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New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Friday, May 13th, 2011

Unwins Seeds & Plants just added these new items

Lavender French Purple Wings* (5 Young Plants)

Lavender French Purple Wings* (5 Young Plants) £8.95
Bring Your Garden to Life with these Unusual ‘French’ Lavenders French Lavender Purple Wings  will make your garden come alive with scent and colour. It is a free-flowering compact variety. These hardy plants will thrive in a sunny well-drained position and with their scented blossom will attract wildlife to your garden flowering all season if deadheaded regularly. Flowers May – August. Height 40cm/16in  

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New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Thursday, May 12th, 2011

Unwins Seeds & Plants just added these new items

Asparagus Crimson Pacific Crowns x10

Asparagus Crimson Pacific Crowns x10 £14.95
A mid-season purple variety so tender and sweet that young spears can even be eaten raw in salads! Excellent for adding colour and flavour to your meal.

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Price reductions at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Unwins Seeds & Plants reduced the price on these items today

Easi-Plant Hanging Baskets - PAIR of 12

Easi-Plant Hanging Baskets – PAIR of 12″ Baskets was £8.95 now £7.95
We think that these ingenious hanging baskets are the best we’ve ever seen.Made from tough weather-proof recycled plastic they feature removable side panels that make planting up incredibly quick and easy. They don’t need a liner and have a flat bottom to prevent the baskets from tipping when you are planting. The base also acts like a reservoir to help retain water. The 12

New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Wednesday, May 4th, 2011

Unwins Seeds & Plants just added this new product

Seed Potato Taster Pack

Seed Potato Taster Pack £10.95
Homegrown Potatoes – they””re so easy to grow and the taste””s amazing. To tempt you to try a few extra special varieties and to enjoy the experience of some really early crops we””ve selected these favourites for youSwift – the extra early first early potato. Swift produces good crops of lovely waxy white potatoes. It””s what we call a 10+ potato as you can harvest it realistically from 10 weeks after planting outdoors. Plant from late February in mild areas.Maris Peer – for a follow on crop Maris Peer will start to crop 3-4 weeks later than swift. This 13+ second early variety is firm and white. What””s more you””ll enjoy scented flowers and heavy yields of medium sized tubers which won””t break up when cooked and won””t discolour either.Charlotte – cropping alongside Maris Peer this – the most famous salad potato – will give an excellent crop of mouth watering potatoes. Great hot or perfect cold in salads Charlotte is the standard reference variety used in taste tests to judge other salad potatoes.Delivery – Subject to prevailing conditions when they are due to be harvested we will start despatching seed potatoes from late November and carry on through to mid March.

New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Unwins Seeds & Plants just added these new products

Dark Dahlias Collection* (5 Tubers)

Dark Dahlias Collection* (5 Tubers) £11.25
Dark Dahlias Collection  As dark as flowers can be this beautiful Dark Dahlia Collection contains a mix of different decorative flower shapes and colours of deep burgundy nearly black or dark chocolate. They look just superb in a vase. Height 75-100cm/30-40in Flowers July-October. All dahlias are half hardy perennials tubers need lifting up late autumnbefore the first frosts. They should be stored in frost free cool dark conditions ready to plant again for a spectacular show next season. Collection consists of 1 tuber each of the following: Chat Noir Karma Naomi Mystery Day Arabian Night Tam Tam

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New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

Unwins Seeds & Plants just added these new items

Double Cold Frame

Double Cold Frame £166.95
A cold frame has many uses – it creates a microclimate that gives shelter from wind and several degrees of extra warmth- it can be used to raise seedlings over winter young plants and harden off plants before planting. These superb UK made robust rot and rust free cold frames are made with aluminium frames and clear double-skinned shatterproof polycarbonate glazing. Supplied flat packed with full instructions for easy assembly. Full width sloping lids on both sides of this large cold frame maximise the available light throughout the year and allows good use of space. Lids have two serure opening positions for good ventilation Lids can be fully opened for watering and access to plants Two 6in/15cm full width shelves for more growingspace when required Size: 4ft/122cm long x 4ft lin/125cm deep x 2ft/61cm high sloping to Sin/20cm.

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New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

New lines today at Unwins Seeds & Plants

25m Professional Hose Pipe and Metal Hose Reel Cart

25m Professional Hose Pipe and Metal Hose Reel Cart £84.90
Buy 25m Professional Hose Pipe and Metal Hose Reel Cart together and save £10.00! 25m Professional Hose Pipe The ultimate hose pipe used by professionals. One of our growers recommended this pipe to us they were particularly impressed with the quality durability ease of use and 12 year manufacturer’s guarantee! Its special technologically advanced construction consists of four separate layers that make the pipe very tough but alsoanti-kink.  It is UV stable mould resistant and will withstand extreme temperatures from – 20

Price reductions at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Saturday, April 9th, 2011

Unwins Seeds & Plants has cut the price of these lines

Hessian Potato Storage Sacks x5

Hessian Potato Storage Sacks x5 was £9.95 now £8.95
Keep your potatoes in tip-top condition with our top quality Hessian Potato Sacks from our seed potato supplier Marshalls. Made from heavy-duty hessian they help prevent light transmission and unlike paper sacks allow your tubers to breathe preventing sweating and discouraging rots. Re-useable many times and will last for years. Each sack will hold approximately 28lb. Size: 76cm x 53cm / 30″ x 21″

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New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Saturday, April 9th, 2011

Unwins Seeds & Plants has these new items today

Duke of York Seed Potatoes 2kg

Duke of York Seed Potatoes 2kg £4.99
BUY 1 PACK – GET 1 FREE! First Early Duke of York (First Early) Legendary early variety maturing to a  well-flavoured general purpose potato. Duke of York potatoes have yellow flesh are oval in shape and have good resistance to dry rot. When boiled they are dry and mealy with a wonderful flavour making them perfect for potato salads.

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Price reductions at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Friday, April 8th, 2011

Reduced lines at Unwins Seeds & Plants

Timber Raised Bed 4ft Extension - Standard

Timber Raised Bed 4ft Extension – Standard was £24.95 now £19.95
Extend your Standard Gro-Bed in 4 feet / 1.2 metre sections.Use a combination of extensions and Gro-Bed kits to fit the shape of your vegetable plot in order to maximise your growing space. Plain sawn timber with a more rustic look for vegetable beds. Strong Redwood timber harvested from managed Scandinavian forests. Pressure treated to last at least 10 years when in contact with the ground – with no further treatment. Made from 25mm x 150mm pressure treated boards to last at least ten years Contains 2 x 4ft / 1.2m extension boards 2 x Joining plates and 8 screws.Please allow 7 – 10 days for delivery.

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