Cuttings from Coolings - Spring/Summer 2022

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SPRING/SUMMER

GARDENING O T MAKE O Y U FEEL GOOD

THE E XPERIENCE IS GROWING

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Dear Friends,

As a family business we always like to promote from within our own team wherever possible and now that the hiatus of Covid is easing, I am delighted to announce several promotions at Coolings this Spring.

Gary Carvosso, our Managing Director of the last 16 years, is taking over my role as Chairman. Dwayne Ross, who joined us in 2005, moves from being Retail Director to become Managing Director. Andy Daly, who has been very effective as Shop Manager at our largest site, becomes Head of Retail across all four sites. Finally, Conor Benstead, who joined us just a few days before we went into lockdown, has been promoted to Operations Manager as a result of being able to spot and react effectively to opportunities that presented themselves over the past two years.

Left to right: Dwayne Ross, Paul Cooling, Gary Carvosso, Ian Hazon

I wish them all well in their new roles as an ever-changing world evolves and I start to take on more international affairs within our trade association.

Award Winners We are delighted to have been awarded the Environment and Community Award 2021 by the Garden Centre Association.

One good thing to come out of the pandemic is that many people ventured out into their gardens in a different frame of mind and actually started to enjoy the experience. In this edition of Cuttings, we focus on the launch of the Coolings Feel Good Gardens - these are aimed at all those new, less experienced gardeners. We hope that the new displays will be aspirational for you and help demonstrate what products/plants to buy to achieve a similar look at home. Each month the gardens will focus on a different feel good/wellbeing theme such as sound, scent, colour or taste, demonstrating how being in your garden can be good for your wellbeing and that of your whole family, as well as being a great place to entertain others.

With the Queen’s Jubilee coming up, what could be better than using your garden as a place to celebrate?

We look forward to welcoming you on your next visit soon.

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Work began in February 2022

Here at Coolings we are passionate about the health and well-being benefits that gardening can bring. One of the positive things to come out of the 2020 lockdown was that many new people got out in their gardens.

Attract wild life, see pages 24-25

Now, two years on, we want to help those new gardeners make the most of their outside space, and enjoy the health benefits of being outside.

As such, we are launching the Coolings Feel Good Gardens across our 4 centres this spring these are designed to inspire you and help you to realise your garden dreams.

To highlight the many benefits of well-being that gardening brings, each month we will change the plants and products to focus on a different well-being theme.

P lanning began in 2021

Spring Feel Good Gardens: April Sound & Scentsation (Pages 6-7) May Taste (Pages 8-9)

View the Feel Good Gardens at all 4 Coolings Garden Centres

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The Gardener’s Garden Centre - Knockholt

Coolings Lifestyle - Knockholt

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Take a look inside our growhouse each month to see our recommended products for getting seasonal tasks complete in your own garden or outside space.

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Essential Accessories!

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Porcelain tiles lift the space

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Smart 100 Super Bright Orbs String Lights £27.99 (289824)

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Elho Green Basics Rainbarrel £169.00 200 Litres (306023)

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April Sound & Scentsation April marks the official start of Spring, but it is also known for its April showers. We’re embracing the sound of water in the Coolings Feel Good Garden this month by introducing a water feature and rain chains. Water features come in all shapes and sizes and can be powered by the sun so there’s no need to worry about electricity connections, utilising the power from the sun is also obviously much kinder on the planet.

Scent

When it comes to scent in the garden, rain is great for enhancing the scent of plants. We have planted the fantastic new Nepeta Cat's Pajamas for its fragrant foliage. Not only does it smell superb, it is packed with attractive blue flowers which are loved by bees and butterflies and due to its compact size, it makes a great space-filler for beds and borders.

Polemonium Heaven Scent

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This wonderful spring flowering perennial is commonly known as Jacobs Ladder because of the attractive serrated leaf shape. Heaven Scent has beautiful fragrant flowers and is very easy to grow.

Nepeta Cat's Pajamas £12.99 2 Litre (285136)

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Woodlodge Copper Jug Water Feature £279.99

Woodlodge Lily Pad Rain Chain £27.99

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Woodlodge Buckets Rain Chain £27.99

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Kent & Stowe The Capability Trowel £14.99 (299767)

Gro-Sure Visiroot As used by our Horticultural Manager Jonsee page 28 for information

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Showa Floreo 370 Gloves £7.49 (Various colours available)

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May Taste There is nothing quite as satisfying as growing your own - imagine the joy of tucking into your first roast dinner with home grown fluffy roast potatoes! Growing your own has many benefits, not only does it provide you with delicious fruit and veg saving you money on your food shop, but it also opens up the possibility of discovering more unusual varieties. Plus, it gets you outside which is great for mental health.

