This wonderful collection of low growing, groundcover perennials is perfect for planting at the front of borders and beneath taller garden plants to completely fill your garden. Not only do they provide year-round foliage interest, and they flower too, and keep weeds at bay by gradually spreading to carpet the ground. They are all evergreen and flower in blue, pink, yellow and white during spring and summer and are recommended by the RHS as 'Plants for Pollinators', attractive bees and butterflies with their long flowering season. Simply plant them about 60 cm (2 ft) apart so that they have room to grow and give them a trim after they've finished flowering or in spring to keep their foliage dense and in shape. Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready to be potted on or planted out into your garden. You'll receive 2 each of the following: Ajuga 'Burgundy Glow' - Wonderful green and cream variegated foliage splashed with deep burgundy and spires of dainty, intense blue flowers from April until June. It will form a carpet of groundcover reaching a height of 15 cm (6 in) and spread of 90 cm (3 ft), if prefers partial shade. Armeria 'Morning Star Rose' - Narrow, grass like leaves and a profusion of bright pink flowers in May and June. Reaching a height of 15 cm (6 in) and spread of 25 cm (10 in), preferring full sun. Lysimachia 'Goldilocks' - Also known as the 'Golden Creeping Jenny', with striking, rounded golden foliage and small yellow flowers from June until October. It holds an RHS Award of Garden Merit Growing in sun or partial shade to 10 cm (4 in) height but trailing to 1 m (3 ft). Iberis 'Tahoe' - A low, spreading perennial with mounds of lance shaped, glossy dark green leaves which give rise to short, dense clusters of small, fragrant white flowers from April until June. Growing to 30 cm (1 ft) in height and spreading 60 cm (2 ft) and preferring full sun. Vinca minor 'Colada' - The white periwinkle with glossy foliage and low, spreading shoots dotted with white flowers from April until September. It will grow in sun or full shade, reaching 15 cm (6 in) in height and spreading 1 m (3 ft). Arabis 'Little Treasure' - Mounds of foliage completely smothered in bright pink flowers in April and May. Growing to 10 cm (4 in) in height and spreading 50 cm (20 in) in sun or partial shade.
Whether planting a whole new garden from scratch, or updating an existing one, perennials are amongst the most important plant. Returning year after year, they are a perfect foundation and will provide structure to beds and borders, putting on a spectacular show. What's more, bees, butterflies and a whole host of other insects will enjoy them as much as you will. This collection of wonderful plants has been expertly chosen to give a wide selection of sizes, colours and textures so that you can plant a fabulous perennial border knowing that it will bring you vibrant colour for years to come. All you have to do is plant them about 60 cm (2 ft) apart, with taller plants towards the back, and let them do their thing. They will gradually merge together and they'll get bigger and better every year. They're easy to look after too, just deadhead them regularly to keep fresh flowers coming, and cut them back in autumn. Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready to be potted on before being planted out into your garden. You'll receive 2 each of the following: Verbena bonariensis - Another RHS award winner, with both the Award of Garden Merit and Perfect for Pollinators, this is a magnet for insects with its tall, narrow stems topped with clusters of purple flowers from June and growing to 2 m (6½ ft) tall. Coreopsis 'Early Sunrise' - Wonderful, daisy-like, semi-double flowerheads of rich golden yellow from June to October - great for brightening up any planting scheme and drought tolerant, and deserving of its RHS Award of Garden Merit, reaching a height and spread of 50 cm (20 in). Gaillardia 'Arizona Sun' - A compact yet extremely colourful variety with abundant bright red and yellow daisy-like flowers from June until September, growing to a height and spread of 40 cm (16 in). Geum 'Mrs Bradshaw' - Striking purple stems with bright scarlet flowers emerging from June. Reaching 60 cm (2 ft) in height, this beauty holds an RHS Award of Garden Merit, so you know it's a fantastic plant that's worthy of a space in your garden. Papaver 'Allegro' - A spectacular Oriental Poppy with fern-like leaves and incredibly vibrant orange flowers with black markings in the centre during May and June, reaching a height and spread of 60 cm (2 ft). Delphinium 'Magic Fountain Dark Blue Dark Bee' - Spectacular spires of dark blue, blue-black centred flowers in June and August above mounds of attractive, heavily divided foliage. A cottage garden favourite that will look magnificent in your garden, and great in pots too, growing to 1 m (3 ft) tall.
