There are few shrubs that offer so much interest in the garden as the Sacred Bamboo. This variety is particularly appealing for its colourful foliage and neat, compact habit. In spring, the new foliage is copper, maturing gradually to deep green, before colouring to red and orange in autumn.
Crossandra infundibuliformis 'Fortuna' is prized for making flower garlands in its native homes of Sri Lanka and Southern India. This variety has been developed to produce a particularly good display of peachy-orange flowers, blooms for months on end.
A breakthrough in blackberry breeding! Unlike normal varieties this unique primocane blackberry will fruit on first year growth, meaning you?ll get crops sooner after planting! The incredibly large berries weigh up to 11g each and are sweeter than a strawberry, scoring highly on the brix scale for sweetness. Blackberry 'Reuben' has a very upright growth habit making it easier to manage and allowing plants to be spaced closer together.
Masses of flowers in a wonderful mix of colours with bronze and green foliage. Surprisingly tolerant of dry or wet conditions, this reliable variety will fill your beds, borders and containers with flowers throughout the whole summer. Height and spread: 25cm (10).
A magical variety of geranium, with the most intricate blooms that open up just like rosebuds. Every petal is blushed with pale pink and flower heads are packed with large clusters of them. It's an upright growing variety ideally suited to patio containers and windowboxes, even the border. Ht. 40cm. Supplied as plug plants.
Euphorbia amygdaloides 'Ruby Glow' features bright lime green flowers on red stems between April and June, providing a spectacular display. This hardy evergreen perennial has a tidy, compact habit with dark purple foliage and glowing red new growth in spring. This Milkweed variety is perfect for adding an exotic feel to the front of your lightly shaded or sunny borders. Height and spread: 45cm (18).
Sweet Pea Mixed Porlock is particularly eye-catching for its wide, maroon-pink standard petal that rises like a sail above the cluster of contrasting purple wings.
Create a patriotic display that is fit for a King (or Queen) with the trailing stems of Verbena 'Union Jack'. Regal shades of red, white and blue flowers make a spectacular display. These fabulous trailing Verbena plants are perfect for filling your hanging baskets and patio containers, or let them tumble over the edges of a window box for a cascade of colour.
In a sophisticated palette of magenta, salmon and white, this delightful blend of cascading verbenas and calibrachoa (Million Bells) form an ideal partnership for a summer long display.
Astrantia major 'Roma' is a hardy perennial with a difference: it thrives in damp, shady areas, meaning you can reserve all the space in your sunniest borders for fussier species while still incorporating this unusual Masterwort into your summer display. The plant's palmate foliage is a striking bright green colour, which complements its pink flowers perfectly. These blooms make it easy to tell why this variety is nicknamed Hattie's Pincushion, for their heads, which emerge in the summer, are an unusual, round, pincushion-esque shape. The wiry stems can be easily cut to make interesting additions to indoor displays if you decide that Astrantia major 'Roma' is too special to confine to your woodland garden! Height: 75cm (2'6). Spread: 45cm (1'6).
A pretty selection of large bicoloured blooms with unique spurred petals, which give rise to the common name 'Granny's Bonnet'. Aquilegia caerulea 'Mrs Scott-Elliot' flowers from late spring through to midsummer above clumps of elegant, feathery blue-green leaves.
A tulip like you?ve never seen before, you?d be forgiven for thinking you had a bunch of beautiful English Roses growing in your garden when these delightful Tulip ?Promiss? come out. A wonderful shade of pink with a surrounding later of green petals to frame the flower and make it stand out all the more. Definitely one to add to your spring borders and containers to be the highlight of your spring displays! Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 10cm (4)
Butternut Squash 'Metro' is a popular choice with gardeners for its vigour and good resistance to powdery mildew. This attractive winter squash produces pale skinned fruits with a sweet, nutty flavour. Perfect for roasting or making soups and curries.
Dwarf golden yellow daffodil with an elongated trumpet and reflexed petals. Ideal for pots, borders, rockeries and naturalising in a lawn. Ht. 25cm. Supplied as bulbs.
A versatile, evergreen, low-maintenance shrub that thrives in almost any position! The leathery creamy-yellow leaves with green margins form a dense compact shrub which is ideal for borders, patio containers, low hedging and ground cover. This superb Euonymus will happily grow in difficult clay soils, North-facing positions and will even tolerate drought once established.
Potentilla fruticosa 'Mount Everest is a Shrubby Cinquefoil, which are native cold regions of the Northern Hemisphere, making them ideal for British gardens. This hardy plant has delicate flowers, with five rounded white petals and pale yellow centres. It flowers all through the summer months, from May to September. A good option for small gardens, or as an addition to an alpine rockery. Easy to maintain and good drought tolerance, it is a wildlife friendly plant that will attract bees and butterflies. Height and spread: 1m (39).
Lush foliage appears in spring followed by large ruffled white flowers with deep centres in June. The nectar-rich flowers are highly attractive to butterflies and bees. Grow in a sunny position, and leave the seedheads to mature for interest over autumn. Height 60cm, spread 50cm. Supplied in 8cm pots.
The large, long peppers of this tasty variety gradually change from green to a glossy vibrant red and can reach lengths of up to 25cm (10). Pepper 'Lipari' produces an abundance of crops throughout summer if grown in the greenhouse, or a slightly later crop if grown in a sheltered, sunny spot outdoors.
Rose 'Fragrant Cloud' produces a dazzling display of brilliant red, double blooms with an intense, sweet fragrance.