‘Down Home’ is a cane-stemmed begonia with erect, bamboo-like stems bearing bold, dark bronze leaves with pink undersides and clusters of long-lasting pendulous candy-pink flowers with white striped petals
A free-flowering variety, Saintpaulia ‘Newtown Ohio’ bears semi-double, magenta-pink flowers with a white, crimped, picotee edge
Wonderful small fruits of creamy-white to green and yellow striped. Uniquely shaped, resembling a crown
An eye-catching and unique colour combination! These large heads first open white, then the blooms change quickly to pink, purple and salmon shades whilst still retaining the occasional white flower. Sure to add interest to borders or to cut flower displays. Height: 40-45cm (16-18in).
An easy to grow annual, perfect as a filler, where the rich gold will weave through your border. The ferny foliage of Cladanthus Golden Crown gives rise to many golden discs, and each new stem radiates from the edge of the faded flower in a most unusual fashion. Prefers an ordinary, well drained soil in full sun
Perfect for growing in large swathes of bright colour in your summer borders, Calendula ?Crown Orange? is an extremely robust variety of this cottage garden favourite.
This jolly mixture will brighten your garden! The attractive bicoloured blooms stand proud above rich green foliage. This medium height variety looks delightful planted en-masse in a sunny border or filling a large patio container, and the garden performance of 'Circus Clowns' is simply outstanding.
Fig 'Brown Turkey' is self fertile and can be grown very successfully outdoors, being fully hardy and specially selected for the UK climate. This popular fig tree produces large crops of sweet, juicy fruits with a deep red flesh under the brown skins, developing in spring and ripening from August to September. A second crop will often develop in late summer and these fruits will ripen during the following summer as long as they are protected over winter. The attractive lobed foliage means that figs make a fine feature when trained against a sunny wall or grown in a container on the patio. . Height: 3m (9'). Spread: 4m (13').Estimated time to cropping once planted: 1 year.Estimated time to best yields: 3 years.
Cottage, coastal and low maintenance gardens will surely benefit from the addition of this hardy shrub. Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Ferndown' is an exceptionally undemanding plant that tolerates drought and will grow in exposed areas, providing it is placed in full sunlight. In addition to these practical advantages, Bluebeard produces interesting, structural stems adorned with elegant, grey-green foliage. These leaves are faintly aromatic, pleasing the senses of smell and sight alike. What's more, the 'Ferndown' variety bears clusters of blue, pollen-rich flowers in the late summer, attracting pollinators such as bees. It can therefore be given pride of place in wildlife areas. Height: 1.2m (4'). Spread: 1.5m (4'11).
Sweet William are always a cottage garden favourite, easy to grow and look after and yet incredibly rewarding too. Dianthus barbatus ?Purple Crown? bears large clusters of very fragrant deep purple and white bicolour flowers that are greatly appreciated by pollinating insects.
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.