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Price reductions at Blooming Direct

by John - June 24th, 2017.
Filed under: Blooming Direct, Price Reductions.

Blooming Direct has cut the price of these products

Garden Bloom Chrysanthemum Collection x 12 Jumbo Plug Plants

Garden Bloom Chrysanthemum Collection x 12 Jumbo Plug Plants was £4.99 now £2.99
Garden Bloom Chrysanthemums bear a single large flower rather than the multiple flowers that Spray types produce. These are really fashionable with top florists and command very high prices per stem, so if you grow your own you can have a magnificent display indoors and out and also save a small fortune! Throughout the growing season, remove the side shoots on a fortnightly basis (these are the little growths between the leaves and the stem) as this directs all of the energy in to the single large top flower. They bloom from September to October, so they make a perfect companion to the spray chrysanthemums, with each plant giving you approximately 3-4 stems of cut-able flowers. They are ready to cut as soon as you see the first sign of colour appearing and when they get to this stage, cut the stems quite low down, around 15cm (6′) from the ground level, and remove the lower leaves from the cut stems prior to plunging them in to a tall vase of cold water. As an indoor display, they will last at least 2 weeks, but do change the water every few days as this keeps them in the best possible condition. Support them throughout the growing season with a strong bamboo cane per plant. Although a little more work is involved in growing Bloom Chrysanthemums, the quality and impact of the flowers will more than repay you for your effort!

Pack of 12 Garden Spray Chrysanthemum Bedding Plants Jumbo Plugs

Pack of 12 Garden Spray Chrysanthemum Bedding Plants Jumbo Plugs was £4.99 now £2.99
If you would like to grow your own tall, strong stems of cut flowers, for harvest late this summer and in to the autumn months these are the perfect plants to grow. They will flower from August and into October, with each plant giving you approximately 5-6 stems for cut flowers. They are ready to pick as soon as the first few flowers Break Bud, which means start to show some colour when they get to this stage, cut the stems quite low down, around 15cm (6′) from the ground level, and remove the lower leaves from the cut stems prior to plunging them in to a tall vase of cold water. As an indoor display, they will last at least 2 weeks, but do change the water every few days as this keeps them in the best possible condition. When grown exclusively as a border plant, give them some support with a bamboo cane and position them towards the back of a border where they will brighten your garden just when so many other plants are coming to the end of their season.

Cosmos 'Apollo Mix' x 12 jumbo plugs

Cosmos ‘Apollo Mix’ x 12 jumbo plugs was £9.99 now £3.99
Add that cottage garden feel to your borders and pots with Cosmos Apollo. It’s very free flowering with extra large petals and is, quite simply, the best Cosmos on the market for patio containers giving a succession of pastel blooms in shades of white, blush, light and dark rose pink. It’s pollen rich centres are thronged by bees on warm sunny days as well. The stems of this new introduction are strong and compact meaning it will need little or no support in the border unlike other varieties. With it’s delicate feathery foliage Apollo makes a lovely cut flower too.

Jumbo Flowered American Fuchsia Collection x 12 Jumbo Plugs

Jumbo Flowered American Fuchsia Collection x 12 Jumbo Plugs was £6.49 now £3.99
Like many things in America, it seems the bigger, bolder and braser the better! And the same is true of Jumbo Flowered American Fuchsias – a must for every summer flowering display! So many keen gardeners consider any hanging basket incomplete without at least some fuchsias, so if you have grown fuchsia before and liked them, you will certainly love these giants too. With layer upon layer of delicate petals they are breathtakingly beautiful and always draw admiring glances. A regular best-seller with our Customers, they simply perform year in year out, whatever our Summer weather throws at us. Just look at their size and impact, each flower is up to 10cm (4 inches) across. Each collection contains 3 plants each of: Voodoo – deepest ruffled purple centres, with redSwingtime – bright red and whiteOrange King – striking orange centres, with salmon pink outerHolly’s Beauty – gorgeous soft lavendar pink These 4 varieties have been selected for their huge flower size and Summer long performance and beautiful colour combinations. They always look best when planted up where they can trail and you can look up in to the blooms, as they cascade over the side of baskets. Follow the crowd, and see why Jumbo Flowered American Fuchsias are lighting up British gardens too!

