THE PLANT HUNTERS EDITION No.136
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FREE POST & PACKING ON ALL ORDERS OVER €75! HYDRANGEA MAGICAL Time to Plant ‘REVOLUTION BLUE’ Autumn to Spring is the most important time in the gardener’s calendar. Older gardeners know the wisdom of planting this time of year. Trees and bushes are fully dormant usually from November straight through to mid-April, which gives them time to settle in nicely without too much stress, making it the perfect time to plant. By planting now, you are planting in the cooler time of the year, and you get root growth that will be ready to take up water and nutrients when our spring temperatures increase. When leaves unfurl and expand, the increased roots are better able to access food and nutrients, and the stress of transplanting is drastically reduced. We work with the finest nurseries to bring you the latest plant editions as well as some very rare hard to find older varieties. A lot of the range is exclusive to Mr Middleton and many are only available in small quantities so early ordering is advised. As a small Irish family owned business we are committed to ensuring your order receives the very best of our personal attention backed by over 40 years’ experience as Ireland’s top mail order supplier. We guarantee everything we sell so you can buy with confidence and enjoy great plants in your garden. Thank you for your continued support.
3 Colours One Plant
A new Hydrangea macrophylla which was originally bred for the cut flower industry for the amazing flower performance and variety. As the flowers mature the striking dark blue evolves to purple, then to green. A compact variety that is ideal for the patio in containers. Robust, with good resistance to sun, rain and frost. Exceptional quality, retains its beauty for six months. Height 1m. Supplied as strong 3 year plants.
€20 each Code 136/P105 Buy 3 for just €50 Save €10
SKIMMIA JAPONICA MAGIC MARLOT
Handsome evergreen leaves which have a glittering golden edge are reason enough to choose this plant but this Skimmia has two other tricks up its sleeve. It produces its flower buds in autumn when they sit amongst the leaves as white clusters. Through the winter months they mature to deep pink and open to thick white spikes of starry flowers in spring, wafting their scent around the garden.
€10 each Code 136/ P107 Buy 3 for €25 Save €5 Code 136/P107A
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SARCOCOCCA WINTER GEM
During winter, this amazing glossy evergreen shrub is smothered by highly fragrant white flowers, each one emerging from a deep red bud. Perfect for borders and containers, or as a low fragrant hedge giving scent from December until April. Happy in sun or shade in well-drained soil. Ht 60cm
€12 Each Code 136/P016 Buy 3 for €30 Save €6 Code 136/P106A
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The florist rose you can grow in your garden While bred for the florist trade, this one of a kind hybrid tea also has what it takes to flourish in outdoor gardens. A fantastic highly fragrant Hybrid Tea rose. Deep near black buds and young flowers becoming lighter as the flower matures with tightly bound reflexing velvety petals suspended on tall stems amongst dark glossy green foliage. The velvety texture of the petals and unique burgundy-black colour of the blooms is an instant success in any cut flower garden. The flowers last up to 2 weeks in a vase. Semi-glossy dark green foliage lines the long stems. Enjoy flushes of these beauties throughout the season.
€18 each Code 136/R047
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RHS Award of Merit AMELANCHIER LAMARCKII Stunning Autumn Colour
This small, tough but graceful, bushy tree or large shrub is ideal for an exposed or difficult position. April brings a profusion of star-shaped, white flowers with bronze tinged young leaves, followed later in the year by
striking red autumn colour. In comparison to the other Amelanchier varieties, is a slightly bushier, natural looking form. Purple-black berries which ripen in summer, are popular with hungry birds and also edible.
€15 each Code 136/P108 3
KILLARNEY STRAWBERRY TREE (Arbutus unedo)
Arbutus unedo is an interesting small garden tree which produces bright-red fruits in the autumn along with pendulous clusters of white, urn shaped flowers in November. The fruits are popular with birds. Its rich terracotta brown, tactile, peeling bark and dark evergreen bay like leaves makes the Strawberry Tree a wonderful addition to smaller gardens. Ht 4 metres in 20 years.
DAVID AUSTIN PERFUMED ROSES 50% OFF FRAGRANT ENGLISH ROSES
A special collection of Scented Rose Bushes chosen from the David Austin range. Delicious fragrance, repeat flowering and disease resistance. The collection will contain five different named varieties specially chosen by Mr Middleton. They will be supplied root wrapped, allowing you to plant them anytime from Nov – Mar. The bushes will provide a
bowl of old fashioned scented blooms next summer – a real delight. Content may vary. Normal Price €20 each
Special Price €50 per collection of 5 bushes. Code 136/R014
€12 each Code 136/P07 Buy 2 Plants for just €20 and Save €4 Code 136/P07A
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CHINESE WITCH HAZEL
Explosions of fragrant ‘firework-like’ flowers in winter and glowing burgundy leaves all year long!”
Chinese Witch Hazel’ (Loropetalum Firedance ) is a real rarity yet is easy to grow and ‘power-packed’ year round interest. The new leaves unfurl a gorgeous reddish purple colour and change to a deep, glossy shade of blackcurrant purple over Winter.. One of the very few evergreen shrubs around that is in fact everpurple! If that wasn’t enough, as deepest Winter turns to Spring, it produces whorls of amazing firework like deep pink flowers. Rarely offered for sale, this truly remarkable little gem, will provide interest in your garden 365 days a year. Hardy it will continue to delight and amaze for many years. Strong 3 yrs old plants supplied.
€15 each Code 136/P032 4
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HYDRANGEA LIMELIGHT
An exciting hardy Hydrangea, ‘Limelight’ has unique bright chartreuse blooms in mid-summer that hold bright and refreshing colour right into autumn when the blooms change colour to a rich deep pink. The autumn display of chartreuse and pink blooms on the same plant is breathtaking! The 6”-12” flowers can be cut either fresh or dried,
1 plant €16 Code 136/P067
ACER SHIRASAWANUM ‘AUREUM’ This was one of the highlights of our display at Bloom. Everyone wanted the one plant we had; we now have a limited stock available for the first time. Golden full moon maple is a choice and sought after small tree which is perfect for the smaller garden. In spring the buds open to reveal intensely bright lemon yellow foliage. As the leaves mature they will soften and Bright red helicopter-like seeds are prominently nestled in the foliage and will remain colorful well into summer. In autumn, the tree is dotted in tones of orange and red. The slow growth and unique framework makes it an excellent choice for containers.
1 strong plant €30 Code 136/P069 6
ACER PALMATUM ‘BLOODGOOD’
Upright Japanese maple , one of the best purple-leaved varieties. It has deeply cut, dark red-purple leaves that turn bright red in autumn and tiny purple-red spring flowers. Good as a focal point where the intensity of the autumn colour can really glow.
1 strong plant €30 Code 136/P068
GARDENIA JASMONOIDES ‘KLEIMS HARDY’
Exotic single white blooms with an intoxicating fragrance that is simply divine. Gardenia ‘Kleim’s Hardy’ is the first of its kind that can be grown outdoors all year round. The world’s very first fully hardy Gardenia variety which can survive outside in temperatures as low as -10°C! Its glossy evergreen foliage provides the perfect backdrop for the exquisite blooms in summer. A beautiful, compact shrub for sheltered borders and containers. Height and spread: 90cm (36”).
HELLEBORE MR MIDDLETON’S BEAUTY
A specially selected strain of Hellebores Christmas Rose, which is very free flowering in the depths of winter and early spring. Boasting large round, flat-faced, snow-white flowers which are set off beautifully against leathery, deep green foliage. It looks outstanding in a winter border, but is also ideal for growing in pots in a cold frame, sun room or frost-free greenhouse, which will encourage earlier flowering. Supplied as strong budded plants.
