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 exotic looking multi-layered flowers of Passion Flowers bely their ease of growing and their toughness and resilience- these are hardy once established, but in colder areas grow against a South facing wall or in large pots. A fabulous lush evergreen climber and alternative to Clematis, for covering walls, arches and trellises. The lovely two tone blue and white flowers are very waxy and long lasting, their amazing purple detail a joy to behold. Grow in a pot up a trellis or obelisk, it will thrive outside, and will happily perform year after year. Supplied well grown at over 1m of plant already.
An incredible mix of dwarf bedding zinnias that will leave your garden literally bursting with colour! Zinnia marylandica 'Zahara Mixed' tolerates both wet and dry summer weather with astonishing resilience, and shows good tolerance to disease too. These sturdy plants are larger than other plugs so they can be planted straight out in the garden provided that there are no forecasts of frost. Vibrant and free-flowering, these Zinnia plants are perfect for filling containers, baskets and borders without the need for growing on.
Flowers attract insects by providing them with two rich sources of food - nectar and pollen, which provide the complete diet for both the adult bees and their larvae. Other insects such as various beetles, bugs, butterflies and moths visit flowers to feed on pollen and nectar Empathy Mini Meadow with rootgrow is the ideal way to achieve perfect habitat for pollinating insects. Suitable for all size gardens All you require is a 10sq.m2 patch of garden and you can have your own Mini Meadow. How to sow your mini meadow:Ideal for sowing in the Spring or Autumn. 1. Wild flowers can be sensitive to competition from weeds and so prepare your ground by clearing weeds and other debris. 2. Rake over an area of 10m2 to level the soil leaving a rough surface for the seeds to fall into. 3. Broadcast the contents of the packet across the prepared area and lightly rake to cover. 4. Keep well watered. Seeds included are: Yarrow, Corn Cockle, Cornflower, Common Knapweed, Foxglove, Viper's Bugloss, Lady's Bedstraw, Corn Marigold, Oxeye Daisey, Field Forget-me-not, Common Poppy, Selfheal, Meadow Buttercup, Red Campion, White Campion, Salad Burnet, Great Mullein.
Beautiful, deep blue florets stand proud on tall stalks each summer on this outstanding African Lily. Agapanthus ?Flower of Love?, being a hardy perennial, will flower year after year, getting larger and stronger with each passing season. These reliable plants are low maintenance so they will give you the maximum reward in your garden for a minimum of effort and perform really well when confined to a patio container, the restriction of the roots actually encourage it to produce flowers! The long leaves will remain evergreen too so even when it?s not in bloom it will help provide groundcover and structure to beds. Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 60cm (24).
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
Tough, compact and reliable - this short-lived perennial is an ideal addition to your garden, growing in all types of soil. Plant them straight into flower beds, borders and planters to create a brilliant display of fragrant colour throughout spring. Ht. 40cm. Supplied as bare roots.
This fabulous craft kit is a superb idea that will keep children thoroughly entertained for hours! The set contains everything they will need to create a stunning bouquet of 48 multi-coloured foam flowers (including eight different kinds of flowers!). There's no need for glue or even scissors! It all just pops apart and goes creatively together! This crafting set is great at promoting concentration, creativity and visual perception skills Box size: 31cm x 23cm x 4cm
Admired for their exotic blooms, resembling birds with bright plumage, which make vibrant, long lasting cut flowers. The stately blue green, deeply ribbed foliage makes an attractive foil for their magnificent flowers. Exquisite specimens for the greenhouse and conservatory, or for a bright windowsill indoors. Move them outside during summer for a striking talking point on the patio!
Flowering Cherry Kiku Shidare Zakura will transform your garden for years to come with its incredibly beautiful year-round displays! Also known as Cheal's Weeping, this deciduous beauty bursts into life in early spring with burnished-bronze leaves, quickly followed by clusters of pretty pink, double flowers that completely smother each elegant, arching branch. Has a very pronounced weeping habit, so perfect for smaller gardens. Then, as you sit out in your garden in mid-summer, you'll see the leaves turn glossy and green, then fade to fiery orange-red in a jaw-dropping autumn show! Simply spectacular!
Extremely popular for the wave upon wave of flowers they produce, and their compact growth and high disease resistance, the Flower Carpet range of roses are simply the best ground-cover roses you can buy! This variety produces masses of golden-yellow blooms, over a long period each summer. They look simply spectacular against its rich green foliage. It is perfect for low borders or patio pots. Colour: Golden-yellow Fragrance: 4/10 Height: 60cm Width: 80cm Flowers: May-Sept