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Archive for March, 2010

New products at GreenFingers

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

New lines at GreenFingers

Regency Awning Gazebo
Regency Awning Gazebo £199.99
The Regency Awning Gazebo will make an excellent semi-permanent addition to your garden when you are entertaining. The appealing design protrudes from the wall of your property to really make a stylish and eye-catching feature. It has a waterproof PVC backed roof fabric with integral eyelets decorative finials and ball caps. It also comes with a full set of tab top curtains with integral tiebacks. Made from powder-coated steel it has a measures 3m x 3m. 3 x 3m Choose from 2 colours below: Two Tone Mocha or Two Tone Olive

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New products at Crocus

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

New lines added today at Crocus

magnolia
magnolia £39.99
Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: moist, well-drained, acidic soilRate of growth: averageFlowering period: March to AprilHardiness: fully hardyDeep burgundy-purple, tulip-like flowers that grow up to 15cm in diameter, crowd the slender stems before the leaves emerge each spring. It is one of the darkest flowering of all the magnolias and it is quite simply gorgeous. Use it as a feature plant in a spring garden and underplant with an array of spring-flowering bulbs for a jaw-dropping display.Garden care: Requires minimal pruning. Remove any broken, diseased or crossing branches in midsummer. Plant in a sheltered spot, adding plenty of peat to the planting hole. Mulch in spring with manure and leafmould, especially on dry soils.

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Price reductions at Blooming Direct

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Blooming Direct reduced the price on these products today

Chocolate Cosmos Choca Mocha x 5 plants
Chocolate Cosmos Choca Mocha x 5 plants was £12.50 now £10.95
New LOW PRICE ú12.50 Now ú10.95 This Cosmos plant is chocolate scented and coloured, it smells so good you’ll want to eat it! Very easy to grow and care for, these tender perennials can be kept overwinter in warm sites if mulched. Add some of our hand made luxury chocolates to make the perfect gift for the special chocoholic in your life!

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Brilliant Offers from Suttons

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Suttons Seeds and Plants

Suttons Seeds Special offers

1. Half Price Bedding Plants – 220 Plants Only £19.85
The 5 most popular bedding plants
Was £39.85
NOW only £19.85
Don’t miss the opportunity to fill your garden with masses of flowers. This bumper pack offers you a collection of 220 healthy plants of five of our most popular bedding plants, geranium, impatiens, busy lizzie, trailing lobelia and petunia, for only £19.85. A fantastic range at half price and a great value way to fill all those beds, borders, containers and baskets with masses of colour this summer! Perfect for every garden!

Code: 223117 – 220 Plants

2. Summer Bulbs Lucky Dip – Save over 60%
Was £40.00
NOW only £15.00
Save over 60%!

Spring is the best time to plant bulbs; the soil is warming up, giving bulbs the boost they need to emerge from their slumber. So whether you want to replace plants that you lost in the hard winter frosts or you just want to add colour this summer, then don’t despair. This lucky dip contains £40.00 worth of bulbs such as Begonias, Dahlias, Lillies, Gladioli and Calla to fill your beds, borders and pot for a fraction of the price – only £15.00 only!

Code: 213077

3. Grow beautiful hardy orchids in your own garden – Only £14.95 – Buy 2 get 1 Free!
The Queen Lady’s Slipper
(Cypripedium reginae)
Only £14.95 Buy 2 get 1 FREE
Grow these beautiful hardy orchids in your own garden!

Over the last few years the cultivation of the hardy slipper orchid has made great progress. Much simpler to grow, not needing experience and specific growing conditions, meaning you don’t have to be an orchid expert to get a beautiful show in your garden from these spectacular plants. As the plant becomes established in the garden the rhizomes will spread to form spectacular clumps, or if you can’t wait then plant in groups of three or more. The beauty of hardy orchids surpasses many of their tropical cousins, so be warned – growing hardy orchids is addictive!

* Flourish in British gardens
* The root supplied is already six seasons old
* Will flower this summer

Code: 223085 1 Bare Root
Code: 223094 3 Bare Roots – Buy 2 get 1 Free!

4. A most unusual and elegant Hawaiian Palm – £14.95
A unusual and elegant houseplant

Not so very long ago there were only seven Hawaiian palms left in the wild. Nowadays, scientists have set up a great breeding programme to help this amazing plant to survive. They managed to create a beautiful variety suited for indoors. A most unusual and elegant houseplant with a unique story!

