If you would like to grow your own tall, strong stems of cut flowers, for harvest late this summer and in to the autumn months these are the perfect plants to grow. They will flower from August and into October, with each plant giving you approximately 5-6 stems for cut flowers. They are ready to pick as soon as the first few flowers Break Bud, which means start to show some colour when they get to this stage, cut the stems quite low down, around 15cm (6') from the ground level, and remove the lower leaves from the cut stems prior to plunging them in to a tall vase of cold water. As an indoor display, they will last at least 2 weeks, but do change the water every few days as this keeps them in the best possible condition. When grown exclusively as a border plant, give them some support with a bamboo cane and position them towards the back of a border where they will brighten your garden just when so many other plants are coming to the end of their season.
A real gem for winter gardens, producing long lasting floral displays from late October through winter into spring. Clusters of really fragrant, pale to deep pink, long-lasting flowers just seem to keep going and going in winter! A compact shrub at 2.5m tall or so after 10 years, it is easy to manage, and very hardy once established. Some flowers may get frost damage in extreme cold, but new ones appear quickly, and the plant is unharmed. Preferring a sunny spot, it can be grown in large pots. Because of its stunning fragrance and winter displays, plant it close to where you can smell it and see it regularly!
Simply the largest Blackcurrant we have ever seen - end of. If you like your fruits big and juicy, this is the currant for you. And they are particualrly sweet tasting too straight form the bush. This new variety packs a punch too in yield - with more and bigger fruit, expect to pick crops up to 4Kg (8 lbs) of fruit once mature. And, it is also very mildew and disease ressitance, so makes a great garden variety, and deservedly has just won the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Big Ben - the perfect blackcurrant all-rounder.
A set of 10 terracotta coloured 'Perseo' planters for all your planting needs. These pots are ideal for growing your own fruit and vegetables and also for showing off your bedding plants, bulbs, and topiary, with plenty of room for them to grow. These 24 cm (9½in) in diameter and height, 22cm (8½in) tall planters have a volume of 9.5 litres and are complete with drainage holes. They are the perfect way to add instant impact to your garden, patio or balcony and their warm terracotta colour will set your plants off wonderfully! Made from lightweight, heavy-duty, high-density polythene, they are frost resistant and UV stable, so they'll last for years and years. Supplied as a set of 10 planters, diameter: 24cm (9½ in), height 24cm (9½ in), volume 9.5L.
A set of 6 terracotta coloured 'Perseo' planters for all your planting needs. These pots are ideal for growing your own fruit and vegetables and also for showing off your bedding plants, bulbs, and topiary, with plenty of room for them to grow. These 22cm (8½in) diameter, 22cm (8½in) tall planters have a volume of 8 litres and are complete with drainage holes. They are the perfect way to add instant impact to your garden, patio or balcony and their warm terracotta colour will set your plants off wonderfully! Made from lightweight, heavy-duty, high-density polythene, they are frost resistant and UV stable, so they'll last for years and years. Supplied as a set of 6 planters, diameter: 22cm (8½in), height 22cm (8½in), volume 8L.
This naturally self-branching Perennial is one of the only truly hardy Carnations in the world. An excellent choice for your borders and containers, Can Can will produce an abundance of scarlet-red blooms.
A Frost hardy variety, these Mini Cyclamen Plants are perfect for adding vibrant colour to your garden when little else is in blooms. They will produce an abundance of delicately scented blooms in beautiful shades of red, pink, lilac and white.
A soft fruit which is bursting with flavour and Vitamin C, Blackcurrant Ben Lomond has large glossy black fruit which cover the branches of this completely new type of blackcurrant in mid-summer. Unlike most others, which require a lot of space to grow, this compact beauty only ever grows to around 1m (3ft) making it perfect for the smallest of gardens. If you want to grow a healthy, power-packed fruit, then the blackcurrant has to be one to try. Recent research has even gone as far to suggest that the dark berries, rich in anthocyanins and polyphenols, may actually help to reduce the symptoms of neurological illness and potentially reduce the risk of gut cancers - hence it's superfruit status! Really easy to grow, Blackcurrant Ben Lomond will thrive in a sunny, sheltered spot out of strong winds and prefers well-drained soil (or compost). Grow it in a border, a large pot or even plant several to make a fruiting hedge.Plants are as tough as old boots and have flowers that are resistant to frost - in fact they need a winter chill to produce bigger crops of berries, perfect for the UK climate! Plants are self-fertile, so you only need the one - you don't need a pollinator to be guaranteed a crop of super-healthy black currants. Plants will give a reliable crop year after year even when left to their own devices - although you'll get better results and a bumper crop by following a few simple rules:Feed them well with blood, fish and bone in mid-spring, followed by a dose of poultry manure or another high nitrogen plant food, in June Fruits taste better when exposed to plenty of sunshine - always clear the ground of weeds, especially perennial types Keep well-watered Blackcurrants are ready for picking in July and August and are at their best about seven days after they have turned black. They can be gathered individually or, if you want them to stay fresh for a little longer, you can harvest the whole trusses. Pick the blackcurrants in dry conditions and they can be eaten immediately or stored in a fridge for one to two weeks. Alternatively, they can be frozen for eating later - they should last at least six months this way. Supplied as a pack of 2 UK grown bare root bushes, trimmed to 15-20cm, ready to plant straight out while dormant.
Create a statement in your garden with this aged -effect, Tuscan-style Mediterranean planter. Reproducing a classic Tuscan pattern, this weather resistant, plastic planter is UV stable and will really last the test of time meaning you can use it year in, year out. A far cheaper alternative to expensive ceramic or metal pots, it's lightweight and easy to transport around the garden while still providing a tough and durable support for plants. An elegant and stylish pot, it also makes a great contemporary feature and is a great investment - it will really help to show off your precious specimen plant. Finished off with a stylish, aged- black finish, it will certainly help to provide spectacular garden displays for years to come! Brilliant value, we supply 1 x 46cm (18.5in) Plastic Planter, with a whopping 30 litres, making it one of our biggest pots in our range and suitable for a range of larger plants.
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The UK's leading mycorrhizal planting product - as endorsed by the RHS. This special formulation is designed for acid loving (ericaceous) plamts only. The completely natural way to look after the secret root system of ericaceous plants and trees, each pouch contains hundreds of thousands of naturally occurring beneficial fungi, which help protect roots from disease, and helps take up feed more effectively. Especially beneficial to get bare root plants off to a headstart, it works well for pot grown plants too -and can be used all year long. If you are planting in pots or containers, the natural biological soil bacteria are completely absent, so incoprorating Rootgrow as you plant introduces these natural benefical bacteria, which will colonise the compost, and benefit your plants for many years to come. Similarly if you are planting in poorer soils, or planting a new garden or hedge for the first time, introducing these goodies will help quicker establishment, and better fertiliser uptake in future. Tests have shown they can increase the active root area of plants by 700 times a month after planting. This helps your plants get away quicker and better, makes them, more drought tolerant, use fertiliser more efficiently, and make them more robust. And, because they are a living, evolving community, one application lasts forever.
An all weather tolerant variety of Agapanthus which will produce large, colbolt blue blooms set against strap-shaped deep green from June to August. It's a superb architectural plant which is perfect for your containers and garden borders.