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If you’re short on space, you can always grow your produce in pots like the Elho pots that we have used in the Coolings Feel Good Garden.

If you don’t have a garden, you can use window boxes to grow herbs; they taste delicious and their scent will fill the room when the windows are open.

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Miracle-Gro Performance Organics Fruit & Veg Granular Food £7.99

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Apples (Malus) Ballerina Flamenco and Samba

Balerina £39.99 7 Litre (307487) / Samba £39.99 7 Litre (295676)

Two exceptional apples ideal for growing where space is limited.

These dwarf and naturally columnar varieties complement each other when grown as a pair and are the easiest possible apples to grow.

Samba has beautiful pink blooms in spring followed by delicious red apples perfect for picking and eating straight from the tree. Flamenco has attractive white flowers and red flushed, crisp green apples which are delicious eaten or cooked.

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GJe=n=r Aat=rFaiiNeK We stock a wide range of products containing naturally occurring ingredients that will cover all your gardening needs, from looking after your lawns to growing your own.

Miracle-Gro Nourish & Protect

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Nourish and Protect is a dual benefit, pesticide free, sustainably sourced range of products that provide the feeding power of Miracle-Gro plant food with the unique addition of natural ingredients to protect against unwelcome garden pests, slugs and diseases, as well as weather changes.

Miracle-Gro 2 in 1 Nourish & Protect Flowers, Fruit & Veg Plant Food & Slug Barrier £7.99 1 kg (306245)

Bronte Organic Feeds

Miracle-Gro 2 in 1 Nourish & Protect Seaweed Plant Food £6.99 800ml (306243) Pet &d Chil ly d Frien

Designed to stimulate growth, improve root formulation and maintain and boost overall plant health. Created from natural plant residues, Bronte feeds contain no chemicals and are approved for organic use.You can feel safe knowing you’re helping the environment.

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Bronte Organic Tomato Plant Food £5.99 1 Litre (307216)

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Gro-Sure Visiroot

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Levington Tomorite Peat Free Organic Planter (3 Plant Size) £7.99 (307357)

Levington Tomorite Organic Tomato Food £6.99 1 Litre (306253)

The nation’s favourite tomato food is introducing new members of the family! The new Tomorite Organic range is completely natural - certified organic, vegan, peat free and enriched with seaweed which encourages up to 50% more yield from the tomato plant.

LAVA-LITE All LAVA-LITE products are derived from volcanic deposits.

They are natural, lightweight and pH neutral.

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Jon’s Top Picks

for Spring Ensure your garden or outside space bursts into spring colour this season with Jon’s top picks.

Shrubs

Halimium ‘April Sun’ and ‘April Snow’

£17.99 2 Litre (224906) / £17.99 2 Litre (260037)

Bright April flowers whatever the weather!

Euonymus ‘Paloma Blanca’

Syringa Meyeri ‘Palibin’

Stunning white foliage.

Compact habit and fragrant flowers.

£16.99 2 Litre (215191)

£20.99 3 Litre (200088)

Alpines

Saxifraga ‘Peter Pan’

Aubretia ‘Blue’

Phlox ‘Candy Stripe’

Cushion of red flowers.

Pancake of blue flowers.

Cheerful groundcover for spring.

£5.49 1 Litre (307923)

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£5.49 1 Litre (297634)

£5.49 1 Litre (304407)

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Perennials

NW Dicentra ‘Valentine’

Salvia ‘Purple Spring’

Erysimum ‘Bowles's Mauve’

Love-heart shaped red flowers.

The earliest flowering purple salvia.

Our top selling plant flowering reliably for months!

Sweet Pea ‘Spencer Mix’

Dianthus ‘Peach Party’

Pericallis Senetti Series

Plant in spring for a fragrant summer.

Recent frost hardy introduction.

Vibrant colours for spring display.

Clematis montana ‘Fragrant Spring’

Akebia Quinata

Wisteria Profusion

Glorious scented flowers in May.

Vanilla scented with chocolate coloured flowers in April.

A Fragrant profusion of flowers.

