Zonal Geraniums (or Pelargoniums) are among the very best plants for containers and make a great border display too. Providing good height and incredible colour impact to your summer displays, they bring interest to beds and borders as well as making a perfect centrepiece for baskets and patio containers. Zonals are so named because of the burgundy-coloured half-moon pattern that develops on the upper surface of their leaves, however, it is the strong lollipop-shaped flowers that deservedly capture your attention. Each flower head of Big Ezee contains literally dozens of individual, bright red flowers together making a display that will last and last. They are incredibly strong-growing and vigorous, flowering throughout the whole of the summer months and right through until the autumn. A native of South Africa, geraniums are also incredibly drought tolerant, thriving in any sun-baked container or a sunny bed or border in your garden. Easy to grow and low maintenance - a must for every garden! Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready for potting up and planting out when all risk of frost has passed.
Photinia 'Red Robin' is a very popular, vigorous evergreen shrub, which boasts glossy, bright red leaves, which give a spectacular display in spring and summer. The leaves gradually change through a mix of oranges, purples and bronzes, maturing to deep dark green. The newest shoots retain a dark red glow all year. Red Robin is often planted as an ornamental shrub or as a fast-growing, dense hedge. It produces clusters of small white flowers in spring, sometimes followed by red fruit - but it is the bright, blood-red spring foliage that really sets this hedging shrub apart. The colour is really intense and unusual, especially so early in the year, and being evergreen, has year round interest. A great and versatile shrub for hedging, screening, or as a backdrop, yet easily manageable in smaller gardens with annual pruning. Grows up to 30cm a year once established. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot ready for planting out.
Enkianthus campanulatus is a large deciduous shrub with small leaves that will thrill you in spring with its clusters of red-tipped blooms and again in autumn with a spectacular display of bright red, orange and yellow. Suitable for acid to neutral soils and a great companion to rhododendrons and azaleas, 'Red Bells' is a particularly choice variety with clusters of cream, bell-shaped flowers tipped with red from late spring to mid-summer. A sumptuous display, the blooms hang like tiny, red-blushed grapes and contrast beautifully with the glossy leaves. Easy to grow, Enkianthus prefers partial shade, but will grow in full sun as long as you remember to keep it well watered. Perfect in large pots, Enkianthus is happiest in ericaceous compost. Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come. It's also recommended by the RHS as a Plant for pollinators so will attract wildlife into your garden making it a haven for butterflies and bees. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot, Enkianthus will grow to around 4m high and wide.
From the fabulous British breeding programme of huge, ruffle-flowered Belarina Double Primroses comes 'Valentine Red' - a sumptuous velvet burgundy-red that is 100% hardy and perennial - so will come back year after year, giving better displays every year. The brilliant red blooms contrast beautifully with the crisp green leaves, and form perfect buttonhole flowers that herald the return of spring as they burst into a spectacular show of colour throughout the season. These fabulous, compact plants are smothered in with blousy blooms that create a dazzling burst of cheerful colour in borders, pots and baskets in sun or semi shade - they really are an ideal, easy-to-grow garden plant. In addition, because the magnificent flowers don't set seed, their energy goes into making more blooms and they will flower their socks off for months. Perfectly hardy in the garden, the clusters of double flowers look fabulous wherever you plant them and are even better when added to your favourite container as a specimen plant, where you can get up close and personal with their fabulous flowers, which perfectly complement their lush, ridged, bright-green leaves. Supplied as 3 plug plants ready for potting up and growing on before planting out into their final flowering positions, you can grow some love in your garden this season and enjoy Valentine Red Double Primroses for years to come.
Zonal Geraniums are among the very best plants for containers and make a great border display too. Providing good height and incredible colour impact to your summer displays, they bring interest to beds and borders as well as making a perfect centrepiece for baskets and patio containers. With its abundance of large, fabulously rich scarlet flowers and deep green leaves, 'Zonal Ultimate Red' really is a top performing plant in beds, borders and containers. Fabulous planted in large groups and easy to look after. Zonals are so named because of the burgundy-coloured half-moon pattern that develops on the upper surface of their leaves, however, it is the strong lollipop-shaped flowers that deservedly capture your attention. Each flower head contains literally dozens of individual flowers together making a display that will last and last. They are incredibly strong-growing and vigorous, flowering throughout the whole of the summer months and right through until the autumn. Supplied as 20 garden ready plants.
