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About Strawberries

Introduction to the basics of Strawberries

Delivery Explained - Bareroot Soft Fruit

Delivery of Bareroot Soft Fruit Plants Explained

Delivery Explained - Bareroot Vs Potted Soft Fruit

Delivery of Bareroot & Potted Soft Fruit Plants Explained

Growing Blueberries in Open Ground

A quick guide to growing blueberries in the garden

Growing Blueberries in Pots

Blueberries need acid soil to do well. If you are on chalk, cheat and grow them in pots....

How to Grow Blackcurrants

Easy guide to planting & pruning your blackcurrants.

How to Grow Redcurrants & Whitecurrants

Redcurrants and whitecurrants are some of the most easily grown fruit bushes.

Invicta Gooseberry Bushes - Bareroot

Invicta: The Winner: Early cropping, green fruit, very heavy cropping, disease resistant plant.

Planting Blackberries

  • Soil Type: Any. Tolerates both damp (but not waterlogged) and dry soils
  • Sun: Tolerates even heavy shade, will still crop well in partial shade
  • Suitable for frost pockets.
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    Pruning Autumn Fruiting Raspberries

    Instruction on how to prune autumn fruiting raspberry varieties

    Pruning Blackberries

  • Fruits on one year old stems
  • After harvesting: Cut all one year old stems at ground level
  • Best trained on wires or posts.
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    Pruning Gooseberries

    Year by Year guide to Training a Gooseberry Bush

    Pruning Summer Fruiting Raspberries

    Fruit appears on 1 year old wood, remove spent raspberry canes after they have been picked clean...

    Rhubarb - Growing Advice

    Basic advice on planting & caring for Rhubarb plants


    Bare Root vs Pot Grown

    Bare-root Plants are only delivered in the winter season, from November to March. Pot grown plants can be delivered all year round

    Advantages of Bare-root plants:
  • You pay less for the same size plants.
  • You can carry and plan them easily.
  • You ... More

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    Just to let you know that my 24 lavender plants arrived safely. They were packed fantastically well, and every plant is in tip-top condition. I am very pleased with them, and look forward to admiring my new lavender hedges in due course. Thank you!

    Jane Walker