Natland Pleione

One of the reoccurring questions I get is around the subject of virus. Everyone has there own opinions of virus, its origins and whether a plant is, or is not affected. I, like many of you reading, have lost plants to virus and about 10 years ago I had a huge cull of my collection as I felt I needed to bin anything that remotely looks infected - I am sure I threw some good plants away by mistake but I wanted to be sure that I had taken the strongest course of action that I c

I am often asked what I grow my plants in, and the short answer is that I use two methods. One is the 'usual' mix for compost (pine bark, chopped sphagnum, and perlite). The second method I use, and this is by far the exception rather than the rule, is growing in pure live sphagnum moss. The pure moss method is something that was shown to me by a good friend some years ago and has been a really successful way for some of the plants - I must point out at this point that not al

I am now getting frequent requests for talks to groups, either in person or over the internet. If you are interested please drop me a message with you requirements and such and I would be happy to discuss. Happy Growing!

Its that time of the year, when the weather is cold and miserable outside that I head into the greenhouse and start the task of repotting and dividing up my plants, this is not easy feat as I now have over 200 different varieties of Pleione and I need to repot them all, having taken them out of pots, trimmed them and inspected them for health issues. I personally take this opportunity to separate flowering sized (FS) bulbs from those not quite there yet and pot them up and gr

Wow - what a rollercoaster the last few weeks have been with getting the website set-up ready for selling and then going live on the day. Many thanks to all those who visited Natland Pleione and bought plants. I hope that everyone got what they wanted from the page and that the information was clear and the pictures helpful. There have been a few lessons learned and these will be rolled into the next sale, which will be Autumn 2026 flowering plants.

'Is it difficult?' Short answer is no, but the longer answer is 'it could be'. I have been growing Pleione since I was 10 years old and...

The year is speeding past and the nights are drawing in which means that the Autumn flowering plants are starting to bud. I have already...

The plants are starting to push to very positive looking buds up now. It’s looking like Sirena will be my first Spring flowering Pleione...

At last we have the page up and running and I will hopefully keep a blog going, if people are interested in how I grow my Pleione in the...

Hello and welcome to Natland Pleione! Please be patient with me as I navigate around the setting up of a website - whilst I may have a...