Sweet, juicy and with a flavour that far surpasses any shop-bought berries, home grown gooseberries are a taste sensation that everyone should try and Hinnomaki is one of the best with big crops of large, delicious fruit that are ready for picking in mid-summer. Perfect for growing in a sunny spot, this standard form Gooseberry Hinnomaki Green will add an ornamental touch to beds, borders or even in large pots on the patio and unlike many other varieties, these gooseberries are sweet enough to be eaten straight from the bush Hinnomaki is a robust hybrid and this makes it very easy and relaible to grow, meaning that every gardener can get superb results whatever their level of experience. This also means that they are an excellent choice if you garden orgainically as they have excellent resistance to mildew. Self-fertile, so you dont need a pollinating partner, and they make a great companion to red and black currants. Supplied as an established standard plant in a 3L pot, 90cm tall.
Whitecurant 'White Versailles' is an early cropper that produces an abundance of pale yellow fruits, eye-catching fruits. Pick in early summer and enjoy the tasty sweet flavour the whitecurrant has to offer. It is a very relaible cropper, and will provide a good yield year after year - it is just this reason that it has become so popular with the UK grow-your-own customers!
A soft fruit which is bursting with flavour and Vitamin C, Blackcurrant Ben Lomond has large glossy black fruit which cover the branches of this completely new type of blackcurrant in mid-summer. Unlike most others, which require a lot of space to grow, this compact beauty only ever grows to around 1m (3ft) making it perfect for the smallest of gardens. If you want to grow a healthy, power-packed fruit, then the blackcurrant has to be one to try. Recent research has even gone as far to suggest that the dark berries, rich in anthocyanins and polyphenols, may actually help to reduce the symptoms of neurological illness and potentially reduce the risk of gut cancers - hence it's superfruit status! Really easy to grow, Blackcurrant Ben Lomond will thrive in a sunny, sheltered spot out of strong winds and prefers well-drained soil (or compost). Grow it in a border, a large pot or even plant several to make a fruiting hedge.Plants are as tough as old boots and have flowers that are resistant to frost - in fact they need a winter chill to produce bigger crops of berries, perfect for the UK climate! Plants are self-fertile, so you only need the one - you don't need a pollinator to be guaranteed a crop of super-healthy black currants. Plants will give a reliable crop year after year even when left to their own devices - although you'll get better results and a bumper crop by following a few simple rules:Feed them well with blood, fish and bone in mid-spring, followed by a dose of poultry manure or another high nitrogen plant food, in June Fruits taste better when exposed to plenty of sunshine - always clear the ground of weeds, especially perennial types Keep well-watered Blackcurrants are ready for picking in July and August and are at their best about seven days after they have turned black. They can be gathered individually or, if you want them to stay fresh for a little longer, you can harvest the whole trusses. Pick the blackcurrants in dry conditions and they can be eaten immediately or stored in a fridge for one to two weeks. Alternatively, they can be frozen for eating later - they should last at least six months this way. Supplied as a pack of 2 UK grown bare root bushes, trimmed to 15-20cm, ready to plant straight out while dormant.
Blackcurrants, redcurrants and whitecurrants that have been allowed to ripen in the sun taste sensational and far superior to anything you can buy in supermarkets - perfect for eating fresh, adding to your favourite desserts or freezing for use at later date. These top quality, professional grade Uk-grown bushes in your collection will establish quickly and reward with your first fruit this summer, followed by crops that get larger and larger each year. Packed full of vitamins, minerals and requiring the minimum of care, these tasty superfruits are ideal for growing in beds or borders, or for planting in large pots that grace the patio. Blackcurrants and whitecurrants will fruit their socks off in a sunny position, while redcurrants are happy in sun or in a more shaded position they will even do well against a north facing wall or fence. Varieties Included: Blackcurrant 'Ben Lomond' Redcurrant 'Rovada' Whitecurrant 'White Versailles'
If you've ever wanted to grow your own fruit, this set is perfect! We've picked some of the best varieties to give you a complete fruit garden, and bumper crops from this year onwards! Growing fruit is incredibly rewarding & surprisingly easy, and of course your home-grown fruit will taste simply delicious! Perfect for eating fresh, the sweet, juicy berries will also make incredible summer puddings, desserts, or jams! Now is the perfect time to plant and they are very easy to grow. All of these varieties will produce large crops on compact bushes, perfect for patio pots and containers you dont even need a garden! Included in this collection: 10 x Elsanta Strawberry runners 5 x Glen Clova Raspberry canes 2 x Ben Lomond blackcurrant plants 2 x Hinnomaki gooseberry bushes (1 x red; 1 x yellow) 2 x Waldo blackberry plants (bare root)
Simply the largest Blackcurrant we have ever seen - end of. If you like your fruits big and juicy, this is the currant for you. And they are particualrly sweet tasting too straight form the bush. This new variety packs a punch too in yield - with more and bigger fruit, expect to pick crops up to 4Kg (8 lbs) of fruit once mature. And, it is also very mildew and disease ressitance, so makes a great garden variety, and deservedly has just won the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Big Ben - the perfect blackcurrant all-rounder.
