What could be more perfect this winter than a twist on a Christmas classic? Create stunning festive displays, frame doorways and entrances or adorn patios and conservatories, with this pair of standard Holly Trees.With a slight blush tinge to the beautiful, deep-evergreen, classic holly leaves and with their rich red berries, they'll look stunning for many years to come and what's best is that these holly trees can be enjoyed year-round, not just at Christmas, thanks to their evergreen nature.This new variety is a female (berry producing) form and is a very prolific berry producer*, so it will bud up and produce masses of rich, red berries in future years. These bushes are slow growing and easy to manage - just one trim a year will keep that standard tree form.Each pair is supplied with a pair of classic 27cm diameter planters that have been hand-finished in a beautiful gold paint, each one unique, for you to plant your hollies into for maximum impact. This also makes them the perfect gift to give to friends, family or neighbours this winter... *this female plant will carry berries in autumn and early winter months. However, trees may arrive with artificial berries.
Now you too can pick scrumptious super Goji berries from your own garden! This amazing plant has some of the healthiest fruits around, and best of all they taste great! They are rich in super healthy antioxidants, vitamins and minerals, and are wonderful in sauces, puddings, and desserts. Pick them straight from the bush or dry them for a yummy, healthy snack. Goji plants are very easy to grow anywhere and very hardy. Fruiting profusely each autumn, this new variety is widely grown in China for commercial berry production & is the highest yielding and sweetest tasting. Whats more, they have gorgeous berries and stunning, colourful foliage, so they will look great in patio pots!
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 are in flower with fruit already setting and will be 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.
Pair of 'Designer Mix' Baskets - A stunning selection of plants in shades of pink, blue and white. Why not treat yourself to a pair of these gorgeous pre-planted baskets? They come ready planted including the basket, compost and plants and will arrive requiring no additional work by you other than occasional watering and feeding! Each basket will be planted by our expert growers and will contain a terrific hand-picked selection of healthy, top quality plants. They will be delivered in specially developed packaging to ensure they arrive in perfect, nursery-fresh condition when you get them, just hang them up and water them every couple of days to ensure a summer long display of beautiful blooms! The baskets themselves will be re-useable for many seasons. 'Designer Mix' is supplied ready planted in a pair of 27cm durable, green plastic hanging baskets, each with 6 plants, 1 each of the following: Brachyscome Mini Mauve DelightDiascia Little DreamerGeranium Fantasia ScarletNemesia Easter BonnetPetunia Fanfare Hot RoseVerbena Aztec Magic PurpleWhite
A uniquely spectacular evergreen shrub, Fatsia japonica 'Spiders Web' produces impressive, serrated glossy-green leaves that are highlighted with a frosted lacework of light webbing giving interest in any season. Also known as the Japanese aralia or castor oil plant, mature Fatsia plants will go on to produce exotic umbrellas of creamy white flowers, followed by attractive deep purple, almost black berries. Definitely a plant for any gardeners, whether novice or seasoned pro, f. japonica will grow well in any garden and is a great plant for difficult shady areas where other plants struggle - in fact they perform best in light, dappled shade, making a glossy backdrop to other plants with their amazing palmate leaves. Compact enough to fit in a large pot on the patio where its architectural shape makes a dramatic, tropical feature, plants really need very little attention to give you amazing results especially if you're time strapped. Supplied as an established plant in 3L pot ready for planting straight out into the garden, grows to 2.5m, flowers September - October.
Lantana Evita is a striking colour-changing plant for summer bedding and patio containers with gorgeous glowing heads of orange and hot pink - an absolute stunner for your garden this year. Individual flowers emerge peach and deepen to a fabulous deep pink, and are carried above a mound of soft, corrugated leaves on semi-erect stems, making it perfect for pots, baskets and the front of your hot flower borders where the vibrant flowers can froth spectacularly in all directions. These easy to grow plants brighten any colour scheme, and they flower all summer from early June, right up to the first frosts. The verbena-like flowers attract a great range of pollinators, and your baskets will become a mecca for butterflies. Supplied as 12 x plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
If you're looking for magnificent foliage colour that really stands out in the garden, then look no further than the aptly named polka dot plant. A vibrantly coloured annual plant used to add colour and texture to your hanging basket and container displays, this is a must have addition to the garden and worthy of a place in any planting scheme. With its striking-hued leaves the Polka Dot Plant is easy to grow and fabulous as a filler, brightening anywhere it's planted. Having won many awards internationally it's a guaranteed 'doer' and can be adapted as a houseplant too - so you don't even need a garden to appreciate its dazzling colours. The HIPPO (R) series features larger leaves than traditional Hypoestes and are much more vigorous, meaning that they will fill out much more quickly for a faster display and its upright habit makes it ideal in containers. *Design tip* plant with petunias for a super-designer look! Supplied as a collection of 6 plug plants (2 each pink, red, and white) ready to pot up and grow on. Plants reach 40cm (16in) x 20cm (8in).
