THE PLANT HUNTERS EDITION No.169
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Unusual Treasures for your Garden from Mr Middleton
his season, we’re delighted to be celebrating our 45th anniversary in the nursery business. There are many rewards that accrue with time, and among them are the close working relationships we’ve developed with plant breeders and suppliers all over the world. Now and then, our horticultural partners offer us select plants that are hard-to-find or available only in limited quantities. As always we’re thrilled to offer them to you. This edition of our catalogue is full of these rare finds. Topping our list this season is Sedum Atlantis winner of the Chelsea plant of the year 2019, plus exciting new shrubs and fruit varieties available from Mr Middleton for the first time. Exciting new plant introductions can be hard to get your hands on. Stocks tend to be small at first, so most, if not all of these plants are available only in limited supply. Our longstanding partnerships with growers and breeders give us an edge in securing these releases, and we’re as pleased as ever to offer you some remarkable new arrivals for planting this season. Each will add uncommon interest to your garden. Our new offering allows you to be the first on your block to show off these highly coveted finds but be warned, early ordering is advised some lines will run out quickly. As a small Irish family owned business we are committed to ensuring your order receives the very best of our personal attention. We guarantee everything we sell so you can buy with confidence and enjoy great plants in your garden. Thank you for your continued support.
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Mr Middleton supplying Irish gardeners with top quality plants for 45 years.
October 2019
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SEDUM ATLANTIS
A dramatic and versatile garden plant. Winner of the coveted RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year award in 2019
Sedum Atlantis a plant for our times, suitable for small spaces and attractive to bees. Its striking foliage forms rosettes of serrated green leaves with thick, creamy margins and tips that turn a pink blush in the autumn. The pink tinged flower buds open to bee magnet yellow flowers. The
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new leaves emerge in a beautifully creamy white, before developing into an attractive green with striking white borders and gradually forming a half metre wide cushion of drought resistant leaves. To top it off, this plant then covers itself with a foam of bee and butterfly magnet yellow flowers from July through to September.
€8 each
Code 169/PL131
Buy 3 for €20 Save €4 Code 169/PL131A
DAPHNE GEMMATE
Fragrant yellow, star-shaped flowers from May to June.
Daphne gemmata ‘Royal Crown’ blooms from May to June, producing clusters of buttery yellow, star-shaped flowers at the stem tips. As the season progresses, the fragrant blooms are replaced by small, red berries. This bushy deciduous shrub has a neat compact habit, enjoying a sheltered spot in the garden. A choice and rarely seen hardy shrub for the plant connoisseur! Height and spread: 75cm (29”).
€20 each Code169/P159 Buy 2 for €30 Save €10 Code 169/P159A
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EDGEWORTHIA CHRYSANTHA (PAPER BUSH) Super Winter Fragrance
The flowers were used in Japan to make banknote paper, this gorgeous plant is most highly prized for its flowers, which appear in clusters on the tips of the bare stems, and open in late winter. Its crowning glory is the clusters of fragrant, tubular yellow flowers, borne in spherical heads 1.5in to 2in across and covered in silky white hairs that make them look frosted when in bud. A great plant for the winter garden.
€25 each Code 169/P047
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MICHELIA FAIRY MAGNOLIA® WHITE Beautiful fragrant
This is a new hybrid of Magnolia bred to produce masses of beautiful fragrant white flowers in early Spring. These plants are so free flowering that they have a flower bud at each leaf axil and can provide a flush of flowers again during summer too. The plants are bushy with rich evergreen foliage, which makes them ideal in the garden as a flowering hedge or specimen plant. Hardy 3m.
€30 Code 169/PL163
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CALYCANTHUS HARTLAGE WINE
Shown in our Bloom Gold Medal display, this rare and delightful shrub will produce its lightly scented flowers from late spring to early autumn. The flowers themselves are a delight and form along the branches. They are a rich shade of burgundy red, with just a hint of cream towards their centre – very attractive against the backdrop of the lustrous green foliage, which usually turns buttery shades in autumn.
€30 each
Code 169/P120
CHINESE WITCH HAZEL EVER RED
Explosions of fragrant ‘firework-like’ flowers in winter and glowing burgundy leaves all year long!”
Chinese Witch Hazel’ (Loropetalum Ever Red ) 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 red 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.
€16 each Code 169/P161
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HELLEBORUS DOUBLE ELLEN WHITE SWEET VIOLET WILDFLOWER (VIOLA ODORATA)
Pure white magic to light up your winter garden or pots and tub. Large double flowers with a dainty appearance that defy nature by surviving the cold, bloom above dark evergreen foliage. Known for their unsurpassed winter beauty. Prefer dappled shade with moist but well-drained soil. Dec- March Ht. 35 cm
€10 Code 169/PL136 Buy 3 for €22 Save €8 Code 169/PL136A
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Sweetly scented, edible flowers from February to March and heart-shaped, bright green leaves. Sweet violets are perfect for naturalising in a shady woodland garden or shrub border in moist, well-drained, humus-rich soil. Much loved by Victorian dandies, the exquisitely scented blooms make delightful cut-flower posies, are excellent when chrystallised, add an exotic-looking touch to the salad bowl and can be used to adorn cakes, desserts and iced drinks.
