Primula Autumn Gem 100 PLANTS + 60 FREE £16.99
A beautiful Autumn Flowering PrimulaThis beautiful autumn flowering Primula produces a colourful display perfect for brightening up those borders. The dark foliage complements the vivid colours of this Primula.

Primula Autumn Gem 50 Plants + 20 FREE £15.49
A beautiful Autumn Flowering PrimulaThis beautiful Autumn flowering Primula produces a colourful display perfect for brightening up those borders. The dark foliage complements the vivid colours of this Primula.

Primula Auricula Rainbow 50 Plants + 20 FREE £13.49
Fully Frost hardy and bursting with colourThese bedding plants are an established favourite and so frost hardy that they can be found growing in the Alps

Primula Vialiia (Orchid Primrose) 50 Plants + 20 FREE £13.49
Very hardy and produces vivid displaysThese bedding plants are a very hardy variety and when planted en masse they will produce a vivid display in early summer. They are best planted in a shady position and will perform well in boggy gardens. Originates from China

Primula Autumn Gem 28 Super Ready Plants £11.99
A beautiful Autumn Flowering PrimulaThis beautiful Autumn flowering Primula produces a colourful display perfect for brightening up those borders. The dark foliage complements the vivid colours of this Primula.

Primula Auricula Rainbow 28 Super Ready Plants £11.99
Fully Frost hardy and bursting with colourThese bedding plants are an established favourite and so frost hardy that they can be found growing in the Alps

Polyanthus & Primula Fertiliser 500ml £6.99
Specially Formulated FertiliserCompound fluid fertiliser containing magnesium, sulphur and trace elements 2.4 :0.9 :3.4A mineral nutrient solution formulated for Pansies and Violas and designed to support heavy flowering. Manufactured from pure mineral salts and enriched with organic plant acids to maintain and improve fertility in the soil.

Primula Auricula Rainbow 50 Seeds £4.49
Old favourite found in the AlpsSowing time is March to JulyThese bedding plants are an established favourite and so frost hardy that they can be found growing in the Alps.

Primula Vialiia (Orchid Primrose) 50 Seeds £3.49
Very hardy and produces vivid displaysSowing time is from March to JulyThese bedding plants are a very hardy variety and when planted en masse they will produce a vivid display in early summer. They are best planted in a shady position and will perform will in boggy gardens. Originated from China.

Order your primula bedding plants now and you’ll get great value and free delivery. Large choice of bedding plants at Jersey plants direct.

Viola Ochre (Trailing) 100 Plants + 60 FREE £14.49
A delicate flowered viola that will cascade over the sides of your potsMail Order ExclusiveThese Mail Order Exclusive bedding plants are a unique trailing Viola which is also scented and ideal for hanging baskets.

Perfect for tubs. Other numbers of plants are available. Free delivery available on all orders at Jersey plants direct.

Thompson & Morgan has these new products today

Perennial Collection A+B – 72 plug plants – 6 of each variety £17.99
Fill your beds and borders with this bargain perennial bumper collection. Perennial plants will bloom year after year and they can also be cut for beautiful flower arrangements. Collection comprises: A. Coreopsis ‘Sunray’ – Neat, long fl owering and colourful. B. Echinacea ‘Magic Box’ – Wide range of fragrant blooms. C. Scabiosa ‘Blue Jeans’ – Attracts bees and butterflies. D. Foxglove ‘Dalmation Peach’ – Best quality foxglove; unique colour. E. Poppy ‘Pizzicato’ Mixed – Large blooms – 20 per plant! F. Silene ‘Jack Flash’ – Easy to grow and long-flowering. G. Aquilegia ‘Swan’ Mixed – Longer flowering than other aquilegias. H. Lavender ‘Munstead’ – Perfect for cut flowers and drying. I. Heuchera ‘Palace Purple’ – An eyecatching front-of-border plant. J. Delphinium ‘Pacific Giants’ – Add height and structure to borders. K. Gaillardia ‘Arizona’ – Thrives in the poorest of soils. L. Carnation ‘Ever-blooming Mixed’ (Hardy) – Fragrant essentials for sunny borders.

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Winter bedding

Pansy

Primula and primroses

Viola

Time to think about autumn and winter bedding options. Our favourite looking bedding plant is the Can can ruffles!

From Thompson and Morgan

Carrot ‘Healthy Coloured Collection’ – 5 packets – 1 of each variety (2800 seeds in total) £8.99
This colourful collection is packed with vitamins to help you maintain a healthy diet as well as adding colour and interest to your food. Height: 30cm (12″). Spread: 15cm (6″). Carrot ‘Purple Haze’ – Deep orange flesh contrasts brightly with a rich purple skin. The smooth roots are long and heavy, reaching up to 25cms (10″) in length. Carrot ‘Yellowstone’ – This delicious, full-flavoured canary yellow variety is at its best eaten raw or roasted for the sweetest taste. Carrot ‘Healthmaster’ – This revolutionary variety provides 33-35% more beta carotene value to your diet than any other carrot!, Carrot ‘Sugarsnax’ – The long, tapered, 25cm (10″) roots contain high levels of beta carotene giving them a rich orange colour that will brighten any plate. Carrot ‘Rainbow’ – This colourful mix brings together F1 Hybrids in some of the best shades resulting from unique breeding over many years.

