A sturdy, elevated workspace for use whilst gardening. The Potting Table has a 95.6cm edged worktop, with an underneath shelf for storage to keep all your garden essentials handy. A stylish, yet practical design that is the ideal size for any greenhouse or patio. Made from pressure treated FSC Certified timber, this potting table is strong and durable and can be used all year-long, year after year! Please note that additional delivery surcharges are applicable to the following postcodes: AB, IV, KW, PA 36 & 38-40, PH 17-26 & 30-41: £14.40PO-Isle of Wight: £18 Northern Ireland: £24 Collection Charges post delivery: £35.00+VAT collection charge will apply to all orders requiring collection
Think you don't have enough space to grow your own fruit and vegetables? Think again. Gardening writer Lia Leendertz's new book my tiny veg plot is full of ingenious solutions for slotting vegetables and fruit into teeny-tiny spaces those that have been squeezed in the most unlikely fashion onto flights of steps, balconies, boats and roof terraces, window boxes and windowsills, and even in an old swimming pool and the back of a truck! Meet the couple who have created an innovative veg-providing oasis in dry Arizona from an old swimming pool, the artist whose salad leaves all come from her beautiful balcony high above the city, and the children who tend a nifty sprouting garden on a windowsill. Practical projects, ideas and inspiration will help you make the most of all of the space you have, and these gardens prove that small is not only beautiful, but can be surprisingly productive as well. Lia Leendertz is a freelance gardening writer and author, who shares an allotment with several friends near her home in Bristol. A regular contributor to The Guardian and The Telegraph, she is a long-time advocate of organic and community growing. She has an award-winning blog, Midnight Brambling, and is the author of My Cool Allotment. 160 pages
Imagine a dazzling, hardy, variegated lavender, perfect to bring your borders and containers to life with very little fuss and maintenance. Well let us introduce you to our newest beauty, the luscious lavender 'Platinum Blonde'. With her classic blue, fragrant flowers set above brightly variegated leaves, Platinum Blonde is an unusual, must-have colour combination for your garden this year. The blue-grey leaves are edged in creamy yellow and this contrasts magnificently with the flowers, making them 'pop' to provide colour, scent and form to your garden - she really does have everything! The perfect lavender to cope with most things that the British weather will throw at it - Platinum Blonde tolerates cold and wet as long as she's planted in free-draining soil and it simply revels in heat and drought - something that we may need to get used to in the future! Use Lavender Blonde to make an eye-catching specimen plant on a balcony or terrace or add her to mixed containers or into borders for amazing summer-long displays. And you don't just have to take our word for it - Platinum Blonde has won a multitude of notable awards - even before being nominated for the RHS Chelsea Plant of the Year: The innovation prize for the best new perennial introduction at IPM Germany - the world's biggest, premier plant and horticultural show. Bronze medal in the Innovation Competition at Plantarium - one of Holland's largest exhibitions for perennials. IBERflora Spain - awarded the best plant innovation of the show! Supplied as an established plant in a 12cm pot, ready to plant out, Lavender 'Platinum Blonde' flowers in summer and stays compact with an eventual height of 40-50cm and width of 50cm.
Also known as the Strawflower or the Everlasting flower, this daisy-like plant is related to Helychrysums - a popular cottage garden plant that is enjoying a bit of a comeback. The attention-grabbing flowers are what makes this garden annual so unusual and what gave it the name of 'everlasting flower' - you really must grow them to see what the fuss is all about! As the big, intensely yellow blooms of Granvia Gold mature, they develop a deep orange centre giving the plant a bright golden glow. But that's not its most unusual feature - if you touch the petals, you'll be amazed to find that the actually feel like paper! Compact and easy to grow, these bushy annuals make perfect container plants - ideal for brightening up patios and balconies as they can be moved wherever you want them. Easy to grow and great for filling gaps in borders, they provide long lasting colour and make an excellent cut flower, lasting for weeks - even months if you hang a bunch up to dry for a couple of weeks after picking. Supplied as 6 x plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out. Plants reach H50cm (20in) x W50cm (20in).
Photinia 'Red Robin' is a very popular, vigorous evergreen shrub, which boasts glossy, bright red leaves, which give a spectacular display in spring and summer. The leaves gradually change through a mix of oranges, purples and bronzes, maturing to deep dark green. The newest shoots retain a dark red glow all year. Red Robin is often planted as an ornamental shrub or as a fast-growing, dense hedge. It produces clusters of small white flowers in spring, sometimes followed by red fruit - but it is the bright, blood-red spring foliage that really sets this hedging shrub apart. The colour is really intense and unusual, especially so early in the year, and being evergreen, has year round interest. A great and versatile shrub for hedging, screening, or as a backdrop, yet easily manageable in smaller gardens with annual pruning. Grows up to 30cm a year once established. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot ready for planting out.