€10 each Code 136/P066 Buy 2 for only €18 Code 136/P066A
€20 each Code 136/P062
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CLEMATIS WINTER BEAUTY
Sparkling nodding flowers bring a magical touch of warmth into your garden to brighten the cold winter days. Flowering from December to March this superb evergreen clematis bears its delicately fragrant, waxy, bell-shaped flowers in the depths of winter. The foliage is so lush, that you’ll think its summertime all year round! Plant Clematis ‘Winter Beauty’ against a warm house wall so that you can appreciate its winter flowers from your window. Height: 4m x1.2m .
MAGICAL MOONLIGHT’ HYDRANGEA
Hydrangea ‘Magical Moonlight’ (Hydrangea Paniculata) is bound to attract attention with its stunning magnificent cone-shaped flower heads, we know of no other that performs as well in the garden or in tubs. The large greenish-white flowerheads will amaze you from June through to September.
€20 each Code136/P109 Buy 3 for €50 save €10 Code 136/109A
€20 each Code 136/P094 Buy 2 Plants for just €34 and Save €6 Code 136/P094A
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HYDRANGEA PANICULATA DIAMANT ROUGE
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MIMOSA (Acacia Dealbata) Super Scent & Great Foliage
Evergreen fern-like foliage makes an attractive foil for clusters of bright yellow, fluffy ball shaped mimosa flowers. Its fragrant, nectar rich blooms are a big attraction for bees and other insects in late winter and early spring. An ideal specimen plant for containers, or sheltered sunny borders. An excellent focal point for a large conservatory. Outdoor can be grown into a mature tree.
When they first appear, the petal-like sepals are white, but they soon start to change colour, first to pink and then a deeper shade of rich raspberry red. These flower heads appear in profusion on strong stems and can grow up to 35cm in length. The flower colour may vary slightly depending on the exposure and soil type, but the overall effect is quite dramatic when the plant is in full bloom. Supplied in a large 3 litre pot. Ht 1.2m
€20 each Code 136/P093 Buy 2 Plants for just €34 and Save €6 Code 136/P093A
€20 Code 136/P016
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HEIRLOOM SCENTED ROSES
CARDINAL DE RICHELIEU (1845)
ROSA ‘BLANCHEFLEUR’ (1835)
We have secured a small supply of this very rare old rose. A vigorous rose with apple green foliage and double white flowers, lightly tinted with blush at the centre and tipped with red in the bud.Flowering in June with a powerful delicious scent 5ft. x 3ft.
€15 each Code 136/R018 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
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EMPRESS JOSEPHINE (1815)
€15 each Code 136/R039 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
€15 each Code 136/R037 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15 Code 136/R037A
A Centifolia rose which is a rich sumptuous beauty producing fragrant, fully double, large magenta flowers flushed with purple and turning to rich parma-violet and later to lavender-grey – a wonderful mixture. Foliage is medium-sized, mid-to dark green. 6 x 5 ft.
Code 136/R039A
One of the most beautiful old roses bearing large, loosely double blooms with wavy petals of an unusual papery appearance.The flowers are followed by a fine crop of large, orange, turbinate hips. It forms a good, bushy, almost thornless shrub with ample, very coarse, grey-green foliage. Gallica Rose
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This is one of the first roses to bloom and also one of the last and it does so continuously. It is one of the best climbers with great quantities of very fragrant flowers. Thornless, very happy on a north wall and can be grown as a hedge.
€15 each Code 136/R007 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15 Code 136/R007A
€15 each Code 136/R009 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
TOUR DE MALAKOFF (1856)
Code 136/R009A
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ZÉPHIRINE DROUHIN (1868)
‘Cardinal de Richelieu’ offers the most extraordinary colouring of all. Dense clusters of sumptuous, fragrant, fully double, deep burgundy-purple flowers in June and July and dark green leaves. This gorgeous gallica rose is an excellent specimen plant for a mixed or shrub border in sun or partial shade. On virtually thornless stems, the rounded blooms make exquisite cut-flowers.
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PAULS HIMALAYAN MUSK (1916) This is a very vigorous Rambler with thorny, arching stems and glossy, light-green leaves. In early summer, it bears clusters of small, lightly-fragrant, pale-pink flowers. Planted at the foot of a tree or hedge or to cover a wall this plant will romp away covering up to 5m (15ft).
€15 each Code 136/R015 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15 Code 136/R015A
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MME ISSAC PEREIRRE (1881)
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Mme Isaac Pereirre is a voluptuous Bourbon Rose clothed in purple velvet petals, and blessed with one of the most potent fragrances in the rose world. The canes are lax and very suited to be trained as a small climber or on a pyramid. 2.5m (8.2ft) x2m (6.6ft)
MAIGOLD (1953)
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€15 each Code 136/R005 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
The most modern of our collection but one of the best climbers, Maigold is a vigorous prickle plant, disease free with a powerful fragrance . Very tough and hardy – suitable for poor soil conditions. 3m (9.8ft) x 1.5m (4.9ft)
€15 each Code 136/R004 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
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COMPASSION (1974)
This popular modern classic is noted for its reliability in most parts of the rose-growing world. The well-shaped hybrid tea flowers are salmon-pink, tinted with apricotorange. They have a sweet fragrance. The growth is strong, stiff and bushy and there is plentiful dark green foliage. It is particularly healthy. 10ft.
€15 each Code 136/R040 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15 Code 136/R040A
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DENSE DE FEU (1953)
A fine show of brilliant orange-scarlet, semi-double scented flowers of medium size, their colour deepening with age. Short, shapely buds open into globular flowers that eventually become flat. Flowers freely, repeating well. This is a vigorous plant with plentiful foliage and so would be suitable for the slightly more challenging position of a north wall. 8 – 10ft.
€15 each Code 136/R041 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
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Historically, the most popular of all climbing roses. Brilliant, unfading scarlet fragrant flowers in large clusters. Very free flowering, a versatile climber as the stems are plentiful and pliable. 10ft.
€15 each Code 136/R042 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15 Code 136/R042A
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One of the best in its class. Pretty, yellow buds open into fully double, quartered creamy-white flowers. Blooms are produced with great freedom in early summer with a medium-strong, fresh fragrance with a fruity character. This rambler has the ability to repeat flower later in the summer. A very reliable variety, with strong growth. Almost evergreen, with ample, glossy, dark green foliage. 25ft.
€15 each Code 136/R043 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
AMERICAN PILLAR (1909)
A very striking and easily recognisable rose with almost single flowers of bright carmine-pink with a white eye and golden stamens. These are produced in large clusters. Very tough and reliable. Large hips in autumn. 13ft.
€15 each Code 136/R044 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15 Code 136/R044A
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PAULS SCARLET (1916)
ALBERIC BARBIER (1900)
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ROSA BANTRY BAY
EXCELSA (1909)
QUEEN OF DENMARK (1826)
€15each Code 136/R030 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15 Code 136/R030A
€15 each Code 136/R045 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
€15each Code 136/R023 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15 Code 136/R023A
Bantry Bay is a relatively modern climbing rose - bred in 1967 - with strong growth and healthy foliage. A tough, repeat flowerer, the Bantry Bay climbing rose has open-centred, scented pink flowers that show off their yellow pollen coated centres. 4m x 4m.
A very healthy, reliable and free-flowering rambling rose producing large trusses of scented small, light cerise crimson flowers on spindly but strong shoots. Very vigorous with a long flowering season, it is suitable for poorer soil conditions and even north facing walls, so there is no reason not to own one of these fabulous all round Roses.
Code 136/R045A
Clusters of huge, fully double, very fragrant, deep to light pink blooms in midsummer which stand out against the grey-green foliage. Perhaps one of the finest old-fashioned roses, this is ideal for an open, sunny site yet grows very well in partial shade. A vigorous grower it is also disease resistant.
