These amazing award winning shears have twice the cutting edge of regular ones which means you trim and cut up to twice as fast and with much less effort than old-fashioned models! The Teflon coated steel outer blades cut cleanly with a precise scissor action either side of the chrome covered steel central blade in a twin-cutting action, which is not only faster than that achieved by regular shears but is also much more accurate. This is because the central blade remains still at all times, creating a directional and stabilizing guide. Specifically designed to be incredibly strong but lightweight, they have comfortably ergonomic aluminium handles as well as 'shock absorbers' to prevent jarring of your arms and wrists! The blades are rust resistant and undergo an extensive hardening process that provides extremely robust, high performance and long lasting cutting edges. Each of the blades is 23 cm or 8 inch long giving you double that as your cutting edge!
Magnetic water conditioners have become popular for helping to reduce the amount of limescale in without the need for a power supply are any plumbing. Traditional water softeners use salt to reduce calcium carbonate in tap water, preventing pipes, taps and water tanks from becoming gradually more and more clogged with limescale. As a result, the water coming out of household taps has high salinity, which isn't good for people to drink, or plants either. The Magical Magnetiser uses neodymium magnets, which are the strongest permanent magnets commercially available, to energise the water passing through it, causing molecules to cluster together. This results in purer water but with no additional chemicals, leading to the better absorption of nutrients by plant roots. This reduces the amount of fertiliser needed whilst boosting plant growth for healthier foliage and more flowers and fruit. Easy to install with no tools required, the Magical Magnetiser simply clamps around your hose pipe and will last a lifetime with no maintenance whatsoever. Dimensions 10.5 cm (4 in) long, 6 cm (2½ in) wide with a depth of 4.5 cm (1¾ in), weight 550 g (1.2 lb).
Hydrangea 'Incrediball', the Tree Hydrangea (also known as Strong Annabelle), produces amazing and enormous colour-changing blooms that change from Lime Green to Pure White then fade to Green again, to make the most amazing displays in your garden and your home. It is unbelievable, but true! This is an entirely different species and variety than the traditional pink and blue plants you are probably more familiar with. The stems are incredibly strong to enable the support for this amazing flower, and they are tolerant of rain and wind hence the name, 'Incrediball'!! Also known as 'Strong Annabelle', this has been bred to supersede Hydrangea 'Annabelle', which suffered from weaker stems in wind and rain. Displays will be all summer long whatever the weather and will produce flowers to up to 30cm or 12 inches in diameter. They can be cut and used as dried flowers too - this will preserve the natural colouration or spray them gold or silver for spectacular Christmas decorations. The Tree hydrangea is a form of Hydrangea that is quick-growing, forming an upright shrub. Unlike the bushy hydrangeas, these shrubs provide later blooms for added garden colour. Growing as a shrub with multiple stems, tree hydrangeas can be pruned to look like trees, hence their name. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot, for real Summer impact in your garden, the Tree Hydrangea 'Incrediball' is a winner.
Fuchsias are one of the most versatile of garden plants; their iconic flower colours and shapes decorating our summer gardens year after year. Voted as the UK's number one flowering bedding plant by Which Magazine, their beauty is unrivalled! One of the most spectacular types is the tall Fuchsia Tree (or Fuchsia column as some like to call it), where a tall stem has been skilfully grown over the last winter, to get a head start this season. Here we offer you a lovely plant in flower* and bud that will add instant impact and colour to your garden or patio from now until the first frosts of winter. With care and a frost-protected greenhouse, it will over-winter as well to give another gorgeous display. Easily made into classic standard lollipop shape too, you can shape your plant by removing the lower branches at the main stem. Grow on in large pots on the patio or plant out into beds, in full sun locations - feed well to keep flowers coming. *Please note that plants are supplied mixed colour so we cannot guarantee the colour that you will receive.
