See this shrub in in its wispy flowering finery, or its fiery autumn colours, and you'll understand why it is loved by so many gardeners. Even when it's not putting on a special display, Cotinus coggygria 'Royal Purple' is a beautiful sight with its neat form and rounded rich purple leaves. It's the feathery, smoke-like flowers, pink in summer and turning tan in autumn, which give the plant its popular name of the Smoke Bush. This large, deciduous shrub is easy to grow in almost any soil and thrives in sun or shade. It can be allowed to grow unchecked, or alternatively can be pruned hard every few years to keep it as a smaller shrub with larger leaves. It holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Height and spread: 5m (16').
A new and exciting variety of Hydrangea macrophylla from the innovative Royalty Collection. The mophead blooms are made up of clusters of multi-tonal flowers to create a breath-taking kaleidoscope effect.
For funky foliage take a look at Coleus 'Stained Glassworks Royalty'! This tender perennial creates an eye-popping focal point. Each variegated leaf has a hot pink centre and dark plummy margin for a powerful colour contrast.
The royal purple, slightly ruffled petals of Fuchsia 'Royal Mosaic' are painted with a lovely magenta marbling. These extravagant, large double blooms trail in abundance, covering your container in a sea of exquisite marbled colour all summer long. Unrivalled for durability and weather resistance, this giant fuchsia is a must for your hanging baskets and containers.
A wonderful antirrhinum of top quality. Stately plants with rich green foliage and spikes of large, purest white snap dragon flowers which have a rare, gorgeous fragrance. Superb for contrast in the border and makes an excellent cut flower
A Clematis from the Viticella group, which are deciduous and have medium sized flowers, Clematis viticella 'Royal Velours' flowers from July to September, and produces a mass of 4 sepal, red-violet flowers. It can be planted to scramble amongst other shrubs or up tree trunks, or grown up a trellis on a wall, or attached to a planter. This Clematis thrives in a sunny or partial shade location. It has an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Height: 4m (12'). Spread: 1.5m (5'). Pruning group: 3.
Add perfume and colour to your garden with this rare, yellow-flowered, deciduous daphne. Slow but steady growing, this is a bushy shrub with lush green foliage that is covered with pretty clusters of yellow flowers from late spring to summer. Bees and other insects love visiting the flowers which are followed in late summer by attractive red berries.
As the name suggests, this variety of Dogwood sports red flowers in spring rather than the usual creamy white ones. These hardy shrubs are becoming increasingly popular in garden design as they have a structure and form that is both eye pleasing and also neat and tidy. Another bonus feature of this shrub is that its blooms are attractive to bees and butterflies so it will draw them into your garden where you can enjoy seeing them. Due to its neat compact habit, Cornus ?Royal Red? is also suitable for growing in large containers too. Height: 180cm (71). Spread 180cm (71).
An easy to grow spring to summer flowering annual which looks great planting in groups or drifts in beds and borders, Phacelia parryi 'Royal Admiral? produces a profusion of dainty blue flowers which bees and other pollinators just love to visit. Perfect for cottage-style borders and wildlife gardens.
From T&M?s own breeding, this dwarf variety has all the character of its larger parents but only reaches half the size! Verbena bonariensis ?Royal Dreams? produces luminescent, mauve-pink blooms in tight, rounded clusters.
This modern variety of traditional speedwell is an ideal perennial for the front of garden borders. Year after year it will form a dense mat of foliage, punctuated by numerous rising stems that harbour hundreds of deep purple flowers. Height and spread 30cm. Supplied in 2 litre pots.
Flowering in May and June, Melittis 'Royal Velvet Distinction' is a woodland perennial with beautiful flowers. They are orchid like, with white petals and pinky purple throats. Melittis, sometimes known as 'Bastard Balm', is a great plant for shady borders in woodland and wildlife friendly gardens. Part of the Mint family, in the wild they grow in the undercanopy of forests, where there is limited sunlight. Height: 70cm (28). Spread: 50cm (20).