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Feed the birds

Sarah — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 17:13:34 +0000

As the days grow cooler it’s important to think about our feathered friends. They benefit from year round feeding but it’s vital to help our native birds through the winter to put some food out. Don’t forget clean water!
Thompson & Morgan has these new products today

Crab Apple Collection 3 trees – 1 of each £44.99
Collection comprises 1 tree each of John Downie Golden Hornet Red Sentinel Crab Apples make attractive trees with their pink or white blossom, followed by colourful autumn fruits that make delicious preserves. Any unpicked fruits will soften after a few frosts and will create a sumptuous food source for wild birds from late January until March. All varieties are self fertile. Crab apples planted near fruiting apple trees make excellent pollinators, and will help pollinating bees to increase your crop.

Gourmet Robin Blend 9 litres (5.4kg) £29.99
Containing dried insects and soft fruits, this seed mix has been specifically designed for Robins and other ground feeding birds. Ingredients: sunflower hearts, naked rolled oats, kibbled sunflower hearts, chopped peanuts, raisins, sultanas and dried mealworms. Uses: For table and ground.

Hi-Energy Quality Peanuts 12 litres (7.8kg) £26.99
A simple product, ready-shelled peanuts are popular with a wide variety of garden birds. Note: Do not feed whole peanuts unless they are enclosed in a feeder Uses: For feeders.

No-Waste Food 12 litres (8kg) £19.99
A good blend for a variety of birds, the No-Waste Feed is a mixture of de-hulled sunflower seeds, sunflower hearts, chopped nuts and chopped cereals. Uses: For ground, table & feeders.

Mealworms – for Wildlife 6 x 40g tubs (3000+ worms) £11.99
Live mealworms are one of the best protein sources for your garden birds, especially chicks and fledglings. Will attract species such as Wrens, Sparrows, Robins and Tits. Can be stored in a garage or utility room. Will be sent under separate cover.

Bread & Apple Feeder Duo 1 Bread Feeder and 1 Apple Feeder £10.99
Pack contains 1 each of: Bread Feeder: An ingenious invention which offers a quick, easy and cost effective way to feed leftover slices of bread to the appreciating birds. The clever roofing also ensures that the slice is kept in top condition with protection from rain. Supplied with chain. 17cm (7 inches) x 17cm (7 inches) x 1.5cm (1 inch). Apple Feeder: This novel feeder offers a quick, easy and cost effective way to feed the birds in your garden. The wooden structure features a stainless steel skewer, and is suitable to hang from either a branch of fence. Inner shape will be an apple, bird or circle. Unfortunately we are unable to specify which design is, received. 18cm (7 inches) x 18cm (7 inches) x 6cm (2 inches).

Coconut Feeder 2 coconut feeders + 1 FREE £10.95
Great value. Coconuts filled with suet and seed – perfect for giving birds the energy they need over winter months.

Mealworms – for Wildlife 3 x 40g tubs (1500+ worms) £7.99
Live mealworms are one of the best protein sources for your garden birds, especially chicks and fledglings. Will attract species such as Wrens, Sparrows, Robins and Tits. Can be stored in a garage or utility room. Will be sent under separate cover.

Foxgloves from Thompson and Morgan

Sarah — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:25:31 +0000

Foxgloves at Thompson & Morgan – Prefers any well-drained soil in part shade so ideal for shadier corners. They are a biennial plant and can be grown from seed or you can buy plug plants ready to go out.

They will often self seed and become established in your garden. Although you do not have to feed them they do well if you do.

They grow up to 140cm tall but some plants are shorter, check each plant for details of growing height. They are very attractive plants for humans and bees!

Foxglove Foxtrot 6 jumbo plants £14.99
Known as the orchid-flowered foxglove, this stunning digitalis produces a mass of imposing flower spikes, each one smothered in beautiful red-freckled, pink fluted flowers. Digitalis Foxtrot gives height and structure to borders or try some in large patio pots for dramatic impact!

