A bright mix of colour for a vibrant summer display! This sunny blend of clear shades and bicolours with dark faces is compact and free flowering. Perfect for a stunning display in containers, beds and borders. Height and spread: 23cm (9). Supplied as garden-ready plug plants.
Are you tempted by the beautiful, globe-shaped blooms of African Blue Lillies but concerned that they will struggle in the changeable British climate? Perhaps the 'Northern Star' variety of Agapanthus is the answer to your prayers! Not only does it produce an abundance of deep blue flower umbels in mid to late summer, but it is among the toughest plants of its kind.
This large, deciduous shrub features clusters of pretty, bell-shaped cream flowers, with red veins and tips to the petals throughout May and June. The foliage blends from green to gold and then on to red during autumn. Hardy to -15°C. Height and spread 4m.
Large conical white blooms stand proud above deep red stems, providing this deciduous shrub with an unforgettable display. Late-summer will have never looked so great, as the white flowers change to eye-catching shades of pale pink as they mature. Hydrangea paniculata ?Candlelight? is extremely hardy and has a strong and upright growth habit, making this shrub ideal for containers and mixed borders, but feeling most at home in a woodland garden setting. Autumn sees the leaves turn from red to orange before they fall in winter. Height and spread: 150cm (60?).
Now your garden can be bursting with fabulous flowers throughout autumn with these healthy, large, garden-ready plug plants. Pansy 'Autumn Blaze Mixed' is a selection of colourful autumn pansies with a soft fragrance. Simply remove from the box and plant them out into your borders, containers and baskets for a rewarding display from autumn through to spring. Ht. 20cm. Supplied as large plug plants.
Every spring, this compact little Saxifrage is covered in a starry mass of pink blooms, each with a golden centre. The flowers grow above mossy mounds of textured evergreen foliage, giving interest all year. Saxifraga 'Peter Pan' holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit and is an easy plant for a beginner. It likes sunshine, but unlike many rock garden plants, will also tolerate some shade. It prefers a moist soil. As well as being ideal for the alpine or rockery garden, it is a good choice for the front of borders, patio containers, or can be grown in wall crevices. Height and Spread: 25cm (10).
An evergreen perennial that bears erect stems, up to a metre high, which burst into globes of blue trumpet flowers from July to September, above strappy green foliage. It's a perfect specimen for a large patio planter of moist, well-drained compost, that can be brought to a frost-free place over winter. Plants can be divided every 4 years in spring. Ht. 1m. Mature plants are supplied in a 12cm pot.
Beautiful, deep blue florets stand proud on tall stalks each summer on this outstanding African Lily. Agapanthus ?Flower of Love?, being a hardy perennial, will flower year after year, getting larger and stronger with each passing season. These reliable plants are low maintenance so they will give you the maximum reward in your garden for a minimum of effort and perform really well when confined to a patio container, the restriction of the roots actually encourage it to produce flowers! The long leaves will remain evergreen too so even when it?s not in bloom it will help provide groundcover and structure to beds. Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 60cm (24).
New for 2014 - this stunning pansy boasts extra-large flowers in abundance that form atop bushy plants, ideal for adding a cool effect to winter and spring pots, indeed this pansy may even begin to flower during autumn so you could see their eye-catching blooms from October right through to May! Ht.15-20cm. Supplied as plug plants.
A fantastic duo of spring flowering bulbs which bloom at the same time giving you a complete spring display!
A beautiful Hydrangea variety with 40cm (16) panicles of pink flowers, Hydrangea paniculata 'Pinky Winky' is a bold flowering shrub that offers loads of colour from August until early autumn. The flowerheads slowly fade, but can still be colourful in early winter, and they look fantastic on a frosty morning. It's a great choice for borders and also looks good in planters on patios or decking and is very low maintenance. Height and Spread: 1.5m (4.9).
Exquisitely beautiful Agapanthus africanus 'Albus' bears globes of pure white trumpet-shaped blooms which emerge from clumps of glossy, strap-like leaves, flowering through the summer months. African Lilies thrive in a sunny position in the garden and also grow well in terracotta pots or other containers, bringing an exotic hint of the Mediterranean to the garden. After flowering, the seed heads can be left on the plants adding winter interest to the garden. Agapanthus blooms make fine cut flowers. Height: 1m (39). Spread: 50cm (19).