25 Jan |
Only 2 Days Left to Win A Jersey Plants Direct Voucher! |
We love hearing from our customers here at Jersey Plants Direct! If you have ordered from us, please leave us your feedback so we can continue giving you the best value and quality plants! As a thank you we will be giving away a £5 voucher to one lucky customer everyday! Click here to leave your fe
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Category: About Jersey Plants Direct
Tags: Customer Feedback
21 Jan |
Summer Bedding, An Article by Christine Walkden |
There can be a few plants that give as much pleasure for sucha small cost as summer bedding plants, and with such a low skill requirement, everyone can enjoy growing them. They are suitable for borders, rockeries, among shrubs, in containers and hanging baskets, around ponds, for attracting wildlife
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Category: bedding plants
Tags: Christine Walkden, Summer Bedding
20 Jan |
A Brief Glimpse at the History of Jersey… |
For this edition we thought we would share with you a brief glimpse at some of the historical and dramatic events that have shaped the destiny of Jersey and its people. It is they who met the challenges of our past and laid the foundations of our future. But first we must go back to the very dawn of
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Category: About Jersey Plants Direct
Tags: Jersey History
19 Jan |
Bird of the Month – The Great Spotted Wood-Pecker. |
A threesome of woodpecker species are alive and well in the woodlands, parks and gardens of Britain – the green, the lesser and the great-spotted. While the green is familiar by its strange call (known as a ‘yaffle’) the remaining twosome are distinguished by their colour and size – the lat
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Category: bird care
Tags: Great Spotted Woodpecker
18 Jan |
Home and Away, the Slight Change in Species – An Article by Mike Stentiford |
I recently found it necessary to leave my home in Jersey to partake of an impromptu dalliance in the south of England. Included in my unplanned itinerary, however, were explorations around the environs of the New Forest which, due to autumn’s skill at seasonal airbrushing, I have to say looked p
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Category: bird care
Tags: bird care
17 Jan |
Why We Love January… |
Welcome to the New Year! It’s the perfect time to think about doing something new with your garden. Take a look at our blog full of ideas on how to create a new themed garden here. A new winter display is ideal for brightening up what can be a grim, bare garden this time of year. Our favourite
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Category: Garden Ideas
Tags: Why we love January
16 Jan |
Recommend a Friend! |
As a customer you already know the benefits of choosing Jersey Choice Magazine and Jersey Plants Direct. Why not let your friends benefit too? If you know someone who is a gardener but not yet ordering from us, there’s now an even better reason to let them know what they’re missing. If you sugge
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Category: About Jersey Plants Direct
Tags: Recommend a friend
14 Jan |
How to Spot a Diseased Garden Bird! |
Birds, like us suffer from illnesses. Often these aren’t life threatening and don’t spread between species- but they can sometimes be fatal. Birds rely on you to provide them with extra food, especially in urban areas. This, however can also be the cause of illnesses – with so many
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Category: bird care
Tags: Garden Bird Diseases
12 Jan |
Spring Petunia Charity Mix! |
This year Jersey Plants Direct are offering a fantastic Petunia charity mix for Holidays for Heroes! The 28 super ready plants are grown in individual cells and measure approximately 7-11cm in height, from the root of the plant to the top of them stem. These plants can be grown on or planted straigh
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Category: bedding plants
Tags: Spring Petunia Charity Mix
10 Jan |
Time to Prune – Apples and Pears! |
Unfortunately, one season of fruit does not mean that another will follow. So, if like many gardeners you had a successful year for apples and pears- prune to ensure you have another! Pruning is neccessary to keep your fruit tree healthy. It stops branches from becoming straggly and encourages prod
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Category: Pruning
Tags: Pruning apple trees, Pruning pear trees