This 'Dutch Master' Collection is a selection of magnificent tulips and daffodils is bright, contrasting colours that will shout out for attention. Vibrant yellow and red clash spectacularly with deep purple tulips, whilst the gentle cream and yellow of the narcissus brings a little calm. A bold colour combination that will definitely brighten up your spring planting. Tulip 'Washington' is a Triumph tulip, a cross between two exceptional varieties, Single Early and Darwin, creating an extremely robust tulip with superb weather resistance. The large, cup shaped flowers are bright golden yellow with rich scarlet streaks. You'll receive 10 bulbs, size 10/11, growing to a height of 45 cm (18 in) and spread of 15 cm (6 in). Tulip 'Purple Crystal' is a stunning fringed tulip with wonderfully rich burgundy purple flowers that have a darker purple frill around the edge of each petal, giving it a superb texture. You'll receive 10 bulbs, size 10/11, growing to a height of 40 cm (16 in) and spread of 15 cm (6 in). Narcissus 'White Lion' a holder of an RHS Award of Garden Merit, this daffodil has gorgeous double flowers with alternating layers of cream and pale yellow petals and a deliciously sweet fragrance. You will receive 10 bulbs, size 12/14, reaching a height of 40 cm (16 in) and spread of 15 cm (6 in). Easy to grow in sun or partial shade, in borders or large pots with free-draining soil, plant them in autumn to flower in spring. They will give you a superb display which will get better every year as they begin to naturalise and spread. If you prefer, the tulips can be dug up and stored over winter.
Quite possibly one of the most colourful of the creeping phloxes, this dainty, evergreen perennial is a versatile solution for a colourful spring garden, perfect for planting in drifts for a carpet of colour through April and into May or dotted around to fill gaps and keep weeds at bay. With an abundance of 5-petalled star-like flowers along with distinctive needle-like leaves, each plant will spread to 60cm (2ft) across and is the perfect choice for rock gardens and for edging paths and borders. Also known as creeping moss phlox, you can grow it in mixed borders in full sun as well as in all manner of containers - it really is a plant for every occasion. As well as making an invaluable groundcover plant and weed suppressant, hardy carpet phlox is a low or no maintenance hardy plant needing very little in the way of aftercare, making it the perfect plant for those new to gardening or with no time for faddy garden divas. This collection is made up of 4 different varieties: 'Candy Stripe' - Pink with white stripes. 'Emerald Cushion Blue' - Pale lavender blue. 'McDaniels Cushion' - Bright pink. 'White Delight' - Pure white. Supplied as collection of 12 x Plug Plants, 3 of each variety, ready to pot on or plant out.
Aquilegia, often called the Columbine or granny's Bonnet is a quintessential favourite in cottage style gardens. They are beautiful perennials with incredibly intricate flowers, rising on long, straight stems above mounds of scalloped grey-green foliage. In this collection: Aquilegia Vulgaris 'Winky Blue White': Each flower has eye-catching purple-blue outer petals and rearward pointing spurs with two-tone blue and white inner petals. Aquilegia Vulgaris 'Winky Red White': With upward facing flowers, they have stunning white tipped, red outer petals and the pointing spurs have two-tone red and white inner petals. Recommended by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators', the late spring and early summer flowers are a favourite with butterflies and bees. They are best grown in partial shade and your Aquilegia plants prefer moist but well drained soil. They do well in containers too and make delightful cut flowers, lasting well in a vase. Aquilegia readily self-seed, and you'll notice them popping up all over your garden, increasing your collection, and they're ideal gifts for your gardening friends! Supplied as 2 x established plants in 9cm pots, ready for planting out, growing to a height of 60cm (2ft).
Echinacea, also known as the Coneflower, are hardy perennials that flower at the height of summer and continue until the first autumn frosts. The name refers to the cone-shaped centre of the large, brightly coloured flowers. Not only are they beautifully, they're also one of the best plants you can grow for attracting all manner of wildlife into your garden. In this collection: Echinacea Hybrida Papallo Lemon - Produces classic daisy-like single Echinacea flowers, with vibrant yellow petals packed around a green-yellow central cone. Echinacea Hybrida 'Papallo Orange' - With its spectacular, daisy-like single flowers with fiery orange, backward swept petals around a darker orange central cone. They are perfect for late season colour and flowering from July until September. Carried on long, straight, and sturdy stems, they are wonderful cut flowers and are adored by bees and butterflies and once they fade, birds will feast on the seeds, so try to resist the temptation to deadhead the later season blooms. Popular in cottage garden planting, they're perfectly at home in borders and pots, and look spectacular planted in groups, returning year after year to give you a stunning display. Supplied as 2 x established plants in 9cm pots, ready for planting, reaching a height of 70cm (2½ft) and a spread of 50cm (20in).
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.
