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Cat 12-13 Current.Qxp BUCKINGHAM NURSERIES AND GARDEN CENTRE AUTUMN 2012 - SUMMER 2013 Hedging Trees Shrubs Fruit Ground Cover Climbers Sundries www.hedging.co.uk Visit our web site for more information, photographs and FREE delivery for most orders over £75. Hedging & Trees - Pages 3-15 Ornamental Shrubs - Pages 16-17 Roses - Pages 29 - 30 Fruit - Pages 24-28 1 ABOUT THE GARDEN CENTRE CONTENTS OF CATALOGUE The Garden Centre has recently been extensively redeveloped and the new facilities are now operational including a new restaurant, extended outside CONTENTS AND ABOUT US ● ‘All Seasons Interest’ Hedges 2 ● plant area and an enlarged shop, extended car park and an improved entrance. ● Butterfly and Bee Collection 3 ● The Garden Centre offers visitors not only the catalogued plants in the ● Climbers 31 ● correct season, but also a very wide range of container grown stock which is ● Conifers (within hedging section) 3-15 ● available all year. This includes ornamental trees, shrubs, climbers, perennials, heathers, herbs, alpines, ornamental grasses and hardy ferns and ● Delivery and Packing Charges 34 ● seasonal bedding plants. ● Edible Hedging 2 ● For the plant hunter we have some unusual plants which are not generally ● Ferns 16 ● available at garden centres, and we are always willing to try to obtain special ● ● requests for hardy nursery stock both pot grown and bare root for individual Fruit, Top and Soft Fruit 24-28 customers. We do not have a wholesale department, but for customers ● Grasses, Ornamental 16 ● needing large quantities of plants we are pleased to quote. ● Ground Cover Plants and Perennials 18-20 ● Our plant quality is second to none in the area so we would highly ● Hedging, Trees, Shrubs and Conifers 3-15 ● recommend a personal visit to inspect our plants. Also, to help you choose your hedge we have samples of some of the hedges planted up on the ● Horse Friendly Hedging 3 ● nursery, although as many are deciduous it would be better to come and see ● How to Find Us and Map 34 ● these during the summer months. For other information about plants there is an Information Centre manned by our experienced and knowledgeable staff. ● Mixed Native Hedging 2 ● ● ● Plants listed in this catalogue can be inspected or collected during the Native Tree Collections 2 planting season, as described in the paragraph ‘Availability’, page 34, but as ● Roses, Root-wrapped 29-30 ● the plants and sundries are occasionally out of stock please do check before ● ● coming to collect. Shrubs, Ornamental 16-17 ● Sundries / Accessories 32-33 ● Our garden shop contains a good range of chemicals, fertilisers, tools, and many other requisites for your garden. We have the widest range of seeds for ● Tapestry Hedge 2 ● miles around; there is always an excellent range of house and conservatory ● Terms of Business 34 ● plants to choose from, a superb choice of planted containers for indoors and outside and hanging basket arrangements for summer or winter use. Also ● Trees 3-15 ● available is an interesting range of giftware, kitchenware and clothing. ● Trees, Ornamental 21-23 ● Outside we carry a selection of pots and ornaments, a good stock of composts, ornamental bark, gravel, sand, fencing, sheds and garden ● Warranty 34 ● buildings. A range of good quality garden furniture and barbecues are available throughout the summer and a smaller range throughout the year. OUR WEB SITE www.hedging.co.uk Shop Opening Hours are Monday to Saturday 8.30am - 5.30pm in winter, Our secure on-line ordering system is an easy, convenient way to place your 8.30am - 6.00pm in summer, 10.00am - 4.00pm on Sundays. order. The web site contains this complete catalogue, but with more detail, plus many other plants and products, and to help you choose your plants OUR AQUATICS & POULTRY DEPARTMENTS there are over 900 photographs. The site has really useful facilities such as the ability to work out how many plants you need for a particular length of Our thriving poultry section sells many different varieties of chickens, plus hedge; all you need to know is the length of hedge required. Also it can help poultry housing, bedding materials, an excellent range of organic and other you select which plant would be most suitable for the conditions prevailing at feeds together with many other goods needed by poultry keepers. The the planting site. section is managed by an experienced, knowledgeable poultry keeper, so advice on all aspects of poultry keeping is always available. The site also has on it our regular Newsletters, which are posted or e-mailed to hundreds of our customers. These Newsletters contain a wealth of We have a newly refurbished Aquatics Centre, which carries a good range of seasonal gardening tips, information about events at the Garden Centre and tropical fish, marine fish and in season cold water fish. Also available