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Archive for March, 2012

Heuchera plants

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Jersey Plants Direct have these Heuchera plants available. Heuchera are ideal for the British garden. They don’t mind shade and aren’t fussy on the soil pH either. They are tough evergreen plants that have different colours of foliage so you could create a whole garden from them.

Heuchera Sweet Tea 1 Plant 2 Litre

Heuchera Sweet Tea 1 Plant 2 Litre £9.99
A Heuchera that provides superb foliageThis variety of Heuchera offers superb foliage colour all year round, with beautiful colours, textures and shapes. It is easy to grow and versatile, great for borders, patio containers and hanging baskets.

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Four fantastic perenials for your flower borders

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Jersey Plants Direct have so many amazing plants that you will struggle to decide which one plant to buy next, so why not treat yourself to a few!

Echinacea Hope 1 plant 2 litre

Echinacea Hope 1 plant 2 litre £9.99
Echinacea Hope has large fragrant flowers.Attracts Wildlife: This variety is great for attracting bees, butterflies and moths to the garden. This Echinacea Hope has large, fragrant flowers. It is sturdy, easy to care for and the long lasting blooms will attract bees and butterflies to your garden!

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Plug Plants from £9.99 for 100 Plants + 60 Free

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Order now for Plug Plants from £9.99 for 100 Plants + 60 Free!

Jersey Plants Direct have tons of great offers on bedding plants.

5 ways of using bedding plants in your garden

1. In matching flower tubs either side of your front door. This gives your
house real kerb appeal. Use the plants that suit the shade aspect of your house.
Perhaps even match the colour of the flowers to the colour of your front door!
2. Use bedding plants in hanging baskets around your house. They’ll look
fantastic, with so many trailing varieties to choose from.
3. Fill a shady corner of your garden with spring bedding and it’ll be
brighter and more cheerful. Pick plants like polyanthus, primrose or even begonias.
4. Create a bedding scheme that supports your favourite football team! This
idea is a great one if your other half doesn’t approve of how much time
you spend supporting your football team instead of doing the gardening. Do both!

5. Have a row of single pot flowers! They’ll look stunning and although
smaller pots mean more watering they will look fantastic.
6. Use them as edging along a path. Use trailing scented varieties to encroach
upon the edges of the path. It’ll look fab.

Geranium Parade 100 Plants + 60 FREE

Geranium Parade 100 Plants + 60 FREE £9.99
Beautiful Geranium Parade Plug PlantsGeraniums for less than 7p per plant! It’s an industry first and an unbeatable offer. Now we can offer Geraniums as quality guaranteed plug plants.These beautiful Geraniums will bring lasting colour to your garden throughout the summer. The large flowers in reds and pinks will brighten your borders from June to October. An old favourite and a well loved Geranium!

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Polyanthus plant exclusives

Monday, March 19th, 2012

Jersey Plants Direct have some world exclusives. These two polyanthus will make fantastic displays of bedding in your garden

Polyanthus Blue Note 28 Super Ready Plants

Polyanthus Blue Note 28 Super Ready Plants £15.99
World exclusive plant with Unique EyeThese Polyanthus are a World Exclusive. These Polyanthuses have vivid blue flowers complemented by a unique central eye. This bedding plants blooms are approximately 5 to 6cm each, and they have very large clustered flower heads of approximately 12cm in diameter.

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Buy berrys online from T&M

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Thompson & Morgan has these fantastic value fruit offers

Berry Collection - 2 plants in 9cm pots - 1 of each variety

Berry Collection – 2 plants in 9cm pots – 1 of each variety £19.99
Blackberries and Tayberries are the easiest of all the berries to grow in the UK. Tolerant to most site and soil conditions, they will even produce a reasonable crop if grown in semi shade. Height: 2m (6’). Spread: 2.5m (8’). Collection comprises 1 plant each of: Blackberry ‘Loch Ness’ – Perfect for the smaller garden, producing its firm, glossy-black, conical fruits on short, upright, thornless canes.Tayberry ‘Buckingham’ – A cross between a loganberry and a black raspberry, producing large, deliciously sweet, aromatic fruits up to 5cm (2”) long.Our 1 year old plants are container grown rather than field grown to provide you with stronger, superior quality plants.

