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Price reductions at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Unwins Seeds & Plants reduced the price on this item today

Geranium Mixed* (24 Medium Plants)

Geranium Mixed* (24 Medium Plants) was £4.95 now £3.95
This delightful mix of F1 Geraniums is perfect for gardeners who want value for money but not hundreds of plants of the same variety. They are supplied as Medium Sized Plug Plants which just need to be grow-on in 6cm pots for a few weeks until they are ready for planting out and the risk of frost has passed. Geraniums are the perfect bedding plant they are: Easy to grow and once planted require little maintenance Drought tolerant and weather resistant Reasonably hardy so can be planted out earlier than other bedding varieties Have a long flowering season – from June to September 24 Geraniums will be enough to fill several pots and containers. They will be delivered by First Class Post from Mid March onwards.  

New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Friday, January 14th, 2011

Unwins Seeds & Plants just added these new products

Blueberry Duo Pack

Blueberry Duo Pack £18.90
Buy both varieties and save £2.00! Duo pack consists of 1 each of: -Blueberry Bluecrop -Blueberry Blue Pearl.   Bluecrop This is a compact variety which is ideal for growing in good-sized patio containers using ericaceous compost. It’s also very decorative with clusters of white blossom in spring and glossy green foliage which is at its most attractive as it turns to bronze in autumn. Blueberries are excellent for pies and make delicious jams and preserves. Blue Pearl The Most Compact and Heavy Cropping Variety This highly decorative ornamental shrub produces clusters of pinky white blossom in the spring followed by a heavy crop of delicious blueberries from August.  Blue Pearl is a compact variety requiring very little space making it perfectly suited to growing in a pot or container. Supplied in a large 2 litre pot for quicker establishment and more abundant fruiting. Blueberries must be planted in ericaceous compost.  

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New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Thursday, January 13th, 2011

New products today at Unwins Seeds & Plants

Orchard Collection

Orchard Collection £40.85
Orchard Collection Plum Victoria – Still the Nation’s Favourite Fruit Tree A very popular and well-known variety with large fruits and an excellent taste. The flesh is green to yellow and very juicy. Luscious eaten ripe from the tree and superb for jam and stewing. Self-fertile and a good pollinator for other varieties. A heavy cropper pick from late August. Apple Braeburn – An Improved Superior Selection of Braeburn With better colour and flavour the aromatic fruit is sweet crisp and juicy with excellent all round quality. Keeps its super crisp texture in storage and eats well into March and April. Self-fertile too! Pear Conference – Surely the Country’s Most Popular Pear Produces a heavy crop of longish khaki-green fruits. Delicious and juicy and sweet enough to eat straight from the tree. Pick early September for long storage or early October for using fresh.

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Price reductions at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Reduced price on products today at Unwins Seeds & Plants

Grazers - Rabbit Pigeon & Deer Detterrent

Grazers – Rabbit Pigeon & Deer Detterrent was £12.95 now £1.00
The most effective easy solution to damage caused by grazing rabbits deer pigeons & geese! Harmless to Pets Odouless to the human nose Succesfully used by farmers and growers Safe to use on edible crops Lasts up to 6 weeks Sufficient to spray up to 1600 metres squared Systemic (absorbed through the leaf) Grazers being trace element based is beneficial to the plant and can be sprayed safely even on young plants at the earliest growth stage.Grazers must be applied to the foliage of any growing plant where it is taken in systemically. Because it is nutrient based it can be sprayed safely on ornamental shrubs bedding fruit or vegetable and lawns. Read the Grazers FAQ’s Here

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New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Wednesday, January 12th, 2011

Over a hundred new lines at Unwins Seeds & Plants

Apple Collection

Apple Collection £42.65
Apple Collection Braeburn Hillwell – An Improved Superior Selection of Braeburn With better colour and flavour the aromatic fruit is sweet crisp and juicy with excellent all round quality. Keeps its super crisp texture in storage and eats well into March and April. Self-fertile too! Queen Cox – A Self-Fertile Selection of the Classic English Orchard Apple Cox is not always successful in gardens but this selection is much easier to grow because it is self-fertile leading to higher yields. Superior skin colour and mouth-watering too! Crops in September and will keep into the New Year. Red Falstaff – The Heaviest Yielding Apple Yet Recorded It is very easy to grow due to its disease and frost resistance. Produces profuse amounts of blossom and is an excellent pollinator for other varieties. Pick in the second week in October for a wonderful mellow flavour. Stores well often until early March. Highly recommended if you only want one late season apple. Collection consists of 1 Tree of each of the above.