From the fabulous British breeding programme of huge, ruffle-flowered Belarina Double Primroses comes 'Valentine Red' - a sumptuous velvet burgundy-red that is 100% hardy and perennial - so will come back year after year, giving better displays every year. The brilliant red blooms contrast beautifully with the crisp green leaves, and form perfect buttonhole flowers that herald the return of spring as they burst into a spectacular show of colour throughout the season. These fabulous, compact plants are smothered in with blousy blooms that create a dazzling burst of cheerful colour in borders, pots and baskets in sun or semi shade - they really are an ideal, easy-to-grow garden plant. In addition, because the magnificent flowers don't set seed, their energy goes into making more blooms and they will flower their socks off for months. Perfectly hardy in the garden, the clusters of double flowers look fabulous wherever you plant them and are even better when added to your favourite container as a specimen plant, where you can get up close and personal with their fabulous flowers, which perfectly complement their lush, ridged, bright-green leaves. Supplied as 3 plug plants ready for potting up and growing on before planting out into their final flowering positions, you can grow some love in your garden this season and enjoy Valentine Red Double Primroses for years to come.
Offering a mixture of bright colours on this variety of Viola and one of our favourites. This is a true Viola and it has great tolerance to both heat and cold making it a reliable performer for the whole season. Plant some of these beauties into containers and ensure there is still loads of vibrant colour in your outside spaces whatever the weather.
Photinia 'Chico' is a compact, evergreen shrub, which boasts glossy, bronzed foliage, which provides your garden with a spectacular display in spring and summer. The leaves gradually change through a mix of oranges, reds, and bronzes, eventually maturing to a gorgeous and glossy green. This slow growing shrub will only reach a height of around 40cm, making it perfect for creating low and informal hedging. Or for filling spaces in your mixed border, which will provide you with year-long interest thanks to its evergreen foliage. 'Chico' is a relatively hardy shrub and will withstand the British weather, however it will thrive when planted in a sheltered areas of the garden to protect it from strong winds. Supplied as an established plant in a 17cm pot, ready to plant, growing to an eventual height of 40cm.
Feed our feathered friends in style with this beautiful bird food tin. This gorgeous storage container looks stylish and is more than handsome enough to leave out on show. On-trend typography creates a very distinctive look, and the handle in real leather adds a unique touch of design flair. The beauty of this tin lies in its subtle curves. Beautifully moulded in steel, there are no seams, giving a smooth, flawless finish. A tough powder coating ensures it will stay looking good. Complete with a handy seed scoop and a hook to hang it on, this bird tin combines sophisticated design with practicality, and brings a touch of style to wild bird care. Dimensions: H: 20cm x D: 18cm
The natural log tit box is a hollowed out log complete with bark intact and a small entrance hole ideal for the Blue Tit and other small hole nesting species. The appearance of the natural product may vary but is ideal for a garden or woodland setting. The natural air dried FSC certified wooden logs has low thermal conductivity providing excellent insulation for nesting birds. The wood is beautifully pale in colour and the bark is a mottled brown colour. It is remarkably light and strong and resistant to cracking and splitting. The hinged lid is easily lifted by loosening the securing screw to allow for cleaning & inspection. Hang from hole in the wooden back plate at rear. Due to the natural wood the appearance may vary due to seasonal availability of timber or environmental factors. Dimensions: 21.5 x 20 x 28.5cm Weight: 1.3kg
The natural log robin box is a hollowed out log complete with bark intact and a large open front hole ideal for robins, pied wagtails and spotted flycatchers. The appearance of the natural product may vary but is perfect for a garden or woodland setting. The natural air dried FSC certified timber wooden log has low thermal conductivity providing excellent insulation for nesting birds. The wood is beautifully pale in colour and the bark is a mottled brown colour. It is remarkably light and strong and resistant to cracking and splitting. The hinged lid can be lifted by loosening the securing screw to allow for cleaning and inspection. Nest box should be hung from the hole in the wooden back plate at the rear. Appearance may vary due to seasonal availability of timber or environmental factors. Dimensions: 22 x 20 x 28.3 Weight: 1.3kg
What's not to like about easy-to-grow Kiwi fruits, which can crop reliably outside here in the UK? The variety 'Jenny' is tried and tested as one of the best performers in UK gardens, and is 100% self-fertile - This gets round the problem most people have had, as you typically needed a male and female variety to get crops, and then some bees to pollinate too. That, however, is now in the past! Grow against a sunny, south facing wall, 'Jenny' is quite vigorous, and can reach 3-4m in 5 years if not trained or pruned. Yet it responds well to trimming and shaping, and should produce fruit in 2-3 years reliably, and heavy crops beyond that, surprisingly easily. Juicy, fresh and rich in Vitamin C, the fruits can be picked in autumn, and are delicious eaten fresh - quite different to supermarket fruits chilled and transported across the globe. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant out.