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BOULE DE NEIGE (1867)
Small, round, crimson-tinted buds open to camellia-like white flowers, their silky petals gradually turning back to form a ball. The blooms are about two and a half inches across, held in small clusters on slender growth. Add to this a rich fragrance and we have one of the most charming white Old Roses. Repeats well and grows very well as a short climber. 5 x 3 ft. Bourbon Rose
€15 each Code 136/R034 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
CHAPEAU DE NAPOLEON (1826)
HEIRLOOM SCENTED ROSES
€15 each Code 136/R035 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
Large clusters of scented, semi-double, creamy-white flowers from July to September, followed by small, spherical, red rose-hips. This vigorous, rambling rose is ideal for covering an unsightly structure or scrambling through a robust tree. It’s an excellent variety for wilder areas of the garden or for covering a north-facing wall. This was introduced by famous Daisy Hill nursery in Newry who never bred roses so it is presumed they found it in an Irish rectory garden. HT 3.5M (12’).
This Crested Moss is a beautiful rose with clear pink, heavy, nodding blooms and a rich old rose fragrance. It is very similar to ‘Centifolia’, possibly a sport of it, but is distinguished by the greatly enlarged sepals (or wings) of its calyces. It forms a strong, nicely arching shrub. Crested Moss Rose
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RAMBLING RECTOR (1900)
€15 each Code 136/R028 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
SOUVENIR DU DOCTEUR JARMAIN (1865)
One of the best for a north facing wall. The main flush of flowers appear in mid summer, but it will continue to have smaller bursts until autumn. They are tolerant of poor soils, have few thorns, and can be grown as an open shrub if they are given support. We love it – and the RHS has given it their prestigeous Award of Garden Merit. HT3m (9‘)
€15 each Code 136/R025 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
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FANTIN LATOUR (1900)
ROSA MUNDI (Pre 1581)
€15 each Code 136/R036 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
€15 each Code 136/R022 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
A charming rose bearing large clusters of beautifully formed, full-petalled flowers. The flowers are cupped at first, later reflexing at the edges and revealing a central button eye. They are blush-pink deepening to shell-pink at the centre and have a delicate and pleasing fragrance. ‘Fantin-Latour’ a fine, shapely shrub with good, vigorous growth and glossy, dark green foliage and a long season of bloom. 6 x 5 ft.
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This is a striking old Gallica rose flowers will create quite a talking point in your garden. They are very distinctive, pale pink and striped a darker pink, semi-double with an open cupped shape, with yellow at the centre. Bushes are quite compact and they make very pretty informal hedges. This rose is often referred to as Rosa mundi. Received RHS Prestigious Award of Garden Merit.
Code 136/R022A
PENELOPE (1924) HYBRID MUSK
Penelope’s charm lies in the massed effect of it’s prolific flowering ,it is remarkably disease resistant and tolerant of shade. The flowers are very striking with a lovely rose fragrance. The large clusters look great cut for the house. The flowers are followed by large coral-pink hips which are a most unusual colour.
€15 each Code 136/R029 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
Code 136/R029A
WILKINSON SWORD PRUNER SET Super value gift pack of two high quality Wilkinson Sword pruners, one bypass pruner and one anvil pruner.
Special price €20 Code 136/S350
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ROSE LADY MARMALADE Rose of the Year 2014
ROSE GREAT DAD (Moody Blue)
€15 each Code 136/R033 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15 Code 136/R033A
€15 each Code 136/R048 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15 Code 136/R048A
Big bright tangerine blooms set against a glossy light green leaf make a riotous spectacle. The clusters of blooms keep coming all summer and into Autumn and the perfume is a spicy delight. Rounded buds open into a cupped bloom with heavily reflexed petals which finally open to wide bright flowers with a contrasting yellow centre.
Seeing this rose for the first time is a heart-stopping moment! The flowers are large, beautifully formed and brimming with perfume. It is the nearest true blue we have seen and unlike most Hybrid Teas in this colour range, it has strong, vigorous growth that produces a wealth of bloom with staggering continuity. Good disease resistance too. . Height 80cm.
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ROSE MUM IN A MILLION (Millie)
A truly stunning rose with a profusion of large, wellscented flowers that appear continuously for several months throughout the summer. It can be planted in the border, or potted up and placed on a sunny patio and the flowers will last for ages after being cut and added to a vase.
This fabulous pink Hybrid Tea rose makes an ideal gift, has fabulous, classic, old fashioned quartered blooms with wonderful strong, sweet rose fragrance. Repeat flowers throughout the season on strong, bushy dark green gloss growth. A perfect gift or tribute rose for Mum for any occasion.
€18 each Code 136/R049 Buy 3 Plants for just €40 and Save €14
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ROSE FOR YOUR EYES ONLY Rose of the year 2015 Two-tone flowers for extra interest – Lovely scent and ideal for patio pots
Early to flower, then continually blooming right through summer and into autumn. Be the first to grow ‘For Your Eyes Only’– Rose of the Year 2015. It’s unique open flowers with central blotching are set to change the face of modern roses. A short height and compact growth habit makes ‘For Your Eyes Only’ the perfect ground cover and container rose. Height: 90cm (35”). Spread: 90cm (35”).
€15 each Code 136/R046 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 Save €15
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Code 136/R046A
SPECIAL CHRISTMAS WEEK DELIVERY ORDER THIS SPECIAL ROSE AS A GIFT FOR DELIVERY TO YOUR MUM CHRISTMAS WEEK
€24 each Code 136/R049C Buy 3 Plants for just €47 and Save €25
Code 136/R049AC Price includes special Christmas week delivery charge
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Winter Berries
MR MIDDLETON’S SEAWEED MEAL From the earliest of times seaweed has been a traditional soil conditioner for gardeners all along the west coast. Our seaweed meal which is fully organic contains not just N.P.K. but over 60 trace elements and growth hormones which help restore the bacterial activity in the soil as well as improving the soil structure and increasing the earthworm population. The result being more flavour and better vegetables and fruit and plants. Apply 90g per sq meter. 1.5kg €6.50 Code 136/S143 3 kg €10 Code 136/S143A 7.5kg €20 Code 136/S143C
CALLICARPA BODINERI PROFUSION
VIBURMUM ‘KILIMANJARO SUNRISE’ Elegant new shrub winner of the most prestigious gardening award.
This award winning shrub is breathtaking in its transformative beauty. Gorgeous appleblossom pink blooms brighten to pure white with age before returning to subtle pink. on tiered branches . As summer ends, the fresh green foliage turns to shades of burnt orange and gold in a superb autumn display.
Chelsea Winner ‘PLANT OF THE YEAR 2015’
Glossy red berries, that ripen to black, provide a valuable source of food for winter birds. It’s more upright habit makes useful for gardens where space is at a premium. Very low maintenance deciduous shrub perfect for bringing colour and stylish architecture to borders, cottage gardens and woodlands. Height: 3m (10’). Spread: 2m (6.5’).
€30 each Code 136/P110
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A Flower Arrangers Gem
This lovely deciduous shrub is a plant for all seasons, it has clusters of small pink flowers in midsummer, but it’s really prized for the clusters of striking, violet, bead-like berries that appear in autumn and remain after the plant has lost its leaves. The young foliage is bronze-purple, then dark green and finally rich goldenpurple. It will brighten up your garden in autumn and winter or use the bare branches laden with berries for arrangements.
€20 each Code 136/P052
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HYDRANGEA INCREDIBALL
You’ll be amazed at the size of these beautiful blooms! This vigorous, hardy hydrangea delivers massive 30cm (12”) flower heads that emerge lime green, change to pure snowy white in the summer, and then fade to pale green as they mature. The long-flowering blooms of Hydrangea arborescens ‘Incrediball’ are held upright on sturdy, thick stems which means that as they mature they will stand up better in more exposed positions Height 2m.