Foxglove Pam’s Split 84 plug plants £13.99
A star attraction at the 2009 Chelsea Flower Show.

Foxglove Foxtrot 3 jumbo plants £9.99
Known as the orchid-flowered foxglove, this stunning digitalis produces a mass of imposing flower spikes, each one smothered in beautiful red-freckled, pink fluted flowers. Digitalis Foxtrot gives height and structure to borders or try some in large patio pots for dramatic impact!

Digitalis Excelsior Hybrids 6 plants £8.49
GIANT BLOOMS. These foxgloves make superb plants for shady borders. The tall spires of Foxglove Excelsior Hybrids produce exotic-looking, delicate bell-shaped flowers with spotted throats in pastel shades of mauve, pink, yellow or white. Height: 90cm (36 inches).

Foxglove : Camelot Trio 3 packets – 1 of each £6.09
One packet each of: Camelot Cream, Lavender and Rose. The first ever F1 Hybrid Foxgloves! Spectacular plants that reliably flower in the first year, with another heavy flush of flowers in the second year. Uniform plants with high quality flower spikes in a rich carousel of colour as the speckled, jewel-like blooms open all around the stout stems, giving more impact than ever before! Ideal for shady beds and borders. Prefers any well-drained soil in part shade. Height: 90-120cm (3-4ft).

Foxglove : Primrose Carousel 1 packet £3.29
This is the first primrose-yellow Foxglove coming true from seed, which has the exciting bonus of large claret-speckled flowers which are borne all around the stem, a unique attribute in Foxgloves. Plants are approximately 30in high. therefore remarkably dwarf. Seed of the first plant of this unique yellow was discovered by chance in Suffolk by T&M customer, Miss Gage. T&M breeders have bred for dwarfness, colour and flowers all around the stem. The result is a gorgeous new garden plant. Ideal for containers or exposed situations where Foxgloves would normally falter. Also sensational when planted in drifts in the cottage garden border.

Foxglove : Pam’s Split 1 packet £2.99
A spectacular selection from Digitalis Pam’s Choice. This variety is slightly shorter and is multi-stemmed from the base, producing a longer-lasting and impressive display of white blooms with speckled throats. Each flower of Digitalis Pam’s Split has an unusual ‘split petal’ effect, giving them a slightly ruffled look. Eye-catching in borders or cottage gardens. Digitalis Pam’s Split will grow in any garden soil in full sun or part shade.

Foxglove : Camelot Lavender F1 Hybrid 1 packet £2.99
The first ever F1 Hybrid Foxglove! Spectacular plants that reliably flower in the first year, with another heavy flush of flowers in the second year. Uniform plants with high quality flower spikes in a rich carousel of colour as the speckled, jewel-like blooms open all around the stout stems, giving more impact than ever before! Ideal for shady beds and borders. Prefers any well-drained soil in part shade. Height: 90-120cm (3-4ft).

Foxglove : Camelot Cream F1 Hybrid 1 packet £2.99
The first ever F1 Hybrid Foxglove! Spectacular plants that reliably flower in the first year, with another heavy flush of flowers in the second year. Uniform plants with high quality flower spikes in a rich carousel of colour as the speckled, jewel-like blooms open all around the stout stems, giving more impact than ever before! Ideal for shady beds and borders. Prefers any well-drained soil in part shade. Height: 90-120cm (3-4ft).

Foxglove : Camelot Rose F1 Hybrid 1 packet £2.89

Foxglove : Alba 1 packet £2.19

Foxglove : Candy Mountain 1 packet £2.19

Green Manure at Thompson and Morgan

Sarah — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:49:33 +0000

Green Manure today at Thompson & Morgan!

What is a green manure? It’s a plant grown as soil cover that is intended to be dug into the soil and allowed to rot down. No crop is harvested from it and it is designed to grow and be dug in to enrich the soil.
There are two main types – spring sowing and autumn sowing.
If you are clearing land on your vegetable plot now you can sow a green manure. It also helps keep the soil in good shape and prevents it being subject to wind and water erosion more than leaving the soil bare.
Follow the instructions and dig in before the plants flower!

