Eschscholzia are best known by their common name of Californian Poppy, alluding to their bright blooms and delicate, papery petals. Californian Poppy 'Sun Shades' is a dazzler! Its bright orange blooms appear above feathery, blue-green foliage, attracting pollinating insects to their summer nectar.
Affectionately known as Black Eyed Susan, this twining annual makes a popular and eye-catching summer climber. Thunbergia alata 'Salmon Shades' is a pretty colour mix with gentle terracotta shades of pink, orange, cream and apricot, each with a characteristic dark eye.
This hardy evergreen perennial Dianthus deltoides 'Brilliancy' forms a dense mat of soft green foliage which acts as a fantastic ground cover and effective weed suppressant through the year. From late spring, it wakes up with a profusion of beautiful, vibrant crimson red flowers with delicate pinked edges, then just keeps on blooming continuously throughout the entire season and well into autumn.
Aster ericoides 'Schneetanne' produces a haze of small white daisy-like flowers with quirky pin-cushion centres from August to November extending the season of interest in your garden will please the nectar loving bees and butterflies too. The informal style of Heath Asters lends them to prairie style planting, cottage garden borders or wildlife gardens. They will also be perfect as ground cover plants in a sunny spot. Height: 50cm (20). Spread: 1m (39).
Description for Verbascum phlomoides 'Snow Maiden' not available
This variety of Old Man's Beard produces flowers notable for their size. In June and July, Clematis 'Destiny' displays large, pure white blooms with contrasting purple anthers. You can then enjoy a second flush of these flowers in the late summer, which makes the hardy shrub a valuable source of long-lasting interest in any sunny cottage garden. Height: 1.5m (4'11). Spread: 1m (3'). Pruning group 2.
New Design' is a reliably flowering tulip with classic, cup-shaped blooms upon sturdy stems. The petals are a delightful soft pink flushed with white and primrose-yellow. A superb addition to beds, borders and containers and excellent for cutting. Ht. 40-50cm. Supplied as bulbs.
Feathery panicles float above a dense clump of linear, evergreen leaves to form a cloud of ornamental seedheads. An undemanding grass that looks particularly effective in mixed borders.
Desmodium is one of the few plants capable of rapid movement, and has enraptured plant hunters and naturalists for centuries. Even more astoundingly, and still unexplained by science, the foliage will also respond to certain sounds. Height 90cm (30in).
When it blooms in the spring and summer, Calendula 'Art Shades' is a wonderful addition to cottage garden borders. The annual's double, textured blooms also make for a great indoor display, where they will add exotic shades of orange, purple and white to any vase arrangement. What's more, this English Marigold's flowers are edible. Their petals can therefore be used as a colourful addition to salads, delighting chefs and gardeners alike. Height: 6cm (2'). Spread: 20cm (8).
An easy to grow annual excellent for bedding and borders. Large, frilled blooms in unusual shades ranging through apricot, orange, primrose and cream. Long-flowering in many garden situations and also makes a good cut flower.
Fabulous trailing verbena with lacy foliage and pretty flowers in a wide range of colours. Easy to germinate and enjoying a long flowering period, this is a perfect addition to any corner of the garden. With good drought tolerance and an easy spreading habit, it is ideal for ground cover in borders and rockeries, as well as performing well in baskets and containers