Finding year round foliage colour for mixed planters, especially for Autumn and Winter colour is a significant challenge - but variegated Ivies are the perfect foil to many plants.Their thuggish green relatives may take over the garden if left unchecked, but these are far better behaved with a tidy habit.. Not only do Ivies bring all round interest to the garden but are are haven for wildlife, providing shelter for friendly insects and a nesting site for birds. Hedera Glacier 3-5 lobed mid green leaves with stikingly attractive cream markings. Happy in most ,moist soils it climbs without support, clinging to posts and walls by means of aerial roots. This is a great plant to quickly cover unsightly structures in the garden and is easy to grow and problem free. Can be trimmed to shape and limit growth at any time of year too.
Finding year round foliage colour for mixed planters, especially for Autumn and Winter colour is a significant challenge - but variegated Ivies are the perfect foil to many plants.Their thuggish green relatives may take over the garden if left unchecked, but these are far better behaved with a tidy habit.. Not only do Ivies bring all round interest to the garden but are are haven for wildlife, providing shelter for friendly insects and a nesting site for birds. Hedera Goldheart 3 lobed mid green leaves with stikingly attractive yellow markings. Happy in most moist soils it climbs without support, clinging to posts and walls by means of aerial roots. It bears fragrant flowers in autumn followed by black berriesThis is a great plant to quickly cover unsightly structures in the garden and is easy to grow and problem free. Can be trimmed to shape and limit growth at any time of year too.
As pretty as a picture, these delightfully compact flowering shrubs will bring you months of colour with the most beautiful foliage and flowers. Our collection of weigelas with their lush leaves and clusters of trumpet-shaped flowers are ideal plants for gardeners with little time for fussy maintenance. Naturally compact and perfect to bring your patio, balcony or terrace to life, they're the perfect low maintenance for mixed borders, pots and containers and will flower its head off from spring through the summer and often with a second flush of bloom into autumn. Weigelas are fully winter hardy, really easy to grow and always give good results so makes the perfect plant for new gardeners or those who prefer to spend less time maintaining and more time enjoying.Supplied as a collection of 3 established plants in 9cm pots, 1 each of: Weigela 'All Summer Peach' is a compact new introduction with lush leaves lightly toned with red and clusters of peachy-pink trumpet-shaped blooms. H70cm x W70cm. Fl April - October. Weigela 'All Summer Red' is delightful, compact flowering shrub with the most beautiful dark green leaves flushed reddish when young and bright red flowers.. H70cm x W70cm Fl April - October. Weigela 'Monet' is a delightful new plant with varigated foliage, green in the centre and edged in cream with a touch of pink. Flowers are hot pink and trumpet-shaped. H90cm x W90cm. Fl May - July.
One of the best and most majestic alliums for your late spring garden, 'Purple Sensation' is a sun loving, drought tolerant variety producing lilac-purple coloured flowers up to 15cm in diameter, that start to flower after the tulips in mid-May. No early summer garden is complete without a good drift of these. It will cause a sensation in your garden when the large ball shape flowers begin to appear. Unfailingly spectacular! Be sure to plant among other perennials that also have good structure. Height 90cm, spread 30cm. Supplied as bulbs.
Tulip 'White Valley' is a peony-flowered variety, boasting large, fully double blooms. The creamy white flowers are streaked with green for a refreshing colour contrast.
Grow your very own bouquet of stunning Dahlias with this stunning 'All Summer Long' mix. Each flower in this gorgeous mix complements each other effortlessly, from the soft purple semi-cactus dahlia with white tips, the delicate, pure white decorative dahlias and finally the eye-catching waterlily dahlias with beautiful bicoloured petals that go from yellow to pink. In bloom from July through to October, they are easy to grow and packed full of energy to burst into growth in Spring and produce a mass of bright colours which will pepper your garden like gemstones as Summer turns to Autumn. Dahlias are perfect for planting in your bed, borders, patio pots and containers. They also make fabulous cut flowers so pick a bunch of these pastel beauties to bring into your home for amazing colour. Dahlias will need some winter protection if you want them to return next year, we recommend that you dig them up before the first frost arrives and keep them stored over the winter. Supplied as a pack of 6 tubers, ready to plant out.
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Sometimes it's hard for a plant to live up to its name, but Beauty Berry doesn't fail and certainly will not let you down! An absolute knock-out, Callicarpa is grown for its long-lasting display of metallic-purple, almost jewel-like berries that cling in dense clusters to bare branches between autumn and late winter. An award-winning plant, this desirable shrub has received both the RHS Award of Garden Merit, and the RHS accolade of a Plant for Pollinators, making it a reliable and wildlife-friendly plant for the garden. In spring its young foliage is tinged a lovely shade of bronze before turning dark green, while summer interest is provided by a mass of delicate pink flowers. Then, before the berries come into their own, the dark green foliage puts on a fiery show in the autumn, turning golden and red Excellent grown alongside other shrubs in a sunny or slightly shaded position, this bushy deciduous plant grows to around 3m, but can be kept more compact by pruning. An absolute garden must-have, plant a few callicarpas together to get a bumper crop of berries!. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L Pot, plants will grow to approx. 1.8m.
Just imagine, glistening, snow-white berries in your garden at Christmas - looking like tiny, sparkling decorations. Callicarpa, also known as the Beauty Berry, is a fabulously decorative shrub, characterized by bunches of berries which brighten the autumn garden with a sparkling hue. Something a little different to the usually seen purple plant - 'Magical Snowstar' is covered in snow-white berries from October to November which contrast beautifully with the autumn colour changes of its leaves. Callicarpa also works well as a decorative addition to Christmas displays, and adds a touch of winter magic to flower arrangements in your home. Growing to around 2.5m (8ft) Callicarpa bodinieri 'Magical Snowstar' is a tightly branching shrub which colours up in the autumn, when the leaves turn yellow before they fall, revealing the perfect snowball berries. If you're keen to cut the stems for indoor displays, then it's best to wait until December for the best colour. If you're keen to incorporate white accents into your garden, then callicarpa is an ideal choice. With a high tolerance for most soil types, it's very easy to grow - Magical Snowstar needs very little in the way of maintenance, just plant it in partial shade and prune out any dead or damaged branches in the spring. The bright berries provide your home with a colourful accent - although wait until the berries are fully grown and have their full colour. Once in a vase, it is important that they are in a cool and not too sunny place to retain the best colour. They're long lasting too, keeping for more than a month once cut as long as you don't drown the stems - they're fine in just 4in of water with a drop of bleach in the vase. You will receive an established plant in a 3L pot, ready for planting out.