£12.99 2 Litre (296381)

£12.99 2 Litre (308142)

£12.99 2 Litre (184906)

Bedding

£2.99 9cm (298504)

£3.99 10.5cm (259521)

£6.99 1.5 Litre (185291)

Climbers

£18.99 3 Litre (198912)

£18.99 3 Litre (187371)

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£29.99 3 Litre (184452)

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Treat Your Lawn

Naturally!

Whether you have a large lawn or a small patch of grass, you will want to keep it looking green, here are some of our favourite environmentally friendly go-to's that are not only good for your lawn, but also for the surrounding environment.

Miracle-Gro 2 in 1 Nourish & Protect Seaweed Lawn Food £13.99 80 m2 (306244)

April is a good month to add

TGpTAp seed mixed with a bit of topsoil to bare patches.

Feeds the lawn with all the nutrients it needs whilst the seaweed builds up the immune system of the lawn to withstand heat and frost.

Child and pet friendly.

Miracle-Gro Performance Organics Lawn Food £14.99 100 m2 (277870)

100% natural organic lawn food for use in March to September when the grass is dry and frost-free but the soil is moist. Child and pet friendly.

Make sure the blades of your lawn

TGpTAp mower are sharp before mowing, this will ensure a nice finish to your lawn.

Miracle-Gro Evergreen Natural 4 in 1

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£16.99 85 m2 (291893)

Greens and thickens lawns, prevents weeds and moss, 100% plant based. Child and pet friendly.

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Miracle Gro Evergreen No Rake Moss Remover Lawn Food £16.99 50m2 (251438) £27.99 100m2 (251426) £43.99 200m2 (247058)

Guarantees greener grass in 7 days, feeds for 3 months and helps to prevent moss regrowth.

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Greenkey Lawn Scarifier £49.99

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Removes moss and thatch, has a telescopic handle making it easy to store away when the handle is shortened.

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Bronte Organic Lawn Food £6.99 1 Litre (307217)

A liquid feed formulated to help maintain lush, green and healthy lawns. Will also revitalise tired, dried out grass.

cuttings make a good compost, but only if mixed with 50% brown material such TGpTAp Lawn as leaves and garden cuttings.

Greenkey Rolling Lawn Aerator

Miracle-Gro Evergreen Handy Spreader

Helps the lawn to breath, encourages deep root growth and a lush, green lawn. 12” width to cover your lawn quickly and easily.

Great for small lawns, fast and easy to use with 5 settings. Use with granular lawn treatments.

£57.99 (181543)

Don’t be tempted to mow too

TGpTAp short, only remove a third of the grass blade.

£21.99 (198453)

Clear worm casts before mowing to

TGpTAp avoid unsightly damage to your lawn.

Scotts EvenGreen Drop Spreader

Kent & Stowe Carbon Steel Long Handled Lawn/Leaf Rake

Fast and easy to use with variable settings to apply lawn food or grass seed.

Make light work of raking up leaves, clippings and other light debris from your lawn.

£64.99 (180212)

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Celebrate with Summer Colour!

With plans afoot for street parties and public celebrations to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we thought we would strike a patriotic tone with planting ideas for summer in red, white and blue!

Seasonal Planters Here are our suggested planting trios, ideal for pots and containers. All of these plants are grown on our own production nursery in Knockholt, Kent, ensuring high quality, low plant miles and local employment for our team, all positives that no doubt the Queen would approve of!

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Brachyscome Blue

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Masses of lilac blue daisy-like flowers.

£12.99 2 Litre (1925

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Petunia ‘Night Sky’

Masses of pure white flowers for use as a centre plant.

Vivid blooms speckled with white stars.

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£4.99 1 Litre (283091)

Euphorbia ‘Diamon d Frost’

£4.99 1 Litre (2964 03)

Clouds of delicate white flowers.

Cuphea ‘Tiny Mice ’

£2.99 9cm (297663 )

Cascades over the ed ge containers and baske s of ts.

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Perennial Planters To remember the occasion for the future why not plant a pot with some come-back colour!

Lavender ‘Platinum Blonde ’ £14.99 2 Litre (231073)

The perfect plant to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee with fragrant spikes of soft blue flowers in summer.

A silent celebratory display of amazing blue and white rockets, ideal for a sunny spot.

Salvia ‘Rhea Blue’

Verbena Trailing Red

tall Fragrant violet-blue of e ntr ce the for s spike a planter.

Cascades of small unique spikey flowers.

