Thompson & Morgan just added these new lines

Chrysanthemum Collection – 25 plugs £6.99
Prolong the beauty of your garden with this brightly coloured chrysanthemum collection. Ideal to grow in your borders or on your patio, these chrysanthemums will display spectacular domes of large, brightly coloured blooms from late summer into the autumn. Plus, as they are a hardy perennial they will flower for many years to come. Height: 45cm (18″).

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New lines at Suttons Seeds

Rain Water Tank & Cover (420 Litre) £168.90
WAS £169.95; NOW £109.95; SAVE £60.00!Don’t let your valuable rainwater simply drain away – capture and store it! This high quality wooden rain water storage tank is a particularly attractive means of doing just that. The wooden slats are high-pressure impregnated with preservative for ultimate protection. The wooden construction also protects the tough moulded liner and keeps it in a perfect round shape, and there’s no risk of damage from snow or ice in winter. No base tap, so use a pump or simply dip your can! A rain trap pipe can be fitted through the lid or simply fed over the rim. Flat packed for easy home-assembly. (Available in two sizes: 420 litre 88cm [34″] high x 82cm [32″] diameter. 600 litre 88cm [34″] high x 98cm [38″] diameter.) ONLY 4 LEFT.. . . . . .

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GreenFingers reduced the price on these products today

Spare Greenhouse Cover for LS6315D Steel Walk-in Greenhouse was £9.99 now £7.99
This Greenhouse Cover has been specially designed to fit the Greenfingers Steel Walk-in Greenhouse code LS6315D. It is a tear resistant polyethylene cover with a roll-up front panel that ties at the top for easy access or ventilation.Dimensions: 143 x 73 x 195cm highPlease note: this item is the cover only

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GreenFingers just added these new products

Rattan Hanging Basket plus 30 Bulbs and Compost £9.99
A colourful Spring Flowering Hanging Basket made from rattan that will look wonderful wherever you choose to hang it and will make a lovely growing gift for someone. It comprises a mixture of T

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New lines today at Jersey Plants Direct

Bluebells 50 Bulbs £10.99
Everyone loves bluebells – these are english ones – not the spanish ones that are taking over. So do your bit and create a natural garden for spring. Bring the essence and aroma of a spring woodland to your garden with these English Bluebells

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I’ve seen loads of people’s runner beans and some have been at the top of the poles and some covered in flowers. Mine are about half way up!

Claire’s video about planting them is interesting.

Remember to put the canes in first!
Beans like lots of good stuff in the soil – work in as much compost as possible.
I like the way she starts them off with a tie to the stick so they get started. Perhaps that steadies them and helps them get a good start?
I always put two seeds per pot. I don’t think it hurts and then if one does get eaten then it’s not a huge problem.

Thompson & Morgan just added these new products

Runner Bean ‘Desiree’ – 1 packet (50 seeds) £3.69
In recent years we have introduced and developed vegetables that have achieved real steps forward in yield, flavour, space saving, disease tolerance; etc. This bean fits into this category and is outstanding in every way. Almost foolproof, it attains huge crops from a small area. Long, broad, completely stringless, very fleshy 25-30cm (10-12in) pods. Very heavy cropping, often averages 40 pods per plant. As it is a shy seeder there is more juicy fleshy edible area, which accounts for the exceptional flavour. Compared with other runner beans it is much more productive under dry weather conditions. White flowered.

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Voucher Codes
Code – SUMMER7
Promotion – 7% Off Orders Over £20
Expires – 31-08-2011
People are always asking about the bluebells in my garden – you can now pre-order some from blooming direct so you can have a sea of blue in your garden next spring!

Mixed Penstemon Plant
Offer

Autumn Planting Bulbs

Aconites x 25 Bulbs

These native European woodland plants are
among the earliest to flower, and produce a bright
display, especially when planted in large numbers
under shrubs and deciduous trees. An efficient
ground cover plant, it quickly spreads to become a
carpet of pure golden yellow, just as the first
snowdrops begin to bloom.

Price £6.95

Bluebells (English) x 50 Bulbs



The most magical of flowers – When you think
of Bluebells you almost immediately associate them
with woodland areas and Springtime.

Bluebells have beautiful and delicate blue
flowers and bring a splash of colour to any
planting scheme

Price £9.95

Hyacinth, Daffodil & Tulip
Collection x 30 Bulbs

This lovely combination of bulbs compliment
each other perfectly and can be planted in a
variety of situations.

The 3 bulb varieties are separately packaged
so that you can plan and plant your pots, borders
and beds perfectly.

Price £8.95

Crocus Meadow Springs Mixed x
50



Crocus are one of the most versatile of the
Spring flowering bulbs and can be planted just
about anywhere in the garden including pots and
containers. Crocus bulbs are easy to grow and
provide a lovely display.

Price £7.95

Cyclamen Coum x 5 Bulbs

Cyclamen coum produces its dainty blooms
from late winter to early spring. The leaves,
which have silver patterning over dark green, and
the flowers appear at the same time from tubers
underground. The flower colour can vary from white
to deep red.

This plant has been given a Award of Garden
Merit (AGM), which is for plants of outstanding
excellence

Price £7.95

Muscari armeniacum x 10 Bulbs



Muscari armeniacum or, as they are more
commonly known, Grape Hyacinths. They are the
perfect ‘plant and forget’ spring flowering bulbs.
Winter hardy, they are so easy to grow that no
garden should be without them.

