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New products at Plant Me Now

by John - March 19th, 2015.
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New items today at Plant Me Now

Scented Mix (bulb scatter box)

Scented Mix (bulb scatter box) £5.9500
Easily create a scented area in your garden with this Scented Mix Scatter Box. The collection of bulbs in this pack can be randomly broadcast to produce a perfectly naturalised themed area within the garden. Contains: Freesia Blue Heaven (size 5up) Polianthes tuberosa (size 10-12) Leucocoryne Dione (size 5up) Gladiolus Callianthus (size 6-8)

Dahlia Decorative Mix (5 tubers)

Dahlia Decorative Mix (5 tubers) £5.9500
These stunning decorative dahlia tubers are a great addition to any garden border. This great value bag contains top grade dahlia bulbs for spring planting to give a range of coloured dahlias throughout the summer months. Dahlias like any well cultivated, garden soil with a good supply of organic material. Sunny sites away from strong winds. Use as a border or bedding plant dahlias make good cut flowers. Short varieties can also be grown in containers on the patio or balcony. Dahlias vary in height, so plant at the front or back of borders or in pots, according to height. Keep the plants well watered during growth. Either lift tubers after flowering and store frost free in dry compost or particularly in warmer areas, cover with a mulch over winter. For early flowering, tubers may be started off in boxes in April; use a light soil mixed with compost. Keep slightly moist, cool and free from frost. When he danger of frosts has passed, plant out the sprouted tubers. If used as a cut flower, cut the stems on when the flower has fully developed.

Dahlia Happy Singles Fusion (4 tubers)

Dahlia Happy Singles Fusion (4 tubers) £5.9500
Great for bees and butterflies, the large open blooms on our Dahlia Happy Singles collection will produce a fantastic display from July each year in your garden. Growing to around 80cm in height they’re ideal in beds, borders or pots and containers. Dahlias like any well cultivated, garden soil with a good supply of organic material. Sunny sites away from strong winds. Use as a border or bedding plant dahlias make good cut flowers. Short varieties can also be grown in containers on the patio or balcony. Dahlias vary in height, so plant at the front or back of borders or in pots, according to height. Keep the plants well watered during growth. Either lift tubers after flowering and store frost free in dry compost or particularly in warmer areas, cover with a mulch over winter. For early flowering, tubers may be started off in boxes in April; use a light soil mixed with compost. Keep slightly moist, cool and free from frost. When he danger of frosts has passed, plant out the sprouted tubers. If used as a cut flower, cut the stems on when the flower has fully developed.

Summer Blaze Mix (bulb scatter box)

Summer Blaze Mix (bulb scatter box) £5.9500
Perfect for creating an area with beautiful ‘hot’ summer colours. This collection contains bulbs which can be randomly scattered to produce a perfectly naturalised themed area. Contains: Anemone Hollandia (size 5-6) Crocosmia Mistral (size 8-10) Ixia Yellow Emperor (size 5up) Ranunculus Orange (size 5-6)

Canna Tropicanna Tubers (1 root)

Canna Tropicanna Tubers (1 root) £3.9500
If you’re looking for a plant that looks a little exotic, try these Canna Tropicanna tubers. Included in our ‘Select Range’ these dark orange flowered canna will bloom all summer long. Canna rhizomes like a moist, humus rich soil and to be in full sun. Dig-over the ground and add well-rotted manure if possible. Ideal for flower beds, outdoor containers and as focal points. Cannas are best started indoors in containers of moist compost at a temperature of 20C. Water sparingly until foliage develops and once well grown and rooted, plant out into containers or flower beds. Water regularly. Cannas aren’t frost hardy, so lift, clean and divide before the first frosts. Store in a frost free area until planting time again.

Tropaeolum Tricolour (1 bulb)

Tropaeolum Tricolour (1 bulb) £3.9500
Really unusual, tropical style flowers and a tall growing plant. These tubers flower from April – June and their red, green and yellow blooms despite being small are bound to be noticed! Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit, Tropaeolum Tricolour can grow up to 150cm tall if you give it something to hang on to.

Begonia Firebush (2 tubers)

Begonia Firebush (2 tubers) £2.9500
Firebush is a large red bush begonia. It grows to a height of 40cm and flowers from July onwards. Perfect for pots, beds and borders. Begonias like a rich, moist garden soil with good drainage. Preferably in a semi-shaded place, although they will bloom in full sun. Suitable for flower beds, borders, containers on the patio and balcony. Also suitable as a houseplant. Plant outdoors, hollow part uppermost when all danger of frost has passed. Keep the soil moist and remove faded flowers. At the end of the season, lift the tubers, cut the stems off just above the tuber and store in a dry soil at 4 – 10C. For early flowering, place tubers close together and level with the soil in trays containing damp compost and sand. Try to maintain a temperature of between 7 and 16C. Plant outdoors only when all danger of frost has passed.

Canna Chocolate Sunrise (1 root)

Canna Chocolate Sunrise (1 root) £2.9500
Gorgeous golden yellow flowers on attractive dark foliage. Canna Chocolate Sunrise is an excellent garden perennial to plant in a cottage garden themed flower bed. Growing to around 90cm in height, it produces these beautiful blooms throughout the summer. Canna rhizomes like a moist, humus rich soil and to be in full sun. Dig-over the ground and add well-rotted manure if possible. Ideal for flower beds, outdoor containers and as focal points. Cannas are best started indoors in containers of moist compost at a temperature of 20C. Water sparingly until foliage develops and once well grown and rooted, plant out into containers or flower beds. Water regularly. Cannas aren’t frost hardy, so lift, clean and divide before the first frosts. Store in a frost free area until planting time again.

Cosmos Atrosanguineus (1 root)

Cosmos Atrosanguineus (1 root) £2.9500
The Chocolate Plant! Okay, so you can’t eat it, but it produces these rich burgundy blooms with a chocolate scent in August through September. Growing to around 65cm in height, you can plant it in a flower bed or container – works well on a patio or front door for a talking point when the neighbours pop round.