Now, through using the right varieties, you can grow fresh Nectarines here in the UK too. 'Flavour Top' is a large frutiing variety and slow growing, suited to smaller gardens and large pots, it will only reach 7-8ft in 10 years or so. We suggest growing in a pot, as it can be moved indoors in Spring to avoid peach leaf-curl by keeping the foliage dry, and also you can then let it develop over the Summer where the fruits can be seen and easily picked too. It is self-fertile, and a heavy cropper - producing fruit in the first two or three years, with bigger crops in years 5 onwards. Some people report such heavy crops they need to thin the fruitlets down! It produces classic red fruits, very juicy, that easily leave the stone when eaten. Nectarine 'Flavour Top' really is hard to fault.
Probably the most famous & popular Rose of all time; Peace has beautiful primrose-yellow flowers that fade to blush-pink at the tips. Each of its large, showy double blooms is accompanied by a delightful light fragrance! Repeat-flowering, disease resistant and easy to grow, this hardy, vigorous Hybrid Tea variety is a brilliant garden performer.Endorsed by the RHS Award of Garden Merit and public alike - It has been voted World's Favourite Rose too in 1976. It is steeped in history and was named in 1945 to commemorate the end of World War II, having been smuggled out of France as a seedling during hostilities. Later that year Peace roses were given to delegations at the inaugural meeting of the United Nations with a note that read: We hope the Peace rose will influence mens thoughts for everlasting world peace. 'Peace is the finest Hybrid Tea ever raised and it will remain a standard variety forever' - Peter Beales, Rose Expert. Supplied as a freshly potted, professional quality plant in a 3L pot, growing to a height of 1.2m.
'Gorgeous' certainly lives up to its name with its striking, multi-coloured blooms in shades of cream, pink and yellow.A modern Tea Rose variety, 'Gorgeous' is an easy-to-grow rose with strong robust growth and dark green glossy leaves. Perfect for beds and borders and naturally resistant to many problems associated with roses, its large blooms emerge as perfect, single rose buds which makes them an excellent rose for cutting. The sturdy plants are equally stunning when grown in a border or a large container - perfect in a pot on the patio. Continuously flowering from June to November, this is a rose bush that will captivate everyone who sees it! Supplied as a freshly potted, professional quality plant in a 3L pot, growing to a height of 120cm.
The delicious fruits from the 'Athos' cherry bush are super sweet and have an old fashioned mouth-watering aromatic flavour - each totally winter hardy bush will produce up to 5kg (approx. 12lb) of fruit per year once fully established.Because it grows in a naturally dwarf BUSH habit and on its own roots, (rather than as a tall grafted tree) you can pick your heavy crop of tasty cherries from each branch, easily and from the safety ground level every summer ... from early July here in the UK - no 'Cherry Pickers' required!Athos is perfect for any garden and is even suitable to grow in a large pot - it could even be grown as the ultimate productive hedge!Supplied 60 - 70 cm tall in a 3 litre pot. Eventual height - 2 m (6ft).
Blackcurrants, redcurrants and whitecurrants that have been allowed to ripen in the sun taste sensational and far superior to anything you can buy in supermarkets - perfect for eating fresh, adding to your favourite desserts or freezing for use at later date. These top quality, professional grade Uk-grown bushes in your collection will establish quickly and reward with your first fruit this summer, followed by crops that get larger and larger each year. Packed full of vitamins, minerals and requiring the minimum of care, these tasty superfruits are ideal for growing in beds or borders, or for planting in large pots that grace the patio. Blackcurrants and whitecurrants will fruit their socks off in a sunny position, while redcurrants are happy in sun or in a more shaded position they will even do well against a north facing wall or fence. Varieties Included: Blackcurrant 'Ben Lomond' Redcurrant 'Rovada' Whitecurrant 'White Versailles'
Gooseberry 'Invicta' is the number 1 outstanding Gooseberry variety for home gardeners - and is now available in a unique standard form! Grafted onto a long straight stem, the foliage and fruit will be produced in a ball atop the stem for a really unique productive, yet decorative display! Producing big crops of classic green berries, almost twice as many as any other variety, 'Invicta' is one of our favourite gooseberry plant varieties and it is also mildew resistant, making it very easy to grow for even a novice 'grow your own' gardener. It has good vigour, so supports the big crops well in your garden and is winter hardy so can be left outdoors all year round. Each summer 'Invicta' produces numerous large green fruits which are sweet enough to eat straight off the bush, but are also ideal for cooking with - something a little bit different to strawberries and raspberries that tend to be grown in home gardens. In its standard form, it brings a different dimension to growing your own adding a real decorative feature to patios, or even straight in the border where it will add height and interest. 'Invicta' really is the all-round Gooseberry for gardens - why not try one this year?
