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New products at Plant Me Now

Tuesday, April 8th, 2014

Lots of new products added today at Plant Me Now

Begonia Peardrop (5 ready plants)

Begonia Peardrop (5 ready plants) £14.95
Flowers right up until the first frosts! Begonia Peardrop has a beautiful compact, doming habit making it ideal for containers. The dark foliage contrasts beautifully with the bright salmon orange flowers. As the season progresses, the flowers develop a central yellow hue – giving this plant its name. Begonia Peardrop grows to around 25cm tall and flowers all summer long. For best results: Water well before planting and until established. Feed during the growing season. Deadhead faded Begonia flowers to encourage more blooms to be produced.

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New products at PondKeeper

Tuesday, April 8th, 2014

New products at PondKeeper

Eazypod Air UVC GREEN With Pondpush 10000 Pump

Eazypod Air UVC GREEN With Pondpush 10000 Pump £569.99
This filtration system contains everything you need for a goldfish pond up to 20,000 litres in size.
We have bundled together the Eazypod Complete (green finish) with the PondXpert Pondpush pond pump.
This set includes a UVC, air pump, pond pump and pond filter – all a good pond needs apart from the hole and the lining!

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New products at John Lewis

Tuesday, April 8th, 2014

John Lewis just added this new product

Joules Floral Filled Picnic Backpack, 4 Persons

Joules Floral Filled Picnic Backpack, 4 Persons £60.00
 Elegant and refined, this striking four-person backpack from Joules’ Floral range is the perfect partner for a great picnic with friends and family

Price reductions at Gardens and Homes Direct

Tuesday, April 8th, 2014

Reduced items at Gardens and Homes Direct

Honeysuckle Caterpillar Double Planter

Honeysuckle Caterpillar Double Planter was £25.99 now £23.99
Robustly constructed in sturdy steel and finished in bright colours, our Honeysuckle Caterpillar Double Planter is beautifully hand-crafted and finished in bright, attractive painted colours. The figure is finely detailed with a sprung neck joint and antennae, which quiver gently in the wind.Features:•    Beautiful handmade and finished, garden or conservatory double planter.•    Sturdy steel construction with fine hand-panted detailing.•    Suitable for indoor and outdoor use. •    Part of a complementary range of Honeysuckle Garden & Conservatory Planters and Ornaments.Dimensions:• Width 38cm/15in• height 33cm/13in

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New products at Gardens and Homes Direct

Tuesday, April 8th, 2014

Gardens and Homes Direct has these new items today

Ferndown Brown 4 Seater Garden & Conservatory Sofa Collection

Ferndown Brown 4 Seater Garden & Conservatory Sofa Collection £389.99
Our Ferndown Brown 4 Piece Garden and Conservatory Set combines design-elegance and versatility with durability. Perfect for informal entertaing in the garden on the patio or in the conservatory. A pair of sturdily constructed powder-coated steel framed arm chairs and a two-seat sofa with generous brown, buttoned cushions, complement the solid steel coffee table. The chairs have beautifully contoured deco-style design and the spacious rectangular table has a smooth-edged, slatted steel top.   Features: • Elegant, powder-coated steel framed, weather resistant construction*.• Thick, removable buttoned seat cushions with zip-on covers.• Solid steel, rectangular table with slatted top.• Part of a complementary range. Dimensions: Table: Length 97cm/38in Width 66cm/26in Height 55cm/22inChairs:…

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Price reductions at Suttons Seeds

Tuesday, April 8th, 2014

Suttons Seeds has cut the price of these items

Foam Tie For Plants

Foam Tie For Plants was £4.99 now £3.99
Ideal for many uses. Strong and flexible. Bends to make the required shape. Multi-purpose. Special foam tie for plants – 3mm (1/8) x 8m (26′).Strong and flexibleBends to make the required shapeMulti-purposeBUY three for just 6.00!

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Price reductions at Crocus

Tuesday, April 8th, 2014

Crocus has cut the price of these items

Lathyrus odoratus 'Gwendoline' (spencer sweet pea Gwendoline)

Lathyrus odoratus ‘Gwendoline’ (spencer sweet pea Gwendoline) was £6.99 now £4.99
These sweet peas are autumn sown and grown in root trainers to promote longer deep roots. They have been grown under a cold polythene tunnel and we will despatch them as soon as they are ready to be planted outside. (See the dates above for the estimated despatch date) Position: full sun Soil: fertile, humus-rich, well-drained soil Rate of growth: average to fast-growing Flowering period: June to September Flower colour: cream flushed with pink Other features: highly scented flowers Hardiness: hardy annual Creamy-white petals, which look like they have been dipped in pink icing sugar, form luscious sprays of flowers that appear in profusion in summer. This headily-scented variety looks great scrambling over an obelisk or sprawling over a hospitable, neighbouring shrub. Cut the flowers to fill your home with perfume, or leave them outside for the bees buzz about. In our (not very scientific) sweet pea trial on the nursery, we found that this variety had very pretty flower colour and was highly scented. There were not too many flowers left in August, and what there was had a stem length of around 6 – 8″. All the sweet-peas in our trial produced significantly better plants when the seeds were sown in autumn rather than spring. Garden care: Incorporate lots of well-rotted organic matter in the planting hole. To make sure you keep the plants in top condition spray regularly with a fungicide as all sweet peas are prone to mildew, and feed with a high potash fertiliser, such as Tomorite for plenty of flowers. Don’t forget to keep cutting the flowers so that you get plenty more!

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The war on weeds

Tuesday, April 8th, 2014

Watch on BBC TV iplayer program The War on weeds

One of the people Chris Collins interviews is Richard Maybe who has written: Weeds: The Story of Outlaw Plants

Thales cress is the fruit fly of the plant geneticist world!

I have a vague memory of a piece of film showing how weeds invade space in turn. Will hunt it down as it’s quite interesting.

Slug electric fence

Tuesday, April 8th, 2014

Slug electric fence – not entirely sure this is worth doing if slugs can get up under the soil in the raised bed.

Tallest peas?

Monday, April 7th, 2014

VICTORIAN TALL PEA COLLOSAL CLIMBING WORLDS TALLEST PEA ENORMOUS CROPS
THIS SUPERB VARIETY OF VICTORIAN TALL PEA HOLDS THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORD FOR THE TALLEST PEA IN THE WORLD, WITH THE RECORD HOLDING PLANT MEASURING IN AT OVER 14 FEET TALL !!!

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