Decadently rich shades of purple cover this stunning penstemon all summer and autumn long, making it a fantastic addition to any border or container. Easy to grow and keep, Penstemon ?Blackberry Ice? will add superb depth and colour to your garden!
Dahlia 'Blackberry Ripple' is a fabulous cactus dahlia that will fill your summer beds and borders with their unique spikey blooms. A semi-cactus variety of dahlia, these gorgeous blooms guaranteed to be the envy of all you neighbours with their layers of multiple petals creating a round spikey head in a mixed pattern of pink, purple and white. Flowering from June through to September, this cottage garden classic will provide you summer displays with four months of fabulous colour. So easy to grow, as they are supplied as tubers, packed full of energy to burst into growth in Spring and produce a mass of bright colours which will pepper your garden like gemstones as Summer turns to Autumn. Dahlias are perfect for planting in your bed, borders, patio pots and containers. They also make fabulous cut flowers so pick a bunch of these pastel beauties to bring into your home for amazing colour. Dahlias will need some winter protection if you want them to return next year, we recommend that you dig them up before the first frost arrives and keep them stored over the winter. Supplied as a pack of 3 tubers, ready to plant out.
Description for Blackberry 'Coolaris Patio' (Patio Fruit) not available
This brand new Blackberry variety from the renowned breeding programme at University of Arkansas US has a naturally dwarf habit growing to just 3ft tall so it's perfect for planting in patio pots and for smaller gardens It's a 'primocane' variety which means it produces fruit on new growth from August to October and will produce crops to pick in the first year - much sooner than regular kinds. The extra large sweet juicy berries are delicious to eat and easy to pick as the canes are thorn free. The lovely white blooms which precede the berries are attractive to bees and butterflies too. Supplied as an established plant in 9 cm pot ready to plant into 5L pots
Growing your own fruit and veg has got to be one of the most rewarding things that a gardener can do, and it's a great way to introduce kids to gardening. Fortunately, long-gone are the days when you scrambled through thorny brambles to get your berries - thanks to dedicated growers we can bring you this fabulous THORNLESS variety. The Oregon Thornless blackberry is self-fertile and one of the best varieties that you can grow and is a really versatile plant, producing heavy crops of juicy, glossy black fruits from late summer and adding an ornamental touch for the rest of the year. Fully winter-hardy and semi-evergreen in milder winters, its leaves are attractively shaped and have good autumn colour, making them invaluable for year-round interest in the kitchen garden. Organically grown, these fruit bushes are packed with healthy anthocyanins and rich in Vitamin C, so are a very popular addition to the garden! Really easy to grow so are perfect for beginner gardeners or those of us who are strapped for time, blackberries can be grown in containers too, so you don't even need a garden to enjoy them. Perfect for making puddings, jams, even wine, blackberries are a very versatile soft fruit bush, that really works hard for you. Can easily be trained to supports and makes a unique feature when grown up the side of a shed, trellis or fence. - it can even make a fascinating addition to an arch in spring when it is covered in pink-flushed, white blossom. Supplied as an established plant in a 12cm pot, ready for planting out, canes can reach 2.5m x 2.5m and will produce their crop of berries in late August - September.
Growing your own fruit and veg has got to be one of the most rewarding things that a gardener can do, and it's a great way to introduce kids to gardening. Fortunately, long-gone are the days when you scrambled through thorny brambles to get your berries - thanks to dedicated growers we can bring you this fabulous THORNLESS variety. The new Coolaris summer blackberry has it all - upright growth, thornless stems and large, juicy berries which mature in midsummer when blackberries definitely taste their best! A versatile blackberry with a good crop of juicy, glossy black fruits from early July, this fruit bush is packed with healthy anthocyanins and rich in Vitamin C, so are a very popular addition to the kitchen garden. Perfect for making puddings, jams, even wine, blackberries are a very versatile soft fruit bush, that really works hard for you. Really easy to grow so are perfect for beginner gardeners or those of us who are strapped for time, blackberries can be grown in containers too, so you don't even need a garden to enjoy them. Not a vigorous variety, Coolaris Early has medium strong very upright growth which means that it can easily be trained to supports and makes a unique feature when grown up the side of a shed, trellis or fence - it can even make a fascinating addition to an arch in spring when it is covered in pink-flushed, white blossom. Fully winter-hardy and semi-evergreen in milder winters, its leaves are attractively shaped and have good autumn colour, making them invaluable for year-round interest in the kitchen garden. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for planting out, canes can reach 2.5m x 2.5m and will produce their crop of berries from early July to August.
Throw away your gardening gloves, because 'Patio Black' is thorn-free, it can be grown and harvested simply and without prickly problems in any space - in the garden, on a balcony, decking or terrace. A compact, medium-sized blackberry with glossy, regular shaped black fruits, the berries are sweet and firm and are produced in abundance through much of the year. The compact plants grow no taller than 1m when fully mature and bear fruit directly on this year's canes so they're really easy to grow with no fiddly tying-in of canes or thinning out old ones - everyone can now grow their own delicious blackberries. Effectively an autumn fruiting blackberry, 'Patio Black' has the ability to produce a crop in its first year after planting, and will get bushier year on year, giving you even more tasty berries - just make sure that it gets plenty of sun. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for planting out. Use this fabulous blackberry as a specimen plant, in group plantings or as a container plant.
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!
Here's a chance to grow something unique with this brand new variety of blackberry with stunning, almost translucent creamy white berries. Polar Berry grows strongly with an upright habit meaning it needs minimal support and is easy to manage in the garden. Grow it in the border against fence or trellis or give it a sunny spot on the patio in a large pot supported by an obelisk. Ready to pick in July and August - the fruits are juicy and very sweet and delicious cooked or in mixed fruit salads. With just a few thorns they're easy to pick and because of the colour they are much less attactive to foraging birds. Delivered as well established plant in 9cm pots
Now you can enjoy the exceptional taste of homegrown blackberries picked from your own garden. This early blackberry ripens from late July and has good resistance to cane and leaf spot. The large, firm fruit are an intense glossy black colour and have an excellent flavour - and if you can't eat them all, they make superb jam. As well as being productive, this blackberry has a decorative side too, producing gorgeous white blossom which covers the canes from early summer. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot.
A unique variety of Blackberry - bred with the home gardener in mind and producing abundant, juicy crops of berries. Fruiting from July onwards, you'll be picking large crops of sweet, tasty fruits all summer long and the beautiful blossom that precedes the blooms are perfect for adding spring interest to the garden - and are an absolute magnet for bees and butterflies! Ouachita, (pronounced wha-shi-tah) is a new introduction, easy-to-harvest, with plump, glossy berries. These upright, nearly thornless canes bear high yields of medium-size fruit. A summer-bearing floricane, it has good heat-tolerance and berries ripen in July.