Huge flowers up to 15cm (6) across add an exotic flavour to patio pots. The flamboyant blooms of Begonia Giant Picotee Mixed boast layers of elaborate, ruffled petals with a picotee edge. Supplied as a mixture of sumptuous bicolours, that looks simply spectacular set against lush serrated foliage in containers, beds, and window boxes. Height and spread: 30cm (12).Useful links:How to grow bulbs, corms and tubers Culinary note: Add the bright coloured petals to sandwiches or salads for a light lemon taste and crisp texture. For more details about edible flowers click here.
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A smaller leafed Plantain Lily which gets its name from the smooth blue-green foliage and produces pale purple bell-shaped flowers in the summer between June and July
Host ?First Frost? is an RHS AGM winner which holds on into the late Autumn ? hence the name!
These amazing early-summer flowers bridge the gap between spring and summer bedding. Alliums come in all shapes and sizes, and we've selected three here that all sport different hairstyles! They will thrive in mixed borders or treat them to their own patio container as a focal point. Ht. 10-15cm. Supplied as bulbs.
This mid season variety of raspberry produces a great crop of berries in late June and early July, which are large, deep red and wont spoil easily.
Large, bright red fruits with a sun-warmed, old fashioned flavour and rich, meaty flesh - Tomato ?Buffalo Steak? has it all! This vigorous variety starts producing crops earlier than other beefsteak tomatoes. Cropping continues for months on end, keeping
Bred from ?Cara?, this early maincrop variety has the same creamy skin and striking bright red eyes. Potato ?Picasso? produces huge yields of waxy fleshed tubers with good all round disease and drought resistance making it a garden and allotment favourite.
Wonderful golden yellow semi-double flowers. These sturdy plants are larger than other plugs so they can be planted straight out in the garden provided that there are no forecasts of frost.
A fine quality Sugarsnap Pea with round, fleshy, pale green, sweet tasting, succulent pods. Sugarsnap Pea Zuccola is very early and heavy cropping. Ideal raw or in stir fries. Suitable for freezing. Eat immature when stringless but less sweet or remove string when fully developed. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection. Sow Sugarsnap Pea Zuccola in succession for a long season of picking.
Awarded a coveted RHS AGM, this pretty Crocus is a real head-turner! We?re all familiar with the bold coloured varieties, but Crocus chrysanthus 'Cream Beauty' boasts gentle buttery tones that contrast beautifully with its slender dark-green foliage.
This species Gladiolus is graceful and elegant ? a far cry from the flamboyant Sword Lilies found in many UK gardens. Gladiolus communis subsp. byzantinus produces its slender swaying stems of cerise pink blooms in late spring and early summer, bridging the colour gap between fading spring bulbs and budding summer perennials.
The soft peachy shades of Tulip 'Apricot Beauty' are a breath of fresh air in spring. Their summery shades hint of warmer days to come!
Tulip 'Havran' is a stylish Triumph variety boasting multiple blooms per stem. The rich, berry tones of each bloom are overlaid with a silvery sheen that give this variety a sophisticated look.