5 Great offers at Suttons
by Sarah - September 8th, 2010.Filed under: Suttons Seeds. Tagged as: apple tree set, garlic, gooseberry.
If you’re after some great savings then check out this set of offers from Suttons. It’s an impressive apple collection first up where you can save nearly £20! If you’ve been planning to plant some fruit trees then let this inspire you! You’ll be creating a mini orchard with these 5 amazing apple trees!
The garlic offer saves you money too – and now is the time to be planting the garlic so it gets a long growing season and gives you a good crop next year.
The gooseberry collection is another must if you’re planning on growing more of your own fruit next year. Buy these and you’ll be making gooseberry crumble and jam before you know it! Fantastic value on these fruit bushes!
The UK outdoor grapes will stun your friends when they come round next year to find you sat under your own vine and when they start to taste the grapes they’ll be impressed too. Although it needs a sheltered spot it should do well outside! Great for training up trellis around a summer house or shelter.
If you plan on growing onions and garlic then check the last offer in today’s list – you get shallots too which are great for cooking or pickling! Growing your own just got easier with these bargains.
Apple Tree Collection Pack of 5 Trees (1 of each variety) – SAVE £19.80! – Special Offers £69.95
Collection comprises 5 (4 eating & 1 cooking) trees (1 of each variety): Self Fertile Queen Cox – This self-fertile clone sets good crops without the need for pollinators. Apples are juicy and sweet, with the typical mellow ‘Cox’ taste, although it has a deeper red flush than the usual Cox. Pick from late September, and eat all the way through to January.Greensleeves – This superb apple variety is a cross between Golden Delicious and James Grieve and combines the best of both parents! A prolific cropper, it will sometimes start cropping in its second year, and the tasty apples store well until Christmas and beyond. It shows good disease resistance and is an excellent pollinator.Lord Lambourne – Once assessed by ‘Gardening from Which?’ as the best all-round British garden apple, this is indeed a superb mid-season variety. The crisp, firm fruits are bursting with sweet juice! Ready to pick from September, they will keep well until Christmas!Braeburn (Clone Helena) – Braeburn is one of the best-selling varieties in Britain and can now (thanks to this earlier cropping new clone) be grown very successfully in UK gardens. Pick from mid October and store for up to 4 months without losing the superb crisp texture!Bramley (Clone 20) – It’s 200 years since this most famous cooking apple was discovered. Our clone 20 is a big improvement on regular Bramley: it’s less vigorous and more controllable in the garden and will also give you a significantly heavier crop. Deservedly renowned for its excellent cooking qualities. Note that it needs at least two other apples in the locality for pollination. Pick October for use throughout winter.Our apples are grafted onto M26 rootstock which produces an easy-to-control semi-dwarf tree with medium vigour.. Pack of 5 Trees (1 of each variety) – SAVE £19.80!. Full growing instructions included.. . . .
Garlic Lover’s Collection Pack of 8 Bulbs (2 of each variety) – SAVE £3.00! – Special Offers £13.40
If you love garlic, why not grow a selection of bulbs so that you can savour the different flavours? This collection comprises 4 varieties of garlic (that’s 8 bulbs, 2 of each variety) which will give you dozens of tasty garlic cloves SAVING £3.00! Garlic from the ground tends to be much sweeter and tasty than the dried garlic you buy in the shop. The secret to growing garlic is to plant it now – an autumn sowing for a harvest next summer will result in better sized bulbs! As essential part of many kitchen gardens with excellent health benefits, garlic couldn’t be easier to grow; just divide each bulb into cloves and plant – each clove will give you a bulb next year. The Garlic Lover’s collection consists of both hardneck and softneck garlic:Purple Wight – Hardneck variety with an attractive purple striped skin.Solent White – Softneck variety that’s well adapted to the British climate.Plus two virus-free French varieties:Illico – A superb, very early-maturing variety. Jolimont – Deliciously flavoured!. Pack of 8 Bulbs (2 of each variety) – SAVE £3.00!. Full growing instructions included.. . . .