The popular cut flower and houseplant Gerbera has been upgraded to a garden perennial, giving an amazing 5 months of colour from spring to autumn every year. The world's first Hardy Gerbera in a range of bright, zingy colours, the 'Garvinea Series' was launched to great acclaim across Europe, where the Dutch breeders developed an improved plant with much bigger flowers, and even longer lasting performance. Winter hardy to around -8C (although avoid severe winter wet), and flowering for several seasons of colour, the highly distinctive flowers of Garvinea simply keep coming - up to 50 on a 2-year-old plant. Easy to grow and keep, they're also highly resistant to pests and diseases, making them the ideal garden plant! We love them potted up in bright & bold planters - in a mix of 4 zingy, starburst colours (Opal Fruits if you are a certain age!) you can mix and match your plants to your planters and create an eye-catching display for your patio! Suppled as 4 x mixed colour plants in 7cm pots ready for potting on or planting out when all risk of frost has passed, Garvineas are herbaceous, so die back completely underground over winter, to emerge bigger and better next year.
Nothing beats the sight and scent of traditional English climbing roses draping from an archway or pergola, churning out flowers for 4 months through the summer, and producing a fabulous fragrance to waft through your garden on the breeze, especially on warm days. Climbing up to 4.5m, these roses are perfect for growing up trellises, arches, walls or fences. What's more, these beautiful roses will produce their first displays this summer to fill your garden with colour and fragrance. Easy to grow and maintain, you will get one each of : Dublin Bay - a sumptuous red double, very-free flowering and quite thorn free (to 2.5m) Golden Showers - bright sunshine yellow (to 4.5m) Zepherine Drouhin - vibrant pink (to 4.5m)
An enduringly popular old-fashioned rose, 'Zephirine Drouhin' is also known as the thornless rose and is one of very few almost thornless climbing roses available. With an exceptionally long flowering season from May to October, you'll be treated to a profusion of large, cup shaped cerise-pink semi-double flowers that carry a powerfully sweet, fruity fragrance that will fill the air around them. A repeat flowering rose, 'Zephirine Drouhin', won't stop flowering until late in the autumn, with its spectacular blooms standing out wonderfully against the foliage, which emerges coppery-red before maturing to glossy, rich green with purple tinged stems. Fabulous growing up a house wall, with the fragrance drifting through open windows, it's happy in the ground or in a large pot and is a vigorous grower. Ideal for covering trellises, arches and pergolas. Supplied as a freshly potted, professional quality plant in a 3L pot, growing to a height of 2.5m (8ft) and a width of 2m (6½ft).
Simply spectacular! Delightfully unusual single flowers creamy-white with deep rose-pink edges with a pollen rich centre smother this brilliant, vigorous climber in a stunning season long show. Glossy, deep-green foliage, repeat flowering, and strong growth make Handel perfect for covering fences, walls and trellises. One of the very few two-tone Climbing Roses, in full Summer flower it looks exceptional, and has a traditional feel to it. Supplied as a freshly potted, professional quality plant in a 3L pot, growing to a height of 4m.
A stunning Climbing rose with a wonderfully sweet fragrance, Rosa 'New Dawn' bursts into life each May or June with clusters of beautiful, palest shell-pink coloured blooms flowering repeatedly throughout the season. Its lovely scent will fill your patio or garden, and its dark green, glossy foliage is strong, reliable and disease resistant. Climbing Roses bring height and a sense of plenty to the garden, where they are normally grown along house walls and fences but are also perfect for growing up obelisks, arches and trellises. With clusters of large flowers, 'New Dawn' will repeat flower throughout the year, adding much needed colour to the garden when other plants have finished. Reaching 3m height, it is perfect for growing over a pergola or trellis. Voted Worlds Favourite Rose in 1997, and one of the few Climbers to be so, as well as achieving the RHS Award of Garden merit, this cracking climber will perform well wherever you plant it.Supplied as a freshly potted, professional quality plant in a 3L pot, growing to a height of 3.5m.
The archetypal Red Climbing Rose - it has it all. Big deep blood red large Hybrid tea style flowers, good fragrance, and good repeat flowering garden performance all Summer long it is difficult to find fault with this proven performer. No wonder it holds an RHS Award of Garden Merit. Supplied as a freshly potted, professional quality plant in a 3L pot, growing to a height of 2.5m.
One of the all-time great climbing roses, 'Compassion' is ever popular because of its incredible, all-round features. Its immensely pretty, apricot-pink blooms carry a strong, sweet perfume that will fill your garden, and these are complimented by the deep-red stems and glossy leaves. Repeat flowering quickly and reliably throughout the summer months, 'Compassion' is ideal for cutting. Vigorous, healthy, reliable and easy to grow, this classic climber has won many awards over the years and is a must-have for any garden wall, fence or trellis. Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven garden performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come. Climbing roses have large flowers, held singly or in small groups and are a great way to create height in the garden. As they are repeat flowering, they're the perfect plant to cover unsightly structures with beautiful colour throughout the summer months. Typically used for the front of homes to add a touch of style and class and to frame doorways and entrances. A great garden rose and an absolute must-have for any rose lover! Supplied as a freshly potted, professional quality plant in a 3L pot, growing to a height of 4.5m and spread of 2.5m.