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DWARF CLEMATIS OVATION
BUDDLEIA X WEYERIANA SUNGOLD
Stunning new dwarf Clematis Ovation blooms early in the spring and is covered with masses of white/cream flowers. It makes an excellent ground cover as well as been suitable for pots and tubs. After flowering, fluffy balls follow which enhances the ornamental value to a maximum. The maximum height is 20 cm
This RHS AGM variety is rather special with its stems of striking, golden yellow, ball-shaped flowers attracting butterflies and bees to their freshly scented blooms. BuddleIa x weyeriana ‘Sungold’ is fast-growing and tolerant of most conditions, making it easy to grow in large borders. 3m x 3m
€12 each Code 136/P086
€12 each Code 136/P073
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FIREPOWER HEAVENLY BAMBOO (Nandina domestica)
This is a dwarf and compact cultivar with bright red leaves that sparkle on a frosty day. Great as a specimen plant in a shrub border, it is also perfect in pots, or looks good planted with other delicate plants to show off its finery, or alternatively with broad-leaved plants to give contrast.
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BUDDLEIA BICOLOR FLOWER POWER
Magical blooms transform from deepest violet to rich butterscotch yellow for an enchanting kaleidoscope of colour. The sweet fragrant flowers attract butterflies and other beneficial insects to your garden. This colourful, low maintenance butterfly bush has a neat compact habit – just perfect for small gardens. Height and spread: 4m
€12 each Code 136/P076
MAHONIA SOFT CARESS (Winter flowering)
PARROTIA PERSICA
€20 each Code 136/112 Buy 3 Plants for just €50 and Save €20
€25 each Code 136/P113
The first Mahonia without spiky foliage , ‘Soft Caress’ is the first of its kind to have entirely spine free foliage, making it much more agreeable in the garden. Winner of “Plant of the Year” at RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2013, this superb evergreen shrub is a great winter flowering shrub . Fragrant spikes of golden blooms give way to spherical, blue berries that will attract birds to the garden during the winter months.. Height and spread: 120cm . Ideal patio plant or as an exotic plant in the border.
A very beautiful short trunked spreading ornamental tree with glossy, deeply ribbed mid-green foliage turns amazing autumn colours including yellow, orange, red and purple! It’s as if each leaf is a different autumn colour , this tree is the MOST spectacular of all varieties and as it holds its leaves for a long time the autumn display is often extended for several weeks. This stunning show is then followed by tiny clusters of witch hazel-like ruby-red flowers on bare, grey-barked branches from February-March that will still look fresh after a heavy coating of snow. Ht. 3–5 m.
Code 136/112A
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DAPHNE MEZEREUM RUBRA
Masses of fragrant, pink flowers which are borne in clusters and smother the strongly upright, bare branches in late winter and early spring. It is perfect for a shrub border or woodland garden with well-drained, humus-rich soil. Easy to grow, no after care required. Ht 1m
€20 each Code 136/P081
HAMAMELIS INTERMEDIA
In winter, this vase-shaped, deciduous shrub has clusters of sweetly scented, rich golden yellow flowers clinging to bare twigs. In autumn, the bright green leaves turn spectacular shades of yellow, orange and red. This award-winning variety of witch hazel is a lovely specimen plant for a sunny winter border or woodland edge. The flowering twigs can be cut to perfume rooms in winter.
€30 each Code 136/114
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RHUS TYPHINA ‘DISSECTA’
This is a small, handsome, ornamental deciduous tree with a widespreading, tropical appearance and small, yellowish-green flowers from May to June. It is grown for its large, serrated, fern-like, light green leaves which take on spectacular, fiery shades of brilliant red, orange, golden-yellow, scarlet and purple in the autumn. Attractive, pyramidal crimson-red seed panicles are also produced in July, which have the appearance of furry candles and often persist well into the winter. Looks great as a specimen tree in the centre of lawns or for growing in large containers. Its tolerant of strong winds and salt-laden air makes it suitable for growing near the coast.
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€20 each Code 136/115
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CLEMATIS MAYLEEN
It could almost be known as the ‘mile-a-minute’ clematis, such is the rapid growth of this variety. Clematis montana ‘Mayleen’ is the best scented Clematis montana too, with delightful satin-pink ruffled blooms. As if that wasn’t enough, it has sparkling bronze foliage too. Easiest of all the clematis to grow. If you want a quick-growing handsome climber, look no further! Height: 10m (33’). Spread: 3m (10’).
€12 each Code 136/P087
Winter Scented ABELIOPHYLLUM DISTICHUM
LONICERA FRAGRANTISSIMA (winter honeysuckle )
€15 each Code 136/P082
1 large plant €12 Code 136/P080
A rare relative of the Forsythia, this is a handsome, deciduous shrub is smothered with small, star-shaped, light pink flowers in late winter and early spring. They have a delicious scent and will fill the surrounding area with their fragrance, so plant it near a pathway or entrance.
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Wonderful, winter-flowering shrub produces fragrant, creamy-white flowers between December and March on almost leafless branches. Sometimes followed by dull-red berries, the leaves, when they appear are a rich shade of green – usually flushed with a plush purple.
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THE MANTIS TILLER IS BACKED BY A FIVE-YEAR WARRANTY, PLUS A LIFETIME WARRANTY ON THE TINES AGAINST BREAKAGE THE 4-STROKE TILLER COMES WITH ALL THE KNOWN ADVANTAGES: • FREE Kickstand when you purchase the Mantis 4-Stroke
Honda-Powered Tiller/Cultivator. Plus FREE Owners Video. • Money back guarantee • Perfect for raised beds, and gardens of all sizes. • Digs down 10 inches. • Easy to start, easy to operate. • No fuel mixing required!! • So small and compact you can use it anywhere. • Cuts through hard sod, compact soil or tangly weeds. • Fun to use! • Weed a 30’ x 40’ garden in just 20 minutes! • Fold-down handles for convenient storage. • Great optional attachments and accessories available. • Fold-down handles for convenient storage. • So versatile, you’ll use it throughout the entire gardening season.
WINTER FLOWERING CHERRY Prunus Subhirtella Autumnalis Rosea
Throughout the winter, the bare branches are sprinkled with pretty cherry blossom flowers culminating in a massive blooming in early spring, from February to May. The rosy pink flowers open from dark pink buds and fade slightly to soft pink as they age. The semidouble blooms appear November-March creating a long lasting, delightful display in the dull grey winter months. The flowers are followed by small fruit that are popular with the birds. The dark-green foliage of
this small tree makes a good foil for other plants before turning to fiery yellow, orange and red in autumn. Ideal for smaller spaces, Prunus Autumnalis Rosea will grow to 4 x 4 metres in 20 years, thriving in most soils. Its Tolerant of pollution so ideal in an urban situation. A fantastic tree to give spectacular year round interest
€30 each Code 136/P035
New
€500 Code 136/S013
Save 50% MR MIDDLETON’S FAIRY ROSES PETITE PERFECTION
New
Our patio roses are pure perfection on a small scale. Excellent cover for the fairies, they provide useful c olourful plantings in areas where space is limited. They are short compact plants making them suitable for small gardens, windy exposed areas and planting in tubs, troughs and containers on patio or balcony. They are repeat flowering and very low maintenance with a ht of 40-50cm. Our collection will comprise 4 named varieties chosen to give colour and fragrance.
Normal Price €15 each Special price €30 for 4 Code 136/R050 24
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AUTUMN PLANTING ONIONS
GREAT CHOICE GARLIC GARLIC CRISTO
‘Strong flavour’ Extra strong garlic taste , very good for storing, can be stored for up to one year. 3 bulbs €4 Code 136/V046 6 bulbs €7 Code 136/V046A
ELEPHANT GARLIC
Not a true garlic but a stem leek which produces massive bulbs approximately 10cm (4 inches) in diameter. The cloves are also much larger than conventional garlic with a milder taste making it suitable for a wide choice of culinary uses, especially roasting. 2 cloves €4 Code 136/V049
GARLIC SOLENT WIGHT A superb softneck garlic, producing large, top quality bulbs. If the cloves are planted early, mature bulbs will be ready to lift and use from July. An exceptional bouquet, full of depth and strength. These are very large firm bulbs, at least 60mm across. €4 each Code 136/V130
These are over wintering onion sets and can usually be planted between October and January, to produce early summer crops next year.
