Hawthorn hedging is perfect for security hedging, the dense growth and thorny stems will deter most intruders, including unwanted larger animals and once established it will create a virtually inpenetrable barrier.
This dwarf Forsythia will welcome the Spring to your garden with a bright splash of colour. As the name suggests, Forsythia x intermedia 'Mini Gold? has a particularly neat, compact habit that will suit even the smallest of spaces. Dazzling yellow flowers fill the bare stems from March to April before the foliage develops. This delightful hardy deciduous shrub is perfect for bringing Spring interest to borders and patio containers.
The 'Birdie Pad' features a 25mm nest entrance hole, suitable for smaller birds. There are drainage holes in the base and an easy-open roof allows for cleaning at the end of the season. The substantial wood thickness ensures excellent strength, durability and insulation. Can be fixed to a fence, wall or single pole and is available in a range of different colours. Size: W 24cm x D 27cm x H 55cm.
Unsurpassable for its prolific growth and bold red trumpet blooms! Flowers are surprisingly weather resistant and cover the long stems of up to 120cm, making Petunia surfinia unbeatable for sheer flower power. Support its vigorous stems on a frame or let them tumble down in a cascade of colour. Trails to: 120cm (47). Supplied as plug plants.Petunia Surfinina® ?Blood Red?
Cambridge Favourite' is one of the most popular varieties available. Bumper crops of juicy orange-red fruits with excellent texture and flavour and texture are produced from June to July. This versatile and reliable variety is tolerant of most situations, and well suited to growing in containers on the patio for a space saving crop. Earlier and extending cropping periods can be achieved if grown in a greenhouse or polytunnel. Height: 20cm (8). Spread: 30cm (12). Estimated time to cropping once planted: 4-8 months. Estimated time to best yields: 16-20 months.
If you are on the hunt for a blue flowering shrub then Perovskia atriplicifolia 'Silvery Blue' could be just what you have been looking for. Its a versatile plant, with great drought and open exposure tolerance, making it a good choice for coastal gardens. This Russian Sage has aromatic, silvery foliage and stems that are covered in lavender blue flowers in summer. Perfect for garden borders with a blue, purple, white palette, or planted in groups or in lines, to create large areas of purple colour. A very low maintenance plant for the garden. Height and spread: 60cm (24).
This outstanding hardy shrub produces the most exhilarating coloured blooms imaginable. From summer to early autumn Hydrangea macrophylla 'Glam Rock' will burst into a psychedelic frenzy of multicoloured flower heads, that will create a real 'wow factor' in your garden. Like many Hydrangeas, this striking variety produces slightly different colour tones depending on the soil pH. An ideal specimen shrub for your borders or a large container on the patio. Supplied in a 9cm pot. Height and spread: 120cm (47).
Original, antique English rose blooms on a modern floribunda. Rose ?Ebb Tide? is an ideal specimen variety for patio containers as its shorter than normal growth habit means it can cope well with these conditions. The main attraction of this wonderful little rose however, is its beautiful plum/purple coloured blooms which are heavy with a sweet fragrance, these wonderful flowers will continue to appear throughout the summer months due to the rose?s free branching growth. . Height and spread: 75cm (30).
With a really 'heavenly' perfume, this is a rose that delivers big impact! 'Scent from Heaven' is a climbing rose, which will clamber up walls and trellis to a height of 3.6m. Dense and glossy dark-green foliage contrasts beautifully with the stunning semi-double, salmon-pink-orange flowers, which bloom on upright flower trusses ? often with up to 7 hybrid-tea-rose-shaped blooms on each truss.
An amazing, super-fast growing clematis! This evergreen variety, loves the shade and makes a useful screen on a north-facing wall. Pretty white flowers bloom from April onwards and emit an adorable almond-like fragrance. Ht. 5m. Supplied in 9cm pot.
Wow! Here's a real show-stopping clematis with tons of fantastic big blue violet flowers ? they're 12-14cm (5-6in) across! You'll only believe it when you see it. Outer petals are decorated with a pretty pink blush on their tips to prompt further amazement at this truly spectacular and energetic climber.
Santolina chamaecyparissus is an tough-as-old-boots small shrub that has silvery fernlike foliage with an unmissable citrus yellow button flower on the top of each and every stem during the summer. The silver foliage is present all year round to highlight the garden on dull winter days and as Santolina is plant that is drought tolerant and will thrive on neglect it's possibly the ideal plant for somone that is too busy to micro-manage their garden. Cotton Lavender is a dwarf, evergreen shrub for any part of the garden. An excellent choice for Mediterranean themes, gravel gardens or patio containers. Height: 50cm (20). Spread: 100cm (39).
Flowering during January and February, Hamamelis provides a much needed display of colour during the winter months. Sweetly scented, lemon yellow flowers smother the bare winter stems of this elegant vase shaped shrub.
This overwintering variety will produce tasty semiglobe shaped onions, ready to harvest from late May to July. 'Electric' is a shiny red onion with pink tinged flesh! Great in salads and stir fries. It will also store well, giving you a plentiful supply. Ht. 45cm. Supplied as sets.
This deciduous Clematis was created in France in 1900. Clematis 'Madame Julia Correvon' has been awared the RHS Award of Garden Merit for its garden performance. The flowers have wine-red sepals and creamy-yellow stamens in the centre. It blooms from mid to late summer, so it is a good variety to plant alongside an earlier flowering Clematis. Perfect for obelisk and trellis planters in sunny positions. Height: 3m (10'). Spread: 1.5m (5'). Pruning group: 3.
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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).
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Royal blue petals with a golden yellow streak make an eye catching combination in late winter. Perfect for the front of borders and rockeries, or planted in containers for an indoor treat!