This fabulous new Red Gooseberry is making waves in gardens across the UK - it simply ticks all the boxes needed for the perfect garden fruit bush. Big crops of red fruit, already sweet enough to eat straight off the bush in Summer, saving you cooking with them. As if that was not enough, it is virtually thorn-free, and has great Mildew tolerance too, and medium vigour, so easy to care for. Bred too for cold tolerance, it is very hardy and tough and performs well throughout the UK in the garden.
Gooseberry 'Invicta' is the number 1 outstanding Gooseberry variety for home gardeners - and is now available in a unique standard form! Grafted onto a long straight stem, the foliage and fruit will be produced in a ball atop the stem for a really unique productive, yet decorative display! Producing big crops of classic green berries, almost twice as many as any other variety, 'Invicta' is one of our favourite gooseberry plant varieties and it is also mildew resistant, making it very easy to grow for even a novice 'grow your own' gardener. It has good vigour, so supports the big crops well in your garden and is winter hardy so can be left outdoors all year round. Each summer 'Invicta' produces numerous large green fruits which are sweet enough to eat straight off the bush, but are also ideal for cooking with - something a little bit different to strawberries and raspberries that tend to be grown in home gardens. In its standard form, it brings a different dimension to growing your own adding a real decorative feature to patios, or even straight in the border where it will add height and interest. 'Invicta' really is the all-round Gooseberry for gardens - why not try one this year?
Nothing compares to eating sweet, juicy and delicious fruit picked fresh from your garden. With this fantastic offer, you will receive 2 different soft fruit bushes chosen for you in our nursery from the following selection: redcurrant, blackcurrant, whitecurrant, blackberry, blueberry, gooseberry and raspberry. So, if you have always wanted to grow your own soft fruits - or even add different varieties to the fruits that you already grow - this special offer means you get 2 top-quality, high-yielding bushes that will reward you with delicious fruit from the first year of planting. Fully hardy and easy to grow, they will then produce bumper crops year after year. Supplied as 2 established plants, each of a different variety selected for you in our nursery, in 9cm pots ready to plant.
Redcurrants are a great starting point if you're new to growing your own soft fruit and 'Summer Pearls Red' is a wonderful variety with its gorgeous looking, wonderful tasting bunches of shiny bright red fruit. A great source of a wide range of vitamins, this tasty superfruit is a superb addition to your favourite desserts or breakfast cereals, accompanying ice cream and for making redcurrant jelly. Harvest them by picking the whole string, they're delicious eaten straight from the bush but long lasting in the fridge and freezer too. Redcurrants make attractive garden plants in their own right and can be easily trained as cordons and espaliers against a wall or fence. Although they produce the sweetest tasting fruit when grown in full sun, they also do well in partial shade. So easy to grow, hardy and vigorous, cropping reliably whilst requiring little care. Supplied as and established plant in a 9cm pot and growing up to 1.5m (5ft), although it can be kept smaller through pruning.
The whitecurrant is very similar to its cousin, the redcurrant. However, whereas the redcurrant can be a rather tart, the whitecurrant is much, much sweeter whilst retaining a noticeable zing to its taste. As the name suggests, the fruit of 'Summer Pearls White' really does look like perfect little translucent pearls with a pale golden sheen, and they're deliciously sweet, juicy and tasty too! A perfect accompaniment to cereals and desserts or eaten straight from the bush, it's in cooking that these vitamin packed currants come into their own. They're so incredibly sweet that no added sugar is needed when making jams and pies. Best harvested by picking entire strings, they're absolutely delicious and long lasting in the fridge and freezer. Whitecurrants can be easily trained as cordons and espaliers against a wall or fence and are extremely attractive garden plants. Although they produce the sweetest tasting fruit when grown in full sun, they also do well in partial shade. So easy to grow, hardy and vigorous, cropping reliably whilst requiring little care. Supplied as and established plant in a 9cm pot and growing up to 1.5m (5ft), although it can be kept smaller through pruning.
'Patio Black' is a wonderfully compact blackcurrant, reaching just one metre in height and spread. The currants are amongst the largest of any blackcurrant at up to a centimetre cross and they're amazingly sweet and juicy, reaching their peak of flavour around seven days after they turn black, and they will keep in the fridge for up to two weeks. To enjoy your home grown blackcurrants for longer, they will last six months in the freezer and also make excellent jam. 'Patio Black' is very productive, with fruits rich in vitamin C borne in small clusters and unlike most other varieties of blackcurrant, they can be picked as single berries, perfect for snacking on as you relax in the garden! Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for immediate planting.
This Uk grown and produced Spruce Bark mix mulch is perfect for weed control on borders and beds, as well as being useful as a softer surface for pathways and walkways, or play areas Produced in accordance with the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) standards, this 70L bags covers 1-1.2 sq.m (10-12sq.ft) when spread at the recommened 5-7cm deep over the area. This will give 2-3 years active coverage. We'll deliver these large bags direct to your door for ultimate convenience free of charge!
