For exotic glamour on your patio, look no further than Gardenia 'Celestial Star'. This hardy Cape Jasmine produces pristine white, fully double blooms with tightly scrolled petals at their centre.
Chaenomeles japonica 'Sargentii' is a delightful shrub that has tangerine orange flowers, in spring, as the leaves emerge in March. The flowers then are followed by quince fruits, which turn golden as autumn arrives. They are not suitable for eating raw, but make a scrumptious jam. As well as a standalone shrub in a border, it can also be trained up sunny walls and fences, offering a vibrant backdrop to flowering spring bulbs in garden borders or planters. Height: 1m (3'). Spread: 2m (6').
The Royal Horticultural Society has awarded Ceanothus x delileanus 'Gloire de Versailles' it's Award of Garden Merit, due to its profusion of beautiful lilac flowers throughout the summer. They fill the shrub, and their sweet smelling nectar attracts bees and butterflies to the garden. Californian Lilac has good drought tolerance, and thrives in most types of soil. They can be planted in a line to create a colourful hedge, or as stand alone specimens in borders of cottage, coastal or city gardens. Height and Spread: 1.5m (4.9').
Viburnum x bodnantense 'Charles Lamont' is a superb winter-flowering shrub, producing tight clusters of highly fragrant, pale pink flowers on bare stems between November and March. The new leaves emerge in spring, bronze-tinted at first and gradually fading to green. Easy to grow and fully hardy, Viburnum x bodnantense 'Charles Lamont' is an upright shrub that is ideal for low maintenance gardens and mixed borders. It has been awarded an RHS AGM for excellent garden performance, and its fragrant blooms also make a wonderful cut flower. Height: 3m (10'). Spread: 2m (6.5').
Native to Asia, Hibiscus syriacus are popular with British gardeners for their late season flowers, when many other shrubs are a bit colourless, due to flowering earlier in the year. Hibiscus syriacus 'Purple Ruffles' has pink-purple flowers, with double and triple layers of petals, in abundance and is ideal for larger gardens. This Rose Mallow is best planted in well drained soil, and in full sun, but is fully hardy. Height: 3m (10'). Spread: 2m (6.5').
Chaenomeles x superba 'Crimson and Gold' is a compact, low growing shrub that flowers in early spring. It produces small red flowers, with golden yellow anthers, on bare branches in early spring before the foliage appears.
Clematis 'Prince Charles' is a reliable, free flowering variety with a compact but vigorous habit, producing a profusion of nodding, soft mauve flowers with a glossy sheen. Blooming between June and September, this viticella Clematis has been awarded an RHS AGM for its superb garden performance. Clematis 'Prince Charles' is perfect for growing in containers and borders, covering walls and fences or climbing a free standing obelisk. Height: 3m (10'). Spread: 1m (3'). Pruning group: 3.
Wallflower 'Bowles's Mauve' has incredible flower power - flowering from February through to July! This bushy evergreen perennial produces masses of tall, mauve-purple flower spikes which are a great source of early spring nectar for bees. Although relatively short-lived, this lovely Erysimum makes real impact in patio containers, borders and rock gardens where it tolerates even the poorest, dry soils. Erysimum 'Bowles's Mauve' has been awarded an RHS AGM for its outstanding garden performance. Height: 75cm (30). Spread: 60cm (24).
This modern variety of traditional speedwell is an ideal perennial for the front of garden borders. Year after year it will form a dense mat of foliage, punctuated by numerous rising stems that harbour hundreds of deep purple flowers. Height and spread 30cm. Supplied in 2 litre pots.
If you?re looking for an easy-to-grow and low-maintenance shrub rose, then Rose 'Easy Elegance Grandma's Blessing' is the one for you! This extremely stylish rose bears dusky pink blooms with a heavenly scent. This resilient rose flowers right through from June to September, and is perfect for both borders and containers. Height: 1m (39). Spread: 60cm (24).
Hydrangea macrophylla 'The Original' was the first variety in the 'Endless Summer' series, noted for its ability to flower on old and new wood, giving it an outstanding flowering time from May all the way through until September. The blooms can range in colour from forget-me-not blue to stunning purple and pink depending on the pH of your soil. This compact and sturdy Hydrangea makes an ideal focal point in mixed borders and woodland gardens, as well as being perfect for patio containers. The flowers are also superb for cutting and are long-lasting in a vase. Height: 1.2m (4?). Spread: 1.5m (5?).
A vibrant mix of windflowers with fully double blooms! Anemone 'St Brigid Doubles' will certainly liven up your beds and containers in spring. Their showy blooms rise above the finely cut foliage to create a show-stopping display. For maximum impact, plant them closely in big groups that will return year after year.