Bees and butterflies love the lavender-blue, nectar-rich flowers of Lilac 'Katherine Havemeyer'. Gardeners love this shrub too, for its graceful hanging flower clusters, delicious fragrance, heart-shaped leaves, and because it is such an easy shrub to grow and maintain. Syringa vulgaris grows quickly in a sunny spot and attracts many beneficial insects to the garden. Height: 7m (23'). Spread: 7m (23').
Through autumn and into early winter, these Asters just keep on flowering, making sure the garden stays glorious with a splash of dusky pink. Chrysanthemum x hortorum 'Anastasia' is a neat little plant, perfect for the border or a container on the patio where it looks good teamed up with Ivy, Heuchera and other foliage plants. Cut a few sprays for colour indoors: these Chrysanthemums make a great cut flower too. Height 60cm (24). Spread 60cm (24).
Blooming in early summer, this bright and cheerful Dutch Iris is certain to brighten up your displays. Iris ?Pink Panther? is delightfully coloured in lavender pink, with a touch of gold at the centre.
Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens' is an aristocratic plant, bringing understated elegance to the front of sunny borders. Blue-green leaves spiral up each stem of this bushy little annual.
A fabulous mixture of frilly blooms in perfectly complementing shades of pink, mauve and white, Sweet Pea 'Here Come the Girls' includes beautiful and sweetly-scented varieties. The girls in question are seven popular varieties, ?Valerie Harold?, ?Catherine?, ?Katie Alice?, ?Mumsie?, ?Charlie?s Angel? and ?Jilly? - all dressed to impress with generous stems of colourful, fragrant blooms.
Bicolour pea-like flowers are tightly packed on tall architectural spires. Carefully bred for a long flowering period with unbeatable garden performance. This traditional cottage garden perennial creates a strong impression in borders or planted in groups at the edge of woodlands.
Gaultheria procumbens has many names, among which are Eastern teaberry, Boxberry and American wintergreen. No matter what they choose to call it, one thing that all gardeners agree on is the plant's ability to provide groundcover and suppress weeds, even in partially shady areas. In addition to this practical use, Checkerberry makes a colourful addition to cottage, woodland, wildlife and sloped gardens, for it flowers in the summer. These white, bell-shaped blooms are succeeded by scarlet berries. The autumn sees the hardy shrub's green foliage take on a reddish tone, making for a wonderful, festive spectacle in the winter. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 1m (3'3).
Brighten up your home this Christmas with our festive evergreen Christmas Heather. This vigorous evergreen heather produces captivating clusters of flowers which are both tough and weatherproof. Ideal for home or as a novelty Christmas gift, its festive dressing and jolly features are guaranteed to bring a smile to all your loved ones. After the festivities it can be planted outside or set in an outdoor pot for bringing indoors. One plant in a 13cm pot. Overall height 40cm.
Create a carpet of colour in borders and rockeries with these brightly coloured daisies. Ideal for dry and sunny positions around the garden. Height: 7.5cm (3). Spread: 30cm (12).
Dwarf compact-growing lavender, ideal for hedging, bedding and borders. The deep mauve flowers are highly fragrant and make a great cut or dried flower. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 60cm (24).Culinary information: Some parts of these flowers are edible. Click here for more details about edible flowers.
Easy-to-grow annual with a gentle fragrance. Low-growing and spreading plant with pretty bicoloured blooms all summer long. Ideal at the front of borders. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 20cm (8).
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.