Considered by many to be a gourmet treat, asparagus is grown for its succulent tasty spears that can be harvested for up to eight weeks from mid-spring onwards. Traditionally grown from bare root plants, known as crowns, Pacific is one of the sweetest tasting varieties available. Asparagus will thrive if planted in a sunny, well-drained spot and will reward you with lots of tender spears that can be added to many dishes or simply eaten on their own try gently steaming, drizzling with olive oil and dressing with a few flakes of parmesan cheese. Yummy! Good preparation is essential for asparagus to thrive. Dig an 8in deep by 12in wide channel, spread some well-rotted mature along the bottom and cover with a 2in layer of excavated soil. Make a 4in high ridge of soil down the centre of the trench and place the crowns on top, 12in apart, spreading the roots evenly down each side. Carefully fill the trench with soil and water. Do not harvest any spears in Year 1, to build up strencgth of root systems for longer and bigger cropping. Enjoy the taste of freshly cut Asparagus in your garden - it's worth the wait!
Himalayan Blue Poppies will produce striking bright blue, poppy-like flowers in early summer each year, each one with a gorgeous contrasting golden centre. These little beauties will add stunning impact and a definite wow factor to your flower beds and borders this summer! As they are perennial plants they will die back in autumn and come back each year with bigger better displays for many years. Highly unusual and still very rare, you're unlikely to find them in garden centres, so grab your chance to get something your friends won't have at a great price! Awarded the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit for their all-round garden performance. Supplied as 3 x jumbo plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
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.
This fabulous cordyline will bring a tropical feel to your garden wherever you position it - whether as a specimen plant in your beds or borders, or in a decorative pot as an eye-catching feature for your patio, terrace, or balcony to provide instant impact in even the most compact of spaces. Or plant into a modern container and place it by a doorway, gateway or at the end of a path for an exotic focal point. Attractive swirls of long, swordlike leaves fan out symmetrically from a central, slow-growing trunk; and being evergreen, it will look attractive all year round, maintaining colour and structure through the autumn and winter when other plants begin to fade. Place yours in a sunny spot and it will thrive for years to come! The bigger the plant, the hardier it will become - it can withstand temperatures of -7°C, but we always recommend using frost-protection fleece or wrapping, or bringing container-grown plants into a garage, porch or greenhouse during the coldest winters. Supplied as an established plant, approx. 55+cm tall, in a 14cm pot, ready to pot on or plant out.
Biting into a sweet, juicy cherry tomato on a summers day is hard to beat! They taste so much better fresh, and they should be eaten warm - when the aromatics in them are at their most active, to give the best flavour. Growing tomatoes is easy and incredibly rewarding - make salads and chutneys, or of course eat them fresh. 'Tumbling Tom' is the ideal variety to get started growing your own tomatoes - so easy in hanging baskets, tubs, planters and even wondowboxes, you will get hundreds of small red and yellow cherry tomatoes per plant in summer. Get the children growing them! They are self-branching, so other than pinching the tip out when you plant, there is no need to do anything else to them, unlike other tomato varieties. Tumbling Tom produces massive crops of firm, round fruit all summer long - each one packed with sweet, delicious juice. Perfect fresh and in salads. Supplied as 6 plug plants for potting up and growing on - 3 x yellow and 3 x red.
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.
The exotic looking multi-layered flowers of Passion Flowers bely their ease of growing and their toughness and resilience- these are hardy once established, but in colder areas grow against a South facing wall or in large pots. A fabulous, lush evergreen climber and alternative to Clematis, for covering walls, arches and trellises. The lovely two tone blue and white flowers are very waxy and long lasting, their amazing purple detail a joy to behold. Grow in a pot up a trellis or obelisk, it will thrive outside, and will happily perform year after year. Supplied as an established plant in a 11cm pot, ready to plant.
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.
The exotic looking multi-layered flowers of Passiflora 'Amethyst is a perfect choice for any garden because of their ease of growing and toughness and resilience- these are hardy once established, but in colder areas grow against a South facing wall or in large pots. A fabulous, lush evergreen climber and alternative to Clematis, for covering walls, arches and trellises. The beautiful rich violet purple flowers are very waxy and long lasting, their amazing shape and detail is a joy to behold. 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. Grow in a pot up a trellis or obelisk, it will thrive outside, and will happily perform year after year. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant.
Our 'Bronte' planter is perfect for all your growing needs, from bedding displays to fruit and vegetables and houseplants. Made from high-gloss plastic, it has a clean and contemporary look and is UV stable and resistant to frost, so it'll last for years. There's a sturdy lip around the edge of the pot which makes it easy to carry and drainage hole in the bottom. To stop your plants drying out, the 'Bronte' pot comes complete with a matching saucer which will also protect surfaces from water damage, especially useful in the greenhouse or for houseplants. Supplied as 1 x planter and saucer, diameter: 33cm, height: 26cm, volume 15L.
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.
The exotic looking multi-layered flowers of the Passiflora is a perfect choice for any garden because of their ease of growing and toughness and resilience- these are hardy once established, but in colder areas grow against a South facing wall or in large pots. A fabulous, lush evergreen climber and alternative to Clematis, for covering walls, arches and trellises. The flowers are very waxy and long lasting, their amazing shape and detail is a joy to behold. Here you will get one each of - Passiflora Amethyst - Beautiful rich violet-purple flowers. Passiflora Caerulea - Lovely two-tone blue and white flowers with purple details. Passiflora Constance Elliott - purest white blooms. Note - they may occasionally produce orange fruits in hot summers, but wait until they are very orange and ripe before eating. Supplied as a collection of 3 established plants in a 9cm pots, ready to plant.