Bursting with flavour and Vitamin C, the large glossy black fruit of Ben Lomond 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 3ft (1m) making it perfect for the smallest of gardens grow it in a border, a large pot or even plant several to make a fruiting hedge. Really easy to grow, Ben Lomond will thrive in a sunny, sheltered spot out of strong winds and prefers well-drained soil (or compost). Plants are as tough as old boots and have flowers that are resistant to frost. All you need to do to ensure a bumper crop is 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.
The jewel-like, sharp flavoured fruits of this redcurrant are loved by leading chefs and are perfect for adding to pork dishes, tarts, summer puddings, cheesecakes or turning into long-lasting jellies. Packed full of vitamins, they almost sparkling in the sun and drip pendulously from plants in long strings, making them perfect for adding an ornamental touch to beds or patios when grown in containers. Growing up to 1.5m (5ft), although it can easily be kept shorter by pruning, Rovada will reward you with about 10kgs of fruit per bush each season. Happy in sun, a slightly shaded spot or even planted next to a tricky north facing wall, this great variety is resistant to diseases that affect other redcurrants.
A heavy cropping, large fruited, modern variety that ripens from July through to August. Grow your own delicious blackcurrants from your patio! Bursting with flavour and Vitamin C, blackcurrant 'Titania' has a rich, tart flavour that makes it ideal for cooking and for using as a purée. Add it to yoghurt or ice cream, or use in pies, jams or juices. The glossy black berries also freeze well. Unlike many blackcurrants, which require a lot of space to grow, this beauty stays compact making it perfect for the smallest of gardens. Grow it in a border, a large pot or even plant several to make a fruiting hedge. The juicy blackcurrants ripen in strings and stay on the bushes through to August, making this blackcurrant one of the longest croppers. Frost resistant and disease resistance to problems including powdery mildew and rust, so an ideal starter blackcurrant for those looking to grow fruit in the garden or on the patio for the first time.
Redcurrants that have been allowed to ripen in the sun taste sensational and far superior to anything you can buy in supermarkets - perfect for eating fresh, adding to your favourite desserts or freezing for use at later date. 'Jonkheer van Tets' is a culinary variety of redcurrant, producing heavy crops of large berries on long strigs in early season. The jewel-like, flavoursome fruits of this redcurrant are loved by leading chefs and are perfect for adding to pork dishes, tarts, summer puddings, cheesecakes or turning into long-lasting jellies. Packed full of vitamins, the berries sparkle like jewels in the sun and drip from plants in long 'strigs', this tasty superfruit is perfect for adding an ornamental touch to beds or patios when grown in containers. Happy in sun, a slightly shaded spot or even planted next to a tricky north facing wall, this great variety is robust and reliable, requiring only the minimum of care. Supplied as and established plant in a 2L pot and growing up to 1.5m (5ft), (although it can easily be kept shorter by pruning), 'Jonkheer van Tets' will reward you with crops that get larger and larger each year.
One of the largest blackcurrants available, Summer Pearls Black will reward you with huge, juicy berries giving you a whole new eating experience! Unlike other varieties of blackcurrant, this beauty can be picked as single berries rather a cluster making the sweet and aromatic, single fruit perfect for snacking. 'Summer Pearls' is robust and easy to grow making it perfect for those gardeners who have never grown blackcurrants before or for those short on time. A pure-bred black currant, Summer Pearls is very productive, and the fruits have a distinct cassis aroma, which along with their sweet taste gives you the ultimate flavour sensation! Fruits form on short clusters with 2 - 4 berries, and individuals can reach well over 1cm wide. Described by the breeder as well-balanced and juicy, they recommend that you savour the blackcurrants one by one and experience exactly how fruity a black currant should taste. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for immediate planting. Ultimate height 140cm x 100cm and crops in June