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How many types of raspberries?

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Thompson and Morgan have a good range of autumn and summer fruiting raspberry canes.

Raspberry ‘Allgold’ (Autumn fruiting) – 3 canes £12.99

Raspberry ‘Allgold’ – Part of the Alan Titchmarsh Collection – 3 canes £12.99

Raspberry ‘Autumn Bliss’ (Autumn fruiting) – 3 canes £11.99

Raspberry ‘Autumn Treasure’ (Autumn fruiting) – 6 long canes £18.99

Raspberry ‘Full Season Collection B’ – 9 canes – 3 of each variety £19.98

Raspberry ‘Full Season Collection’ – 9 canes – 3 of each variety £19.99

Raspberry ‘Glen Ample’ (Summer fruiting) – 6 canes £16.99

Raspberry ‘Glen Fyne’ (Summer fruiting) – 3 canes £13.99

Raspberry ‘Glen Moy’ (Summer fruiting) – 6 canes £12.99

Raspberry ‘Joan J’ (Autumn fruiting) – 3 canes £11.99

Raspberry ‘Polka’ (Autumn fruiting) – 3 canes £9.99

Raspberry ‘Tulameen’ (Late Summer fruiting) – 6 canes £12.99

Raspberry ‘Valentina’ (Summer fruiting) – 3 canes £11.99

Fruit tree collections

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

An easy way of getting several fruit trees
Brilliant offers available at Thompson & Morgan
I think everyone should plant a fruit tree this year! It’s a small investment in the future. A fruit tree will give you free fruit for years to come.

Pear 'Family Pear Tree' - 1 tree

Pear ‘Family Pear Tree’ – 1 tree £39.99
An entire orchard on just one tree! Family fruit trees have three different varieties grafted onto one stem, which will pollinate each other and crop at different times to extend the picking season. Perfect for the smaller garden with room for only one tree; and even suited to growing in a large patio container (holding at least 30 litres of compost). Pear rootstock: Quince A. Height and spread if not containerised: 4m (13’).Family pear varieties: Pear ‘Conference’ – One of the best known dessert pears, and tolerant of even cold, shady positions.Pear ‘Williams Bon Chretien’ – Often simply known as ‘Williams’, the fruits of this superb pear turn yellow as flesh ripens.Pear ‘Doyenne du Comice’ – A classic dessert pear with a sweet, juicy flavour.Useful links:How to grow fruit trees Fruit rootstock guide 

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Allotment news roundup

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

It’s freezing cold so after nearly 3 hours on mine today I’ve come in to catch up on the news.

Very sad – Allotment fire claims life of pensioner

RESIDENTS will soon be growing their own produce in a built-up area of Halifax.

As part of the Vickerman Street improvement plan, twelve allotments have been created and several will have shared use.

A TEAM of gardeners have taken security at their allotment site to a new level by taking part in a dedicated course.

A total of 54 members of Whiteleas-based Holder House project have undergone training to help make the plot they look after more secure.

Lasagna Gardening Book

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Lasagna Gardening – Lasagna Gardening at Amazon
Another great book about no dig gardening advocating a layered bed system.

Another recommended lazy gardener book is :
Gardening Without Work: For the Aging, the Busy & the Indolent

Top selling bedding plants

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

Top Sellers This Week
1. Geranium Parade
2. Geranium Fire Queen
3. Begonia Destiny
4. Begonia Sahara
5. Begonia Sparkle

Jersey Plants Direct have these amazing offers on to encourage you to order your bedding plants now. Great value!

Geranium Parade 100 Plants + 60 FREE

Geranium Parade 100 Plants + 60 FREE £9.99
Beautiful Geranium Parade Plug PlantsGeraniums for less than 7p per plant! It’s an industry first and an unbeatable offer. Now we can offer Geraniums as quality guaranteed plug plants.These beautiful Geraniums will bring lasting colour to your garden throughout the summer. The large flowers in reds and pinks will brighten your borders from June to October. An old favourite and a well loved Geranium!

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