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Bougainvillea Red Fantasy

Bougainvillea Red Fantasy

£14.50

Bright red bracts,smaller than some ,the best part is the foliage as it is never the same .Each year the variegation comes out different.
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Jasminum azoricum

Jasminum azoricum

£14.25

Evergreen with comparatively compact growth. Regular flowering throughout the year. White scented flowers.
The plants are 2-3ft tall and very bushy.
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Mandevilla Ruby Star

Mandevilla Ruby Star

£14.25

A superb evergreen climber with large glowing pink , slightly striped trumpets and glossy green leaves. Late spring to summer flowering. Needs 10c in winter .
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Tahiti Lime

Tahiti Lime

£28.50

The bartenders lime, for slicing into drinks and on pancakes, superb flavour and no seeds.The tree will grow to around 6ft (2m) in a pot ,and produce several pounds of fruit. The trees are 3-4ft tall with a clear stem and branch framework forming. Ideal for growing on a wall to preserve space.
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Fig Peter's Honey

Fig Peter's Honey

£14.50

syn Italian Honey. A very tasty fruit, sweet crimson flesh, golden skin. One of the favourites at our last tasting session. Greenhouse or conservatory.
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Fig Noire de Carombe

Fig Noire de Carombe

£14.50

A relatively new variety for the garden, with medium size black fruits. Can be wall trained or grown in the open if your site is well protected. Fairly vigorous, this tree can make 5-6m in hieght. Hardiness rated to -12-14 C.

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Peaches and Nectarines

Fruit Trees and Bushes > Peaches and Nectarines
Peaches can be grown in pots or the greenhouse border they will produce superb quality fruit, lime is important and a well drained soil is essential. MORE AVAILABLE IN THE AUTUMN

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Peach Amsden June
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Peach Amsden June


Creamy white flesh of good flavour. A good early crop in the Greenhouse or on a warm wall.

Ripens mid July


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Peach Barrington
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Peach Barrington


Large round fruit, yellowish skin marbled red next the sun. Rich yellow flesh. Raised in Surrey around 1826.

Ripens mid September.


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Peach Cardinal - Indian Blood Peach
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Peach Cardinal - Indian Blood Peach


Akin to a blood orange , this variety has distinctive flavour, and very attractive fruit. Ripening late, definitely for the collector and best grown in a greenhouse.


Price: £23.00

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Peach Dixired
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Peach Dixired


Deep red fruits with very juicy yellow flesh. Very productive clingstone peach. Rated resistant to peach leaf curl.

Ripens early August.


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Peach Duke of York
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Peach Duke of York


Pale yellow fleshed large fruit. Good flavour and cropper. Greenhouse or wall.

Ripens mid-July.


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Peach Early Alexander
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Peach Early Alexander


Medium round fruit. Skin red to scarlet with streaks of dark crimson. Flesh pale yellow/white. Very juicy with fine flavour. (1878) Rivers.

Ripens mid July.


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Peach Early Rivers
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Peach Early Rivers


Large fruit with pale straw coloured skin and a delicate pink cheek. White melting flesh with rich flavour.

Ripens late July.


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Peach Garden Lady
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Peach Garden Lady


A dwarf tree with delicious yellow flesh, sweet and juicy. The fruits should be thinned to allow them to mature well. Supplied as a 3ft standard, the top will grow to around 3-4ft in dia. Best for pot growing in the conservatory.


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Peach Kestrel
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Peach Kestrel


A cross between Early Rivers nectarine and Hales Early peach. Large brightly coloured peach ripening a week before Peregrine which it resembles in habit and bearing qualities. Fruit melting, juicy and very good flavour. (Rivers)

Ripens in mid August.


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Peach Madison
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Peach Madison


Bright red fruit with orange -yellow flesh, Comes from the hill areas of Blacksburgh, Virginia. Rich flavour of high quality. Selected in 1955.Tolerant of blossom time frost.

Ripens early September.


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Peach Peregrine
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Peach Peregrine


Probably the most well known peach for outdoor culture in the UK. Excellent flavour, white flesh large fruit,. Greenhouse in the north, wall or in the open in the south.
READY IN DECEMBER
Ripens mid to late August.


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Peach Redwing
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Peach Redwing


A large, dark red fruit with superb flavour. High yielding and late to flower, partial resistance to leaf curl.


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Peach Rochester
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Peach Rochester


(1912) Yellow juicy flesh, good flavour. Crops well.

Ripening early August.


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Peach Violet Hative
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Peach Violet Hative


Dark red skin, very sweet. A large peach.

Ripening mid September.


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Nectarines are smooth skinned peaches and require similar cultural treatment, but they need more frequent watering while the fruit is swelling to avoid splitting.

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Nectarine Tree Information
Nectarine Early Gem
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Nectarine Early Gem


A deep purple fruit with yellow flesh of good flavour. Very productive. Plant on a warm south wall or greenhouse.

Ripens mid to late June.


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Nectarine Elruge
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Nectarine Elruge


Richly flavoured with green purple flushed skin and greenish white flesh. Good inside or out.

Ripens late August.


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Nectarine Firegold
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Nectarine Firegold


Very attractive fruit with orange red skin, medium size, tender and melting yellow flesh.

Ripens mid August.


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Nectarine Flavourtop
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Nectarine Flavourtop


Medium to large fruit with a yellow flesh Freestone, grows best on a wall or in a greenhouse.

Ripens mid August


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Nectarine Lord Napier
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Nectarine Lord Napier


Rich flavoured white fleshed variety that crops heavily. Suitable for wall or greenhouse. (mid 1800's)

Ripens early August.


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Nectarine Madame Blanchete
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Nectarine Madame Blanchete


Delicious bright red fruit with white flesh, very juicy and productive, a useful new addition to the fruit garden, also grows well in pots.

Ripens September.


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Nectarine Rubygold
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Nectarine Rubygold


Large red-brown fruits with a good flavour. On trial at the nursery.


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Nectarine Early Blaze
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Nectarine Early Blaze


An early fruit with bright red fruit, yellow sweet flesh.


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Nectarine RedGold
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Nectarine RedGold


An old standard for superior nectarines. Large deep red fruit. Very productive and hardy. Requires a long winter chill.

Ripens August.


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