Green Manure : Fast Growing Soil Conditioner 1 packet £3.99
For Organic Gardening.An easy way to add nutrients and bulky, organic matter (humus) to your soil, helping to maintain or improve fertility and soil structure. Quick growing, lush carpet of growth. Sow spring to autumn; this mix is ideal for spring sowing. Mixture contains: Mustard, Phacelia, Buckwheat and Clover. Contents: 150g (5oz) sufficient to sow 5 sq.m (approx 5.5 sq. yd) at 30g per sq. m/1oz per sq. yd.Please note: Seed has not been organically grown.

Green Manure : High Nitrogen Soil Improver 1 packet £3.99
For Organic Gardening. An easy way to add nutrients and bulky, organic matter (humus) to your soil, helping to maintain or improve fertility and soil structure. Quick growing, lush carpet of growth. Sow spring to autumn; this mix is ideal for autumn sowing. Mixture contains: Rye, Vetch and Tetraploid Italian Rye Grass. Contents: 150g (5oz) Sufficient to sow 5 sq.m (approx 5.5 sq. yd) at 30g per sq. m /1oz per sq. yd. Please note: Seed has not been organically grown.

Pansy Plants for Autumn colour

Sarah — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:10:57 +0000

Pansys at Thompson & Morgan. They have some lovely autumn flowering pansies that will flower right through until spring!

Viola Universal F1 Mixed 120 mini-plugs + 30 FREE £15.99
A Pansy for every season! Best-selling Pansy ‘Universal’ can be used for displays in spring, summer, autumn or winter! It will flower and flower through anything the weather will throw at it. A bright mix of blotched and pure colours makes this Viola Pansy perfect for bedding, borders and every type of container. Plants are Hardy Perennial plants, although often seen as Annuals in bedding schemes. They prefer a moist, well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade. Plants planted in spring will flower early summer onwards, or winter to spring if planted from late summer to autumn. Height 15-23cm (6-9in).

Pansy Plentifall 42 plug plants £14.99
This new and exciting, large flowered pansy has been bred to have a true trailing habit. Pansy Plentifall has branching stems with a mass of fragrant, colourful blooms will fill your hanging baskets from autumn right through the coldest months of winter.Trailing to 45cm (18 inches).

Viola Universal F1 Mixed 72 plug plants + 12 FREE £9.99
A Pansy for every season! Best-selling Pansy ‘Universal’ can be used for displays in spring, summer, autumn or winter! It will flower and flower through anything the weather will throw at it. A bright mix of blotched and pure colours makes this Viola Pansy perfect for bedding, borders and every type of container. Plants are Hardy Perennial plants, although often seen as Annuals in bedding schemes. They prefer a moist, well-drained soil in full sun or semi-shade. Plants planted in spring will flower early summer onwards, or winter to spring if planted from late summer to autumn. Height 15-23cm (6-9in).

Pansy : Endurio 1 packet £3.09
The best winter flowering Viola! Gardeners have been growing larger winter flowering pansies for years, but after T&M’s winter flowering trials we consider more gardeners should grow these smaller flowered violas. This delightful mixture of seven distinct colours will enhance semi-trailing plants tumbling over the sides of baskets or containers or can be grown as an effective ground cover in borders. Unlike their larger cousins Endurio will keep on flowering throughout the winter whatever the weather! Spring sowings will give flowers during early summer, whilst summer and autumn sowings will bloom the following winter or spring. Height: 30-35cm (12-14in).

Pansy : Valentine F1 Hybrid 1 packet £2.79
Small compact plants produce masses of gorgeous flowers in this unique colour combination of rosy-pink surrounding a blushed white face with a primrose eye. Looks just as stunning in autumn, spring or summer containers as your sweetheart does on Valentine’s Day. Spring sowings will give flowers during early summer, whilst summer and autumn sowings will bloom the following winter or spring. Height: 10-15cm (4-6in).

