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 (24in) across and reaching a height of up to 360cm (144in). 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 - even if just to impress the neighbours as the enormous flowers stand tall well above fence height! Originating in North and South America, sunflowers were worshipped by the ancient Incas as a symbol of their sun god. They reached Europe by the sixteenth century, since when they have been grown in abundance by generations of gardeners and commercial growers for their impressive proportions as well as their highly nutritious seeds and oil. Capable of bringing a touch of sunshine to your garden even when days are dull, they are brimming with optimism and the joys of summer. With enormous dark hearts fringed by glorious bright yellow petals, the flowers soak up the sun and redistribute its goodness in the form of large seeds, which you can roast and eat as a snack, scatter over salads or use in your baking - but don't forget to save some for the birds! When the flowers have reached their peak, hang them up to dry naturally and they will provide a welcome autumn and winter buffet for our feathered friends. However tall they grow, the sturdy, slightly prickly upright stems shouldn't need staking, even in exposed positions, although for peace of mind you may want to provide some support, particularly if you are growing for a competition. The immature flowerheads will follow the sun through the day but once the petals have opened, the flowers will remain facing one direction Supplied as a packet of 25 (approx.) seeds ready to sow indoors or outdoors. For best results, sow the seeds outdoors, directly into their flowering position, to allow the roots to establish firmly with uninterrupted growth. Choose a sunny, sheltered spot with well-draining soil. If necessary, add plenty of well-rotted manure or compost to the ground before planting. Sow from March to May either indoors for planting out in June to July, or outdoors directly into their growing position. These hardy annuals will flower from June to September, in the same year as sowing.
A native of British meadows and fields, this gardeners' favourite is loved by butterflies & bees. Relive childhood memories of golden fields of corn, peppered with the bright blue cornflowers and the gentle hum of busy pollinators on a bright summer's day. Quick and easy to grow, this colourful British favourite is ideal for naturalising and will attract bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects. Also known as Batchelors Buttons, 'Blue Ball', is a showy annual is a slender, dainty plant with sky-blue flowers. Perfect for punctuating wild gardens or meadows with colour. Ideal too to get kids interested in gardening or for time-strapped gardeners who want results without the effort! A hardy annual, cornflowers will grow and flower in the same year (or the following year if sown late in the year). Excellent as a cut flower, you can add a bunch to a vase or use them in mixed bouquets. Never before has it been so important to protect pollinators such as bees, and this wildflower is ideal to encourage them into your garden. Bees are invaluable for pollinating a whole range of plants and especially useful for kitchen gardens to enable the formation of many fruits and vegetables. Take a look at our bee book for more details on these fascinating insects. Growing to 60cm (24in). Sow outdoors, March-May or August-October, directly where they are to flower. Flowers July - September. Supplied as a pack of approx. 180 seeds. Native grown seed not taken from the wild.
Snowdrops In The Green - the guaranteed way to succeed with these early spring flowering beauties! The earliest and bravest of all flowering Spring bulbs, the delicate snowdrop with its tiny white petals and green-tinged centres bursts in bloom when the weather is at its very harshest. While all around it lies decidedly dormant, this cheery, fresh-faced little fellow brightens the gloomiest of looking gardens. These beautiful 'Double-flowered' snowdrops take the snowdrop to the next level - inside of the flower head, you'll find another, smaller, delicate flower creating ruffles of pure white petals with pale green details. Difficult to grow from just the dry bulbs found in garden centres, the best way to ensure success is to plant Snowdrops while they are still in leaf otherwise known as in the green. The soil surrounding the bulbs contains a special fungus encouraging a strong and vigorous new root system. By planting in this way you can look forward to a stunning display in your garden from the very first season!
