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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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Plums, Damsons
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Japanese Plum Trees
Prunus salicina. These hybrid plum trees are widely grown in Japan for their delicious flavoured fruit which are tender and meaty. Compact trees which ripen very early, a distinctive flavour and very juicy.

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Japanese Plum Trees
Japanese plum 'Methley'
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Japanese plum 'Methley'


Reddish purple fruits ideal poached for breakfast. Self fertile.

Ripening in July, fruits ripen in succesion over 10-14 days,


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Japanese plum 'Satsuma'
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Japanese plum 'Satsuma'


The 'Blood Plum'. A Japanese cross plum introduced by Luther Burbank in California, and growing from a local Royal English garden early 20th Century. Small to medium fruits, dark red skin and red flesh. A very distinct flavour, sweet and very juicy. The fruits will keep for a few days in the fridge but must be eaten as they ripen, pleasant meaty texture .

Ripens mid August. Partially self fertile.


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Japanese plum 'Shiro'
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Japanese plum 'Shiro'


A large yellow fruit with an excellent sweet flavour, translucent flesh very, very juicy.

Ripens mid-August. Self-fertile.


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Plum Trees
These fruits prefer a good fertile soil with lime, potash and nitrogen and do not like being exposed to cold winds.

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Plum Trees
Plum Blue Tit
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Plum Blue Tit


Raised by Laxton Bros in 1938. A medium sized blue/black fruit of good flavour

Ripens in mid-August. Self-fertile. Pollination group 2. Dessert and Culinary fruit.


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Plum Crimson Drop
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Plum Crimson Drop


Sport of Coe's Golden Drop raised around 1901 at Reigate, Surrey. Large red fruit, richly flavoured first rate plum.

Ripens mid to late September. Self-fertile. Pollination group 2. Dessert fruit.


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Plum Delikya
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Plum Delikya


Yellow with a red bloom ,large round fruit, freestone. Very good dessert flavour. Limited availability.

Ripening from the end of July. Pollination group 3. Dessert fruit.


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Plum Early Laxton
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Plum Early Laxton


Laxton raised in 1902. Medium sized fruit, yellow with dots of rosy red. Sweet and juicy with gage flavour. Excellent very early plum.

Ripening ate July-August. Partially self-fertile. Pollination group 3. Dessert fruit.


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Plum Golden Transparent
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Plum Golden Transparent


Large yellow fruit with a square, round shape.

Ripening mid August. Self fertile. Pollination group 3. Dessert and Culinary fruit.


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Plum Hay
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Plum Hay


Smallish yellow fruit, oblong shape. Leave to sweeten properly on the tree.

Ripening early August. Pollination group 3. Dessert and Culinary fruit.


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Plum Kirkes Blue
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Plum Kirkes Blue


Large, dark purple, firm and juicy a favourite of the experts, best in a protected spot or on a wall. (London 19 c)

Ripening mid September. Pollination group 3. Dessert fruit.


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Plum Opal
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Plum Opal


A very reliable garden plum, more so then Victoria, red fruits and a superb flavour.

Ripening late July. Pollination group 2. Dessert fruit.


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Plum Reine Claude de Bavay
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Plum Reine Claude de Bavay


This variety is similar to the gages sold in the shops. A reliable cropper, well flavoured if allowed to ripen on the tree. (Belgium 1832)

Ripening end September. Pollination group 2. Dessert fruit.


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Plum Reine Claude Violette
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Plum Reine Claude Violette


A purple ‘greengage’ with a heavy bloom, medium size fruit round to square shape. (1780)

Ripens late August. Partialy self fertile. Pollination group . Dessert fruit.


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Plum Early Rivers
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Plum Early Rivers


Small, violet/purple fruit. A choice early culinary plum, cooks well and left to ripen is excellent as a dessert, ripens before the wasps arrive, yellow flesh.

Ripening late July-August. Partially self-fertile. Pollination group 3. Dessert and Culinary fruit.


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Prunus x blireana Saling Hall
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Prunus x blireana Saling Hall


'Saling Hall' A new introduction this year, raised by Hugh Johnson. A beautiful tree with a tall upright habit and leaves of the most intense metallic coppery-purple. Flowers a delicate rose pink in clusters followed by deep red fruit which can be used in preserves or eaten fresh when properly ripe.

Very limited availability.


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Plumcot
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Plumcot


A hybrid Apricot / Plum from Wisley, interesting flavour, medium size fruit.


Price: £23.00

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Damson Trees

Damson Trees

Treat as for plums. Damsons are renowned for making Damson Gin and Damson Cheese.

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Early Rivers
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Early Rivers


Raised by Rivers of Sawbridgeworth in 1871, small blue black fruit with a bloom, intense flavour.

Ripening in mid August. Culinary fruit.


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Gages

Gages

These fruits prefer a good fertile soil with lime, potash and nitrogen and do not like being exposed to cold winds.

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Gage Old Greengage
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Gage Old Greengage


Of great antiquity, named for the wife of Francois I of France (1494-1547). Called Great Gage after Sir William Gage who introduced it prior to 1724. Medium sized yellow/green fruit. Regarded as the richest flavoured of all plums, rich sweet and luscious. Heavy crops must be thinned.

Ripening mid-late August. Pollination group 3. Dessert fruit.


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Gage Early Transparent
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Gage Early Transparent


A small golden but melting flesh, sweet and reliable.

Ripening early August. Pollination group 3. Dessert fruit.


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Bullaces

Bullaces

Can be planted in hedges but need careful attention to ensure they become established successfully.

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Bullace Langley
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Bullace Langley


Black fruit with greenish-yellow flesh, large for a bullace. Can carry huge crops. The best bullace, bottles well and is splendid for jam.

Ripens late September - October. Self-fertile.


Price: £19.92 (Including VAT at 17.5%)

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