No, your eyes are not deceiving you - this amazing hardy Hibiscus bush actually does have 3 gorgeous colours on the same plant. Quite cleverly, all 3 varieties have been selected carefully so they grow at similar rates, and no one colour will grow together and create a fabulousand colourful bush of pink, white, and blue blooms. All that your Hibiscus will need from you is an annual trim to shape, and they will stay in this lovely mix for years. Hibiscus syriacus is totally hardy in the UK, but thrives best in hot, sunny spots, and responds particularly well to heavy feeding, especially with a feed rich in trace elements. Flowering in August and September, prepare to amaze your friends and neighbours with this horticultural wonder! Supplied as an established plant in a 21cm pot, ready to plant out.
These stunning Acers are guaranteed to make an impact in your garden for years to come! Fully hardy even in the coldest winters they lose their leaves in winter, only to burst with incredible colour in spring. The stunning foliage changes colour throughout the year, producing an amazing array of colours in autumn. Acers are slow growing, making them ideal for growing in large pots or smaller gardens, where once planted, they are very easy to maintain, and reward you with gorgeous foliage displays for many years. They do well in light shade, as the brightest summer hot sun can scorch the paler coloured leaves occasionally. Supplied as three established plants in a 2L pots, ready to pot up or plant out. One each of: Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum' - classic deep burgundy-purple leaves that turn an even more brilliant shade of bright red in autumn. H to 4m but restricted to 1.5m (approx.) in a pot. Acer palmatum 'Katsura' AGM - pink edged, yellow-orange leaves from early spring. The canopy fades to green over summer, before erupting into an orange inferno in autumn. H 1.5m. Acer palmatum 'Emerald Lace' AGM - emerald-green leaves which change to dazzling, fiery shades of red and orange in the autumn. H 1.5m.
We like to bring our customers plants that we call 'good-doers', and this lovely Viburnum certainly is that - combining four distinct periods of garden interest in one easy-to-grow hardy shrub. Awarded the Best New Plant at RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2015, 'Kilimanjaro Sunrise' erupts into flower, with tiered layers of white lacecap blooms in April and May - giving rise to its sometimes used common name of the Wedding Cake Tree. These age a lovely blush pink, often with many overlapping tones on the plant at once. This is followed in summer by bright red berries, which help feed the birds and other wildlife, before it surprises you again with a smaller autumn re-flowering. Then, in a final blaze of glory, it sheds its bright autumn leaves, as it hibernates in preparation for another year of garden thrills. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot., Viburnum Sunrise is a compact growing shrub at just 2.5m (8ft) tall and 1.5m (5ft) wide after 7-10 years, it makes a lovely mixed border specimen.
Also known as the 'Fuji Cherry', this gorgeous, compact tree will burst into flower before the leaves appear in late winter/early spring each and every year! They start as red buds which appear to almost dance around the branches, but then open to reveal beautiful pale-pink flowers, each with a red centre. Perfect for small garden or growing in a pot on your patio, Kojo-No-Mai even provides autumn interest when its green leaves turn from green to bright reddish / orange before falling. The statuesque form of the tree is also a joy to observe on frosty mornings when a haw-frost shows it off to its very best. Now available in eye-catching 'standard' form, this beautiful spring wonder has been skilfully crafted into a lollipop shape with a tall, clear stem and ball of foliage and flower at the top. This is a really unique and exciting way to bring colour and life into your garden. Perfect for growing in pots and containers on the patio, because of its standard form it will remain compact and can therefore be grown in even the smallest of spaces, such as terraces and balconies. 'Kojo-No-Mai' is fully winter hardy whatever the weather and with just a little prune to the desired shape, it's a great choice for a spot of 'easy gardening'!
Covered in huge, watermelon-pink, fluffy flowers, and a relative of the mimosa, it's not surprising that Calliandra is also known as the Powder Puff Tree. The fragrant pink blooms of 'Dixie Pink' resemble giant powder puffs and are composed of hundreds of pink stamens emerging from a white centre, which is what give them their characteristic appearance. As an added bonus, the foliage is just as attractive with the finely divided, feathery leaves emerging flushed pink before maturing to darker green. At night the leaves fold up which kids find fascinating. As a south American native, Calliandra is a definite sun lover, and best grown where it can be kept in a sunny position and moved into a greenhouse or conservatory over winter. In fact, it's so suited for container growing that it is often selected as a specimen for bonsai. We'll send you a standard plant in a 3L pot, 80-100cm tall ready for planting.