3 plants €12 Code 169/PL135 6 Plants €20 Save €4 Code 169/PL135
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Very Rare HIMALAYAN BLUE POPPY
One of the most impressive plants for the shade garden. Plants form a rosette of hairy leaves, bearing large satiny flowers in an amazing shade of true blue. Plant in moist, rich soil and cool woodland conditions. Ht 100 cm.
1 plant €8 Code 169/PL75 Buy 3 plants for just €20 and Save €4 Code Code/PL75A 6
THE LADY’S SLIPPER ORCHID (CYPRIPEDIUM REGINAE)
The Cypripedium calceolus Lady Orchids are the most rare and spectacular terrestrial garden orchids. They are so rare in the wild that a protected site in the UK has continuous camera surveillance. Although rare they are easy to grow in your garden and are totally hardy. Flowers April- May 50-70cm.
€20 each Code 169/P162 Buy 2 for €30 Save €10 Code 169/P162A
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CHAMAECYPARIS PISIFERA ‘BLUE MOON’
Excellent for pots and tubs
This award-winning new conifer is not only colourful, but will help add year round structure to the garden. It’s a lovely little thing that forms a bushy dome of steely blue foliage, which is an excellent foil for purple, white and pink flowers. Weave it through a border to add punctuation, or keep it in a pot on the patio. Supplied in nursery black pots. Ht 60cm.
€16 Code 169/P164
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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 169/ P107 Buy 3 for €25 Save €5 Code 169/P107A
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
€14 each Code 169/P106 Buy 3 for €32 Save €10 Code 169/P106A 8
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 169/R014
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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”).
EXOCHORDA NIAGARA
The Niagara waterfalls are impressive. As is this new Exochorda racemosa Niagara. In spring, this plant produces masses of big white flowers. Compared to the existing Exochorda-varieties this one stays compact. It will reach a height of 120 cm. Niagara grows the best in sunny places and a well drained soil. Excellent grown in the border or in a big pot on the patio
€15 each Code 169/P121
€20 each Code 169/P062
Scented JAPANESE PINK PUSSY WILLOW Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso’
A recent introduction and it’s no surprise that this comes from a cut flower breeder! Exquisitely tactile, fluffy pink catkins fill the upright stems of this Japanese Pussy Willow in late winter – the perfect addition to winter bouquets and flower arrangements. It also makes a fine garden shrub, bringing plenty of texture to winter borders. The pink catkins turn to gold as the pollen is revealed in late spring, and the blue-green foliage forms a handsome backdrop for other summer flowering plants. Ht 150cm (5ft).
Pot size 3 Litre. €18 each Code 169/P151
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CAMELLIA SASANQUA ‘Yuletide’ Christmas Cheer – This plant has it in abundance flowering in the depths of winter. The ‘Yuletide’ symbolises the ushering in of Advent. The smaller leaves and red flowers of the evergreen Camellia sasanqua ‘Yuletide’ give it a natural look. The red flowers with their striking yellow stamens appear en masse in the autumn and early winter months until well after
Christmas. It easily grows to 250 cm and higher, but pruning is not a problem. If necessary, you can prune in March. Perfect for a shady spot, it’s very hardy and perfect for growing in a pot or tub.
€25 each Code 169/P166
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NEW GARDEN PEONIES
Peonies produce their extravagant display in early June every year, regardless of weather, because they are among the most durable and longest-lived plants. They have no natural enemies, no exacting cultural requirements beyond full sun and neutral to good soil, and they are totally hardy. After flowering is complete, you are left with a handsome mound of glossy, deep green foliage that will happily anchor the next sequence of bloom in the border. Plus they make superior cut flowers. Ht 100cm.
GARDEN PAEONIA ‘HONEY GOLD’
1 root €12 Code 169/PL32 3 roots €30 Save €6 Code 169/PL32A
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GARDEN PAEONIA ‘SWORD DANCE’
1 root €12 Code 169/PL133 3 roots €30 Save €6 Code 158/PL133A
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PAEONIA ‘BARTZELLA’ (ITOH PEONY)
With an above average blooming ability, award-winner Itoh Peony ‘Bartzella’ features very large and luminous, golden yellow, semi to fully double flowers, 6-8 in. wide (15-20 cm), delicately unshed scarlet at their heart. Borne in profusion with over 60 on a mature bush! , they are well presented above the foliage, on strong, erect stems that do not require staking. Flowers May- June for 3-4 weeks thanks to the many side buds which open in sequence. As a bonus, this Itoh peony is fragrant with a lovely lemon scent! An excellent cut flower.
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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.
€12 each Code 169/P066 Buy 2 for only €20 Code 169/P066A
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DAVID AUSTIN CLIMBING ROSES
Climbing Roses are an excellent way of bringing height and a feeling of abundance to the garden. They are best and most frequently used on house walls but are also perfect for growing on pillars, obelisks, walls, trellises and over arches. David Austin’s English Climbing Roses are
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wonderful climbers – in fact, we regard them as being amongst the best of all climbers. They are fragrant and healthy, and have the natural ability to flower from the top almost to the ground.
