Tree Gifts: Discount Codes

Tree2MyDoor is offering 10% discounts on orange trees and lime trees for Christmas with our codes. Both special offers expire on 21st December.

For the orange tree gift, click the advert on the left or click here to order, and enter the discount code 'XOT10' to get 10% off.

For the lime tree gift, click here to order, and enter the discount code 'XLT10' to get 10% off.

Christmas Flowers

Serenata Flowers have a great range of Christmas Flowers that can still be delivered in time for Christmas Day! Take advantage of the fantastic 5% discount voucher available and get a pretty present for a loved one.

Voucher Codes
Code - De5566FF
Promotion - 5% Off
Expires - 31-12-2011


Twilight

Take a moonlight stroll down twilit lanes while silvery starlight dances on lavender freesia and the petals of white roses.
Was £24.99
Now £19.99


Red Robin

Grand prix roses come home to roost beneath the warm glow of Safari Sunset, in a nest of blue pine and hypericum adorned with ilex berries and apples.
Was £39.99
Now £34.99


Christmas Cheer

Know someone who needs a little festive pick-me-up? A tonic for the blues or a wish-you-were-here? Or maybe a little thank-you for hard work or hosting? Well, you can't do better than a big bunch of red and white carnations. We call it Christmas Cheer.
Our Price £19.99


Christmas Basket

Cherish the charm of the festive season with a wicker basket of crimson Christmas apples, sparkling baubles and pinecones tucked amongst kiefer sprigs and eucalyptus leaves and accented with cinnamon sticks.
Our Price £29.99


20 Luxury Red Roses

Red roses are the ultimate symbol of romantic love, so there's no better way to express your extravagant emotions than with an excessive bouquet in full bloom.
Was £49.99
Now £39.99


Sugar Hill

Hip, hop, ya don't stop smiling while golden Aztec lilies are rapping down spiky microphones of lilac liatris to the rhythm of curious violet lisianthus blossoms and bright yellow clusters of solidago.
Was £24.99
Now £19.99


Sugar And Spice

Everything nice comes together in this sweet mix of candy pink gerbera daisies, classic white daisies and scrummy pink alstromeria lilies.
Our Price £19.99


Ocean Whisper

Shell-white gerbera daisies and frothy masses of daisy mums bob amongst the waving arms of purple veronica blooms. There are plenty of places for shy mermaids to hide in the depths of purple lisianthus, blue thistle, delphinium and foaming purple statice.
Our Price £34.99


Seasons Greetings

A stunning twin candled arrangement that is sure to give a cosiness this Christmas.
Our Price £39.99


Winter Gift Wrap

Our Price £34.99

Garden Birds - Offers

Get 10% off all orders of garden bird supplies with the discount code BABAFD13.

Or, get free delivery on all orders from Garden Bird, with the discount code BABAFD11.
Click the Garden Bird logo on the left to see more. Garden Bird offers expire on 6th January 2012.

Gardening Offers

Click here to get FREE P&P throughout the entire Thompson & Morgan online range, but hurry, offer ends just after Christmas. Place an order of £10 or more and enter the special offer code: AFXMASP. Please enter the code in to the box labelled "Enter catalogue or newspaper code".

From all at Thompson & Morgan - MERRY CHRISTMAS!

*Please note, this offer cannot be used in conjunction with any other offer.

START DATE: Monday 20th December 2011
END DATE: Midnight Tuesday 27th December 2011

Click here for the offer

Get FREE delivery on orders from Gardening Direct, with offer code GDAFFP12. Offer expires 1st December 2011.

Get 8% off all orders from Garden Centre Online, with code YREND20118. Offers ends 31st December 2011.

Get 10%-Off at Garden Bargains, including their Christmas Gifts range. Just add Promo Code: AFF0033 when prompted. OR, get a FREE Cherry Tree Worth £14.99 when you buy the collection for £29.99 + Delivery. Simply click here for the offer and enter Promo Code: AFF0025 when prompted. Offers expire at 11:59 PM on 31st December 2011.

Get complimentary 15% off for all first time buyers from EcoCharlie with this voucher code: NEWECO101 Offer expires: 01/01/12 12:00 AM

OR, get 5% off any order online with this voucher code: GM5%OFF Offer expires: 01/01/12 11:59 PM

Buying a fruit tree from a local market is one thing. But, planting your own seed and seeing it flourish into a healthy plant is a different feeling altogether. Let’s be honest to ourselves, as children, we all have tried to grow our own plants, somewhere down the line however, this imagination vanished and we let go of our childhood dream. Yet, since the mind is a rather strange organ, the desire of growing fruit trees from seeds is one which never really vanishes in its entirety. The only thing missing now is knowing which are the correct things to do and which must be avoided. Thus, a few tips become essential in helping us in our endeavor.

1)   The best time to plant seeds into the ground is during summer months. At this time, most fruits are at their ripest best. Furthermore during summer, the fruits which hit the market are more likely to be indigenous varieties which have been locally grown and not genetically modified or imported from abroad. Apricots, nectarines and peaches are believed to be the most easily cultivable type of seeds.

2)  The use of indoor containers is best when one wants to grow citrus trees like oranges, lemons and limes. Keeping a container indoors will give the necessary temperature and humidity to the plant, which is characteristic of its original home in the Mediterranean. Another advantage of having citrus trees in containers is that they inevitably spread a sweet fragrance around the house. However, the soil which is used in the container while growing fruit trees from seeds should not be just picked up from the backyard, but instead from a proper store. This must be done to avoid weed growth and other substances which may be harmful to the plant.

3)  The lifecycle of plant varies as per variety, and thus different fruit trees will bear fruit at different times. But as always, patience is the key. One a bud is seen, the closed petals can be lightly opened to facilitate pollination. This needs to be done gently and with something soft like a paint brush.

4) Two things that a plant requires without fail, is sunlight and water. Both these essentials have to be given in adequate quantity as per the specific plants requirements. Ideally, plants which have broader leaves when fully grown need more water than those with smaller leaves. The same is the case with sunlight. While the plant is still in its shoot phase, the amount of sunlight required is much more than when it’s fully grown while the water content in the soil must be lesser to avoid fungus and rot forming around the newly germinated seed.

5) The soil which is accessible to us humans in urban areas is of no match to those available to the plants in their native habitat. Even farms for that matter have a far poorer quality of soil than that of forests. Thus, it becomes imperative to use fertilizers when growing fruit trees from seeds so that the necessary nitrates, phosphates and other substances can be given to the soil.

Sour Cherries by Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen

If you're considering fruit trees for your garden, cherries are not only delicious, but full of antioxidant health benefits. Cherries have been grown in England for around 500 years, since they were introduced to Kent during the reign of King Henry VIII. Click to see cherry trees for sale.

Cherry trees are members of the genus Prunus, along with other similar fruit trees, such as apricots, peaches and plums. They can grow in most temperate latitudes, and in the UK the peak fruiting season for cherries is mid July.

Most edible cherries come from cultivated varieties of either Prunus avium, the sweet cherry, or from Prunus cerasus, the sour cherry. Sweet cherries can be eaten from the tree, while sour cherries are more often used in baking. Edible cherry varieties include the English Morello, Montmorency, Utah Giant, Rainier, Lapins, Stella and Sweetheart.

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