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New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

Lots of new items added today at Unwins Seeds & Plants

Begonia Million Kisses Collection* BUY 2 GET 1 FREE!

Begonia Million Kisses Collection* BUY 2 GET 1 FREE! £17.90
With this special offer you’ll get 15 Plants for the price of 10! The collection consist of 15 Young Plants-3 plants each of: -Begonia Million Kisses Amour -Begonia Million Kisses Elegance -Begonia Million Kisses Romance -Begonia Million Kisses Honeymooon -Begonia Million Kisses Allure. Easy to grow low maintenance – needing no deadheading or trimming. This stunning trailing Begonia flowers continuously from April to October. With an incredibly free flowering habit producing a profusion of blooms in a range of warm colours it is also heat and drought tolerant. Perfect for baskets containers and planters they’ll turn your garden into a riot of colour with minimal effort.  

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New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Saturday, January 8th, 2011

New products added today at Unwins Seeds & Plants

Brachyscome Strawberry Pink* BUY2 GET 1 FREE!

Brachyscome Strawberry Pink* BUY2 GET 1 FREE! £13.90
With this special offer you’ll get 15 Plants for the price of 10!  Stunning early flowering variety with masses of strawberry pink flowers held above contrasting dark serrated foliage. The lovely little daisy flowers are perfect for mixed plantings and striking on their own. Nursery grown for superior quality our garden ready young flowering plants are expertly raised under ideal conditions in individual 3-5cm diameter cells to ensure well developed root systems. Raised from cuttings they are ready to plant out on arrival or grow on in 9cm pots for a week or two. Plants are delivered approximately 5-10cm tall.

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New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Friday, January 7th, 2011

New items today at Unwins Seeds & Plants

Hemerocallis Elegant Candy* (1 Bare Root)

Hemerocallis Elegant Candy* (1 Bare Root) £6.90
Hemerocallis Elegant Candy-very fragrant variety with large 10.5cm/4in ruffled pink flowers. Daylilies produce many elegant trumpet-like flowers during in summer. They are easy to grow in most gardens doing particularly well in the mixed perennial borders. Also are good for mass planting and container growing. Prefers sun or light shade and well- drained soil but will tolerate poorer soil and heavy clay. Makes a Stunning Patio Pot Plant

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New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Thursday, January 6th, 2011

Unwins Seeds & Plants has these new items today

Bacopa Bluetopia & Snowtopia Duo

Bacopa Bluetopia & Snowtopia Duo £19.90
Buy both varieties 24 large plug plants of each -Bacopa Bluetopia -Bacopa Snowtopia The first seed raised Bacopa gives excellentvalue for money. Both Blue and Snowtopiawill trail vigorously and produce a profusion oftiny delicate flowers. Ideally suited for hangingbaskets pots and containers – both varieties willflower at the same time for real WOW factor.

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New products at Unwins Seeds and Plants

Sunday, December 19th, 2010

New items today at Unwins Seeds & Plants

Begonia Glowing Embers* - BUY 2 GET 1 FREE

Begonia Glowing Embers* – BUY 2 GET 1 FREE £13.90
Light up your garden with new Begonia Glowing Embers! This Buy 2 Get 1 FREE offer gives you 15 Plants for the price of 10. The vivid oranges and apricots of Begonia Glowing Embers will keep your garden gleaming with colour all summer long! Fantastic dark bronze foliage provides a spectacular contrast to the flame coloured flowers making this a star turn in any planting scheme. Justly awarded Best In Show at the 2010 National Plant Show this luminous beauty turns heads wherever it’s planted! Attractively compact annual height and spread of 40cm (16″). Waxy single orange flowers flushing to yellow in Autumn. Amazing repeat flowering thrives in sun or partial shade. Perfect for containers hanging baskets or bedding. Supplied as large Garden Ready Plants measuring approx 10 – 12cm (4 – 5″) from root to tip. Delivery from EARLY MAY

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