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. A lovely collection of gorgeous summer and early autumn-flowering shrubs for years of colour & fragrance, featuring a mix of flower colours, giving interest from May through to September, this collection includes customer favourites which are particularly adored for their scent and colour. 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 feature plants, but all with the absolute minimum of fuss. Supplied as a set of 6 different varieties of plug plants, ready to pot up and grow on for planting out next year - some will be dormant and have no or few leaves in winter. 1 plant each of: Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Heavenly Blue'Known commonly as bluebeard, this is a compact, upright shrub with arching branches of grey-green leaves and clusters of dainty, dark blue flowers1m x 1.5m Fl August - September Cistus corbariensisAffectionally called the Rockrose, this bushy, evergreen shrub has wavy-edged leaves and produces white flowers with yellow centres through the summer1m x 1.5m Fl June - August Cotoneaster dammeriThe Bearberry is a sprawling, evergreen shrub spreading to 2.5m, with small, rounded leaves and dainty white flowers that are followed by bright red berries0.5m x 2.5m Fl May - June Escallonia x hybrid 'Apple Blossom' AGMA compact, evergreen shrub, with small, glossy dark green leaves and cup-shaped pink flowers. Great when planted as a screen or hedge.2.5m x 2.5m Fl June - July Hypericum x hidcoteense 'Hidcote' AGMSt John's wort is a bushy semi-evergreen shrub much loved by florists for decoration. Its yellow saucer-shaped blooms are followed by sprays of distinctive berries in August.1.5m x 1.5m Fl June - September Spiraea japonica 'Anthony Waterer'Is an upright deciduous shrub with narrow, sometimes variegated leaves in shades of cream and pink, with deep rosy-pink flowers in late summer1.5m x 1.5m Fl May - August
Better known as Witch Hazel, hamamelis is a winter-flowering shrub that brings something rather special to your garden with its stunning autumn colour and lightly scented blooms at a time when it needs it most. A slow-growing, deciduous shrub with oval green leaves that turn yellow and orange tinted with red in autumn in a fiery display of colour. 'Ruby Glow' is a popular variety of witch hazel and produces deep red ribbon-like blooms that erupt like sparklers in winter with a fragrance likened to a mix of spice and citrus - perfect for adding amazing winter interest to your garden when most of its other residents are lying dormant. Perfect as a specimen plant for a sunny or lightly shaded area, flowers look amazing when festooning the bare branched in late autumn and winter once the colourful leaves have fallen. Slow growing 'Ruby Glow' is a very easy shrub to grow, forming a neatly compact bush that's great in containers and pots on the patio if you don't have much room - so everyone has a change to grow it whatever the size of their garden. Supplied as an established plant in a 2L pot ready for immediate planting.
A particularly attractive variety or flowering quince, 'Orange Trail' produces masses of bloom along its branches in a vivid display of orange/red, each flower highlighted by a crentral crown of yellow anthers. Ornamental quinces bring a welcome flush of colour to the garden in spring, when their bare twigs become smothered in flowers before the glossy, dark green leaves appear. Ideal to train as a climbing shrub against a wall or fence or placed at the back of a border where their spring blossom can really shine. Incredibly easy to grow, Japanese quince will tolerate most soil types and aspects, including shade, which makes them invaluable for brightening dull corners of the garden and being a wide spreading shrub with thorny branches, it makes a perfect security hedge to deter unwanted visitors. Additionally, they have also shown good resistance to honey fungus - ideal if your garden is susceptible. Not just a pretty face, quinces develop apple-like fruit with a distinctive, sweetly fragrant aroma when ripe and can be cooked and made into jelly, making them the perfect decorative addition to any grow your own project. Supplied as an established plant in a 2L pot, ready for immediate planting.
New to our range and a defininte must-have, this is your chance to get a superb, long flowering perennial plant that will fill your garden with striking blue flowers.Lavatera 'Blue Bird' is a compact perennial Mallow (or Malva), growing to around 1m (3-4ft) and producing a spectacular show of blue flowers from June to October.Also known as a Tree mallow, its lobed, green leaves are also an attractive feature being roughly heart-shaped, bringing texture and form to your garden.Its naturally shorter stature means that it's perfect for growing in a pot, particularly if your soil is on the heavy side, your mallow will form a mound of subtle blue flowers for a long period.An easy plant to grow for even beginner gardeners, 'Blue Bird' is reliable and fully hardy, returning to your garden year after year.Supplied in a 3L pot, ready for immediate planting. Dormant November to March.
Otherwise known as 'Glory Flower', 'Pink Diamond' is an easy-care choice for summer interest in your garden borders or in pots on your patio. Large clusters of deep-pink flowers emerge in high summer from dark red buds, set off against large, heart-shaped, soft green leaves, each with a subtle cream variegation. Flowering from August to September, the fragrant blooms are a magnet for bees and butterflies. Compact at about 1.2m (4ft) height and spread, it is tailor-made for larger pots as well as smaller garden borders and shrubberies, in sun or partial shade. This half-hardy, deciduous shrub is easy to care for, requiring only a little trimming in the autumn to keep it tidy. It will require protection from the worst of the winter weather, so mulch around the base of the plant if in the ground, or move container-grown plants to a conservatory or greenhouse during the winter. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot, ready to plant.
