No one could accuse Pacific Giants of being shy and retiring with stately spires of flower in shades of purple, lavender, blue and white, these Delphiniums flowers are a great success. The flowers are borne on 2 metre long stems that rise elegantly above clumps of divided green foliage and provide a vertical spectacle between June and late summer. Due to their lofty stature they are perfect at the back of beds and borders, and will instantly provide your garden with a 'cottage garden' look. Loved by bees and other pollinating insects, the flowers are ideal for cutting so you can create wonderful floral displays indoors.
Also known as New Zealand Flax, Phormium 'Pink Panther' is a robust, fully hardy evergreen which forms a dense clump of sword-like leaves - a really great plant for adding a bit of a statement to your garden. Stunning in a border and stylish in a container, this recently introduced phormium plant has particularly striking, bright pink, red-edged leaves, and is a compact form - meaning that it won't overshadow everything in your garden plus you can grow it in a pot! Phormiums prefer a hot dry site (although will tolerate partial shade) and make a great candidate for a Mediterranean garden or a gravel garden where their upright leaves make a great foil for many other coloured plants. Easy to grow, phormium 'Pink Panther' is a compact form, and needs virtually no maintenance - it may even reward you with spikes of red flowers in late summer. Ultimately growing to around 1.2m, we supply well-established plant in a 3L pot ready for immediate planting.
Yew is an English native, and forms superb, dense hedges from 1m to 3m or more, providing excellent screening, almost total shelter from wind and weather and excellent privacy. An evergreen conifer that is easy to manage, it grows at 20-30cm a year, quicker than many people think. It responds well to frequent trimming, yet can be cut just once a year in late summer too. Although plants can grow very large (they are trees after all), by planting them close and clipping every year, you can maintain them at a very respectable height. Potted plants can be planted any time fo the year, at 4 plants per liner Metre of hedge. Do not trim for 2 years after planting. Buy as many as you need for no extra P&P.
This is quite simply a real 'Black Beauty'! The fruits are massive compared to normal blackberries - in fact they are the size of plums but as sweet as the sweetest strawberries! What's more, because it is the worlds first 'Primocane' blackberry, you will be picking fruit in the first year - from late August until first frosts- possibly as late as December! It also has a unique attribute in that it is a 'Double Cropper' - if you prune it as directed in our instructions you will pick fruit in June and July, then from late August to the first frosts each year. Once established it will fruit prolifically, giving you around 3.5kg (approx. 8lbs) of fruit per season thereafter! 'Reuben' has been judged by experts to be twice the size of normal blackberries, as having a sweetness as good as the best tasting strawberries and is simply mouth-wateringly juicy! The summer brings forth a rush of bright white blossom which are followed by berries that turn from green to pink and then black. It's easy to grow, delicious to eat and a sensation for your garden! It can be grown in the garden or in pots on your patio and is completely winter hardy. Buy it now and you will be picking delicious fruit for many years to come!
Create an eye-catching and productive feature for your garden with this stylish 'wheat bundle' planter set with three established Elsanta strawberry plants. 'Elsanta' is one of the tastiest and most popular varieties of strawberry that you can grow at home and one of the leading commercial varieties, favoured for their juicy fruit and earlier, heavy cropping. Perfect for growing in patio pots and containers when you're short of space, the plants will begin to flower in June and produce fruit ready for picking in just a few short weeks - continuing up until around the middle of July - weeks-worth of mouth-watering fruit! Not only does 'Elsanta' produce bright and shiny orange-red fruits, but it produces pretty little flowers in the spring and rich deep-green foliage creating a very pretty ornamental plant in between fruiting seasons. The reproduction silver effect planter, is lightweight polypropylene and made with gardeners in mind, so you'll find that they combine good looks with functionality, having raised drainage holes and an internal reservoir to keep moisture in your pots for longer. Plus, as they're UV and frost resistant, they'll last for years, meaning that you can use them over and over again. The stylish wheat design has been brush painted to give an aged metallic look, creating the impression that you have a much more expensive planter, and is a decorative feature in its own right which you can use for many years to come. They're the perfect planting companion for Elsanta, where both pot and plant can bring out the best in each other, creating a fruitful, designer-style effect in no time at all.
Tree ferns were a firm plant hunter's favourite from Victorian times, a symbol of wealth and travel experiences to Australia. They have maintained this sense of mystique ever since. Now you too can grow these surprisingly easy exotic-looking plants too. Harvested under strict license from woodland clearance in Australia and Tasmania, and in very short supply this season, these astonishing plants really will delight and amaze. They grow under the woodland canopy, in the shade, so grow them here in a sheltered spot too. When you water them via the top crown, they will burst back into life, like it's the new rainy season! Because they grow in leaf canopies, most of their food comes from leaves falling into their giant shuttlecock like fronds, funnelling the goodness into the growing crown. Feed and water this crown - rainwater is best if you can collect it. Even at this size of log, new fronds will unfurl spectacularly within a month or so of you watering it. The plant is hardy down to -5 in winter, although the fronds will die back. Cutting these off when they die back is what creates the new trunk, which slowly inches up over many, many years. Keep the crown protected in winter with a layer of straw to keep cold and wet out. When you get it home, plant it in a big pot, or in the garden soil. It takes almost 2 years to root in, so do not be alarmed by this slow growing beauty. Supplied as a 20cm (7in) log ready for immediate potting up.
