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A yellow variegated form of sage. Used to flavour poultry and also popular in stuffing, sausages, roast, and strongly flavoured foods. -
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- Position:sunny or partly shaded north facing wall/fence sheltered from frost and strong winds. Plant 1.5m (5ft) apart in rows 1.5m (5ft) apart.
- Soil:slightly acid, moist but well-drained fertile soil.
- After care: Cut back the main branches by one-half after planting. Create a framework of 8-10 branches. Each Winter from year 3 shorten main shoots by one-half. Apply a general fertiliser in Spring.
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- Position: partial shade
- Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: slow-growing
- Hardiness: fully hardy A pair of these tightly clipped box spheres look great flanking a set of steps, a doorway or a path. One of our recommended plants, they're perfect for planting in a large terracotta pot in a partially shady site, where the glossy, dark-green leaves provide all year foliage, interest and structure. Box are happy growing in a sunnier spot, but the combination of dry soil and full sun may encourage poor growth and leaf scorching. If you have sandy soil it is best to keep them in a partially shady spot in the garden.
- Garden care: Ensure that the soil or compost is never allowed to dry out. Trim plants grown as hedges or topiary in mid- or late summer. If you want to maintain a really precise outline, then you can clip it twice a year - once in June, and then again in August/September. Apply a top-dressing of a balanced slow-release fertiliser such as blood, fish and bone (organic) or Growmore (inorganic) around the base of the plant in spring, making sure that none touches the leaves or stems.
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Grow for its bright golden foliage and stately form, Acer platanoides Princeton Gold is a tall, fast-growing, long-lived, deciduous tree with a bushy, broadly columnar habit. Typical five-lobed maple leaves emerge pale gold on red leaf-stalks, turning a rich golden-yellow as the season progresses. Inconspicuous yellowish flowers are followed by winged ‘helicopter’ seeds in autumn. Tough and easy to grow and maintain, Norway Maple Princeton Gold makes a beautiful specimen tree, colouring best in full sun. Site: Tolerates exposure Soil: Any well drained soil, preferably moist Position: Full sun or partial shade Season of interest: Spring to autumn Hardiness: Very hardy Height: Eventually over 40’ (12m) Spread: 26’ (8m) -
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Hydrangea macrophylla Runaway Bride is a compact, small to medium-sized, vigorous, deciduous shrub, extremely floriferous, with a rounded habit and semi-trailing stems. Unusually for a hydrangea, it flowers all the way along the stems instead of just at the tips, giving it the name of Garland Hydrangea. The ovate, serrated leaves are deep green. From May to September, the shrub is covered with a profusion of pure white lace-cap flowers, often with a pale pink flush as they age; the colour is constant whatever the pH of your soil. Hydrangea Runaway Bride is excellent in large containers along a house-frontage, as well as in a border. Soil: Any moist but well-drained soil, acid to neutral preferred Position: Partial shade Season of interest: Late spring to early autumn Hardiness: Fully hardy Height: 4’ (1.2m) Spread: 4’ (1.2m) -
- Buxus Feed & Protect has been specially formulated to strengthen the plant from within. This 2-in-1 solution comprises of two bottles; the first contains a concentrated Buxus feed for greener, healthier foliage; the second contains a protection concentrate to deter box blight. For use on all types of Buxus plants
- Can be used from early spring through to late summer
- Helps Buxus retain water for a healthier plant
- Sulphur and calcium strengthen from within
- Soil improver to give plants the best start
- Child, pet and bee-friendly
- 2 x 500ml bottles
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TOP BUXUS HEALTH-MIX can be used in two ways. 1. For bright green shiny leaves and to prevent fungal disease, such as Cylindrocladium With TOPBUXUS HEALTH-MIX, you can give your box plants bright green shiny leaves, preventing yellow edges and faded colours. To achieve this, treat your box plants 3-5 times during the growing season from March to October. This will also make your box plants healthier and stronger, resulting in them becoming more resistant to disease, etc.; this will particularly help to prevent fungal diseases such as Cylindrocladium. 