Malus

Malus or crab apples as they are sometimes better known give a fantastic display, some varieties twice a year.With blossom and fruit

In the spring they have a lovely mixture of blossom colours from light pink, dark pink through to deep burgundy red flowers depending on variety and in the autumn fruit varies from small on varieties like Golden Hornet up to large red on varieties like Dartmouth

Varieties grown at St Bridget's are the following

MALUS (Crab Apple)
floribunda AGM
hupehensis AGM
x magdeburgensis
x moerlandsii Liset OG
Profusion Improved OG
Royalty OG

tschonoskii AGM
Van Eseltine

Fruiting varieties ( Zero-rated VAT)
pumila Dartmouth
Evereste AGM OG

x zumi Golden Hornet AGM OG

John Downie AGM OG
Pink Glow
x robusta Red Sentinel AGM
Sun Rival
Veitchʼs Scarlet
White Star

Please enquire for sizes and prices available at sales@stbridgetnurseries.co.uk

or Tel. 01392873672.

CORTADERIA PUMILA

Better known to most people as PAMPASS GRASS is now beginning to look its best with large white plumes standing proud above the tough strap like foliage.

It makes a good stand alone plant in middle of the garden, but to keep it tidy cut back back the old foliage at the base and dead head the flower plumes when they have gone past their best to stop them seeding over the rest of the garden.

Autumn Colour

With the evenings getting longer and the nights getting cooler the leaves on the trees are changing colour, some turn yellow others change a wide range of colours from reds / oranges and golden yellow.

This can give a fantastic show in the autumn, so look out as you are out and about this autumn .

There are some good places to visit to see autumn colour one of the best known being Westonbirt in Gloucestershire.

There ares several ornamental trees and shrubs that you can plant in your garden like ornamental cherries (Prunus), viburnum to name a few.

Look out in gardens and woodland in your area to see a free show of colour and maybe plant something in your garden.

Try the woodland trust website to find your nearest wood and go and look at the autumn colours on the trees.

http://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/en/our-woods/Pages/woodland-estate.aspx

Wallflowers

St Bridget's own field grown wallflowers are available now, in various colours and some good mixtures of colours too.

They give a lovely early splash of colour in spring with the bulbs and give a good scent too.

Persian Carpet contains many of the beautiful colours seen in Persian Carpets including cream, apricot, orange, rose, purple and gold,very fragrant.

St Bridget's have the following varieties bare root,

Bundles of 10 for £2.10

Fire King

Scarlet Bedder

Golden Bedder

Giant Pink

Persian Carpet

Bedder Mixed

Harlequin Mxd in 12 Packs

Brighten up your window sills

Put a bit of colour on your window sills this autumn,

Miniature Miracle CYCLAMEN will flower for months if you keep dead the old flowers once they have finished, if you look into the centre of the plant you will see all the new buds all waiting to appear.

They prefer a cool light situation out of bright hot sunshine and will even be ok outside until the really hard frosts come.

Coming in a large variety of colours there is a colour for everyone from whites reds pinks Burgundy and bicolours too.

They are an easy to look after plant for the cool window sill.

St Bridget's have good selection in our garden centres fresh from our nursery.

As autumn approaches and the weather is damp and wet, the summer bedding has normally gone past its best.

Brighten up your garden, pots and even hanging baskets with some pansies and violas.

They flower for months until the frosts come and normally again in the spring, just keep dead heading and the flowers will keep coming.

St Bridget's have lots to choose from in 9cm pots in good selection of colours and 6 packs in mixed colours.

Feed the Birds Let's face it when it rains we don't really like to go out for food -why should birds? With the weather getting cooler and wetter it's time to stock up on bird food to help our garden friends through the autumn and winter. St Bridget Garden Centres love wildlife and have everything you may need such as bird tables, stands, feeders, houses, seed, peanuts, fat balls, fat blocks etc! Plus there are some excellent savings on many products so stock up now. Remember to pick up a selection of food as not all birds eat the same things e.g. Robins and Blackbirds like to feed on horizontal tables/trays and eat seed and meal worms. Tits like most food but woodpeckers love peanuts!

Grow a Hardy Palm in your garden

Trachycarpus Fortunei-

One of the most popular and suitable palms for the UK. The Chusan palm from China tolerates temperatures down to -12°C without problem, so hardy in the normal British winters even the cold spell we had in January 2010, so they should be looking equally good in summer or winter.

Trachycarpus fortunei should not be planted in very windy locations as the leaves can get to look untidy. Large green, fan leaves grow from a hairy, matted trunk that can grow between 10-30cm a year at maturity, although much slower when younger!

Fully grown height can be up to approx 4-5 metres over time

St Bridget's have 2 sizes available

2 Litre pot size @ £9.50

4 Litre pot size @ £11.50

Contact our garden centres for more details.

Bulb-tastic!

Spring bulbs are filling up both St Bridget Nurseries' shops! There are hundreds of different varieties to choose from and some great bargains. Buy now for the freshest bulbs and the best choice.

Some of the bargains at the Old Rydon Lane garden centre include:

British Daffodils & Narcissi in 5kg sacks. £7.99 each or any 2 for only £14. Great for naturalising.

Plus large value spring bulb packs only £4.99 each or 3 packs for £12.

Be wary of cheap bulbs you may find in supermarkets - if you look closely, bulbs may not always be of the same quality/size.

Pyracantha Cadange

A glorious sunny September morning, look around you as you go about your daily life and see the variety of berries there are about in peoples gardens.

Pyracantha, Cotoneaster to name a few in various colours red, yellow and orange .They will normally stay on the plants until the weather gets cold but are then generally eaten by birds so they can give autumn colour to the garden and also supply a food source for wild birds.