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.
Bred by world-renowned specialist Raymond Evision, this premium summer-flowering clematis is a unique and beautiful climber. It has velvet like petals in a deep violet-purple colour that matures into a bluer tone. Clematis 'Amethyst Beauty' is easy to grow and even easier to maintain - as the stems simply need to be cut to just above ground level, it can be grown just about anywhere. Growing to almost 180cm, this variety of clematis is perfect for smaller gardens and even courtyards. Blooming later than usual with large flowers, this climber will come into its own during midsummer all the way through to October. All it needs is some well-drained soil and it will grow effortlessly over trellis, up walls, or even in pots on your deck, patio or balcony where it will add height and interest. Supplied as an established plant in a 7cm pot, ready to pot on or plant out when the weather warms.
What's not to like about easy-to-grow Kiwi fruits, which can crop reliably outside here in the UK? The variety 'Jenny' is tried and tested as one of the best performers in UK gardens, and is 100% self-fertile - This gets round the problem most people have had, as you typically needed a male and female variety to get crops, and then some bees to pollinate too. That, however, is now in the past! Grow against a sunny, south facing wall, 'Jenny' is quite vigorous, and can reach 3-4m in 5 years if not trained or pruned. Yet it responds well to trimming and shaping, and should produce fruit in 2-3 years reliably, and heavy crops beyond that, surprisingly easily. Juicy, fresh and rich in Vitamin C, the fruits can be picked in autumn, and are delicious eaten fresh - quite different to supermarket fruits chilled and transported across the globe. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant out.
Flowering later in the season, this 'Justa' clematis is made up of beautiful lavender-blue blooms that are smaller than most hybrids but large in numbers, making sure that there is enough colour on this climber to satisfy the eyes! A vigorous climber, this clematis has a relatively compact habit, and this makes it suitable for growing in container if space is limited, where its free-flowering nature can be put to best effect. Clematis plants make wonderful additions to any garden and can be used very effectively to screen and hide objects and to enhance other plants such as other climbers and shrubs, especially roses. Due to the compact nature of this plant, you can also plant in a pot or container on the patio, so you should not worry about finding space in your borders. Why not grow up an obelisk in a pot for a beautiful patio display? Winter hardy and free flowering, they can pretty much be left to their own devices with just a light trim in late winter/early spring trim and a prune back in the summer after flowering. Supplied as an established plant in a 15cm pot, with a supporting tripod, ready to plant.
This 'Bella' planter is just the thing for all your planting needs. A perfect pot that is ideal for showing off your bedding plants and bulbs. A great and easy way to add instant impact to your garden, patio or balcony and its lovely raisin colour will really make your favourite plants stand out. Made from lightweight plastic, it is frost resistant and UV stable, so it'll last for many years to come. In addition, the drainage holes are predrilled, so there's no fiddling with power tools. Supplied as 1 x planter, diameter: 31cm (12.2in), height: 22cm (8.66in), volume: 9.5L.
Bring a little Christmas cheer to your garden over winter with this glorious flowering Camellia - we can't sing its praises enough as it's bursting with buds and just waiting to erupt into glorious colour! Unlike many of the usual winter-flowering plants, Camellia 'Yuletide' will flower through Christmas and into early spring, with an abundance of brilliantly coloured, red blooms, each with a glowing cluster of golden yellow stamens at the centre - eye-catching and very distinctive. Typically, festive in sumptuous red and green, the luxurious flowers shine against the glossy leaves, making this compact shrub ideal as a Yule centrepiece in the garden - it can even be brought inside over Christmas in a pot as an unusual decoration, just remember to return it outside once the festivities are over. Plus, at less than half the price of other suppliers, it really is worth grabbing one now! More than able to bring winter interest to any garden border, you can even grow 'Yuletide' in a container, so even without a garden you can enjoy the magnificent display of flowers. Fully hardy and easy to grow, there's no need to worry about complicated pruning, just snip off any branches that are dead, diseased, or dying - so not only is this camellia easy on the eye, but it's also easy to grow too! Grow Yuletide in a sheltered, partially shaded position out of drying winds in a moist but well-drained, fertile soil which needs to be acid in nature - if planting in a pot, use ericaceous compost. Supplied as an established plant in a 13cm pot, ready to plant out.
A highly attractive feature tree, Pomegranates are well-known, although not as widely grown in our gardens as they should be. With deep green foliage and bright orange flowers in summer, your pomegranate will look great for years to come, with its shiny fruits ripening in the sun and providing a beautiful contrast to its leaves. A tough, deciduous shrub, Pomegranate Punica 'Nana' is completely hardy when established, and will easily tolerate our British winters. Also known as the Dwarf Pomegranate, it's more compact than other varieties and for best results, grow in a warm and sunny aspect in a pot where it can be moved around as necessary before planting out when its trunk has thicker wood. 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. Plants like a rich soil with plenty of grit and gravel for good drainage. Although drought-tolerant when established, do keep your plant well-watered and it will flower throughout the summer. Pomegranate bushes love hot summers and your bush will thrive in a sunny spot in the shelter of a building or ideally up against a stone or brick wall that will radiate heat back to the plant, helping to ripen the fruit and protect it from any extreme winter weather. Supplied as an established plant in a 14cm pot, ready for planting straight out. Will reach 1-2m tall in 10 years.