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PatrickJFitzGerald

Kilkenny, IE
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I am a nurseryman, vegetable gardener and breeder from Ireland. I have been involved in Horticulture since a child on my parents vegetable farm and established FitzGerald Nurseries in 1990 on our farm here in Ireland you can see the nursery website for more about us. www.fitzgerald-nurseries.com I work on specially selected plants for container gardening all over the world and my focus is on breeding and growing foliage plants for outdoor containers.

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Gairdin an Ghorta Irish famine memorial garden

Oct 18, 2009
6 comments

This picture was taken on the tenth anniversary of the planting of Gaírdín an Ghorta (Irish Famine Garden) which was opened in 1997 by the Preseident of Ireland. The Garden was a local...

Foliage Plants in Container Gardening.

May 13, 2009
2 comments

If we look at the modern garden plant container or patio border as possibly more like a crevice in a high altitude rock face in Chile, a shaded woodland  a dry hill slope in Japan or a sandy...


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Re: Gairdin an Ghorta Irish famine memorial garden

This is the link direct to the blog piece http://fitzgeraldnurseries.blogspot.com/2009/10/famine-garden-at-newmarket-co-kilkenny.html

posted: 4:50 pm on March 14th  

Re: Gairdin an Ghorta Irish famine memorial garden

I love seeing this here thank you for your comments and thanks Fine Gardening for posting this. Its such a special place off the beaten track also. If anyone needs more info on it or places to stay nearby just give me a hollar.
Pat.

posted: 4:37 pm on March 14th  

Re: A garden to grow with

A wonderful garden so great to see people passing on their love of gardening with such wonderful craft and art.

posted: 8:09 pm on October 19th  

Re: Pretty blue-green-gray cypressy looking plant

This is Chamaecyparis pisifera Boulevard. Eventhough to start with its rleitively slow growing it can get into a large conifer but easily trimmed. It roos very easy from cuttings struck in fall / early winter. Its a pretty conifer.

posted: 8:06 pm on October 19th  

Re: WHat Plant is this?

Picture is hard to see close up. Looks to me like Philadelphus (Mock Orange) possibly variety 'Virginal'as it seems quite an upright grower and has double flowers. You need to check if this one has double flowers and if it also has a very heavy scent its a good possibility to be this variety.

Pat.

posted: 11:25 am on May 17th  

Re: Foliage Plants in Container Gardening.

Thanks for your comment Kate, I am new to all this net blg stuff and youre the first actually who has commented on a post for me so thanks :) and I am really glad you like these plants. We are now involved with a customer in USA and I am glad to say little by little we are making sure these plants are selling in USA Gaden Centres also. We work with a company out of Bellingham Washington called Smith Gardens and they sell to a number of the big chains there in USA but I know also a lot of our plants are now making their way more widespread along the West Coast and my Ceanothus Tuxedo has been featured in the Pacific Coast Nursery Magazine over there. Again thanks for your very kind comment.
PJF.

posted: 6:08 pm on May 14th  

Re: I thought I had planted a blueberry here

It looks like a fine healthy specimen of Prunus laurocerasus to my eyes. If it is its a very vigorous plant and it obviouly likes your soil and the foliage is looking very healthy. I am not familiar with how it grows in your territory but its a wild one to grow here in Ireland and grows pretty fast and furious!

posted: 7:49 pm on May 13th