Crocosmia 'Scorchio' is a perfect plant for adding some fiery colours to your herbaceous border. The arching stems are full of orange and yellow flowers, that are set against a dense clump of sword-shaped, green foliage.
A bold cactus-style dahlia, Dahlia 'Yellow Star', has spectacular flowers, with spiky full double blooms. It is well suited to a range of garden styles from exotic jungle style to country cottage.
Just 1 application per year is all you need! This fertiliser will gradually release nutrients over the year, providing a controlled flow of plant food around the plant roots.
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.
A mahonia without the spiny stems! This compact evergreen shrub won the RHS Chelsea Flower Show's 'Plant of the Year' in 2013. Flowering in the autumn with delicate spikes of yellow, honey-scented flowers, Mahonia 'Soft Caress' is a valuable plant for late season colour, and adds an exotic touch to the garden with its slender palm-like foliage.
If you're new to Alliums, this is a great collection of interesting large and smaller types. This collection features 3 varieties as shown: 'Purple Sensation', christophii and caeruleum. Ideal for pots and borders. Ht. 20-50cm. Supplied as bulbs.
Fuchsia ?Tom West? boasts variegated pale green and cream leaves with unusual pink veins that make a perfect backdrop to the dainty cerise pink and purple flowers from June to September. Like all fuchsias 'Tom West' is perfect for containers, window boxes and hanging baskets but don't forget that they can be planted in beds and borders for attractive ground cover too. Height: 40cm (16). Spread: 60cm (24).
A very pretty french lavender with highly scented dark mauve flower heads that are topped with brighter purple bracts during April-May. Foliage is evergreen and the grey-green leaves are aromatic too. Plant in a sheltered position, avoiding excessive wet soil in winter. A great variety for a large patio planter. Ht. 60cm. Supplied as a mature plant in a 2 litre pot.
Eupatorium dubium 'Baby Joe' is a beautiful hardy perennial with large clusters of pink-purple florets that appear from June to September and attract butterflies in abundance. Perfect for areas where the soil is moist. Leave the seed heads to create an interesting display over autumn and winter. Height and spread. 75cm (2 ½ ft).
This excellent, popular dwarf fuchsia produces a succession of striking pink-red and purple flowers from June throughout summer, with a compact, mound-forming habit. Fuchsia 'Tom Thumb' is fully hardy and ideal for planting out in a border, but copes just as well in pots and rockeries. Good tolerance to shade but grows best in a sunny spot in the garden and can even be trained as a low hedge. Height and spread: 30cm (12).
The amazing 'bulletproof' nature of hardy geraniums makes these plants excellent for new gardeners or those looking for low-maintenance solutions. Geranium 'Dreamland' is perennial and has an exceptionally long flowering period, from May right through to September, boasting beautiful pale pink blooms with magenta veins, that look almost cushion-like, above dark green foliage. Perfect for controlling weeds in beds and borders, performing just as well in patio containers and filling gaps between paving or in gravel gardens. Height and spread: 40cm (16).
A worthy cottage garden stalwart and RHS AGM winning perennial, Geum 'Mrs J. Bradshaw' has eye-catching semi-double scarlet blooms throughout summer. The attractive open-faced flowers are produced on slender stems above clumps of scalloped foliage and the plants are well suited to be placed at the front of herbaceous borders. Height and Spread: 60cm (24).
A welcome springtime evergreen perennial, Arabis caucasica 'Pixie Cream' or Rock Cress produces dozens of small fragrant blooms with cream petals and yellow centres complemented by cushions of grey-green foliage. This alpine plant is a good choice for rock gardens, nestling into wall crevices, patio containers or as attractive ground cover in hot sunny borders. When the plant is established it will be drought tolerant and easy to maintain. Bees will make a bee-line for Arabis as it's a good source of nectar during the early part of the season. Height: 10cm (4). Spread: 25cm (10).
A late flowering herbaceous perennial, Aster novi belgii 'Karminkuppel' produces masses of daisy flowers, with purple petals and yellow centres, in late summer through to mid autumn. A lovely addition to any cottage garden, priarie style meadow borders and wildlife gardens, especially those with a colour palette of pinks, blues, purples and white. The nectar rich flowers are a great food source for bees and butterflies. Height: 90cm (36). Spread: 50cm (20).
Aster novi belgii 'Rosa Perle' or more commonly known as Michaelmas Daisy, or New York Aster is a vibrant and informal flowering perennial that is great for providing late summer / early autumn colour to borders. The daisy flowers have lavender-pink petals with yellow centres and are great for many types of garden styles, including cottage, contemporary and priarie. The plant has masses of flowers when in bloom and it is a superb plant for attracting bees and butterflies. Height and Spread: 50cm (20).
With its exotic glossy green serrated-edged leaves, this is a great choice for a shady corner of the garden. The Sweet Tea Vine grows quickly, providing ground cover or scrambling up a wall in no time at all. In summer it has small pale yellow flowers followed by black fruits. Gynostemma pentaphyllum, also known as Jiaogulan, comes from the forests of China where it is used as a medicinal herb. It is a tender plant, best protected from frost, so if possible it should be grown in a container and brought under cover in winter. Height and Spread: Up to 4m (13').
Hemerocallis Daylily 'Stella in Red' is the perfect choice for beginner gardeners or those with smaller gardens and will grow in most pot or garden border positions. Each crimson red, lightly scented Daylily flower will, as the name suggests, last for just one day but the mass of flowers per plant will ensure continuous summer colour. The dark green foliage provides a delightful backdrop to the stunning blooms. Hemerocallis Daylily 'Stella in Red' is a tough variety that is even rabbit proof. Height: 30cm (12) and Spread: 45cm (18).
A beautiful cottage garden favourite, Lavatera 'Barnsley' has white flowers, that turn to soft pink over the summer. They grow profusely on long arching stems. It is a great plant for attracting bees and butterflies, making it a good addition to wildlife gardens. It grows vigourously and can fill a gap in a border in just one growing season. This Mallow also looks great planted in stone planters or large terracotta pots. Height and spread: 2m (6').
This small, low-growing shrub makes an excellent container plant, as its star-like bright blue flowers keep on coming for weeks and weeks from late spring right through the summer months. Lithodora diffusa 'Heavenly Blue' is also a fine performer in the rockery with evergreen leaves providing ground cover all year. Also known as Purple Gromwell, it holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit and is easy to grow in sun or shade. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 60cm (24).