Indoor gardening is a great way to reconnect with nature and the range of plants that are suitable for your home is ever-increasing and we're delighted to be able to bring the latest must-haves to you. Also known as the Never Never Plant, Ctenanthe oppenheimiana has gorgeous silver and green striped oval leaves which have dark red undersides. Perfect for a focal point in a bright spot in your home. Related to Calathea and a member of the Prayer Plant family, Ctenanthe shares their fascinating and unusual habit with leaves that close upwards at night, showing off the dark red undersides. Beautiful to look at, these leafy tropical houseplants also help to clean the air in your home. It has been found that houseplants can actually improve the environment in our homes, clearing the air, removing toxins and adding valuable oxygen to the air that we breathe. Supplied as a potted plant in a 17cm pot, growing to a height and spread of 75cm (2½ft).
Gaura lindheimeri 'Siskiyou Pink' is a compact perennial with wonderful bright pink flowers held on long graceful stems above mounds of narrow foliage. Flowering from May all the way to September Gaura brings a wonderful splash of colour to your garden, and as it keeps on flowering right into the autumn, your borders will look magnificent, even as other summer flowering plants are fading away. With its fresh and airy look, the delicate flowers look a little like butterflies dancing in the breeze. The foliage forms a compact cushion of dark red flushed young leaves that mature to dark green, with flowers buds rising on wand-like stems before bursting open into beautifully bright flowers. A light, informal plant, 'Siskiyou Pink' will fill gaps in your borders and because it's a prairie native, it looks fabulous in wildflower of cottage style planting schemes. It also does well in pots, where its long flowering season will brighten up your patio month after month. Recommended by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators' the flowers are produced through the spring and summer and are a favourite with butterflies and bees. Easy to grow and fully winter hardy and drought tolerant, it prefers a warm spot in a light soil where it can happily grow upwards through other plants, just wonderful! Supplied as 3 x established plants in 9cm pots, ready to plant, growing to 80cm tall and 60cm in width.
Heleniums, also known as sneezeweed, flower over a long period from June, guaranteeing you a spectacular display every year. Bursting from deep bronze buds, 'Moerheim Beauty' produces an endless display of dark centred, copper-red flowers splashed with orange from early summer into autumn. Held on tall, straight stems, they are perfect for cutting and bringing into your home for a splash of rich colour. The fiery outer petals form a blazing ring around a prominent brown button which in turn gradually transitions to yellow as it ages as a wave of stamens appear. Perfect for late season colour, still flowering abundantly when most other plants are fading away. 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, and it's also recommended by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators', with flowers that are a favourite with butterflies and bees. Supplied as 3 x established plants in 9cm pots, ready for planting, growing to a height of 1m and spread of 50cm.
A World Exclusive for YouGarden, this fantastic petunia boasts giant double ruffled flowers resembling carnations produced on super vigorous plants in a glorious mix of purple, pink and white on tall, strong stems. A real showstopper that is easy to grow, producing a pillar of fabulous colour continuously from July until October, making a spectacular feature on any patio when grown up a support.It can also be grown directly in the border where it will smother the weeds if left to trail or it can be trained up a frame to create a tower of colour. You can cut the long stems for displaying in a vase, where they'll last for up to two weeks.For the best display only occasional maintenance is required, just pinching young plants twice will encourage base branching and a better plant habit which will reward you with more flowers.Due to it being a sterile male sterile it does not produce seed, so it is not necessary to deadhead - so no sticky fingers. Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready to plant on or plant out when the danger of frost has passed.