One of the easiest and hardiest of herbaceous perennials, Potentilla fruticosa 'Red Ace' (Shrubby Cinquefoil) will reward with masses of scarlet-red, saucer-shaped flowers all summer long, contrasting wonderfully with rich green, bushy foliage. A versatile and attractive element in many garden locations, its bushy, low-growing habit makes it perfect for the front of beds and borders, as well as rock and gravel gardens. It also is a great choice for banks and slopes - and a colourful choice for informal hedging. It makes an eye-catching display when planted in a pot or container for your patio or decking. This deciduous, low-maintenance shrub grows to about 90cm height and spread, with good pest and disease resistance. Very hardy, when fully established it will tolerate drought and very cold temperatures. Place in full sun or partial shade, although flowers will fade from deep-red to orange in periods of intense sunshine. Ideally planted in moist but well-drained soil, Potentilla 'Red Ace' is happy in most soil conditions. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot ready to plant out.
Rose 'Red' is a classic red rose with deeply coloured, velvet-like petals through summer and into autumn, which look picture-perfect when spotted with early morning dew. This standard rose is superb value for money and will produce displays of beautifully fragrant, elegant blooms to enjoy all summer long. Also known as Tree Roses, they are the perfect way to add height and elegance to your patio - where a single bush will make a dramatic fragrant feature - or as a pair of potted specimens to dress a door or gateway. By 'top grafting' the flowering variety onto the straight stem of the rootstock, thereby giving the height, it takes expert growers a full three years to produce these gems. Supplied as 1 x bare root, standard tree with a well-formed head, approx. 60-70cm tall ready to plant out.
One of the nation's favourite early spring plants, Camellias are, when given the right conditions, very straightforward and problem free. Providing fabulous displays of flowers when almost every other plant is still asleep for winter, they're ideal for giving a bold splash of colour when the garden is quite drab - plus they're fabulous in pots where they can be moved to any part of your garden. The key to success with Camellias is they need acidic soils - like Rhododendrons. This means they can easily be grown in pots in ericaceous composts, and provided they are fed with specialist ericaceous feed, will provide many years of colour and interest. They are evergreen, and their neat, shiny tough leaves will provide a backdrop to other plants all year. Flower buds start swelling late the previous summer, and keep getting bigger all autumn and winter, until they burst open in early spring. The flowers can be caught by frosts when they are opening, but the buds are generally fine, and the plant is 100% hardy and tough. Supplied as one red-flowered plant, 20-40cm tall and in bud.
One of the easiest and hardiest of herbaceous perennials, Potentilla Fruticosa 'Red'issima' will reward with masses of red saucer-shaped flowers all summer long, contrasting wonderfully with rich green, bushy foliage. A versatile and attractive element in many garden locations, its bushy, low-growing habit makes it perfect for the front of beds and borders, as well as rock and gravel gardens. It also is a great choice for banks and slopes - and a colourful choice for informal hedging. It makes an eye-catching display when planted in a pot or container for your patio or decking. This deciduous, low-maintenance shrub grows to about 90cm height and spread, with good pest and disease resistance. Very hardy, when fully established it will tolerate drought and very cold temperatures. Place in full sun or partial shade, and ideally in moist but well-drained soil. Potentillas are happy in most soil conditions. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot ready to plant out.
Also known as 'Fire and Ice' Hydrangea paniculata 'Wim's Red' is a beautiful hydrangea that whilst in bloom, will change colour throughout the seasons. Perfect for growing in sunny borders, it could grow as tall as 2 meters and its strong stems can carry gorgeous clusters of flowers that reach 30cm long. Its beautiful blooms, that have been described as having chameleon-like tendencies, emerge green-white and take on a pink hue as they age, becoming a shade of dark red as the seasons progress. Coming into flower from late May and lasting well into October the faded flowers can remain on the plant right through the winter bringing extended interest right through to winter. Easy to grow and hardy right down to -25°C, this is a hydrangea suitable for anyone to grow and it will even double as a houseplant for the spring - just remember that ultimately it prefers to be outside. Supplied as an established plant in a 19cm pot, ready for immediate planting.
This Leptospermum Scoparium is a glorious late spring flowering shrub. It is a perfect choice for providing year-round interest in your garden.In spring, the branches of this 'Red Damask' become tightly smothered in a frenzy of ruffled pinky-red flowers, setting the tree on fire with colour. In bloom all the way through the summer, and thanks to its evergreen nature, it continues to look just beautiful once the flowering has ended.Also known as the New Zealand Tea Tree, closely related to the Tea Tree Oil producing plant with very similar flowers, this evergreen shrub makes a welcome addition to sunny spots in the garden and can be housed in a greenhouse or conservatory over the winter months. Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come. It is also highly attractive to bees and beneficial pollinators, it is a great choice for bringing your garden to life with wildlife. They tolerate drought well, and thrive on coastal areas, although may be damaged by frosts below -5C, so perhaps grow in a pot or against a warming wall. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant.
Gaillardia Mesa Red is a stunning plant that will brighten up your garden with its fiery blooms. Perfect for any sunny spot in your garden due to its high drought tolerance. It has bicoloured blooms of gorgeous shades of red and oranges and will also liven up your garden by attracting bees and butterflies.