'Samira' trailing Verbena will make a superb filler for all of your patio displays, giving a full look whatever the shape or size of the container. In fact, many of the very best professional growers specifically use Verbena to give hanging baskets and patio containers a sumptuous, full look that allows them to charge extra! These 4 vigorous varieties have been carefully selected from the best available because of their extraordinary colour range, fantastic flowering displays and the extra-long season the blooms are produced over. The delicate, serrated foliage grows in between all of the other plants in the container and also acts as a perfect foil for any brightly coloured bloomers! The long-lasting flowers open progressively from the bottom of the bloom and work towards the tip over several days so the visual impact is maximized. Varieties Included: Bright Pink, Purple Eye, Pink Twister and Red. Supplied as 12 x plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
Add drama to you hanging baskets with this gorgeous selection of Lofos plugs. The lovely trumpet-shaped flowers contrast brilliantly with the lush green foliage and look incredibly tropical. Lofos is a very fast grower, with the foliage tending to establish first and then, once the warm summer days arrive in June, the pretty flowers will commence, continuing thereafter right until first frost in the autumn. A very special and unusual summer flowering plant and if you have never grown it before, its one that is not to be missed! In this collection you will receive: 4x Lofos 'Wine Red' plugs - Beautiful dark pink - almost red blooms with heart shaped foliage. 4x Lofos 'Compact Pink' plugs - Bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers with trailing foliage. 4x Lofos 'Compact White' plugs - Long impressive vines with creamy-white blooms. Flowering from June all the way through to September, these trailing blooms are sure to create a dazzling display! Supplied as 12x plugs, ready plant.
Now more than ever is the time to grow something tasty from home and this is your chance to grow your very own crop of incredibly tasty blueberries on your patio - yummy! This veritable super food is believed to carry all manner of health benefits and is recommended by health experts and dietitians accordingly. Packed full of vitamins and minerals as well as antioxidants, they are not only really good for you, but they taste great too! Besides tasting great, blueberries will also provide true season-long interest for your garden with wonderfully fragrant tubular blossom in spring, followed by delicious fruits that form and colour up ready for picking from June onwards. This collection will provide 3 months of harvest from June until August with each bush providing up to 5kg (over 10lbs) of fruit per season once fully established. Blueberries make brilliant patio plants and will grow perfectly in pots. Do remember to use ericaceous (slightly acidic pH) compost though as all blueberries are lime intolerant. In autumn, the foliage will provide a bright flourish of scarlet colour before falling off for the winter. The collection comprises 3 varieties, selected for their wide continuous harvest period and ease of growth in your home garden. Varieties Included: Early: 'New Hanover' - The earliest cropping and a heavy cropper with fruits of a good size but with a wild blueberry flavour delicious! Mid: Blueberry 'Blueray' - A popular, tasty mid-season cropper providing big crops of juicy sweet fruits. Late: 'Ozark Blue' - The latest cropper within our collection providing a big crop of delicious berries it is one of the most popular varieties and a real favourite of chefs!
Turn up the heat with this fabulous collection of plants with their fiery hot colours in shades of yellow, orange and red. Chosen to compliment each other wonderfully, you'll have thousands of flowers from early summer and well into the autumn Nasturtium 'Jewel Mixed' Fabulous semi-double blooms in joyous shades of yellow, peachy orange and red are what make these mixed-colour nasturtiums a must-have for bringing vibrant colour to your summer garden. The showy, saucer-shaped flowers are streaked with darker flushes in their centres and stand bold and upright above rich green, bushy foliage. One of the easiest and most satisfying annuals you can grow. Grows to 30cm. 35 Seeds. Californian Poppy 'Monarch Art Shades' is a compact and wonderfully colourful addition to the summer garden.The plants produces double or semi-double flowers in powerful shades of orange. Perfect in pots and at the front of borders, or scattered amongst your planting to give intense highlights. Grows to 30cm. 350 Seeds. Sunflower 'Titan' True to its name, this giant among sunflowers is one of the tallest you can grow, with huge, long-lasting daisy-shaped blooms measuring up to 60cm across and reaching a height of up to 360cm. Having the best record-breaking potential, this heirloom variety is the obvious choice for nurturing children's interest in gardening as well as for indulging your competitive streak. 25 Seeds. Calendula 'Art Shades' masses of frilly petalled, fully double blooms in shades of creamy peach, orange, gold and yellow. They are hugely attractive to many beneficial insects, so make a great companion plant for your kitchen garden and the petals are edible, with a slightly peppery taste. Grows to 30cm. 200 Seeds.
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Hardy, vigorous and late flowering, these cottage garden favourites are perfect for adding colour to beds in late summer and autumn. With their naturally spreading habit, these perennial asters (or Michaelmas Daisies as they are often called), will quickly spread to fill the front of borders, at a time when many other flowers are beginning to fade!