Edible Flowers : Viola x wittrockiana Silver Wings 1 packet £2.69
A tremendous colour combination. An excellent container and bedding pansy for early spring or autumn. Height: 15-23cm (6-9in).

Edible Flowers : Viola x wittrockiana Jolly Joker F2 1 packet £2.69
Jolly Joker, awarded the AAS Medal 1990 and the 1990 Fleuroselect Gold Medal, is probably the most spectacular pansy of its class. The intense orange of its lower petals, contrasts sharply with the deep purple of the upper petals. The effect is both unusual and intriguing. A very versatile and hardy variety which can be sown early for summer flowers or in summer for flowering in autumn and spring and even; in mild winters, through the winter. Height: 15-23cm (6-9in).

Pansy : Chalon Supreme Wildberry Mixed 1 packet £1.99
A stunning mixture of large ruffled flowered pansies in a dazzling wild berry blend of purple picotees and rose shades. Bushy compact plants flower over a long period brightening autumn, spring or summer containers. Spring sowings will give flowers during early summer, whilst summer and autumn sowings will bloom the following winter or spring.

Pansy : Chianti F1 Hybrid 1 packet £1.49
The toast of new Pansy breeding. A totally unique Pansy; gorgeous ruffled faces with distinctive and unusual striped, and veined marked faces. Ideal for adding interest to spring and summer borders or containers. Hardy Perennial (often used as a Half Hardy Annual). Flowers summer, or autumn/spring if sown June-September.

Pansy : Fancy Cats Mix F1 1 packet £1.49

Pansy : Purple Rain F1 Hybrid 1 packet £1.49

Price reductions at Thompson and Morgan

John — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:32:09 +0000

Thompson & Morgan reduced the price on these products today

Strawberry : Sonata 12 runners was £11.99 now £1.00
High quality, mid-season variety with uniform shaped fruits produced in abundance. Deliciously sweet and juicy and lasts well once picked without darkening in colour. Able to stand very hot spells and periods of heavy rain, with far fewer mis-shapen berries during the first and second pickings, making the crop easier and quicker to pick from mid June to late July.

Delosperma Hardy Mixed 4 plants in 7cm pots was £12.99 now £7.49
Hardy ice plants. Unique, versatile and colourful. The fleshy, drought tolerant creeping plants of Delosperma Hardy Mixed are ideal for ground cover on problem dry, sunny banks. Exclusive new colours – be the first to try this innovative new carpeting plant.

Hi-Energy All Season Mix 15 litres (10kg) was £24.99 now £9.99
With added calcium grit to aid egg production Are pigeons and doves all too frequent and unwelcome visitors to your garden? This mix excludes wheat, which may help to deter them. Ingredients: black sunflowers seeds, kibbled maize, striped sunflower seeds, sunflower hearts, yellow millet, chopped peanuts, pinhead oatmeal, flaked maize and oystershell grit. Uses: For ground, table and feeders.

Polyanthus Gold Laced 36 plug plants + 6 FREE was £12.99 now £10.99
Highly sought after primula with the darkest reddish-brown blooms, etched in what must be 24-carat gold! Our super-value pack means you can get some established in your borders as well as pots and window boxes!

New products at Thompson and Morgan

John — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:26:08 +0000

Thompson & Morgan just added this new item

Bat Plant (Tacca chantrierei) 1 packet £3.69
In Malaya they call it the Devil’s Flower and strange, fascinating stories surround it. Originating, no doubt, from the malevolent way the eyes in the bloom seem to be following your every move! It grows to about 2ft. in height with flowers complete with filaments or whiskers 12in. long forming a flowing forked tail.