ONION ELECTRIC Electric is a top performer and hugely popular with our customers, producing excellent yields of mild tasting summer onions from late May These onion sets are particularly resistant to bolting Superb when eaten fresh & stores well into the autumn.
1 lb €4
Code 136/V081 2 lb €7 Code 136/V081A
ONION RADAR
A well established and highly favoured variety featuring good resistance to bolting and very little winter kill.
1 lb €4 Code 136/V116 2 lb €7 Code 136/V116A
Strong
ONION SENSHYU
ONION TROY
1 lb €4 Code 136/V080 2 lb €7 Code 136/V080A
1 lb €4 Code 136/V082 2 lb €7 Code 136/V082A
Reliable, heavy cropping onion sets. An extremely popular Japanese over-wintering variety, reliably producing a heavy crop of semi-globe-shaped, straw-coloured bulbs of excellent quality, which should be ready to harvest in early July.
An early dark yellow skinned variety with good tolerance to bolting. This highly productive hybrid produces uniform round to flat-round bulbs with good skin quality
MR MIDDLETON GREEN MANURE FRENCH GARLIC GERMIDOUR
Violet cloves, a softneck variety which matures quicker than hardneck varieties. Softneck varieties tend to store better than hardneck varieties, so this is the type to grow for longterm storage.
3 bulbs €4 Code 136/V139 6 bulbs €7 Code 136/V139A 26
Enrich your soil
FRENCH GARLIC THERMIDROME
Early and very high yielding with a medium flavour. A softneck variety which stores better than hardneck varieties.
3 bulbs €4 Code 136/V140 6 bulbs €7 Code 136/V140A
An easy way to add nutrients and bulky, organic matter (humus) to your soil, helping to maintain or improve fertility and soil structure. Green manures are grown to dig into the soil to improve its fertility. They do this by preventing soil erosion, forming humus, holding plant nutrients and helping soil organisms and earthworms. Dig in to soil before flowering.
500grms (covers 90sq meters) €11 Code 136/V117 1kg (covers 180sq meters) €17 Code 136/V117A
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ASPARAGUS
Although asparagus beds take several years to establish, each asparagus crown can produce up to 25 spears per year and will continue cropping for 25 years. We supply strong, one year old crowns - the best for rapid establishment.
ASPARAGUS PACIFIC PURPLE
More tender and sweet than many green varieties. The spears are basically stringless and delicious eaten raw, with dips, or sliced in salads. Colour is lost if cooked so is best steamed. Produces supersweet white spears if earthed up.
5 Crowns €10 Code 136/V058 10 Crowns €16 Code 136/V058
Early
ASPARAGUS GIJNLIM
Asparagus ‘Gijnlim’ is a famously tasty new hybrid variety. Gijnlim is an early season Asparagus, a high yielding male variety producing medium thick, mid-green spears with closed purple tips. Highly recommended for its excellent flavour and quality, it is now our customers’ firm favourite
5 Crowns €10 Code 136/V057 10 Crowns €16 Code 136/V057A
RHUBARB TIMPERLEY RHUBARB RED CHAMPAGNE EARLY
Mid
Crops from February to Autumn, disease resistant and very easy to establish. A good heavy cropper.
3 Stools €10 Code 136/F028
One of the tastiest varieties of asparagus we know of! The consistently uniform, green spears are so tender and stringless, they can be eaten raw or sliced in salads. This long lasting variety is highly regarded for its heavy yields and superior flavour.
5 Crowns €10 Code 136/V133 10 Crowns €16 Code 136/V133A 28
3 Stools €10 Code 136/F029
Late
Early ASPARAGUS PACIFIC 2000
An outstanding early variety. Long pale pink stems. Easy to grow and trouble free.
5 Crowns €10 Code 136/V142 10 Crowns €16 Code 136/V142A
Very Popular variety. Heavy yielding. Green stems, tangy flavour not sour. Will crop for many years.
3 Stools €10 Code 136/F030
RHUBARB RASPBERRY RED
ASAPARAGUS GUELPH MILLENNIUM
This asparagus comes from Canadian breeding making it particularly cold tolerant and well suited to Irish weather conditions. Producing high yields of purple-tipped, green spears, Asparagus ‘Guelph Millennium’ is reliable in most soils.
RHUBARB VICTORIA
RHUBARB APPLE DELIGHT
A new variety selected for its truly sweet fruity flavour, grow this weather-resistant variety in any spot. It’s disease resistant too and gives two crops per year, so you’re in for a good harvest of long, flavoursome stalks.
3 Stools €15 Code 136/V159
Enjoy thick, deep red stalks with a superb sweet flavour from this vigorous rhubarb. The high quality, tender stems of Rhubarb ‘Raspberry Red’ can be harvested early in the season, without the need for forcing. Delicious in pies and crumbles! These budded pieces, taken from established crowns will quickly mature, resulting in crowns big enough to harvest from 2 years after planting.
3 Stools €10 Code 136/F075
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BEST SELLER
Over 60lbs of fruit every season for 30 Years
PLUM VICTORIA
RASPBERRY POLKA
Undoubtedly one of the best autumn-fruiting raspberry introductions in recent years! This superb primocane variety produces up to double the yield of its parent, ‘Autumn Bliss’, and crops at least 2 weeks earlier. Once established, each plant can produce up to 2.5kg of large, deep-red berries with a deliciously sweet flavour that can be harvested from late July through to October. The vigorous, virtually spine-free plants also show good disease resistance and cope well in poor soils.
6 Canes €15 Code 136/F074 12 Canes €25 Save €5 Code 136/F074A
They need only a small sunny space to thrive in your garden, or in pots on a patio. Once tasted, never forgotten! Our Victoria Plum Tree is a popular classic, not just because of the incredibly juicy flavour but because this tree bears a bumper crop year-in/year-out. Once established you can expect over 60lbs of superb fruit every season for 30 years and beyond!
€30 each Code 136/F027
RASPBERRY AUTUMN AMBER Guaranteed fruit in its first year!
BLACKBERRY NAVAHO BIG AND EARLY An upright-growing blackberry
As the name suggests, this blackberry crops early, and boasts BIG fruit! And you don’t need a lot of space to grow it: it has an upright, self-supporting habit which makes it ideal for smaller areas of the garden or even for growing up a wigwam of canes in a container on the patio. The large, sweet, aromatic blackberries are produced in abundance from early July to August. Plus it’s virtually thornless for easy picking and shows good resistance to disease, making it very easy to grow! Supplied in a 13cm pot.
Unique colour, delicious taste. This brand new variety is the first true orangecoloured primocane raspberry. It produces good crops of big, conical fruits on plants that are upright and stable in habit ideal for a small space or even in a large container on the patio! And it’s thornless too, which makes picking the fruit a pleasure! Harvest the tasty berries from August to September.
5 Canes €20 Code 136/F088
1 plant €15 Code 136/F011 Buy 2 for €25 Save €5 Code 136F011A
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STRAWBERRY HONEOYE
One of the leading commercial early varieties, with bright red, very firm fruits of superb quality and flavour. Strawberry ‘Honeoye’ is a heavy cropping mid-season variety with excellent disease resistance. Ready to pick from June to early July, this variety is perfect for making your own jams or for freezing to enjoy when out of season.
