英国 围墙花园苗圃 Walled Garden Nursery – 英国铁线莲专营与攀缘植物苗圃

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围墙花园苗圃（Walled Garden Nursery）在威尔特郡，靠近马尔姆斯伯里这座古城，做的是铁线莲专营。公司的自我定位写得明白：以同等分量去启发、去告知、去勾起人们的兴趣——主业是铁线莲和其他攀缘植物，顺带经营当下时兴的多年生植物，另有一批挑选过的灌木。

这家苗圃的经营范围在美国皇家园艺学会的苗圃名录上被概括成一行：铁线莲与攀缘植物，配一批不俗气的多年生植物和灌木。名录里还注明了可无障碍通行。

铁线莲怎么挑

铁线莲目录按字母分成十二页，从 A 到 V-W，每一条都写清株高、花期、习性和修剪组别。株高给的是英尺数，从四英尺的紧凑型到十二英尺以上的藤本；花期标出月份。修剪组按 1、2、3 标出——组 1 是花后轻剪，组 2 弱剪，组 3 是每年重剪回地面。

价目表也在同一页上，单株多在十二镑到十九镑半之间。少数几个细节能看出这家店的取向：’Arabella’ 被写进推荐，理由是它开得最早也最晚、耐粗放管理；’alpina Frankie’ 六月到八月连续开花；’alpina Stolwijk Gold’ 是金黄色叶配蓝花的组合，一年到头都好看；’armandii Apple Blossom’ 是常绿藤本，花大且浓香，要种在南向或西向的位置。

按站上的说法，一年四季任何时候都有一大批铁线莲在货，其中不少是新引进品种或者从世界各地搜来的稀有原种。稀有原种这几年的重点是 crispa、viorna 和 campaniflora 三个种。

多年生植物与攀缘

铁线莲之外这家店还经营多年生植物和灌木，各有独立页面，按名字字母排。和铁线莲目录一样的做法——每个品种给一段说明，把株高、花期和种植要点写清楚，不靠图片说话。多年生页面上能看到萱草 ‘Houssaka’、六出花 ‘Inca Ice’ 这类名字。

攀缘植物单独成页，除了铁线莲之外的藤本灌木也在这里面。对想配一整套墙面组合的客人来说，三个页面能一次把品种凑齐，不用在别家再拼。

修枝指南

站上有一份铁线莲修枝指南，挂在导航里。这份东西对新手最实用——铁线莲难养的地方多半不在种而在剪，剪错组别直接决定明年开不开花。指南把三个修剪组的处理方式分别讲清楚，新手照着做就不会把枝条全剪光。

邮购与到访

邮购页面单独成页，可以直接下单，不过美国皇家园艺学会的苗圃名录上这家标注的是「不提供邮购」——两处说法不一致，实际要寄还是先邮件问一句比较稳妥。

到访的话，苗圃在威尔特郡的 Brinkworth，离马尔姆斯伯里只有几英里。马尔姆斯伯里本身值得顺路逛，城镇有教堂和几条好走的路线，旁边还有 Abbey House Gardens，那座园子里能看到这家店的植物。苗圃三月到十月一周七天开门，十点到五点，周日四点收；十一月和二月只开周一到周五，十点半到三点，且看天气而定，远道而来最好先打个电话。十二月和一月关门。

苗圃多年来为各大园艺展览供过展品，包括切尔西花展，拿过金奖和银奖，也上过 BBC 的《Gardeners’ World》讲怎么种铁线莲。

About Walled Garden Nursery

Walled Garden Nursery is a clematis specialist in Wiltshire, a few miles from the historic town of Malmesbury. Its stated aim is to inspire, inform and tempt in equal measure: clematis and other climbing plants are the main business, alongside current perennials and a selected range of shrubs. The Royal Horticultural Society’s nursery directory lists the speciality in one line — clematis and climbers with a selection of unusual perennials and shrubs — and notes that the site is wheelchair accessible.

Choosing Clematis

The clematis list is split alphabetically across twelve pages from A to V-W, and every entry gives height in feet, flowering months, habit and pruning group. Heights run from compact four-footers to climbers above twelve feet, and the prune group is flagged 1, 2 or 3. Prices sit mostly between about twelve and nineteen pounds fifty a plant. A few entries show the nursery’s taste: ‘Arabella’ is recommended as one of the best, flowering early and finishing late and tolerating hard pruning; ‘alpina Frankie’ carries blue flowers from April to May; ‘alpina Stolwijk Gold’ pairs golden foliage with blue flowers; ‘armandii Apple Blossom’ is a scented evergreen best kept on a south or west wall.

The nursery says a large selection is in stock at any time of year, much of it new introductions or rare species sourced worldwide. Recent additions among the rare species are crispa, viorna and campaniflora.

Perennials and Climbers

Beyond clematis the nursery runs pages of perennials and shrubs, also listed alphabetically and described in the same way — height, flowering period and growing notes rather than pictures alone. Daylily ‘Houssaka’ and Alstroemeria ‘Inca Ice’ both appear. Other climbers have their own page, so a whole wall combination can be assembled from one site.

The Pruning Guide

There is a clematis pruning guide linked from the navigation, and it is the most useful thing on the site for beginners. Clematis rarely fail from planting; they fail from cutting the wrong group, which decides whether next year’s flowers appear at all. The guide works through each of the three groups separately.

Mail Order and Visiting

There is a separate mail order page, though the RHS directory records the nursery as not offering mail order — worth checking by email before ordering. On site, the nursery lies in Brinkworth in Wiltshire, only a few miles from Malmesbury, itself worth a visit for the abbey and the walks; Abbey House Gardens nearby is where many of these plants can be seen growing.

Opening hours are ten to five seven days a week from March to October, with Sunday closing at four; November and February run roughly half past ten to three Monday to Friday, weather dependent, so a call before a long trip is wise. The nursery closes through December and January. Over the years it has grown display plants for the major horticultural shows including Chelsea, taking gold and silver medals, and has appeared on BBC Gardener’s World advising on growing clematis.

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