Now here?s something a little different for your garden! Sollya heterophylla is better known as the Bluebell Creeper. Its twining stems are cloaked in evergreen foliage that makes a splendid backdrop for its nodding sky blue flowers throughout summer.
Star Magnolias are compact and slow growing, making them ideal for smaller borders and containers. Magnolia stellata 'Rosea' is a pretty cultivar that will certainly make an impact in spring. Soft pink blooms erupt from furry buds that adorn the bare branches. As the flowers age they fade to white with a delicate pink blush. This charming deciduous shrub becomes cloaked in handsome green foliage as the flowers fade and colourful cone-like fruit take their place. A particularly elegant choice for sheltered borders, patio containers and woodland gardens.
Specially trained as a standard with a head of glossy foliage, this unusual shrub will create a spectacular feature for patios and balconies. The roots are remarkable for their toughness, size, and tenacity to life - you?ll enjoy this fascinating tree for several years. Height supplied 40-50cm (16-20).
With Green and pink leaves this is certainly a colourful variety of acer. 'Beni-Shichi-Henge' is great for growing in a large pot and would look superb on a patio as a main focal point.
Delicate foliage in a rich emerald green, tinged slightly with red make Acer ?Emerald Lace? an excellent specimen plant in any bed, border or even planted in a large pot on a patio.
Add perfume and colour to your garden with this rare, yellow-flowered, deciduous daphne. Slow but steady growing, this is a bushy shrub with lush green foliage that is covered with pretty clusters of yellow flowers from late spring to summer. Bees and other insects love visiting the flowers which are followed in late summer by attractive red berries.
It's well worth planting this superb clematis to find out just how amazing it looks?and smells! Covered in masses of small purple, delicately scented flowers that look like blossom from July to August, this energetic climber will go on blooming until October! Keeping its appeal well into autumn, the dark green foliage provides an attractive contrast to the flowers at a time when other plants might be starting to fade. The wonderful colour and perfume of 'Sweet Summer Love' are best appreciated if you plant this climbing shrub in a large container, or against a sunny wall or fence, allowing it to clamber up free-standing or wall-mounted supports.
Daffodil cordubensis is an unusual variety, rarely offered in the garden centres. This pretty Jonquil variety has narrow grassy foliage. Slender stems rise from among the leaves in March, each boasting 3 or 4 jaunty yellow flower heads. The blooms are gently fragrant and make fabulous cut flowers.
A new, delightful, purple-lilac coloured variety, Tulip ?Carre? will inject some subtle colouring to a spring border that is usually awash with bright yellows and oranges!
The best and truest red Californian poppy, 'Red Chief' performs well in all weathers and is easy to sow and grow in borders, where it'll flower all summer.
An easy-to-sow-and-grow annual producing eye-catching and unusual bicolour blooms on tall flower spikes. These strong and sturdy stems with their fancy purple and blue picotee flowers look fabulous in the back of summer borders and make impressive and long-lasting cut flowers too.
Exclusive mix of tall, single-flowered French marigolds in an exciting new blend of three fiery colours, including a fabulous new red. The uniform height of the flowers makes them ideal as cut flowers.
Don't be put off by their colour, you'll love their taste! With a delicate, sweet, lingering flavour, the colouring of these striking green tomatoes become slightly translucent when fruits are ripe. Abundant clusters of grape-sized, 30g (1oz) fruits are produced throughout the summer.
Changes colour before your eyes! Each attractive small pink bloom develops into a gorgeous turquoise blue, making for an eye-catching climbing feature. Bred by renowned breeder Keith Hammett, 'Blue Lagoon' isn't just about its unique, showy blooms - it has a delightful scent that will fill your garden too!
Many years of breeding work has resulted in this incredibly free-flowering dwarf mixture with intense colour blooms. Ideal planted in drifts or used as an edging plant where it adds long-lasting summer colour to the front of a sunny border.
This easy-to-grow fruiting climber performs well on a sunny patio or border and even better in the greenhouse, producing heavy crops of mini melon fruits tasting of cucumber with a twist of lime! For maximum fruit production, stop main stems at 2.4m (8ft) and trim back all side shoots to 45cm (18).