Simply the best compost available to the gardener today! This is a bespoke professional mix made to our exacting recipe from one of Europe's leading blenders. It contains 50% composted wood fibre, to open the mix up and get air in to the roots, and a precise blend of 3 different grades of peats to balance drainage and water holding. With added Lime, it is pH balanced to give the optimum growing conditions and with starter fertiliser and a wetting agent, to ensure even water distribution in pots and container, it will get your plants off to a head-start. On top of that it contains a 6 Month Controlled Release Fertiliser - meaning whatever you grow will get a slow and steady stream of nutrients for 6 Months.A whopping 100 litres of compost when packed, which is enough to plant 8 of our larger Easy Fill hanging baskets, or our large 30cm diameter planters,Under no circumstances should this compost be confused with cheap bags of low-grade black peats at DIY stores - you will feel the light and fluffy difference yourself, and notice the difference in plant growth quickly. Perfect for pots, baskets and planters for growing any plants.
Simply the best compost available to the gardener today and now available with reduced peat content!As part of our drive to improve our 'green credentials', from 2020 we have reduced the amount of peat in our compost. By increasing the percentage of wood fibre in the mix we have produced a greener and more environmentally friendly compost without compromising results. This is a bespoke professional mix made to our exacting recipe from one of Europe's leading blenders. It contains 50% composted wood fibre, to open the mix up and get air to the roots, and a precise blend of 3 different grades of peats to balance drainage and water holding. With added Lime, it is pH balanced to give the optimum growing conditions and with starter fertiliser and a wetting agent, to ensure even water distribution in pots and container, it will get your plants off to a head-start. On top of that it contains a 6 Month Controlled Release Fertiliser - meaning whatever you grow will get a slow and steady stream of nutrients for 6 Months. Under no circumstances should this compost be confused with cheap bags of low-grade black peats at DIY stores - you will feel the light and fluffy difference yourself and notice the difference in plant growth quickly. Perfect for pots, baskets and planters for growing any plants. Please note as this is a heavy item delivered by courier, there will be an additional postage charge added to your basket.
For those looking for a Peat-Free potting compost, our Multipurpose is carefully blended from a mix of composted coir (cocofibre), fine bark chippings for aeration, and a sterilised mixed organic green waste. This is then topped up with a 5:6:10 NPK fertiliser, plus 2.9% Magnesium, which gives all plants a good start in life. The Peat-Free Compost is fine enough for seedling and cutting use, yet coarse enough for general purpose potting on into tubs, baskets or pots. You may find this compost needs slightly less water than peat-based composts, otherwise treat them exactly the same. We'll deliver these large bags direct to your door for ultimate convenience free of charge!
Simply the best compost available to the gardener today and now with reduced peat! A professional mix to our exacting recipe from one of Europe's leading blenders, it contains 50 percent composted wood fibre, to open the mix up and get air into the roots, and a precise blend of 3 different peats to balance drainage and water holding. With added lime, it is pH balanced to give the optimum growing conditions, it also contains starter fertiliser to get your plants off to a head-start, and a wetting agent to ensure even water distribution in pots and containers. Not to be confused with cheap bags of low-grade black peats at DIY stores - you will feel the light and fluffy difference yourself and notice the difference in growth. Perfect for pots, baskets and planters for growing any plants. Supplied as a 50L bag.
Peat Free houseplant focus repotting mix is designed for best results with the widest range of houseplants.It benefits from being free draining to promote healthy root growth. This houseplant mix contains sterilised soil, coir, composted fine bark, wood fibre, as well as a carefully balanced range of nutrients to promote healthy growth for up to two months Highly recommended for all houseplants such as peace lilies, dracaenas, ferns and ficus.
Simply the best compost available to the gardener today! This is a bespoke professional mix made to our exacting recipe from one of Europe's leading blenders. It contains 20% composted wood fibre, to open the mix up and get air in to the roots, and a precise blend of 3 different grades of peats to balance drainage and water holding. With added Lime, it is pH balanced to give the optimum growing conditions and with starter fertiliser and a wetting agent, to ensure even water distribution in pots and container, it will get your plants off to a head-start. On top of that it contains a 6 Month Controlled Release Fertiliser - meaning whatever you grow will get a slow and steady stream of nutrients for 6 Months. Each bag contains a 40 litres of compost when packed. Under no circumstances should this compost be confused with cheap bags of low-grade black peats at DIY stores - you will feel the light and fluffy difference yourself, and notice the difference in plant growth quickly. Perfect for pots, baskets and planters for growing any plants.
Get this extra special manure for your garden and grow the best displays ever. Fork it into your soil or use it as mulch. It will retain moisture, control weeds, but most importantly it will add an abundance of essential nutrients to your soil meaning bigger, better plants! Don't worry about the smell or about getting mucky the manure is very well broken down and is just like a good compost. It's the perfect product for mulching, planting, and soil conditioning. Perfect for use on flowers, fruit & vegetables, as well as roses, trees, and shrubs. This professional farmyard manure provides a natural source of organic matter for the soil; dig it in directly or use as a mulch where a couple of inches around plants will keep moisture in the soil and supress weeds. Supplied as a 50L bag of professional farmyard manure, ready to use. We'll deliver these large bags direct to your door for ultimate convenience free of charge!