There really is something special and iconic about English Shrub Roses, which is the term for the old-fashioned type of classic rose with a very filled centre, their petals making the most remarkable patterns. New breeding over many years has made them much easier to grow in all gardens - big or small - either in larger pots or in borders and beds. This variety has been bred to have both a good fragrance, and superb disease resistance - not always possible with roses, but our growers have managed it! Best of all it is a repeat flowerer, and will bloom for 4-5 months with little dead-heading, although you may wish to keep them tidy. It's a little more vigorous and less formal than Hybrid Tea Roses, so mix them in with other shrubs in borders too. Supplied as 1 bare root plant, trimmed back to 30-35cm, dormant without leaves, to plant November to April.
A great choice for ultra-low maintenance gardening - working well in metallic pots for a modernist look, but equally at home in mixed traditional borders, it's evergreen green (pink) leaves providing a year round backdrop for bolder and brighter seasonal flowers. 'Sundowner' is a great Phormium variety, its tough sword-like leave edged lovely pink, in contrast to a muted olive green. It requires almost no maintenance at all, leave it alone and elt it do it s thing. When it gets to 5 years old you may even get its spectacular flower spikes emerging in late Spring too. This is a big potful, and will give instant impact and enjoyment.
Own something brand new and unusual the worlds first ever Pinkberry and pick your own crop of delicious fruit each year from next season! From the blueberry family, these lovely fuchsia-pink coloured Superfruits are packed with healthy antioxidants and, best of all they are sweeter and juicier than regular blueberries. Put them into your summer puddings or eat them fresh from the bush with some ice cream scrumptious! Pink Blueberry 'Pink Sapphire' reliably bears fruit and which is ready to eat in late-August each year. These incredible plants will even provide an explosion of fiery-orange coloured autumn foliage. Theyll grow into a bush of about 90cm (3ft), and grow best in acidic or ericaceous soils, like all members of this family.
This exotic deciduous tree comes to life in late-spring with the emergence of wonderful, fern-like foliage - and reaches a crescendo of colour in mid-late summer when the incredible, fluffy, bright pink flowers cover every branch - each one carrying a lovely fragrance! Hardy enough to withstand all but the worst frosts, it is ideal for a pot or sunny border. Also known as the Pink Silk Tree, Albizia Rosea is ideal as a feature plant in Mediterranean-style gardens, where the fine foliage makes a particularly attractive feature in its own right. Hardy throughout most of the UK, the silk tree benefits from planting near a south-facing wall for a little winter protection, helping it to retain its leaves for a little longer into the autumn. The dainty leaves of the silk tree slowly close during the night and during periods of heavy rain to protect itself from damage, giving it an alternative name of 'night sleeper'. In Japan its common names (of which there are several) all mean 'sleeping tree', so don't be surprised if your tree looks a little droopy at times - it's just resting! Reaching up to 4 x 2.5m, you will receive an established young plant in a 3L pot.
A flower with real 'wow-factor', Osteospermum Double Pink will certainly liven up your pots and baskets with an abundance of long-lasting, soft-pink blooms. Each flower on this fabulous variety has a double row of slightly darker petals in the center, making these Cape Daisies a real eye-catcher. As an added bonus, the sturdy pom-poms last twice as long than the ordinary varieties, giving you much more flower power in your garden. Ideal when planted in pots or the centre of hanging baskets, Double Pink will thrive in full sun or partial shade, making them a good all-round addition to your garden - they even make fantastic cut flowers for the vase. Easy to grow and needing very little in the way of aftercare, the compact, domed plants are also remarkably drought tolerant meaning that they are perfect for low maintenance areas of your garden too. Supplied as 6 x plug plants, ready to pot up and grow on before planting out.
A new apple launched in 2011, 'Tickled Pink' (also sold as 'Baya Marissa') is a stunning variety with sumptuously juicy red flesh with a fabulous 'old-fashioned' flavour - just like 'Rosy Apple' sweets! You can marvel at the unique strawberry-red flesh, all the way to the core! From fragrant springtime blossom to juicily luscious, red-fleshed fruits each October, 'Tickled Pink' will be as happy in a pot on your patio or balcony as it will in a bed or border. Delicious straight from the tree, the exquisite apples are perfect for making refreshing red juice or baking apple pies for a taste that's simply divine. With its incredible fragrant spring blossom, richly coloured foliage and mid-October fruits, the tree itself brings season-long interest to any garden, patio or balcony. It is perfectly winter hardy and easy to grow - ideal for beginer and experienced gardeners alike. It is not self-fertile, but if there are apple trees nearby it is likely you will get some fruit as it can be pollinated by a wide range of commonly grown trees. Plant it where you can enjoy the gorgeous spring blossom displays too! Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot, approx. 80-100cm tall, ready to plant out.
