If you are looking for a simple to grow, low maintenance collection to brighten up those dull mid Winter days after Chrostmas, look no further than this fabulous Winter flowering shrub collection - where all the flowers are fragrant too for extra enjoyment. Each colelction incldues one plant each of: Sarcococca (Christmas Box) - a lovely little evergreen shrub with sweet smelling white to cream firework explosion flowers from December to March. Reaches 1.5M tall x 1M spread, Viburnum bodnantense 'Chales Lamont' - very scented pale rose pink flowers emerge on bare stems from November to March on this larger easy shrub. Reaches 2M tall x 2M spread. Chimonanthus praecox (Wintersweet) - beautiful sulphur yellow flowers, with central burgundy detailing, borne on bare stems Jnauary to March on established plants - reaches 2.5M tall x 2.5M spread. All are very tough and hardy, and easy care, perfect for sunny bright mixed shrub borders. or grow them in larger pots, so you can bring them close to the house in Winter flower, so you can enjoy their delightful fragrance to the max.
If you're watching the calories, then here's a guilt-free chocolatey treat! Boasting an irresistible combination of dark burgundy chocolate coloured, finely dissected foliage and feathery creamy flowers in mid to late summer, the Chocolate Tree is a plant that will really get tongues wagging. The Persian Silk Tree is a deciduous shrub that can easily be kept to a more compact height in smaller gardens by occasional pruning. Perfect in patio pots, beds, borders, grown as an eye-catching, free-standing specimen or even displayed in a cool conservatory, this stunning variety of Cocolate Persian Silk Tree is also very tough, easily coping with winter temperatures down to -5°C. Supplied as an established plant in a 19cm pot, ready for immediate planting.
These showy evergreen shrubs are perhaps the perfect garden plant as they are easy to care for, fully hardy and give months of interest in the garden. Young foliage in early spring takes on dazzling shades of red and pink before slowly maturing to glossy green. Later in spring dense panicles of white or pink blossom emerge resembling 'Lily of the Valley' and giving a superb display for several weeks. Pieris are very easy to care for and need little attention apart from removal of spend flowers and a light trim every couple of years to keep shape. Although fully hardy they are best in a sheltered spot as young foliage can be damaged by severe frost and high winds. Plant in borders or large patio pots. Best in acidic soil, in containers use ericaceous compost. Collection contains one 1L potted plant each of: Forest Flame - fiery red young foliage turns to green through pink and cream. Creamy white flowers. Scarlett O'Hara - bronzy red new leaves and white blossom Dorothy Wykoff - reddish new growth. deep red buds open to pale pink blooms Valley Valentine - very long flowering with deepest pink blossom Little Heath - unusual variegated green and cream leaves
Truly hardy Gardenias with the most exquisite snow-white flowers on a backdrop of glossy green foliage - the perfect trio of shrubs to add elegance to your garden.A collection of compact shrubs ideal for gaps in borders or containers on the patio, this collection includes varieties that produce that hypnotising sweet fragrance that is widely used in perfumes. Plant around entertaining areas in the garden or along pathways and near entrances where you can fully enjoy that much sought-after scent.The classic single, star-shaped flowers of the 'Kleim's Hardy create a simple, understated elegance, whilst the showier double, rose-like blooms of the 'Crown Jewels' can be cut and used in stunning vase displays. New variety 'Pinwheel' that we have added to this collection has slender petals that will bloom heavily from late spring, through summer and even into the autumn.Flowering all summer-long, smothering the rich green waxy foliage, these beautiful flowering shrubs will provide you with months of flowers and fragrance, but they'll also keep their evergreen leaves for interest all year round. Easy to grow and maintain, simply plant in a pot or straight into the border, preferably using ericaceous compost, and it will happily grow and flourish outdoors all year round.