are also special offers available. If you would like the Newsletter sent direct to you most dry goods necessary for ponds and aquariums, including pumps, pond just e-mail to [email protected] and this will be arranged. liners, pre-formed ponds, fish tanks, fish food, treatments, water features, aquatic compost, waterplants for both indoor and outdoor, plus many other If you do not have access to our web site please do not hesitate to telephone goods. We would recommend trying to visit on a week day rather than a 01280 822133, or write in for help with any aspects of gardening. weekend as the staff will have more time to give any advice that is needed. For those not close enough to make a personal visit, we have an Aquatics’ FREE DELIVERY when ordered through our web site for most orders over Mail Order Website for ordering goods for despatch by mail order only. This £75, excluding delivery charge. can be found at www.aquatics.biz. Telephone number 01280 827929. THE GARDENER’S RETREAT COFFEE SHOP & RESTAURANT The Gardener’s Retreat has now built up a sound reputation for good, wholesome, home-cooked food. The menu varies daily, and includes delicious freshly prepared breakfasts, lunches, home-baked cakes, coffee and tea. Vegetarian dishes are always available. For those bringing children, there is a special menu for them as well. The restaurant has now moved into the new shop where the larger kitchen has enabled the chef to produce a much wider menu of high quality home cooked food, but retaining the waitress service. The restaurant seating area is extended, including a comfortable coffee area, and an outdoor terrace. Party bookings are welcome. It is fully accessible to wheelchair users. The restaurant incorporates an area where our regular gardening talks take place. 2 HEDGING, TREE AND SHRUB COLLECTIONS Eight different collections put together by our experts to give ideal mixes for different aspects of your garden. MIXED NATIVE HEDGING MTB ALL SEASONS INTEREST HEDGES W Mixed native hedges are a common sight in the British countryside and are We have made up two carefully selected collections of plants which will part of our rich heritage. Many have been destroyed in recent years to give you interest all the year round. Their growth habit is such that enable larger machinery to be used on farms. This has meant a reduction in planted together at 2ft (60cm) intervals they will develop into a dense habitat for a multitude of wild creatures which are beneficial. Fortunately, screen 4-6ft (1.2-1.8m) high, making it eye-catching all year round. They some old hedges are being restored and new ones planted, and even if you could be used as a hedge or a background for a flower bed. Alternatively, COLLECTIONS only have a relatively small garden a native hedge can look very attractive, if planted further apart and allowed to grow to their full size, they would especially if your garden backs onto open fields. A native hedge can be kept make an attractive mixed shrubbery. Some of the ornamental shrubs listed to a formal shape if clipped regularly, or it can be left to have a wilder look. on pages 16 and 17 would make interesting additions to these collections. However cared for, the fact that it is a mixture of plants gives it plenty of interest at different times of the year. Adding climbing honeysuckles to a COLLECTION - SOFT HUES mixed native hedge is very successful and adds wonderful perfume and A wonderful selection of deciduous plants which give interest with flowers or flower in summer, and if an evergreen variety is used, some foliage in winter. foliage all year. In late winter into spring, the first flowers to open will be on 3 the Winter Honeysuckle (page 17) with its /4 inch long, scented, creamy- SEEDLINGS. We will select a mixture of native species normally found in white flowers. Then will follow the snowy-white flowers and attractive spring established country hedges. About half the mixture will be 2-3ft seedling leaf colouring of the Amelanchier (page 3), followed by the very many Quickthorn and the balance selected from 2-3ft seedling Alder Buckthorn, clusters of pale-pink flowers of Japanese Quince Pink Lady (page 17). Blackthorn, Field Maple and Spindle and 16-24ins Dog Rose, Dogwood, Guelder Rose, Hazel and Sweet Briar Rose. Occasionally, we may substitute In the summer the air will be filled with the delicious fragrance of the Mock with 2-3ft Common Alder, Common Buckthorn and 16-24ins Wayfaring Tree Orange (see page 11, Philadelphus). In the autumn, the leaves of the or other native hedging plants. Amelanchier will give hues of red, orange and yellow, then all will fall to let the dainty white-tinged-pink heavily scented flowers of the Viburnum For every 10 yard length of hedge we recommend 25 plants (10 metres = 27 fragrans (page 14) show their beauty throughout the winter days.
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