10 Plants €9 Code 136/F079 20 Plants €15 Save €3 Code 136/F079A
STRAWBERRY ‘CAMBRIDGE FAVOURITE’
The enduring popularity of Strawberry ‘Cambridge Favourite’ has made it one of the most well-known and best-loved varieties available. This mid-season strawberry produces a bumper crop of juicy orange-red fruits with an excellent flavour and texture from June to July. It’s reliable and tolerant of most situations.
10 Plants €9 Code 136/F102 20 Plants €15 Save €3 Code 136/F102A
BLUEBERRY PLANTS SUPERFOOD Packed full of antioxidants and vitamins, blueberries are one of the superfoods that will improve your health and well-being. They are a tasty and addictive addition to the garden. In autumn, the bushes turn to a blazing crimson, and in the spring, they are covered in masses of sweetscented flowers. Blueberry bushes are heavy
croppers and can be picked several times during the summer. They are easy to grow, and if you have not got a suitable site in your garden, blueberries make an excellent choice for a patio tub. One bush is capable of producing 6lbs of berries when mature. Planting two bushes in the same garden will increase the yield.
BLUEBERRY SUNSHINE BLUE The ultimate blueberry – a truly exceptional variety!
This outstanding early/mid season evergreen variety has a compact, branching habit. Unlike ordinary blueberries, it produces hot pink flowers which fade to white in spring, followed by heavy crops of delicious tangy berries for up to nine weeks in the summer. It’s also self-pollinating and more tolerant of higher pH soils than other blueberries! If you only have room for one blueberry, this has to be the one!
€15 Code 136/F017 Buy 2 for €25 Save €5 Code 136/F017A
20 Strawberry Honeoye 20 Strawberry Cambridge €25 Save €5 Code 136/205B
STRAWBERRY SWEETHEART
Tastier and heavier cropping than old customer favourites, good old fashioned flavour – large fruits
Sweetheart’s berries are beautifully uniform with a conical shape. As its name suggests, the variety has a very sweet flavour that is proven by sweetness levels that are commonly greater than those of other varieties. Mid-season on vigorous plants that have a good resistance to mildew.
10 Plants €9 Code 136/F069 20 Plants €15 Save €3 Code 136/F069A
BLUEBERRY BLUECROP
Compact growing and ideal for the patio
Perfect for growing in a large pot of moist ericaceous compost. As the leaves unfold in spring, a delicate display of rusty red leaf tips mature into a strong green canopy. Clusters of creamy white flowers that sparkle against the foliage and these develop into attractive green fruits before maturing into juicy blueberries in late July through August. Its autumn foliage is stunning, followed by a striking display of red stems through the winter.
Blueberry Buy all 3 €35.00 Save €10 Code 136/F017C
€15 Code 136/F015 Buy 2 for €25 Save €5 Code 136/F015A
BLUEBERRY AURORA Superb late season blueberry
An excellent late season blueberry that ripens towards the end of August. Vigorous and upright-growing, it has fewer nutrition and soil demands than some blueberries. The large, tasty berries are richly flavoured with a crisp texture, and store incredibly well. Height 180cm (6’), less if grown in a container.
€15 Code 136/F016 Buy 2 for €25 Save €5 Code 136/F016A 32
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BRAMLEY ORIGINAL
These are the most popular cooking apple of all time. Bramley’s Seedling – nowadays just known as the Bramley Apple tree – produces great big, flat bottomed apples with plenty of colour, usually boasting an orange-russet flush over their greenish yellow skin, with wide strokes of red completing the picture. Few other cookers bake so easily into the deliciously light, fluffy, syrup infused puree that is the ideal cooked apple – the flavour is mouth wateringly tangy and fruity and the texture is simply perfect. These apples are ready to pick in early October and store very well, well into the following spring if they are kept nice and cool. Raised in Nottinghamshire in 1809 by Mary Ann Brailsford, and the RHS awarded it a first class certificate in 1893. Bramley’s are triploids: their pollen is totally infertile, so they require another apple tree to pollinate them and are not capable of pollinating other trees. Minimum of three trees if they are all to be pollinated.
Best Cooker
RASPBERRY GLEN LYON
Very early cropper, it is a model plant - hardy, disease resistant and quite vigorous. The fruits are nice when eaten by themselves, and good for making jam, cooking them or mixing them with cereal or dessert to get the best out of these fruits.
6 canes €13 Code 136/F083 12 canes €20 Code 136/F083A
RASPBERRY GLEN AMPLE
An exceptionally heavy mid season cropper, ready from end July onwards. The large fleshy fruits are held well out from the spine-free canes so they are easy to pick and do not suffer wind damage. Disease resistant.
6 canes €13 Code 136/F038 12 canes €20 Code 136/F038A
1 Tree €20 Code 136/F55 Buy 2 for €30 Save €10 Code 136/F55A
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BLACKBERRY REUBEN
7 x 500g punnets per plant per year
Blackberry ‘Reuben’ produces fruit like no other variety! With berries weighing up to 11g, each measuring up to 4.5cm in length, a fully mature plant can yield up to 7 x 500g punnets of fruit! These mammoth blackberries taste fabulous straight from the plant and boast an incredible sweetness rating of 11.5 on the Brix scale - a sweet strawberry measures just 8.5 and 9.5. This superb primocane fruits on space saving, upright canes and first years growth so you can enjoy crops even sooner after planting
1 plant €15 136/F091 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
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Late RASPBERRY ALLGOLD
Large, yellow fruits with an even more exquisite flavour than its red fruited cousins. Harvested from late August until mid October. These tall primocanes are perfect for smaller gardens where they can be grown in a large container to make an attractive feature on the patio.
6 canes €13 Code 136/F073 12 canes €20 Code 136/F073A
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RASPBERRY CASCADE DELIGHT
An early floricane variety from USA, cropping from June/July for about four weeks. Cascade Delight’s long fruit-bearing laterals make it an ideal variety for growing at home and harvesting by hand. Very vigorous and reliably produces a good crop of large, conical berries with sweet red flesh. Cascade Delight is an ideal variety for planting in damp soil as it has excellent resistance to root rot.
6 canes €15 Code 136/F096 12 canes €25 Save €5 Code 136/F096A
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WOLF GARDEN MULTI CHANGE TOOLS
With this range the tool heads and handles are sold separately allowing you to choose the best handle and head for the job. The multi change snap-lock connections mean that the head fixes on quickly, safely and soundly on to the handle. We have listed some of our best, you can find more in our online shop. The Wolf Garden Tools system means you can use the same tool head for close work in beds or to reach the back of borders with just a simple change of the handle. Choose a Handle first, then choose one or more attachments. Aluminium Handle 120cm Aluminium Handle 150cm
€13 Code 136/S310 €14 Code 136/S311
MOSS REMOVAL RAKE
The comfortable multi-star Aerator Rake is perfect for thoroughly cleaning moss and thatch from the lawn. The sharp, hardened barbed blades do not require resharpening and are therefore always accurate and reliable. The working width of this quality product is 30 cm.
LAWN EDGE TRIMMER
The lawn edge trimmer cuts perfect edges of any shape or size whilst keeping your back straight. Easy to manoeuvre. Sharp serrated blades for clean cutting performance .
SOIL MILLER
SEED SOWER
€50 Code 136/S312
€24 Code 136/S313
CULTIWEEDER
DOUBLE HOE
Soil Miller is truly multi-talented ,as a universal gardening tool. It crumbles soil to a fine tilt for sowing seeds or planting. Mixes peat , manure and garden fertilisers into the soil. While the pendulum blade is cutting weeds, thanks to the specially-shaped star wheels the soil miller is crumbling, loosening and aerating between the rows of plants, making the ground suitable for sowing and planting. Working width 15 cm.
