The Kaleidoscope Abelia creates a vibrant spectacle in your garden with its colourful foliage. In spring the colours are a mix of green and yellow which intensifies in summer and then transforms to orange and red hues for Autumn. Delicate funnel shaped pink flowers are produced from June to October attracting butterflies and bees. This plant is semi evergreen so may lose its leaves in the winter however fresh foliage will reappear in the spring. Supplied in a 13cm pot.
A large evergreen shrub with rough textured reddish bark and dark green leaves producing stunning pink bell shaped flowers in the autumn. These blooms coincide with the ripening of the red strawberry-like fruits produced the previous year. The fruit is fairly bland but can be added with other fruit to make pies or jam. As a holder of the RHS Award of Garden Merit and a distant relation of the rhododendron this plant is sure to add all year round interest to your garden. Can be planted in the garden or in a patio container. Supplied in a 9cm pot.
One of the easiest and hardiest of herbaceous perennials, Potentilla Fruticosa 'Double Punch Cream' will reward with masses of dark pink buds which open into double cream white saucer-shaped flowers all summer long, contrasting wonderfully with rich green, bushy foliage. A versatile and attractive element in many garden locations, its bushy, low-growing habit makes it perfect for the front of beds and borders, as well as rock and gravel gardens. It also is a great choice for banks and slopes - and a colourful choice for informal hedging. It makes an eye-catching display when planted in a pot or container for your patio or decking. This deciduous, low-maintenance shrub grows to about 90cm height and spread, with good pest and disease resistance. Very hardy, when fully established it will tolerate drought and very cold temperatures. Place in full sun or partial shade, and ideally in moist but well-drained soil. Potentillas are happy in most soil conditions. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot ready to plant out.
One of the easiest and hardiest of herbaceous perennials, Potentilla Fruticosa 'Double Punch Tango' will reward with masses of orange saucer-shaped flowers all summer long, contrasting wonderfully with rich green, bushy foliage. A versatile and attractive element in many garden locations, its bushy, low-growing habit makes it perfect for the front of beds and borders, as well as rock and gravel gardens. It also is a great choice for banks and slopes - and a colourful choice for informal hedging. It makes an eye-catching display when planted in a pot or container for your patio or decking. This deciduous, low-maintenance shrub grows to about 90cm height and spread, with good pest and disease resistance. Very hardy, when fully established it will tolerate drought and very cold temperatures. Place in full sun or partial shade, and ideally in moist but well-drained soil. Potentillas are happy in most soil conditions. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot ready to plant out.
One of the easiest and hardiest of herbaceous perennials, Potentilla Fruticosa 'Red'issima' will reward with masses of red saucer-shaped flowers all summer long, contrasting wonderfully with rich green, bushy foliage. A versatile and attractive element in many garden locations, its bushy, low-growing habit makes it perfect for the front of beds and borders, as well as rock and gravel gardens. It also is a great choice for banks and slopes - and a colourful choice for informal hedging. It makes an eye-catching display when planted in a pot or container for your patio or decking. This deciduous, low-maintenance shrub grows to about 90cm height and spread, with good pest and disease resistance. Very hardy, when fully established it will tolerate drought and very cold temperatures. Place in full sun or partial shade, and ideally in moist but well-drained soil. Potentillas are happy in most soil conditions. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot ready to plant out.
A beautiful dwarf lilac with an incredibly long flowering period, easily out-flowering most other lilacs that only bloom for a short time in spring. 'Flowerfesta® Pink' starts to flower with a first flush in spring and into summer, then continuing intermittently well into autumn, when it finishes blooming with one final flourish, and the clusters of tiny pale pink, nectar rich, fragrant flowers will attract bees and other pollinators into your garden. Being a dwarf variety reaching only 1.25m (4ft) and with a compact nature, it'll look great in patio pots where its scent will drift and delight. Easy to care for and slow growing, with little pruning required, just deadhead regularly to keep it tidy and to encourage more flowers. Supplied in a 9cm pot, ready to plant out.
Hypericum 'Magical Beauty' is a highly desirable new variety of Hypericum (St John's Wort), admired by gardeners for its abundant, bright yellow flowers with their amazing crown-like sprays of anthers and also for its glossy pink fruits. 'Magical Beauty' bursts into life in early spring with a flourish of dark-green leaves that provide the perfect foil for its cheery blooms and later berries which appear pale yellow in autumn before turning pink, then red and finally black. A flower arranger's dream (and a gardener's for that matter), this hypericum is ideal for a sunny or part-shaded position, and because of its compact nature, makes the perfect specimen for a pot, so you don't even need a garden to grow it. Bees and many other beneficial pollinating insects find the sunny flowers of Hypericum irresistible and you're guaranteed months of colour as it starts blooming in June and continues right through to September, with its berries appearing from August. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to be planted out. Reaching an ultimate height and spread of 80cm (2½).
