Add something a little bit different to your garden with these fantastic living willow standards. Their stems, hand-woven into standard form, create a visually stunning centrepiece for any garden, but once they burst into life with growth atop the stem, they can be used in pots and containers as eye-catching specimens or grown in multiples to create unique hedging and screening. The stems will not grow any taller so you can contain the maximum height of the plants, and they can be trimmed, just like topiary, to any shape or size you desire. Over 5-7 ytears the stems will grow togetehr to form an amazing feature 'trunk'. Totally winter hardy and happy both partial shade or full sun, these willow standards are a low maintenance, easy to care for plant that will reward you with an outstanding feature Plant in pots and place either side of doorways, gateways or entrances for a warm welcome to guests, or plant in groups in troughs or borders to separate off areas or create privacy - they're versatile, beautiful to look at and just so easy to grow. When the willow is first planted you can't water it enough! Keep well watered until it has formed a good clump of root.
A great choice for ultra-low maintenance gardening - working well in metallic pots for a modernist look, but equally at home in mixed traditional borders, it's evergreen green (pink) leaves providing a year round backdrop for bolder and brighter seasonal flowers. 'Sundowner' is a great Phormium variety, its tough sword-like leave edged lovely pink, in contrast to a muted olive green. It requires almost no maintenance at all, leave it alone and elt it do it s thing. When it gets to 5 years old you may even get its spectacular flower spikes emerging in late Spring too. This is a big potful, and will give instant impact and enjoyment.
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! Blueberries provide true season-long interest and will produce 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 September 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 harvest period and ease of growth in your home garden. Yellowberry: A real novelty, the warm yellow leaves are tinged with pink and orange tones and make for an altogether highly decorative plant for the kitchen garden. Fruits July Bluedrop: A new type of blueberry, 'Bluedrop' brings a new dimension to this popular berry. Everbearing with teardrop-shaped fruits (hence its name) you'll experience a taste sensation with an abundance of balanced, sweet and sharp blueberries.Fruits June to September Littleblue Wonder: Highly ornamental, in spring the bush becomes covered in pale flowers - so much so that it has earned this blueberry the name the 'Heather Blueberry'. Then in autumn, the foliage will provide a bright flourish of burgundy red colour before falling off for the winter.Fruits June
Pair of 'Designer Mix' Baskets - A stunning selection of plants in shades of pink, blue and white. Why not treat yourself to a pair of these gorgeous pre-planted baskets? They come ready planted including the basket, compost and plants and will arrive requiring no additional work by you other than occasional watering and feeding! Each basket will be planted by our expert growers and will contain a terrific hand-picked selection of healthy, top quality plants. They will be delivered in specially developed packaging to ensure they arrive in perfect, nursery-fresh condition when you get them, just hang them up and water them every couple of days to ensure a summer long display of beautiful blooms! The baskets themselves will be re-useable for many seasons. 'Designer Mix' is supplied ready planted in a pair of 27cm durable, green plastic hanging baskets, each with 6 plants, 1 each of the following: Brachyscome Mini Mauve DelightDiascia Little DreamerGeranium Fantasia ScarletNemesia Easter BonnetPetunia Fanfare Hot RoseVerbena Aztec Magic PurpleWhite
A uniquely spectacular evergreen shrub, Fatsia japonica 'Spiders Web' produces impressive, serrated glossy-green leaves that are highlighted with a frosted lacework of light webbing giving interest in any season. Also known as the Japanese aralia or castor oil plant, mature Fatsia plants will go on to produce exotic umbrellas of creamy white flowers, followed by attractive deep purple, almost black berries. Definitely a plant for any gardeners, whether novice or seasoned pro, f. japonica will grow well in any garden and is a great plant for difficult shady areas where other plants struggle - in fact they perform best in light, dappled shade, making a glossy backdrop to other plants with their amazing palmate leaves. Compact enough to fit in a large pot on the patio where its architectural shape makes a dramatic, tropical feature, plants really need very little attention to give you amazing results especially if you're time strapped. Supplied as an established plant in 3L pot ready for planting straight out into the garden, grows to 2.5m, flowers September - October.