Price £5.95

Spring Flowering Bulbs x 100 – The
De Luxe Collection

Our collection of classic spring flowering
bulbs has been specially selected to create a
natural profusion of colour this coming spring, at
less than 15p per bulb!

10 bulb varieties are included – Fritillary
Snakeshead, Chionodoxa Luc, Anemone de Caen, Gal.
Nivalis, Anemone Blanda Mxd, Dutch Crocus Blue,
Muscari Armeniacum, Narcisus Tete a Tete, Tulip
Mme Lefeber and Tulip white.

Price £14.95

Hyacinth – Blue x 5 Bulbs



Everyone loves the unmistakeable scent that
you get from these stunning blue Hyacinth bulbs.
Bred for their all round garden performance they
are great in pots, containers and borders. They
can also be forced in a dark and warm space for
very early flowering.

Price £6.95

Iris Reticulata Mixed x 25
Bulbs

Iris reticulata is an early flowering iris,
usually appearing from late winter to early
spring. The blooms vary from pale blue to deep
violet with central yellow splashes down the
middle of each petal. In recognition of its
outstanding excellence, the Royal Horticultural
Society have given it their prestigious Award of
Garden Merit (AGM).

Price £6.95

Lily Collection x 10 Bulbs



Orange, white, yellow and pink lilies that
make a fabulous display in borders, beds,
containers and pots. Our Lily bulbs are the
highest quality grown by only the very best
growers to ensure that the quality our customers
receive is the best.

Price £9.95

Where could you plant some climbing roses in your garden? I’m sure you’ve got an arbour, or archway or gate that would look lovely with roses climbing around it.
You know how beautiful roses are with their large scented flower heads that start at fine buds and slowly burst open to reveal all their silky petals, imagine them growing around your door. Roses are very romantic and to have them climbing up and flowering looks really special.
When you plant them you fan out the stems so that they are nearly on the ground – don’t force them over but gently tie them down. If they are close to horizontal they should put up more stems which will give you a much better display.
Don’t plant too close to walls though as you’ll find that the base of a wall is very dry and plants won’t do very well against it. You also don’t want to be watering your wall when you water your plants! A structure like a wooden trellis or arbour can give your plant support. Use soft ties to fix the climber in to the support.

If you don’t have a structure ready for them to climb up consider buying in some trellis. You can get attractive tub boxes with trellis fixed to them. This would allow you to move the plant around – although the tub would be heavy and as it grows it would get heavier!
If you have a shed or bin area you would like covering up then fragrant soft roses up a trellis would hide them beautifully. In summer you could have the scent of the roses blowing gently across your garden too – as roses are not just beautiful to look at but scented too.
Roses do need pruning to ensure they stay neat and flower well every year. This is the same as basic rose pruning. You prune climbing roses in late autumn or in winter – don’t do it whilst the flowers are in bloom.
A climbing rose should flower all summer long. By comparison a rambling rose will only flower once. Deadheading your rose will encourage it to flower more.
As well as not having flowers in bloom that you would be cutting off you will also be pruning when the leaves have fallen off making it easier to see exactly which stems go where and in theory making the pruning process easier.
Wear gloves and be careful with any thorns. You might want to put rose prunings in the green bin for the council to compost, although shredding them is quite effective.
When pruning as well as shaping the plant and cutting it back you need to look out for and remove any dead, damaged shoots, diseased areas or spindly growth that doesn’t look right.
Tie in new shoots and then prune back the side shoots that have flowered this year by up to two thirds of their original length. As the plant ages you will want to cut out more dead wood from the plant in particular any older sections. Thin out the plant so it’s not too crowded.
Feed roses in the spring with specially bought rose fertiliser.
Jersey Plants Direct offer free delivery on everything.

Climbing Roses Scented 4 Plants Bare Root £14.99
Excellent scented climbing rose collection Fantastic Saving – Save £12.97 (compared to buying individually) Cover those unsightly walls, fences and sheds with this gorgeous collection of climbing roses.

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The current top 10 best selling plants at Jersey Plants Direct are these. Don’t forget free delivery available on all orders!

Jersey Plants Direct is a great online garden shop. Tons of excellent plants for your garden. This is what’s selling well at the moment – so something to look at to inspire you if you’re not sure what to be growing. A mix of shrubs and bedding plants!

Pansy Grande Fragrance 100 Plants + 60 FREE £9.99
Beautifully scented Pansy with large flowersPansies are part of the Viola family. Pansy Grande Fragrance is one of our favourite Pansies, available for sale in the Autumn and the Spring. The brightly coloured faces of these large flowers are also scented. Perfect for the front of your borders or in patio pots and containers. Pansies aren’t just for winter!

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Slug Control at amazon uk

What slug control options are there?
You can in theory stop them with copper tape as they don’t like to cross it. Some people swear by broken egg shells, or you could just use Nemaslug Slug Killer! I’ve used it and it is well worth the money. It’s amazing to be able to plant things in your garden and not have slugs or snails eat them! You just water this stuff on and it lasts for weeks. If used at the start of the growing season it’ll get all your plants through the early stages so they’re big and healthy! Even when the slugs do start coming back they should be a lot smaller and there’ll be less of them. A friend has been using it for years and says she has fewer slugs now than ever before between applications. It’s so rewarding to grow things and not have to fight the slugs off with nasty slug pellets!

If you want to do slug control the old fashioned way then amazon have some slug pubs – fill with beer and the slugs come in and drown themselves in beer. Just use the cheapest value beer you can find – they will drink anything but why give them the good stuff.