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Archive for the 'Blooming Direct' Category
Sunday, August 10th, 2014
Blooming Direct has these new items today
Yucca elephantipes 5L pot 1,2M+ £19.99
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.
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Saturday, August 9th, 2014
Blooming Direct has cut the price of these lines
Jumbo Patio Gerbera Collection – pack of 3 was £14.99 now £7.49
We all know and love the bold, bright and zingy colours of Gerberas in fresh flower bouquets. Imagine growing these in your garden with much bigger flowers, up to 20cm across, with 30 stems per plant too. Well, now you can grow these with the new Jumbo Patio Gerbera series.
Bred in Holland by the World’s leading Gerbera flower propagators, and direct from their nurseries, these sensational new plants combine the popular colours, with a turbo-charged plant habit that keeps on producing flowers from July til the first frosts of Winter – up to 30 in total per plant.
This set comprises of 3 carefully selected varieties as shown, one of each:
‘Everglades’ a huge, two tone pink, with deep rose pink centres – huge flowers up to 20cm across
‘Kings Canyon’ a gorgeous yellow with classic black disc
‘Yosemite’ – a deep vibrant orange, with contrasting darker centre
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Thursday, August 7th, 2014
Blooming Direct has these new lines today

Hibiscus Tricolour 80cm stem £29.99
No, your eyes are not deceiving you – this amazing hardy Hibiscus standard tree actually does have 3 colours on the same tree, and will stay that way too.
Hibiscus are often propagated by grafting, and the clever nurserymen have here grafted 3 individual different colours – blue, pink and white – to the top of the standard stem. Usually they would graft 3 of the same colour, but in an experimental moment, created this delightful result.
And vitally, all 3 varieties have been selected carefully so they grow at similar rates, and no one colour will dominate the tree. This is a more reliable method than the sometimes offered 3 colours plaited together. All they need is an annual trim to shape, and they will stay in this lovely mix for years.
Hibiscus syriacus is totally hardy in the UK, but thrives best in hot, sunny spots, and responds well to heavy feeding, especially trace elements. Flowering in August and September, prepare to amaze your friends and neighbours with this horticultural wonder!
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Wednesday, August 6th, 2014
New items today at Blooming Direct
Trailing Ivy Collection – 12 plugs £14.99
Finding year round foliage colour for mixed planters and baskets,e specially for Autumn and Winter colour is a significnat challenge – but varigated Ivies are the perfect foil to many plants.
Their thuggish green relatives may take over, but these are far better behaved, and make the perfect addition to hanging baskets, planters and tubs, gently cascading down over the sides. You will get 6 plugs (each with 2 plants in) of ‘Ester’, a silver white edged variegated form, and 6 of ‘Golden Child’, with golden yellow edging, each offering a subtle contrast to pale and stronger colours, Summe or Winter, rain or shine.
Slow growing, trim to shape, they can become the permanent features in tubs year after year, as you change the seasonal colour with them.
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2014
Blooming Direct reduced the price on this item today
Rudbeckia ‘Cherry Brandy x 12 plugs was £12.99 now £6.49
A real breeding colour breakthrough, this stunning deep cherry red Rudbeckia called ‘Cherry Brandy’ is sure to delight and dazzle. It’s deep red shades still have the classic darker centre to the flower, which really burns bright on Summer and Autumn days.
‘Cherry Brandy’ grows in a large clump and produces a succession of spectacular blooms throughout the Summer, into the Autumn, with cutting or dead-heading prolongong displays. These are great for cutting and irresistible to beneficial insects and butterflies.
Plants are perennial, but tend to be short lived, but seed freely so can naturalise in the garden, and flower for year after year.
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2014
Blooming Direct has these new products today
Pansy ‘Northern Lights Mix’ pack 12 jumbo £12.99
For those who like it bright, the ‘Northern Lights’ mixture of Pansy colours will add bright and strong colours to your Winter garden.
Selected from over 40 colours, we have chosen only the warmest, deepest oranges, purples, reds, and glowing yellows to add a warming glow to your pots, tubs and borders. Very tolerant of Winter weather, they will go on flowering right until it gets too hot in high Summer. A great garden doer!
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Friday, August 1st, 2014
New item at Blooming Direct

