A vigorous evergreen climbing plant that will certainly add a huge amount of summer sunshine to your patio! Mandevilla plants are exotic looking specimens that do need to be brought indoors during the winter months but will happily adorn your garden in pots during the summer!
Flowering throughout the summer, Mandevilla 'Bloom Bells® White' makes a wonderful addition to the patio where it will add height and jewel-like colour.
Amazing plumes of pink flowers cover this deciduous shrub almost continually from spring to the first frosts. The abundant blooms of Lilac 'Bloomerang' are sweetly fragrant and make a lovely addition to cut flower arrangements. With a neat, compact habit, this superb lilac bush makes a fabulous specimen for cottage garden borders and large containers.
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A new variety of Hardy Geranium. ? Bloomtime? looks simply amazing with its pale pink, veined flowers. Perfect for planting in large groups in borders where a sea of pink will appear every summer, and the again with a second flush later in the year.
What better display of hardy gernaiums than to have two varieties that complement each other perfectly? Geranium ?Rozanne? and the new Geranium ?Bloomtime?, make perfect partners when planted together.
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bloomstar', part of the 'Endless Summer' series, features an abundance of stunning flowers from May all the way through until September. The giant flower heads are initially green, slowly developing into shades of blue-purple or vivid pink with creamy white centres, depending on the pH of your soil. The deep green leaves feature red veining and the stems are also bright red, adding further interest. Hydrangea 'Bloomstar' makes ideal cut flowers, as well as being perfectly suited to patio containers, woodland gardens and mixed borders. Height: 1.2m (4'). Spread: 1.5m (5').
This vibrant collection of beautiful, re-blooming, bearded Iris provide a colourful display in spring and a second flush in midsummer. These hardy perennials are easy to grow and quick to establish in sunny borders, coping well with sandy, dry soils.
Exotic, glowing blooms adorn these tropical evergreen climbers. Flowering throughout the summer, they make a wonderful addition to the patio where they add height and jewel-like colour.
A true champion in the garden! Bearded Iris Germanica 'Summer Olympics' is one of the first to flower each spring, crossing the finish line with a burst of pretty, pale-yellow, ruffled blooms that are creamy-white at the centre.