Up to sixty specialist nurseries will provide an opportunity for visitors to purchase unusual and rare plants, as well as garden furniture, pots, sculptures, ornaments and tools, at the Irish Specialist Nursery Association Plant Fair at Fota House and Gardens this weekend. 

IF I was to recommend planting autumn anemone to any gardener, I would be met with a look of disgust as they immediately conjure the thug that is the pink Japanese variety.