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New products at Blooming Direct

by John - July 23rd, 2015.
Filed under: Blooming Direct, New Products.

New lines at Blooming Direct

'Sibley's Patio Quince' tree 2L pot

‘Sibley’s Patio Quince’ tree 2L pot £24.99
We’ve unearthed a little gem here for you, the perfect patio fruit tree for smaller gardens. In fact it’s breeder, renowned British Fruit grower Will Sibley thinks it’s the best patio fruit tree you can grow. Quinces have fallen out of favour – and perhaps out of flavour too. Yet their sweet fruit make great jellies, jams, and sauces, and they have the most beautiful pink blossom too. Hardy and self-fertile, it really is an easy winner. This little beauty is destined to stay small, so works well in a big pot on the patio or terrace. The variety itself is naturally compact, and has been grafted onto a very dwarfing rootstock Will found in the former Soviet Union!! After 3 low maintenance years, you should get up to 50 tennis ball sized sweet yellow fruit each Summer – dig out those recipes and enjoy old-fashioned Quinces once again.

'Sibley's Patio Medlar' tree 2L pot

‘Sibley’s Patio Medlar’ tree 2L pot £24.99
‘Patio’ Medlar – Introduced by The Romans – now 2015 Years Later – available in ‘Ultra-Compact Patio Form’ for you to grow!! We’ve unearthed something really different for you here – usually the preserve of stately homes and seen as large, shapely trees, you can now have your own perfectly compact example BUT you will still pick a bumper crop or ‘Medlars’ each autumn. Possibly the perfect patio fruit tree for the smaller garden, it will form a perfect dome shape that will flower in spring and form unusual looking fruits that develop throughout the summer. Within a couple of seasons you should get 30 or so Medlars each autumn. The fruits will ripen once picked and become soft – the ripening process is referred to as ‘Bletting’. Once fully ripe in mid-late autumn, the soft, sweet flesh can be eaten as is or made in to a jelly preserve – it makes the perfect accompaniment to savoury dishes and goes brilliantly with cheese. It’s breeder, renowned British fruit grower and ‘Grafter’ William Sibley, has been working on new and novel, compact fruit trees for the British home gardener for decades, and claims that this is one of his best discoveries. Medlars have been somewhat overlooked in the rush to grow fruit in the home garden. Yet their most unusual looking fruit make great jellies, jams, and sauces, and they have the most beautiful pure-white spring blossom and attractive leathery green leaves in Summer too. Hardy and self-fertile, it really is an easy winner. This naturally compact beauty has been grafted onto a very dwarfing Pear rootstock, so it will stay very manageable in size for many years. It will look fabulous in a pot on your patio or terrace, but will be equally at home planted in to your garden soil in a sunny spot too.

'Sibley's Patio Gage Reine-Claude' tree 2L pot

‘Sibley’s Patio Gage Reine-Claude’ tree 2L pot £24.99
Introducing – the world’s first truly compact ‘Patio Green Gage’ – now you can pick delicious crops of full sized fruits for decades to come – right from your patio or balcony! If you have ever tasted old-fashioned greengage fruits, which the French call ‘Reine-Claudes’, you will know how wonderfully tasty and juicy they are. In fact, some would say they are the tastiest fruits you can produce! Available now for the first time in specially developed compact ‘Patio’ form you can grow them as the perfect patio fruit tree for smaller gardens that can be accommodated in as little as 3ft x 3ft! Developed by renowned British fruit grower and ‘Grafter’ William Sibley, this is the marriage of the perfect dwarfing rootstock which ensures it never exceeds 4ft tall, with the truly scrumptious ‘Reine-Claude’ fruits!. Their sweet late-summer fruits are some of the most delicious you can grow – looking like an unripe plum perhaps, they are packed with an intense flavour not found in regular plum varieties. They are so well loved in gastronomic France, the arrival of the first picked fruits is a reason for celebration in many parts of the country! Best eaten fresh in our opinion, you can also cook with them to make great flavour-packed jellies, tarts, jams, and sauces. As garden trees, they are very good ‘doers’, meaning they are no-nonsense great performers…. They have the most beautiful Spring blossom to kick off the year. A very hardy tree indeed, and partially self-fertile – you can increase crops by growing near peaches and nectarines, or using an artist’s paintbrush from flower to flower when in blossom. You might get limited fruit in the year of receipt, but should expect bumper-crops in the second or third season after planting. This little beauty is destined to stay small, so works well in a big pot on the patio or terrace. The variety has been grafted onto a very dwarfing rootstock that was discovered by William Sibley in the former Soviet Union!! Grab yours while it’s still in stock!

Pair Boulevard Patio Clematis + 10 skyscraper

Pair Boulevard Patio Clematis + 10 skyscraper £24.99
Blooming Brilliant! ‘Boulevard Patio Clematis’… Compact ‘flower-towers’ lasting 6 months each year. It’s incredible but true… these compact beauties really will produce a torrent of bright, star-shapes blooms continuously for 6 months – every year! Bred and developed by world renowned Raymond Evison, this pair of stunning ‘Boulevard’ beauties will captivate all summer long with their large, impactful blooms and repeat-flowering habit. They have been bred for their compact growing habit and precocious flowering nature so you can create a massive colour impact from a very limited space. They are perfect for growing in small spaces, in pots and containers, so are ideal for modern gardens where space may be limited. With displays lasting for up to 6 months – May until October – they will enliven any terraced garden, patio, balcony or conservatory. They will never get out of hand, growing to just 4ft tall when mature, and only require a minimum of annual maintenance – cut all stems back to 15cm (6′) in Feb/March- PLUS they are totally winter hardy too! Each supplied as a 50cm cane tripod in 2L pot. These unique clematis are simply fantastic value for money – order yours today!