Attractive Mediterranean annual with the common name of Venus Looking Glass. Plants are covered with pretty purple and lilac blue flowers with a startling white centre which open in sunshine and close up when the weather is dull or wetEasy to grow and gives excellent ground cover.
Achillea 'Cloth of Gold' is an indispensible border plant, with flat, plate-like, mustard yellow flower heads carried above finely-cut, ferny foliage. This free flowering perennial is undemanding and easy to grow, making a bright splash of summer colour in borders and meadows. Achillea flowers make a charming cut flower and can be dried for everlasting flowers too. Height: 15m (59). Spread: 45cm (18)
A charming, but exquisite stunner for the spring or summer garden. Its habit is branching so it reaches only 4-6in in height yet cascades or spreads for 12in Descriptively it's one mass of 0.5in double blooms, Uniquely the blooms have no consistent colour. The buds are deep pink opening to salmon and maturing to white, conveying this majestic blossom effect. Ideal for hanging baskets, containers and direct sown, or planted out, is a striking carpeting plant of better character and form than alyssum. Occasionally singles will appear in the double forms and should be removed
Yes, this really is a true blue Penstemon, true from seed! Azure blue trumpet blooms in abundance, with green and grey tinged foliage. An added bonus too - as this charming perennial may be treated as a annual, flowering in its first year. Highly versatile for borders, rockeries, bedding or the patio container
Unlike its taller cousins, this dwarf Anchusa is neat and compact, blending into the front of borders with ease. These early flowering perennials produce their azure blue flowers above coarse, hairy foliage throughout summer.
Trailing. A breeding triumph: cascading Antirrhinums! In a mixture of seven colours, including pure colours and bicolours, the Snapdragon flowers are borne on self branching, vigorous plants. Ideally made for hanging baskets, containers and window boxes
Pretty, phlox-like 13mm (1/2) white and maroon flowers that open in the late evening, releasing a delicious scent. Grow in groups to take advantage of the honey fragrance
Here is an annual that's "as pretty as a picture". There is an incessant parade of sumptuous 2cm, rich deep purple to black flowers with - the master touch - a scalloped silvery-white edge. It has truly ground hugging habit (not unlike annual alyssum) that will provide ground cover and contrast for all containers, hanging baskets, and it makes a tidy edging plant. Trailing 5-10cm (2-4in). Height: 30-38cm (12-15in).
This genuinely cascading Petunia is smothered in bright purple-pink flowers, each with a black throat. Plants are only 15cm (6in) high and can spread up to 90cm (3ft), making them ideal candidates for all types of container and baskets. Non-stop flowering, even during mild frosts, gales and heavy rain, plants will quickly revive. Because plants are seed raised, you can grow with confidence, assured that there is no risk of virus. Awarded a Fleuroselect Quality Mark. Growing tip: Get the best out of your petunias with our specially formulated Petunia Fertiliser - the perfect balance of nutrients to get them off to a flying start and nourish them through the summer
An older variety dating back to 1929, but still well worth a place among modern cultivars. Narcissus 'Pencrebar' bears clusters of shapely double blooms upon slender stems, with a light and floral perfume.
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