Zonal Geranium Upright Red

Nemesia ‘Wisley Vanilla’

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Isotoma ‘Blue Star’ ) 16 £4.99 1 Litre (2964 wers flo ke r-li Unique sta er. throughout the summ

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Strongly vanilla-scented.

Agapanthus ‘Fireworks’ £15.99 (260790)

Impatiens White (Busy Lizzie)

£4.49 6 Pack (2838 35)

Long lasting blooms rig through the summer. ht

Lobelia Trailing Blu e with White Eye

£4.49 Multi-Pack (29 6744)

Masses of blue flowe

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Bacopa Trailing White £4.99 1 Litre (296389)

Cascading stars of white flowers to fill containers and baskets.

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Mini Petunia Trailing Red (Million Bells)

£2.99 9cm (283158 )

Gracefully spills over sides of containers.

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Get outside and enjoy your garden in style this year with our range of furniture sets and firepits.

Hartman Vienna Square Corner Lounge Set with Integrated Lounger £1269.00 (286145)

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Smal l Spaces Growing in containers is great for small spaces and allows you to enjoy the area without making it feel overly crowded. Alpine planters are an especially good choice as they are low maintenance and provide interest and colour all through the year.

Create your own alpine container garden by following these easy steps: 1. Choose your Planter:

2. Acquire Materials:

An ideal alpine planter is shallower and wider than a normal pot. Our range of Errington Low Bowls are available in a range of colours to add additional interest to your space.You could also repurpose other items to plant in such as our wooden crates, or an old butler sink. Ensure your planter has holes for drainage to keep your alpines looking their best.

Alpines enjoy a free draining soil to grow in so you’ll need plenty of grit, sharp sand and even broken pots or large stones.The sand and grits need to be horticultural grade so there are no impurities like salt which can affect how your plants grow.You will also need a soil based compost, like John Innes No.2, to mix with sand to decrease its water retention. Place the broken pot in first over the drainage holes to stop them from clogging up, then cover with the grit, then the sand, making sure each layer is about 1 inch thick. Fill the rest with the sand/compost mix leaving about 1 inch from the rim.

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Balcony Planters Depending on what outdoor space you have there are plenty of other pots and planters to suit your small space such as the Elho Vibia range made from recycled plastic. Perfect for placing over

your balcony rail to increase the height of colour around your outside space. The pots are available in various colours and sizes and are even frost and UV-proof, stock at each centre may vary.

3. Choose Plants:

4. Planting:

This is mostly down to personal choice but if you want interest all year try and choose evergreen varieties with different flowering times, this will prevent your planter from becoming a pot of promise over the winter period.You will also want to think about having a mix of trailing, low growing and upright varieties as these will increase the depth of colour without taking up any extra room.

When placing your alpines in your container be conscious of their growth habits, it’s best to place any trailing varieties near the edge and taller ones in the middle.You will also want to plant your alpines fairly shallow, with the top of the root ball in line with the compost in the planter.

Meadow View Alpine White £4.99

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Cover the top of your planter with decorative stones or grits to finish the look!

5. Water and Aftercare:

r sparingly k to settle your plants in, then wate Finally, give your container a good drin back, relax sit all, of the heat of summer, but most after that, watering more regularly in and enjoy your outside space!

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W&ild life Rewilding Many studies have shown the positive effect of wildlife on our mental health, it’s a great way to switch off from our busy lives and connect with the wild world around us. By gardening with wildlife in mind, not only will you see the benefits of how your garden will look, but you will also get satisfaction from seeing nature returning to your outdoor space. memberexclusive Only valid with your Family Card

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Create your own unique blend of bird food, choose from Won't Grow, High Energy, Sunflower Hearts or Suet Pellet with Mealworm and Insects.

Refillable Wild Bird Food There’s nothing quite like hearing wild bird song as you potter about the garden.

Not only are they a joy to listen to and watch, birds are also very useful as they eat many garden pests, this can help reduce, or even stop the need for some pest controls. This year, as part of our push to reduce single use plastic, we’ve introduced a new pick and mix range of

Honeyfield’s Refillable Container Pick & Mix Wild Bird Food £8.99 Per Refill

bird food where you re-use the same container; Coolings Family members are invited to redeem a free empty container at the till (show your card) and pick your choice of bird food. Remember that not all birds like the same thing so keep your mix as varied as possible and use a variety of feeders and tables to cater for a wider selection of birds.

your mix as varied as possible as well as using feeders and tables to cater for a TGpTAp Keep great selection of birds.

