Wow!... Just wow!! You really can't get a more striking plant for your late winter and spring garden - and we're so excited to be able to bring it to you! This new introduction is absolutely exquisite with its gorgeous pink fluffy catkins which just beg to be stroked as you walk past the bush. The fuzzy bunny tails burst from the tight maroon buds as the temperature warms in early spring, bringing a splash of vibrant colour to your garden, with the promise of warmer weather to come. When grown as a hedge or as coppices, the new young growth is luminous with fire when the catkins break - it's really a sight to behold Perfect for a winter garden, the pussy-willow catkins start to appear from late winter and last well into the spring, and the stems are truly impressive when cut and brought into the house for an early flower display. In fact, this variety was bred for the cut-flower market, by a cut-flower arranger, so you know that the stems will make a great visual impact. As the season progresses, the tiny pink powder puffs gradually turn golden as the pollen emerges, bringing a subtle shift of colour to the whole bush, before the blue-green leaves emerge and form a magnificent backdrop to other plants and flowers in the garden. Not just a pretty face, 'Mount Aso' is also known for its abilty to tolerate pollution, salt sea air and damp areas - a truly versatile and useful plant! We supply an established plant in a 3L pot, with an ultimate height and spread of approx. 2m x 2m, but can be restricted by pruning.
These UK bred beauties are guaranteed to grow and thrive in your garden, producing towers of beautiful flower every summer! Each set includes 3 well established potted plants - one each of Chiffon White, Chiffon Lavender & Chiffon Blue. With beautiful blooms that grow up to 5" across, the multi-layered petals have a gorgeous 'Chiffon' look, (hence the name!) and will be produced in abundance from early summer every year! You can grow these as an excellent flowering hedge or place them in sunny beds and borders where they will create a visually stunning tower of colourful double blooms. Perfect for pots on your patio, they will eventually grow to 4-5ft tall if left un-trimmed. Incredibly easy to care for - prune to shape just once a year in early spring, they are also totally winter hardy anywhere in the UK! UK bred by the renowned Notcutts Nurseries, these are truly world class varieties.
Imagine sitting in your garden this spring, basking in the afternoon sun and surrounded by incredibly beautiful cherry blossom. Amanogawa is a delightful flowering cherry which is literally covered in elegant, shell-pink flowers throughout spring. It is very similar to other flowering cherries such as Kanzan, however it grows in an upright fashion forming a very compact, tall habit making it perfect for anyone who wants the benefits of one of these truly majestic trees but has limited space.
Flowering shrubs are the backbone of any garden, giving colour, form, winter interest and privacy throughout the year, for many years, as well as attracting a host of wildlife. With so many different types available, there's always something that will appeal to every gardener, whatever their level of experience or preference!We've specially selected and put together a collection of low maintenance favourites that are ideal for filling gaps in gardens, creating screening or a feature shrubbery, but all with the absolute minimum of fuss. A lovely collection of gorgeous late spring and summer flowering shubs for years of colour & fragrance, featuring a mix of flower colours, giving interest from April through to September, this collection includes customer favourites which are particularly adored for their scent and colour. All low maintenance favourites, these shrubs are ideal for filling gaps in gardens, or creating a screen or shrubbery. Supplied as a set of 6 different varieties of seasonally available range, ready to plant out all year - some will be dormant and have no or few leaves in winter.
For sheer impact and flower power, few plants can rival the fuchsia. A must for every summer flowering display, hanging baskets are incomplete without at least some fuchsias, and you'll certainly love these giants! Imagine turbo charging your normal fuchsias and you'll understand just how these larger-than-life beauties can have such an impact in the garden. Jumbo (or giant) flowered fuchsias are breathtakingly beautiful and always drawing admiring glances and with each flower up to 10cm (4 inches) across, these colossal-bloomed plants are a regular best-seller with gardeners. Performing reliably year in year out, whatever our summer weather throws at us, their multiple layers of delicate petals will fill your baskets and containers with dazzling colour and interest. These beautiful double flowered fuchsias will help you create perfect patio displays this summer with simply incredible extra-large, double blooms. What's really great about these varieties is that they are very productive throughout the whole season you'll get wave after wave of gorgeous flowers! With layer upon layer of delicate petals they are breathtakingly beautiful and always draw admiring glances. The varieties we've chosen will complement each other well, producing purples, pinks, reds, magentas creams and whites! They are all proven winners in UK conditions and will produce some of the showiest, brightest displays you've ever grown. Perfect for hanging baskets, pots & containers. Supplied as a pack of 12 jumbo plug plants for potting up and growing on for around 3-4 weeks before planting into baskets. Plant: March-May Flowers: June - September Height/Spread: Approx. 30cm (12in) x 50cm (20in).
