Perfect for Bonsai beginners, this Ficus macrocarpa ‘Ginseng’ is a good introduction to this Japanese living art as Ficus species are trouble-free houseplants - just ensure that you give it a spot in bright, indirect light and feed it with liquid fertiliser during the growing season
A very handsome red sweet pea that produces a profusion of magnificent, strongly scented, wavy blooms. The large flowers of Sweet Pea 'Winston Churchill' are carried on strong stems of a good length, that are ideal for cutting. This colourful variety is superb for climbing through arches, trellis, and obelisks. Height: 180cm (71). Spread: 30cm (12).
Specially bred for improved disease resistance and great garden performance. Bushy plants, smothered in a beautiful array of fully round, satiny Hot Pink blooms from June to September. Ideal for adding colour to annual borders or looking spectacular in containers. Height 40-50cm (16-20 inches)
After the success of Foxglove Candy Mountain, flower breeders have developed this beautiful and striking mixture with the same unique upward facing flowers. Sturdy stems with masses of blooms create a truly eye-catching display in borders and will attract bees to its easy-to-enter flowers.
Provide a safe and sheltered place for insects to rest with this wooden insect hotel from Garden Life.
Insect suet pellets are loved by many garden birds and should be a fatty treat offered to birds as an alternative to peanuts. Large boxes available.
A traditional Pink, Dianthus 'Mrs Sinkins' has one of the best scents of this type of plant, with a sweet clove fragrance. It has a shorter flowering period than other Carnations, but has lovely double white flowers with frilly petals, that bloom above clumps of grey-green leaves. Ideal for cottage and coastal gardens, in planters or in mixed perennial borders, they have good drought tolerance. Popular as a cut flower, for floral displays, both for its scent and pure white flowers, that look beautiful in vases with Roses and other flowers. Height and Spread: 50cm (20).
Native to North America and part of the Sunflower family of plants, Echinacea purpurea 'Rubinstern' has bold, pink giant daisy type flowers that look fantastic planted in mixed garden borders or priarie style meadow areas. Coneflowers are also great at attracting bees and butterflies to gardens. They flower in August, at the height of summer and are best grown in full sun, in well drained soil. Height: 90cm (36). Spread 50cm (20).
Ajuga reptans 'Catlins Giant' is grown for its foliage as much as its flowers, slowly spreading to form a carpet of glossy, purple-green leaves. This semi-evergreen perennial flowers from late spring through to midsummer, producing masses of upright spikes of blue-purple flowers that are highly attractive to bees. 'Catlins Giant' is a popular Bugle selection, with larger leaves and flowers than the original species, and has been awarded a prestigious RHS AGM. Perfect as ground cover for woodland gardens and shady borders, Ajuga plants prefer partial shade, and are extremely low maintenance. Height: 50cm (20). Spread up to 1m (39).
Description for Penstemon 'Pensham Westminster Belle' not available
This unique looking tree with its thick pot-bellied trunk resembling a ginseng root is a popular indoor tree species for beginners at bonsai. Light and Water These plants like bright indirect light, ideally some shaded light. A Ficus Ginseng will tolerate some over or under watering but aim to keep soil moderately moist throughout the summer and back off a little in the winter. To make the air more humid, set the tree on a tray filled with pebbles and water. Just make sure the roots aren't sitting in water.
Insecticide and fungicide all in 1 protector. Gives good control of the dreaded blacks spot through its systemic action. Fast acting against existing infections as well as helping prevent. Also controls all major pests as well powdery mildew and rusts.