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Archive for February, 2015

New products at Gardening Direct

Friday, February 13th, 2015

Gardening Direct has these new products today

Shrub Offer Phormium Pink Stripe 1 Plant 3 Litre

Shrub Offer Phormium Pink Stripe 1 Plant 3 Litre £4.99
Beautiful coloured leaves providing year round interestA colourful Phormium, aka flax, with long green fronds that have a narrow stripe of pinkish red down the leaves. Great for containers or garden borders. Ideal plants for costal gardens.

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New products at Garden Buildings Direct

Friday, February 13th, 2015

Garden Buildings Direct has these new products today

Medium Wooden Composter

Medium Wooden Composter £39.95
Our Grange Medium Wooden Composter Bin is the second biggest composter bin in the Grange Composter Series the timber composter bin has an efficient slatted wood design and is preserved by a pressure treatment on the surface of the wood to prolong the quality of the wood and make it resilient to bacteria. The Grange Medium Wooden Composter is perfect for keeping your garden tidy and will provide an innovative compost bin. Product Specification . The Grange Small Wooden Composter contains the following features and functions . Pressure Treated Timber Green . Breaks Down Waste Material and Keeps Garden Tidy . Good Quality Timber . 2nd Biggest Composter In Series . Slatted Design . Manufactured by Grange Style.

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New products at Dobies

Friday, February 13th, 2015

Dobies just added these new lines

Perennial Plants - Summer  Collection

Perennial Plants – Summer Collection £29.99
The strength of a perennial lies in a strong root system. Collection contains 6 plants – 1 each of:Achillea Wonderful Wampee – Height 56cm (22); spread 74cm (29). Flowers June-September. Suitable for cut flowers. Prefers full sun or partial shade. Campanula persicifolia Chettle Charm – Height 75-90cm (30-36); spread 30cm (12). Flowers June-September. Prefers full sun or partial shade. Coreopsis Crme Brulee – Height 51cm (20); spread 89cm (35). Flowers July-October. Prefers full sun.Dierama Blackbird – Height 100cm (40). Flowers August-September. Prefers full sun or partial shade. Helenium Salsa – Height 40-50cm (16-20); spread 50-60cm (20-24). Flowers June. Suitable for cut flowers. Prefers full sun. Lantana Chapel Hill Yellow – Height 60cm (24); spread 60cm (24). Flowers June-October. Prefers full sun.

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New products at Suttons Seeds

Friday, February 13th, 2015

New lines today at Suttons Seeds

Perennial Plants - Summer  Collection

Perennial Plants – Summer Collection £29.99
The strength of a perennial lies in a strong root system. Collection contains 6 plants – 1 each of:Achillea Wonderful Wampee – Height 56cm (22); spread 74cm (29). Flowers June-September. Suitable for cut flowers. Prefers full sun or partial shade. Campanula persicifolia Chettle Charm – Height 75-90cm (30-36); spread 30cm (12). Flowers June-September. Prefers full sun or partial shade. Coreopsis Crme Brulee – Height 51cm (20); spread 89cm (35). Flowers July-October. Prefers full sun.Dierama Blackbird – Height 100cm (40). Flowers August-September. Prefers full sun or partial shade. Helenium Salsa – Height 40-50cm (16-20); spread 50-60cm (20-24). Flowers June. Suitable for cut flowers. Prefers full sun. Lantana Chapel Hill Yellow – Height 60cm (24); spread 60cm (24). Flowers June-October. Prefers full sun.

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New products at Jersey Plants Direct

Friday, February 13th, 2015

New items added today at Jersey Plants Direct

Shrub Offer Phormium Pink Stripe 1 Plant 3 Litre

Shrub Offer Phormium Pink Stripe 1 Plant 3 Litre £4.99
Beautiful coloured leaves providing year round interest A colourful Phormium, aka flax, with long green fronds that have a narrow stripe of pinkish red down the leaves. Great for containers or garden borders. Ideal plants for costal gardens.

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Price reductions at GreenFingers

Friday, February 13th, 2015

Reduced price on items today at GreenFingers

Apta Zinc Flared Square Planter - 44cm

Apta Zinc Flared Square Planter – 44cm was £14.99 now £11.99
Perfect to showcase your plants this attractive and stylish Tall Zinc Flared Square Planter looks great indoors or outdoors. Manufactured from zinc which takes away the drawbacks of using ceramics this planter is a contemporary design of a very traditional and classic product. It will enhance any area needing a stunning visual impact.Planters make it possible for anyone to experience the joy of gardening and provide the opportunity to cultivate and produce favourite herbs vegetables as well as plants flowers shrubs and even small trees.Pre-drilled drainage holeDimensions: W30 x D30 x H44cm For ideas or inspiration for your garden decor please click here to view our range of garden ornamentation and decoration.