Pair of Golden Cypress Trees 1M £24.99
For highly impactful specimen plantings in beds, borders and patio pots, the Golden Scented Cypress is a must!
The soft, bright golden-yellow foliage will provide your garden with healthy colour all year round and (in keeping with its name) gives off a fresh, lemon scent when foliage is crushed or cut – which is said to deter biting insects from that area of your garden. In fact it is such a great all round garden plant it has been awarded the coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit!
Growing to 2-3m tall, It is naturally upright and slightly ‘teardrop’ shaped, but can be trimmed to suit your required height. A ‘little and often’ approach to trimming of the young, soft shoots will allow you to easily keep it to the shape and size that suits you. It is very easy to manage and can be kept in post on the patio for many years, where it will happily sit at centre stage of your displays. Once it has reached the desired height and width, prune the new growth in early summer and mid-autumn each year. A hedge trimmer will leave the perfect finish.
Golden Scented Cypress will grow in virtually any soil and in any location from full sun to partial shade (although for the brightest of golden-yellow colour it is best in full sun). It is completely winter hardy throughout the entire UK and is virtually pest and disease resistant too. In the depths of winter the cooler temperatures give the trees an even deeper, richer colouration.
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Thursday, July 31st, 2014
Blooming Direct has this new product today

Pair of Box Balls 25cm diameter £39.99
It’s hard to beat the sleek and simple lines of well-trimmed quality Buxus balls, adding a smart, modern, yet classic, look to any garden. Whether dressing either side of a classic porch, or in minimalist decking gardens, it’s hard to think of another easy to grow, yet versatile plant as god as Box. Totally hardy too, leave them out all year – they look great covered in snow too!!
Grown slowly over 4 years, regularly trimmed 2 or 3 times a year to get the fabulous razor-sharp ball shape, they are super-green and fresh, and the centres have none of the brown middle die-back cheaper Box can suffer from. You may buy cheaper, but not better we are sure.
The key with Box is not to let them dry out – especially when in full sun for much of the day. Keep the roots cool and well-watered. Trim with sharp shears once or twice a year, and feed with a balanced fertiliser from May to September, applied to the soil.
Start thinking of those containers you may put them in now, and take advantage of these very special quality plants.
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Friday, July 25th, 2014
Blooming Direct just added these new items
Scabious Burgundy Bonnets – 6 large plugs £6.99
A simply divine Pincushion flower, usually only pale pink or blue, Burgundy Bonnets takes us off ina new colour direction.
Bred in the Uk by renowned Blooms of Bressingham, this fabulous garden perennial is a must for Summer performances. The lovely two tone pink and burgundy flowers waft gently on the breeze, bobbing around as bees and butterflies settle to feed on their nectar rich flowers all Summer.
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Sunday, July 20th, 2014
Blooming Direct reduced the price on these lines today
Leucanthemum Highland White Dream x 3 was £9.99 now £4.99
This delightful White Shasta Daisy produces masses of white daisy like flowers in early Summer through to Autumn. ‘Highland White Dream’ has been bred to produce lovely large white flowers with fuller petals which will give stunning displays in your garden. As a fully hardy perennial it will come back year after year in your garden with bigger and better displays.
Plant in either patio pots and containers, or straight into beds and borders and enjoy watching the butterflies flock to the flowers during the summer days. Grow to a height of 90cm tall they will really stand out with their bright white petals and golden centre. Lovely to use as cut flowers for floral displays. Recommended by the Royal Horticultural Society as a perfect pollinator for encouraging butterflies and bees and other beneficial pollinating insects in your garden.
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