Traditional favourite for spring/summer sowings. Easy-to-grow, with good ?bolting? tolerance, the soft ?butterhead? hearts are ready to harvest from 10 weeks after sowing. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 30cm (12).
The smallest lettuce. Fast-growing to around 15cm (6in), it?s compact habit makes it ideal for smaller gardens and patio planters. Heads will store up to 2 weeks in a refrigerator. Height and spread: 15cm (6).
This Italian lettuce is very easy-to-grow in the garden or in patio containers. It?s distinctive deep red, frilly leaves are an attractive addition to salads. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 25cm (10).
The round, bright red roots of this radish are very easy-to-grow and will provide a summer-long supply of tasty, crunchy roots with a mild flavour. Try them in dips! Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 10cm (4).Culinary information: Some parts of these flowers are edible. Click here for more details about edible flowers.
Most popular ?cos? variety, ideal as a flavoursome base for salads. Young leaves can be harvested and eaten without the ?bitter? taste. Good resistance to bolting. Height: 20cm (8). Spread: 20cm (8).
This unbelievable pack of 75 easy-to-grow and highly desirable fritillary bulbs will create vibrant, contemporary displays for your garden, patio or decking. If these are planted in autumn, they will begin to flourish in early spring, providing a spectrum of colours sure to impress and inspire anyone who sees them from April to May. Fritillaries are the aristocracy of bulbs, with exotic blooms produced in a spectrum of colours and shapes. This collection includes: 40 x Fritillaria uva-vulpis - Also known as Fox's Grape, Fritillaria uva-vulpis have delicate, bell-shaped flowers. The stunning purple blooms reveal a golden yellow centre. Grows to 20cm height. 30 x Fritillaria meleagris mixed - A stunning mix of colours from purple to white, Fritillaria meleagris is also known as Snakeshead due to its unusual checkerboard markings. Ideal for creating border displays. Grows to 25cm height. 3 x Fritillaria persica - This fritillary has unusual dark-purple, bell-shaped flowers, and is one of the easiest to grow. Grows to 100cm height. 2 x Crown Imperial - Also known as Fritillaria imperialis, this stately plant flowers impactfully from April onwards and is so named because of its whorl of leaves on the top of the blooms, which look like a crown. Grows to 120cm height.
A wonderful selection of 100 outstanding Allium bulbs, these are sure to create an explosion of colour and provide spectacular displays for your garden, patio or decking. The mix of varieties is ideal for the amateur gardener as they are very tough and hardy, making them extremely easy to look after. This collection will also provide ideal cut flowers sure to brighten up your home. This collection includes: 7 x Allium 'Purple Sensation' bulbs - with its enormous bright purple spherical flower heads stand tall on thin stems above deep-green leaves. Related to onions (but dont eat them!) they are very tough and hardy and they are great for beginners. 5 x Allium 'Christophii' bulbs - Giant lilac almost solid spheres of flowers stand majestically on long stems above deep green leaves each spring. 5 x Allium 'Siculum' (Nectaroscordum) bulbs - An unusual relation to the allium family, Nectaroscordum siculum can produce up to 30 hanging flowers from each bulb. Looks wonderful in borders but give some space around the bulb to enable it to grow the large number of flowers. 5 x Allium 'Nigrum' bulbs - With their white, globe-shaped flower heads sitting above broad, ornamental, blue-green leaves these wonderful alliums will look simply stunning in wherever you plant them in your garden. 25 x Allium 'Moly' bulbs - a yellow sparkler of a flower head, a more wild and natural looking small variety for front of borders. 25 x Allium 'Drumsticks' bulbs - delicate, small purple tinged flowers on long, tall straight stems. Plant en masse for maximum effect in pots or garden. 25 x Allium 'Neopolitanum' bulbs - lovely white smaller sparkler flowers, sometimes tinged blush pink in cool, plant together for maximum effect. 3 x Allium Giant Red 'Novelty' bulbs - Later blooming Alliums with eye-catching punk-like spiky flowers heads that stand on top of the tall slender stems. Alliums are adored by beneficial pollinators such as bees. Therefore, this collection is a must have if you are looking to encourage wildlife into your spring garden. Supplied as a collection of 100 bulbs, ready to plant out in autumn. Growing to a height of approx. 1m.
This superb RHS AGM variety produces compact, loose heads of finely frilled leaves with colourful crimson edges. A particularly popular variety with supermarkets and restaurants, Lettuce 'Lollo Rossa' makes an attractive garnish and adds colour and texture to the salad bowl.
With its unusual flower shape and bright purple blooms, this showy new variety is set to take gardens by storm! Dazzling white margins show off the curvy edges of their trumpet shaped blooms.
Bright red flowers stand out brightly against the glossy evergreen foliage of Camellia 'Yuletide'. Aptly named, this hardy shrub is at its best over the Christmas period when its scarlet red blooms are produced in abundance. Each bloom features a large cluster of contrasting yellow stamens that make and eye-catching display.
In around 1680 a fig was discovered in the gardens of the palace of Versailles, in France, that was thriving during the cold winter. From this the variety, 'Violette de Bordeaux' was created, and it continues to have great tolerance to colder weather compared to other fig types.
Towering spires of fully double blooms make a sensational display, rising up to 180cm (6')! These hardy perennials are guaranteed to bring the wow facter to your garden - they make phenomenal cut flowers for summer bouquets too.