Protect your investment in fruit trees, with our high quality, easy to use and low cost tree planting kit. Comprising 3 treated and tanalised softwood support stakes, each 1.2m long x 3.2cm across, and 3 super-soft 38cm long rubber tree ties, to firmly hold the tree trunks in place while the root system establishes. Supplied as 3 x 1.2m long x 3.2cm wide stakes and 3 x 38cm rubber tree ties.
Pick pounds of deliciously sweet and juicy strawberries from your own garden with the wonderfully tasty 'Honeoye', a leading variety that's reliable and hardy - great for beginners and professionals alike. This early variety starts cropping in late May or early June and continues for 3-4 weeks, producing a heavy crop of firm, bright red juicy berries with a wonderful flavour until July. Scrumptious eaten fresh from the plant and also perfect for making your own jam, or you can freeze them to enjoy whenever you want. 'Honeoye' is ideal for growing in the ground, and great in hanging baskets or containers too - a 12in pot is large enough for around three runners. 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. The plants are supplied as bare root runners which are delivered in a dormant state having been held in cold storage. They are fully hardy and ready to be planted out straight away as long as there is no risk of frost. Supplied as a pack of 10 bare root runners.
'Calypso' is an everbearing strawberry variety which makes it ideal for spreading out fruit production. Cropping from July right up until the first frosts, the main picking period is August and September. So rather than the single early summer crop produced by most traditional strawberries 'Calypso' supplies you with mouth watering fruit month after month. Large and attractive, the luscious red fruits are bright and shiny with an excellent flavour and lovely texture. Delicious eaten fresh and perfect for making jam. 'Calypso' is ideal for growing in the ground, and great in hanging baskets or containers too - a 12in pot is large enough for around three runners. The plants are supplied as bare root runners which are delivered in a dormant state having been held in cold storage. They are fully hardy and ready to be planted out straight away as long as there is no risk of frost. Supplied as a pack of 10 bare root runners.
What could be better on a warm summer day than picking lush, juicy strawberries directly from plants that you've grown yourself? The freshest way to eat them! 'Florence' is one of the post popular late season strawberry varieties which starts cropping in late June and continues for several weeks, producing a bountiful crop of firm, luxurious dark red berries that are long lasting and have an outstandingly sweet and juicy taste. Absolutely delicious eaten fresh from the plant and also perfect for making your own jam, or you can freeze them to enjoy after the season have finished. Ideal for growing in the ground, and also perfect in hanging baskets or containers too - a 12in pot is large enough for around three runners. 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. The plants are supplied as bare root runners which are delivered in a dormant state having been held in cold storage. They are fully hardy and ready to be planted out straight away as long as there is no risk of frost. Supplied as a pack of 10 bare root runners.
Penstemons are a classic cottage garden perennial that has enchanting bell-shaped flowers in a range of bright colours. We've brought together two fabulous varieties in shades of pink and purple that complement each other perfectly. Both are recommended by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators' the flowers are produced through the spring and summer and are a favourite with butterflies and bees. In This collection: 'Ice Cream Blackberry' - 'Ice Cream Blackberry' has elegant flowers in shades of rich purple with attractive white markings on their throats opening from red wine-coloured buds. The luxurious upright spires appear in from June and continue well into the autumn. 'Strawberries and Cream' - Ice Cream Strawberries and Cream' is perfectly named, with sturdy upright spires boasting pink tinged, creamy coloured buds opening to delicious looking flowers in shades of pale pink and white with red and white striped throats. Flowering from June until October, these unusual Penstemons will be a real talking point in your garden! Superb grown in beds and borders, Penstemons prefer well-drained soil and forms large clumps over time, rewarding you with more flowers year on year. Looking after them is easy too, occasionally deadhead fading blooms to prolong the display and cover plants with a dry mulch of compost in late autumn to protect the roots from frost. Grow them in a sunny or slightly shaded spot and they'll flower in upright spires for month after month from June until the autumn. Easy to grow and winter hardy, you're guaranteed masses of spectacular flowers that are also great for cutting for indoor arrangements. Supplied as 2 x established plants in 9cm pots, ready to plant out.
