Amazing range of tulips at Crocus! Some really amazing ones available in a wide range of colours.
Such an unusual variety is available – here are a few of our favourites. Suitable for planting where you’ll see them every day as they’re so lovely! Tubs or borders! Plant tulips anytime from October until late December about 4 inches deep and approximately 5 to 6 inches apart. Ensure they aren’t in a really dry spot as they need some moisture. Some people think they should be planted deeper – about 10in deep! Add grit to the bottom of the hole to ensure they don’t sit in water and avoiding using a bulb planter unless you make sure the soil at the bottom isn’t pressed solid.

double late tulip £5.99
Position: full sunSoil: fertile, well-drained soilRate of growth: averageFlowering period: MayFlower colour: dark maroon-blackOther features: excellent cut-flowersHardiness: fully hardyBulb size: 12+A stunning double-flowered tulip with deep maroon-black blooms with a satin sheen. This has been bred from the highly acclaimed tulip ‘Queen of Night’ and has the same distinctive midnight-black flowers, but with many more petals. Plant it somewhere prominent so you can really enjoy the flowers when they appear in MayGarden 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.

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John Lewis just added these new items

TP Kingswood Full Height Tower Set (Set 1) £1048.00
Top of the TP range of wooden play equipment, Kingswood is made from pine that is cut to size, crosscut to length and carefully planed to round its corners. It’s then kiln dried, pressure treated and combined with galvanised steel. Kingswood can grow from toddler to full height and is covered by a lifetime guarantee against wood rot and rust causing failure. This unusal set is great for budding mountaineers and includes: TP480 Kingswood Low Tower TP482 Kingswood Top Deck TP493 Kingswood Accessory Arm TP494 Kingswood Climbing Wall TP484 Horizontal Hoops

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Garden Centre Online just added these new products

Bitter Chocolate Hunter Regent Savoy Wellington Boot £99.99
A luxurious quilted wellington boot in bitter chocolate brown. The Regent Savoy Hunters combine fashion, style and comfort with the practicality of a proper wellington.  These Hunter ladies welly boots are built on an equestrian last to provide the ultimate fit and durability. These wellingtons offer a sleek silhouette with a slim ankle fit and streamlined quilted upper. Colour: Bitter Chocolate. Leg fit: Slim fit Vulcanised natural rubber construction, built on an orthopaedic last, designed around the contours of the leg and foot shape for a better all round fit and comfort.Traditional calendared natural rubber sole Sponge quilted lining Multi-layer cushioned sponge insoles

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Garden Buildings Direct just added this new product

7′ x 5′ Billyoh Classic T and G Pent Wooden Shed £259.95
The BillyOh Classic Tongue and Groove Pent is a truly wonderful building made from the more aesthetically pleasing tongue and groove cladding. This design also offers a more secure construction method over the overlap type of building. An ideal purchase for those wanting a shed with a pent roof design.

Lawn seed can be planted in Spring or Autumn – so get some now if you’ve got an area that needs seeding or just a few patches now is a good time. You need the conditions to be right, not too cold or hot, not too dry or wet.
Medallion® Premium Lawn Seed is good for where a high quality appearance is needed as well as where strength and low maintenance are important.
Rolawn Minster Pro® Ornamental Lawn Seed is good for a great looking lawn too with Shade & drought tolerance. This one has been developed to be mown at a low height.
RoLawn Direct Grass Seed and fertiliser.

Rolawn Minster Pro Ornamental Lawn Seed 10Kg £95.99
Rolawn Minster Pro Ornamental Lawn seed is the same seed used to produce our Minster Pro turf. It is a blend of 3 highly advanced cultivars. The selected cultivars produce a lawn with an outstanding, fine bladed appearance. Shade & drought tolerant. Covers approx 270 sqm when creating a new lawn and approx 360 sqm when over seeding.

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Jersey Plants Direct has this new item today

Carnivorous Collection 4 Plants £20.96
Fantastic Offer SAVE 11 when buying this collection.New introduction for 2010The varieties in this collection are one of each of the Pitcher Plant Sarracenia Sundew Plant Drosera Slug Eating Plant Sarracenia Pupurea and Venus Fly Trap Dionaea muscipula .The Pitcher Plant will catch many unwanted pests such as wasps earwigs and flies. The Slug Eating Plant is a natural solution to garden slugs and has long lasting attractive flowers. The Sundew Plant catches greenfly whitefly midges and mosquitoes and is especially good next to roses. The Venus Fly Trap does not just catch flies it can catch any type of insect that gets caught in its trap.Height and spread ranges from 7 to 50cm.This collection is supplied in a 9cm pots and is ready for immediate planting.To ensure that your plants arrive in the best possible condition each product will be despatched individually. Despatched within 28 days of receipt of order.

Reduced price on products today at Gardens and Homes Direct

Royale Sun Loungers was £49.99 now £44.99
Buy one Royale Sun Lounger for

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There are several different uses for bark in your garden.
Bark is a fantastic way of finishing off your garden borders. Once you’ve neatened the edges with your half moon along a piece of string as a guide, and weeded the beds thoroughly you should then apply a good mulch of bark.
Bark helps keeps the water in, the weeds down and gives it all a tidy look. You’ll find blackbirds love it too and will pick through it for insects! It’s an eco-friendly way of keeping weeds down too and even if weeds do grow they should be easier to pull up. It’s good for soils that dry out and for borders planted with winter bedding. It’ll give your garden a really professional finish.
Bark can also be used in children’s play areas to cover the ground to make a softer landing for them, and for covering up worn areas under swings or slides. It’s probably best to make a wooden frame around the area and keep the bark in this.

Three types of bark available at RoLawn Direct

Rolawn Decorative Bark (1m³ Bulk Bag – 1,000 litres approx volume when packed) £114.40
Rolawn Decorative Bark is a quality, durable, golden brown deluxe ornamental pine bark. Its attractive appearance and shape make it ideal for beds and borders. Rolawn Decorative Bark can also be used as a mulch to inhibit weed development, improve moisture retention and act as insulation for plant roots, reducing plant loss in cold weather.

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Garden Centre Online reduced the price on these items today

Multi-Spar Aggregate 6-10mm – 20kg Bag was £1.99 now £1.49
Multicoloured mix of red, white and black. Strikingly bright coloured gravel.

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Crocus reduced the price on these lines today

convolvulus was £8.99 now £4.49
Position: full sunSoil: poor to moderately fertile, well-drained, gritty soilRate of growth: averageFlowering period: May to JulyHardiness: frost hardy (may need protection in winter)A wonderful, evergreen shrub with cup-shaped, white flowers with pale yellow centres from late spring to summer. This plant is an asset to the garden for its shiny, silvery foliage, as well as its flowers. It is happiest in a hot, sunny border where it contrasts well with blues and purples, and it also looks stunning cascading over a wall. In areas with cold, wet winters it is best grown in a container.Garden care: Prune lightly after flowering to keep in shape.

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