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New Alpine book on the way!

After 25 years’ experience as an alpine nurseryman, Michael has finally written his first book. ‘Alpines - An Essential Guide’ is now safely with the publisher, Crowood Press, and will …Read more >>

Posted by Slack Top on 13/02/2011 at 09:39 pm in General news

9th Harrogate medal win

The Harrogate Autumn Flower Show was a nice end to the season, with a Silver Gilt medal for our display of autumn alpine flower and foliage. Interestingly, this was by …Read more >>

Posted by Slack Top on 23/09/2010 at 10:23 am in General news

Silver Gilt at Tatton 2010

We’ve won another Silver Gilt medal for our 10ft x 10ft display of alpine plants at the RHS Tatton Flower Show last week (21-25 July). It is a great accolade …Read more >>

Posted by Slack Top on 26/07/2010 at 11:42 am in General news

Tweetie-pie

This little bird turned up at the nursery in early July and we’ve been refering to it as a canary because we can’t find it in any bird book. It …Read more >>

Posted by Slack Top on 08/07/2010 at 07:09 am in General news

Sixth GOLD medal at Harrogate

We’ve won another Gold medal at Harrogate Spring Flower Show - our sixth to date - which is as exciting as winning the first one was! As always, it is …Read more >>

Posted by Slack Top on 26/04/2010 at 10:08 am in General news

Rock On

Slack Top Alpine Nursery has helped give spring a head start by supplying more than 300 alpine plants, to be planted in the rockery of the Yorkshire Museum Gardens in …Read more >>

Posted by Slack Top on 30/03/2010 at 09:02 pm in General news

Spring Rhododendrons & dwarf conifers

Needing some spring colour? We have a lovely range of dwarf Rhododendrons for sale at the nursery or by mail order, including ‘Shamrock’ (yellow flowered), ‘Oban’ (terracotta-pink flowers) and ‘Ginny …Read more >>

Posted by Slack Top on 20/02/2010 at 09:08 pm in General news

Autumn colour and inspiration

The first week of September has been glorious - what a welcome change! Our rock garden at Slack Top still has plenty of alpine colour, with the geraniums, erodiums and …Read more >>

Posted by Slack Top on 10/09/2009 at 06:55 pm in General news

The best time to visit!

Just to let you know that the sales benches at Slack Top are now fully stocked to overflowing with all sorts of alpine goodies for your rockery or containers - …Read more >>

Posted by Slack Top on 01/06/2009 at 09:39 pm in General news

Dwarf Rhododendrons return to Slack Top

After an absence of several years, we’ve again got a lovely selection of dwarf and semi-dwarf rhododendrons - the smallest of which, ‘Keleticum’ grows to barely 6” tall, with purplish-crimson …Read more >>

Posted by Slack Top on 23/03/2009 at 08:12 am in General news

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