Create incredible Spring displays as early as this April with these stunning Magnolia shrubs. Their heady perfume fills the air and the range of colours and formats makes this a perfect starter collection. And, whilst they love garden soil, they will happily grow almost anywhere - they look stunning in pots on your patio. Despite their connoisseur status, anyone can achieve truly amazing displays with these easy-to-grow Magnolias. Compact and slow-growing, they remain a manageable size for even the smallest garden. Totally winter hardy and perennial, so you can enjoy them year-after-year ... for decades! In your collection: Magnolia stellata: Breathe in deeply. The large white flowers that burst out of the silky, silvery buds that cover the bare branches of the aptly named Star Magnolia during March and April are deliciously fragrant. Slow-growing and compact (3m (10ft) in height and 4m (12ft) across) this plant will thrive in most soils. Magnolia x soulangeana: One of the most popular magnolias you can grow thanks to a succession of huge, tulip-shaped pinky white flowers that smother the branches of this shrub in mid to late spring. They are shown off to great perfection on the spreading bush as they appear before its dark green leaves. Eventually reaching 6m (20ft) by 6m (20ft) wide, it can be pruned to keep within an allotted area. It prefers acidic soil or pots filled with ericaceous compost. Magnolia Susan: A perfect specimen for a small garden, this medium-sized magnolia boasts narrow, goblet-shaped flowers that appear from near purple buds in April. Measuring almost 15cm (6in) across, each deep pink bloom packs a heady scent. It does best in slightly acidic soil or can be planted in containers of ericaceous compost. This upright shrub will grow to 4m (12ft) high by 3m (10ft) across. Supplied as already established potted plants in 9cm pots, ready to plant.
Sweet Peas are consistently voted one of the nations favourite flowers year after year, their evocative scent and ease of growing making them so popular. Here we have created a mix of the most popular colours and shades, including many old-fashioned types, selected primarily for scent when used as cut flowers. These are supplied as 4 plants in each plug - plant them as they are and do not tease apart, and you will end up with bigger and better displays. From earlier plantings before end of March, you can trim them back to encourage side branching and thus more flowers. These Super Fragrant Sweet Pea plants will provide bunch after bunch of long-lasting scented flowers to cut, throughout June and July, making lovely posies in a vase or gifts to friends and family.Supplied as 12 x Multi-Sown Jumbo Plug Plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
Lavender 'Hidcote' is the classic, hardy English perennial, and this much-loved cottage garden favourite will transform your garden with colour and incredible fragrance and flower power! Named after the world-famous garden in The Cotswolds and awarded the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit, this compact variety is a proven winner in UK gardens. Suitable for edging a path or for planting as a fragrant hedge or garden border where its magnificent scent will delight anyone who walks past! A perfect solution to attract bees and other pollinators into your garden, Lavender makes an ideal companion plant if you grow your own fruit and veg It'll stay compact too, reaching 45-60cm (1-2ft) tall so won't take over your garden either. Very hardy, incredibly easy to grow and drought tolerant, a top growing tip is to clip lavender back lightly after the flowers have faded in late summer. Cut the stems back by a few inches, but not so far that the stems are bare of live foliage, and plants will then have time to produce new shoots before winter dormancy. The clippings can then be uses to make fragrant indoor displays and potpourri! This drought-tolerant plant will thrive in a sunny border, container, herb or gravel gardens. If you garden on heavy clay, it is worth adding some grit to improve drainage and to open the soil up. Space plants 90cm (3ft) apart, or if growing a hedge, 30cm (1ft) apart or, 45cm (18in) for larger cultivars. Lavender can be grown in large pots, 30-40cm (1ft-16in) diameter, using a multipurpose or loam-based compost such as JI No 3, with some extra coarse grit, (up to 30%), to improve drainage, along with some controlled release fertiliser granules. Supplied as 20 x super-sized, Garden-Ready plants to provide you with fast results for the minimum amount of effort they've been lovingly nurtured and grown on so that they are ready to plant out immediately. Your lavender plants will be delivered to you in time to create fabulous and long-lasting displays - just plant them straight into your pots, hanging baskets or beds and borders and look forward to great displays with absolutely no fuss.