With its opulent foliage colour, leaves emerge a rich, glossy dark reddish-purple, creating a stunning show which ends in autumn as the leaves turn red and purple before falling in an extravagant cascade of colour. The show isn't restricted to the leaves however, as 'All Black' is shrub with exceptional year-round interest. In summer, dense clusters of creamy, pink-tinged flowers form neat balls of bloom and these are followed in autumn by red fruit pods which turn black as they ripen, extending the colour in your garden right up to leaf-fall! A compact shrub, bred to perform in your garden, Physocarpus Burning Embersis a garden plant that very few other gardeners will have, and its colour changing nature makes this a garden must-have and certainly a plant that you'll want to give pride of place to so that everyone can see it! The unique foliage will form the perfect backdrop for your other garden plants and goes especially well with blues and purples. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for planting out or potting on, Physocarpus 'All Black' will reach around 1.5-2.5m in 10 years and is really easy to grow - the perfect garden plant for any level of experience!
Crepe Myrtle, or Lagerstroemia indica is a wonderful large shrub that is often seen on the continent, and now we can bring it to UK, where it's sure to make a dramatic impact! This crepe myrtle produces masses of flamboyant deep rose pink flowers in 20cm long panicles that will smother it in summer and autumn, attracting bees and butterflies into your garden to feast on the fabulous blooms. The flowers are large and frilly, and produced on the current season's growth. The foliage is bronze when young, before maturing into dark green with large leaves 8cm long, and with attractive peeling grey and brown bark and great autumn foliage colour, Lagerstroemia puts on a spectacular show for most of the year. Hardy to -5°C, it'll need some protection during the coldest winters, and it can be grown in a large pot to make sheltering it easier. 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 9cm pot, ready to plant. Growing to 5m (16ft).
Impressive and large flowering shrubs often seen in France and Spain, Crepe Myrtle, or Lagerstroemia indica, can also be grown in the UK, bringing a touch of the exotic to your garden! This crepe myrtle produces an abundance of fabulous, ornate bight crimson flowers in 20cm long panicles that will smother it in summer and autumn, attracting bees and butterflies into your garden to feast on the fabulous blooms. The flowers are large and with crinkled edges, and produced on the current season's growth. The foliage is bronze when young, before maturing into dark green with large leaves 8cm long, and with attractive peeling grey and brown bark and great autumn foliage colour, Lagerstroemia puts on a spectacular show for most of the year. Hardy to -5°C, it'll need some protection during the coldest winters, and it can be grown in a large pot to make sheltering it easier. 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 9cm pot, ready to plant. Growing to 5m (16ft).
Impressive and large flowering shrubs often seen on the continent, the sun loving Crepe Myrtle, or Lagerstroemia indica, can also be grown in the UK, providing vivid, exotic colour from its dazzling flowers. Masses of bright violet flowers in 20cm long panicles will smother it in summer and autumn, attracting bees and butterflies into your garden to feast on the fabulous blooms. The flowers are large and with crinkled edges, and produced on the current season's growth. The foliage is bronze when young, before maturing into dark green with large leaves 8cm long, and with attractive peeling grey and brown bark and great autumn foliage colour, Lagerstroemia puts on a spectacular show for most of the year. Hardy to -5°C, it'll need some protection during the coldest winters, and it can be grown in a large pot to make sheltering it easier. 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 9cm pot, ready to plant. Growing to 5m (16ft).
Abelia 'Confetti Conti' is a wonderful semi-evergreen shrub that will look wonderful in a mixed border with its attractive variegated foliage and lightly scented flowers. The gorgeous leaves are green with an edging of creamy white and from July until September beautiful, delicately fragranced trumpet-shaped flowers appear in white with a hint of pink. With its naturally compact growth habit, 'Confetti Conti' forms a neat shrub that is perfect for growing in a pot on the terrace or balcony in a sunny, sheltered position. Easy to grow and hardy, it's best grown in the shelter of a wall or towards the back of a border to encourage it to hang on to its leaves for as long as possible. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready for planting.
The Syringa 'Pink Perfume' is just the thing for if you're looking to add some drama to a small garden or for sprucing up patios and decking areas in a large pot! Ideal for adding colour, fragrance and a beautiful twist on other Lilac varieties that can often take over your garden, this 'double flowering', compact lilac will bloom first in May, flush through summer, then reach a second crescendo of colour in September. This shurb is perfect for adding to your beds and borders as itwill not grow too tall, meaning you can really enjoy the beautiful flowers and fragrance with very little maintenance required. A deadheading of faded flowers will keep the it flowering for as long as possible, and there'll be little to no pruning needed thanks to its compact nature. It's slow growing, easy to care for, perfect for pots and very hardy too - why not try growing as a fragrant flowering hedge for something a little bit different?! Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant.