2. To deal immediately with an acute fungal disease such as Cylindrocladium With TOPBUXUS HEALTH-MIX, you are able to immediately stop acute fungal disease such as Cylindrocladium. An acute fungal disease is immediately recognisable from the brown points that will swiftly expand to form blemishes. The most dangerous period is when there is protracted rainfall in combination with high temperatures. If you do nothing, the diseased box plant will soon start to lose its leaves and, in the worst case, if you fail to treat it, the affected branches can die, resulting in dead areas in your box plant. The diseased plants will then unfortunately have to be replaced. However, if you promptly use TOPBUXUS HEALTH-MIX after treatment, leaves will soon sprout on the diseased branches and recover. When the onset of disease is evident, immediately carry out the treatment. Under normal circumstances, one treatment is sufficient. It is extremely important to also immediately treat all of your healthy box plants. Should the warm and damp weather persist, repeat the treatment after 1 week. Thorough inspection is recommended in the future, particularly when the weather is warm and damp for protracted periods of time. If necessary, at a later date, you can simply repeat the treatment; this means you will continue to get maximum pleasure from your box plants. Do not use above 25 degrees Celsius. Only use early in the morning or evening in warm, sunny weather Can be used in damp weather, but preferably for use on dry foliage. If seriously affected with lots of brown spots and shedding leaves, we recommend that you first prune the plants considerably and then treat them straight away with TOPBUXUS HEALTH-MIX, which will encourage rapid regrowth -
Gro-Sure Seed Start’s natual blend of mycorrhizal fungi and friendly bacteria improves germination and establishment of seeds and young plants.- 25% better establishment
- Boosts root growth
- Locks in nutrients
- Controls moisture
- Contains mycorrhizal fungi and friendly bacteria
- Water is held around the seed to aid germination
- Mycorrhizal fungi & friendly bacteria enhance root development
- Nutrients are held in the soil and feed the plant during the establishment
- Seeds must be kept constantly moist to soften the seed shell in order for germination to take place
- Seeds must be moist, NOT wet. Insufficient moisture or erratic watering slows down or stops the germination process. Our added wetting agent locks in moisture around the seed and therefore germination is improved
- Added clinoptiloite, a natural zeolite or volcanic rock dust, contains an array of basic nutrients and its crystalline structure grabs hold of other available nutrients in the soil stopping them being leached away
- These nutrients are available to the root system of the plant while its structure also aerates the soil. Roots need to breathe
- Vermiculite opens up the growing medium so young roots can permeate more easily. Holding a considerable amount of moisture like a sponge it can also act as blanket to help keep seedlings warm and is particularly good for lightly covering sown seedlings
- Fortified with beneficial mycorrhizal fungi which attach to the developing plants’ roots in exchange for some plant sugars. They quickly multiply forming their own extensive root supply, which absorbs nutrients and water to feed back to their host plant.
- The plant’s absorptive root system is increased greatly and the plant is able to grow faster and stronger
- Our blend of naturally occurring ‘friendly’ soil bacteria’s including trichoderma and bacillus colonise the root system. Because each pack of Seed Start contains millions of friendly bacteria they out-compete harmful soil pathogens within the soil, which cause plant diseases. It does all of this while also releasing locked up nutrients within the soil for the plants roots to uptake
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A cultivar of the native Irish rowan or mountain ash, Sorbus aucuparia ‘Sheerwater Seedling’ is a vigorous, medium-sized to tall tree of upright, narrow habit, the crown widening with maturity. It is often planted as a street tree. Creamy-white flowers appear in April–May, reliably followed by large clusters of long-lasting red berries in late summer. The leaves are grey-green, turning yellow and gold in autumn. A very easy, fast-growing, reliable tree, good for pollinators and birds. Plant in full sun for the best shape. Holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Site: Tolerates exposure Soil: Any reasonably well drained soil, acid to neutral soils preferred Position: Full sun Season of Interest: Spring, late summer, autumn Hardiness: Fully hardy Height: 40’ (12m) Spread: 13-26’ (4-8m) -
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Sorbus Joseph Rock is a bright yellow-berried rowan tree very suitable for the small garden. It remains a great choice as a small tree for the small garden. A First-class tree with small, bright green leaflets that turn orange, purple and red in autumn. Clusters of white flowers appear in spring and are followed in autumn by small yellow berries, which birds love. It is an outstanding small tree which can tolerate a wide range of soils and conditions.- Max. Height & Spread: H-12m x S-8m
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Cotoneaster Hybrida Pendula 'Hybridus Pendulus' is a vigorous prostrate evergreen shrub with large, elliptic leaves and small white flowers followed by profuse red berries in autumn; often top-grafted to form a pendulous small tree to 2m tall. CHARACTERISTICS: HARDINESS: Fully Hardy SOIL: moderately fertile, well-drained soil POSITION: Full Sun or Partial Shade FLOWERING PERIOD: June Fully Grown Height & Spread: 2m x 2m