Snowdrops In The Green - the guaranteed way to succeed with these early spring flowering beauties! The earliest and bravest of all flowering Spring bulbs, the delicate snowdrop with its tiny white petals and green-tinged centres bursts in bloom when the weather is at its very harshest. While all around it lies decidedly dormant, this cheery, fresh-faced little fellow brightens the gloomiest of looking gardens. Difficult to grow from just the dry bulbs found in garden centres, the best way to ensure success is to plant Snowdrops while they are still in leaf otherwise known as in the green. The soil surrounding the bulbs contains a special fungus encouraging a strong and vigorous new root system. By planting in this way you can look forward to a stunning display in your garden from the very first season!
Helianthus 'Sunbelievable (TM)' is just that - a plant with truly unbelievable flower power! The first ever-blooming annual sunflower, it certainly packs a punch with hundreds of gloriously golden sunflowers each with a mahogany centre 'eye'. You'll be amazed how it just blooms and blooms and blooms - from early summer right up until the first frosts. A multiple-branching sunflower, the large, golden-yellow flowers are 8-10cm (3-4in) across and are held above richly coloured foliage that deepens in hue over time, really setting the garden aflame with dazzling tones and sizzling exuberance. Supplied as a large plant in a 3L pot - the largest size currently available - in bud and ready to be planted up, this is a superb value-for-money plant - we've joked that if a plant was on steroids, this would be the result! 'Sunbelievable (TM)' is perfect for growing in containers or in flower borders, where this new introduction produces an abundance of pollen-free flowers on multi-branched stems, so you'll have more than enough to bring into your home! As well as many international awards, Helianthus 'Sunbelievable (TM)' picked up third place finalist in the prestigious 2018 RHS Chelsea Flower Show Plant of the Year Competition, proving that it has what it takes to make a garden winner. With a long flowering season - non-stop from May until the first frosts - it's reliable, robust and easy to grow, so is ideal for first-time gardeners and seasoned veterans alike! With the promise of over 1,000 blooms in a year, one of our growers at the nursery said he gave up counting at 1,000 in July...so we know first-hand that it has the potential for truly unbelievable garden performance all summer long. And the secret to the success of this amazing plant? Well that's down to its inability to set seed - a good thing if you don't want to be constantly weeding out unwanted seedlings - but also it means that all of the plant's energy goes into flower production - win-win if you ask us! Growing to a height and spread of 60cm (2ft), 'Sunbelievable' will behave itself and not seed everywhere which makes it a perfect low maintenance plant for any gardener.
This fantastic Edible Flowers Seed Kit is a perfect and super easy way to grow your own gorgeous and tasty flowers for garnishes and teas at home. Not only are the flower varieties in this fabulous kit gorgeous and colourful, but they are simply delicious when used as a garnish on salads and desserts, but also when dried and infused is tea. Using innovative seed discs grow five beautiful and delicious edible flower varieties including chamomile, nasturtium, lavender, marigold, and pansy. This kit comes complete with seed discs, re-useable coloured pots, compost discs, plant labels and a handy bottle top watering spout. The seed discs are made up of the herb seeds and biodegradable paper that are very easy to handle. Very easy to use, you don't even need to worry about spacing you seeds correctly, washing them away when you water them or thinning once the seedling start to emerge. Because they are biodegradable, there is no waste when it comes to re-potting all your growing plants. Not only are the seed discs bio-degradable but the durable plastic pots and sow markers are made from recycled materials meaning they can be used for years to come and the handy bottle top watering spout fits on top of your old plastic water bottles to create mini watering cans that you can also use on your house plants. Supplied as a complete kit including: 5 x seed discs, 5x re-useable coloured pots, 5x compost discs, 5x plant labels, 1x bottle top watering spout and 1x instruction leaflet.
Bowles Mauve is one of those plants that every garden should have! It produces wave after wave of flower spikes, each one covered in pretty mauve-purple blooms. It will flower for 9 whole months of the year from February through to October! Perfect for planting in sunny beds and borders, or in rock gardens and raised beds, where it will add height as well as glorious colour. It will attract a whole host of beneficial insects bees, butterflies and more they will pollinate your whole garden! Very easy to grow and care for, it is perfect for beginners and busy gardeners. We will deliver these established plants to your door, ready to thrive this year.
