Growing your own fruit and veg couldn't be easier and you can Enjoy an abundance of tasty and tangy tomatoes all summer long with this collection. These tasty fruits can be picked and eaten straight from the plant or used in your cooking. A fantastic source of vitamin C and antioxidants, what is better that home-grown, healthy tomatoes? Tomato Shirley: A cordon variety, they are a home-grower's favourite and a fantastic, versatile all-rounder, that will see you get bountiful crops of medium-sized, bright red, juicy fruits. Produced on large trusses, tomato Shirley will fruit most prolifically when side shoots are pinched out as this will encourage them to have an upright central stem. Whether grown in an unheated greenhouse or outdoors, your fruits will ripen from July onwards to give a continuous crop. Easy to grow and with excellent disease resistance, 'Shirley' has a lovely sweet, rich flavour perfect for salads, sandwiches, and sauces. Tomato Gardeners Delight: A cropping, super-sweet, large cherry tomato is a top choice for both the beginner and experienced vegetable grower. An indeterminate variety (needs support), it can be reliably grown in a greenhouse or outdoors, producing and abundance of long trailing vines that will be ready for cropping from early summer right into October. 'Gardener's Delight' will reward with super-sweet, richly flavoured fruits with red, glossy skins - perfect for salads and sandwiches as well as for cooking. Easy to grow, all they need is a sturdy support and some pinching out of sets to encourage a tall, upright central stem. Tomato Moneymaker: An extremely popular variety of tomato, 'Money Maker' is a favourite amongst home-grower's, producing heavy crops delicious, bright red, medium-sized fruits. Another cordon variety, they will also grow at their best when side shoots are pinched out. Each plant will then produce a succession of fruit-laden trusses that ripen from July to October providing a continuous crop. Easy to grow and with excellent disease resistance, they can be grown in either an unheated greenhouse or outdoors. 'Money Maker' is a great variety to grow and is very popular thanks to its heavy cropping, delicious flavour and uniformed fruits, a great choice for adding to your favourite dishes. Supplied as 12 x Plug Plants (4 of each variety), ready to grow on before planting out, reaching a height of 2m.
Never has there been a better time to plant a herb garden and reap the benefits of producing your own fresh, healthy food. And, of course, they are a pleasure to grow and make a pretty display. Making use of home gardens for kitchen produce has always been a sensible thing to do and this collection of 12 plug plants provides an easy and enjoyable way to establish some fabulous herb varieties. They are easy to grow and harvest, take up very little space and give you almost instant results - there's no hanging about for months while they mature! Growing your own herbs will encourage you to be more creative with your cooking and perhaps explore other ways to be inventive with herbs. Try drying any surplus for use in the kitchen through the winter months - even when dried, their flavour will be more authentic and intense than shop-bought herbs. You can even mix the dried leaves together as an aromatic pot pourri for your home. Planting herbs is also a great way to get the kids involved in gardening - and they will enjoy eating the results! This mixed collection of 12 plug plants provides one of the simplest ways of growing attractive herbs for pleasure and culinary use. It includes 7 of the more popular kitchen garden varieties: Mint, Thyme, Sage, Garlic Chives, Parsley, Tarragon and Rosemary.