Save time and effort by sowing seeds uniformly in rows without bending. Multi-change seed sower is a unique seed drill that has three exchangeable, large capacity magazines for various seed sizes. The two ratios permit precise and economical sowing, with a distance of 3 or 10 cm between seeds. Automatically spaces seeds in perfectly straight rows. Seed Sower 6 adjustable seed size settings (up to pea size)
€60 Code 136/S315
€37 Code 136/S316
WEEDING BRUSH
The new multi-star weeding brush is a convenient solution to facilitate the removal of every weed. It is comfortable to work while standing upright. The steel bristles of the weeding brush facilitate the removal of every weed. Protects your back.
€17 Code 136/S317 36
PUSH PULL WEEDER
Fast action hoe. Simply work the blade back and forward below soil level. Wavy dual-edged blade cuts efficiently, self-sharpens in use. Safeguards let you work close to plants without damaging them. 10cm wide.
€26 Code 136/S318
Loosening and weeding at the turn of a hand - that’s what the iE-M multi-star CultiWeeder is there for. This dual tool with 3 lance tines for thorough loosening and aeration, and a sharp weeding blade for problem-free cutting of individual weeds has a working width of 10 cm.
Broad, sharp angled blade for weeding or drawing out seed drills plus Sharp prongs on rear break up heavy soil.
€24 Code 136/S352
€27 Code 136/S319
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SMALL TOOLS FOR SMALL AREAS Long reach handle makes gardening easy for people with limited mobility.
GOOSEBERRY HINNONMAKI YELLOW
GOOSEBERRY XENIA
1 plant €12 Code 136/F094 3 plants €30 Save €6 Code 136/F094A
1 plants €12 Code 136/F093 3 plants €30 Save €6 Code 136/F093A
Superb, hardy bushes produce a heavy crop of medium sized, greenish yellow fruits. Unlike other varieties this unique Gooseberry has a delicious aromatic flavour with a hint of apricot. The juicy berries are ready to harvest from June to mid July and by the second season each bush could produce over 3kg (over 6lb) of fruit
A wide choice of rakes, crumblers, hoes and culitvators for use in small beds and confined areas. These small hand tools can be used combined with a short handle for close work or even on a long handle for work from a standing position with no bending required. Great for easy weeding, aerating, planting and transplanting even in the smallest flowerbeds.
Important: Remember to choose a handle from page 36 for use with these tools.
An abundance of gorgeous, red, smooth-skinned dessert gooseberries with an exceptionally sweet flavour are produced towards the end of June. The strong, upright bushes have almost spine-free stems, making harvesting much easier. With superb mildew-resistance, Gooseberry ‘Xenia’ is certainly one of the best new gooseberry introductions of recent years!
GARDEN WEEDER A superior tool that removes the toughest weeds .Integrated foot rest for extra leverage removes the toughest weeds with little effort .
Eco friendly weeding without using chemicals. D-Grip handle with softzpone length - 1100mm. Foldable foot steps for space saving storage, Its deep reaching claws grab the weeds from all directions (2 blades from stainless steel) Ejection system helps to release weed from pulling * NB. This product is not part of the multi-change range
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WEEDING KNIFE Code 136/S474
Code 136/S475
SMALL SOIl CRUMBLER
High quality robust design with four strong tines for planting and transplanting .
€15 Code 136/S346
GOOSEBERRY ‘INVICTA’
SMALL RAKE
Fine curved teeth for easy weeding and aerating even in the smallest flowerbeds.
€15 Code 136/S344 38
SMALL FORK
High quality robust design with four strong tines for planting and transplanting.
€15 Code 136/S345
SMALL TROWEL
For planting and transplanting, Robust and strong trowel.
€15 Code 136/S347
One of the heaviest cropping varieties available, produces almost twice as much fruit as other varieties, from late May onwards. The flavoursome, smooth skinned fruits stay firm and retain their shape when cooked, making excellent pies and preserves. This vigorous RHS AGM variety also has excellent mildew resistance.
1 plants €12 Code 136/F092 3 plants €30 Save €6 Code 136/F092A
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FAMILY PEAR TREE
LOGANBERRY
A cross between a raspberry and blackberry, the loganberry is generally slightly longer than a raspberry with a juicier and sharper flavour. Berries should be allowed to darken to a deep purple colour before picking to obtain the best flavoured fruit. Loganberry plants are sturdy and more disease and frost resistant than many other berry varieties and as berries of varying maturity may grow on a single plant, it will usually produce fruit throughout August and September . Plants continue to fruit for around 15 years
3 Varieties on 1 Tree 70 lbs of Fruit per Tree
The ideal trees for small gardens. Three varieties have been grafted onto one tree and will crop at different times, so extending the picking season. Will grow in a container holding at least 30 litres of compost. Propagated onto ‘Quince A’ rootstock to produce a tree with moderate vigour and promote fruiting at an early age. If you only have room for one tree, then this is the tree for you! Varieties: Conference, Williams’ Beurre Hardy & Charneux
1 Tree €30.00
1 plant €13 Code 136/F042 3 plants €29 Save €10 Code 136/F042A
Code 136/F046
HONEYBERRY
Try honeyberries for an unusual fruit to add to your five a day! These sweet blueberry-like fruits have been eaten for years in their native Siberia, and can be enjoyed straight from the bush, or baked in jams, pies and muffins. The sweet taste is similar to that of blueberries, with a slight aftertaste of honey. They are high in antioxidants too! The oval blackblue honeyberries begin to ripen in early June, in the first or second year after planting. This exceptionally hardy shrub is long lived and easy to grow, producing more delicious berries year upon year. Height and spread: 120cm (48”).
1 plants €15 Code 136/F043
FAMILY APPLE TREE 3 Varieties on 1 Tree
Three varieties that have great taste, are heavy croppers and have good disease resistance ,grafted onto one tree makes this an ideal tree for pollination purposes and a selection of different varieties to extend the season. If you only have space for one tree in your garden then a family tree is the right choice. The trees are 2 years old and around 5 feet in height when dispatched. Grown on dwarfing stock they will start cropping in the first season and by the 5 year should be producing about 70 lbs of fruit annually. Approximate height 8ft when mature. Varieties Elstar & Laxton Superb & Golden Pearmain
1 Tree €30.00
Code 136/F047
Special Offer 1 Family Apple 1 Family Pear €50 Save €10 Code 136/F407A
BOYSENBERRIES
From U.S. ,this hybrid berry is a cross between a blackberry, loganberry and raspberry and is very easy to grow. Round to oblong, reddish-purple fruits have a unique flavour that combine the tartness of good old-fashioned wild blackberries with a sweet hint of raspberry. Delicious used for bramble and apple jelly or pie fillings. Can also be eaten fresh. Ready to harvest July to September.
1 plant €13 Code 136/F044 3 plants €29 Save €10 Code 136/F044A 40
POMEGRANATE PLANTS
Yes! Believe it or not, but you can grow your own Pomegranates in this country. Why not grow this Special Hardy Pomegranate plants in your garden or on your patio and enjoy picking you own fresh juicy super fruits.. The plants are worth growing for their ornamental value alone - they are covered in masses of beautiful orange-red flowers for months plus spectacular autumnal foliage so you get three seasons of interest with your plant. Easily grown in the open garden, or a large patio planter.
1 plant €15 Code 136/F090
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DAMSON MERRYWEATHER
Merryweather is a strong cropping tree that yields blue, plum-sized damsons. These are amongst the largest fruit in the damson world. Merryweather damsons can be eaten raw or cooked and are particularly good for jams, pickles and - of course damson gin and brandy. Pick in late September.
1 Tree €30 Code 136/F052
CAMBRIDGE GREEN GAGE
The fruit are widely considered to be one of the best eating plums around (gages are really just a type of plum). If you are looking to add a real delicacy to your fruit collection, we think that this tree is a must have. The Cambridge Gage tree is very similar to the Old Greengage, but it is a more reliable cropper.