Our patio standard roses will give you beautifully fragrant, premium quality, elegant blooms to enjoy all summer long. Rose 'Yellow' produces large, yellow flowers and blooms continuously from early summer to autumn. Also known as Tree Roses, they are the perfect way to add height and elegance to your patio - where a single bush will make a dramatic fragrant feature - or as a pair of potted specimens to dress a door or gateway. By 'top grafting' the flowering variety onto the straight stem of the rootstock, thereby giving the height, it takes expert growers a full three years to produce these gems. Supplied as 1 x bare root, standard tree with a well-formed head, approx. 60-70cm tall ready to plant out.
The deep pink buds of 'Horizon Monarch' open into huge gorgeous flowers which are pink on the outside and pale yellow on the inside and up to 10cm across during spring, contrasting beautifully with the glossy dark green leaves which can reach 18cm in length. Grown as a standard, this is a superb specimen plant for a large container and also perfect for the dappled shade of a woodland border where the huge, stunning flowers shine out against the glorious foliage. Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come. Supplied as an established plant in a 19cm pot, ready to plant out.
A beautiful dwarf lilac with an incredibly long flowering period, easily out-flowering most other lilacs that only bloom for a short time in spring. 'Flowerfesta® Pink' starts to flower with a first flush in spring and into summer, then continuing intermittently well into autumn, when it finishes blooming with one final flourish, and the clusters of tiny pale pink, nectar rich, fragrant flowers will attract bees and other pollinators into your garden. Being a dwarf variety reaching only 1.25m (4ft) and with a compact nature, it'll look great in patio pots where its scent will drift and delight. Easy to care for and slow growing, with little pruning required, just deadhead regularly to keep it tidy and to encourage more flowers. Supplied in a 9cm pot, ready to plant out.
Fuchsias are one of the most versatile of garden plants; their iconic flower colours and shapes decorating our summer gardens year after year. Always a popular choice, the beautiful green foliage frames the bright blooms and as early as June, they will come alive with an explosion of pink, purples, reds and whites with the spectacular flowers hanging daintily from their stems. Perfect for borders, pots & containers, they will provide structure and colour all summer long. These very hardy, reliable garden performers will thrive in your garden, coming back with bigger and better displays each year, and in such a range of flower colours, flower shapes and habits. Supplied as an established plant in a 17cm pot. *Please note that plants are supplied mixed colour so we cannot guarantee the colour that you will receive.
'Magic Pillow' is a very unusual, low growing ground cover hydrangea that's native to the hillsides of Korea and Japan. Living up to its name beautifully, it's covered in abundant flowers from June until September, creating a wonderful pillow of colour. The flower colour changes depending on the acidity of the soil. Alkaline soils will produce gorgeous pink blooms, whilst acid soil will give you strikingly bright mauve-blue. The flower heads open from the outside inwards, becoming fully with each day and although the stems are shorter than most hydrangeas, the flowers still make excellent cut flowers and dry well too. The foliage is lush and green with serrated leaves in spring and summer, and in autumn it transforms to incredible flaming red, orange and purple before they fall. As with all hydrangeas, the faded flowers look spectacular if left on the plant over winter. 'Magic Pillow' is an excellent ground covering shrub that will keep weeds under control and look particularly good at the front of a deep border or on a bank. Preferring light shade over full sun, it's also an ideal shrub for a woodland style garden. Supplied as an established plant in a 19cm pot, ready for planting and growing to a height of 60cm (2ft) and spread of 1.2m (4ft).
Wallflowers are loved by gardeners for their huge range of vibrantly coloured spring flowers and sweet honey scent. 'Sunset' is a biennial which will flower the spring after it is planted and is a hybrid, which makes it more vigorous and stronger growing with a longer flowering season than most wallflowers, even in poor soil conditions. 'Tuttu Frutti' flowers in wonderfully rich shades of red, purple, orange and yellow, bringing bold, fiery colour to your garden at a time when most other plants are still dormant. They're also a great source of early nectar for bees and butterflies. Growing to just a foot tall, this gorgeous variety is spectacular when mass planted in containers to create a block of colour or planted trough borders for a stunning colour contrast with other spring flowers. They also make wonderful cut flowers, filling your home with fragrance. Supplied as 20 garden ready plants, ready to be planted out, reaching a height and spread of 30 cm (1 ft).
This wonderfully scented variety of Wallflower is so easy to grow and will give you much more 'flower power' for your money. With its increased colour range including bronze, red, gold, yellow, purple, lemon and white, you can create some truly stunning displays and really brighten up your garden borders, patio pots and window boxes from Autumn right through to Spring.