Never has there been a better time to Grow Your Own and reap the benefits of producing your own fresh, healthy food. Making use of home gardens has always been a sensible thing to do, but now more than ever, produce picked and eaten from your own plot has never been a better idea! Growing Herbs is an easy way to introduce your family to the benefits of gardening. They're easy to grow and harvest, take up very little space and give you almost instant results - no hanging about for months while they mature! It's also a great way to get the kids involved - especially if you're struggling to find things to keep them occupied. For adults, growing herbs can lead to other interests such as cooking, herbalism and of course gardening. A herb garden is one of the simplest ways to grow and enjoy a whole range of fragrant herbs and a collection of herbs in a decorative container is an ideal solution when placed in a sunny spot near your house. This mixed collection of 12 plug plants will give you a great introduction to the fantastic world of herbs and contains a mixture of the following: Garden Mint Mentha x piperita Oregano Origanum vulgare 'Diabolo'Sage Salvia officinalis 'Fortado' (R)Thyme Thymus vulgaris 'Faustini'
Like many things in America, it seems the bigger, bolder and brassier the better! And the same is true of Jumbo Flowered American Fuchsias - a must for every summer flowering display! So many keen gardeners consider any hanging basket incomplete without at least some fuchsias, so if you have grown fuchsia before and liked them, you will certainly love these giants too. With layer upon layer of delicate petals they are breathtakingly beautiful and always draw admiring glances. A regular best-seller with our customers, they simply perform year in year out, whatever our summer weather throws at us. Each collection contains 3 plants each of: 'Voodoo' - deepest ruffled purple centres, with bright red sepals. 'Swingtime' - bright red and white. 'Bella Rosella' - tousled deep pink petals. 'Deep Purple' - rich purple with a hint of magenta. These 4 varieties have been selected for their huge flower size and summer long performance and beautiful colour combinations. They always look best when planted up where they can trail and you can look up in to the blooms, as they cascade over the side of baskets. Follow the crowd, and see why Jumbo Flowered American Fuchsias are lighting up British gardens too! Supplied as 12 x plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
Hostas offer a wide range of leaf shapes, textures and forms, all topped off with a display of summer flower spikes. These resilient, easy to grow, hardy perennials will reward you with fresh colourful foliage each spring, lasting right through to autumn. Our Hardy Hosta Collection will make a statement in beds, borders and containers, or create contrast against the flowering plants in your displays.Your collection will include: Hosta 'Francee', 'September Sun', 'Marmalade on Toast', 'Brim Cup' and 'Frances Williams'.Plant up your bare roots on arrival, so they establish ready to produce a fantastic display.
This Dahlia Lubega collection is the perfect way to add a bright selection of colour to your garden. Blooming earlier than the standard types of Dahlia, they are versatile, all-round garden performers, making them a great choice for anyone to grow. With uniformly large, bright, and bold blooms which contrast magically with the glossy leaves - it's little wonder that these dahlias are proving to be a hit as indoor plants too as they remain naturally compact. Great in borders, but also perfectly suited to pots thanks to their compact nature. The huge, colourful blooms will dazzle you, and their early flowering period means that you will have dahlias to pick before anyone else. Vigorous and self-branching, these gorgeous flowers are very easy to grow, this is because no pinching is necessary and the large, double blooms cover the plant all season giving you great results with no effort. 2 x 'Lubega Burgundy' plugs 2 x 'Lubega Purple White' plugs 2 x 'Lubega Special White' plugs 2 x 'Lubega Power Red' plugs 2 x 'Lubega Power Rose' plugs 2 x 'Lubega Power Yellow' plugs Supplied as 12 x plug plants, ready for potting up and growing on before planting out when all risk of frost has passed.
Tumbelina Petunias are the original and still the best double, trailing, fragrant petunias. Their carnation-like flowers have masses of gorgeous petals that layer upon each other creating the perfect summer patio display, unlike any other available. The varieties in this collection have been chosen for their gorgeous heady perfume which will fill the air wherever you grow them. Plant them in hanging baskets, window boxes and patio containers where they will excel. Their gently trailing habit means they will tidily tumble over the edge of the container and trail for approx. 30cm (1ft), with flowers along the full length of the branches. They will flower from late May to the first frosts and require only occasional dead-heading to prolong displays. Bred in The UK near Cambridge, they have been rigorously trialled, tested and proven to grow brilliantly in this country in our variable Summers. Varieties Included: Priscilla, Belinda, Joanna, Melissa, Katrina and Margarita. Supplied as 12 plug plants 2 of each variety, ready to grow on before planting out.
