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Are these the first words to spring to mind when you think of conifers? Yes! Because conifers are a wonderful way of adding colour, shape and style to your garden. They’re easy to grow and visually stunning. Many change colour during the year so you can have fabulous splashes of orange, blue or purple...
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What we need is busy lizzies to brighten our gardens! If you visit RHS Wisley this summer you can’t help but notice the two fabulous towers of colour on the terrace at the entrance into the gardens. These plants look like New Guinea busy lizzies but in actual fact they are not! They are a new hybrid...
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We’re really looking forward to the RHS Berrylicious Weekend . We’ve plenty of delicious strawberry, blueberry and raspberry plants in stock. Some of the strawberries are in hanging baskets so can be hung up immediately. Nibble at those plants with fruit, then tend them for another crop. My hanging strawberry...
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Exciting News . . . At the Garden Retail Awards for the best people in the industry, our Wildlife Team have captured the Greatest Wild Bird Care & Wildlife Team Award for 2009. Here they are at the Awards Ceremony and showing off their truly well deserved plaque and certificate. Well done everyone...
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Wisley Plant Centre is hosting The Scents of Summer on Wednesday 1 July from 7pm to 9pm. Join us for an evening dedicated to scented summer plants that will be at their fragrant best in the evening air. Demonstrations on what to grow together to create a mesmerising mix of scents, talks on growing scented...
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You can't afford to miss the fabulous array of Irises we currently have in stock…. There are over 66 different ones to choose from including the gorgeous almost black cultivar ‘Superstition’ which Laurel and Michaela have their eyes on in the photo. This has to be one of my favourites, but I do tend...
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Guess who’s just been in The Wisley Plant Centre ……No other than Howard Ebison – one of the stars of the current popular BBC programme The Apprentice ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/ ). Howard said hello to many of the staff including Nige Eaton – Head of Wisley Plant Centre. Howard said “I cannot...
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Wow, we currently have 81 different varieties of Japanese maple (Acer palmatum) in stock. This is truly the best time to buy if you want the widest selection to choose from. We have a huge range of sizes too - from the 3 litre pot size up to a whopping 160 litre. Prices start at £25. Varieties come in...
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We had such an uplifting evening in the plant centre last week. Alan Titchmarsh came to give a Q & A session and to sign books for enthusiastic customers. We had the sound system in place in our pavilion so everyone could hear the Qs and As. Alan dealt with every question in a witty and gentle way...
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I've just had fantastic news from our alpine department supervisor. He's just cleared out all the unwanted tools from their shed and brought them over to us for recycling. If you've ever looked at that broken fork in your shed and reminded yourself to repair it (was it 2 years ago you said...
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Get set for Summer with one of our stylish French patio furniture sets. We have been selling these successfully with slight changes to the colour range each year. They are made using recycled materials and the most hi-tech 13-step metal treatment process' then coated in hard wearing ecological paint...
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