Plant hardy perennial Astrantia major ?Venice? in cottage garden borders or in the damp areas surrounding a pond and enjoy these stunning, ruby-red pincushion flowers all summer long.
Perfect as a hedging or specimen plant, Fagus sylvatica 'Atropunicea' is a purple beech which will certainly stand out from the normal greens in your garden. With gorgeous year-round interest, the deep purple leaves of this beech tree retain their colour throughout the year before turning crisp and brown in the winter - staying on the tree until new leaves star tto emerge in the spring. A fast growing and easy to maintain deciduous tree, beech has many structural uses in the garden, where its striking colour makes it an interesting ornamental hedge as well as a stunning specimen plant. When grown as a hedge, Beech is extremely adaptable, being easily clipped into a desired shape, plus it has the added advantage that it retains its leaves over winter forming a dense screen to protect your privacy. Such is its popularity, beech is frequently used in garden design and was a particular favourite of the garden designer Capability Brown in his landscape designs. As well as creating a border or feature in your garden, beech is also great for the environment and a haven for wildlife, providing shelter and food for many animals. Supplied as an established plant in a 1L pot, Beech will ultimately reach 25 - 30m, but is so easy to keep small by pruning that it can be grown in most gardens.
A compact and relatively new variety, 'Honey Baby' is suitable for growing in a container on your patio or balcony and produces an abundance of noticeably scented blooms. Ideal for a pot or smaller space in sun or dappled shade, this is a honeysuckle that anyone can grow, whatever the size of your garden! With an impressively long flowering period from early summer until the end of autumn, this honeysuckle produces beautiful creamy yellow flower buds in early summer which open to reveal fragrant flowers Easy to grow and maintain, with the only pruning required being a quick snip to keep it tidy, 'Honey Baby' is also disease tolerant and fully hardy. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot, ready for planting straight out.
With glossy green leaves and highly fragrant flowers this fantastic honeysuckle is perfect whether scrambling over a pergola of covering an unsightly fence or wall. It's fully hardy and bears green foliage through all but the hardest winters giving a year round display. These well established plants will give plenty of flowers this year.
If you wish to add an exotic touch to your cottage, woodland or scented garden, consider Lonicera 'Golden Trumpet'. This climber, which is also known as Scarlet Trumpet Honeysuckle, will happily grow up a south-facing pergola or trellis. Here, its distinctive, bright yellow flowers will flourish from June until the late summer. These blooms are succeeded by red berries, which will add colour and texture to the autumn landscape. This Loniera x brownii cultivar is therefore a great, all-round hardy shrub for anyone looking for an unusual plant. Height: 4m (12'). Spread: 2m (6').
This bushy Winter-flowering Honeysuckle blooms in the cold winter months when most other plants are dormant. Creamy white tubular flowers decorate the woody stems from December to March, often followed by dull red berries that provide food for hungry birds.
A compact and relatively new variety, 'Chic n Choc' is suitable for growing in a container on your patio or balcony and produces an abundance of noticeably scented blooms. Ideal for a pot or smaller space in sun or dappled shade, this is a honeysuckle that anyone can grow, whatever the size of your garden! With an impressively long flowering period from early summer until the end of autumn, this honeysuckle produces beautiful crimson-purple flower buds in early summer which open to reveal fragrant flowers of delicate pink-white that eventually saturate with warm golden-yellow. Even when not in flower, this is a honeysuckle to covet - its glorious red stems provide the perfect contrast to the elliptical blue-green leaves and as a semi-evergreen it will hold its own in the garden for longer. Easy to grow and maintain, with the only pruning required being a quick snip to keep it tidy, 'Chic n Choc' is also disease tolerant and fully hardy. Supplied as an established plant in a 2L pot, ready for planting straight out.
Add a taste of the orient to salads and stir fries with this spicy blend. An alternative to normal salad leaves.