CROWN PRINCESS MARGARETA
€22 each Code 169/R065 Buy 3 Plants for just €55 and Save €11 Code 169/R065A
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JAMES GALWAY
€22 each Code 169/R032 Buy 3 Plants for just €55 and Save €11 Code 169/R032A
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DAVID AUSTIN CLIMBING ROSES
STRAWBERRY HILL
€22 each Code 169/R064 Buy 3 Plants for just €55 and Save €11 Code 169/R064A
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CLAIRE AUSTIN
An exceptionally reliable and floriferous climber with very fragrant, creamy white blooms. A vigorous, upright rose makes a very good climber in both beauty and performance. They have a strong myrrh fragrance with dashes of meadowsweet, vanilla and heliotrope. The growth is strong and particularly healthy, and it is clothed in attractive matt green foliage
€22 each Code 169/R079 Buy 3 Plants for just €55 and Save €11 Code 169/R079A
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DAVID AUSTIN BUSH ROSES
QUEEN OF SWEDEN
PORT SUNLIGHT
shrub. €22 each Code 169/R066
€22 each Code 169/R069 Buy 3 Plants for just €55 and Save €11
Beautiful, cup-shaped flowers with elegant, upright growth. The colour begins as soft-apricot pink, gradually changing to pure soft pink over time. There is a light to medium myrrh fragrance. It forms a bushy, yet upright
Buy 3 Plants for just €55 and Save €11 Code 169/R066A
DARCEY BUSSELL
A compact shrub with crimson-pink blooms. When young, the outer petals of each bloom form a perfect ring around an inner cup, gradually opening out to form a perfect, medium-sized rosette. The colour is a deep, rich crimsonpink, taking on a tinge of mauve just before the petals drop. There is a light fruity fragrance. It forms a compact shrub with attractive bushy growth. Named after the highly acclaimed ballerina. David Austin, 2006.
€22 each Code 169/R067 Buy 3 Plants for just €55 and Save €11 Code 169/R067A 16
Very free-flowering throughout the summer, it repeats flowers almost continually until the first frosts. A vigorous, rather upright shrub; the foliage and young stems are a beautiful bronzy-red at first.
Code 169/R069A
WILDEVE
An outstanding variety with an exceptionally long flowering season that is excellent in shade and great disease resistance it has a light to medium fruity fragrance. It forms a very healthy, well-balanced shrub with dark green foliage, which shows off the flowers to the very best effect.
€22 each Code 169/R070 Buy 3 Plants for just €55 and Save €11 Code 169/R070A
DAVID AUSTIN BUSH ROSES
TRANQUILLITY
HYDE HALL
€22 each Code 169/R074 Buy 3 Plants for just €55 and Save €11
€22 each Code 169/R068 Buy 3 Plants for just €55 and Save €11
Perfect white rosettes, borne on a most attractive shrub, beautifully rounded flowers, with neatly placed petals making up perfect rosettes. The buds are lightly tinged with yellow but as the flowers open they become pure white. There is a light apple fragrance. A vigorous shrub; its growth is bushy and upright, clothed in light green foliage, curving outwards in a most attractive manner.
Code 169/R074A
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OLIVIA ROSE AUSTIN
An outstanding variety with an exceptionally long flowering season. It has a light to medium fruity fragrance. It commences flowering exceptionally early in the season and flowers in flushes until well into the autumn.
€22 each Code 169/R080 Buy 3 Plants for just €55 and Save €11 Code 169/R080A
A very large shrub, producing sprays of mid pink, rosette blooms. Unlike most other roses of a similar size, the flowers are borne with exceptional continuity throughout the summer - no sooner has it produced one flush of flowers then it is sending new shoots out in all directions. The foliage is fine and pointed, similar to that of a Wild Rose. It is very tough, reliable and healthy.
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GRACE
Neat rosette blooms held on broad, arching growth. Lovely pure apricot flowers – darker in the middle, paler towards the edges. They form perfect rosettes with reflexed outer petals and a warm Tea scent. A branching shrub; its growth is broad and arching.
€22 each Code 169/R081 Buy 3 Plants for just €55 and Save €11 Code 169/R081A
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David Austin PRINCESS
LOVESTRUCK
Ideal for pots and containers. Magnificent blooms with a delicious award-winning fragrance ,repeat Flowering A magnificent rose with large, deeply cupped blooms of warm, glowing pink. There is delicious fresh tea fragrance with aspects of lemon and blackcurrants. Very healthy.
€15 each Code 169/R083 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
ALEXANDRA OF KENT
€20 each Code 169/R062 Buy 3 Plants for just €50 and Save €10
This disease resistant floribunda rose has masses of cherry red blooms are produced throughout the summer on this extremely healthy, compacted plant. This RHS award Winning rose is a perfect addition to any garden.
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Rose of the Year 2018
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BONICA
Excellent Groundcover
A very pretty, yet tough rose, bearing dainty clusters of fragrant flowers on a nice sturdy shrub. Bears dainty clusters of attractive, small to medium-sized, mid pink flowers. They will be followed by a wonderful crop of bright red hips, which last long into the winter. It forms a nice, sturdy shrub with tidy, spreading growth and ample foliage. It is hardy, very healthy and extremely reliable, making it one of the most widely planted of all roses. An excellent choice for covering a bank where low maintenance is required.
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€15 each Code 169/R082 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
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HEIRLOOM SCENTED ROSES RAMBLING RECTOR (1900)
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’).
EXCELSA (1909)
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.