Sweet Peas in your hanging baskets . . . Yes, now it is possible! This ultra-compact, gorgeously sweetly fragrant variety will fill your whole patio with the unmistakeable fragrance of sweet peas from May until September. In a ravishing mixture of colours, including some bi-colours, it will brighten any part of your garden you plant it, although ideally, it needs to be in a hanging basket or another position where it can trail. The plants have been selected to flower profusely and blooms will appear along every inch of the stems so you will have a globe-shaped display! Note - the Plug Plants you receive will have been multi-sown and contain approx. 4 plants per Plug. Do not tease the individual plants apart, but simply plant them in their group! A mixture of colours in shades of red, pink, lavender, blue, rose & white. In a ravishing mixture of colours, including some bi-colours, it will brighten any part of your garden you plant it, although ideally, it needs to be in a hanging basket or another position where it can trail. Supplied as 12 x Multi-Sown Jumbo Plug Plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
Buy both these lovely new Daphnes together and fill your garden or patio with stunning fragrance. One each of Daphne Eternal Fragrance (AGM) and Pink Fragrance. Pink Fragrance and Eternal Fragrance - What could be better than the sweet heady fragrance of Daphne in the garden! The 'Fragrances' perfumed blooms are produced in abundance from April until October every year. These sister varieties are compact and slow growing variety so are perfect for smaller gardens. These semi-evergreen Daphnes produces flowers on new growth, meaning the lovely pink blooms just keep on coming right through the summer! Grow them in planters and place on the patio or near a garden path so you enjoy the delightful scent! Height and spread 90 cm (3ft). Supplied approx. 20 cm tall in a 9cm pots.
If you are looking for a simple to grow, low maintenance collection to brighten up those dull mid Winter days after Chrostmas, look no further than this fabulous Winter flowering shrub collection - where all the flowers are fragrant too for extra enjoyment. Each colelction incldues one plant each of: Sarcococca (Christmas Box) - a lovely little evergreen shrub with sweet smelling white to cream firework explosion flowers from December to March. Reaches 1.5M tall x 1M spread, Viburnum bodnantense 'Chales Lamont' - very scented pale rose pink flowers emerge on bare stems from November to March on this larger easy shrub. Reaches 2M tall x 2M spread. Chimonanthus praecox (Wintersweet) - beautiful sulphur yellow flowers, with central burgundy detailing, borne on bare stems Jnauary to March on established plants - reaches 2.5M tall x 2.5M spread. All are very tough and hardy, and easy care, perfect for sunny bright mixed shrub borders. or grow them in larger pots, so you can bring them close to the house in Winter flower, so you can enjoy their delightful fragrance to the max.
Blessed with strongly scented flowers from late spring into early summer, French lilacs are desirable deciduous shrubs that really make their presence felt. Appearing in great profusion at the end of branches clothed with heart shaped green leaves, the tiny, packed clusters of purple buds open to reveal a mass of brightly coloured tubular flowers that smell great and act as a magnet to wildlife. A real sun lover, lilacs can be grown in just about any soil or can be raised in large containers. For a sensational floral display, year after year, deadhead when two new shoots appear beneath faded blooms and remove any wayward branches to keep a compact shape. Supplied as 3 established plants in 9cm pots, 1 each of 3 colours; pink, white and lavender-blue.
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.
Fill your garden with the sweet fragrance and beautiful colours of this Nemesia collection. This collection of six Nemesia will start to bloom from late spring and will just keep coming right up to September - that is five whole months of jaw-dropping colour. The strong and heady perfume is wonderful on a warm summer's day, so be sure to grow in a place where you can appreciate the fragrance. This collection of 12 plugs comes complete with: 2x Nemesia Lyric Yellow - Large fragrant blooms in a cheerful shade of sunshine yellow. 2x Nemesia Lyric Red - Striking large flowers in a deep shade of scarlet red. 2x Nemesia Lyric White - Large pure white flowers with a bright yellow centre and sweet fragrance. 2x Nemesia Lyric Orange - A delicious, sweet scent and fiery orange blooms. 2x Nemesia Mareto Lemon & Rose - Beautiful two-tone yellow and purple flowers. 2x Nemesia Mareto Blue & White - A gorgeous collection of blue and white two-tone blooms. Easy to grow Nemesia thrives in cool or hot weather and tolerates a little frost too, so stays in bloom much longer than many summer plants. Supplied as 12x plugs.
Blessed with strongly scented flowers from late spring into early summer, French lilacs are desirable deciduous shrubs that really make their presence felt. A real showstopper! Appearing in great profusion at the end of branches clothed with heart-shaped green leaves, the tiny, packed clusters of buds open to reveal a mass of double blooms that smell incredible and act as a magnet to wildlife. A sun lover, lilacs can be grown in just about any soil or can be raised in large containers. For a sensational floral display, year after year, deadhead when two new shoots appear beneath faded blooms and remove any wayward branches to keep a compact shape. Supplied as an established plant in a 2L pot, ready to plant out.