Busy Lizzies have been one of the most popular summer annuals in British gardens for decades, due to the amount of colour they provide. Busy Lizzie 'Imara' is a classic variety, with plants that become smothered in pretty flowers, in a range of colours such as pink and red.
This is one popular Strawberry as over 15 million plants are bought in France each year!
Turn up the heat on your patio with the tropical colours of Lantana Calippo Collection. Exotic flowers in bright, carnival colours stand out beautifully against the dark, evergreen leaves of these tender shrubs.
This variety of Impatiens (Busy Lizzies) comes in a lovely mix of reds, oranges, purples, deep pinks and white. They offer excellent ground cover for borders and containers with their pretty flower faces set against rich green foliage. This variety is strong robust and more resilient to Downy Mildew than ever before. Providing your garden with over six months of fabulous colour, they are easy to grow and will thrive in both full sun and partial shade. Supplied as a pack of 60 pro+ plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
Add almost instant impact to your summer bedding schemes, with eye to catching colour. This statuesque annual makes the perfect dot plant for borders, or why not be brave and plant it en masse for explosive results!
Highly attractive erect fat spikes in deep purplish red, from 3 inch thick tapering to 1 inch, as if standing guard. Ideal as a border filler, and for flower arranging. Height: 90-100cm (3-4ft)
An improved form with yellow-scarlet and green foliage all on one plant, it makes a striking bedding plant for its foliage alone and produces erect brush like deep red 6in flower spikes which are good for cutting. Also suitable for growing in 5-6in pots. Flowers late summer. Height: 45-60cm (18-24in)
Attractive, tall, feathery spikes of cream and biscuit shades will gently ruffle in the slightest breeze. Quick and easy to grow, adding height and interest to summer displays right through to the autumn, or used as an intriguing cut flower. Height 90-120cm (36-48 inches)
Delightful long, decorative tassels in red and green shades, gently swish side to side in a summer breeze. Ideal for adding height and interest to summer bedding displays. Height: 90-120cm (36-48in)
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Thuja are evergreen conifer trees with a narrow, conical habit, and Thuja occidentalis 'Smaragd' is a beautiful example of this highly decorative tree. A slow-growing, ornamental shrub with erect sprays of bright green, aromatic foliage, the Emerald Thuja is a colourful way to add height and structure to your beds and borders. Perfectly happy as a container plant, anyone can grow this garden gem, whether you have a large garden or a compact terrace or balcony. Easy to grow, 'Smaragd' (or the White Cedar as it is sometimes referred to) is a great plant for both new and experienced gardeners as it requires little to no maintenance - its growth is naturally narrow, so it doesn't need regular pruning to keep its shape. Hardy down to -45°C, thuja is also extremely tolerant of the cold, just needing protection from drying winter wind especially while it is young. The perfect plant for flower beds and borders, Thuja Smaragd excels in City & Courtyard gardens as well as Cottage & Informal gardens, Gravel and Rock gardens as well as on the Patio in a container. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for immediate planting. Grows to around 2.5m x 2.5m.
'Golden Smaragd' is a wonderful variety of Thuja, evergreen conifers that grow with a naturally narrow, conical habit. Slow-growing, with sprays of bright yellow-green aromatic foliage, 'Golden Smaragd' is a handsome and colourful decorative tree, ideal as a specimen and perfect for bringing year-round height and structure to your beds and borders, and well suited to container growing too. Thuja and incredibly easy to grow, needs hardy any maintenance and its naturally slow growth means that it doesn't need regular trimming to keep it in shape, particularly useful if you're growing it as a hedge where it'll provide excellent screening but with little effort. It's also amazingly hardy, right down to -45°C, so there is no chance that it'll be damaged in even the harshest British winter, although protection from cold, drying winter winds when young will help it to establish. A versatile tree for any part of the garden, Thuja isn't fussy about soil and will thrive whether it's acid, alkaline or neutral, as long as it's well drained. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for planting, growing up to 5m (16½ft) tall and 1.7m (5½ft) wide after 20 years.