CASCADING PANSY ‘BALCONITA’ – ONLY £1

Sarah — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:28:08 +0000

WORLD EXCLUSIVE NEW CASCADING PANSY ‘BALCONITA’ -
ONLY £1 WITH THIS SPECIAL OFFER CODE

The very best large-flowered trailing pansy performance we’ve ever seen, over the spring and summer months.

Cascading Pansy ‘Balconita’ produces a super abundance of large, showy blooms in a rainbow of colours. Trailing up to 24 inches, and often much more, plants are perfect in Flower Pouches™, baskets and window boxes.

TERMS: Simply purchase any other product from our online plants range and enter the below code in to your shopping basket to qualify. Only one £1 line per order.

‘AF10872′

Receive 8 ‘jumbo’ plants for just £1!!!

pansy cascading balconita

START DATE: Now
END DATE: Sunday 19th September 2010 – Subject to availability

Price reductions at Thompson and Morgan

John — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:19:44 +0000

Thompson & Morgan reduced the price on these items today

Pansy Cascading Balconita 8 jumbo plants was £9.99 now £4.98
This plant will do what Surfinias did for petunias! The very best large-flowered pansy trailing performance we’ve ever seen, over the spring and summer months. Cascading Pansy Balconita produces a super abundance of large, showy blooms in a rainbow of colours. Trailing up to 24 inches, and often much more. Plants are perfect in Flower Pouches™, baskets and window boxes. Create the display illustrated with only 16 plants! Order Early – Limited Stocks.

Gardenia Kleim’s Hardy 1 plant in 9cm pot was £9.99 now £4.99
This is the very first gardenia that can be grown outside! Much easier to grow than indoor varieties, it can grow in any soil, in sun or shade.The evergreen foliage and attractive fragrance are bound to make Gardenia Kleim’s Hardy a customer favourite.

Potato : Christmas Potatoes Try Me Pack! 10 tubers + 2 growing bags was £7.49 now £5.99
Grow your own new potatoes for Christmas. Growing potatoes for Christmas just got even easier! There’s really no digging required when you use these handy, re-useable planters with strong handles so you can move them around your garden, backyard or patio depending on where you want to position your potato plot. Just fill each one with about 40 litres of multi-purpose compost and plant with 5 seed potatoes. Bags can be re-used over a number of years. Collection comprises 2 Patio Planters plus 5 tubers each of: Potato CharlotteTruly sensational flavour whether eaten hot smothered in butter or cold in a tasty salad niçoise. Harvest: June to mid August. Potato JulietteEarly Maincrop but can be lifted as a Second Early. A heavy crop of long oval yellow skinned and fleshed waxy tubers, mouth watering flavour either hot or cold. Use our Patio Planters for tasty home-grown potatoes in 3 easy steps:

Pansy Cascading Balconita 16 jumbo plants was £16.99 now £7.99
This plant will do what Surfinias did for petunias! The very best large-flowered pansy trailing performance we’ve ever seen, over the spring and summer months. Cascading Pansy Balconita produces a super abundance of large, showy blooms in a rainbow of colours. Trailing up to 24 inches, and often much more. Plants are perfect in Flower Pouches™, baskets and window boxes. Create the display illustrated with only 16 plants! Order Early – Limited Stocks.

Strawberry : Christine (Misted Tip) 6 plants was £12.99 now £7.99
Misted Tip plants are cell raised, enabling them to establish quicker than traditional bare root strawberry plants. Increasingly used by the commercial growers, Thompson & Morgan is pleased to bring this strawberry growing development to home gardeners. As a result you will get not only a faster established strawberry crop, but also a more plentiful crop producing up to 100% more fruit in the first year, compared to planting bare root runners. Prepare for a plentiful crop of delicious, sweet, juicy red fruits. Easy to grow, with good disease resistance.

Gardenia Kleim’s Hardy 3 plants in 9cm pots was £19.98 now £9.98
This is the very first gardenia that can be grown outside! Much easier to grow than indoor varieties, it can grow in any soil, in sun or shade.The evergreen foliage and attractive fragrance are bound to make Gardenia Kleim’s Hardy a customer favourite.

