Frost Tips And Spring Flowering Bubs Offer At Bell Plantation
Christmas has already arrived at Towcester’s Bell Plantation
Ashley Warren owner of the Bell Plantation Garden Centre in Towcester in his weekly blog with AboutMyArea/NN12 says, “What a disaster this Ash die back disease is. When it gets a grip our countryside will look completely different as it did when we lost the mighty Elm back in the 70’s. Hopefully some strains will emerge as disease resistant. It’s a good excuse to plant more trees to enable them to get established before we say goodbye to the Ash
“Oak, Beech and Chestnut tree all have their fungal problems but hopefully not as bad as Ash die back is said to be. Silver Birch, Maple, Thorn, Mountain Ash are currently free from any disease problems. During the Winter is a great time to plant trees.
“The birds are getting hungry, when I fill up my 40cm long Niger feeder it is empty in three days, how lucky are we to have so many Finches in and around our garden? If I don’t get back to fill it immediately and leave it empty, they go elsewhere for food and it takes at least a week for them to return. If you want the birds to keep coming to your Garden you have to be consistent. Bags of bird feed over 12.5kg are vat free.
“Because the weather has been so wet and no one has been out in their garden we have got a lot of Spring Flowering bulbs in stock, these are now buy one get one free!! We need to shift them so we can get the Christmas lights out, Oh for a bigger shop, won’t be long I hope!
“Remember to cover up your tender plants before a heavy frost, straw, fleece, bubble wrap or even Oak or Beech leaves as they don’t rot down quickly.
“Lift your pots off the ground to prevent the frost blowing the wet bottoms.
“December 25th is moving closer and closer our shop is getting more like it should look at this time of year, we have got so much yummy stuff coming in and loads of great offers.
“Have a great weekend Gardening, give us a shout if you need anything.”
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