Add drama to you hanging baskets with this gorgeous selection of Lofos plugs. 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! In this collection you will receive: 4x Lofos 'Wine Red' plugs - Beautiful dark pink - almost red blooms with heart shaped foliage. 4x Lofos 'Compact Pink' plugs - Bright pink trumpet-shaped flowers with trailing foliage. 4x Lofos 'Compact White' plugs - Long impressive vines with creamy-white blooms. Flowering from June all the way through to September, these trailing blooms are sure to create a dazzling display! Supplied as 12x plugs, ready plant.
Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm' is a neat daisy which erupts into bloom from July to October adding warm, end of season colour to your borders. Also known as Black-Eyed-Susan, 'Goldsturm' produces masses of uniform, golden-yellow flowers, each with a rich brown centre that will light up the garden like sunshine. A compact form of the garden coneflower, the sunflower-like blooms are carried on branching, upright stems which makes them great for cut flowers as well, so you can bring the colour indoors. Totally hardy, even in the harshest winters where it will die back underground, Rudbeckia Goldsturm will flower its socks off, getting bigger and better each year and you'll get months of blooms which look fabulous whether in a container or at the front of the flower border. Growing to just 80cm tall, the toothed, hairy leaves form a compact mound which adequately fills those gaps in borders which appear as the seasons progresses, providing a green backdrop for late spring and summer flowers. Easy to grow and particularly robust, this delightful rudbeckia is low maintenance too as it won't need staking and in late winter the stems just need a quick chop back to ground level - or if you want to encourage wildlife leave them on to provide a natural mulch and home for overwintering insects and invertebrates. 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 a pack of 3 x 9cm pots, pot ready to plant out.
Turn up the heat with this fabulous collection of plants with their fiery hot colours in shades of yellow, orange and red. Chosen to compliment each other wonderfully, you'll have thousands of flowers from early summer and well into the autumn Nasturtium 'Jewel Mixed' Fabulous semi-double blooms in joyous shades of yellow, peachy orange and red are what make these mixed-colour nasturtiums a must-have for bringing vibrant colour to your summer garden. The showy, saucer-shaped flowers are streaked with darker flushes in their centres and stand bold and upright above rich green, bushy foliage. One of the easiest and most satisfying annuals you can grow. Grows to 30cm. 35 Seeds. Californian Poppy 'Monarch Art Shades' is a compact and wonderfully colourful addition to the summer garden.The plants produces double or semi-double flowers in powerful shades of orange. Perfect in pots and at the front of borders, or scattered amongst your planting to give intense highlights. Grows to 30cm. 350 Seeds. Sunflower 'Titan' True to its name, this giant among sunflowers is one of the tallest you can grow, with huge, long-lasting daisy-shaped blooms measuring up to 60cm across and reaching a height of up to 360cm. Having the best record-breaking potential, this heirloom variety is the obvious choice for nurturing children's interest in gardening as well as for indulging your competitive streak. 25 Seeds. Calendula 'Art Shades' masses of frilly petalled, fully double blooms in shades of creamy peach, orange, gold and yellow. They are hugely attractive to many beneficial insects, so make a great companion plant for your kitchen garden and the petals are edible, with a slightly peppery taste. Grows to 30cm. 200 Seeds.
Imagine this lovely new salvia in your garden, with exotic velvet trumpets standing out against dark purple stems - a truly stunning plant! 'Amistad' will flower its socks off for months, filling your border with dark spikes of flowers, set off against its green, furry leaves. The soft flowers are held on erect almost black spikes up to 1.2m, and cupped within an equally attractive black bract. The spires emerge from the base of leaves and erupt through your other plants, never obscuring them, but working in harmony to create a gorgeous palette of colour. 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. Deadhead regularly and you'll be rewarded with a succession of flower stems, from June to October, bearing gorgeous blooms that bees and butterflies just can't resist. Flowering well into autumn preferably in sun but also in part-shade, the deep purple, velvet-textured blooms of Salvia 'Amistad' are superb in borders or large containers - especially when mixed with yellows or creams. Plants benefit from a winter mulch and will come back bigger and stronger every year. Supplied as 3 x established plants in 9cm pot, with an ultimate height 80-120cm.
