Clematis montana are often called 'mile-a-minute' clematis, and with good reason! They are vigorous growers and planted anywhere where they can climb these impressive clematis will quickly establish themselves and begin to clamber up supports, over pergolas and arches and up into trees, cloaking them in a sea of abundant blooms. An excellent choice if you have anything unsightly in your garden, use them to cover sheds and fences or grow them up a large trellises to make a screens. Montanas should be pruned - if necessary - soon after blooming ceases removing only wood from previous years. New summer growth will bear next year's flowers and should be trained and tied in accordingly. Supplied as 3 established plants in 7cm pots, ready for planting, including: Clematis montana 'Grandifora' - An incredibly vigorous climber with masses of stunning pure white flowers which will grow to 9m (30ft) high and holder of the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Clematis montana 'Mayleen' - A profusion of pastel pink flowers complimented by bronze tinted foliage, reaching 9m (30ft) and like 'Granfiflora', holder of the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Clematis montana 'Marjorie' - The UK's first semi-double montana clematis boasting stunning creamy white flowers flushed with pink and bronzed new foliage, climbing to 6m (20ft).
This fabulously attractive, exotic plant is hardy down to -5°C and very drought tolerant too! Originating in Chile, 'Fascicularia Bicolour' is a rare and unusual plant that forms an impressive and tough mound of long, thin, grey-green foliage. In summer, the inner leaves turn bright red and a ball of electric blue and yellow flowers are formed at the centre of mature plants. This striking combination of colours will be an astonishing contrast to your autumn garden, bringing an exotic twist right through to November! It grows to about 50cm so it is perfect for containers or pots put it in a sunny spot on your patio and it will thrive for years to come. Although 'Fascicularia Bicolour' is hardy, it will benefit from protection during the coldest winter weather, especially wet. Supplied as an established plant in a 1 litre pot, growing to a height of 50cm (20in) and width of 75cm (2½ft).
The world's first Hardy Gerbera in a range of bright, zingy neon colours, the Garvinea series was originally launched to great acclaim across Europe. Bringing the popular florists' gerbera flowers to a garden perennial, they give an amazing 7 months of colour from spring to autumn every year - not many plants can do that! Well, now they have got even better. The breeders in Holland who created them have developed an improved series with much bigger flowers, and even longer lasting performance. called the 'Sweet Series', we are delighted to be able to bring you some of the limited stock. Retaining the same benefits of being winter hardy to around -8°C (although avoid severe winter wet), and flowering for 3 seasons of colour, their highly distinctive flowers simply keep coming - up to 50 on a 2-year-old plant. We love them in traditional terracotta pots, in the sun, or grown in well-drained borders at the front, where they will amaze you with their persistence of flowering and sheer flower number. In winter they are herbaceous, so die back completely underground, to emerge bigger and better next year. You will get one plant each about to flower of: 'Sweet Glow' - deep warm orange'Sweet Smile' - warm honey yellow'Sweet Spice' - bright magenta purple
It's incredible but true... these compact beauties really will produce a tower of striking star-shapes blooms continuously for 6 months - every year! The BOULEVARD(R) series of patio clematis has been bred specifically for a compact growing habit and a precocious flowering nature - so you can create a massive colour impact from a very limited space. Perfect for growing in small spaces, in pots and containers, so are ideal for modern gardens where space may be limited. The plants will never get out of hand and reach a mature height of around 1-1.5m (3-5ft), and as they flower all along the stem from the leaf axils, these splendid clematis are covered in blooms right from top to toe! They are perfect for growing in patio containers and large pots and are a 'must' for town gardens and balconies. Flowering repeatedly from spring to late summer, they form a glorious pillar of colour. BOULEVARD(R) clematis are robust, hardy and easy to grow with vigorous re-growth every spring. Bred and developed by world-renowned specialist Raymond Evison, this collection will captivate all summer long with large, blousy blooms and repeat-flowering habit. Plants only require a minimum of annual maintenance - cut all stems back to 15cm (6in) in Feb/March- PLUS they are totally winter hardy too! Supplied as young plants in 10.5cm pots ready for growing on, these unique clematis are simply fantastic value for money. You'll receive one plant each of: Nubia(TM) Evipo079(N) - A stunning combination of red petals and a darker centre makes Clematis 'Nubia' ideal for a sunny spot. Free-flowering and very hardy this clematis is perfect for accentuating pathways in a pot or planter. Olympia(TM) Evipo099(N) - A compact clematis that blooms all the way along its stems, resulting in a proliferation of large, rich purple-blue flowers from the ground upwards all summer and into late autumn. Samaritan Jo(TM) Evipo075(N) - With pretty silvery-pink star-shaped flowers outlined with a delicate tracery of light purple, the blooms are further accentuated with a beautiful crown of purple stamens topped with the clearest golden yellow - a real sight to behold! Order yours today!
Stately spires of simply gorgeous flowers in shades of pink and blue and white will light up your borders this summer with this pack of Delphiniums! The flowers are borne on 2m stems that rise elegantly above clumps of divided green foliage and provide a vertical spectacle between June and late summer. They are perfect at the back of beds and borders, and will instantly provide your garden with a cottage garden look. Loved by bees and other pollinating insects, the flowers will attract wildlife into your garden and they are also ideal for cutting so you can create wonderful floral displays indoors. Varieties included - one 9cm plant each of Astolat (pink) , Galahad (white) and Blue Bird (blue)
Coloured ornamental grasses have forged a way into modern gardens, as they are just so versatile. Holding their colour all year round, their range of shades blend perfectly with all year long flower displays. Great in mixed planters, tubs and pots, with Autumn and Winter bedding, or as a softer wispy addition to mixed borders, they have won their place in gardens on merit. Hardy, easy to grow, no maintenance and not fussy at all about soil types, they are a must for all gardens. This collection contains 2 plants each of: Festuca glauca 'Blue Select' - a neat clump forming grass to 30cm tall, its grey blue foliage turns almost azure sky blue in spring and summer, best colour in sun. Carex buchananii - tall, upright arcs of chocolate to rusty brown foliage, with a delicate swirl at the end of the hundreds of leaves. Great for autumnal planters. Ht 40cm Carex oshimensis 'Evergold' - a real tough beauty, the evergreen leaves are rich green, with golden edges down both sides. They form neat clumps, that cascade down, making them ideal in tubs and planters where they can trail. Ht to 20cm, spread 40cm.