Create a fabulous exotic look to your garden or patio, with our glorious hardy Hibiscus 'Marina Blue' standard lollipop from tree - years of fabulous late Summer floral displays from this ever so easy to grow tree. Despite looking very exotic, with the huge blue flowers, they are very tough and hardy indeed. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come. Grow it in a warm, sunny spot for the longest lasting and biggest displays - they can be hungry feeders, so give them plenty of feed as they come back into leaf and set buds.
Hibiscus are one of those evocative and exotic plants we tend to associate with holidays and warm climates. Looking very exotic, with their huge pollen laden anthers and two-tone flowers, they look delicate. However, with the syriacus Hybrids, nothing could be further from the truth. They are very hardy indeed down to -10C, and flower their socks off here in British gardens too. This fabulous collection of 3 colours is the perfect starting point too - great value and great quality plants. The plants are all supplied as 3 year old bushes, at 30cm tall , in 2L pots - you will get one each of: 'Woodbridge' - lovely rose-pink, with deep red markings at it's heart 'Hamabo' - clear white, with red markings 'Marina' - a fabulous new variety, deep lavender navy blue, with a purple heart Great in large pots, or in mixed borders in full sun. They are hungry fellows, so give plenty of feed in the growing season, especially micro-nutrients (McDermotts Finest Fertiliser is ideal). You will be rewarded with fabulous summer spectaculars year after year.
Create a fabulous exotic look, in your garden or on your patio, with our glorious hardy Hibiscus 'Double Pink' standard lollipop-form tree - years of fabulous late-summer floral displays from this ever-so-easy-to-grow tree. Despite looking very exotic, with the huge double pink blooms, they are very tough and hardy indeed. You can therefore plant this in the garden with confidence, for stunning displays for many years to come. Grow it in a warm, sunny spot for the longest lasting and biggest displays - they can be hungry feeders, so give them plenty of feed as they come back into leaf and set buds. Supplied as an established standard tree, 80-100cm tall including pot ready to go straight into the border or into a large container.
Blooming for up to 6 months of the year, Hydrangea paniculata Switch Ophelia (R) is a delightful hydrangea that will change colour through the year. Unique in that it will grow to just 50cm tall, 'Ophelia' is perfect for container growing so you don't even need a garden to appreciate its beautiful, colour-changing blooms. Coming into flower from late May and lasting well into October the faded flowers can remain on the plant right through the winter bringing extended interest across the seasons. The delicate blooms emerge green-white and take on a pink hue as they age, becoming pinker as the seasons progress. Easy to grow and hardy right down to -25°C, this is a hydrangea suitable for anyone to grow and it will even double as a houseplant for the spring - just remember that ultimately it prefers to be outside. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot, ready for immediate planting.
Imagine, the perfect plant to attract attention to your garden, and deserving pride of place where it can shine throughout the year. This addition to the popular 'Annabelle' series of hydrangeas has the same dramatic flowerheads but with an added bonus - gorgeous, colour-changing, pink blossom. As the buds emerge the backs of the petals are a rich shade of raspberry, so when young, the overall impression is of quite a strong pink. Then, as the buds open, they reveal a lighter upper surface, giving an overall softer shade when the flowers have opened fully. Over the course of the summer the colour becomes even paler, and eventually the big heads take on a subtle, greenish tone. The show doesn't stop there though as after the flowers have faded and fallen, a skeleton of fine filigree remains to catch the frost and sparkle in the low winter sunshine - adding to its year-round interest. Really easy to grow and a great plant for a newbie gardener, 'Sweet Annabelle' blooms on new wood, unlike older varieties which only bloom on the old, so you'll continue to bloom year on year, all throughout the summer, regardless of pruning or extreme weather. An invaluable addition to the mixed or shrub border - as well as a large patio pot - this is a hydrangea that you don't want to be without. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot.