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You have probably heard of ‘no mow May’ where you leave your lawn un-mown for the month. This creates a safe environment for wildlife full of food for pollinators and a haven for insects and a host of other fauna. Not mowing your lawn is easy and if you’d like to take it to the next level, why not give an area over to a wildflower meadow by spreading wildflower seeds. This can be as big or small as your space allows, it is a cheap and effective way of getting a beautiful flower border and having a positive effect on bees, butterflies and birds.

Having water in the garden is great for attracting wildlife such as birds, frogs and dragonflies. Not everyone has room to build a pond but something as simple as an oak barrel can be enough to entice wildlife in. To create the ideal set up you will need a mix of aquatic plants, including marginals and oxygenators.

For the finishing touches make sure you leave access for creatures such as frogs and newts to climb up, this can be as easy as using logs stacked against one side.

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Insect Houses and Bug Hotels A great addition to the garden to provide shelter for bees, butterflies, ladybirds and many other insects. Choose from multi-functional houses or insect specific homes, they are quick and easy to install, or, if you are feeling creative you can always build your own using bamboo canes, logs and natural things around the garden.

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Healthy ChojceRoses

Wych Cross Garden Centre was established over 50 years ago as a traditional nursery specialising in producing roses. Since joining the Coolings group in 2019 we have reverted back to sand beds rather than an overhead sprinkler watering system, this uses around 30% less water. This system is particularly useful for roses as it reduces the spread of disease by not encouraging anything undesirable to grow on a wet leaf. In addition, it is more effective at keeping the plant moist during dry spells so the plant is not stressed.

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Rosa ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ (Floribunda) £18.99 5 Litre (202801)

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Rosa ‘Chandos Beauty’ (Hybrid Tea) £18.99 5 Litre (251074)

Rosa ‘Flower Carpet Coral’ (Ground Cover) £18.99 5 Litre (193593)

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Top 3 Tips for Healthy Roses

Whilst roses are our heritage at Wych Cross, we also have good stock of herbaceous and climbing plants!

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1 Feeding

2 Pruning

Roses are very hungry plants so feeding is vital for ensuring both healthy growth and plenty of flowers. Repeat flowering roses should be fed twice a year; the first feed should take place just as the growing season is starting in late March/early April and the second feed in early July to encourage the second flush. Roses that only flower once only require the first feed.

The main prune should be done in late winter/early spring to create a good structure and to remove any diseased, damaged or dead stems. A light prune or tidy of the rose in late autumn can also help keep roses healthy particularly by collecting and disposing of fallen leaves and putting down a layer of mulch.

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3 Watering Ensuring your roses have plenty of water will help to prevent diseases. During the flowering season, established roses should be watered once a week and newly planted roses should be watered every other day. Roses in pots will dry out quicker than those in the ground so will need more attention. How you water is also very important - water the soil not the leaves as this will encourage diseases such as powdery mildew and blackspot to develop.

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Rosa 'Gertrude Jekyll' (English Shrub Rose) £29.99 6 Litre (194139)

Rosa 'Arthur Bell' (Floribunda) £18.99 5 Litre (193541)

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Rosa 'Scent from Heaven' (Climber) £19.99 5 Litre (239040)

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At Coolings we love our gardens!

Many of our staff are also enthusiastic home gardeners and are more than happy to share their practical experience with you, just ask!

Jon, our Horticultural Manager has been trialling our new range of Westland Gro-Sure Visiroot Propagation products - seed trays, cell trays, deep root cells and propagators with visibly better results.

Easy to check root growth

All of the trays and propagators are made from transparent material which makes roots visible to the eye.

This enables you to easily check root growth, as well as moisture levels, without disturbing the plant. The trays will also protect the roots of the germinating plants from sunlight.

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The Visiroot range is made from rPET plastic (recycled plastic bottles) which is incredibly strong and easy to handle. This means the trays won’t rip or crack and you can use them year after year - simply rinse and use next season.

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Westland Gro-Sure Visiroot Half Seed Trays £4.99 8 Pack (303562)

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Perlite Made from heated pumice, used to improve soil drainage and helps to insulate roots. Ideal for top dressing seed trays.

Vermiculite Is a silicate material, used to increase water retention and nutrient levels in soil.

Good for seeds that require moisture around them.

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