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New products at Dobies

by Sarah - April 20th, 2016.
Filed under: Dobies, New Products.

Dobies just added these new products

Viburnum lantana Plant - Mohican

Viburnum lantana Plant – Mohican £15.99
A deciduous shrub with compact growth habit. Dark green leaves make a striking back-drop to creamy-white flowers that turn into orange-red fruits. Flowers May-June. Height 200-250cm. Supplied in a 3 litre pot.

Spiraea japonica Plant - Albiflora

Spiraea japonica Plant – Albiflora £11.99
A japanese Spirea with arching branches. It bares an abundance of white flowers in mid-summer. The leaves turn to beautiful autumn colours. Height 50-60cm. Supplied in a 3 litre pot.

Viburnum dentatum Plant - Blue Muffin Christom

Viburnum dentatum Plant – Blue Muffin Christom £15.99
Shapely, deciduous plant with attractive leaves, covered in white, flat-topped clusters of flowers during late spring. Blue berries follow in the summer which attract birds. Good foliage colour in the autumn. Useful either as a specimen plant, within an informal hedge or in the mixed border. Height 90-100cm. Supplied in a 3 litre pot.

Rhododendron Plant - Red Jack

Rhododendron Plant – Red Jack £19.99
An evergreen hybrid rhododendron with mid green leaves. It bears clusters of bell-shaped red flowers in the spring. Flowers April-May. Height 180cm. Supplied in a 4 litre pot.

Gourmet Fruit Tree - Pear

Gourmet Fruit Tree – Pear £34.99
NEW & EXCLUSIVE – Perfect if you have only a limited space for growing fruit trees, but would love to have a wide range of delicious varieties to enjoy! Each of these trees has had several outstanding varieties grafted onto the single stem, so you can enjoy picking them all from just one tree! Self-fertile. Supplied in a 5 litre pot. PEAR – Four mouth-watering favourites on a single tree!Conference – Medium sized with a sweet flavour.Doyenne du Comice – Very juicy with a rich, buttery flavour.Williams Bon Chretien – Good for cooking – great flavour and aroma.Beurre Hardy – Juicy and sweet with a hint of rosewater.

Spiraea vanhouttei Plant

Spiraea vanhouttei Plant £11.99
This beautiful deciduous shrub has been grown in our gardens for over a century, and, as the largest spiraea, is ideal for the back of a border. In early summer it puts on a lavish display of crowded clusters of pure white flowers. The foliage turns a conspicuous shade of purple in autumn. Height 100-150cm. Supplied in a 3 litre pot.

Grafted Tomato Plants - F1 Crimson Cherry

Grafted Tomato Plants – F1 Crimson Cherry £14.97
And now we’re pleased to introduce NEW grafted Tomato F1 Crimson Cherry …. All the enviable blight resistance of Crimson Crush, in a very early cropping large cherry type! Supplied in 10cm pots.Crimson Cherry like Crimson Crush has the best tolerance to late blight disease we have ever seen! Plants can still exhibit infection on up to 15-20% of the leaf surface, but that’s when the resistance kicks in and previously healthy plants can normally grow away from the attack!As well as its ability to shrug off even the worst blight, it will provide great yields of exceptionally fine tasting, large, cherry tomatoes. Bred for outdoor growing, it’s the tomato that everyone should be planting this year!TOM EXPLAINS THE TECHNICAL STUFF YOU MAY WANT TO KNOWThis variety is unique in that it has two resistance genes to Phytopthera infestans (Late Blight), giving it full resistance to all strains of blight currently found in the UK. So if blight spores come into contact wth the plant the infection will not spread throughout the plant.It’s been bred using natural methods and has been tested throughout the breeding process using Marker Assisted Selection (MAS).Please note: With regards to the nature of the blight resistance, plants can still show infection (up to 15-20%) of leaves, stems etc. without effecting fruit quality or yield. The plants having the resistance to be able to grow away from the attack.Please note: There is a possibility that your plant will include a grafting clip, if it does, this is an integral part of the grafting process and that it should be left in place. As the plant grows it will naturally shrug off the clip.

Grafted Tomato Plants - F1 Crimson Crush

Grafted Tomato Plants – F1 Crimson Crush £14.97
Crimson Crush has the best tolerance to late blight disease we have ever seen! Plants can still exhibit infection on up to 15-20% of the leaf surface, but that’s when the resistance kicks in and previously healthy plants can normally grow away from the attack! For 2016 we are able, for the first time, following extensive trialing, Crimson Crush is available as grafted plants!As well as its ability to shrug off even the worst blight, Crimson Crush will provide great yields of exceptionally fine tasting, large, round tomatoes (each weighing up to 200g). Bred for outdoor growing, it’s the tomato that everyone should be planting this year! Supplied in 10cm pots.Why have we grafted Crimson Crush this year? Grafting onto specific rootstocks of course creates bigger, better, more disease-resistant plants with increased yield. Consequently, we believe, the extra vigour which the plant obtains will provide even better protection to late Blight attack and the plants will grow away from any infection even more rapidly.(Cordon variety – one stem grown by pinching off side-shoots as they appear, needs staking and tying in.) This is not just a blight resistant tomato it is a blight beating tomato. Never be disappointed with your tomato crop when blight strikes again. Ideal for the home or the allotment.TOM EXPLAINS THE TECHNICAL STUFF YOU MAY WANT TO KNOWThis variety is unique in that it has two resistance genes to Phytopthera infestans (Late Blight), giving it full resistance to all strains of blight currently found in the UK. So if blight spores come into contact wth the plant the infection will not spread throughout the plant.It’s been bred using natural methods and has been tested throughout the breeding process using Marker Assisted Selection (MAS).Please note: With regards to the nature of the blight resistance, plants can still show infection (up to 15-20%) of leaves, stems etc. without effecting fruit quality or yield. The plants having the resistance to be able to grow away from the attack.Please note: There is a possibility that your plant will include a grafting clip, if it does, this is an integral part of the grafting process and that it should be left in place. As the plant grows it will naturally shrug off the clip.

Wisteria dormosa Plant - Issai (syn. Domino)

Wisteria dormosa Plant – Issai (syn. Domino) £19.99
Flowering sooner than many other wisterias, Issai is a wonderful climber producing long racemes of of violet flowers that carry a distinct white spot at its base. Twining in an anti-clockwise direction the stems are covered in green leaves that turn to a pleasing yellow in autumn. Flowers May-June. Height 301cm+. Supplied in a 2 litre pot.