Achillea always stand out in gardens because of their large, flat-topped flowerheads that look quite unlike anything else, and their finely divided fern-like leaves. It takes its name from Achilles, who in legend is reputed to have used it to heal his soldier's wounds after the siege of Troy, hence its other name 'Soldier's Wound Wart'. 'Paprika' is a fantastic variety with huge, plate-like flowerheads, each one made up of hundreds of individual blooms that are bright red with yellow centres when they first open. As they age, they fade to pale pink and then to a rich, creamy yellow creating a multi-colour effect that's a truly stunning sight. Recommended by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators', the summer flowers are a favourite with butterflies and bees. Flowering from May to August, they're a welcome contrast to the more usual rounded or spike shaped flower heads of most perennials and they look incredibly dramatic as cut flowers, lasting well in a vase, and can even be dried. 'Paprika' will grow in sun or partial shade, and any soil is suitable as long as it's well drained. Supplied as 3 x established plants in 9cm pots, ready for planting, and growing to a height of 70cm (2½ft) and width of 50cm (20in).
Now more than ever is the time to grow something tasty from home and this is your chance to grow your very own crop of incredibly tasty blueberries on your patio - yummy! This veritable super food is believed to carry all manner of health benefits and is recommended by health experts and dietitians accordingly. Packed full of vitamins and minerals as well as antioxidants, they are not only really good for you, but they taste great too! Besides tasting great, blueberries will also provide true season-long interest for your garden with wonderfully fragrant tubular blossom in spring, followed by delicious fruits that form and colour up ready for picking from June onwards. This collection will provide 3 months of harvest from June until August with each bush providing up to 5kg (over 10lbs) of fruit per season once fully established. Blueberries make brilliant patio plants and will grow perfectly in pots. Do remember to use ericaceous (slightly acidic pH) compost though as all blueberries are lime intolerant. In autumn, the foliage will provide a bright flourish of scarlet colour before falling off for the winter. The collection comprises 3 varieties, selected for their wide continuous harvest period and ease of growth in your home garden. Varieties Included: Early: 'New Hanover' - The earliest cropping and a heavy cropper with fruits of a good size but with a wild blueberry flavour delicious! Mid: Blueberry 'Blueray' - A popular, tasty mid-season cropper providing big crops of juicy sweet fruits. Late: 'Ozark Blue' - The latest cropper within our collection providing a big crop of delicious berries it is one of the most popular varieties and a real favourite of chefs!
Our Multi-Purpose & Hardwearing Grass Seed Mix is perfect for busy gardens. It would be particularly well suited to a back garden and other high traffic areas. Extremely hard wearing, a lawn grown with this mix will stand up to life as a playground for your family and pets, or as a venue for outdoor parties and yet will remain looking great. 70% Creeping Red Fescue, 30% Turf Perennial Ryegrass. Multi-purpose; suitable for creating new lawns, thickening up existing ones and filling bare patches Grass generally grows above 7 degrees Celsius and when there is plenty of moisture in the soil, making Spring and Autumn perfect for sowing the seed. However, grass can grow in other seasons (if above 7 degrees) but will require more overall care and attention. Sowing is recommended between March - October, with the best results seen in Spring and Autumn. Supplied in a 1kg recyclable bag.
