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Blooming lovely Mother’s Day gift ideas from Haskins Garden Centres
Haskins Garden Centres (www.haskins.co.uk) have some great gift ideas for those wanting to treat their mums to something that will last longer than cut flowers. Haskins offer a variety of plants located in their centres in Ferndown in Dorset, West End in Southampton and Roundstone and Snowhill in West Sussex. These include perennially popular and…
Read MoreHaskins Garden Centres CEO appointed chair of the Garden Centre Association
Julian Winfield, chief executive of Haskins Garden Centres (www.haskins.co.uk) has been appointed chair of the Garden Centre Association (GCA), following a year of service as chairman elect. With more than 200 garden centre members across the country, comprising many independent and family-owned garden centres, the GCA works as a collective, sharing knowledge and information to…
Read MoreSarcococca
Also known as Christmas Box – an Evergreen shrub with fragrant flowers. Compact and sweetly scented, Sarcococca have delicate creamy-white flowers from December to March. Berries follow, varying in colour from black to purple and red. With simple dark green glossy leaves, this dense evergreen shrub is ideal for a shady border or woodland garden,…
Read MoreThe Story of the Christmas Elves
These special Elves have been sent from the North Pole to help Father Christmas keep a watchful eye over children during the Advent period, to make sure they belong on the ‘nice’ list. Once you adopt an Elf and give it a name its Christmas magic is unleashed… The story goes that the Elf will…
Read MoreHeuchera
Heuchera Provides strong autumn colour, ideal for pots & containers. With diversely coloured leaves and flowers, Heuchera make excellent foliage plants. They will thrive in the open ground but they are also great to add to pots or raised beds, giving colour all year round. The foliage of Heuchera is probably their most striking feature.…
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Nordic Christmas
Theme your Christmas with Haskins
From traditional rich reds and golds to contemporary ice blues and whites. Whatever look you’re after this Christmas, you’ll find some great inspiration at Haskins. Click on our Christmas themes below to for some visual inspiration!
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Japanese Anemone
Easy to grow, provides late summer colour. Providing a welcome boost to borders in late summer and early autumn, Japanese Anemone produce simple and elegant saucer shaped flowers on tall, wiry stems from August to October. Japanese Anemone are easy to grow in any garden soil, but make sure to keep the soil moist but…
Read MorePlant of the month – Hydrangea
With an old fashion charm that is hard to resist, Hydrangeas are easy to cultivate, thrive in almost any soil and produce flowers right through to autumn. There is a Hydrangea for everyone with colours ranging from clear blues, vibrant pinks, frosty whites, luscious lavenders and even fresh lime greens. Our favourites for this month…
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