Bees and butterflies love the lavender-blue, nectar-rich flowers of Lilac 'Katherine Havemeyer'. Gardeners love this shrub too, for its graceful hanging flower clusters, delicious fragrance, heart-shaped leaves, and because it is such an easy shrub to grow and maintain. Syringa vulgaris grows quickly in a sunny spot and attracts many beneficial insects to the garden. Height: 7m (23'). Spread: 7m (23').
Lilac 'Palibin' is a lovely scented shrub, that is covered in panicles of small lavender-pink flowers, during May and June. It is perfect for planting near windows and doors, or close to garden paths so the pleasant aroma can be enjoyed. This variety of Lilac is compact and slow growing. It will grow to a maximum height of 1.5 metres and likes to be in full sun. A great flowering shrub for cottage gardens. Height and spread: 1.5m (5').
An easy to grow annual lupin that flowers just 12 weeks after sowing, continuing through to September if deadheaded. Short flower spikes have a sweet pea like fragrance. Ideal for sowing in large drifts.
Probably the most winter-hardy, resilient Penstemon we have ever found! Bushy mounds of deep green foliage are enhanced by unusual frosty white, bicoloured blooms. Flowers throughout the summer in borders or large containers
UK Exclusive. One of the very best delphiniums from seed, equal in quality to expensive cutting-raised plants. The tall, sturdy stems of Delphinium Centurion Lilac Blue Bicolour are covered in truly stunning bi-coloured blooms with triple-layered petals in lilac and blue shades with a white central 'bee'. (Flowers from July to September in its first year if sown before the end of February)
Flowering in just 3 1/2 months. Particularly good for patio, cool greenhouse or conservatory where the evocative sweet fragrance of the bluey-lilac, 10cm (4 inch) trumpet blooms fills the air. Height: 30-45cm (12-18in)
The first of a new breed in trailing Vincas! Specifically for baskets and containers they are early flowering with large, rounded, overlapping petals forming striking, vivid blooms. Catharanthus is frost tender and therefore usually treated as a half hardy annual in the UK, unless grown in a warm greenhouse or conservatory.
Sweet Pepper ?Beluga Lilac? bears high yields of delicious peppers which are a gorgeous deep purple when young maturing to deep red.
Unlike some Syringa varieties, Lilac 'Madame Florent Stepman' is relatively compact, remaining a manageable size for the average UK garden over many years.
A froth of lilac-pink flowers burst into bloom from May to June, enticing bees and butterflies to their rich nectar. The sweetly perfumed blooms are an early summer treat, filling the garden with fragrance and making a fabulous cut flower for a vase indoors.
Lilac 'President Lincoln' is simple and elegant, with pale purple blooms and a deliciously sweet fragrance. This well branched, deciduous shrub is relatively compact compared to some of its sprawling cousins.
Violet red buds open to reveal particularly large, double lilac-blue panicles of flowers, up to 25cm (10) long. Syringa 'President Grevy? is a consistently reliable, trouble-free variety with nectar rich, fragrant flowers that are loved by butterflies. A well loved specimen shrub for cottage garden borders that requires little maintenance. Height and spread: 7m (22?).