Carrot ‘Rainbow’ F1 Hybrid – 1 packet (300 seeds) £2.89
This colourful mix brings together F1 Hybrids in some of the best shades resulting from unique breeding over many years. Carrot ‘Rainbow’ produces a diverse range of skin and core colours that are all packed with vitamins. Perfect for adding a splash of colour to cooked dishes and salads. Height: 30cm (12”). Spread: 15cm (6”).

Healthy Vegetable Collection – 11 packets – 1 of each (2926 seeds in total) £15.99
Thompson & Morgan are pleased to be working with Dr. Laurence J. Trueman, the research leader at Horticultural Research International. Dr. Trueman says that the 5-a-day mantra is eating as wide a variety of fruit and vegetables as you can. However, if your plot is small he suggests the following Top 11 Healthy Vegetables to help you maximise the potential for health benefits.Collection comprises 1 packet each of:Pea Rondo: Rich in vitamins, they help remove harmful cholesterol.Onion Red Baron: The red ones have an extra benefit for the heart; anthocyanin.Spinach Perpetual: Popeye was right! You can eat no better vegetable.Kale Dwarf Green Curled & Broccoli Tendergreen: The only brassicas you really need!Watercress: A rising star: the healthiest natural super food available.Leek Oarsman F1 Hybrid: Enjoy to combined advantages of onions and green leafy vegetables.Tomato Aviro F1 Hybrid: Red pigment lycopene is a very big asset to health.Soya Bean Elena: The Chinese know about healthy food – they eat lots of these.Carrot Rainbow F1 Hybrid: Try the multicoloured ones for the full benefit of plant carotenoids.Pepper Summer Salad F1 Hybrid: Antioxidants in bright colours help fight the war against ageing.

Leaf Beet ‘Bright Lights’ – 1 packet (80 seeds) £2.29
This exciting RHS AGM leaf beet, produces a rainbow of coloured stems that are crowned with large leaves of green or bronze. The flavour is deliciously mild and packed with nutritional content. Leaf Beet ‘Bright Lights’ can be harvested from mid-summer to late autumn, and after a normal winter, it will re-emerge to give an unbelievably early spring crop! Guaranteed lo brighten the vegetable patch, or why not grow this colourful swiss chard cultivar in ornamental borders. Height: 50cm (20”). Spread: 40cm (16”).

Leaf Beet ‘Bright Lights’ – 10 plants £5.99
This exciting leaf beet, produces a rainbow of coloured stems that are crowned with large leaves of green or bronze. The flavour is deliciously mild and packed with nutritional content. Leaf Beet ‘Bright Lights’ can be harvested from mid-summer to late autumn, and after a normal winter, it will re-emerge to give an unbelievably early spring crop! Guaranteed lo brighten the vegetable patch, or why not grow this colourful swiss chard cultivar in ornamental borders. Height: 50cm (20”). Spread: 30cm (12”).T&M’s easy starter plants are expertly grown, taking away all of the worry of raising your own. Delivered ready for planting so that you can enjoy bigger, earlier and tastier vegetables. Our quality vegetable plants will be despatched at the correct time for planting.Please note: Delivery is subject to plant size, adverse growing conditions during production may delay despatch schedules.

Radish ‘Rainbow Mixed’ – 1 packet (500 seeds) £1.99
T&M has hand selected this visually stunning array of coloured skinned radishes all with crisp, white, delicious flesh. Radish Rainbow Mixed have round to plum shaped roots with white, purple, red, white and red, or a stunning gold skin, to add colour to your summer salads or sandwiches. Summer sowings grow quickly and will be ready to harvest in 28 days.

Salad Garden Collection – SPECIAL OFFER – 6 packets – 1 of each variety (3265 seeds in total) £4.99
We’ve put together Salad Garden Collection which is a selection of salad veg and herbs because we think you might like to try your hand at growing your own delicious salad. And the best part is that all these things are incredibly easy to grow – in a small area of garden, in pots or tubs on a patio. You can sow them at intervals too, so that you’ll have a continuous supply throughout the summer. Collection comprises one packet each of: Beetroot Boltardy (400 seeds), Tomato Gardener’s Delight (65 seeds), Niche Salad Leaves Mixed (400 seeds), Radish Rainbow Mixed (500 seeds), Spring Onion White Lisbon (650 seeds), Lettuce Little Gem (1250 seeds).

Sweet Pepper ‘Summer Salad Mixed’ – Part of the Alan Titchmarsh Collection – 6 plants £9.99
Find the warmest corner on your patio or in the garden and you’ll discover that you can easily grow your own sweet peppers. Give them lots of water and lots of feed, much the same as with tomatoes. Almost every colour of the rainbow can be found in this mix – use them fresh in salads or stuff and roast them.

I’d been to see a friend’s back yard and thought about what sort of compost bin she needed.
I hate the thought of weeds going to landfill when they can be recycled on site.

The yard only has small beds and not many weeds as there’s not much soil. It seems silly to have a massive compost bin when there are much neater options.

