When it blooms in the spring and summer, Calendula 'Art Shades' is a wonderful addition to cottage garden borders. The annual's double, textured blooms also make for a great indoor display, where they will add exotic shades of orange, purple and white to any vase arrangement. What's more, this English Marigold's flowers are edible. Their petals can therefore be used as a colourful addition to salads, delighting chefs and gardeners alike. Height: 6cm (2'). Spread: 20cm (8).
An easy to grow annual excellent for bedding and borders. Large, frilled blooms in unusual shades ranging through apricot, orange, primrose and cream. Long-flowering in many garden situations and also makes a good cut flower.
Plant breeders have managed to create a world-first pure white English marigold! Even more interesting is the seeming colour change of the flowers - petals have a yellow underside and show that colour while in bud. As the flowers open the white topside is revealed, surrounding a large brown or yellow central eye.
Named after the Enfield school master generally credited with introducing the sweet pea into England in 1699, 'Robert Uvedale' is a stunning pink sweet pea with large frilly blooms. Reputedly sent some seeds by the Italian naturalist, Francesco Cupani, Uvedale was apparently the first to grow sweet peas in the UK and the resulting luxuriously scented flowers caused quite a stir in their day. This is a traditional perfumed and climbing variety which boasts outstanding garden performance. Perfect for cutting and for exhibition.
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With a striking combination of delicate pastel orange blooms, each petal having a bronze underside, Calendula ?Orange Flash? is definitely a variety to create a stunning visual display.
Perfect for growing in large swathes of bright colour in your summer borders, Calendula ?Crown Orange? is an extremely robust variety of this cottage garden favourite.
One of the most eye-catching varieties in our flower trials, with glowing orange, double flowers edged in burgundy. The edible flowers of Calendula 'Neon' add height and interest to annual borders, and make a stunning cut flower. Quick and easy to grow in almost any garden situation, and even grows well in coastal areas. Height: 70cm (28). Spread: 45cm (18).
Delightful dwarf calendula in a zesty mix of citrus colours. Pretty, daisy-like blooms are early flowering and very easy to grow, adding bright drifts of colour to a sunny border. Sow in September for an eyecatching late spring display or sow in spring for summer flowering.
Striking scarlet blooms smother this elegant evergreen Azalea in spring. So floriferous that the glossy green foliage almost disappears beneath a mass of colour! Compact and slow growing, this hardy shrub makes an excellent low maintenance specimen for acid borders and containers.
Rich orange, serrated petals form a floral 'ruffaround a lime-green centre. Quick and easy to grow, Calendula 'Greenheart Orange' copes in almost any garden situation, and even grows well in coastal areas. Also makes and excellent cut flower. Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 45cm (18).
Single golden-orange blooms radiate their colour in beds and borders. These fast growing hardy annuals can be sown in drifts for a spectacular display. The daisy-like flowers are excellent for cutting and can also be added to salads as an edible flower. Quick and easy to grow, Calendula copes in almost any garden situation, and even grows well in coastal areas. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12).