In June, July, August and September, this Old Man's Beard's bright purple and red flowers will catch your eye as soon as you step into your cottage garden. Clematis 'Ashva' is a climbing plant that thrives in the sunlight, so is best grown up a south facing wall, fence or trellis. Once its blooms die off, the hardy shrub can be pruned ready to begin its next colourful season the following spring. Height: 2m (6'7). Spread: 1m (3'3). Pruning group 3.
Clematis 'Apollonia' is a great addition to containers, grown against a trellis, for its white blooms look lovely alongside other Old Man's Beards as well as colourful Jasmines and Roses. This hardy shrub has a particularly compact habit, making it easy to maintain when placed in sunlight or semi-shade. It could also be grown up a fence or a low wall, making for a traditional yet versatile cottage garden plant. Height: 2m (6'7). Spread: 1m (3'3). Pruning group 2.
Clematis 'Ruby' produces elegant, spidery lilac-mauve flowers in a much-needed spring flush from March to April. The fluffy seedheads of this alpina variety of Clematis are just as magnificent and help to add further interest to your garden as they persist throughout the summer. This versatile, climbing Old Man's Beard variety is extremely adaptable, growing strongly in sun or shade and requiring very little pruning. This hardy shrub looks superb climbing up a pergola, against a wall or fence or on a trellis or garden obelisk. Height: 2m (6' 6). Spread: 1m (3' 3). Pruning group: 1.
A dark bronze cherry variety producing long uniform trusses of super-sweet fruits (up to 15g each) with just the right balance of acidity.
Don't be put off by their colour, you'll love their taste! With a delicate, sweet, lingering flavour, the colouring of these striking green tomatoes become slightly translucent when fruits are ripe. Abundant clusters of grape-sized, 30g (1oz) fruits are produced throughout the summer.
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.
Add perfume and colour to your garden with this rare, yellow-flowered, deciduous daphne. Slow but steady growing, this is a bushy shrub with lush green foliage that is covered with pretty clusters of yellow flowers from late spring to summer. Bees and other insects love visiting the flowers which are followed in late summer by attractive red berries.
Delicate foliage in a rich emerald green, tinged slightly with red make Acer ?Emerald Lace? an excellent specimen plant in any bed, border or even planted in a large pot on a patio.
With Green and pink leaves this is certainly a colourful variety of acer. 'Beni-Shichi-Henge' is great for growing in a large pot and would look superb on a patio as a main focal point.
What more could you want from a tomato. Juicy, sweet and colourful! Simply stunning mix of four colours of 'baby plums' - Katiebell (yellow), Lizziebell (orange), Luciebell (red) and Flamingo (pink) - will make attractive and productive plants this summer. Contrasting fruit colours will add to the interest and taste of your salads, sauces and a whole host of other tomato dishes. Fruits are oblong and very juicy, weighing on average 16-20g (0.5 - 0.75oz) and with high levels of sweetness. A 'must-have' tomato for your garden this season