Understated, elegant blooms nod their heads demurely from the tops of swaying, slender stems. Eye-catching maroon stars mark the centre of each simple white flower, filling the air with a sweet, heady perfume.
An elegant combination of bicolour blue and yellow blooms adorn this hardy perennial, with as many as nine buds per stem. It will even reward you with a second wave of blooms later in summer. Ideal for borders where it will fill out year by year. Ht. 75cm. Supplied as bare roots.
Lavender makes an excellent low hedge or edging plant. The nectar-rich blooms are particularly attractive to bees, and the fragrant stems are ideal for cutting or drying. This drought-tolerant plant thrives in sunny borders or containers. Consists of 2 varieties: Hidcote - An evergreen, aromatic semi-shrub with narrow, silver-grey leaves and leafless stems topped with deep, purple-blue tubular flowers in summer. Munstead - Dwarf compact variety with dense mounds of fragrant evergreen, grey-green foliage bearing deep-lavender flower spikes during summer. Supplied as plug tray plants.
Hazelnut 'Red Cracker' is a self-fertile and vigorous tree with highly attractive foliage, and provides winter interest with its yellow catkins. This striking red filbert has dark red leaves and pretty red husks with crisp white inner kernels. Height and spread: 3m (9').Estimated time to cropping once planted: 2 years.Estimated time to best yields: 5 years.
Apricot 'Flavourcot'® has been specially bred for the cooler UK climate, producing big crops of large, egg-sized, delicious orange-red fruits. You will always get a crop, as it is late flowering and is also frost resistant. As well as being sweet and juicy when eaten fresh, This variety is also ideal for cooking, Apricot 'Flavourcot'® is self-fertile and has been propagated onto 'Montclare' rootstock for a small, manageable tree with a bigger crop of apricots. Height and spread: Up to 2.5m (8') Rootstock: Montclare.Estimated time to cropping once planted: 2 years.Estimated time to best yields: 5 years.
This attractive tree has beautiful rounded silver leaves and pretty green-pink flowers in spring. followed by large, fragrant, pear shaped fruits that ripen to a lovely shade of yellow. The fruits can be harvested from October. Freshly picked quinces are bitter and inedible, but soften when cooked to make excellent jams and jellies, and can be added to apple pies before cooking to enhance the flavour.Self-fertile Quince 'Vranja' is propagated onto 'Quince A' rootstock. Height and spread: 4m (13').Estimated time to cropping once planted: 2 years.Estimated time to best yields: 5 years.
This compact nut tree is well worth growing for the blooms alone! A showy display of pale pink spring blossom is followed by soft shelled, sweet almonds that can be harvested from late August. Almond 'Robijn' is reassuringly hardy, but will need a frost free winter and a warm dry summer in order to produce a crop. In such conditions, you can look forward to your first harvest just 3 years from planting.
This hardy evergreen shrub makes a superb specimen plant for brightening your winter garden. The strongly scented, pale pink flowers brave the coldest winter months to provide a fantastic, fragrant display that lasts well into spring.
This hardy fuchsia has the most amazing flower power over an exceptionally long period. A well known RHS AGM variety, Fuchsia ?Dollar Princess? bears double flowers in shades of cerise pink and purple.
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Bright yellow flowers bloom from early to mid-spring ro create a blaze of colour. Ht. 3m. Supplied as bare root plants.
This perennial variety is a pleasing addition to garden borders, with attractive foliage and bicolour mauve and white, hooded flowers during mid-summer. The flowering stems make very good cut flowers. Plants will multiply over time and can easily be divided if desired. Ht. 75cm. Supplied as bare root.
A true red cherry tomato, and possibly the sweetest you'll ever taste! This bushy, cordon variety will produce an excellent harvest of bite-size fruits that boast a refreshing, sweet flavour, perfect for salads and sandwiches, or for cooking with. Individual fruits weigh approx.12g each, and when grown in a greenhouse over a long period, each plant will produce up to 500 thin-skinned, shiny red cherry fruits ? that?s about 6kg (13 lbs) per plant! Grow in a greenhouse or a full sun location outdoors. Ht. 2m. Supplied as plug plants.
Glory of the Snow creates a dazzling splash of colour, in this new mix of blue, mauve and white. It will naturalise beneath trees and shrubs, and make a hardy and low-maintenance addition to rock gardens and patio pots, returning each year. Ht. 15cm.Useful links:How to plant bulbs, corms and tubers
Golden cupped blooms sit above bright green collars of leaves to add cheer to your spring garden. Easy to establish, these undemanding aconite bulbs will return year after year with virtually no maintenance, to create a carpet of colour. Perfect for naturalising in informal areas of grass or planting in the dappled shade of deciduous trees.
This vigorous climbing honeysuckle produces clusters of fiery red-orange flowers over a long period from July to September. Semi-evergreen in all but the coldest winters, Honeysuckle 'Dropmore Scarlet' will quickly cover walls, fences and pergolas with fabulous colour, providing year-round interest.
A gorgeous Oriental lily boasting an intoxicating fragrance from its large white flowers, each petal delicately edged with deep mauve-pink. This elegant lily is ideal planted in beds and border or try growing it in large patio containers and enjoy the fragrance up close! Lily 'Purple Fountain' also makes a splendid cut flower for a vase indoors.
These handsome tulips will come back year after year just like true perennials! Sturdy stems and colourful blooms appear from early April, and with superb weather resistance they will keep looking good for longer. The bold colours and strong upright stems make this mix particularly good for cutting and bringing indoors to enjoy. Ht. 30-40cm. Supplied as bulbs.