New products at Thompson and Morgan
by John - June 25th, 2011.Filed under: New Products, Thompson and Morgan.
Thompson & Morgan has these new products today
Golden Bamboo – 1 plant in 30cm pot £24.99
Also know as Fish pole bamboo and Bambusa aurea, it has light green leaves and canes of yellow in good light. Bamboo’s are grasses and grow as such, in a few years and the right conditions it can thicken to screen 2 – 2.5 metre gaps. They spread from the bottom and make ideal screens for hiding garden items, neighbours and grown as a hedge. They can be prone to wind damage, so a sheltered sunny spot is best suited. A beautiful and exotic feature plant for any garden.
Tulip ‘Blueberry Ripple’ – 30 bulbs £18.99
Unusual colour combination. Add a modern feel to your pots and borders. Spectacular en masse and in mixed plantings. Excellent cut flower.
Christmas Potato Collection – 15 tubers – 5 of each variety + 3 planters £16.99
Grow your own potatoes for Christmas with this outstanding selection of second cropping varieties. Height and spread: 60cm (24″).Collection comprises: Potato Charlotte – A very popular salad variety producing pear shaped, yellow skinned, waxy tubers and creamy yellow flesh of first class flavour.Potato Maris Peer- Firm, creamy yellow fleshed tubers with a superb flavour, that will retain their colour and won’t disintegrate on cooking. Potato Vales Emerald – A simply delicious new potato.
Potato Second Cropping Collection – 15 tubers – 5 of each variety + 3 planters £16.99
Grow your own new potatoes for autumn and Christmas.Collection comprises:Potato Charlotte – Truly sensational flavour whether eaten hot, smothered in butter, or cold in a tasty salad niçoise. Potato Juliette – Early maincrop but can be lifted as a Second Early. A heavy crop of long oval yellow skinned and fleshed waxy tubers, mouth watering flavour either hot or cold. Potato Maris Peer – Favoured by restaurants and gardeners alike as the firm creamy yellow fleshed tubers retain their colour and have a superb flavour, without disintegrating.
Allium ‘Firecracker’ Mixed – 20 bulbs £16.99
So easy to grow! Plant in any sunny or partially shady spot for an explosion of blooms year after year.
Auriculas Collection – 2 plants in 7cm pots – 1 of each variety £14.99
Exquisite, double-flowered auriculas in commercial quantities for the first time ever! Choice, collectable varieties, so beautiful and gently fragrant too. It is often said they would cost a weeks wage in olden days. These doubles will be even more in demand.Collection includes varieties ‘Jupp’ and ‘Crimson Glow’.
Tulip ‘Red Impression’ – 40 bulbs £14.99
Spectacularly large and long-lasting blooms on tall, sturdy stems make this tulip a border sensation! Easy to grow, with superb weather resistance, they will return reliably year after year. Tulip ‘Red Impression’ looks fantastic planted in large groups where you can marvel at their bold colours and shapely blooms. Tulip flowers are excellent for cutting and last for up to 10 days in a vase. Height: 56cm (22”). Spread: 20cm (8”).
Tropaeolum speciosum – 4 bareroot plants £14.99
Exotic, spurred blooms in bright, vermillion red appear throughout summer in a rich explosion of colour. The vibrant blooms are followed by spherical blue fruits set against a backdrop of attractive dark green foliage. Tropaeolum speciosum is an intriguing climbing perennial that prefers a cool, sheltered position. This sought after plant creates a spectacular sight when grown through mature shrubs or scrambling over low walls. Height: 3m (10’). Spread: 1.2m (4’).
Tulip ‘Blueberry Ripple’ – 15 bulbs £12.99
Unusual colour combination. Add a modern feel to your pots and borders. Spectacular en masse and in mixed plantings. Excellent cut flower.