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On the Primrose Blog, you'll find everything you need to turn your garden from good to great. Through planting guides, style advice, gardening info and more, become a gardening expert with the help of our writers and guests!
Primrose Blog
1M ago
As spring approaches, you will soon be busy with planting seeds, tending to your garden, and watching it come back to life. Use these quieter weeks to plan and get a head start on your gardening for spring with our helpful tips.
1. Purchase summer-blooming bulbs and seeds
Buy flowers like lilies, gladioli, and ranunculus that can be planted in early spring. Use this time to browse our selection of new and inspiring varieties of bulbs and seeds to grow this year.
2. Tidy up your flower beds and borders
Remove leaves and debris, cut back dead growth of grasses and perennials (unless ..read more
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1M ago
From waterproof to breathable sail shades, we’re here to enable you to enjoy your garden with maximum comfort, whatever the weather. Join over 400,000 Kookaburra customers in staying protected
from the sun’s UV rays and staying sheltered from the rain under the comfortable safety of a shade sail.
Quick Links: Comparison Guide | Installation Guide | Care & Maintenance | Gazebo Help
Choosing a Sail Shade
How to Clean a Sail Shade
With over 500 styles to choose from, there’s a perfect sail shade for every garden. Find the right one for you with our top 5 best sail shade ..read more
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1M ago
Get your garden ready for spring by completing these tasks in March. Once the weather warms up, your beds, borders, and containers will be ready for action.
Main Garden Jobs For March
➜ Cut back dogwood and willow plants to the ground to encourage new growth for next year’s bright winter stems.
➜ Prepare flower beds for sowing hardy annuals from late March to April.
➜ Mulchroses, fruit trees andshrubswith compost.
➜ Repothouseplantsandfernswith fresh compost and clean their leaves.
➜ Protectfruit treeblossoms withfrost protectionat night and remove covers during the day for insects ..read more
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1M ago
In the upcoming year, garden enthusiasts can look forward to a variety of exciting trends, from bold color schemes to eco-conscious and naturalistic designs. Whether you are a professional landscaper or simply enjoy tending to your own garden, there is plenty of inspiration to be found in the predicted top trends for 2024.
1. Pollinator-Friendly Planting
As society becomes more environmentally aware, gardens are following suit with a focus on eco-conscious practices. One major trend is planting for pollinators such as bees, butterflies, and moths.
Not only does this support our planet’s eco ..read more
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1M ago
Soak up the sunshine in style with our fantastic range of garden furniture. From rattan garden furniture to metal, wood and more, find just what you’re looking for to transform your patio space and keep all your guests happy. Whether there’s just the two of you looking for a romantic bistro set or a whole family, our garden furniture sets range from 2 seaters all the way up to 8+ seaters, meaning whatever your party size, we’ve got you covered.
Best Rattan Garden Furniture
Just what you’ve been looking for! Relax in comfort and style wit ..read more
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1M ago
With so many fantastic new materials on the market today, container planters are come in a huge range of colours and designs. Most of these materials are frost resistant, strong and durable. Learn about modern materials such as fibreglass, fibrecotta and polystone. These materials to look incredibly similar to terracotta, stone and lead but without the disadvantages.
Quick Links: Polystone | Galvanised Zinc | Ceramic | Terrazzo | Fibreglass | Terracotta | Fibrecotta |
Stainless Steel | Stone | Wood&nbs ..read more
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1M ago
Primrose offers a with a vast array of water features from classical tiered stone fountains to rusting corten features and charming self-contained woodland creature sculptures. Your pump can be mains-powered, or you can choose an easily-installed and put-it-anywhere solar water feature or birdbath fountain. Whatever your choice, we’ll show you how to install your new water feature.
Quick Links: General Guide | Water Feature Location | Water Wall Fountains | Tired Water Feature Installation | Reservoirs | Water Supply And Power | Solar Powered Features | Frost And Feature ..read more
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1M ago
Papillion’s handwoven, ethically sourced and eco-friendly hurdle fence panels are ideal for creating a country inspired, traditional garden. From framed hurdles to bunch willow and split hazel, discover a selection of fencing and fixings to help you achieve decorative garden privacy. Shop all Hurdle fencing.
Fencing Installation Guide
Installing garden fencing doesn’t need to be feared. Discover our step by step hurdle fencing installation method to help you get the best from your purchase.
How Much Is Fencing?
In our ‘How Much Is Fencing?’ guide, we explain how much you can expe ..read more
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1M ago
Installing a shade sail doesn’t have to be complicated – we’ve invented some great ideas to help make installing your shade sail quick and easy. Our Pole Holder means you can easily remove poles when you want to mow the lawn, and along with our Easy Hoist Kit allows you to whip the sail shade up in no time! Ready for that brief spell of sun! We’ve put together a quick install guide that uses the Easy Hoist Kit and Pole Holder, or alternatively read about all your install options in greater detail below.
Quick links: Location | Support Types | Surface Area | Installation | Care
How Do I Plan ..read more
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1M ago
Main features
Easily fitted in as little as 30 minutes
Drill only 4 holes (maximum 12 holes for largest awnings)
One-person job (except when lifting awning into position)
Installation video guides
Thanks to Al from dereton33 for this video to show just how easy it is to install a Primrose Awning.
Please note: The videos are for guidance purpose only. Full instructions below for a specific awning model.
Installation instructions
Full cassette awnings (manual and electric)
Budget Awnings
Drop Arm awnings
Standard manual awnings
Half cassette awnings (manual and electric) 1.5m ..read more