Own something brand new and unusual the world's first ever Pinkberry and pick your own crop of delicious fruit each year from next season! From the blueberry family, these lovely fuchsia-pink coloured Superfruits are packed with healthy antioxidants and, best of all they are sweeter and juicier than regular blueberries. Put them into your summer puddings or eat them fresh from the bush with some ice cream scrumptious! Pink Blueberry 'Pink Lemonade' reliably bears fruit, and which is ready to eat in late-August each year. These incredible plants will even provide an explosion of fiery-orange coloured autumn foliage. They'll grow into a bush of about 90cm (3ft), and grow best in acidic or ericaceous soils, like all members of this family. Supplied as an established plant in a 2L pot, ready to pot on or plant out.
This delicious variety is widely regarded as being the tastiest of all apples! It is perfect for growing in the UK and produces fabulous crops of its medium-sized, golden-red fruits that can be picked from September onwards. The fruits will look great on the tree as well as in your fruit bowl, and each one is tantalisingly crisp to bite into, with complex, sweet and tangy juice - yummy! Perfect for eating straight from the tree, 'Cox's Orange Pippin' is highly versatile, so you can make your own excellent cider and juice or use your harvest to make preserves and chutneys. First grown in the 1820s, this brilliant all-round winner is nearly 200 years old and still as popular as ever. Best of all, you will save tons of money by growing your own instead of buying them from the shops, and, of course, they will taste so much better! Supplied as an established plant, approx. 90-110cm tall in a 5L pot, ready to plant out.
Highly scented, two-toned flowers, each creamy white with bright burgundy banding held over a neat mound of green leaves make this a must-have plant for your garden. The showy flowers are great when used for fragrance in bouquets and cut-flower arrangements, they're also perfect in pots and containers, where their colour instantly brightens the dullest of areas. An evergreen perennial, dianthus are easy to grow, compact plants that are winter hardy and resistant to the UK weather and will bloom early in the season - often reblooming when the weather cools again in autumn. Bred to be neat and compact, they're wildlife friendly and popular with Butterflies! Supplied as a pack of 12 x Plug plants ready for potting up and growing on before planting out when risk of frost has passed.
A new colour for bidens which is a big step forward from the more usual yellow, this spectacular colour combination provides you with a totally unique and truly wonderful contrast that will really brighten any summer display. Bred to be compact and vigorous (while still remaining tidy), these delightful plants will become smothered with bloom throughout summer with new flowers opening every day, and they'll constantly attract butterflies and other friendly pollinating insects. Perfect for pots and hanging baskets, where they will spill over the sides, softening hard edges - you'll be dazzled by the abundant display of bicolour daisy-like pink and white flowers of this stunning new bidens. With its lush fern-like leaves, 'Pink Princess' makes a perfect contrast to more pastel-coloured plants and is absolutely superb grown alongside blue or purple petunias. Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready for potting up and growing on. Mature plants will reach 20cm x 20cm.
This brand-new type of strawberry is already taking leading restaurants by storm because of its exceptional, delicious tropical flavour, and now you can grow it at home! The attractive fruit creates a flavour explosion as soon as you place it in your mouth first you taste strawberry, then tropical flavours hit your palette whilst all the time a cloud of mouth-watering aroma builds! It really will create a taste sensation. Pineberry's juicy fruits have a more intense flavour than red strawberries, with a subtle aftertaste of pineapple - hence its name. Its unusual colouring is quite striking too. With its creamy white flesh and red seed pips Pineberry looks like a normal red strawberry but in reverse! So far this highly distinctive fruit has only been sold in a few select Waitrose stores in the UK and at up to £14 per pound! Still not easy to find in garden centres across the UK, you could be one of the first to grow your very own crop of these incredible berries. Simply grow like ordinary strawberries - crops a little earlier in June.
A wonderful feature tree for home gardens, the Salix 'Kilmarnock' is a beautiful dwarf tree with waterfalls of dark-green leaves smothered in golden catkins in the spring. Forming a dome-shape, like a beautiful waterfall centrepiece, the long stems hang and gently wave in the breeze throughout the year, whilst bright-golden furry catkins liven things up in the spring time. Ideal for growing in the ground or in containers that can be moved into position on a patio, terrace or even a balcony, this dwarf tree will stay compact and neat but bring a real unique feature to even the smallest of gardens. A stunning solution to creating instant impact in a small space, this weeping willow will create a real talking point next spring!Supplied as a grafted standard tree, approx. 70cm tall in a 17cm pot, ready to plant out.