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New products at GreenFingers

Friday, February 13th, 2015

GreenFingers has these new items today

Flower Seeds - Cosmos Brightness Mixed

Flower Seeds – Cosmos Brightness Mixed £2.69
Cosmos Brightness Mixed is possibly the most free-flowering cosmos of this type. Dwarf and bushy plants are covered with flowers in a delightful mixture of gold lemon orange and red from early summer through to the autumn frosts. Spectacular when planted towards the front of annual borders or in containers these will certainly add colour to your surroundings! Type: Hardy perennial Sowing: Sow January to May. Sow seed on the surface of a good free-draining damp seed compost and place at a temperature of 18-29C (65-85F). Lightly cover the seed with vermiculite. Place in a propagator or seal container inside a polythene bag until after germination which usually takes 14-30 days. Do not exclude light as this helps germination.Growing: Transplant seedlings when large enough to handle into trays or 7.5cm (3in) pots. Gradually acclimatise plants to cooler conditions for a few weeks before planting out after all risk of frost 45-6cm (18-24in) apart. Quantity: 100 seeds

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Price reductions at Crocus

Friday, February 13th, 2015

Crocus reduced the price on these items today

Rootgrow - licensed by the Royal Horticultural Society

Rootgrow – licensed by the Royal Horticultural Society was £9.99 now £8.99
This is the first and currently the only plant or soil treatment to be licensed by The Royal Horticultural Society. RHS Gardeners find plants treated with Rootgrow Have superior plant establishment with better natural vigour Overcome re-plant problems more successfully Have better developed root systems Are better able to cope with conditions of drought A single application of Rootgrow will support a plant for its entire lifetime. “At RHS Garden Wisley, we use rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi when planting trees and shrubs and we are now starting to use it when planting perennials. For me, using rootgrow mycorrhizal fungi has become one of the most important ingredients to ensure planting success” Colin Crosbie – Curator RHS Garden Wisley How do mycorrhizal (pronounced my-cor-y-zal) fungi benefit plants? In its simplest sense mycorrhizal fungi do everything plant roots do, just better. When new plants are planted with Rootgrow it takes only 2-4 weeks under normal conditions for these fungi to start benefiting plants. In that time they attach themselves to the plant’s root system and grow out rapidly into the soil, searching for nutrients and water. They essentially become part of the plant’s own root system. The benefits to plants are; Better nutrient uptake. These fungi are so much thinner and finer than the plant’s own roots they can therefore find nutrients in the soil far more efficiently than the plant’s own coarse roots. They are especially good at finding nutrients responsible for flowering and fruiting such as Phosphorus and Potassium. As they can explore a much greater amount of soil than the plant’s own roots they are also far more likely to find trace elements and the rare nutrients that all plants need to grow well. Drought tolerance Mycorrhizal fungi are an essential part of a plant’s ability to combat drought. Leaves and stems have developed mechanisms to combat drought such as silver leaves, waxy leaves and hairy leaves but these adaptations on their own aren’t enough if the plant doesn’t have its friendly fungal partner on its roots. Mycorrhizal fungi hold onto water in soils like a sponge. Establishment in difficult soils Mycorrhizal fungi will enable plants to establish and thrive even in difficult soils. In poor sandy soils the mycorrhizal fungi will be able to find scarce nutrients and hold onto water. In clay

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New products at Crocus

Friday, February 13th, 2015

Crocus just added these new products

Evergreen complete 4 in 1

Evergreen complete 4 in 1 £12.99
Evergreen complete 4 in 1 will help you produce a more beautiful lawn after just one simple application. The unique four in one formula feeds and greens your grass, kills the weeds and moss and also helps your lawn make the most of every drop of water that falls. It is also quick and easy to apply through the built in hand held spreader, just walk up and down the lawn spreading as required. In just one week, your grass will become greener, the moss will turn brown before dying off and within a few weeks broadleaved weeds such as white clover, daisies and dandelions will twist and turn until they fade away. The long lasting nutrients in this feed will continue to feed the grass so that it becomes thicker and greener over the next six weeks. Supplied in a 3.5kg spreader pack which will cover 100 square meters.

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New products at Blooming Direct

Friday, February 13th, 2015

Blooming Direct has this new item today

Cyclamen hederifolium Pink - pack of 3 x 9cm

Cyclamen hederifolium Pink – pack of 3 x 9cm £12.99
Not to ever be confused with pot plant Cyclamen produced in their masses for Christmas, these superb wild Cyclamen are a stunning garden plant for slowly naturalising in shady spots under trees and hedges, providing subtle Autumn colour and long term foliage interest. Their flowers are produced in profusion in Autumn – once established the flowers appear straight form the ground before any leaves form. As they die back in Winter, the striking silver marked deep green leaves, with whorls of splashes and random leaf markings appear, and last until the heat of the following Spring. They will slowly spread out into small clumps, and naturalise to form a delicate carpet, of totally hardy, no maintenance, almost bullet proof plants. What could be easier? Perfect for that awkward shady space, whatever size of garden you have.