A much-loved, easy to grow annual with a gentle fragrance that attracts hoverflies, who then feed on troublesome aphids. Bees also love this low spreading carpet of yellow and white blooms. A customer favourite, perfect for the front of borders, rockeries and as path edging.
Contrasting purple-red and white bicolour flowers. Good for cutting, or for adding height to borders.
This choice snowdrop is a real treat in spring! The large flowers of Galanthus elwesii are up 25mm long with a delicate honey fragrance. This giant snowdrop holds an RHS AGM and makes an impressive display in spring borders and containers. Try planting them in drifts spilling out from the base of deciduous trees and shrubs for a natural looking display. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 10cm (4). Useful links:How to plant bulbs, corms and tubers
A really useful plant to fill a gap in your border. It has plumes of feathery flowers and a superb orange coloured stems in autumn.
Rarely seen, this stunning pink Tuberose represents a breeding breakthrough. Fully double, deep pink flowers with the most extraordinary fragrance are carried on sturdy flower spikes above linear green foliage. Its beguiling aroma is at its richest during warm summer evenings. Polianthes tuberosa 'Pink Sapphire' makes a charming border plant and a sensational cut flower. Height: 120cm (48). Spread: 15cm (6). Supplied as tubers.
One of the first perennials to flower in spring. Arching stems grow at a rapid pace and are draped with dozens of pink and white heart-shaped flowers. Plants will multiply each year and soon create a superb floriferous display. Height 1.2m, spread 50cm. Supplied in 1 litre pots.
Desmodium is one of the few plants capable of rapid movement, and has enraptured plant hunters and naturalists for centuries. Even more astoundingly, and still unexplained by science, the foliage will also respond to certain sounds. Height 90cm (30in).
Often seen as a pricey collector's item, we now offer this special 'Stellar' geranium at great value as a seed item. The colours are so vivid they almost glow. Height 40cm (16in).
A blend of some of the most 'scentsational' annuals exuding wafts of rich perfume from a vibrant, colourful mix of blooms. Perfect for creating an oasis of colour and fragrance in the garden. Height 30-80cm (12-32in).
The longest-flowering snapdragon in our trials, 'Reminiscent Mixed' is the perfect choice for borders as well as containers. Unusual upward-facing open flowers in a fabulous range of pastel colours produce a lovely citrus fragrance, whilst the bushy compact plants offer a lush green contrast
Unique soft-yellow blooms are produced in profusion on compact dwarf plants, bringing real impact to patio containers, beds and borders. This early flowering cosmos will start to bloom in as little as 70 days from sowing, going on to offer six months of colour from May to October - keep on top of the deadheading and new flowers will just keep coming!Use the classy blooms en-masse for an elegant feel to your displays, if not, set them in combination with other annuals to complement pastel shades or calm hot colours. The stand-out flowers also make a great underplanting to shrubs and hedging.