Chrysanthemum Garden Treasure 3 plants in 7cm pots was £14.98 now £9.99
The Garden Chrysanthemum. We know how much our customers love traditional daisies, but here’s one with a difference – rich maroon-pink double crested blooms. Tanacetum Garden Treasure is ideal for any site or soil.

Coreopsis Big Bang Mixed 4 jumbo plants – 1 of each variety was £13.99 now £9.99
Tough as nails! These extra special coreopsis are hardy down to -20ºC, so Coreopsis Big Bang Mixed can be grown in your borders or patio containers year after year, Be the first to try these vigorous, bushy plants covered in hundreds of blooms. Choose from: A – Red Shift B – Star Cluster C – Galaxy D – Cosmic Eye

Uvularia grandiflora 3 bareroot plants was £13.98 now £9.99
Also known as Merry Bells this eye-catching display is ideal for a woodland garden or patio pots. The yellow blooms of Uvularia grandiflora explode upwards, over and down.

Penstemon Wedding Bells Mixed 6 plants in 5cm pots was £12.99 now £9.99

Delosperma Hardy Mixed 4 plants in 7cm pots was £14.99 now £12.99

Blueberry : Full Season Collection 3 plants in 1.5L pots – 1 of each variety was £29.99 now £24.99

New products at Thompson and Morgan

John — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 09:18:44 +0000

Thompson & Morgan has hundreds of new items today

Family Fruit Tree Collection 3 fruit trees £89.99
Perfect for the Patio! Contains one tree each of Family Apple, Family Pear and Family Treeo of Delights. Each tree has three varieties grafted onto one tree and will crop at different times, so extending the picking season.

Treeo of Delights : Family Peach, Apricot, Necterine 1 grafted tree £34.99
This unique family tree has never before been available to gardeners! Developments in breeding, along with changes in climate, mean that stone fruit grown in the UK and producing better and better crops, and with this stone fruit family tree you don’t need lots of space to see this for yourself. This single tree comprises of 3 grafted branches of Aprioct ‘Goldcot’, Peach ‘Champion’ and Nectarine ‘Madame Blanchett’.

Raspberry : Raspberry Autumn Treasure 12 canes £29.99
There’s no need to wait for your first tasty fruits – supplied as long canes these varieties will give you a crop in their first season! Perfect if you don’t have the space to plant rows of fruit too. The long canes which are 1 – 2.5m in height look stunning trained up an obelisk or ‘wigwam’ in a large pot, making a decorative and productive addition to the patio. Large, beautifully flavoured fruits of a stunning colour are produced by this British variety. From breeding at East Malling, ‘Autumn Treasure’ shows good pest and disease resistance making it a superb choice for the organic gardener. The upright in habit and spine-free canes make for easy picking of fruit too!

Plum : Burbanks Tangerine 1 feathered maiden £29.99
A wonderfully flavoured plum, with a surprising distinct tangerine flavour. Bred in 1913 this self fertile variety is both trouble-free and compact and will give you a plentiful crop of golf ball sized fruits. Harvest August to September. Rootstock: St Julien A.

Cherry : Griotella 1 maiden tree £28.99
A naturally dwarf tree with an attractive weeping habit, Griotella looks stunning when in blossom and will produce a heavy crop of fruits. The sweet tasting fruits have a delicious bite and cook very well – especially tasty baked in a cherry pie! Self fertile. Rootstock: Colt

Figo Universal Connectors pack of 10 £24.99
Finally a quick and easy way to build a garden frame or support! The Figo connectors will grip different cane thicknesses firmly and securely whilst the flexible connector ‘arms’ will twist to almost any angle, so you can create almost any size and shape of frame!

