Also known as the 'Love Plant', this flowering currant will seduce you with its perfumed flowers, just like pretty necklaces, throughout March and April. An excellent shrub for the border or large patio pots, well-shaped and easy to prune and care for. Ht. 1.2m. Supplied in 19cm pot, 30-40cm tall.
Add instant impact to your garden with these beautiful chrysanthemums. When other plants are fading, their vibrant blooms are just beginning! These long lasting chrysanthemum flowers in red, pink, yellow and white make flamboyant displays for vases and bouquets. Supplied in 2 litre pots.
Begonia ?Santa Barbara? is perfectly designed for your patio! Clean, white pendulous blooms hang from gently trailing stems that spill from hanging baskets and containers.
The 'chocaholics' amongst you will love the sumptuous, velvety flowers of this cosmos. Bred in the UK, its a compact, bushy plant that will be full of deep marooncoloured flowers from July to October, each one giving off the fragrance of chocolate. An ideal plant for patio containers or sunny garden borders. Ht. 30cm. Supplied as plug plants.
These hardy, compact Chrysanthemums are fantastic for adding late summer and autumn colour to your garden, just as other plants are starting to fade. Each plant forms a natural, neat mound of foliage which is completely smothered with flowers for weeks.
Ribes sanguineum King Edward Vii' is an upright shrub, which becomes smothered in clusters of deep red flowers early in the growing season. Later in the year these develop into black berries, that provide interest in the autumn months, and a food source for garden birds.
This Paperbush is a fascinating plant. Edgeworthia chrysantha offers early season colour, with clusters of silky buds, on bare woody stems, that open to reveal small, bright yellow flowers, that have a lovely honey scent. This unusual shrub looks great planted in a border with spring flowering bulbs, such as Daffodils, or in an Alpine rockery. It is hardy to -5°C (23°F), but is best located in a sheltered position. Height and spread: 150cm (59).
Sometimes referred to as Golden Lily of the Valley this hardy plant is more exotic-looking than our native white species. As flower stems develop, reaching up to 1 metre high in summer, tendrils may be produced to hold them upright. Preferring cool conditions, the hanging golden lanterns will brighten up shady corners where others fail to thrive.
Sansevieria trifasciata var. laurentii is grown for its leathery, sword-like foliage with a stiff, upright habit. The leaves are mottled green with bright gold variegated edges. Commonly known as Mother-In-Laws Tongue, Sansevieria is an easy to grow, and virtually indestructible house plant. Height: 1m (39). Spread: 60cm (24).
Pachysandra terminalis 'Green Carpet' has lush foliage, which makes for unbeatable groundcover in shaded, woodland areas. In addition to adding a splash of greenery to otherwise unremarkable areas, planting this hardy perennial has the added bonus of preventing the growth of weeds. Instead of worrying about weeding, gardeners can admire the understated spikes of white flowers that appear in June - far preferable to nettles, thistles or dandelions! Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 1m (3'3).
This floriferous spring flowering magnolia produces deep purple-red buds that unfurl to reveal narrow, goblet-shaped fragrant flowers. The petals are gently twisted and deeper in colour on the outside, with paler interiors. Magnolia ?Susan? is the perfect deciduous plant for a small garden with slightly acidic soil, retaining a neat, upright habit. Height: 4m (12?). Spread: 3m (10?).