A very simple method is needed which involves putting the weeds under a sheet of cardboard on one section of bed (about 75 cm wide … or whatever size you can easily get pieces of cardboard…)
Put green weeds under it and then water the cardboard on top and put a layer of leaves/soil on top to hide the cardboard (and put a pot or brick on it to stop it blowing away)
A wormery would be good for just a few weeds and a bit of food waste though.
If you could find a big pot to go on top of the cardboard you don’t need to worry about hiding it. You’ve not got a lot of weeds to need anything more complicated.
You could just put them in a small layer without cardboard but cardboard encourgaes the worms to come up and deal with them quicker.
and stops them regrowing.

Nothing beats home grown strawberries – just serve them fresh or with cream for a fantastic summer treat.

Alpine Strawberry 12 Jumbo Ready Plants £11.99
Small mouth wateringly tasty fruitsWhy not bring some fun to your garden border as well as the vegetable patch? Ideal for hanging baskets and containers. The fruit is commonly used in cocktails in France. The plants will produce fruit from the following Spring.Small, mouth wateringly tasty fruits produced in abundance from spring to autumn.

Alpine Strawberry 28 Jumbo Ready Plants £14.99
Small mouth wateringly tasty fruitsWhy not bring some fun to your garden border as well as the vegetable patch? Ideal for hanging baskets and containers. The fruit is commonly used in cocktails in France. The plants will produce fruit from the following Spring.Small, mouth wateringly tasty fruits produced in abundance from spring to autumn.

Strawberry 12 Plants £10.99
Mouth watering satisfying tasteSymphony: Bred by the Scottish Crop Research Institute this is a top quality fruit, ideal for Pick Your Own. Bright, glossy berries with well coloured flesh and have a good shelf life. The plants are vigorous and strong growing with a high percentage of Class 1 fruit. Symphony also has good field resistance to mildew. Hapil: Popular variety that has worked well for many years. It flowers late, expecting to miss the last of the frosts and performs well in dry summers. The plants are easy to pick with excellent visibility in the row and produces heavy yields of large, well shaped, glossy fruits. Exceptional Pick Your Own and fresh market variety.These Strawberry plants have two varieties, giving a mouth watering satisfying taste

Strawberry 24 Plants £16.99
Mouth watering satisfying tasteSymphony: Bred by the Scottish Crop Research Institute this is a top quality fruit, ideal for Pick Your Own. Bright, glossy berries with well coloured flesh and have a good shelf life. The plants are vigorous and strong growing with a high percentage of Class 1 fruit. Symphony also has good field resistance to mildew. Hapil: Popular variety that has worked well for many years. It flowers late, expecting to miss the last of the frosts and performs well in dry summers. The plants are easy to pick with excellent visibility in the row and produces heavy yields of large, well shaped, glossy fruits. Exceptional Pick Your Own and fresh market variety.These Strawberry plants have two varieties, giving a mouth watering satisfying taste

Strawberry Sonata 12 Plants £9.99
Delicious home grown strawberriesShelter from the wind.Imagine the delight of picking your own strawberries, fresh from your garden. Strawberries are easy to grow and so tasty when picked fresh from the plant. Perfect for the vegetable patch, but also pots containers and borders. Just find a sunny spot and reap the fruit for years to come.

Strawberry Sonata 24 Plants £14.99
Delicious home grown strawberriesShelter from the wind.Imagine the delight of picking your own strawberries, fresh from your garden. Strawberries are easy to grow and so tasty when picked fresh from the plant. Perfect for the vegetable patch, but also pots containers and borders. Just find a sunny spot and reap the fruit for years to come.

2 Strawberry Planters £7.99
Ideal for the Patio!Each planter will hold 6 plants, 4 around the side and 2 in the bag. They also have handles which allow them to be easily moved and a flat base which is ventilated.”For those of you with patios, balconies or a small garden with no room for a strawberry patch our Strawberry Planters are ideal. Please note that the Strawberry Plants are sold Separately “

4 Strawberry Planters £13.99
Ideal for the Patio!Each planter will hold 6 plants, 4 around the side and 2 in the bag. They also have handles which allow them to be easily moved and a flat base which is ventilated.”For those of you with patios, balconies or a small garden with no room for a strawberry patch our Strawberry Planters are ideal. Please note that the Strawberry Plants are sold Separately “

Strawberry plants care is easy. Trim off runners in the first year and grow in well separated rows so you cna get between them easily to pick. Use straw if possible in summer to keep the fruits off the ground. Use slug pellets to stop slug damage or treat ground with nemotodes in the spring. Strawberry plants are easy to grow with little care needed. They will spread by way of runners (except alpine strawberries) and should crop well for about 3 years. Ensure you feed them too for a great crop.

Blueberries 3 Plants 9cm Pot £12.99
Delicious home-grown blueberriesPrefers well drained soilImagine the delight of picking your own blueberries, fresh from your garden. Delicious eaten straight from the bush.

Height 1.2-1.5m
Spread 50-60cm
Harvesting June to August
Planting Position Full Sun to Partial Shade
Sold As 9cm Pot
Despatch Period September to October
Free delivery