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Price reductions at Blooming Direct

Friday, September 5th, 2014

Reduced products at Blooming Direct

Pensham Penstemon Collection - 12 plugs

Pensham Penstemon Collection – 12 plugs was £14.99 now £7.49
The Pensham series of Pentsemon were bred in Worcestershire, to suit the British climate. Tougher, more compact and longer-flowering, many also have larger white throats than their older relations. Their spires of gorgeous deep coloured flowers simply keep on coming from May to Autumn, and they are so very easy to grow, and hardy in well-drained spots too.

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New products at Blooming Direct

Friday, September 5th, 2014

New items added today at Blooming Direct

Cyclamen hederifolium - pack of 6 x 9cm

Cyclamen hederifolium – pack of 6 x 9cm £29.99
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 establsihed 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 bulltet proof plants. What could be easier? Perfect for that awkward shady space, whatever size of garden you have. You will get 3 pink flowered and 3 white flowered plants already one year old – not small bulbs you need to wait for.

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New products at Blooming Direct

Sunday, August 31st, 2014

Blooming Direct just added these new lines

300 Bulb Offer (150 + 150 Free)

300 Bulb Offer (150 + 150 Free) £19.99
150 top-quality bulbs, plus 150 extra free! Transform your garden with 6 whole months of fabulous colour each year – this fantastic offer is less than half the normal price you’d pay for 300 bulbs of this quality! From January right through to June you’ll be amazed by the dazzling array of colours and variety of shapes from these quite brilliant plants. They are perfect for patio containers and flower borders and best of all, each of these items will naturalise, so you’ll get bigger and better displays each year for many years to come! All of these bulbs are guaranteed to flower, so you’ll get a minimum of 300 stems of vivid colour each spring. 150 bulbs included in this pack: Anemone ‘De Caen’ Mixed x 50 bulbs A carpet of reds, pinks, blues and whites. They love sunshine and their poppy-like flowers make fantastic indoor cut flower displays. Flowers: 100 days from planting! Height: 25cm Tall Tulips ‘Triumph’ Mixed x 25 bulbs A kaleidoscope of colour. Incredibly versatile, very strong and sturdy, with the classic tulip shape. Flowers: April. Height: 50cm Allium Mixed x 50 bulbs Bright clusters of flowers on slender green stems. Cut them for fantastic indoor displays. Great for beginners. Flowers: Apr-May. Height: 25cm Iris ‘Dutch’ Mixed x 25 bulbs Unusual and striking flowers in contrasting shades of purple, white, orange and yellow. Very hardy and easy to grow. Flowers: May-June. Height: 50-65cm PLUS, GET THESE 150 BULBS EXTRA FREE! Chionodoxa Mixed x 50 bulbs Lots of pretty, star-shaped flowers appear in swathes in late winter. Very versatile and easy to grow. Ideal for rocky borders. Flowers: Jan-Feb. Height: 15cm Dwarf Narcissi ‘Tete a Tete’ x 50 bulbs Brilliant in pots, Tete a Tete produces lots of pretty, golden-yellow flowers from late February. Vigorous and strong. Flowers: Late Feb-Apr. Height: 15-20cm Muscari Mixed x 50 bulbs Immensely pretty, bell-shaped flowers on long, narrow, deep-green leaves. Free-flowering & easy to grow. Best planted in groups. Flowers: Mar-Apr. Height: 20cm

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New products at Blooming Direct

Friday, August 29th, 2014

Blooming Direct has these new items today

Chamomile Lawn set - 12 plugs

Chamomile Lawn set – 12 plugs £16.99
Grow your own fragrant chamomile lawn with this special clone of hardy chamomile. Unlike grass lawns this chamomile needs no cutting and forms a spreading low growing mat of dark green, finely cut foliage which exudes a delightful scent when crushed. Treneague is the clone used by professional landscapers as it is very vigorous yet remains neat and tidy unlike some otherseed raised kinds. Plant at a spacing of about 12 inches and plants will quickly spread to fill in gaps.

