Plant this desirable perennial in a sunny or slightly shaded spot and you can enjoy a succession of brightly coloured bell-shaped flowers that are carried on short, upright spikes throughout summer and into autumn. A classic cottage garden perennial that is totally winter hardy and easy to grow. Perfect for beginners and experienced gardeners alike, you're guaranteed masses of spectacular flowers which can also be cut for your home. Superb grown in beds and borders alongside other perennials or among ornamental grasses, Penstemon likes well-drained soil and forms large clumps in time, rewarding you with even more flowers. Looking after them is easy; occasionally dead-head fading blooms to prolong the display and cover plants with a dry mulch of compost in late autumn to keep roots snug and protected from frost. Varieties Included: Heavenly Blue - A low mound of leaves absolutely smothered in electric-blue flowers with a hint of pink. King George V - A robust penstemon with stocky growth, covered in red flowers with a white throat. Snowstorm - An upright penstemon with bright green leaves and beautiful white bells tipped with pink. Raven - One of the darkest penstemons with dramatic trumpets of deepest purple.Supplied as 12 x plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
A fantastic looking ornamental chard that's ideal for adding a splash of colour to your vegetable plot or patio containers. With dark green and bronze leaves and rainbow stems ranging from white and orange-yellow through to pinky red and purple, it is a real stunner, as well as being delicious to eat and packed full of vitamins, minerals and healthy fibre. Cropping prolifically over a long season, it is a true 'cut and come again' variety; the leaves will regenerate 1-2 weeks after harvesting the whole plant (leaving 2.5-5cm base), or remove just the outer leaves and allow the heart to grow on. The plants are robust enough to withstand light frosts and will continue to give good quality leaves until the colder winter weather sets in. Harvest from July to November and if protected over winter will produce an early spring crop. This versatile veg has a lovely mild, sweet flavour when picked as baby leaves for salads and garnishes, becoming slightly bitter when left to mature and delicious when lightly steamed or stir-fried to retain colour, flavour and nutrients. There will be plenty to pick all through the season, so any excess can be blanched and packed in an airtight bag for the freezer, where it will store well for up to a year. Fully deserving its coveted 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, enjoying an excellent harvest of tasty chard. Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready to plant out once the risk of frost has passed, growing to 50cm in height and 40cm spread.
A highly attractive feature tree, Pomegranate 'Chico' has the added bonus of producing glossy, versatile fruits in autumn each year! With deep green foliage and bright orange flowers in summer, it will look great in your garden for years to come. The leathery skinned, glossy fruits ripen in the sun each summer and have a wonderfully sharp flavour. The fruits can be used in cooking sweet or savoury and taste great when made into refreshing, fragrant pomegranate juice! They are super-healthy, and packed with antioxidants. Pomegranate bushes love hot summers and your bush will thrive in a sunny spot it is perfect for a patio pot. It is completely hardy and will easily tolerate our British winters.
Geranium Rozanne was voted the Royal Horticultural Societys Plant of the Centenary at the100th Chelsea Flower Show. The best new plant in the last 100 years, as voted by the gardening public too! We are proud to offer you the chance to own three of these spectacular plants. Each one will form a compact bush of lush foliage, and produce prolific, long-lasting displays from June to October. The beautiful, saucer-shaped, blue with white centre flowers contrast beautifully with the rich green foliage. As summer fades, the leaves turn from fiery orange, to red, then brown in a glorious late display! A hardy perennial, Geranium Rozanne is perfect for borders, easy ground cover and patio containers get yours while you can! It really is one of the easiest no-fuss, no maintenance perennials, rewarding you with amazing dispalys for over 5 Months. In Martin's garden last December it was even still hanging on in flower! Deservedly a best-seller every year, and every garden should have one! Supplied as 3 established plants in 9cm pots, ready to plant out.