Tumbelina Petunia Fragrant Collection 12 plug plants

Tumbelina Petunia Fragrant Collection 12 plug plants was £14.99 now £4.99
Tumbelina Petunias are the original and still the best double, trailing, fragrant petunias. Their carnation-like flowers have masses of gorgeous petals that layer upon each other creating the perfect summer patio display, unlike any other available. The varieties in this collection have been chosen for their gorgeous heady perfume which will fill the air wherever you grow them. Plant them in hanging baskets, window boxes and patio containers where they will excel. Their gently trailing habit means they will tidily tumble over the edge of the container and trail for approx. 30cm (1ft), with flowers along the full length of the branches. They will flower from late May to the first frosts and require only occasional dead-heading to prolong displays. Bred in The UK near Cambridge, they have been rigorously trialled, tested and proven to grow brilliantly in this country in our variable Summers. Varieties Included: Priscilla, Belinda, Joanna, Melissa, Katrina and Margarita – 2 plugs of each.

Premium Fuchsia Eruption - 12 plugs

Premium Fuchsia Eruption – 12 plugs was £12.99 now £4.99
This incredible new fuchsia will allow you to create hanging basket displays like youve never seen before! Its easy to see why Eruption is so named it is literally smothered with wave after wave of hot-pink, elongated flowers throughout the summer months. This new vigorous trailing variety is perfect for adding dense colour and impact to hanging baskets, window boxes and containers. It will produce a staggering amount of flowers for a fuchsia plant and they wont stop until the first frosts in autumn. Fuchsias are one of the most popular basket plants, and these beauties will give you something a bit different, but very rewarding this summer.

Chrysanthemum Garden 'Mums Collection - 18 Plug Plants

Chrysanthemum Garden ‘Mums Collection – 18 Plug Plants was £16.99 now £6.99
Nothing heralds the arrival of Autumn in the garden than good old-fashioned Chrysanths – and these amazing Hardy Garden ‘Mums are just the ticket to fill your garden with colour late on in the season and on into Winter. Naturally dome forming and compact, they will make fabulous potted plants for outdoors, or neat little domes in beds and borders. They will be smothered in literally hundreds and hundreds of flowers in deep, rich Autumnal shades, their filled centres joining together to create a carpet of colour. You will get 3 jumbo plugs each of 6 colours from the Gigi series – Orange, Coral, Pink, Dark Pink, Snow and Yellow – all flowering their socks off from late August well into November. Perfection for the Autumn garden!

Cercis 'Avondale' (Redbud) plant in 9cm pot

Cercis ‘Avondale’ (Redbud) plant in 9cm pot was £9.99 now £6.99
A real showstopper, this simply phenomenal tree can’t help but be the centrepiece of any spring time garden. Flowering even before its pretty heart-shaped foliage has formed, its gorgeous soft pink foliage looks even more dramatic and impressive against dark, bare branches – it even turns a wondeful golden yellow colour in autumn! Creating far more impact that any Flowering Cherry can ever hope to achieve, this deciduous Chinese Redbud ‘Avondale’ has everything! Growing no more than 9-10 feet tall in 10 years its the perfect tree for any size of garden. Surprisingly easy to grow and very hardy too, its also normally very expensive to buy, and rarely available at this size, but is great value here! This very special offer means you can have this sensational tree for up to 75% less than normal! Rare, beautiful and superb value what more could you want!!

Hollyhock Halo Mix x 12 plugs

Hollyhock Halo Mix x 12 plugs was £14.99 now £7.49
Many people choose Hollyhocks as the one plant that symbolises a traditional English cottage garden look – and now thanks to new British breeding, they are even more colourful, and long-lasting. Called ‘Halo’ because of the gorgeous contrasting two-tone darker eye, they add a new twist to these upstanding garden performers – adding height, grace, elegance and colour to Summer gardens with their huge almost 1.5M tall spires of single flowers. In a lovely pastel mix of creams, pinks, reds, and lavender shades to name a few, this really is a great garden addition. Grow at the back of borders, against hedges and fences, and anywhere they can show off their bold flower spikes to full effect, you will be delighted by their delicate flower tones.