The Gladiolus ?Brown Sugar? adds some exotic colour and vibrancy to any space, whether in borders in the garden or cut and added into flower arrangements.
We've put together a special collection of shrubs, especially for the winter months when little else is happening in the garden. These wonderful shrubs will not only give you some much needed floral outdoor decoration, but will also enhance your outdoor space by lifting your spirits with delightful scents. Each variety has been especially chosen on its own individual merits, and as a collection they are guaranteed to add a special touch to your winter garden.
Peach 'Crimson Bonfire®' (patio) is a dwarf, self-fertile peach tree, that is ideal for growing in a planter on a sunny patio, decking or balcony, as well as inside spacious greenhouses and conservatories.
Begonia 'Fragrant Falls Improved' in an improved cultivar of the original version. It has more colour, more flowers and more fragrance.
This Mock Orange shrub is a wonderful plant for cottage, woodland and informal city gardens. It bears a profusion of flowers from early summer, with white frilly petals, that are mauve pink in the centre, with creamy-yellow anthers.
Sherbet Lemon is a quick and easy pre-planted basket for the busy gardener. The plants have been professionally chosen, to ensure the basket looks fantastic when in bloom, over the summer months.
Chaenomeles x superba 'Crimson and Gold' is a compact, low growing shrub that flowers in early spring. It produces small red flowers, with golden yellow anthers, on bare branches in early spring before the foliage appears.
A handsome, silvery blue conifer with a pleasing conical shape at maturity. The foliage takes on a purple tint during particularly cold periods that adds some seasonal interest.
Large star shaped velvety purple flowers will bloom in June and October.
Forming a well proportioned rounded shape, Cotoneaster suecicus 'Coral Beauty' is a great plant for covering over an awkward area and also for surpressing weeds!
With a fresh Juniper scent, and an upright, thin habit, this architectural conifer is a great choice for the front garden, or as a conifer within a large rockery. It can also be used within a formal garden, for example, planted in pairs along the length of a path.
With a maximum growing height of 1 metre, Potentilla fruticosa 'Marian Red Robin', is an ideal flowering shrub for a small garden, or at the front of larger borders.
Ribes sanguineum King Edward Vii' is an upright shrub, which becomes smothered in clusters of deep red flowers early in the growing season. Later in the year these develop into black berries, that provide interest in the autumn months, and a food source for garden birds.
Symphoricarpos x doorenbosii 'Mother of Pearl' has nectar rich, white flowers in summer, and powder pink berries in autumn making it an ideal shrub for a wildlife-friendly garden.
Taxus cuspidata 'Dwarf Bright Gold' is an evergreen Japanese Yew that has variegated green/yellow needle like leaves. It can be planted as a hedge, that can be left to grow informally, or as a shaped topiary hedge.
You can't go wrong with this stunning new patio lily. Some oriental lilies are too tall for patio pots; so need staking and support, not with the 'Perfume Garden' Series, the stems are short, stout, yet still long enough for cutting if you prefer. This new series is supplied in a mix of colours; with shades of pink, white and red, some with spots, some with stripes. Height 40cm (16). Spread 25cm (10). Bulb size 14/16.
The Summer Jazz series of the Trumpet Vine are compact and not as vigorous as other varieties. Campsis tagliabuana 'Summer Jazz Fire Trumpet' has showy red-orange trumpet-shaped flowers which appear from spring, lasting well into autumn.