If you are looking for a simple to grow, low maintenance collection to brighten up those dull mid Winter days after Chrostmas, look no further than this fabulous Winter flowering shrub collection - where all the flowers are fragrant too for extra enjoyment. Each colelction incldues one plant each of: Sarcococca (Christmas Box) - a lovely little evergreen shrub with sweet smelling white to cream firework explosion flowers from December to March. Reaches 1.5M tall x 1M spread, Viburnum bodnantense 'Chales Lamont' - very scented pale rose pink flowers emerge on bare stems from November to March on this larger easy shrub. Reaches 2M tall x 2M spread. Chimonanthus praecox (Wintersweet) - beautiful sulphur yellow flowers, with central burgundy detailing, borne on bare stems Jnauary to March on established plants - reaches 2.5M tall x 2.5M spread. All are very tough and hardy, and easy care, perfect for sunny bright mixed shrub borders. or grow them in larger pots, so you can bring them close to the house in Winter flower, so you can enjoy their delightful fragrance to the max.
'Sugar Rush' is a fantastic new British-bred Wallflower that will reliably give you two displays of vibrant colour to brighten up your garden this Autumn and Winter! It will flower this autumn around November, overwintering to flower again in the Spring! This dwarf variety is highly fragrant, and its rainbow-like mix of coloured blooms will provide a vivid display in the otherwise dreary winter months. It is very hardy and will deal with wintery conditions no-problem, and is perfect for borders or containers. Growing to about 20cm tall, it's mass of fruit salad shades will work best in full sun or light shade, in massed plantings in pots, planters or mixed borders. Remove spent flowers to prolong displays.
These standard patio roses are AMAZING quality and SUPERB value for money. Less than HALF NORMAL NURSERY PRICES! They will produce a summer-long display of beautifully fragrant blooms for years to come, adding style and height to your patio, decking or balcony. Also known as Tree Roses, a single bush will make a dramatic, stand-alone feature but will also look fabulous as a pair of potted specimens to dress a door or gate. This unique type of rose is only possible because painstaking work has been undertaken by the grower, 'side grafting' the flowering variety on to the straight stem of the rootstock, thereby giving the height. Supplied as 2 x bare root, standard trees with well-formed heads, approx. 60-70cm tall ready to plant out.
Grown for its gorgeous, springtime displays of pink, bowl-shaped blossoms, 'Triloba' here is grown in standard form creating the perfect compact feature tree for any size garden or patio. The double flowered blossom is a picture in early spring, where the blooms smother bare branches before the foliage appears. What's more, the flowers carry a wonderful floral perfume that will fill the air throughout the spring so make sure you plant somewhere where you can fully enjoy the delightful fragrance. Bright green leaves follow the flowers and fruits for wild birds to feast on arrive late in summer. Concluding in a riot of autumnal-bronze foliage in the autumn, the Prunus Triloba will add colour to your garden throughout the whole year. Perfect for pots, the standard form produces a ball of flowers and foliage atop a long clear stem, adding height to displays but is always very easily maintained with a little prune to shape. Totally winter hardy it can be left outside all year round and will flourish again next year. Supplied as a bare root tree, approx. 1.4m tall, in a standard form.
These beautiful Lavatera are one of THE products that every garden should have! Lavatera are large shrubby plants with great big spikes of flowers up to 2 feet long, which will burst with an abundance of pink, purple and white blooms all summer long. Ideal for hot sunny spots, these are great plants for climbing up walls and trellises. You can also prune them to grow in pots on the patio. Incredibly vigorous, these are some of the easiest plants to grow perfect for beginners!
Also known as the Strawflower or the Everlasting flower, this daisy-like plant is related to Helychrysums - a popular cottage garden plant that is enjoying a bit of a comeback. The attention-grabbing flowers are what makes this garden annual so unusual and what gave it the name of 'everlasting flower' - you really must grow them to see what the fuss is all about! As the big, intensely yellow blooms of Granvia Gold mature, they develop a deep orange centre giving the plant a bright golden glow. But that's not its most unusual feature - if you touch the petals, you'll be amazed to find that the actually feel like paper! Compact and easy to grow, these bushy annuals make perfect container plants - ideal for brightening up patios and balconies as they can be moved wherever you want them. Easy to grow and great for filling gaps in borders, they provide long lasting colour and make an excellent cut flower, lasting for weeks - even months if you hang a bunch up to dry for a couple of weeks after picking. Supplied as 6 x plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out. Plants reach H50cm (20in) x W50cm (20in).
Perfectly formed to bring vibrancy to beds, borders, and containers, these delightful plants will grace your garden with a plethora of colourful blooms. Easy to grow with no special cultivation techniques required, even the most inexperienced of gardeners will have masses of gorgeous translucent blooms in their garden. An upright, hardy annual plant, these mallows are perfect for cutting, and you'll get an abundance of delightful mallow flowers, each 7.5 - 10cm (3-4in) in diameter, along the length of the sturdy stems. Each bloom is magically translucent and will appear to shimmer when illuminated by the sun in a wonderful display and the abundant flowers will continue for many months over the summer - often over 4 months right through to the autumn. Grow in moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil, ideally in full sun though partial shade is tolerated. Provide support in exposed positions. Supplied as 12 x plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out. Flowers June to September. H90cm (36in) W45cm (18in).