Rarely available, this desirable Gardenia is covered in double, crisp white, scented blooms and glossy evergreen foliage. The next generation of fully hardy Gardenias, and a big improvement on the older varieties, 'Celestial Star' is hardier and more vigorous and produces bigger flowers with better scent. A beautifully compact shrub, Gardenia 'Celestial Star' is very easy to grow and care for and has a neat, compact habit which makes it perfect for small gardens. Simply plant it in a pot or a garden border, and it will happily grow and flourish outdoors all year round. The scent of gardenias is often used in perfume, so place this dazzling shrub near doorways or paths so that you can enjoy its fragrance - just imagine sitting on your patio this summer surrounded by its intoxicatingly sweet perfume - heavenly! Loved by bees this garden gem prefers slightly acidic soil in sun or part shade and is supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, reaching approx. 1.2m high and wide.
'Kleims Hardy' is the world's very first fully hardy Gardenia variety and can survive outside in temperatures as low as -10C! Just as stunning and as fragrant as its indoor relative, Gardenia Kleims snowy white, waxy flowers completely smother its exquisite evergreen leaves from early June onwards. The scent of gardenias is so gorgeous its often used in perfume, so imagine sitting on your patio this summer surrounded by its intoxicatingly sweet fragrance heavenly! A beautifully compact shrub, Gardenia Kleims Hardy is both very easy to grow and care for. Simply plant it in a pot or a garden border, preferably using ericaceous compost, and it will happily grow and flourish outdoors all year round.
An award-winning Fuchsia that boasts an abundance of dainty, elegant blooms with a dusky aubergine, almost black-coloured corolla surrounded by delicate, glossy crimson-red sepals. The decorative leaves are a bonus being deep green with hints of purple veins and the stems also mirror this colour, turning much darker in the autumn to contrast the flower colour beautifully. Blooming from early summer to the first frosts, this compact shrub is fully hardy and makes the perfect addition to any garden, whether planted into the border or into a large pot. Fully deserving its coveted 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. Perfect for borders, pots & containers, they will provide structure and colour all summer long. These very hardy, reliable garden performers will thrive in your garden, coming back with bigger and better displays each year, and in such a range of flower colours, flower shapes and habits. Supplied as 6 jumbo plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
Improved Pansy Cool Wave is what the breeder is calling The Best Trailing Pansy Ever! Quite a claim but we think so too! This amazing large-flowered series keeps flowering all winter long, and well into summer too. It is very hardy (to around -25°C!), so it will withstand the worst of the winter whatever the British weather throws at it, producing endless waves of simply gorgeous flowers in shades of golden yellow, violet, mauve, berry purple and white - for nine whole months of the year - hence the name 'Cool Wave'!The cheery blooms will cascade over the sides of hanging baskets and planters, providing a splash of zingy colour through the dullest days of winter and continuing through spring. Smothered in big, traditional pansy flowers, this vigorous trailer is set to make its mark on gardens everywhere - it's a real breeding breakthrough for much better performance in hanging baskets. Plant directly into baskets and containers in autumn then watch as you get the best winter displays you've ever had! Ride the Wave of colour in your garden now with Pansy Cool Wave!Supplied as a pack of 20 Garden Ready plants, ready for planting out.
Elegant and beautiful, fuchsias are a must-have for any gardener. This wonderful collection of some of the best hardy shrub varieties gives you six of the best from the wide range of colours they produce. Perfect for borders, pots & containers, they will provide structure and colour all summer long. These very hardy, reliable garden performers will thrive in almost any situation, coming back with bigger and better displays each year, and in such a range of flower colours, flower shapes and habits. The beautiful foliage provides gorgeous shades of green from a bright lime to a glossy dark green and even cream tipped leaves. Flowering as early as June, they will come alive with an explosion of pinks, purples, reds, whites even blues with the spectacular flowers hanging proudly from their stems. In this Hardy Fuchsia collection, you will receive: 2 Fuchsia 'Display' plugs - Bushy green foliage and all pink flowers. 2 Fuchsia 'Snowcap' plugs - Two-tone white and scarlet-pink flowers. 2 Fuchsia 'Alice Hoffman' plugs - White and pink blooms surrounded by gorgeous green foliage. 2 Fuchsia 'Delta's Sarah' plugs - Spectacular display of white outer and purple flowers. 2 Fuchsia 'Tom Thumb' plugs - Beautiful red and mauve petals on this bushy shrub. 2 Fuchsia 'Dollar Princess' plugs - Red outers with gorgeous double purple inner petals. Supplied as 12 x plug plants, ready to pot and plant out.