Buy both these lovely new Daphnes together and fill your garden or patio with stunning fragrance. One each of Daphne Eternal Fragrance (AGM) and Pink Fragrance. Pink Fragrance and Eternal Fragrance - What could be better than the sweet heady fragrance of Daphne in the garden! The 'Fragrances' perfumed blooms are produced in abundance from April until October every year. These sister varieties are compact and slow growing variety so are perfect for smaller gardens. These semi-evergreen Daphnes produces flowers on new growth, meaning the lovely pink blooms just keep on coming right through the summer! Grow them in planters and place on the patio or near a garden path so you enjoy the delightful scent! Height and spread 90 cm (3ft). Supplied approx. 20 cm tall in a 9cm pots.
Flowering shrubs are the backbone of any garden, giving colour, form, winter interest and privacy throughout the year, for many years, as well as attracting a host of wildlife. With so many different types available, there's always something that will appeal to every gardener, whatever their level of experience or preference!We've specially selected and put together a collection of low maintenance favourites that are ideal for filling gaps in gardens, creating screening or a feature shrubbery, but all with the absolute minimum of fuss. A lovely collection of gorgeous late spring and summer flowering shubs for years of colour & fragrance, featuring a mix of flower colours, giving interest from April through to September, this collection includes customer favourites which are particularly adored for their scent and colour. All low maintenance favourites, these shrubs are ideal for filling gaps in gardens, or creating a screen or shrubbery. Supplied as a set of 6 different varieties of seasonally available range, ready to plant out all year - some will be dormant and have no or few leaves in winter.
Elegant and beautiful, fuchsias are a must-have for any gardener. This wonderful collection of some of the best hardy shrub varieties gives you six of the best from the wide range of colours they produce. The beautiful foliage ranges from lime to dark green, even cream tipped leaves. Flowering as early as June, they'll come alive with an explosion of pink, purples, reds, whites even blue the spectacular flowers hanging daintily from their stems. Perfect for borders, pots & containers, they will provide structure and colour all summer long. These very hardy, reliable garden performers will thrive in your garden, coming back with bigger and better displays each year, and in such a range of flower colours, flower shapes and habits. You will get our selection of 6 different coloured named varieites, as shown here, as potted garden ready plants to plant straight out. Supplied as 6 established plants in 9cm pots, ready to plant, reaching a height of 1.2m (4ft) and spread of 90cm (3ft), 1 each of: Fuchsia 'Delta Sarah' - Purple and white. Fuchsia 'Dollar Princess' - Purple and red. Fuchsia 'Hawkshead' - White. Fuchsia 'Lady Thumb' - White and pink. Fuchsia 'Tom West' - Purple and red with variegated, pink edged leaves. Fuchsia 'Genii' - Purple and pink. Please note that varieties may vary based on seasonal availability.
These UK bred beauties are guaranteed to grow and thrive in your garden, producing towers of beautiful flower every summer! Each set includes 3 well established potted plants - one each of Chiffon White, Chiffon Lavender & Chiffon Blue. With beautiful blooms that grow up to 5" across, the multi-layered petals have a gorgeous 'Chiffon' look, (hence the name!) and will be produced in abundance from early summer every year! You can grow these as an excellent flowering hedge or place them in sunny beds and borders where they will create a visually stunning tower of colourful double blooms. Perfect for pots on your patio, they will eventually grow to 4-5ft tall if left un-trimmed. Incredibly easy to care for - prune to shape just once a year in early spring, they are also totally winter hardy anywhere in the UK! UK bred by the renowned Notcutts Nurseries, these are truly world class varieties.
