Attractive, free-flowering, bushy plants with stunning bicoloured blooms in vibrant orange and golden yellow. Will paint your borders and containers with colour all summer
This mouth-watering colour combination smothers the particularly dwarf, compact, bushy plants with alluring orange and golden yellow, daisy-like blooms. Unlike some bedding plants, Calendula 'Citrus Cocktailkeeps on flowering throughout the summer, coping in almost any garden situation. It even grows well in coastal areas. The bright flowers are also excellent for cutting and can also be added to salads as an edible flower. Height: 20cm (8). Spread: 30cm (12).
The longest flowering and best double pot marigold that we have grown on our trial grounds! Sturdy, dwarf, multi-branching plants produce large, luminous blooms, to brighten summer borders and containers. The daisy-like flowers of Calendula 'Candyman Yellow' are excellent for cutting and can also be added to salads as an edible flower. Quick and easy to grow, calendula copes in almost any garden situation, and even grows well in coastal areas. Height: 25cm (10). Spread: 30cm (12).
A glittering mixture in a wide range of colours. Their low and compact habit makes them an essential item for the smaller garden
Aeschynanthus marmoratus is also known as the Zebra Basket Vine due to the attractive Zebra stripes on its upper leaf surface which are mirrored on the purple undersides
Chilli Pepper ?Hot Banana? produces slender fruits with a waxy skin and minimal seeds, giving them a warm and tangy flavour. This variety has a moderate heat ? perfect for adding to family favourites like pizza, salads and salsa, adding a tasty bite, without the burn!
This compact bushy variety bears a profusion of single purple blooms with contrasting red-pink sepals over a particularly long period. The ball shaped blooms of Fuchsia 'Jollies Nantes' appear throughout the summer and autumn seasons. A lovely compact specimen for a patio container or planted at the front of mixed borders.
This fast maturing selection is ideal for early sowings under glass in late winter for your first crop of the year. Carrot 'Nantes 2' produces blunt tipped, medium length roots of about 15cm (6) long.
With reddish-purple foliage making a fine display in spring, this dwarf Berberis continues to delight through the seasons, as the leaves mature to fiery scarlet in autumn. It has small yellow flowers which attract pollinating insects, followed by berries to feed the birds. Compact deciduous Berberis 'Atropurpurea Nana' is easy to grow in any well-drained soil. It can also be grown as an interesting low hedge. Height and spread: 100cm (40).
This dwarf variety of Spirea is a low growing shrub with a spreading habit. Spiraea japonica 'Nana' bears sprays of pink fluffy blooms against a backdrop of toothed green foliage in the summer, while in autumn the leaves take on hues of red and orange. This deciduous Japanese Spirea makes a great specimen shrub or can be grown as a low hedge. It has the RHS Award of Garden Merit and is easy to grow in a sunny border. Height: 50cm (20). Spread: 100cm (39).
There are few shrubs that offer so much interest in the garden as the Sacred Bamboo. This variety is particularly appealing for its colourful foliage and neat, compact habit. In spring, the new foliage is copper, maturing gradually to deep green, before colouring to red and orange in autumn.