Winning the highly coveted 'Rose of the Year' award for 2017, this spectacular climbing rose will flower profusly all summer long. It produces stunning orange-pink, blousy blooms with a sweet and fruity fragrance that will fill your garden throughout the summer. Scent from Heaven was also awarded the fragrance prize in the Paris International Rose Trials and gained a Certificate of Merit in the Royal National Rose Society Trials. Highly disease resistant, UK breeder Chris Warner selected this variety specifically to shrug of many fungal problems that affect roses, meaning that you'll never have to spray it with chemicals. Adding height and masses of flowers to your garden, 'Scent from Heaven' is a great choice for climbing up arches, trellis, obelisks and other support systems to create a stunning frame around late spring and summer displays. Flowering from early June through to the autumn, plant from September for stunning displays next season. Supplied as a freshly potted, professional quality plant in a 3L pot, growing to a height of 3m.
Also known as New Zealand Flax, Phormium 'Platts Black' is a robust, fully hardy evergreen which forms a dense clump of upright, strappy leaves that are a deep chocolate-purple - a really great plant for adding a bit of a statement to your garden. Stunning in a border and stylish in a large container, this phormium plant is a compact form - meaning that it won't overshadow everything in your garden plus you can grow it in a pot! Phormiums prefer a hot dry site (although will tolerate partial shade) and make a great candidate for a Mediterranean garden or a gravel garden where their upright leaves make a great foil for many other coloured plants. Easy to grow, phormium 'Platts Black' needs virtually no maintenance - it may even reward you with spikes of red flowers in late summer. Ultimately growing to around 100cm x 60cm, we supply well-established plant in a 3L pot ready for immediate planting.
'Morello' Cherry is often referred to as 'The Cooking Cherry' because it is the variety most frequently used for making the delicious fragrant pies and jams we all know and love! The fruits are packed with juice and the skin colour is dark red. It is one of the most reliable croppers of all the sour cherries because it is self-ertile, late flowering and so less susceptible to frost damage, plus it is incredibly disease resistant a real winner for any garden! 'Morello' Cherry is also a great tree to grow on a north-facing wall because even in a cooler position with low light levels it will still grow and thrive and fruit as normal you can usually expect to pick the fruits from late August onwards.
There's no need for dull hedges in your garden - this superb collection of three of our favourites varieties will provide true year-round interest that will keep gardens alive all year-long. These tried and tested garden winners are perfect for separating and dividing areas in your garden, or for creating privacy in exposed areas, but they're also perfect for fillings in any gaps your might have in existing beds and borders, or even build a new one from scratch. Once planted they will rapidly grow away and look tremendous from this year onwards, providing a stunning visual display and a degree of privacy and security for you, as well as a natural safe haven for a wide variety of wildlife. In a mixture of colour, from the red-tinged leaves of the Photinia 'Red Robin' to the beautiful creamy variegation of the Griselinia, this mix of hardy shrubs are guaranteed to brighten up beds, borders or even large patio containers if you're short for space - wherever you fancy planting them! Plant together for a vibrant, year-round mix of colour, or plant separately and frame beds, borders and patios. These hardy shrubs will bring your winter-worn garden back to life in an instant, from early spring and they will not lose their colour or their leaves over the winter. Plant them right now - they'll burst into life in spring and give you spectacular results this year and for many years to come!
The perfect Patio Pear tree for growing in large pots or small gardens, where space is a premium. Part of the world-leading Zaiger range of self-fertile and dwarf patio fruit trees, the dark green and juicy fruits of Garden Pearl will delight. It really is like an orchard pear tree in miniature, except for the size of crop and size of fruits! Being very slow growing it will barely reach 1.2M (4ft) in 10 years or so. Self-fertile, so very easy to grow, it produces lovely pure white blossom displays in April, followed by luscious juicy pears in late Summer. One of the easiest of all patio fruit trees to grow, it is definiteley one for the shortlist.
'Sunburst' is a good sweet cherry tree variety that performs well in the UK, producing dark red cherries in July, a week or so earlier than Stella. Not as vigorous as Stella, so more easy to manage. Self-fertile, a good all round garden cherry tree.
Medlars are a somewhat old-fashioned fruit in today's supermarket world, but are a spectacular and rewarding specimen tree. A fabulous Spring blossoming tree, it produces gorgeous pink blossom, and in late Autumn unusual fruits, not exactly a thing of beauty, and which are tart if eaten from the tree, but sweeten beautifully if picked and ripened for a few weeks, and can keep for Months in cool and dry conditions. They then make excellent jellies, as well as cooking well in mixed fruit pies and puddings though, fresh from the trees. Something really different, yet easy for the productive orchard garden!