'Pink Fir Apple' is an unusual variety. This easy-to-grow second early potato is extremely productive, with huge harvests of up to 35-40 or more evenly sized tubers from each plant. These lovely potatoes have an unusual elongated shape with pink skins and tender creamy yellow flesh and a nutty flavour. Their waxy texture remains firm during cooking, making them a perfect choice for potato salad, but also great for boiling and chipping. There is absolutely no need to peel them unless you are using them for mash. A worthy recipient of the RHS Award of Garden Merit, 'Pink Fir Apple' has good resistance to disease and its compact habit means it will tolerate fairly exposed positions. Once the seed potatoes have produced shoots or chits, they will be ready to plant directly into a prepared bed or large bags or containers from mid-March, preferably after the frosts have gone. Young potatoes can be harvested from 13-17 weeks after planting. Supplied as a 2.5kg bag of seed potatoes (approx. 30-35 tubers) ready to prepare indoors for planting out in the spring.
'Germidour' is one of the most satisfying varieties of garlic you can grow, producing lovely large and compact bulbs with white, papery skins that are attractively streaked with pinky-purple. It has a mild, subtle flavour and delicate aroma - perfect for a wide variety of savoury dishes whether used raw in salad dressings or for cooking. Originating in France, this worthy winner of the RHS Award of Garden Merit is well suited to the UK climate, being virus-free and a reliable cropper with bulbs that typically contain about 10-12 succulent cloves. This softneck type garlic doesn't produce flower stems but will mature earlier than hardneck types and also has better storage properties - up to 3 months or more in good condition after harvesting. The garlic that is most commonly sold in supermarkets is softneck - but don't be tempted to propagate shop-bought garlic as it will be more prone to disease and crop far less efficiently than plants grown from these superior horticultural quality bulbs. Traditionally, garlic is planted on the shortest day of the year (21-22 December) and harvested on the longest (20-22 June), although it can be planted in the autumn or spring. Autumn plantings will produce earlier crops and although winter hardy, may benefit from protection from the cold - or can be grown in a greenhouse or tunnel. If planting in the spring, just wait until the frosts have gone before placing the cloves in the ground. 'Germidour' will thrive in a sunny spot in most well-draining soils. If your soil is heavy, prepare the plot in advance by digging in some well-rotted garden compost, and also some sand or grit, to improve fertility and drainage. Alternatively, grow in good-quality compost in raised beds, trugs or containers. Garlic doesn't take up much room, making it an ideal choice for small-space gardening. It is a good companion plant for roses and other plants or vegetables that are vulnerable to greenfly as its aroma will help to repel those little beasts! Supplied as 2 bulbs ready to split into approximately 10-12 cloves for planting.Grows up to 60cm (24in) height by 15cm (6in) spread.
The perfect refill kit for filling your 30L black pots, or other growing pots and containers, back up with tasty spuds! This kit contains the ingredients you need to grow your own potatoes on your patio, terrace or even balcony all you need is a pot or container. Perfect with our 30L black pots with grab handles for easy transportation, just add compost and water and you could be harvesting in less than 10 weeks! We have included three popular 'second cropping' varieties: Charlotte, Maris Peer and Nicola, which are all second salad types with very good flavour: Charlotte - One of the most popular salad potatoes in the UK, the instantly recognisable, oval-shaped tubers can grow much larger than other salad varieties and have a firm yellow waxy flesh. Maris Peer - Chosen for its superb flavour, they are best when boiled and maintain a firm texture that does not split. Nicola - Well-shaped, oval potatoes with creamy flesh that are perfect whether hot or cold - one of the tastiest new potatoes. These special seed potatoes have been held in cold store until now and will grow rapidly once planted - right up to the end July to give you 'new' potatoes through autumn and even up to Christmas. This is the perfect way to grow your own potatoes and what's even better is it requires no back-breaking digging whatsoever!
This is a fabulous new colour addition to the amazing Bottlebrush family. No prizes for guessing where they get their name from - their classic spring flowers zing with intense colour. Usually red, this is the first widely available pink, and what a neon-pink it is too! Each flower is made up of thousands of thin stamens, each pollen rich, so become a mecca for bees and butterflies early in the season. Flowering in spring and early summer, it is great to attract early season pollinators to fruit - and sometimes has a mini flush of flowers again in autumn. Grow in a pot in a warm and sunny spot, in a well-drained mix. A half-hardy shrub, give winter protection in colder, windier spots, as early leaves and growth can be damaged.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.