A sumptuously colourful garden has the extraordinary power to lift the spirits no matter the time of year. Yet many people struggle to create their own colour combinations that are suitable to site and soil, and which take their gardens through the seasons. This new book provides inspiration and practical advice for gardeners wishing to improve their plantings, both in appearance and in use. Val Bourne shows how varied and vibrant plantings can enhance the look of beds and borders, and how - with a little planning - they can be beautiful features for much longer than one season. Colour in the Garden is particularly useful for those with small gardens, where every inch of space must work hard for as long as possible. Written by a true plants woman and experienced gardener, with an in-depth knowledge of plants and how they behave, as well as a strong and creative sense of colour, this guide will revolutionise the way we think about colour in our gardens and ensure that no gardener will ever feel at a loss again. Hardback
The passion flower (passiflora) immediately conjures up images of exotic locations, and with its tropical, fragrant flowers it's certainly an attention grabber! The incredible flowers of Passiflora 'Purple Passion' certainly live up it s name, a beautiful and intricate collection of filaments, tendrils and petals, all bound together in a colourful symphony of floral perfection that will captivate even the most hard-to-please gardener. As a climber,it is the perfect plant to add height and inject drama into your garden, and in ideal conditions, these exquisitely beautiful vines will grow rapidly with their lobed leaves and twining tendrils which help support the plant on its journey upwards. Vigorous and easy to grow, these tropical climbers are hardy to around -10°C and always rewarding for their sheer exuberance and every gardener should have a go at growing them! Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant, it will flower from July - September.
The perfect solution for colourful Spring groundcover, creeping hardy carpet Phlox is a low or no maintenace solution, that spreads evenly for lovely colourful Spring displays. Each plant will spread to 60cm (2ft) across, so plant them in drufts for a capet of colour, or dot around to fill gas and keep weeds at bay. Great in full sun spots, in rockeries, or mixed borders, just avoid very wet winter soil. You will get 1 plant each of the best 4 colours - white, red, pink striped and lilac blue.
Demure and alluring, the dainty nodding heads of the snake's head fritillary (fritillaria meleagris) will add an unusual burst of colour to your garden in early spring. A stunning mix of colours from purple to white, fritillaria meleagris is also known as Snakeshead due to its unusual markings - the dusky blooms of maroon or white are each marked with a checkerboard, almost snakeskin pattern These hardy, easy to grow wildflowers are perfect for shady borders or under trees where their dainty nodding flowers will appear in April and last several weeks. Plant in groups in grass, or under trees, for a gorgeous natural look. 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. Very easy to care for and relatively slow growing, so will not take over. Ht 20cm or so. Supplied as a pack of 50 bulbs, size 6/7 ready to plant out in autumn.
Bulbs such as Daffodils herald the arrival of spring and there's nothing more exciting than the sight of their bold and bright colours peeking up from the ground marking the end of a long winter and the start of the warmerweather. 'Falconet' is one of the more striking varieties of narcissus, a Tazetta daffodil bearing golden-yellow flowers with orange cups. Tazettas typical have multi-flowered heads and Falconet is no exception with up to 5 gorgeous blooms, each with a beautifully sweet fragrance. 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. Perfect in pots and brilliant in borders, Falconet is a popular addition to gardens and it's easy to see why - with its sturdy stems which are excellent for cutting, it really is an all-round garden performer and can even be forced into flower early as a welcome if short-term houseplant Supplied as a pack of 25 bulbs 10/12 size, ready for planting out.
A premium, double-flowered tulip 'Exquisit', is so full of petals that it resembles a peony, and makes a stunning addition to pots and borders where its erupting blooms mark the start of the warmer weather, whetting your appetite for the main floral event to come. The sturdy stems of this large-flowered tulip will put up with all but the worst of our spring weather and naturally make superb cut flowers in a vase meaning that you can bring their glorious colour indoors. Bulbs such as Tulips herald the arrival of spring, and there's nothing more exciting than the sight of their bold and bright colours. Opening in April and May, with luxurious blooms each with a mix of lilac, green and white petals, Exquisist certainly lives up to its name and will thrill everyone who sees it! Supplied as a pack of 15 top size bulbs, ready for planting. Plant these bulbs in pots or straight into flowerbeds and you'll enjoy a host of flowers from late April. Spectacular whether planted directly into flower beds or into a favourite container, tulips are easy to grow and need very little in the way of expertise to get great results that a gardening pro would be proud of!