If you would like to grow your own tall, strong stems of cut flowers, for harvest late this summer and in to the autumn months these are the perfect plants to grow. They will flower from August and into October, with each plant giving you approximately 5-6 stems for cut flowers. They are ready to pick as soon as the first few flowers Break Bud, which means start to show some colour when they get to this stage, cut the stems quite low down, around 15cm (6') from the ground level, and remove the lower leaves from the cut stems prior to plunging them in to a tall vase of cold water. As an indoor display, they will last at least 2 weeks, but do change the water every few days as this keeps them in the best possible condition. When grown exclusively as a border plant, give them some support with a bamboo cane and position them towards the back of a border where they will brighten your garden just when so many other plants are coming to the end of their season.
This incredibly colourful, strong-growing perennial collection will transform your garden this year into a wonderful wash of cottage-garden inspired colour. It will provide an amazing display of showy flowers, foliage and long-lasting structure to your garden with colour commencing in late May and continuing all summer long until late October - a brilliant display lasting 6 months! Each of these fantastic plants has been carefully chosen to provide amazing displays from late May right through to late October, so you can really add colour, impact and structure to your garden all spring and summer long! You'll get 12 different varieties that are bursting with vigour and vivid colour, delivered nursery-fresh straight to your door, ready to thrive in your garden for years to come.When in full colour, they will attract all manner of beneficial insects in to your garden including butterflies, ladybirds and honey bees to your garden - perfect for nature lovers and fruit and veg gardeners where pollination is so important! Main varieties Included (but not guaranteed): Achillea 'Summer Berries', Delphinium 'Pacific Giant Mix', Digitalis (Foxglove) 'Dalmation Mixed', Hollyhocks 'Chaters Double Mixed', Coreopsis 'Early Sunrise', Gaillardia 'Mesa Mix', Geum 'Lady Stratheden', Aquilegia 'Mrs Scott Elliot', Alchemilla mollis, Campanula 'Blue Bells', Verbena bonariensis, Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm'. Due to their very hardy nature, these are perfect for gardeners with little experience or time, or anybody who wants something reliable that will flourish again and again. These can be grown in beds, borders, pots, or containers, and many of the bright blooms make excellent cut flowers that can be brought indoors too. Each one will die back in autumn, only to return with bigger, better displays the following spring!
Add a cute feature to your garden with this flocked effect elephant garden ornament from Garden Gear.
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This Wooden Garden Caddy is a great portable planter for growing herbs, or anything else, both indoors and outside. Perfect for when you want to grab a handful or fresh oregano or snip off some aromatic sprigs of thyme! Oregano is widely used in Italian cooking, especially chopped into pasta sauces and on pizzas where its refreshing, zesty flavour gives a real depth of flavour, and it's great for making pesto too. Thyme can be used in bunches to flavour roasting meats, especially chicken, and the leaves are popular in seasoning and in stuffing. It's also superb for enhancing tomato dishes as well as fish and in soups. Both these herbs are full of antioxidants and vitamin C and, like many herbs, have numerous health benefits, so add them freely to your recipes to give them a delicious, tasty lift. Use them fresh or dry them so that they're always handy. Everything you need to grow these evergreen, perennial herbs is in the caddy, so you're ready to grow straight away, and it's a wonderful gift for anyone who loves to use the freshest ingredients in their cooking. Grow on a sunny windowsill or a bright spot outdoors. Supplied as a wooden planter with compost and seeds. The plants will from to a height and spread of around 40 cm (18 in).
This variety of tomatoes is a prolific fruiting tomato that produces long trusses of sweet tasting rich flavoured cherry tomatoes. A popular and reliable variety
This variety of tomatoes is a prolific fruiting tomato that produces long trusses of sweet tasting rich flavoured cherry tomatoes. A popular and reliable variety
Create a patriotic display that is fit for a King (or Queen) with the trailing stems of Verbena 'Union Jack'. Regal shades of red, white and blue flowers make a spectacular display. These fabulous trailing Verbena plants are perfect for filling your hanging baskets and patio containers, or let them tumble over the edges of a window box for a cascade of colour.
Create your own stunning combinations with these interesting varieties each plant is made from 3 cuttings ready for you to add to to your containers baskets and borders. within weeks providing you with wonderful colour throughout the summer months.
Offering you flowers in larger numbers these combination mixes are ready to grow out into your pots, baskets and borders. Each unique plant is derived from 3 cuttings,offering you an easy colour mix that with care water and regular deadheading will last through into late autumn.
Save on planting within each plant are combined 3 cuttings in one plug rooted and ready to plant straight out covering a larger area and making your job easier. Perfect for adding instant colour, flowers in bigger numbers. Ideal for pots baskets and windowsills.
Save on planting out 3 plants with this genius combination each extra large plant comprises of 3 cuttings into a plug plant rooted out ready for you to add straight into the ground, providing a colourful mix of plants for dazzling displays of flowers