'Golden Smaragd' is a wonderful variety of Thuja, evergreen conifers that grow with a naturally narrow, conical habit. Slow-growing, with sprays of bright yellow-green aromatic foliage, 'Golden Smaragd' is a handsome and colourful decorative tree, ideal as a specimen and perfect for bringing year-round height and structure to your beds and borders, and well suited to container growing too. Thuja and incredibly easy to grow, needs hardy any maintenance and its naturally slow growth means that it doesn't need regular trimming to keep it in shape, particularly useful if you're growing it as a hedge where it'll provide excellent screening but with little effort. It's also amazingly hardy, right down to -45°C, so there is no chance that it'll be damaged in even the harshest British winter, although protection from cold, drying winter winds when young will help it to establish. A versatile tree for any part of the garden, Thuja isn't fussy about soil and will thrive whether it's acid, alkaline or neutral, as long as it's well drained. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for planting, growing up to 5m (16½ft) tall and 1.7m (5½ft) wide after 20 years.
The soft, bright golden-yellow foliage of Cupressus 'Goldcrest' will provide your garden with healthy colour all year round and (in keeping with its name) gives off a fresh, lemon scent when foliage is crushed or cut - which is said to deter biting insects from that area of your garden. In the depths of winter, the cooler temperatures give the trees a deeper, richer colouration, giving you added visual impact in your garden. Also known as Monterey cypress, it's such a great all-round garden plant it has been awarded the coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit so you can be sure that it has been trialled and tested and declared garden worthy! Growing to 3-5m tall in 10 years, Goldcrest is naturally upright and slightly 'teardrop' shaped but can be trimmed to suit your required height and makes perfect topiary. It is very easy to manage and can be kept in post on the patio for many years, where it will happily sit at centre stage of your displays. Golden Scented Cypress will grow in virtually any soil and in any location from full sun to partial shade (although for the brightest of golden-yellow colour it is best in full sun and protected from drying winds). It is completely winter hardy throughout the entire UK and is virtually pest and disease resistant too. Supplied as 6 x plants in 9cm pots, ready for planting out into the desired location.
An eye catching, golden leaved form of the popular Fountain Grass. The slender, arching foliage of Pennisetum 'Hameln Gold' emerges bright gold and slowly matures to a gentle lemon shade as summer progresses. From July, the neat clumps of foliage are transformed by a halo of fluffy flower spikes that rise on tall stems, and remain well into autumn.
Back by popular demand! What a beauty this is in the border! Pop in a sunny or lightly shaded area and its form and colouring are simply magnificent. Bupleurum is an intriguing and useful annual with flowers like a euphorbia and leaves like a eucalyptus. Ideal for use in vase displays or interplanting with tall ageratum varieties like 'Timeless'.
Plants are bushy and multistemmed, producing up to 20 blooms per plant! The bright yellow, chrysanthemum- type, double and semi-double blooms last for up to 3 weeks on the plants, that's 2 or 3 times longer than other double varieties. Early to flower and perfect for containers and borders, this compact and free-flowering sunflower is set to take gardens by storm this summer!
A magnificent marigold for your beds, borders and containers alike. Marigold ?Fireball? will light up your displays as each bloom starts off a rich, deep red colour which slowly changes to a lovely rusty orange.
Contrary to its name, Golden King is an outstanding female Holly. A fantastic specimen for year round interest, this handsome shrub bears white flowers in spring and spherical red berries in winter, which are loved by birds.
Compact growing marigold that bursts into bloom from June to the first frosts! The large double blooms are perfectly suited to bedding, borders or containers. Height and spread: 15cm (6).Culinary information: Some parts of these flowers are edible. Click here for more details about edible flowers.
These bushy, compact, free-flowering plants display masses of double golden blooms throughout summer. Spectacular in borders or containers. Height and spread: 30cm (12).Culinary information: Some parts of these flowers are edible. Click here for more details about edible flowers.
Beautiful single-flowered variety bearing pretty bicoloured blooms all summer. Perfectly suited to bedding, borders or containers in a full sun position. Height and spread: 30cm (12).Culinary information: Some parts of these flowers are edible. Click here for more details about edible flowers.