One of the nation's favourite early spring plants, Camellias are, when given the right conditions, very straightforward and problem free. Providing fabulous displays of flowers when almost every other plant is still asleep for winter, they're ideal for providing a bold splash of colour when the garden is quite drab - plus they're fabulous in pots where they can be moved to any part of your garden. The key to success with Camellias is they need acidic soils - like Rhododendrons. This means they can easily be grown in pots in ericaceous composts, and provided they are fed with specialist ericaceous feed, will provide many years of colour and interest. They are evergreen, and their neat, shiny, tough leaves will provide a backdrop to other plants all year.Flower buds start swelling late the previous summer, and keep getting bigger all autumn and winter, until they burst open in early spring. The flowers can be caught by frosts when they are opening, but the buds are generally fine, and the plant is 100% hardy and tough. Supplied as three plants in 9cm pots ready for potting on or planting out, each Camellia collection contains one each of: Mikenjaku - Vivid, scarlet-red, semi-double blooms with a central crown of yellow stamens 3m x 2m. Fl Feb - April Brushfield's Yellow - Creamy white, anemone-form blooms with a light-yellow tone to the centre of the flower. 4m x 2.5m. Fl Feb - April Triumphans - Deep rose-pink, double blooms. 3m x 3m. Fl Feb - April
More than just a new variety Power Daisies are a completely new garden plant bred from old fashioned pot marigolds yet are worlds apart from their fussy forbears. Once planted they branch freely forming neat bushy spreading plants with bright glossy foliage about 30cm tall. Double daisy blooms appear in May and just keep on coming - often right up to the end of the year a full six months after the flowering starts. Unlike regular Calendulas plants set no seeds and are mildew free, they're easy to care for and resist the worst of summer weather, they're perfect for large pots and sunny borders. So perfect is the Power Daisy series that 'Tango' was shortlisted for the 2018 RHS Plant of the Year Competition - so you know that it's a garden-worthy plant. Supplied as 12 jumbo plugs, 6 each of yellow and Tango orange, ready to grow on before planting out.
Patio Perfect is the very best sweet pea for any outdoor pots and planters! It naturally grows to only around 2ft tall and will become smothered in sweetly scented blooms from mid June onwards bringing a fabulous mix of summer long colour to your garden. As the flower stems average around 6in Patio Perfect can also be cut and makes a lovely posy in a small vase, yet takes up little space at all. You'll enjoy a lovely blend of pinks blues and reds in this sensational patio sweet pea. A large pot - the one in our picture is around 15in in diameter will accommodate 3-4 plugs supplied, each of which have at least 4 plants in. Like all sweet peas Patio Perfect likes to root deeply so choose pots with a depth of at least 12 inches, large pots such as these will also reduce the risk of your sweet peas drying out in warm summer weather. For best results ''stop' the plants by removing half an inch from the tips soon after planting. This will encourage branching giving an even bushier plant with more flowers. Be sure to dead head any old flowers as this will keep the flowers coming and extend the season right up to Autumn. Supplied as 12 x Multi-Sown Jumbo Plug Plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
Lavender 'Hidcote' is the classic, hardy English perennial, and this much-loved cottage garden favourite will transform your garden with colour and incredible fragrance and flower power! Named after the world-famous garden in The Cotswolds and awarded the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit, this compact variety is a proven winner in UK gardens. Suitable for edging a path or for planting as a fragrant hedge or garden border where its magnificent scent will delight anyone who walks past! A perfect solution to attract bees and other pollinators into your garden, Lavender makes an ideal companion plant if you grow your own fruit and veg It'll stay compact too, reaching 45-60cm (1-2ft) tall so won't take over your garden either. Very hardy, incredibly easy to grow and drought tolerant, a top growing tip is to clip lavender back lightly after the flowers have faded in late summer. Cut the stems back by a few inches, but not so far that the stems are bare of live foliage, and plants will then have time to produce new shoots before winter dormancy. The clippings can then be uses to make fragrant indoor displays and potpourri! This drought-tolerant plant will thrive in a sunny border, container, herb or gravel gardens. If you garden on heavy clay, it is worth adding some grit to improve drainage and to open the soil up. Space plants 90cm (3ft) apart, or if growing a hedge, 30cm (1ft) apart or, 45cm (18in) for larger cultivars. Lavender can be grown in large pots, 30-40cm (1ft-16in) diameter, using a multipurpose or loam-based compost such as JI No 3, with some extra coarse grit, (up to 30%), to improve drainage, along with some controlled release fertiliser granules. Supplied as 20 x super-sized, Garden-Ready plants to provide you with fast results for the minimum amount of effort they've been lovingly nurtured and grown on so that they are ready to plant out immediately. Your lavender plants will be delivered to you in time to create fabulous and long-lasting displays - just plant them straight into your pots, hanging baskets or beds and borders and look forward to great displays with absolutely no fuss.