Plant this desirable perennial in a sunny or slightly shaded spot and you can enjoy a succession of brightly coloured bell-shaped flowers that are carried on short, upright spikes throughout summer and into autumn. A classic cottage garden perennial that is totally winter hardy and easy to grow. Perfect for beginners and experienced gardeners alike, you're guaranteed masses of spectacular flowers which can also be cut for your home. Superb grown in beds and borders alongside other perennials or among ornamental grasses, Penstemon likes well-drained soil and forms large clumps in time, rewarding you with even more flowers. Looking after them is easy; occasionally dead-head fading blooms to prolong the display and cover plants with a dry mulch of compost in late autumn to keep roots snug and protected from frost. Varieties Included: Heavenly Blue - A low mound of leaves absolutely smothered in electric-blue flowers with a hint of pink. King George V - A robust penstemon with stocky growth, covered in red flowers with a white throat. Snowstorm - An upright penstemon with bright green leaves and beautiful white bells tipped with pink. Raven - One of the darkest penstemons with dramatic trumpets of deepest purple.Supplied as 12 x plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
A very old variety of rose, Rosa gallica 'Versicolor'(or Rosa mundi, the French Rose), is a compact, bushy rose with matt, mid-green leaves and highly fragrant blooms, produced in small clusters from early summer. The semi-double flowers are quite large with stripes of pink, white and fuchsia, making a powerful statement in the garden. Bushes are quite compact and are perfect for growing in pots, beds and borders and they also make very attractive, informal hedges. Not just a pretty face, this was one of the first roses to be cultivated in Europe, and is often referred to as Rosa mundi, purportedly named after Rosamund Clifford, mistress of Henry II. Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come. Supplied as a 3L potted plant ready for immediate planting, will reach approx. 100cm x 100cm
This unusual plant will help deter cats and other unwanted pests from entering and fouling your garden. Coleus Canina works by emitting an odour that cats in particular find incredibly offensive and therefore disappear back out of your gate or over the fence! It will be at its most effective when planted in a sunny spot, because the odour gets stronger the hotter the leaves become - fortunately the odour is barely obvious to humans! Coleus Canina is incredibly easy to grow and will thrive on a high degree of neglect because it is a naturally drought tolerant plant. It even has the added bonus of producing attractive blue flowers during the summer months and in to early autumn. Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
Try dotting our Ultimate Spring Bulb Collection around your garden borders ? you?ll love the way they pop up to surprise you from February right through to May!
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. A lovely collection of gorgeous summer and early autumn-flowering shrubs for years of colour & fragrance, featuring a mix of flower colours, giving interest from May through to September, this collection includes customer favourites which are particularly adored for their scent and colour. 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 feature plants, but all with the absolute minimum of fuss. Supplied as a set of 6 different varieties of plug plants, ready to pot up and grow on for planting out next year - some will be dormant and have no or few leaves in winter. 1 plant each of: Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Heavenly Blue'Known commonly as bluebeard, this is a compact, upright shrub with arching branches of grey-green leaves and clusters of dainty, dark blue flowers1m x 1.5m Fl August - September Cistus corbariensisAffectionally called the Rockrose, this bushy, evergreen shrub has wavy-edged leaves and produces white flowers with yellow centres through the summer1m x 1.5m Fl June - August Cotoneaster dammeriThe Bearberry is a sprawling, evergreen shrub spreading to 2.5m, with small, rounded leaves and dainty white flowers that are followed by bright red berries0.5m x 2.5m Fl May - June Escallonia x hybrid 'Apple Blossom' AGMA compact, evergreen shrub, with small, glossy dark green leaves and cup-shaped pink flowers. Great when planted as a screen or hedge.2.5m x 2.5m Fl June - July Hypericum x hidcoteense 'Hidcote' AGMSt John's wort is a bushy semi-evergreen shrub much loved by florists for decoration. Its yellow saucer-shaped blooms are followed by sprays of distinctive berries in August.1.5m x 1.5m Fl June - September Spiraea japonica 'Anthony Waterer'Is an upright deciduous shrub with narrow, sometimes variegated leaves in shades of cream and pink, with deep rosy-pink flowers in late summer1.5m x 1.5m Fl May - August