Truly hardy Gardenias with the most exquisite snow-white flowers on a backdrop of glossy green foliage - the perfect trio of shrubs to add elegance to your garden.A collection of compact shrubs ideal for gaps in borders or containers on the patio, this set includes varieties that produce that hypnotising, sweet fragrance that is widely used in perfumes. Plant around entertaining areas in the garden or along pathways and near entrances where you can fully enjoy that much sought-after scent.The classic single, star-shaped flowers of the 'Kleim's Hardy' create a simple, understated elegance, while the showier double, rose-like blooms of the 'Crown Jewel' can be cut and used in stunning vase displays. The new variety ''Sweet Heart' that we have added to this collection has larger blooms and is also hardier, blooming heavily from late spring.Flowering all summer-long, with an abundance of blooms smothering the rich green waxy foliage, these beautiful shrubs will provide you with months of fragrant displays, and they'll also keep their evergreen leaves for interest all year round. Easy to grow and maintain, simply plant in a pot or straight into the border, preferably using ericaceous compost, and it will happily grow and flourish outdoors all year round. Supplied as three plants in 9cm pots, ready to go into the large pots or a sheltered, sunny area of the garden.
Improved Pansy Cool Wave is what the breeder is calling The Best Trailing Pansy Ever! Quite a claim but we think so too! This amazing large-flowered series keeps flowering all winter long, and well into summer too. It is very hardy (to around -25°C!), so it will withstand the worst of the winter whatever the British weather throws at it, producing endless waves of simply gorgeous flowers in shades of golden yellow, violet, mauve, berry purple and white - for nine whole months of the year - hence the name 'Cool Wave'! The cheery blooms will cascade over the sides of hanging baskets and planters, providing a splash of zingy colour through the dullest days of winter and continuing through spring. Smothered in big, traditional pansy flowers, this vigorous trailer is set to make its mark on gardens everywhere - it's a real breeding breakthrough for much better performance in hanging baskets. Plant directly into baskets and containers in autumn then watch as you get the best winter displays you've ever had! Ride the Wave of colour in your garden now with Pansy Cool Wave! Supplied as a pack of 10 Garden Ready plants, ready for planting out.
Phenomenal by name, phenomenal by nature! This outstanding performing lavender has all you could ever need from the much-loved perennial. Suitable for all garden conditions, positions and temperatures, it is drought-tolerant, winter hardy and evergreen for year-long interest - perfect for anyone to grow. Not only is lavender 'Phenomenal' a real performer in UK gardens, but it has the most spectacular, notably larger, lilac-purple flowers than other varieties. The blooms stand on strong, upright stems and give off the most wonderful sweet scent. This combination of showy flowers and fragrance is an absolute magnet for bees, butterflies and other beneficial garden insects, making it a fabulous choice for pollinating the garden. A real multi-purpose lavender, it's ideal for hedging, dividing and lining pathways and edges, and also a great choice for herb gardens with its heightened fragrance, and for cut flower gardens where it makes a beautiful addition to displays and bouquets. 'Phenomenal' can also be planted into patio pots and containers where the perfume can really be appreciated. Flowering throughout the summer, 'Phenomenal' may even give a second flush of flowers into the autumn if the first wave are cut back once faded. So, if you want to grow lavender in your garden but aren't sure of which one to grow, 'Phenomenal' really has got it all...