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New products at Crocus

by Sarah - August 6th, 2010.
Filed under: Crocus, New Products.

New products today at Crocus

mini-chicken-ark
mini-chicken-ark £359.99
Grow your own Chickens and be sure where they come from! The Ideal Starter House 6 bird house with 6ft x 3ft run. Strongly constructed from Tanalised timber and treated plywoods these houses allow excellent throughflow ventilation to help keep your birds healthy. External nest boxes. Perches in House and Run. Easy to move.

chicken-chalet
chicken-chalet £299.99
Grow your own Chickens and be sure where they come from! Strongly constructed from Tanalised timber and treated plywoods these houses allow excellent throughflow ventilation to help keep your birds healthy. The design features: removable external nest boxes; shiplap roof panels; a generous access door with large pop-hole and easy to clean solid floors made from treated plywood. The tall pitched roof also provides space for an upper perch level to maintain the ‘pecking order’ of the birds in the house. The Chicken House is suitable for up to six birds. 6 bird House approximate area: 1000 x 900mm (3ft x 3ft 6″)External Nest Boxes1 lower & 1 upper perchSliding Pop-HoleLarge Access DoorCarrying Handles
chicken-ark
chicken-ark £199.99
Grow your own Chickens! The perfect starter home for the new chicken keeper. Robustly made from tanalised timber and galvanised steel mesh for a long, long-life the Ark will house up to three birds in comfort. Built in carrying handles make it easy to move round your garden so that the birds get plenty of fresh ground to scratch through.This one unit contains both a chicken house and a short run, so it’s all you need to keep the birds comfortable and safe. With large access door, so you can get in, and a sliding pop-hole, so the chickens can get in! Approximate size: 1800 x 900 x 900mm (6ft x 3ft x 3ft)For up to 3 hensGalvanised Mesh RunsLarge Access DoorSliding Pop-HoleCarrying HandlesRobust construction
water-feature-50-gallon-230-litre-log-pool
water-feature-50-gallon-230-litre-log-pool £147.99
The unique system of interlocking logs allows for quick and easy assembly Made from environmentally friendly timber taken only from sustainable and managed forests.Complete: with and Hozelock Cascade 450 Fountain pump The pump has 10m of power cable. and linerPressure Treated: with non-toxic preservative for longer lifeSize: Width 1.22m, height of pool 41cm, max circ 2m
magnolia
magnolia £39.99
A neat, conical, deciduous magnolia with bronze young foliage which turns dark green. The large, fragrant, primrose yellow blooms are cup-shaped and appear in mid- to late spring, before and with the new leaves. A lovely magnolia for a small garden, either as a specimen or in the garden border.Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: any moist, well-drained soilRate of growth: fast-growingFlowering period: April to MayFlower colour: clear primrose yellowOther features: large, fragrant flowersHardiness: fully hardyGarden care: Requires minimal pruning. Remove any broken, diseased or crossing branches after flowering. The best time to plant is in April, adding plenty of peat to the planting hole, in a sheltered spot. Mulch in spring with manure and leafmould, especially on dry soilsGoes well with: Cornus alba ‘Siberica’, Corylus avellana ‘Contorta’, Rubus thibetanus, Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’, Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna, Galanthus elwesii, Muscari aucheri
lily
lily £6.99
Stunning sprays of scented, turkscap, blackish-red flowers with green centres and white margins appear in midsummer. The flowers make a fabulous display at the back of the border, or grouped in a container. This great summer-flowering bulb is universally loved because of its showy flowers that light up the garden, but like all lilies, is susceptible to lily beetle. Position: full sunSoil: well-drained soil enriched with leafmould or a loam-based potting compost, such as John Innes no2Rate of growth: average Flowering period: JulyHardiness: fully hardyThe RSPCA has recently reported that all parts of lilies can be fatal to cats, including the flower, leaves and pollen. For more information, click here.Garden care: Bulbs are best planted in autumn but can also be planted in spring. Plant them 2-3 times their own depth and the equivalent spacing between bulbs.
triumph tulip
triumph tulip £5.99
Position: full sunSoil: fertile, well-drained soilRate of growth: averageFlowering period: mid AprilFlower colour: white with purple markingsOther features: excellent cut-flowersHardiness: fully hardyBulb size: 1/12If you like bi-coloured flowers then you will love this beautiful triumph tulip. They have large, open ivory-white cup shaped petals with beetroot-purple flaming from the base in mid April. Triumph tulips are favoured for their traditionally shaped flowers, sturdy stems, which allow them to cope with bad weather, and they make excellent cut flowers.Garden care: In September to December plant bulbs 15-20cm deep and 10-15cm apart in fertile, well-drained soil. Alternatively, allow 7-9 bulbs per 30cm sq. After flowering dead-head and apply a balanced liquid fertiliser each week for the first month. Once the foliage has died down naturally lift the bulbs and store in a cool greenhouse.