Grown your own tea with these fabulous easy-care plants. The 'Tea Plant' is a striking evergreen shrub whose leaves can be picked and added to the teapot to make up your own cuppa. Come autumn they're covered in beautiful, white flowers which have a delightful scent - an added bonus if planted in a pot near the house. Camellia sinensis produces fresh new leaves in spring which are the best leaves to pick for your teapot, although you can experiment with drying the leaves for a more traditional brew. Supplied in 15cm pots, these tea plants are ideal when grown in a container but can also be planted in the flower border among your favourite perennials as the Camellia's dark evergreen leaves highlight flower colour superbly. Care of your tea plant care is very straight forward; Water plants frequently during the first two years - generally two or three times per week during the summer, using rainwater whenever possible. Your plant will be dormant during the winter months, but in spring it will burst into life and you can start picking the freshest young leaves. You will be able to pick a few leaves in the first year, so that you can try making your very own tea - although it's best to limit yourself for the first 2-3 years of growth so that your tea plant will establish to become a bigger plant with more fresh leaves in the following years. Prune back to 3 to 4 feet every few years to keep the plant bushy and producing fresh leaves. Traditionally, the uppermost leaves two and leaf bud on each stem are picked although you may want to try with some of the older leaves or even stems and see how the flavour varies. Protect plants from cold, dry winds and early morning sun and water in dry weather to prevent bud drop. Apply a balanced liquid fertiliser in mid-spring and again in June, plus mulch annually with shredded bark or well-rotted leaf mould. Protect container-grown tea plants in winter by wrapping with bubble wrap or hessian. For the first 2 or 3 years during the winter, we suggest either bringing your plant indoors or protecting it from prolonged or sharp frosts with horticultural fleece.
What could be easier than this perfect windowbox design of pre-spaced bulbs - a lovely colourful mix of summer flowered shorter bulbs. Packed with 38 bulbs already spaced, including Freesias, Lilies, Brodiaea Queen Fabiola and Oxalis in a lovely colourful mix. Using the unique biodegradable package, these Plant-o-Mat Drop in pods are a quick and simple way to take all the hassle out of planting bulbs. No more worrying about colours, or spacing Simply plant the whole tray into the ground or a pot - watch the helpful video to see how. You cannot get easier gardening than this for flowers next Spring and for years beyond.
Introducing Drop In Bulb Pods Quick and Easy - For Perfect Displays EVERY Time, Yes! Now YOU can become an instant bulb expert and produce amazing spring bulb displays every time with this NEW ingenious system! The Designer Bulb Pods will be delivered with your bulbs in-situ and in their ideal spacing- so you WILL get perfect colour-themed displays! Simply dig a planting hole in your garden or if you plant in a pot or trough, drop the entire Bulb Pod in, cover with compost or soil, water and wait for great results! It really is a case of DIG, DROP, COVER - your results will astound friends and familly! No need for dirty hands. The totally biodegradable Bulb Pod, will itself disappear with a few weeks from planting, leaving the bulbs in the perfect planting design in spring you will get a fabulous display that looks just like the picture! GUARANTEED! Each display has been skilfully created by our experts so the varieties within it will provide a co-ordinated riot of colour each spring.
What could be easier than this perfect blend of pre-spaced and filled bulbs - arranged as 7 yellow Narcissus Tete a Tete, surrounded by 12 powder blue Muscari, creating a lovely effect. Perfect for dropping straight into larger pots (diameter 24cm (10in) or more), or into the garden for circles of colour. Using the unique biodegradable package, these Plant-o-Mat Drop in pods are a quick and simple way to take all the hassle out of planting bulbs. No more worrying about colours, or spacing, simply plant the whole tray into the ground or a pot - watch the helpful video to see how. You cannot get easier gardening than this for flowers next spring and for years beyond!
What could be easier than this perfect blend of pre-spaced and filled bulbs - arranged as 7 red Tulip Scarlet Baby, surrounded by 12 sea blue Crocuss, creating a lovely effect. Perfect for dropping straight into larger pots (diameter 24cm (10') or more), or into the garden for circles of colour. Using the unique biodegradable package, these Plant-o-Mat Drop in pods are a quick and simple way to take all the hassle out of planting bulbs. No more worrying about colours, or spacing Simply plant the whole tray into the ground or a pot - watch the helpful video to see how. You cannot get easier gardening than this for flowers next Spring and for years beyond.
What could be easier than this perfect blend of pre-spaced and filled bulbs - arranged as 7 brilliant deep purple Tulip 'Purple Prince', surrounded by 12 powder blue Muscari, creating a lovely effect. Perfect for dropping straight into larger pots (diameter 25cm (10in) or more), or into the garden for circles of colour. Using the unique biodegradable package, these Plant-o-Mat Drop in pods are a quick and simple way to take all the hassle out of planting bulbs. No more worrying about colours, or spacing Simply plant the whole tray into the ground or a pot - watch the helpful video to see how. You cannot get easier gardening than this for flowers next spring and for years beyond.