Hardy ferns are a hidden gem of the gardening world, and should be grown much more widely. They suffer from perceptions they either take over like Bracken, or need wet spots to grow in - some do, but most don't. This specially selected trio of ferns are really special though - they are both hardy, and evergreen, so stand out as some of the best to grow, as most die back underground each winter. They will reward you with year-round foliage interest, and are perfect together as a small fernery in the border or in a large pot, or in mixed planters, or cool, deep, moist soils. This collection includes one each of 3 named ferns (varieties may vary depending on seasonal availability).
This wonderful collection of evergreen, winter flowering Clematis is just the thing for brightening up your garden during the coldest, darkest months of the year! Chosen to give you month after month of beautiful flowers from November right through to the following May, their dainty nodding blooms make an appearance when the garden can be at its dullest and are a welcome sight in winter and spring. Clematis 'Freckles' - delicately spotted pink blooms from November to February on a background of lustrous deep green foliage reaching 2.5m (8ft) in height. Clematis 'Early Sensation' produces pure white blooms from March to May and superb long-lasting seed heads and leaves tinted with bronze, growing 4m (12ft) high. Clematis cartmanii 'Joe' - is a lovely compact climber with divided, leathery, dark green leaves and clusters of bowl-shaped, white flowers 4cm across in March and April. 1.5m (5ft). All are easy to care for and need no pruning so can be planted anywhere where the sun reaches - even in the most inaccessible spots. Naturally compact, these climbing beauties won't take over, and are the perfect size for growing in pots. Supplied as 3 established plants in 9cm pots, ready to plant out.
Create a gorgeous show of peony flowers in your garden. Producing a simply stunning display of huge, blousey, double flowers throughout mid-summer, they will add impact and vivid colour to your beds and borders. For timeless, elegant beauty, peonies are almost impossible to beat! It is very easy to see why they are so popular; as a perennial they will come back year after year with bigger, better displays - all with the absolute minimum of effort! Easy to grow and low maintenance, they will reap rewards for both beginners and experienced gardeners. Peonies will die back after flowering each year, only to burst into life again the following spring. You will get bigger, better displays each year for many years to come. Perfect for growing in beds, borders, pots or containers. This collection includes one plant each of 3 fabulous varieties: 'Duchess de Nemours' - Layers of beautiful white petals. 'Sarah Bernhardt' - Masses of pale-pink petals. 'Karl Rosenfeld' - Stunning deep magenta pink blooms. Supplied as 3 established plants in 11cm pots, ready to plant.
Finding year-round foliage colour for mixed planters and baskets, especially for autumn and winter colour, is a significant challenge - but ivies are the perfect foil to many plants. This duo - one a more solid green variety and the other variegated with gold edges - offers the perfect ingredients for hanging baskets, planters and tubs, for foliage interest that will cascade over the sides, providing a contrasting backdrop to any planting scheme. Varieties include: Hedera helix 'Yellow Ripple' (Gold) x 6 - a slow-growing, variegated variety, its grey-green leaves having creamy yellow margins. Hedera hibernica (Green) x 6 - a more vigorous variety with broad, 5-lobed leaves, shiny green leaves veined with paler green or cream. Slow growing, trim to shape; they can become the permanent features in tubs year after year, as you change the seasonal colour with them.
As master chocolatiers and confectioners for 175 years, Lindt know what they're doing when it comes to making delectable, luxury chocolate. This selection of milk, dark, and white chocolates would make for a wonderful gift for the chocoholic in your life, or you could also treat yourself if that person is you!
The Colostomy Association Bouquet We've teamed up before with Colostomy Association, to bring you this gorgeous bouquet. When you order the Colostomy Association Bouquet, you don't just get a fabulous bouquet of fresh, hand-tied flowers bursting full of iris, carnations, chrysanthemum, solidaster and green anastasia: you also get the heart-warming knowledge that you're helping out and donating to their cause. With every Colstomy Bouquet bouquet sold, we'll donate 10% of the profits to the Colostomy Association. And as well as donating money to the Colostomy Association, the Colostomy UK Charity Bouquet comes with the same great bonuses as our other bouquets: FREE next-day delivery anywhere in the UK, a range of optional extras including Lindt chocolates and cuddly teddy bears, and most importantly of all the care and dedication of our expert florists, who will arrange and hand-tie your bouquet using the most beautiful blooms, and pack it carefully so that it arrives to you in absolutely immaculate condition. The Colostomy Association provides emotional and practical support, information and reassurance for anyone who has or is about to have a colostomy. They aim to bring awareness to the issues of having a stoma and what it means to live with a colostomy, and to champion the issues that affect colostomates and their families. For more information on how you can get involved please visit: Get involved with the Colostomy Association The Colostomy UK Charity Bouquet forms part of our exclusive Charity Bouquets Collection, a wonderful range of beautiful bouquets designed specifically to help charitable causes.