Become an instant bulb expert in no time at all with the ingenious Plant-O-Mat Drop in Bulb Pods! This Acidanthera and Brodeia Mix will produce an amazing summer display with the absolute minimum of effort... The designer 'Bulb Pods' will be delivered with your bulbs 'in-situ' and in their ideal spacing so you will get picture-perfect colour-themed displays each and every summer! Simply dig a planting hole in your garden, pot or trough, drop the entire 'Bulb Pod' in, cover with compost or soil, water and wait for great results. It really is a case of DIG - DROP - COVER - your results will astound friends & familly and there's no need for dirty hands. The totally biodegradable 'Bulb Pod', will itself disappear with a few weeks from planting, leaving the bulbs in the perfect planting design - in summer you will get a fabulous display that looks just like the picture! This Mix includes 19 bulbs that have been carefully positioned into a complimentary design that will look absolutely stunning when in flower. You'll get a neat and professional looking display that your neighbours will be jealous of. You will get: Acidanthera (white) 7 bulbs Brodeia (blue)12 bulbs Classic 'Bulb Pod' - Round in shape, each one is 24cm diameter and contains 19 premium quality bulbs that are all guaranteed to flower next summer! Perfect for large pots, beds & borders.
Easier to grow than you may think, cannas are one of those exotic beauties that swiftly helps to create a bright, zingy summer garden. Their fiery hot colour combinations of yellow, orange and red will erupt throughout your beds and borders, adding great height and impact too. Each pack of 5 is a mix of colours, and also a mix of the green-leaves and lovely purple-leaved types, selected from taller flowering cultivars, so all will flower at 1m or more. Renowned for their tall flower spikes, grow them in large pots, or at the back of borders, in hot, sunny spots, in well-drained areas. Feed well when in growth - they will not start growing much until May, they grow away quickly as the summer warms. They will over-winter if they do not get too wet, and will benefit from a mulch - or the tubers can be dug up and stored in a cool, frost-free place over the winter for use again next year.
Every chocolate box photograph of a traditional cottage has Hollyhocks in it, and this series has the even more double flowers for greater impact! Tall spires of tightly ruffled, frilled blooms open from bottom to top of the magnificent flower spikes, giving height and impact as well as a nostalgic touch. Long-lasting spires of this specially selected hollyhock mixture features a range of vivid colours that will bring masses of flowers throughout summer. Extremely easy to grow and super-tough, Hollyhocks are very hardy and perennial, providing you with month of glorious colour each year and get bigger and better in subsequent seasons. Supplied as a collection of 12 mixed colour plug plants for you to plant straight out or pot up and grow on.
If it's colour that you're after, then look no further! The flowers of our Begonia 'Non-Stop' plants come in a boisterous range of shades, that jostle for attention containers, beds and borders.
Add that cottage garden feel to your borders and pots with Cosmos Apollo. It's very free flowering with extra large petals and is, quite simply, the best Cosmos on the market for patio containers giving a succession of pastel blooms in shades of white, blush, light and dark rose pink. It's pollen rich centres are thronged by bees on warm sunny days as well. The stems of this new introduction are strong and compact meaning it will need little or no support in the border unlike other varieties. With it's delicate feathery foliage Apollo makes a lovely cut flower too. Supplied as a mix of 12 plug plants ready to grow on before planting out.
Lettuce ?Alfresco Mixed? contains a mix of red and green lettuce, rocket, endive, and radicchio.
Primula Belarina is and incredible range of vibrantly coloured primroses with clusters of large, lightly scented double flowers, creating a lovely bright splash of colour. These wonderful, compact plants have rosettes of beautifully textured leaves and are smothered in flowers between March and June and will look fabulous wherever you plant them. They're great in pots, containers, beds or baskets, in partial shade or sun - they really are easy to grow and bring the spring garden to life with their cheerful colours. Perfectly hardy in the garden, they're perfect when combined with other perennials and underneath trees and shrubs where they'll flower for months, gradually forming large clumps that can be divided every few years to give you more plants. Supplied as 3 plug plants ready for potting on or planting out, growing to a height and spread of 20 cm (8 in).
This is a stunning mix of tri-colour cauliflowers which are just as scrumptious as they are attractive!
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).
A fabulous collection of double-flowered freesias to bring a mixture of colours and perfume to your garden. These stunning double blooms will flower more prolifically than the single-flowered varieties, producing gorgeous, trumpet-shaped freesia flowers with a delicious fragrance above the narrow, lance-shaped leaves. A native of South Africa - we tend to think that growing them in the UK will be difficult, but this isn't the case - they're really easy! Freesias grow well in a sunny spot in well-drained soil and are a great candidate for a pot in a sunny greenhouse or conservatory or on the patio. A cut-flower favourite and a popular cottage garden flower, you can keep your home filled with the delightful scent of fragrant, fresh-cut flowers. Supplied as a collection of 50 mixed-colour freesia corms.
One of the earliest flowering of the spring bulbs, Chionodoxa is a superb choice for naturalising and makes a fantastic display when planted en-masse. Lots of pretty, blue, star-shaped flowers appear in swathes in late winter, often when there is snow on the ground, hence its name.. Very versatile and easy to grow. Ideal for rocky borders. Flowers: Jan-Feb. Height: 15cm (6in) 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 a pack of 75 bulbs, perfect for planting now.
Make your spring display effortless with our pre-planted hanging baskets. Delivered to your door with your favourite spring bedding variety already planted up and growing well. All you need to do is hang them up, water and enjoy! Primrose 'Bonneli' are bright and cheerful, forming neat, uniform plants.