€15 each Code 169/R045 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
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€15 each Code 169/R028 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
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MAIGOLD (1953)
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 169/R004 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
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ZÉPHIRINE DROUHIN (1868)
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 169/R007 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
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ROSE EYE OF THE TIGER
Rose ‘Eye of the Tiger’ is an unusual shrub rose combines the essence of wild roses with modern disease resistance and stronger vigour. The semi double, apricot yellow blooms are splashed with red at their centre for a particularly attractive display throughout summer. Flowers all summer long, excellent in the garden or in a pot on the patio.Height: 90cm (35”). Spread: 90cm (35”).
€15 each Code 169/R053 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 Save €15 Code 169/R053A
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NEW PERSIAN ROSES
A gardener’s rose! These award-winning rose ticks all the boxes for a gardener; heavenly scented, repeat flowering, mildew resistant and a neat compact shrub-like form that works well with other garden shrubs and perennials.
ANGEL EYES
Constantly in bloom – all summer long ,their unique eyecatching flower makes Angel Eyes® roses the perfect choice for use in pots and containers, lush green foliage, compact bushes and strong disease resistance with a great scent. Height: 90cm (35”). Spread: 90cm (35”).
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€15 each Code 169/R075 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 Save €15 Code 169/R075A
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EYES FOR YOU
This repeat Flowering rose is winner of the RHS Garden Merit Award. A Wildlife Friendly rose that is loved by bees and butterflies. Lovely clusters of semidouble lilac blooms, magenta eyes at the centre, with lovely perfume.
€15 each Code 169/R084 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 Save €15 Code 169/R084A
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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 169/R046 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 Save €15
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ROSE LADY MARMALADE
Rose of the Year 2014
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.
€15 each Code 169/R033 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15
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Scented PAULS SCARLET (1916)
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 169/R042 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15 Code 169/R042A
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ROSA BANTRY BAY
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.
€15each Code 169/R030 Buy 3 Plants for just €30 and Save €15 Code 169/R030A
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NOSTALGIE
Long-stemmed rose ‘Nostalgie’® distinguishes itself in shape, colour and scent. This extremely rare colour combination makes Nostalgie one of the most beautiful roses to appear on the market in recent years. The fragrance is quite bewitching and the flowers are long lasting in the vase too. Definitely well worth finding a spot for in your garden. HT Rose .2m.
€18 each Code 169/R085 Buy 3 Plants for just €40 Save €14 Code 169/R085A
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ROSE ‘STARLIGHT SYMPHONY’
Rose of the year 2019
Elegant pure-white blooms, ‘Starlight Symphony’ is a rose that is bound to draw a crowd! Prolific flowering and pollinator friendly climbing rose, this outstanding specimen was judged a winner due to its high level of disease resistance. Repeat flowering from July to September.HT 3- 6M.
€18 each Code 169/R086 Buy 3 Plants for just €40 Save €14
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DAPHNE BHOLUA ‘JACQUELINE POSTILL’ Winter’s Most Scented Shrub
Clusters of small, sweetly scented, deep pink buds open in January and February and are followed by rounded, purple-black berries. This choice deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub thrives in a sunny, sheltered position. This plant is very hard to propagate and slow growing, but well worth the patience and investment. Try it in a mixed or winter border or next to a path where its fragrance can be appreciated. Strongly upright in habit. Ht 2m.
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€20 each Code 169/P134
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 169/F069 20 Plants €15 Save €3 Code 169/F069A
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HYDRANGEA CONFETTI
With Hydrangea paniculata Confetti it’s a party every day! Confetti has lightly scented flowers with a beautiful, fine flower structure. Confetti blooms from early summer to late autumn. This hydrangea is compact (120 cm high, 75 cm wide) with a bushy growth habit and strong branches. Its compact shape makes Confetti perfect for small containers on terraces and balconies. It grows well in sun or partial shade in any type of soil. Supplied in a large 3 litre pot. Ht 1.2m
€20 each Code 169/P132
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 169/P087
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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.
€20 each Code 169/P109 Buy 3 for €50 Save €10 Code 169/109A
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.
€20 Code 169/P016
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ROMNEYA COULTERI Tree Poppy ACER PALMATUM BLACK LACE This is a ‘must have’ plant for all plant collectors. Papery, pure-white, poppy-like flowers with golden-yellow centres from July to October and handsome, deeply lobed, grey-green leaves. This wonderful, white tree poppy makes an excellent specimen plant for a sunny mixed border. Ht 2m.
€20 each Code 169/P051
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“Black Lace” is a new compact Japanese maple with delicate, dark purple leaves but the real magic happens in autumn. That is when the leaves of this maple turn fiery red! This new selection will stand out due to its very dark purple and gracefully shaped leaves. It is a vase-shaped plant whose leaves turn a lovey red in the autumn. Ht 150 -200cm.
€18 each Code 169/P168
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GLASS TERRARIUM STARTER KIT 5 LITRE
Terrariums have been around since Victorian times, having first been developed to bring plants back from various corners of the globe. The plants arrived in excellent condition, kept living by its own contained eco-system within the sealed glass container. It became incredibly popular and soon many people had variations in their homes. Start your terrarium growing experience on the right foot with our stunning range of purpose-designed belly bottles. This terrarium kit contains a 5-litre bottle with cork, and a telescopic shovel and rake to arrange your plants alongside all the soil, charcoal and substrate you need to construct your own eco-system. You just need to add the plants. We can only deliver the 5 litre size however we do have a range of larger sizes available in our shop.