Tree ferns were a firm plant hunter's favourite from Victorian times, a symbol of wealth and travel experiences to Australia. They have maintained this sense of mystique ever since. Now you too can grow these surprisingly easy exotic looking plants too. Harvested under strict License from woodland clearance in Australia and Tasmania, and in very short supply this season, these astonishing plants really will delight and amaze. They grow under the woodland canopy, in the shade, so grow them here in a sheltered spot too. These '2 foot' (60cm) logs are at least 25 years old, and have been cut back and harvested dormant. When you water them via the top crown, they will burst back into life, like it's the new rainy season! Because they grow in leaf canopies, most of their food comes from leaves falling into their giant shuttlecock like fronds, funnelling the goodness into the growing crown. Feed and water this crown - rainwater is best if you can collect it. Even at this size of log, new fronds of 1M in length will unfurl spectacularly within a Month or so of you watering it. The plant is hardy down to -5 in winter, although the fronds will die back. Cutting these off when they die back is what creates the new trunk, which slowly inches up over many, many years. Keep the crown protected in winter with a layer of straw to keep cold and wet out. When you get it home, plant it in a big pot, or in the garden soil. It takes almost 2 years to root in, so do not be alarmed by this slow growing beauty.
Tree ferns were a firm plant hunter's favourite from Victorian times, a symbol of wealth and travel experiences to Australia. They have maintained this sense of mystique ever since. Now you too can grow these surprisingly easy exotic looking plants too. Harvested under strict License from woodland clearance in Australia and Tasmania, and in very short supply this season, these astonishing plants really will delight and amaze. They grow under the woodland canopy, in the shade, so grow them here in a sheltered spot too. These '3 foot' (60cm) logs are at least 25 years old, and have been cut back and harvested dormant. When you water them via the top crown, they will burst back into life, like it's the new rainy season! Because they grow in leaf canopies, most of their food comes from leaves falling into their giant shuttlecock like fronds, funnelling the goodness into the growing crown. Feed and water this crown - rainwater is best if you can collect it. Even at this size of log, new fronds of 1M in length will unfurl spectacularly within a Month or so of you watering it. The plant is hardy down to -5 in winter, although the fronds will die back. Cutting these off when they die back is what creates the new trunk, which slowly inches up over many, many years. Keep the crown protected in winter with a layer of straw to keep cold and wet out. When you get it home, plant it in a big pot, or in the garden soil. It takes almost 2 years to root in, so do not be alarmed by this slow growing beauty.
Compact and beautifully formed, Dianthus 'I Love You' is a striking garden pink with its narrow grey-green leaves and masses of delightfully scented flowers all summer long and into autumn. The buds open into rich dark pink double blooms that are deeply ruffled. As the flowers mature they change colour to lighter pink and finally white, always accompanied by their sweet, familiar fragrance. Such a wonderful addition to any garden and happy in full sun or light shade, in flower beds and borders or containers, and the perfect long lasting cut flower. One of the RHS 'Plants for Pollinators', bees and a wide variety of insects will certainly appreciate you planting this hard working, evergreen perennial in your garden. Particularly effective when planted in groups, very easy to grow, fully hardy and undemanding, Dianthus really are a must-have. Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
Redcurrants are a great starting point if you're new to growing your own soft fruit and 'Summer Pearls Red' is a wonderful variety with its gorgeous looking, wonderful tasting bunches of shiny bright red fruit. A great source of a wide range of vitamins, this tasty superfruit is a superb addition to your favourite desserts or breakfast cereals, accompanying ice cream and for making redcurrant jelly. Harvest them by picking the whole string, they're delicious eaten straight from the bush but long lasting in the fridge and freezer too. Redcurrants make attractive garden plants in their own right and can be easily trained as cordons and espaliers against a wall or fence. Although they produce the sweetest tasting fruit when grown in full sun, they also do well in partial shade. So easy to grow, hardy and vigorous, cropping reliably whilst requiring little care. Supplied as and established plant in a 9cm pot and growing up to 1.5m (5ft), although it can be kept smaller through pruning.
The whitecurrant is very similar to its cousin, the redcurrant. However, whereas the redcurrant can be a rather tart, the whitecurrant is much, much sweeter whilst retaining a noticeable zing to its taste. As the name suggests, the fruit of 'Summer Pearls White' really does look like perfect little translucent pearls with a pale golden sheen, and they're deliciously sweet, juicy and tasty too! A perfect accompaniment to cereals and desserts or eaten straight from the bush, it's in cooking that these vitamin packed currants come into their own. They're so incredibly sweet that no added sugar is needed when making jams and pies. Best harvested by picking entire strings, they're absolutely delicious and long lasting in the fridge and freezer. Whitecurrants can be easily trained as cordons and espaliers against a wall or fence and are extremely attractive garden plants. Although they produce the sweetest tasting fruit when grown in full sun, they also do well in partial shade. So easy to grow, hardy and vigorous, cropping reliably whilst requiring little care. Supplied as and established plant in a 9cm pot and growing up to 1.5m (5ft), although it can be kept smaller through pruning.
The easiest way to grow bulbs for excellent results! This salad 'Bulb Pod' will be delivered with your bulbs in-situ and in their ideal spacing so you will get perfectly planted bulbs! Simply dig a 24cm (10in) diameter planting hole in your garden, or a pot, drop the entire 'Bulb Pod' in, cover with compost or soil, water and wait for great results. The totally biodegradable 'Bulb Pod', will itself disappear with a few weeks from planting, leaving the bulbs in the perfect planting design and you'll get tasty chives and wood sorrel for your salads and purple and pink flowers too, tasty but great if just left to flower! Supplied as a round bulb pod, 24cm (10in) in diameter containing 19 premium quality bulbs, including: Wood Sorrel 'Iron Cross' (12 bulbs) - makes an excellent garnish, and the clover-like leaves and pink flowers are all edible, with a tangy, citrussy flavour. Chives (7 bulbs) - a classic addition to salads and cooking, with their mild onion taste, the stems and the purple flowers are edible.