A much-loved, easy to grow annual with a gentle fragrance that attracts hoverflies, who then feed on troublesome aphids. Bees also love this low spreading carpet of yellow and white blooms. A customer favourite, perfect for the front of borders, rockeries and as path edging.
A very pretty french lavender with highly scented dark mauve flower heads that are topped with brighter purple bracts during April-May. Foliage is evergreen and the grey-green leaves are aromatic too. Plant in a sheltered position, avoiding excessive wet soil in winter. A great variety for a large patio planter. Ht. 60cm. Supplied as a mature plant in a 2 litre pot.
Fantastic summer performance from these low growing, groundcover phlox will make you lifelong fans. Becoming an increasingly popular variety amongst those in the know Phlox ?Pop Stars Mixed? flowers freely all summer long, producing masses of small but beautifully formed blooms, each no bigger than a penny, in a blaze of wonderful colours. Easy to grow and requiring virtually no maintenance at all this little wonders will soon amongst your favourites too. Height: 25cm (10). Spread: 25cm (10). Looks fantastic in pots and containers. Use incredibloom to get up to 4 times more flowers and treat with Maxicrop for just £1 to give your plants the best possible start!
Showy plants for borders and bedding, with loads of lightly scented flowers throughout the summer in a wide colour range. The ideal last minute border filler. The dried seedheads also make a decorative dried flower.
The best of the best, with exhilarating fragrance and colourful, fancy blooms. A traditional 'Spencer' type ideal for cutting, garden decoration or exhibiting. Superb for arches, trellises, obelisks, etc.
A vigorous, quick-growing climber for long lasting summer colour. Excellent for scrambling over walls or covering fences, trellis and obelisks. The frilly blooms are produced continually over the summer in a bright colour range including bicolours.
A gorgeous lilac selection, with large, 7-10cm (3-4in), fully double flower heads, standing proudly above glaucous foliage, followed by large, attractive seed heads. Best sown in large drifts, as an easy to grow annual border filler, adding height and interest.
A useful alternative to lobelia, these compact, bushy floriferous plants are speckled with star-shaped indigo flowers and are an ideal plant in summer bedding schemes, borders, rockeries, containers and window boxes. Plus a gentle sweet fragrance that'll keep the pollinating insects busy for weeks! Ht. 25cm. Supplied as plugtray plants.
Hydrangea macrophylla 'Bloomstar', part of the 'Endless Summer' series, features an abundance of stunning flowers from May all the way through until September. The giant flower heads are initially green, slowly developing into shades of blue-purple or vivid pink with creamy white centres, depending on the pH of your soil. The deep green leaves feature red veining and the stems are also bright red, adding further interest. Hydrangea 'Bloomstar' makes ideal cut flowers, as well as being perfectly suited to patio containers, woodland gardens and mixed borders. Height: 1.2m (4'). Spread: 1.5m (5').
Grow this gorgeous Dahlia ?Starlight Mixed? for fabulous summer flowers in all the colours of the rainbow! Enjoy long-lasting colour with this vibrant mix of dahlias which bloom continuously all summer long. Including a fantastic array of colours and flower types, these beautiful bee-friendly blooms bring heaps of pizazz to any summer planting scheme, not to mention cut flower bouquets!
Snowstar' is a reliably flowering tulip with classic, cup-shaped blooms in pure white upon sturdy stems. A superb addition to beds, borders and containers and excellent for cutting. Ht. 40-50cm. Supplied as bulbs.