Glass Terrarium Starter Kit 5 Litre €60 Code 169/S778
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BLACKBERRY LITTLE BLACK PRINCE
A breakthrough in the breeding of blackberries for gardens and patios, it is thornless, it does not need a cumbersome support (because its shoots are stable and upright) and it bears fruit directly on this year’s canes. And most importantly, Little Black Prince already bears large, regularly shaped, tasty, blackberries from the beginning of July and the harvest does not cease until the first frosts. And then there is another advantage in which this new blackberry variety from the Lubera breeding programme differs from all other blackberries: it is extremely compact and does not grow higher than 70-100cm. This makes it ideal for using as a potted plant on a balcony or terrace.
2 litre pot €18 each Code 169/F122 Buy 2 for €30 Save €6 Code 169/F122A 28
RASPBERRY ‘RUBY BEAUTY’
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
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 169/F101
3 potted plants €30 Code 169/F101A
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MR MIDDLETON’S POT FEET Add style and fun to your garden
Mr Middleton’s Pot feet’ help lift a pot or container off of the ground or another surface to provide extra aeration. They promote drainage ensuring plants are not sitting in standing water. They help prevent mildew as well as deterring insects such as slugs and vine weevil that like the moist, dark conditions of container-grown plants. Standing a plant pot on pot feet to lift the pot off the ground and allow air to circulate below it to discourage insects from hiding underneath pots and invading a potted plant. Our unique bronze finish pot feet have been custom designed and made from a durable poly resin. They are frost proof, UV resistant. They come in a set of 3 so that your plant pot stands evenly balanced on any surface – whether in your home or outside, or displayed beautifully on your decking or patio. The set of 3 will accommodate most pot types, we have used them on pot sizes up to 50 litres.
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Set of 3 Vigilant Hare €26 Code 169/S781
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Set of 3 Sitting Labrador €26 Code 169/S779 30
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Set of 3 Sitting Cat €26 Code 169/S780
MR MIDDLETON’S UNIQUE FAMILY APPLE TREE 5 Delicious Varieties on one Tree Crops from August to December. Another great introduction from Mr Middleton
This unique tree has 5 different varieties that will crop from July well in autumn. They are grafted on dwarf stock so will remain a small tree, ideal for the small garden and excellent in pot or tubs.
1. Apple Elstar’
A dessert cultivar produces heavy, regular crops of apples; greenish-yellow flushed red. An intense flavour, honeyed and crisp.
2. Apple ‘James Grieve’
A pleasant acidity when picked early before mellowing to a soft sweetness when ripe. A very good dessert apple but also makes a delicate stewed apple when picked early, good juice too.
3. Apple ‘Golden Delicious’
4. Apple ‘Summer Red’
A dark red variety with aromatic white flesh, good for eating as well as cooking & excellent for keeping.
5. Apple ‘Jonagold’
A popular American apple variety with an excellent rich aromatic , a cross between the crisp Golden Delicious and the blush-crimson Jonathan. They form a large sweet fruit with a thin skin.
1 Five Variety Apple Tree €50 Code 169/F106
Pale green to golden yellow in color and speckled with small spots. Apples are firm, crisp, and white-fleshed with a balanced sweet-tart aromatic flavor, which has been described as honeyed.
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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 169/V046 6 bulbs €7 Code 169/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 169/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 169/V130
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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 169/V139 6 bulbs €7 Code 169/V139A 32
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 169/V140 6 bulbs €7 Code 169/V140A
AUTUMN PLANTING ONIONS
These are over wintering onion sets and can usually be planted between October and December, to produce early summer crops next year. Please Note these will not be dispatched until they are available which is the end of September.
ONION RED WINTER
Red winter 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 and stores well into the autumn.
ONION RADAR
Code 169/V081 2 lb, €9 Code 169/V081A
1 lb, €5 Code 169/V116 2lb, €9 Code 169/V116A
1 lb, €5
A well established and highly favoured variety featuring good resistance to bolting and very little winter kill.
ONION SETS AUTUMN CHAMPION ONION SENSHYU
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.
1 lb, €5 Code 169/V080 2 lb, €9 Code 169/V080A
Easy-to-grow high yield onions that store well. This superb onion matures as early as July and stores well until the end of the year. Whilst mildest in flavour it’s a little more robust than others offered due to its slightly higher dry matter content. The best choice if you only have room for one. Ideal for pickling as well as cooking. An easy-to-grow undemanding crop that provides good yields.
1 lb, €5 Code 169/V177 2 lb, €9 Code 169/V177A
MR MIDDLETON GREEN MANURE Enrich your soil
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. Sow Sept- Nov, dig in to soil in early spring before flowering.
500grms (covers 90sq meters) €13 Code 169/V117 1kg (covers 180sq meters) €20 Code 169/V117A
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LOGANBERRY
HONEYBERRY
1 plant €13 Code 169/F042 3 plants €29 Save €10 Code 169/F042A
1 plant €15 Code 169/F043
BOYSENBERRIES
TAYBERRY
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.
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.
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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”).
A cross between blackberry and raspberry. Provides an abundant crop of large, purple and deliciously sweet fruit from mid July until late August. A super dessert fruit, but also good for freezing and jam making.
1 plant €13 Code 169/F086 3 plants €29 Save €10 Code 169/F086A
RHUBARB TIMPERLEY EARLY
RHUBARB RED CHAMPAGNE
3 Stools €10 Code 169/F028
3 Stools €10 Code 169/F029
Crops from February to Autumn, disease resistant and very easy to establish. A good heavy cropper.