Become an instant bulb expert in no time at all with the ingenious Plant-O-Mat Drop in Bulb Pods! This Acidanthera and Brodeia Mix will produce an amazing summer display with the absolute minimum of effort... The designer 'Bulb Pods' will be delivered with your bulbs 'in-situ' and in their ideal spacing so you will get picture-perfect colour-themed displays each and every summer! Simply dig a planting hole in your garden, pot or trough, drop the entire 'Bulb Pod' in, cover with compost or soil, water and wait for great results. It really is a case of DIG - DROP - COVER - your results will astound friends & familly and there's no need for dirty hands. The totally biodegradable 'Bulb Pod', will itself disappear with a few weeks from planting, leaving the bulbs in the perfect planting design - in summer you will get a fabulous display that looks just like the picture! This Mix includes 19 bulbs that have been carefully positioned into a complimentary design that will look absolutely stunning when in flower. You'll get a neat and professional looking display that your neighbours will be jealous of. You will get: Acidanthera (white) 7 bulbs Brodeia (blue)12 bulbs Classic 'Bulb Pod' - Round in shape, each one is 24cm diameter and contains 19 premium quality bulbs that are all guaranteed to flower next summer! Perfect for large pots, beds & borders.
There's nothing finer than a large Agapanthus in full flower at the height of summer, creating an eruption of brilliant blue. It's the perfect plant for an ornate container and with a little care will last a lifetime. Even before the 1m flower stems appear the bright green strap life leaves are a lovely sight and heighten the expectation of the blooms to come from mid summer. Agapanthus do best when their roots are restricted so don't be tempted to pot into too large a container - just a little wider than the nursery pot they arrive in will be fine. Place in a sunny spot and enjoy this African native in your garden over summer!
One of the most attractive and sweetly fragrant summer flowering bulbs, this specially selected mixture will be supplied as heat-treated corms, which guarantees they will flower from the first season onwards. Supplied in a stunning array of bright colours, these will be perfect for growing in pots on your patio or planting in beds or borders. They will over-winter in mild winters, and produce bigger and better displays in future years. These beauties no longer need to be simply a treat, so grow your own, and you can enjoy bountiful crops to pick again and again, and at a fraction of even supermarket prices and at just pennies per bulb. They thrive in pots in warm spots, or in well-drained soil, they will flower in summer. Cut the flowers when tight in bud for maximum enjoyment and fragrance indoors, or leave them to provide a splash of colour outside.
Gladiolus communis byzantinus, also known as the Byzantine gladiolus, is a reliable cottage-garden perennial, with striking sword-shaped leaves. Erect spikes of magenta trumpet flowers are produced from late spring Easy to grow, plants can be left to naturalise where they will spread freely and produce a mass of gorgeous colour - the perfect way to get larger displays year after year. Plus they won't need staking so really easy to look after! Perfect to grow as a cut flower, byzantinus can also be dotted about between shrubs and other herbaceous perennials where they add height and a dramatic colour contrast in flower beds and even pots. Holder of the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a garden-worthy plant sure to perform - giving you years of glorious colour. Supplied as a pack of 50 bulbs, size 7/8 ready to plant out i autumn.
Brighten your summer hanging baskets and patio displays with these fantastic Trailing Giant Begonias. These exclusive Giant Belgian Begonias are highly sought after because of their incredible 6 inch (15cm) diameter Giant blooms and dazzling variety of colours. Bred by the renowned Arnold van Peteghem at his nursery in Ghent, Belgium, the European capital of Begonias, Arnold has spent his whole life developing and growing these incredible hybrids. The impressive flowers are produced in great volume all summer long. It has a gently cascading habit so the display will be globe shaped and your hanging basket or patio tub will be covered in flower through 360 degrees a truly eye-catching display! Begonias are undergoing a resurgence in popularity in recent years, as they perform Summer after Summer - whether it's hot and dry, or our more usual wet and windy! Thanks to all the weather we had last year, this years tubers are much larger than those normally available, which means they will produce an even bigger and more impressive display. You Garden have been lucky enough to obtain a limited number of these jumbo tubers so dont miss this one-off opportunity to obtain some for yourself and at a very special price too!
Brighten your summer hanging baskets and patio displays with these fantastic Upright Giant Begonias. These exclusive Giant Belgian Begonias are highly sought after because of their incredible 6 inch (15cm) diameter giant blooms and dazzling variety of colours, supported by stronger stems for weather tolerance too. Bred by the renowned Arnold van Peteghem at his nursery in Ghent, Belgium, the European capital of Begonias, Arnold has spent his whole life developing and growing these incredible hybrids. The impressive flowers are produced in great volume all summer long. It has a gently cascading habit so the display will be globe shaped and your hanging basket or patio tub will be covered in flower through 360 degrees a truly eye-catching display! Begonias are undergoing a resurgence in popularity in recent years, as they perform Summer after Summer - whether it's hot and dry, or our more usual wet and windy! We've been lucky enough to obtain tubers much larger than those currently available eslewhere (due to last year's hot weather) which means they'll produce an even bigger and more impressive display. You Garden have been lucky enough to obtain a limited number of these tubers so dont miss this one-off opportunity to obtain some for yourself and at a very special price!