Intense, fiery orange flowers top the upright stems of this vibrant hardy perennial. The flowers persist throughout summer, followed by intriguing, spiny seedpods in autumn which split open to reveal silky threads.
Native to Mexico, Commelina tuberosa has Intense blue flowers throughout the summer months, and will soon form a clump of these strikingly coloured flowers. A hardy perennial, the Dayflower will add interest and colour to your borders for many years to come.
A spectacular long flowering species, with rich, ruby red stems flanked in whorls of lipped, candypink flowers. With serrated, deep green foliage for the perfect contrast. Height: 60-90cm (2-3ft)
Rarely seen, this stunning pink Tuberose represents a breeding breakthrough. Fully double, deep pink flowers with the most extraordinary fragrance are carried on sturdy flower spikes above linear green foliage. Its beguiling aroma is at its richest during warm summer evenings. Polianthes tuberosa 'Pink Sapphire' makes a charming border plant and a sensational cut flower. Height: 120cm (48). Spread: 15cm (6). Supplied as tubers.
Spikes of intensely fragrant, waxy white flowers are produced throughout summer, which make captivating cut flowers. The semi-double, fragrant tuberose flowers of this relatively unknown bulb are carried above narrow, lance shapes leaves. It can also be grown outdoors in containers or sheltered sunny borders, if it is lifted and stored frost-free over winter. Height: 120cm (48). Spread: 15cm (6).
Commonly known as Tuberoses, these amazingly sweet-scented beauties will enchant you in summer, as their beautiful fragrance wafts gently on warm evening breezes. You can see why it is used so much as a base fragrance in leading perfumes !! Tuberoses make a really nice cut flower to scent a room with, or enjoy in pots too. Plant the bulbs indoors in spring to get a head start, and bring outside from May, growing in a warm, sunny spot. They flower in August and September, producing pretty creamy white double flowers, with an intoxicating strong fragrance, on stems about 60-80cm tall. Top tip for success is once flowered, remove this section of the bulbs, as it never flowers again, but leaving new side shoots to flower next year. Bring pots inside each winter for frost-free area, and dry back. Enjoy the allure of your own Tuberose fragrances wafting on evening breeze in your garden.