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New products at Blooming Direct

Thursday, August 28th, 2014

New item at Blooming Direct

Phyllostachys nigra (Black Bamboo) 5L

Phyllostachys nigra (Black Bamboo) 5L £29.99
Grab your chance to get a very special offer for such a huge, impactful bamboo plant! Black bamboo is slow growing, and the canes turn a rich, coffee-black colour after a year or so they will provide a wonderful spectacle and a great centrepiece and talking point. This mature, well established plant will provide instant impact in a large pot (keep well watered in Summer, they are thirsty beasts), looking great on patios or decking, and requiring very little maintenace. Or plant it in the ground where it will form nice attractive clumps over many many years. It is also good for screening or dividing areas of your garden, and will look lovely with the canes wafting and whispering in the breeze. Phyllostachys nigra is also much less invasive than others so dont worry about it taking over. Very hardy, it needs no maintenance or pruning, so it is perfect for busy gardeners, yet gives year round interest and texture to gardens of all styles and sizes. Can be divided into 2 plants in 5 years or so too! Enjoy!

Price reductions at Blooming Direct

Friday, August 22nd, 2014

Blooming Direct reduced the price on this item today

Hardy Perennial Gerbera 'Garvinea' Collection - pack of 3 x

Hardy Perennial Gerbera ‘Garvinea’ Collection – pack of 3 x was £14.99 now £9.99
The world’s first hardy Gerbera in a range of bright, zingy neon colours, the Garvinea series was launched 3 years ago to great acclaim across Europe. Bringing popular florists gerbera flowers to a garden perennial, they give an amazing 5 Months of colour form Spring to Autumn every year – not many plants can do that. Well, now they have got even better. The breeders in Holland who created them have developed an improved series with much bigger flowers, and even longer lasting performance. called the ‘Sweet Series’, they are brand new in 2014, and we are pleased to be able to get some of the limited stock. Retaining the same benefits of being Winter Hardy to around -8C (although avoid severe Winter wet), and flowering for 3 seasons of colour, their highly distinctive flowers simply keep coming – up to 50 on a 2 year old plant. We love them in traditional terracotta pots, in the sun, or grow in well-drained borders at the front, they will amaze you with their persistence of flowering and sheer flower number. In Winter they are herbaceous, so die back completely underground, to emerge bigger and better next year. You will get one plant each about to flower of:’Sweet Glow’ – deep warm orange’Sweet Honey’ – warm honey yellow’Sweet Dreams’ – bright magenta purple