Daphne are prized for their amazing winter scent and their pink flowers that open from late February to April, filling the garden with early perfume and colour. This selection called Aureomarginata also have lovely gold-edges contrasting deep green leaves, providing colour interest all year round. Grow them in big pots, or deep, fertile soils. They are a slow growing evergreen shrub, which will only reach 1.5M tall in 10 years or so. They need little pruning or maintenance. Our stock is almost 3 years old, and is well-rooted and branched, at about 20-25cm tall. Daphne are very difficult to propagate from, and slow growing to start, so are often very expensive but we have managed to secure a very good deal with this specialist grower, and pass on these great savings! Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant.
It's easy to see why Convolvulus cneorum is more commonly known as the Silver Bush, with its striking silvery-grey, silky evergreen foliage making it look quite distinct from other garden plants. During July and August, pink buds appear all over the plant, opening into pure white, trumpet shaped flowers with pale yellow centres that can be 4cm across. A native of the western Mediterranean, Convolvulus brings a touch of the exotic to your garden, whilst being perfectly hardy in the UK. Preferring well drained soil and a sunny location, Convolvulus with thrive in beds and borders, and makes a wonderful, eye-catching specimen plant in a patio container, especially if you choose a darkly coloured one to really set off the silvery leaves and white flowers to perfection. 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 9cm pot, ready for planting and growing to a height of 60cm (2ft) and a spread of 75cm (2½ft).
Caryopteris 'Heavenly Blue', commonly known as Bluebeard, is a neat and compact deciduous shrub with arching branches which carry small, intense blue flowers and aromatic grey-green foliage. A Royal Horticultural Society 'Plant for Pollinators', caryopteris is a magnet for bees, butterflies and a host of other pollinating insects, attracted by the dense clusters of dainty flowers in August and September. Easy to grow and drought tolerant, 'Heavenly Blue' is happy in a pot or in the ground in a sheltered location and is the ideal size for the middle of the border, and planted amongst orange and yellow flowering plants, the brightness of its blue flowers really makes the colours stand out. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant. Reaching a height and spread of 1m (3ft).
The Hebe is one out the most recognised shrubs, grown in garden and public areas everywhere because or its versatility, hardiness and ease of care. A wonderfully compact variety, 'Raspberry Ripple' may be small, but it still puts on a magnificent display with its colourful foliage and blooms providing interest for most of the year, and it's recommended by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators' as the flowers and are a favourite with butterflies and bees too! The young leaves emerge a lovely, warm deep crimson colour, before gradually turning to deep glossy green as they mature, making the plant look amazing even before it begins to flower. From June to September, burgundy red buds open to racemes of the most fabulous rich pink flowers that slowly fade to white from the bottom to the top as they age. An incredibly versatile little Hebe, 'Raspberry Ripple' is ideal for planting at the front of border or in patio pots and makes a superb low-growing flowering hedge, or edging for flowers beds. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant and growing to a height and spread of 30cm (1ft).
For a beautiful sight later in the summer, there is no other choice than the Hydrangea 'Bobo'. During August and September this fabulous plant is covered in voluminous clusters of white flowers that slowly flush with pink as the season moves on. A member of the paniculata family of hydrangeas, their blooms are produced in abundance to give an amazing show in your garden or even in pot on your balcony - so everyone can have a go at growing this beautiful shrub - no excuses! Even during the autumn this hydrangea does not stop showing off, as its foliage turns to gorgeous autumn shades, plus the dried flowerheads make great indoor decoration or can be left on the plants to give structure through the winter. Really easy to grow, and a great plant for beginners and more experienced gardeners alike, Mont Blanc produces its flowers on strong stems which means that the branches will not bend under the weight and they make great cut flowers too. Reaching an ultimate height of around 90cm, it is supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant.
'Kathy' is an elegant and beautiful evergreen shrub with lush, bright green leaves edged in creamy white. During the summer, small yellowy-green flowers appear, followed by pink or purple berries in autumn. Expertly grown in standard form with a clipped topiary lollipop head, it'll bring height and formality to the garden all year round. Ideal either side of a door or gate or lining a pathway, and it's an interesting alternative to standard box, bay or conifers and has a naturally neat habit, only needing an occasional trim to keep it in shape. Although happy growing in partial shade, 'Kathy' will produce the best leaf colour and variegation when grown in full sun. Supplied as an established standard bush, 60-70cm tall in a 15cm pot and reaching 1.5m (5ft) in height and 1.2m (4ft) wide, depending on pruning.