Blackberry : Loch Ness 1 Long Cane £24.99
The perfect variety for the smaller garden, as it grows on short upright thornless canes. A heavy cropper capable of producing up to 3.6kg (8lb) of fruit per bush of excellent flavour, firm glossy black conical berries. Ready to harvest from mid-August until the first frosts. 9cm plantsOur 1 year old plants are container grown rather than field grown to provide you with stronger, superior quality plants. These berries are easy to grow and will quickly establish and reward you with some flavoursome fruits to add to desserts or make your own jams. Long cane varietiesProvide you a crop in their first season! Perfect if you don’t have the space to plant rows of fruit too. The long canes that are 1 – 2.5m in height look stunning trained up an obelisk or ‘wigwam’ in a large pot, making a decorative and productive addition to the patio. Bred in Great Britain.

Potato : Sarpo Family Collection 100 tuber pack £19.99
Collection includes Sarpo Axona, Sarpo Mira, Blue Danube, Kifli and Sarpo Una.

Asparagus : Planter Collection 1 collection £19.99
Each collection consists of 2 x 60 ltr planters, plus 5 crowns each of Asparagus Mondeo and Asparagus Pacific 2000

Raspberry : Raspberry Autumn Treasure 6 canes £17.99

Sweet Potato : Triple Pack (T65, Beauregard & Georgia Jet) 15 slips – 5 of each £17.99

Strawberry : Mount Everest 12 potted plants £16.99

Snowdrop Single-flowered 75 bulbs £16.99

Crocus – Mixed 150 bulbs £15.98

Sweet Potato : Growing Pack Collection 1 x Sweet Potato Growing Pack £14.99

Potato : Sarpo Family Collection 50 tuber pack £14.99

Fertiliser Collection 4 pack Fertiliser Collection 4 pack £14.99

Helianthus Loddon Gold 6 bareroots £14.98

Blackcurrant : Ebony Cordon 1 plant £12.99

New products at Thompson and Morgan

John — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:21:13 +0000

New lines added today at Thompson & Morgan

Primrose Petticoat Mixed 42 plug plants £7.99
Primroses are essential ingredients of spring displays, with a superb ability to bloom through frost and snow, adding cheer to your garden or patio. These ones are particularly special, with tightly double blooms – like dainty roses, and in a rainbow of colours. Use these hardy Primroses in bedding, borders, pots and windowboxes.

Leonotis nepetifolia var nepetifolia Staircase 1 packet £2.99
A handsome, decorative plant with tall stems containing “steps” or whorls of bright orange flowers. Ideal for the back of borders, or as a talking point planted in large containers on the patio or conservatory.

Mangetout Pea : Golden Sweet 1 packet £2.69
A tall growing variety with red leaf nodes and lovely mauve flowers followed by deliciously sweet pale golden-yellow, crisp pods. Best picked regularly before the peas swell in the pods, ideal steamed whole or added to stir fries. Mangetout Golden Sweet grows to 210cm (7ft) so needs support.

Tomato : Black Russian (Heritage) 1 packet £1.99
Cordon (Indeterminate). These medium sized black tomatoes grow on compact plants bearing plenty of dark mahogany-brown fruits, with a delicious blend of sugar and acid. Tomato Black Russian has a distinctive, complex flavour that has to be tasted to be believed. (Lycopersicon esculentum). Heritage tomatoes: Thompson and Morgan over the past 100 years have found several tomatoes from their own trials and through travelling around the world seeing and tasting varieties both old and new. We have put together a range of good old fashioned tomatoes from those forgotten years that we consider have stood the test of time. All are unusual in colour and shape having a wonderful flavour of how tomatoes used to be, making a welcome addition to any kitchen garden.

Tobacco Plant : Marshmallow 1 packet £0.99
Reintroduced following increasing interest by garden designers and visitors to our Open Days. Nicotiana Marshmallow is a very unusual and visually stunning variety which will add stature and fragrance to your summer borders. The masses of wiry stems are covered with a ‘haze’ of small blooms, each one fading through red, pink and white to give the effect of three flower colours on each plant.