevent them getting leggy (a plant that is elongated and of poor form). Sunny loving. 

A real doer – shade to sun (just need to watch out for powdery mildew in deep shade). Evergreen, smaller leafed version of Prunus lusitanica. ‘Myrtifolia’ meaning Myrtle like foliage – we recommend all wanna be gardeners buy a copy of ‘Plant names simplified’ as it tells you such things (every new employee gets a copy at AP). Combine this with Lonicera in the right light levels. 

I like to use Viburnum to add a slightly larger leaf, it clips well and gets denser over time. They flower, a lot, during the Winter months – white flowers. Dappled shade to full sun.