A lovely mix of the more compact Gladioli species, which gets best results from planting in Autumn or early Winter, unlike the bolder and brasher cousins. Unlike them too, they have a lovely blended palette of pinks, reds, whites and blush colours, often weith the characteristic fuchsia pink lipstick marking on the petals, making them something quite different and unqiue. Forget big and bold showy Gladioli, these are understated beauties, plant them in groups of 5 or 10 mixed in to borders, for Summer colour. Good for cut flowers too, despite being shorter stemmed. Supplied as a pack of 50 mixed bulbs, size 7/8 ready to plant out in autumn.
One of the most attractive and sweetly fragrant summer flowering bulbs, this specially selected mixture will be supplied as heat-treated corms, which guarantees they will flower from the first season onwards. Supplied in a stunning array of bright colours, these will be perfect for growing in pots on your patio or planting in beds or borders. They will over-winter in mild winters, and produce bigger and better displays in future years. These beauties no longer need to be simply a treat, so grow your own, and you can enjoy bountiful crops to pick again and again, and at a fraction of even supermarket prices and at just pennies per bulb. They thrive in pots in warm spots, or in well-drained soil, they will flower in summer. Cut the flowers when tight in bud for maximum enjoyment and fragrance indoors, or leave them to provide a splash of colour outside.
Set your pots and borders alight this summer, with this colour mix of dwarf and compact Carpet Lilies. Naturally bred grow only to about 30cm tall, what they lack in height they make up for in sheer flower power - each bulb will give one strong stem with 3-5 flowers each in the first year and increasing year after year beyond that.They are great planted en-masse in beds and borders where they will smother the bare ground - ideal for filling in gaps and spaces where you really will create a carpet of hot summer colour. Alternatively, they'll look great planted in a group in a large pot, lighting up patios, terraces or even balconies.As always, lilies make a fabulous cut flowers - these brightly coloured beauties would make a great addition to a cut flower garden where their more compact height will sit well on windowsills in a vase.Easy to grow and maintain, these carpet lilies can be planted straight out between January and June and will reward you year after year with summer-long colour.
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.
The embodiment of the fleur-de-lis, the iris is a powerful symbol of faith, hope and power, and this scintillating 'Peacock Mix' contains some of the most attractive colours available at the moment. With a sultry mix of classic tones, the stunning, ruffled, blousy blooms appear over evergreen clumps of narrow, architectural leaves which provide year-round structure. A rhizomatous perennial, each bloom consists of 2 parts, the outer petals (falls) and the inner petals (standards) and each flower stem carries 3-5 buds. Currently a plant that's very much in vogue with garden designers, Iris sibirica (commonly called the flag iris) is a reliable, hardy perennial that will fill your garden with colour every year. Useful for providing height to borders without taking over, Sibirica iris are excellent for naturalising and great for cutting so that you can bring their fabulous colour indoors. Supplied as a random mix of 5 bare root plants*, ready for immediate planting. *NB colours cannot be guaranteed
Whilst you may have a perception of dahlias as being old-fashioned, and what grandad grew when you were younger, they are enjoying a renaissance in the last few years, as they provide such stunning colour and value for money in the late Summer and Autumn. So easy to grow, as they are supplied as tubers, packed full of energy to burst into growth in Spring. Plant in pots or in the garden, they will get away quickly from May, and produce a mass of bright colours which will pepper your garden like gemstones as Summer turns to Autumn. Each pack provides 10 mixed colour and shape tubers, which will reach 60-90cm tall, and produce 20-30 flowers each. These can be cut for the house, or left to enjoy outdoors. Dead-heading will prolong flowering well into Autumn. They will survive milder Winters, or the tubers can be lifted and kept dry over-Winter, or left in pots if you choose them to grow. Old-fashioned Dahlias - a great addition to any Autumn garden.
This charming mix of species crocus are early flowering, so will bring fresh spring colour to your garden from March to April. In a mixture of blues, yellows, and white, each bloom compliments the other and will provide you with a stunning display in your garden. Being low-growing, they are suitable for planting at the front of beds and borders or for naturalising through grass. This wonderful crocus mix is also great for pots and containers to brighten up your patio, decking or balcony. They will come back every year in greater numbers and are perfect for planting under shrubs and trees. Supplied as a pack of 30 bulbs, size 5/7, ready for planting.
Hyacinths are very easy to grow both indoors and outdoors too, filling your home or garden with amazing colour and fabulous, heady scent.An iconic spring flower, for best effect your pot of hyacinths is absolutely ideal in a cool room, where they will release their delicious scent for everyone to enjoy. In fact, they'll last twice as long as when grown in a warm room!Ideal to bring early spring colour into your home, simply slip the planted pot into a decorative container whey they will come into flower from February. Once the flowers have finished, they can be planted into the garden.When planted in beds or borders, they will fill your garden with powerful fragrance each April (naturalised bulbs flower slightly later than their pot-grown kin) and of course their majestic flowers can be cut to make magnificent indoor cut flower displays too!They are really easy to grow; once planted, leave them in the ground and they will flower for many years getting bigger and better each year.Supplied as 15 ready to plant bulbs in a mixture of colours - please note that this is a random mix and colours cannot be guaranteed.
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.
Bulbs such as Daffodils herald the arrival of spring and these bright bloomers are a must for everyone, with flowers from February until April. With their distinctive trumpets, there are few flowers which are as instantly recognisable. Perfect for pots, planters, beds and borders, and also make wonderful cut flower displays allowing you to enjoy them in your home too - especially as some are delightfully fragrant. Reliable and hardy, they're possibly the easiest plant to grow - you basically dig a hole, add the bulbs, cover them up and leave them alone! They'll grow almost anywhere too, even happy in light shade and prefer a free-draining soil. Leave the bulbs in the ground after the flowers have died back, and they'll reward you with bigger, better displays, each year for many years to come. Supplied as a pack of 50 bulbs, size 12/14 ready to plant out in autumn.
In an exciting range of new colours created just for us, many are not available to buy anywhere else, including some unique bicolours! With these rare hybrids being added to our range of Nerines, chances are you'll have something in your garden that no-one else has got. A distinctive bulb with a characteristic feminine beauty, no other flower is quite like a Nerine. Also known as Guernsey Lilies, this breathtakingly beautiful collection of stunning new Nerines will light up your autumn garden from September onwards in subtle shades of white, pastel pinks and reds. An invaluable plant for the garden border, potted displays and flower arrangements, Nerines add splashes of colour wherever they appear, and their long stems make them invaluable too as a cut flower, when not a lot is blooming in the garden. Unusually, some of the colours in this pretty, exotic collection have a subtle silver shimmer which really highlights their delicate petals and you can see instantly that this special range of Nerines has been bred with care and thought to give you something special both yourself and to give as a gift. Perfect for growing in a drift in flower beds and borders, you could also grow them in big patio pots, say 25-30cm diameter with 5 bulbs in. They're also completely hardy and will easily withstand UK winters. In the garden, plant them about 5cm (2in) deep, and around 10cm (4in) apart. Growing to around 60cm (2ft) high x 20cm (8in) wide, these beauties will flower from September to October after their leaves have died back. We supply a collection of 10 mixed colour bulbs* chosen by our experts to give you lasting displays that will naturalise and get bigger and better every year. Don't forget that while the optimum time to plant is autum/winter, bulbs can still be planted now! *(Please note that we cannot guarantee the mixture of colours that you will receive)
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.