1 Tree €30
Code 136/F053
GRAPE VINES FOR IRISH GARDENS Many still think vine-growing as something best left to our friends on the continent. That’s just not so – choose a sunny, sheltered spot and our ‘Dream’ grape vines will provide you with a bountiful crop of delicious, virtually seedless grapes!
These superb grape vines boast excellent disease resistance and are early ripening (perfect for the Irish climate), so much so that they will succeed not only against a wall, but even on a free-standing support.
GRAPE VINE WHITE DREAM Popular seedless grape
One of the best known and most popular seedless varieties, bearing good yields of medium-sized grapes with a thin skin and superb flavour. Pick from early September. Supplied as grafted vines in 3 litre pots.
€20 each Code 136/F018
Self Fertile
GRAPE VINE ROSE DREAM Popular with children
A delicious-tasting, large rose-coloured grape with a pleasant crisp bite. The colour and taste make this one of the most popular grapes with children - of all ages. Pick from mid August. Supplied as grafted vines in 3 litre pots.
Self Fertile
€20 each Code 136/F020
QUINCE VRANJA
Quince trees (Cydonia oblonga) produce wonderfully scented fruit which when ripe are almost gold in colour. The quince is a native of Iranian mountainsides and as such is extremely hardy but quinces should be planted in full sun to fruit well. As well as being edible, quince trees are most ornamental and look as good as the centre piece of a lawn as your average ornamental. It flowers in May and carries heavy crops of very fragrant fruit which can be picked in September and October.
1 Tree €30
Code 136/F054
BLUEBERRY PINK LEMONADE
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Who would have thought it? A pink blueberry ,Be one of the first to grow Pinkberry Pink Lemonade If you like blueberries, you will love this fantastic, deliciously sweet berry, which is taking Europe by storm. Introduced to Ireland from your Swiss partners’ Lubera Pink Lemonade is an allround great plant .The sweetest, most spectacular looking berries you have ever tasted or seen! This stunning ornamental plant has a bushy upright growing habit with fine pointed leaves which turn bright orange in the autumn.
1 plant €15 Code 136/F069 2 plant2 €25 Save €5 Code 136/F069A
BLACKCURRANT BEN CONNAN Over 7lbs of fruit per plant
This heavy cropping small bush variety produces large, glossy black fruits with a superb rich flavour. Blackcurrant ‘Ben Connan’ is early cropping, from the beginning of July, and continues to produce fruit over a long cropping period. From the second season onwards each plant will produce over 3.5kg (over 7lb) of fruit and will keep producing for up to 10 years. With excellent mildew resistance and good frost tolerance, this RHS AGM variety really has it all!
1 plant €10 Code 136/F095 3 plants €25 Save €5 Code 136/F095A
GRAPE VINE BLUE DREAM Unusually large grapes
A dark blue/black grape with unusually large berries for a seedless grape. With a good flavour and thin skin it is superb for the table. Pick from mid September. Supplied as grafted vines in 3 litre pots.
€20 each Code 136/F021
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THE WORLD’S FIRST DWARF PATIO RASPBERRY
Unusual dwarf variety just 1m (3ft high) 1.5kg of fruit per plant Pot up or plant out
Early Summer crop Easily Protected from bird attacks Thornless patio variety
FUNBERRY RASPBERRYSTRAWBERRY
An Ancient Japanese cultivar which is an excellent ground cover with ornamental light green leaves.Tastes and looks like a Raspberry-strawberry. Used for making jams, jellies, cake decorations.
1 plant €15 Code 136/F105
Exclusive
HAZELNUT
Easy to grow large shrubs
with both male and female flowers on the same plant. We supply two different varieties which improves pollination and ensures a bumper crop of fresh nuts.
2 Plants €29 Code 136/F024
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RASPBERRY ‘RUBY BEAUTY’
Mr Middleton Exclusive – A completely new concept for growing Raspberries! These compact dwarf raspberry canes reach just 1m (39 ”) high, making them perfect for large patio containers and smaller gardens. Try planting 1 raspberry plant per 10 litre pot, or 3 to a 40 litre pot.The multi branching floricanes of Raspberry ‘Ruby Beauty’™ bear superb yields of deliciously sweet berries that we’ve come to expect from modern varieties. Thornless stems and a short stature make harvesting quick and easy too. Being low to the ground they can be netted with ease to protect the crops from greedy birds and the sturdy stems won’t need supporting either – perfect for the low maintenance garden. Height: 100cm (39”). Spread: 50cm (20”).
1 potted plant €12 Code 136/F097 3 potted plants €30 Code 136/F097A
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RASPBERRY BLACK JEWEL
Neither a raspberry nor blackberry, but a totally distinct species from the forests of North America. Think of those glinting pick ‘n’ mix sweets of childhood and magically turn them into a real-life berry, this would be it. A flavour like a bramble jelly laced with red raspberry cordial! Jewel has unique colour like no other raspberry; almost purple-black fruits which have a special perfumed taste and blush-white canes which make it stand out from all other varieties. Fruits late summer.
1 plant €12 Code 136/F103 3 plants €26 Save €10 Code 136/F103A
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VIANO BEST BLOOM ROSEFEED FROM THE MAKERS OF MO BACTER Best bloom rose feed for bush and shrub roses
Organic based fertilisers which stimulate microbial activity within the soil and improves the soil structure. Roses are hungry plants and need well balanced food to produce the very best results .Best Bloom rose food provides all the nutrition that roses need. One feed last up to 100 days. Feed your roses 3 times a year to produce the best roses in town. First in march to stimulate the flower bud formation, second in May- June to prolong the flowering season and finally July- Sept to stimulate a second flowering period and to enhance the flowering of next season.
10kg €20 Code 136/S479
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Price offers and terms valid till 31.12.16. All items in this catalogue are for delivery from November 2016. All our live plants are carefully grown on the nursery and are continually monitored and cared for right up to when they are sent. The plants will be bare root quality specimen plants delivered in secure packing. To reach you in perfect condition. We guarantee everything we sell. We will replace or refund should any item be unsatisfactory on arrival. All orders are subject to our standard terms and conditions. In the event of a variety being unavailable we will substitute with a variety of equal or greater merit. If you do not wish to receive further catalogues please tick here
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PATIO COLLECTION
You don’t have to have a orchard or even a large garden to grow fruit. Mr Middleton’s new range of patio fruit is perfect for container growing and is ideally suited to the Irish climate.
LILLIPUT APPLE ELSTAR
Large fruit with nice bright red blushing on yellow background. It has an excellent taste. Harvest mid-October. Self-fertile. Very good pollinator for other varieties.
1 Tree €20 Code 136/F084
LILLIPUT JAMES GRIEVE
Delicious sweet juicy apples are ripe in August. Enjoy straight from the tree. Pollinate with Elstar.
1 Tree €20 Code 136/F085
LILLIPUT PEAR CONFERENCE
The best known of all pears, ‘Conference’ is an excellent dessert pear . The long bell shaped fruits with firm flesh can be eaten hard or fully ripe with a smooth juicy flavour. Trees crop late in the season from October to November, and the fruit will store until January.
1 Tree €20 Code 136/F086
LILLIPUT PLUM OPAL LILLIPUT PEACH Opal is a very reliable dessert plum. This early fruiting variety produces delicious reddish-purple fruit with soft yellow flesh end of summer. Self-fertile .
1 Tree €25 Code 136/F087 Buy 2 for €40 Save €10 Code 136/F087A
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Bonanza produces a pink flowers followed my delicious full size fruit. Slow growing with no pruning.
1 Tree €25 Code 136/F049 Buy 2 for €40 Save €10 Code 136/F049A
LILLIPUT CHERRY
Fantastic dwarf column flowering cherry tree, producing very sweet fruit in July. Due to the unusual habit, this item is ideal for growing in a container on patio where space is limited.
1 Tree €25 Code 136/F050 Buy 2 for €40 Save €10 Code 136/F050A