gardening matters forward to special celebrations
We have two varieties of special occasion roses for Mother’s Day called My Mum and Mum in a Millionthat are beautiful roses and make touching and heart warming gifts. If there is something specific you would like we have a potting service available to cater for your needs. Come in and see our great range.
Plants to look out for in March and April
There is a great range of new introductions arriving at the garden centre this year that will be featured in our hot spots. These are new and exciting varieties all suitable for pots and gardens. They are easy to care for and will reward us will lots of colour.
Scented Viola collection: they grow to 23cm (9”) tall and around 30cm (12”) in spread. They are suitable to grow in sun or part shade in any soil. The flowers are sweetly scented and available in yellow, purple, blue and white. They will be available between March and April.
Everlasting sweet peas (Lathyrus latifolius): these are a fantastic hardy and perennial climbing plant. The flowers are not fragrant, but why not grow them along side Sweet Pea ‘Royal Mixed’ (Laythrus ordoratus) for the best of both worlds. Sweet Pea ‘Royal Mixed’ have early and very large, fragrant flowers on long stem, which make them perfect for cutting. The flowers bloom in early summer in regal shades of red, white, blue and purple. They are quite tolerant of drought and if regularly picked will flower into the autumn. Both will be available from March and April.
Displays and themes
With the Diamond Jubilee and the Olympics coming up in the summer, we are feeling very patriotic and decking out the garden centre with displays of red, white and blue as well as getting in Olympic and Diamond themed plants.
We will be busy in the spring potting up pots and baskets with summer bedding in red, white and blue to decorate the garden centre. Along with this we will have colour themed displays in bronze, silver and gold to represent the medals of the games.
In addition to this look out for our Olympic orientated plants such as Rose ‘Olympic Spirit’, Rose ‘Olympic Flame’, Stachys Olympica, Verbascum Olympicum, Cotinus ‘Golden Spirit’, Grevillea ‘Olympic Fire, and many more. We are also bringing in two roses two celebrate the Diamond Jubilee which are Diamond Wishes and Diamond patio rose. In addition to this we are also stocking the sweet pea ‘Royal Mix’.
Come and visit and let us know what you think! Thanks Derek!
We have just finalised our list of coach trips to some beautiful Gardens which will include Abbotsbury Gardens and Swannery, Bicton Park, Marwood Hill Gardens, Pine Lodge Gardens, Rosemoor, Glendurgan Gardens, Coleton Fishacre and Heligan – so come in and book your tickets. There are lots of new places this year and coach seats can go quite quickly!
Lathyrus latifolius
A new and stunning Aquilegia will be available from April called ‘Spitfire’. It is a hardy perennial with redish orange, fiery flowers in early summer. It is an unusual and interesting Aquilegia and growing to only 30cm (12”) in height it is perfectly suited to rockeries and the front of borders. It will be happy in most soils and will like a position in sun to part shade.
For the fruit growers, a new variety of strawberry will be available from May called ‘Pineberry’. It is an extremely unusual variety that has white fruit. The berries start off green and ripen to white with red seeds when ready to pick. They have extremely fra- grant flesh and have a taste similar to pineapple. They can be grown in the veg- etable plot alongside your other strawberries or in the greenhouse in large pot or hanging basket. Be the first to grow this unique and interesting fruit.
Pineberry
For the vegetable growers why not try graft- ed plants this year. They are specially designed plants with high cropping varieties gratfed onto the rootstock of stronger, dis- ease resistant plants. Cropping can be as much as 60 per cent higher compared to seed raised plants and they resistant to most
soil-borne pests and diseases. They are also more tolerant of cooler conditions so if the summer fails to perform, you vegetables won’t.
They are available from April and will be in the varieties of cucumber ‘Jazzer’, pep- per ‘Jericho’, tomato ‘Trilly’, ‘Maestria’, ‘Supersteak’ and ‘Previa’.
Plymouth Garden Centre in Fort Austin Avenue, Crownhill is open from
9am to 5.30pm weekdays and 10.30am to 4.30pm Sundays Tel: 01752 771820.
www.plymouthgardencentre.co.uk
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Tropical gardens at Abbotsbury Happy
gardening...Fiona and Derek
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