* Highly exceptional indoor variety
* Characteristic marked trunk
* Can reach 1 metre

Code: 223099 1 Plant
Code: 223110 3 Plants – Save £9.00

Suttons Seeds Offers

Asparagus Dariana
£4.95 with any Web Order
Spring planting recommended

Asparagus is extremely good for you with high levels of Vitamin A, low in calories and cholesterol! It is also very easy to grow in your own garden. This hybrid variety has performed extremely well in green asparagus trials in France, with high yields of large, mouth-watering spears. This offer will supply you with healthy 1 year plants that will give you home grown asparagus for many years to come.

Code: 250087 – 6 Crowns

1. Aronia Viking

LESS THAN ½ PRICE – ONLY £4.95!
Price: £4.95

2. Asparagus Dariana

£4.95 with any web order
Price: £4.95

3. Bay Tree

HALF PRICE with every order!
Price: £10.00

4. Blueberry Bushes – for less than half price

Three varieties of juicy blueberry plants
Price: £16.95

5. Bumper Easiplant Flower Collection

180 Easiplants for ONLY £29.95!
Price: £29.95

6. Bumper Vegetable Plant Collection

The easy way to grow veg!
Price: £29.95

7. Carrot Norwich Primed Seed

Grows quickly, guarantee a better crop

Buy 2 packs for £5
Price: £2.95

8. Courgette F1 One Ball Plants – SPECIAL OFFER

LESS THAN HALF PRICE ONLY £3.95!
Price: £3.95

9. Fabulous Fuchsia

15 Plants for £14.95, normally £17.95!
Price: £14.95

10. Go on, Go Pink! – Suttons goes Pink Flower Garden Collection

And help Breakthrough Breast Cancer
Price: £16.95

New products at John Lewis

Friday, March 26th, 2010

New products at John Lewis

Samba Sunlounger, White
Samba Sunlounger, White £95.00
Shapely folding recliner chair, with a powder-coated steel frame and black plastic arm grips, with a polypropylene-coated polyester cover. Made in Italy.

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New products at Garden Centre Online

Friday, March 26th, 2010

New item at Garden Centre Online

Flymo Lawnraker Compact 3400
Flymo Lawnraker Compact 3400 £68.99
This powerful Flymo electric lawn rake with spring tines, removes unwanted thatch and moss for a healthy lawn. The clear vision window allows you to see how full the collection box. The 34 litre collection box compacts the moss and thatch for less emptying and a tidy finish. Supplied with a 12m cable 6 different raking heights to tackle to those uneven areas. Specifications: Power:  750WRaking Width: 34cmRaking Heights: 6 (-5mm to +8mm)Height Adjust: Manual

Price reductions at Tooled Up

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Tooled Up has cut the price of these items

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New products at Garden Buildings Direct

Friday, March 26th, 2010

Garden Buildings Direct has these new items today

6 x 4 Eze Base
6 x 4 Eze Base £43.95
The BillyOh Eze Base, although very simple in concept, provides your garden building with an extremely strong and level base. Made from pressure treated timbers and tailor made for most sizes of buildings . This base is easy to assemble and uses well manufactured anchor fixings that should be driven in the ground forming a secure structure. All fixtures are rust resistant, adding to the longer lifespan intended for this garden building base. . The BillyOh Eze Base is suitable for the following shed sizes . 6’x4′, 6′ x 6′, 7’x5′, 8’x6′, 10’x6′ and 10’x8′ . . PLEASE NOTE Requires assembly and Tape measure not included. To view the instruction manual for the BillyOh Eze Base in Adobe PDF format click here

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New products at Dobies

Friday, March 26th, 2010

New lines at Dobies

Gazania Daybreak Mixed Plants Pack of 20 Easiplants
Gazania Daybreak Mixed Plants Pack of 20 Easiplants £6.95
The exotic-looking ‘Treasure Flower’ is ideal for a sunny border, producing captivating blooms that open each morning, set off against the cool green foliage. Height 23-30cm (9-12″); spacing 20cm (8″). SAVE £3.95 on pack of 40 Easiplants! Full growing instructions included. Prefers full sun.

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New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Friday, March 26th, 2010

New product today at Unwins Seeds & Plants

Grazers - Rabit Pigeon & Deer Detterrent
Grazers – Rabit Pigeon & Deer Detterrent £12.95
The most effective easy solution to damage caused by grazing rabbbits deer pigeons & geese! Harmless to Pets Odouless to the human nose Succesfully used by farmers and growers Safe to use on edible crops Lasts up to 6 weeks Sufficient to spray up to 1600 metres squared Systemic (absorbed through the leaf) Grazers being trace element based is beneficial to the plant and can be sprayed safely even on young plants at the earliest growth stage.Grazers must be applied to the foliage of any growing plant where it is taken in systemically. Because it is nutrient based it can be sprayed safely on ornamental shrubs bedding fruit or vegetable and lawns. Read the Grazers FAQ’s Here