Lofospermum Wine Red (creeping Gloxinia) will add a unique dimension to your summer hanging baskets the flowering trails will reach over 1.2m (4ft) long by the end of the season and almost touch the floor! The lovely trumpet-shaped flowers contrast brilliantly with the lush green foliage and look incredibly tropical. Lofos is a very fast grower, with the foliage tending to establish first and then, once the warm summer days arrive in June, the pretty flowers will commence, continuing thereafter right until first frost in the autumn. A very special and unusual summer flowering plant and if you have never grown it before, its one that is not to be missed! Supplied as 12 x plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
The deep pink buds of 'Horizon Monarch' open into huge gorgeous flowers which are pink on the outside and pale yellow on the inside and up to 10cm across during spring, contrasting beautifully with the glossy dark green leaves which can reach 18cm in length. Grown as a standard, this is a superb specimen plant for a large container and also perfect for the dappled shade of a woodland border where the huge, stunning flowers shine out against the glorious foliage. 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. Supplied as an established plant in a 19cm pot, ready to plant out.
One of the more attractive flowering shrubs for any garden, Deutzia 'Raspberry Sundae' is the perfect specimen plant for both novice and experienced gardeners alike, and being low maintenance it's simple to look after - meaning more time to sit back and enjoy the results! The graceful, gently arching stems of Raspberry Sundae become smothered in an abundance of crimson and pink bicoloured blooms in early summer and will fill the air with their light and sweet fragrance.Compact and fully hardy, it's perfect for beds borders and containers, and the clusters of star-shaped flowers are a magnet to wildlife, attracting all manner of pollinators such as butterflies and bees into your garden. 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. Supplied as an established plant in a 19cm pot, ready for planting out. H1m x W1m, flowers June - July.
Also known as the Californian Lilac, thyrsiflorus repens is one of the hardiest and easiest to grow of the ceanothus family. It has a naturally compact habit, and it has been trained onto a trellis making it perfect for growing in a pot if you have limited space. It will look wonderful against a wall or fence where it will climb to 1.5m (5ft) if left unchecked. All it needs is a trim after flowering and again in late summer to keep it in shape. The pale blue flowers look amazing against the dark, glossy evergreen foliage and form a spectacular cloud of colour during May and June and will attract a host of butterflies and other pollinators into your garden, making it invaluable for supporting our native wildlife. 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. Supplied as an established plant in a 17cm pot, 55cm in height (including trellis).
If you're looking for an interesting alternative to traditional box topiary, then this ceanothus could very well be it. Shaped into an elegant pyramid, it's smart and classic, and a wonderful addition to your garden! Also known as the Californian Lilac, thyrsiflorus repens is one of the hardiest and easiest to grow of the ceanothus family. It has a naturally compact habit and will look wonderful on a patio or balcony, and especially good in pairs on either side of a doorway. All it needs is a trim after flowering and again in late summer to keep it in shape. The pale blue flowers look amazing against the dark, glossy evergreen foliage and form a spectacular cloud of colour during May and June and will attract a host of butterflies and other pollinators into your garden, making it invaluable for supporting our native wildlife. 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. Supplied as an established plant in a 17cm pot, 65cm in height.
One of the nation's favourite early spring plants, Camellias are, when given the right conditions, very straightforward and problem free. Camellia Japonica 'Nuccio's Cameo' will provide your garden with the most fabulous displays of flowers when almost every other plant is still asleep for winter. Each bloom on this variety has a beautifully soft-pink tone to them and are made up of delicately layered petals. Perfect for growing in pots, they have a dense and upright growing habit with glossy green leaves. The key to success with Camellias is they need acidic soils - like Rhododendrons. This means they can easily be grown in pots in ericaceous composts, and provided they are fed with specialist ericaceous feed, will provide many years of colour and interest. They are evergreen, and their neat, shiny, tough leaves will provide a backdrop to other plants all year. Flower buds start swelling late the previous summer, and keep getting bigger all autumn and winter, until they burst open in early spring. The flowers can be caught by frosts when they are opening, but the buds are generally fine, and the plant is totally hardy and tough. 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 and it will return year after year getting bigger and better for many years to come. Supplied as an established plant in a 15cm pot, ready to pot on or plant out.