RHUBARB VICTORIA
An outstanding early variety. Long pale pink stems. Easy to grow and trouble free.
Very Popular variety. Heavy yielding. Green stems, tangy flavour not sour. Will crop for many years.
3 Stools €10 Code 169/F030
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.
1 plant €15 Code 169/F011 Buy 2 for €25 Save €5 Code 169/F011A
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DUO PATIO FRUIT TREE Now everyone can grow Apple trees in the minimum of space!
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These incredible duo fruit trees have been meticulously grafted by highly skilled nurserymen, to create 2 different trees growing on one rootstock! What’s more, the rootstocks are dwarfing meaning that your trees will always remain compact! You will get 2 different varieties of fruit from 1 tree so are perfect for anyone who loves the idea of picking their own home-grown fresh fruit, but has limited space. Each of the varieties will produce bumper crops of delicious full sized fruit.
DUO PATIO APPLE TREE Elstar/James Greive
Apple Elstar’ A dessert cultivar produces heavy, regular crops of apples; greenishyellow flushed red. An intense flavour, honeyed and crisp. Apple ‘James Grieve’ A pleasant acidity when picked early before mellowing to a soft sweetness when ripe. A very good dessert apple but also makes a delicate stewed apple when picked early, good juice too.
€30 each Code 169/F129
DUO PATIO PEAR TREE ‘Conference’ / Doyenné du Comice’
Pear ‘Conference’ The best known of all pears, ‘Conference’ is excellent eaten as a dessert pear but also exceptional when cooked. The long bell shaped fruits with firm flesh can be eaten hard or fully ripe with a smooth juicy flavour. Stores Well. 2. Pear ‘Doyenné du Comice’ Large Classic gourmet pear. Green skin flushed red with white, melting juicy flesh of rich flavour. Tastes like sweetened cinnamon.
€30 each Code 169/F130
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DUO PLUM FRUIT TREE
Plum Opal and Plum Reine Claude d’Oullins
Now everyone can grow Plum trees in the minimum of space! These incredible duo fruit trees have been meticulously grafted by highly skilled nurserymen, to create 2 different trees growing on one rootstock! What’s more, the rootstocks are dwarfing meaning that your trees will always remain compact! You will get 2 different varieties of fruit from 1 tree so are perfect for anyone who loves the idea of picking their own homegrown fresh fruit, but has limited space. Each of the varieties will produce bumper crops of delicious full sized fruit.
€30 each Code169/F128
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 169/F074 12 Canes €25 Save €5 Code 169/F074A
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IRISH WILD FLOWER PLANTS Native plants to attract bees, birds, and helpful insects to your garden.
Give nature a helping hand. Our wildflower mixture has been carefully designed to suit different habitats, soil types and uses. The plants are specially grown for us by an Bord Bia approved nursery. All the plants are native species which will help attract birds, bees and insects to your garden. The collection comprises 10 named species specially selected by our nursery team at the time of dispatch. Selection may include Yarrow, Harebell, Wild Carrot, Viper’s Buglos, Meadowsweet, Yellow Flag Iris, Field Scabious, Ox-eye Daisy, Ragged Robin, Purple Loosestrife, Red Campion, Devils Bit Scabious, Valerian. Strong plants in 9cm pots.
10 plants €20 Code 169/PL71
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20 plants €32 Save €8 Code 169/PL71A
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Over 60lbs of fruit every season for 30 Years
BEST SELLER PLUM VICTORIA
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 169/F027
THE COMPLETE WINDOW FEEDER The only window feeder designed to hold bird seed and water and fat-balls for maximum bird interest. Great visibility 3-sided access 2 special perches. Clear overhanging roof.
€20 each Code 169/S127
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.
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2 Plants €40 Code 169/F024
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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 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 Superb Taste
One of the best known and most popular 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 169/F018
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.
€20 each Code 169/F020
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!
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GRAPE VINE BLUE DREAM Unusually large grapes
A dark blue/black grape with unusually large berries for. 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 169/F021
‘LUCKY BERRY’ Another unique new introduction from Mr Middleton The whole summer, delicious fruits fresh from the garden - with Vaccinium Lucky Berry®
Blueberries are especially popular with our little ones as a natural and sweet nibble for in-between time, a reason for the berries hanging from the shrub one day and being completely harvested shortly afterwards. That’s different with Lucky Berry®: from July to October it carries sweet fruits and these are constantly ripening. So there is enough time to taste, snack and harvest. The Lucky Berry® is also suitable for the balcony and is
therefore perfect for the domestic kitchen. The healthy snack with vitamin E and C is a small sweet delight for every guest in their own realm. Not only freshly picked, but also processed further, it tastes particularly delicious in pastries, pancakes, yoghurt or as a homemade blueberry jam. Even outside the harvest season, the compact Lucky Berry® adorns itself with considerable white flowers. Supplied in a large 5 litre pot.
€30 each Code 169/F131
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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.
5 canes €13 Code 169/F083 10 canes €20 Code 169/F083A
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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.
5 canes €13 Code 169/F038 10 canes €20 Code 169/F038A
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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.
