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New products at Crocus

by Sarah - March 30th, 2011.
Filed under: Crocus, New Products.

Crocus has loads of new products today

Pure RainDrop

Pure RainDrop £199.99
An award-winning design

Pure RainDrop

Pure RainDrop £199.99
An award-winning design

Beepol Bumblebee Lodge including Hive

Beepol Bumblebee Lodge including Hive £129.99
The Beepol Bumblebee Lodge provides an attractive, long lasting, safe and secure home for the Beepol Bumblebee Garden hive.Based on traditional bee hive designs, the Beepol Lodge has been hand crafted in the UK from durable timber grown on FSC plantations. Bumblebee colonies do not continue through the winter in the same way as honeybees do, so each year a fresh new Beepol garden hive can be purchased and placed within the lodge, ensuring every summer you can enjoy the sight and sounds of British Bumblebees hard at work in your garden. The Beepol Lodge contains one Beepol garden hive, which can be replaced with a new one when the hive comes to the end of its life and the new queen bumblebees have dispersed. The Beepol Lodge has a hinged roof for access and for viewing the Bumblebee colony within. The Beepol Lodge has exit and entrance holes designed for the particular size and shape of Bumblebees and even a landing landing ledge for them to rest on, as they come back to to the hive with heavy loads of pollen. The Beepol Lodge incorporates wooden legs to keep the hive off the ground. The Beepol Lodge also has an option for attaching a mini wildlife camera, so you can see your bees at work from the comfort of your home!The Beepol Lodge is the ultimate wildlife feature for your garden, providing a fascinating permanent place of residence for your very own Bumblebee colony every summer.

Beepol Garden Hive

Beepol Garden Hive £69.99
Enjoy the sight and sound of native bumblebees at work in your garden with the Beepol garden hive.Pollination is as important to gardeners as it is to farmers and growers, without it fruit and pod vegetables do not set and yields are reduced. Bees are probably the most important pollinating insect and their recent decline in numbers has been widely reported. Planting bee friendly plants will help attract many different bee species to your garden but now gardeners can introduce their own bumblebee colonies with Beepol! Beepol is a live colony of bumblebees Housed and supplied in a maintenance free hive Each hive contains a queen bumblebee, workers and bee food Beepol bumblebees are a native UK species Reared in disease free, hygienic conditions for release into British gardens and wildlife areas Each colony has a viewing panel under the lid for observation of the bees Bumblebees are released by an easy to use trap door system Beepol hives incorporate a “bee home” system that allows bees back into the hive and holds them for later release if needed Beepol bumblebees will pollinate a wide variety of plants outdoors including fruit and some vegetable plants. They also help maximise yields from greenhouse grown plants like tomatoes, peppers and aubergines.The Beepol hive has been designed to educate as well as pollinate! A clear viewing panel in the lid allows observation of the colony it develops, whilst the exit and entrance system enable you to watch the bees at work, as they bring pollen back to the hive. Bumblebee colonies do not continue like honeybee hives, so Beepol hives have a limited lifespan and will need replacing. However before the queen bee dies; she produces young queens that will leave the hive to hibernate before establishing fresh new colonies in the spring.Introducing BEEPOL bees to your garden will help reward the fruits of your labour through pollination and add a fascinating new area of interest to be enjoyed by all.

Pure RainDrop Mini

Pure RainDrop Mini £59.99
A nifty water-saving device

Pure RainDrop Mini

Pure RainDrop Mini £59.99
A nifty water-saving device

Roma Light

Roma Light £49.99
The new Roma light is the brightest solar light on the market giving a huge 23feet diameter light pool. Only for those who need the very best!The Roma takes brightness to the next level with a 20 times bulb brightness over a standard solar light. Capable of illuminating an area of up to 7m (23 feet) in diameter and using SmatTime technologies, a “Nichia” bulb and eco friendly Lithium ion batteries, Roma is the only choice where nothing but the best will do! Supplied with stainless steel ground fixings and four pegs for staking into soil or grass. An excellent choice for patio’s, decks, driveways, paths, municipal walkways and car parks.Technical Description: Installs in seconds – no assembly Infinity Super Maxi Plus solar cell 2 x AA rechargeable battery – approx life 2 years – standard replacement part 1 white Nichia 20 times brighter bulb Shatter proof glass lens for beauty and optical clarity SmartTime auto timer switches light On automatically at dusk and runs for up to 6 hours 4 x Stainless steel fixing screws and pegs Grade 314, marine stainless steel for long term beauty and durability Supplied with detailed user instructions Size – 610mm high x 187mm diameter Weight – 1.37Kg

magnolia

magnolia £49.99
Highly scented, cup-shaped flowers

Trento Solar Spot Light

Trento Solar Spot Light £39.99
A real alternative to mains spot lights! The Trento is packed with the latest technology enabling this attractive all weather garden light to to illuminate trees and shrubs up to 10m distance.The Trento Solar Spot Light is an instantly impressive garden light From its heavy weight, well built body to the incredible 10 x double sized LED’s, Trento has been born to impress. Giving high powered powered illumination up to a 10m distance with a 3m light spread, Trento is ideal for trees, shrubs, pergola’s, statues of house signs and gates. Simply insert its none rust aluminium stake into the ground, adjust the lamp head in the right direction, switch ON and that’s it! As soon as dusk arrives Trento will switch itself ON and will give up to 6 hours illumination each night.Technical Description: Installs in seconds – no assembly Infinity Maxi solar cell 3 x AA rechargeable battery – approx life 2 years – standard replacement part 10 double sized white super bright LED Fully adjustable lamp head and solar panel for maximum efficiency Powder coated aluminium body and ground stake Manual On / Off switch gives total control Switches On automatically at dusk if On setting is selected Up to 6 hours run time per night Ideal for lighting trees, shrubs, signs, pergola’s etc Supplied with detailed user instructions 2 year warranty Size – 150mm wide x 390mm highWeight – 1.1kgs