A striking blend with a wonderful colour surprise! Amongst the fiery orange and yellow pot marigolds appears an intriguing calendula with delicately ruffled, blooms in a unique shade of apricot-pink. This beautiful mix of daisy-like flowers are excellent for cutting and can also be added to salads as an edible flower. Quick and easy to grow, Calendula 'Pink Surprise' makes a bright impact in beds, borders, and containers, and even grows well in coastal areas. Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 45cm (18).
An unusual hardy species of this sensitive plant. Lax arching stems with small thorns (briers), and very sensitive leaves that fold when touched are then graced by attractive pink puffball-like flowers during the summer, attracting beneficial insects to the garden. Height: 30-60cm (12-24in)
This new mini-series of perennial salvia has so many special attributes, it's difficult to know where to start! Bred to be more compact and bushy than other coccinea types, it's multibranching habit produces masses of flower spikes which bloom in only about 9 weeks from sowing. In trials, Fleuroselect judges applauded this early flowering - as well as Summer Jewel's ability to keep flowering all summer long. Pollinated by hummingbirds in its native Mexico, these 2 fabulous versions of this popular salvia variety will attract beneficial pollinating insects, such as butterflies and bees, to the garden. Plant them in borders or containers where they're bound to be the envy of your neighbours.
Showers of petite, rose-pink single flowers with pretty yellow centres hang in delicate clusters against unusual maple-leaf foliage. Creates an outstanding and colourful display in baskets or window boxes where it will keep flowering well into the autumn
Elegant double, lightly scented, lacy flowers are produced on medium height, bushy plants with masses of well- branched, strong stems that require not stem support. Creates a gracious display in annual borders as well as making a long lasting garden cut flower. Height: 45-60cm (18-24 inches)
A very popular, easy to grow and reliable variety, Spinach Medania produces an abundance of dark green leaves. Long standing if grown in good, moist soil which is kept watered during dry weather. Spinach Medania is ideal for successional sowing to give a longer cropping period. Broad, deep green leaves; ideal for freezing. Popeye was right, you can eat no better vegetable than spinach. Rich In vitamins A and C, beta-carotene, lutein and dietary fibre
If you?re going for a cottage-garden look, this pretty pastel Hollyhock ?Halo Pink? is just the ticket. With towering upright stems and impressive flower spikes, the large pale-pink blooms with halo centres make a really eye-catching feature.
Brighten up your rockery with the vivid pink blooms of Silene caroliniana 'Hot Pink'! Known as Sticky Catchfly or Wild Pink in its native home of North America, where this low, clump-forming perennial thrives on the well-drained soils of rocky outcrops. The nectar rich flowers are borne in profusion in late spring and early summer, offering a feast for pollinating insects.
Glistening pure white semi-double and single, large, wavy, upright blooms stand proud above deep green ferny foliage. Flowers non-stop from mid summer until autumn adding height and interest to borders, or as a striking cut flower
Reliable garden perennial with deeply lobed green leaves and spikes of large pink bicoloured petals on long flower spikes. Just as lovely in a border as in a vase
Over the past 5 years, T&M's flower breederscareful selection, brings you the First Pink of this variety, from seed! Not only an attractive soft pink, a dwarf habit, but also first year flowering. Outstanding garden performance. 12in. high in the first year, growing up to 36in. high the following year
Create a dreamy summer display with this pastel masterpiece, Cosmos bipinnatus 'Daydream?. Tall upright stems with soft ferny foliage create an airy effect which provides gentle movement to a planting scheme, each plant topped with a profusion of large daisy-like flowers.