5 canes €15 Code 169/F096 10 canes €25 Save €5 Code 169/F096A 42
GOOSEBERRY HINNONMAKI YELLOW
GOOSEBERRY XENIA
1 plant €12 Code 169/F094 3 plants €30 Save €6 Code 169/F094A
1 plants €12 Code 169/F093 3 plants €30 Save €6 Code 169/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.
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!
GOOSEBERRY ‘INVICTA’
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 169/F092 3 plants €30 Save €6 Code 169/F092A
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FIG TWO TIMER
ICE PEACH
Unlike most figs, which crop once in mid-late summer on last year’s shoots, this one crops from mid August on last year’s shoots, but again from the end of September on this year’s shoots! And they’re deliciously sweet and tasty. A very productive variety for the Irish climate. Figs will bring a Mediterranean flavour to your garden, combining handsome foliage with a tasty and bountiful harvest. They’re vigorous plants, so growth should be limited by restricting the roots to a large container (which will also encourage fruit formation). This variety is strong-growing and quick to start fruiting and, once mature, will withstand the coldest winters.
Produces ivory white skinned and fleshed peaches with a sweet flavour. Just released to gardeners in 2017, the fruit starts yellow, and ripens white, and stores very well once picked. Amazing spring pink blossom too, grow in a large pot in warm sunny spot. Grafted onto a dwarf rootstock, which grows a compact bush that will not exceed 1.5m.
KIWI JENNY
LILLIPUT PEAR
1 Plant €15 Code 169/F108
1 Tree €20 Code 169/F086
Two crops a year!
An amazing new introduction from Mr Middleton
€30 Code 169/F124
€20 Code 169/F013
Hardy, easy-to-grow climbers which will give good crops in Ireland, grown on a trellis, arch or pergola in a warm spot, or on a south-facing wall. Jenny is a self-fertile variety - ideal if you only have room for one plant. It has very attractive red-tipped early growth, and its small, sweet fruits are freely produced in late summer.
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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.
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GROW YOUR OWN ALMOND NUTS
Easy to grow and suitable for Irish weather. We have had great success with this dwarf Almond which has yielded a spectacular crop this year. Grown not only for its beautiful flowers in the Spring but with the elusive promise of your own delectably flavoured nuts. Now at last here is a variety much more likely to give you the rewards you expect. Ingrid is the first selected form which is more reliably cropping than the original common Almond, but with the same beautiful blossom. A most promising introduction which doubles as a beautiful ornamental and a productive tree in one. Suitable for a warm sheltered spot or growing in a greenhouse/polytunnel.
€30 Code 169/F132
SOIL RENEW
1.5kg €13 Code 161/S619 3kg €24 Code 161/S619A 10kg €50 Code 161/S619B
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60 DAYS OF DAFFODILS
A unique collection specially chosen by Mr Middleton that should ensure 60 days of blooms in your garden.
40 bulbs €10 Code 169/AB395 80 bulbs €17 Code 169/AB395A
Exclusive
GLORIOUS TULIP DAYS
Exclusive
Mr Middleton’s special selection of top performing varieties. We have selected the top performing varieties in this special mixture , so all you need to do is plant, sit back and wait for glorious tulips days.
100 bulbs €25 Code 169/AB413 200 bulbs €45 Code 169/AB413A
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260 SUPER SPRING FLOWER BULBS FOR ONLY €65 SAVE €50 MR MIDDLETON’S COMPLETE SPRING BULB COLLECTION
This unique collection has been blended to provide a super display of spring colour and head turning fragrance. Covering the spectrum from rich blues to vibrant magentas and pinks to cool yellow and whites. Plant them in formal beds, among perennials, scattered in clumps in the border or along walkways.
Collection contents: 260 Top size flower bulbs. 100 Tulips (5 Named varieties) 80 Daffodils (4 named varieties), 10 Hyacinths, 25 Chionodoxa, 25 Allium Moly, 20 Crocus. €65 per 260 bulbs Code 169/AB226
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FRAGRANT NARCISSUS
Each stem is a fragrant bouquet bearing 3-4 double flowers about 2in wide. These heirloom Daffodils are great garden performers and do very well in pots and tubs as well as cut flowers for your home.
20 bulbs €10
Code 169/AB003 60 bulbs €20 Save €10 Code 169/AB003A
MR MIDDLETON’S FLAMINGO FANTASY A stunning combination of pastel two tones. May flowering. 50 – 80cm.
€10 per 20
Code 169/AB126 €40 per 100 Code 169/AB126A
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New SUPER FRAGRANT PHLOX
The Dior of the plant world. On a summer’s evening, the head spinning, sweet scent is produced in masses, enticing you to explore the delight. Perfect in borders and containers, excellent for cutting, slug resistant, attractive to butterflies and bees and tolerant of all soil conditions in sun or part shade. Supplied as 3 mixed pot grown plants. Variety may vary. Height 60 x 60cm.
3 Mixed Plants €15 Code 169/PL134 6 Plants €20 Save €10 Code 169/PL134A
NARCISSUS PURE WHITE PASSION
An exclusive selection specially chosen by Mr Middleton to provide a stunning display of pure white passion in early spring. March/April 30- 60cm.
20 bulbs €10
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PERENNIAL TULIPS
In years of trials, we’ve identified a series of Darwin Hybrid Tulips that provides up to five years of splendid bloom, with bud counts actually increasing for the first three years. To assure optimum success with these remarkable Tulip bulbs we recommend the basics of good Tulip culture: Deep planting, a regular spring and autumn feeding, deadheading after bloom, allowing the leaves to yellow before removing, and minimal watering in summer. April- May 50- 60cm.