The spectacular, pure white flowers of 'Snow Queen' are a sight to behold. With a centre filled with striking, long feathery filaments, the magnificent blooms grow to 13cm (5in) across and remain open for at least two or three days, unlike most Passion Flowers that last for just one day. Perfect for growing over an obelisk or pergola, up a trellis or over a fence and incredible growing up into a tree, 'Snow Queen' will thrive in borders and can also be grown in a pot on the patio or on a balcony - so anyone can grow this stunning climber. An absolute must-have for your garden, 'Snow Queen' is completely winter hardy to -8°C and its glossy, lobed leaves are evergreen to semi evergreen depending on temperature. During a severe winter it may lose some or even all of its leaves, but they'll grow back quickly the following spring. It's so easy to care for and this vigorous climber will flourish in a dry sunny location with free draining soil. Supplied as an established plant, 1.4m tall in a 3L pot, ready for planting, reaching over 4m (13ft) in height and 2m (6½ft) wide.
Brighten up you garden with this stunning collection of Large Flowering Clematis. As each plant blooms at different times in the season, these are a must-have for season long colour in your garden. A proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience, you can plant these clematis in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come, the perfect choice of climber for covering unsightly fences with fabulous blooms. Here you will get one each of - Clematis 'Candy stripe' - Light lilac blooms with pink striped petals. Clematis 'Sunset'- Beautiful plumy-pink star shaped flowers. Clematis 'Sylvia Denny'- Pure white double and semi-double blooms. Clematis 'Mrs Cholmondeley' - Large lavender blooms with glossy green foliage Growing fairly quickly, just plant them anywhere where they can ramble - pergolas and arches or even old tree stumps are ideal - and you'll be rewarded with lots of large blooms starting as early as May all the way through to September. Supplied as four established plants in a 9cm pots, ready for planting.
A beautiful large flowered deciduous climber, 'Mrs Cholmondeley' is a clematis that will not fail to impress. Made up of gorgeous purple blooms, it is guaranteed to provide an impressive display throughout the summer months. This clematis blooms all the way along its stems, resulting in a proliferation of large, lavender petals with cream antlers from the ground upwards, starting in May and flowering all the way through the summer to September. This climber is a beautiful feature for fences, trellises, and arches and is especially effective in containers. Fully deserving of it 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. 'Mrs Cholmondeley' will thrive in a sunny spot, where it can be trained up trellis for a vertical wall effect or allow to naturally wind its way through beds and borders. Easy to maintain, you just trim the stems back to 15cm (6in) in February or March. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for planting.
'Sylvia Denny' is a beautiful large flowered deciduous climber that will not fail to impress. Made up of double, semi-double and single blooms, this is a clematis that will certainly provide an impressive display throughout the summer months. This clematis blooms all the way along its stems, resulting in a proliferation of large, pure white flowers from the ground upwards, starting in May and June, and then once again during late August and September. The second flowering consists of smaller single blooms. This climber is a beautiful feature for fences, trellises, and arches and is especially effective in containers. 'Sylvia Denny' will thrive in a sunny spot, where it can be trained up trellis for a vertical wall effect or allow to naturally wind its way through beds and borders. Easy to maintain, you just trim the stems back to 15cm (6in) in February or March. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for planting.
A deciduous climber, the 'Sunset' Clematis will make a perfect addition to your garden thanks to its bright and beautiful floral display. Large, star shaped flowers cover this compact, medium-sized plant giving an impressive show throughout the summer months. This compact clematis blooms all the way along its stems, resulting in a proliferation of large, plumy-pink, star-shaped flowers from the ground upwards, starting in late June all the way through to early September. A beautiful feature for fences, trellises, and arches and is especially effective in containers. 'Sunset' will thrive in a sunny spot, where it can be trained up trellis for a vertical wall effect or allow to naturally wind its way through beds and borders, and at it grown to just 150cm it will always be easy to control. Just trim the stems back to 15cm (6in) in February or March. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for planting.