New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants
by Sarah - January 14th, 2011.Filed under: New Products, Unwins.
Unwins Seeds & Plants just added these new products
Blueberry Duo Pack £18.90
Buy both varieties and save £2.00! Duo pack consists of 1 each of: -Blueberry Bluecrop -Blueberry Blue Pearl. Bluecrop This is a compact variety which is ideal for growing in good-sized patio containers using ericaceous compost. It’s also very decorative with clusters of white blossom in spring and glossy green foliage which is at its most attractive as it turns to bronze in autumn. Blueberries are excellent for pies and make delicious jams and preserves. Blue Pearl The Most Compact and Heavy Cropping Variety This highly decorative ornamental shrub produces clusters of pinky white blossom in the spring followed by a heavy crop of delicious blueberries from August. Blue Pearl is a compact variety requiring very little space making it perfectly suited to growing in a pot or container. Supplied in a large 2 litre pot for quicker establishment and more abundant fruiting. Blueberries must be planted in ericaceous compost.
Raspberry Tulameen Canes (Main Season Floricane) £18.75
Exceptional Garden Variety Produces attractive and glossy conical shaped fruits of excellent flavour that have outstanding keeping qualities. The large tasty berries are easy to pick and will be ready from mid July well into August. Easy to grow and manage the tall fully hardy canes are almost spineless making picking a pleasure!
Gooseberry Duo Pack 2 Bushes £15.90
Buy both varieties 1 bush each of: -Gooseberry Invicta -Gooseberry Hinnonmaki Red. Invicta Crops twice as heavily as most other varieties with large pale green berries which are highly resistant to mildew. Excellent choice for cooking freezing and jam as the fruit holds its shape and colour well. Ready for picking from late May. Hinnonmaki Red A hardy mid-season variety producing a heavy crop of medium to large roundish fruit which has an excellent rather aromatic flavour. When fully ripe the fruit is usually sweet enough to eat fresh but probably best grown as a culinary variety making it perfect for pies and fools.
Strawberry Long Cropping Collection (18 Plants) £14.75
Buy all three varieties and they will provide lovely fruits all season long! The Collection consists of 18 Plants 6 of each variety: -Mae (early) fruiting from mid May/June -Cambridge Favourite (main) fruting June/July -Flamenco (everberer) fruiting form mid June to Septmember. Mae Outstanding with large firm sweet tasting fruit. Grown under cloches it will begin to crop in mid-May with unprotected crops a couple of weeks later. Cambridge Favourite A well known and reliable cropper in all sorts of soils and conditions giving plenty of medium-sized light red fruits. Harvest: June/JulyThe preferred choice for jams and preserves. Flamenco Everbearing strawberries produce two main crops – in early and late summer – with smaller crops in between. If space is a bit tight in your garden and you want to grow some strawberries then an Everbearer is the one to go for.
Osteospermum Tresco Purple* BUY 2 GET 1 FREE £13.90
With this special offer you’ll get 15 Plants for the price of 10! This popular plant has the added advantage of being hardy. Mound forming foliage has slightly red tinted stems and is covered with deep purple flowers throughout the spring and summer. It thrives in a hot sunny site.
Salvia Black and Blue* BUY 2 GET 1 FREE £13.90
With this special offer you’ll get 15 plants for the price of 10! Salvia Black and Blue – Electric Colour Combination Richest blue flowers with deep black buds and stems create an electric combination in this wonderful variety. Makes a good specimen plant ideal for the border or container. Height 90cm/36in. Flowers June-September.
Geranium Maverick Lavender* (24 Large Plants) £11.95
Delicate Pink Flowers with Stunning Zonal Foliage The contrast between lavender pink flowers and lush zonal foliage make this F1 Geranium a sight to behold. Drought tolerant with a strong habit Maverick Lavender will provide up to 25% more flower buds than comparable varieties. For Geranium Maverick Lavender and Maverick Orange Duo Pack please follow the link.
Blueberry Blue Pearl Bush £10.95
The Most Compact and Heavy Cropping Variety This highly decorative ornamental shrub produces clusters of pinky white blossom in the spring followed by a heavy crop of delicious blueberries from August. Blue Pearl is a compact variety requiring very little space making it perfectly suited to growing in a pot or container. Supplied in a large 2 litre pot for quicker establishment and more abundant fruiting. Blueberries must be planted in ericaceous compost.
Paeonie Avalanche* (1 Bare Root) £8.85
Avalanche (Double) displays fragrant flowers with masses of overlapping ruffled petals filling the centre. Paeonies are a perennial favourite in the flower garden. Few plants can rival them for their wonderful flowering display and value for money. Some varieties are fragrant and their large showy blooms are just exquisite! They make excellent cut flowers and are easy to care for once they are established. Paeonies will come back year after year. They can live for many years (50 or more is not unusual!) and still produce a superb profusion of flowers every year. Our carefully selected top graded roots will already have formed 3 to 5 large new buds. When planting your chosen Paeonie make sure not to plant it deeper then 2.5cm/1in below the surface. Flowers May-June