Grow a plant that's lovely to look at and lovely to touch too. This unusual foxglove produces strong, mid-height flower spires in its first year if sown in January. An added bonus is the pretty silver foliage which feels 'fluffy' and soft to the touch, like puppies' ears!
It's well worth planting this superb clematis to find out just how amazing it looks?and smells! Covered in masses of small purple, delicately scented flowers that look like blossom from July to August, this energetic climber will go on blooming until October! Keeping its appeal well into autumn, the dark green foliage provides an attractive contrast to the flowers at a time when other plants might be starting to fade. The wonderful colour and perfume of 'Sweet Summer Love' are best appreciated if you plant this climbing shrub in a large container, or against a sunny wall or fence, allowing it to clamber up free-standing or wall-mounted supports.
This is a foxglove with a unique difference - instead of modestly facing downwards, the chunky flower spikes of Foxglove 'Candy Mountain' are packed with blooms which gaze upwards so you can see the intricate detail on the speckled throats. Enjoying a partially shaded position, undemanding Foxgloves are a classic choice for growing in woodland areas or in borders in the dappled shade of trees.
Also known as ?Woolly Foxglove?, the stunning coffee-coloured blooms of Foxglove lanata 'Cafe Creme' have a soft, fuzzy appearance. It?s easy to see how this unique variety got its name - most noteworthy is their unusual colouring - brown-hooded blooms with intricate vein markings appear to seep into the cream-coloured lower lip.
Great border plant with towering stems, teaming with white blooms, that bear a deep magenta throat. Perfect for semishaded locations in a garden. Height: 150cm (59). Spread: 45cm (18).
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A very pretty, non-climbing type of clematis. This bushy plant will flower in clusters of royal blue blooms from June to September and emit a punchy sweet fragrance. happy in a sun or shade position, it's an ideal specimen for a patio container, or for plugging a space in your border. Ht. 80-100cm. Supplied in 9cm pots.
This hardy perennial is truly the essence of an english cottage garden. Rose coloured flowers are flecked in white and burgundy and will bloom all around the stems, year after year, from late spring to mid-summer. Ideal for traditional borders as well as modern planting displays. Height 1.2m, spread 50cm. Supplied in 3 litre pots.
Digitalis purpurea is a dainty, delicate Foxglove with peach-coloured flowers, which give it the alternative name 'Dalmatian Peach'. These blooms appear on characteristic, upright stems, which add structure and architecture to borders in cottage gardens, woodland gardens and cut flower gardens alike. The hardy biennial is equally deserving of a place in wildlife areas, for bees love its nectar-rich florets. These insects will 'buzz off' when the flowers die after midsummer, but are sure to be back the next year if you allow the plant to seed around. Height: 50cm (1'8). Spread: 40cm (1'4).
Beautiful, deep blue florets stand proud on tall stalks each summer on this outstanding African Lily. Agapanthus ?Flower of Love?, being a hardy perennial, will flower year after year, getting larger and stronger with each passing season. These reliable plants are low maintenance so they will give you the maximum reward in your garden for a minimum of effort and perform really well when confined to a patio container, the restriction of the roots actually encourage it to produce flowers! The long leaves will remain evergreen too so even when it?s not in bloom it will help provide groundcover and structure to beds. Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 60cm (24).
In years gone by, Gerberas were some of the first plants to come into the greenhouse as winter approached. New breeding has changed all that - Gerbera ?Sweet love? will happily survive the winter outdoors! Planted in a sheltered position, this cheery Barberton Daisy will produce a non-stop supply of daisy blooms, carried on upright stems throughout the summer.