DAYDREAM
20 Bulbs €10 Code 169/AB296 100 Bulbs €40 Code 169/AB296B
APELDOORN
20 Bulbs €10 Code 169/AB294 100 Bulbs €40 Code 169/AB294B
IVORY FLORADALE
20 Bulbs €10 Code 169/AB297 100 Bulbs €40 Code 169/AB297B
100 bulbs 20 of each
€40 Save €10
Code 169/AB298A
GOLDEN OXFORD
20 Bulbs €10 Code 169/AB295 100 Bulbs €40 Code 169/AB295B 50
PINK IMPRESSION
20 Bulbs €10 Code 169/AB298 100 Bulbs €40 Code 169/AB298B
NARCISSUS FOR NATURALIZING
A special collection of varieties suitable for mass planting in woodland and grass where they can be left to naturalize and provide enjoyment for many years.
40 bulbs €9 Code 169/AB279 200 bulbs €36 Code 169/AB279A
TULIP DECADENT DOUBLE
World Exclusive Decadent layers of Double Tulips unfurl gradually to expose layer upon layer of petals, like old fashioned frilly petticoats. The large flowers are long lasting on short to medium stems. Double Tulips are great in pots or garden beds. Use these large blooms to create a platform of colour in your beds, includes some scented varieties.
20 bulbs €10 Code 169/AB258 40 bulbs €18 Code 169/AB258B
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SUPER VALUE PATIO COLLECTION
150 Specially chosen bulbs to fill your pots and tubs with exuberant spring colour. Tulips 30 (3 named vars),Narcissi 35 (2 named vars) Hyacinths 10 ( 2 named varieties ) Brodiaea Queen Fabiola 25, Allium Ostrowskianum 25, Crocus Species 25. Contents may vary.
150 Bulbs €40 Save €20 Code 169/AB131 SAVE
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300 Bulbs €75 Save €45 Code 169/AB131A
THE ROCKERY COLLECTION – 100 BULBS
DOUBLE-FLOWERED NARCISSI
€20 per 100 Code 169/AB185 €37 per 200 Code 169/AB185A
€15 per 50 Code 169/AB186 €25 per 100 Code 169/AB186A
Crocus (10) Miniature Daffodils (10) Short-Stemmed Tulips (10) Snowdrops (20) Muscari (20) Scilla (20) Dwarf Iris (10).
Our famous collection, which sells out every year, so order early. No other collection of Narcissi will offer as much excitement and pleasure. It contains the best collection of exotic blooms of Butterfly, Double and Carnation type Daffodils.
EARLY SPRING CROCUS
DWARF ROCKERY DAFFODILS
€10 per 100 Code 169/AB187 €18 per 200 Code 169/AB187A
€12 per 50 Code 169/AB189 €20 per 100 Code 169/AB189A
Botanical Crocus are the first of the early spring flowers. After planting, they need no care and will come up year after year. Our mixture is blended in our own shop to ensure you receive 8 varieties.
There is always room for these versatile little charmers. They’re among the earliest-blooming of all spring flowers, and their shorter height makes them ideal for borders, rock gardens, under trees, and in tubs and containers.
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MR MIDDLETON’S SHRUB ROSE AND FRUIT FEED Grow bigger better healthier plants and fruit
Harvested from the Atlantic coast of Ireland, with all natural ingredients. Our seaweed based Plant, Fruit, Vegetable bulb food fully organic, is an important soil improver rich in minerals and trace elements. It is an excellent slow release fertiliser and soil conditioner, just right for flowers bulbs. Containing 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. Regular dressings stimulate microbial activity, improving soil structure and fertility. The result being more and better flowers on stronger stems, and longer lasting, richer coloured flowers. It promotes healthy growth and increased yield in other plants as well as fruit and vegetables. Mr Middleton Plant Food should be worked into the soil before planting, used as a top dressing or added to the compost. Apply 90g per sq meter. 1.5kg €8.50 Code 169/S143 3 kg €14 Code 169/S143A 10kg €35 Save €21 Code 169/S143C
HOW TO ORDER Phone Orders:
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You can place an order online or by phone for collection in our warehouse. Please note this is a warehouse collection service only. Slaney close is a working warehouse, it is not a retail shop or garden center. Orders should by pre booked 2 days in advance. Mr Middleton Garden Shop Unit 6 144D Slaney Close Dublin Industrial Estate Glasnevin Dublin 11 Phone:
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UNIQUE NEW FRUIT TREE FROM MR MIDDLETON
CURLY MULTI TREE 3 different varieties in 1 pot
Apple Elstar, Pear Conference, Plum Opal.
Another great new exclusive plant from Mr Middleton, This unique plant has a total of three delightful types of fruit in the one pot: a delicious autumn apple, a juicy pear and a fresh and sweet plum. That’s a whole lot of fruit for you to enjoy! The tree is self-pollinating and requires little maintenance. The pot contains 3 plants grown together but on separate root stock. Perfect for a small garden patio or balcony. Curly multi tree 3 different varieties in 1 pot €60 Code 169/F113
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ROSE BLACK BACCARA
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 169/R047
Buy 3 for just €40 Save €14 Code 169/R047A 56