Gooseberry Collection (Ribes grossularia) Pack of 3 Plants (1 of each variety) – SAVE £5.00! – Special Offers £24.85
SAVE £5.00 on this collection comprising 3 plants (1 of each variety):Invicta (picture 1) – Lush green fruits produced from June to July, on compact plants which are ideal for small gardens. Delicious flavour – recommended for pies, jams, preserves and freezing. Resistant to mildew. RHS ‘Award of Garden Merit’ winner.Hinnonmaki Yellow (picture 2) – Famous for its fruit’s delicious aroma and flavour (like a gooseberry, but with a hint of apricot!) this superb midseason gooseberry is very hardy and will produce a good crop of berries.Pax (picture 3) – An attractive and delicious red dessert gooseberry, which is virtually spine-free – so picking the fruit each June could not be easier. Good vigour and mildew resistance make this an easy to grow gooseberry! Each variety supplied as 2 year old plants.. Pack of 3 Plants (1 of each variety) – SAVE £5.00!. Plant approximately 1.5m (5′) apart. Full growing instructions included.. . . .
Grapes: Ideal for British Gardens 2 Plants (1 of each variety) – SAVE £15.95! – Special Offers £19.95
These two varieties of white and purple grape thrive in the UK climate and are remarkably easy to grow. Plant them in a slightly sheltered spot with a good compost and they will yield up to 15 lbs of fruit per plant for up to 40 years. (They take 2-3 years to start bearing fruit though – so plant them now.)Both these varieties are bred as sweet, seedless dessert grapes but they are also suitable for wine making.They can be planted in large pots on a patio, but you need to make sure you water them well. They are a great way to decorate a pergola or trellis.Supplied as grafted vines in a litre pot, approximately 40cm (15″) high.GRAPES ARE GOOD FOR YOU – Grapes are rich in vitamins A, C and B6, folate and essential minerals such as potassium, calcium, iron, phosporus, magnesium and selenium. They are also loaded with antioxidants.Normally these vines sell for £17.95 each, but you can buy both together for £19.95. Stocks are very limited on this popular item, so order yours today!Two delicious varieties:White (Vroege Van Der Laan), A continental, fruity white grape – Very hardy and easy to grow, ripens readily in the UK climate, particularly if afforded a sunny, sheltered position.Purple (Boskoop Glory), A delicious, dark purple grape – This loose-berried variety is ideal for the UK. Cropping regularly, this is one of the hardiest and best grapes around.. 2 Plants (1 of each variety) – SAVE £15.95!. Full growing instructions included.. . . . EXTRA OFFER – Blue berry Sunshine Blue! This is the ultimate blueberry! Why not take advantage of this offer at the same time – 1 Plant for just £12.95!
Garlic, Onion and Shallot Collection 200g Onion Sets, 400g Shallots, 2 Garlic Bulbs – SAVE £2.50! – Special Offers £9.95
SAVE £2.50 on this Collection comprising of:Onion Senshyu Yellow – An extremely popular Japanese over-wintering variety, reliably producing a heavy crop of semi-globe-shaped, straw-coloured bulbs of excellent quality, which should be ready to harvest in early July. 200g pack.Shallot Griselle – In its native France Griselle is considered the finest tasting of all and we’re sure that its robust spicy taste will not disappoint. Best planted in the autumn, it multiplies well to give a good crop of longish grey skinned bulbs in June, a week or so before spring planted kinds. Use straight from the garden or dried for storage. Strong skins and solid flesh ensure bulbs keep in good condition well into winter. 400g pack.Garlic Solent White – A popular selection that is well adapted to the British climate and gives a good crop of large bulbs with plump tasty cloves. Expect to start harvesting in July from a November planting. (Softneck type). 2 Bulbs (12-14 cloves per bulb).. 200g Onion Sets, 400g Shallots, 2 Garlic Bulbs – SAVE £2.50!. Full growing instructions included.. . . .