New products at Crocus
by Sarah - November 29th, 2014.Filed under: Crocus, New Products.
New items at Crocus
Laurel kneeler pad £19.99
This versatile, laurel green kneeler is a top quality bit of kit. It is made from 100% polyester that makes cold, wet and muddy knees a thing of the past. Each kneeler has a leather carrying handle and a front pocket, which is handy for storing string, garden gloves or a planting trowel. Weeding and planting will never have felt so comfy! Measurements 25 wide x 56cm long x 5cm thick
Geranium sanguineum (bloody cranesbill) £7.99
Position: full sun or partial shade Soil: moist, well-drained, humus-rich, acid soil or ericaceous compost Rate of growth: average to fast growing Flowering period: May to June Hardiness: fully hardy In May through to June, this geranium is smothered with cheerful, cup-shaped mag enta flowers with white centres and distinctive veins. Thriving in full sun or partial shade, it forms low hummocks of deeply cut, shiny, dark green leaves, i deal for suppressing weeds at the front of the border. It occurs naturally on a cid soils, but will flourish in most fertile, well drained soils. Garden care: In midsummer rejuvenate plants that are beginning to look jaded, by removing old flowered stems and leaves. Lift and divide large colonies in spring.
Geranium phaeum ‘Album’ (cranesbill) £6.99
Position: full sun or partial shade Soil: fertile, well-drained Rate of growth: average to fast Flowering period: May to June Hardiness: fully hardy A useful geranium that will thrive even in damp or dry shade. This has small, nodding, white flowers with yellow centres in late spring to early summer, held high above green, deeply lobed leaves, with distinctive purple blotches around the centre. It will quickly spread to form a hummock of foliage that is good for suppressing weeds. Use it in woodland, among ferns, where the white flowers will shine, or under deciduous trees. Garden care: In midsummer rejuvenate plants that are beginning to look jaded, by removing old flowered stems and leaves. Lift and divide large colonies in spring.
Geranium phaeum (dusky cranesbill) £5.99
Position: full sun or partial shade Soil: fertile, well-drained Rate of Growth: average to fast-growing Flowering period: May to June Hardiness: fully hardy Valuable groundcover, this clump-forming perennial has handsome foliage, which may have purple-brown blotches and in late spring and early summer, maroon or near black flowers with white centres. Garden care: In mid-summer rejuvenate plants that are beginning to look jaded by removing old flower stems and leaves. Lift and divide large colonies in spring.