Rarely offered for sale as seed! This exquisite Helleborus produces clumps of robust, leathery foliage along with many large blooms, flushed in shades of purple, pink and even slate grey!
The fresh white blooms with sparkling central red eye make the ideal canvas for the taller spring blooms. Height 20cm (8in).
Easy to grow from seed and bred to have improved germination, this lightly-scented mini rose will flower in the first year from a January to March sowing. Ideal for bedding, edging and containers, 'Garden Party''s pretty shades of pink, rose and white will enhance your garden wherever you plant it
A vibrant mix of up to 20 different coloured blooms. Primrose 'Alaska Improved Mixed' boasts extra large flowers and a sturdy constitution! These robust Primroses will happily weather the cold winter months, flowering freely in beds, borders, containers and window boxes for a superb spring display.
Lavatera, also known as 'tree mallow', is a must-have for every garden! Large, shrubby perennials, their impressive, hollyhock-like flower spikes stand up to 2 metres tall and will burst into an abundance of colour all summer long. 'Rosea' is one of the prettiest Lavatera, with large, rose-pink blooms - perfect for creating a Mediterranean or tropical mood in your garden and for contrasting with leafy perennials. This large, versatile plant is equally happy in a cottage garden scheme. Ideal for hot, sunny spots, they are great plants for climbing up walls and trellises. You can also prune them to grow in pots on the patio. Incredibly vigorous, these are some of the easiest plants to grow and are perfect for beginners. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, Lavatera 'Rosea' will bloom from June to September, reaching an approximate height of 200cm.
Brighten up the darkness of winter with these gorgeous Christmas Roses! Helleborus niger is one of the most popular Hellebore varieties across the world, and it is easy to see why. Each plant will produce an abundance of truly beautiful bowl-shaped, snowy white flowers, which turn shades of pink as they age, across the festive period and beyond. They have lovely, thick, dark-green leaves and foliage too. Supplied in a 15cm pot, it is perfect for displaying indoors and will make a magical centrepiece when put in a decorative pot or wrapped in some festive wrapping paper! Alternatively you could plant them out in your garden they are completely winter hardy and will last for years, with displays coming back bigger and better each year. Recomended as a plant for pollinators, the Christmas rose will encourage wildlife into your garden and will help with the fight to save our bees! Were giving you an established plant of the highest quality ready to plant up straight into the garden or your favourite container.
With so many Coreopsis varieties flowering in yellow colours, 'Sunstar Rose' is a refreshing change with its bright magenta pink flowers edged in white. The flowers of this gorgeous perennial are daisy shaped and begin to open from June, continuing until the first frosts of autumn. Borne in abundance above narrow, dark green leaves, they cover the plant in wonderful, bright colour and with their long, straight stems they're great cut flowers. Bees and butterflies love their nectar and birds will feast on the seeds, making these ideal plants for bringing wildlife into your garden. Also known as tickseed, Coreopsis in a native of North American prairies and is extremely rugged, easy to grow and drought tolerant and resistant to mildew. Grown in patio pots and in flower borders, you'll be treated to month after month of vivid colour with almost no maintenance, just regular deadheading to keep the flowers coming until autumn. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for planting and reaching a height and spread of 40cm (16in).
Astilbes are fascinating plants with flowers completely unlike anything else it the garden. Originating from central America, they thrive is a sheltered, sunny spot. 'Astary Rose' is a smaller variety of Astilbe. This incredibly attractive dwarf perennial grows to just 30cm tall, but what it lacks in size it certainly makes up for with its exceptional flowers. Between June and August the dark green, glossy serrated leaves give rise to a mass of dense triangular panicles of soft pink flowers that look like frothy clouds of candy floss. The flowers are delightfully fragrant and 'Astary Rose' is Recommended by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators' with the blooms being an irresistible magnet for bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects. The flowers are good for cutting and are certainly an unusual addition to vase arrangements. They dry well too, and provide winter interest if left on the plant, especially when there's a frost. Astilbe prefer dappled shade over full sun although they will tolerate a bright spot. Too much direct sunlight can scorch the leaves. Although not fussy about soil, they do require good drainage so that their fleshy roots don't rot. Great at the front of a flower border, they are an interesting choice as an edging plant. Also ideal in containers, try planting different varieties together for a lovely, light and foamy effect. Supplied as 3 x established plants in 9cm pots, ready to plant. Reaching a height and spread of 30cm (1ft).
Perfect for filling gaps in beds and borders with masses of beautiful blousy flowers, these vigorous 'rock roses' are hardy, drought tolerant and ever so easy to grow. With just a little pruning after flowering in late spring/summer, they'll reward you with another flush of flowers in late summer. In an assortment of varieties and colours, the flowers really stand out against the evergreen shrubby silver-green foliage and will bring the bees, butterflies and other beneficial wildlife to your garden - great for aiding pollination of other plants in your garden! Ideal as a groundcover plant or for growing in sometimes problematic areas like rockeries, gravel areas or hot and dry borders, this helianthemum collection makes light work of hard areas. Supplied as 6 x plug plants, one of each variety ready grow on before planting out. Growing to 20cm (8in) x 30cm (12in).
These fantastically striking Primula vialii will provide a splash of vivid colour to borders and patio pots. Also known as the Chinese Pagoda Primrose or Orchid Primrose, their unique, violet-pink flower heads, each with a striking, bright-red, central spike rise majestically on slender, upright stems from the plant below. Perfect for shady borders or pots on the patio where they can get afternoon shade, these colourful Primula will certainly be a talking point, and look even better when grown in groups! Each of your plants will form a compact habit of deeply-veined, lance-shaped leaves that will grow to about 30cm across. During the winter, the foliage will die back, and the plants becomes dormant. Supplied as 6 x large plug plants ready to be planted out.