New products at Blooming Direct

Thursday, August 21st, 2014

Blooming Direct just added these new products

The Ultimate Winter Hardy Shrub Collection x 12 Mature Bushe

The Ultimate Winter Hardy Shrub Collection x 12 Mature Bushe £24.99
You can now enjoy true year-round interest with vibrant flower colour, brightly coloured berries and stems, tactile bark and wonderfully fragrant flowers all for less than 1.25 per shrub simply brilliant value for money! These 12 tried and tested garden winners will fill any gaps you might have in your existing beds and borders or allow you to plant a new one from scratch, with each individual shrub having the potential to fill 1m2 / circa 10ftsq. Once planted they will rapidly grow away and look tremendous from this year onwards, providing a stunning visual display and a degree of privacy and security for you, as well as a natural safe haven for a wide variety of wildlife. The berries will provide much needed winter food for wild birds and the shrubby structure will provide cover and protection for them too. Varieties Included: Symphoricarpos albus: Known as the ‘Common Snowberry’ for obvious reason! The berries provide much needed winter food for wildlife. Height 3-4ft.Syringa vulgaris: The common Lilac produces fragrant lavender coloured blooms each May. Hardy and deciduous and great for hedging, it grows to 10-15ft tall.Cornus alba: The ‘Red-Barked Dogwood’ provides fantastic autumn colour with its bright red vertical branches. In summer it leafs up and even has soft pink flowers in mid-summer. Height 3-4ft. Potentilla fruticosa: An evergreen beauty, with masses of yellow saucer-shaped bloom throughout summer. Trim each March to make a perfect hedge. Height 3-4ft.Ribes aureum: Part of the currant family and known as the ‘Golden Currant or ‘Clove Currant. The bright yellow blooms have a vanilla-clove aroma. The foliage has beautiful autumn colour. Height 3-4ft. Spirea douglasii: Part of the rose family, it is often know as The Rose Spirea. Easy to grow with masses of pretty pink flowers in early summer. Perfect for small spaces – height 3ft Forsythia intermedia ‘Spectabilis’: Literally one of the most spectacular early season shrubs because of its bright yellow bloom. Perfect for hedges and really easy to grow. Height 4-5 ft. although can be trimmed in to a tidy hedge. Amelanchier lamarkii: Known more commonly as the ‘Juneberry’ because of the timing of its edible berries. It starts the year with a mass of star shaped flowering in March, at the same time the copper coloured foliage emerges. The summer foliage is light green but then turns crimson in autumn. Height 4-5ft. Deutzia scabra: Also Known as the Fuzzy Deutzia, this native of Japan & China grows to around 8ft tall and smothers itself in pure white fragrant flowers in June. Berberis thunbergii ‘Atropurpurea’: A great hedging plant because of its spiky branches, but also a beautiful garden plant. The yellow flowers appear in late spring and the purple foliage provides lovely autumn colour. Height 3-4ft. Philadelphus coronarius: Commonly known as the ‘Mock Orange’ it will be clothed in a profusion of creamy-white flowers throughout June & July. The flowers are fabulously fragrant. Height 5-6ft.Weigela rosea: A lovely garden shrub, with fabulous pink flower colour in May, June and July. Height 3-4ft. ‘We ordered the collection of 12 shrubs back in March/April as we have a large garden which was just lawn. We had previously purchased 2 shrubs from a garden centre that cost more than the 12 we bought from you. We thought if half survived, it would be worth the money but all 12 have thrived and a few have over taken the ones from the garden centre. The Spirea has even flowered, the Ribes has grown about 24 in these few months. What a bargain for these shrubs, yes its worrying when they turn up all bare but if regularly watered, they soon spring to life.’ ZR, Southend, July 2014

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Price reductions at Blooming Direct

Wednesday, August 20th, 2014

Price reduction on this product at Blooming Direct

Yucca elephantipes 5L pot 1,2M+

Yucca elephantipes 5L pot 1,2M+ was £19.99 now £9.99
A striking big instant impact Yucca, that tolerates a little frost, but best protected below -4C, although many larger specimens survive outside in urban and milder coastal areas, especially in good drainage, adding a touch of exotic all year round. Many people grow it in a big pot, and use it outdoors on patio or decking all summer for that wonderful exotic look and feel, and bring it inside for winter, into a conservatory or greenhouse, but even a dark corner of a shed or garage will do, as it shuts down in Winter, so does not need light or water. Add some instant exotic appeal to your garden with this tremendous value for money huge Yucca – the image with James above is of the stock you will get, showing the clear trunk formed already.

New products at Blooming Direct

Wednesday, August 20th, 2014

Blooming Direct has these new products today

Pair of Rhombus Black & Copper Planters 27cm

Pair of Rhombus Black & Copper Planters 27cm £12.99
Spruce up your patio and garden with these attractive decorative planters. Perfect for planting colourful bedding plants and shrubs that will stand out against the copper & black hand finished design. Each pot is made from durable weatherproof plastic, with a glazed, easy to clean finish. Can be used outdoors on your patio or by your front door or porchway, and just use a saucer underneath if using indoors as each pot has drainage holes underneath.

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New products at Blooming Direct

Wednesday, August 13th, 2014

New item at Blooming Direct

Mediterranean Oleander Collection 17cm pots - pack of 3

Mediterranean Oleander Collection 17cm pots – pack of 3 £24.99
3 Sweetly Fragrant Mediterranean Oleander Plants Smothered In Summer-Long Flowers, Fully Hardy – Perfect For Your Patio! One of the UKs favourite exotics, these gorgeous Oleander plants will add a real warm Mediterranean feel to your patio or balcony with their boldly coloured, sweetly perfumed pink, red and white blooms standing out against their rich green, glossy foliage. Flowering from May to September, each Oleander plant looks stunning in a terracotta pot on a patio or balcony. So easy to grow, Oleander plants simply love hot dry weather, yet are perfectly happy in conditions down to -5C. Brilliant value, these large, 3 year old plants are supplied fully established in 17cm pots.