Introducing this magical and unique Buddleia, 'Flower Power', that has taken years of dedication from plant breeders to produce. The first hybrid Buddleia between normal types, and a yellow flowered species, it has gorgeous 'colour changing' spires of flowers, from purple to orange - and all shades in between! What a sensational new colour for hot summer borders and shrubberies. It retains the ability to attract Butterflies, hence the common name Butterfly Bush, in flower in Summer it will become a mecca for beautiful peacock and tortoiseshells. The bees will love it too - and repay you by pollinating crops for you! Hardy and easy to grow, its multicoloured displays of colour and sweet scent will last all Summer long. It is more upright and less bushy than more common Buddleia, and can quite lax in some cases, so may need some support in windy spots. Grow in well-drained borders in sunny spots for maximum Flower Power. Look forward to great Summer displays year after year.
These fantastically striking Primula vialii will provide a splash of vivid colour to borders and patio pots. Also known as the Chinese Pagoda Primrose or Orchid Primrose, their unique, violet-pink flower heads, each with a striking, bright-red, central spike rise majestically on slender, upright stems from the plant below. Perfect for shady borders or pots on the patio where they can get afternoon shade, these colourful Primula will certainly be a talking point, and look even better when grown in groups! Each of your plants will form a compact habit of deeply-veined, lance-shaped leaves that will grow to about 30cm across. During the winter, the foliage will die back, and the plants becomes dormant. Supplied as 6 x large plug plants ready to be planted out.
Also known as a snakebark Maple, the Japanese Maple Acer palmatum 'Phoenix' is a dazzling ornamental tree, noted for its bright red young stems. In winter, the bright red shoots have been likened to the red-stemmed dogwoods which are renowned for their amazing seasonal colour, and the bark on older stems is striped silvery white, which accentuates their red colouring even further. The perfect addition to any garden looking to bring in some vibrant colour, 'Phoenix' is definitely one of the most striking of the snakebark maples, and its natural vigour makes it easy to grow and reliable. With a kaleidoscope of colour through the year, new leaves emerge tinted pink and develop a green-veined middle before turning a golden-yellow in the autumn. In addition, its tiny yellow flowers are followed by winged, sycamore-like fruits in early summer. Supplied as an established young tree in a 9cm pot, ready to be potted on or planted out. Mature plants will reach up to 6m and prefer a partially shaded spot in well-draining soil.
'Braeburn' in the most popular dessert apple in the UK. Discovered in New Zealand in 1952, it is named after the orchard where it was first grown. Famous for its incredibly juicy, firm, white fleshed fruits with greenish yellow skins streaked with orange and red, its flavour is considered to have a perfect balance of sweetness and acidic tartness. This refreshing taste sensation is what makes this such a popular apple. Beautiful pale pink blossom in April and May is followed by the large fruit that can be picked from late September. They keep very well if kept cool, easily lasting until January, so don't worry too much about the bumper crop that 'Braeburn' will deliver as you'll have plenty of time to enjoy eating it. Although it's a dessert apple, it's wonderful in puddings such as tarts because it maintains its shape and flavour and doesn't release too much liquid. 'Braeburn' is self-fertile, so it doesn't need another apple nearby to pollinate it. However, the already excellent harvest will increase further if there is one. Supplied as a bare root tree, 1.2 m (4 ft) tall on a dwarfing M9 rootstock, growing to a height and spread of 2.5 m (8 ft).
An exciting new introduction and an instant hit with customers, this compact, mini apple tree produces a bountiful crop of small, red bite-sized fruits which will delight all who see them, plus they're the ideal bite-sized snack for kids! We were blown away with just how gorgeous this apple tree is - it's truly something that you'll want to grow. With masses of pale pink blossom in spring, followed by The sweet, firm fruits are roughly the size of a golf ball, they taste delicious eaten whole - perfect for making mini toffee apples! Anyone can have a go at growing Appletini - it's easy to grow and self-fertile so you'll get a good crop of fruits without having to worry about complicated pollinating partners - you're guaranteed a crop of tasty mini apples. The tree stays compact at around 2m (6ft) - perfect for smaller gardens, and they will quite happily grow in a larger pot on the patio or planted in the border - so there's no reason not to give it a go!
You can now grow deliciously sweet peaches here in the UK! 'Redhaven' is an August fruiting variety with lusciously sweet yellow flesh that melts in your mouth when you bite into it. Its self-fertile, like the majority of our fruit varieties, so will crop reliably for you and needs no other tree in order for it to produce fruit. The gorgeous, sweetly fragrant pink blossom looks a picture in springtime, but ideally needs a little protection from late frosts. Ideally, plant your tree against a south-facing wall and cover with fleece when in flower in the spring; this is not to protect the tree itself, which is totally winter hardy, but to give the blossom maximum protection so it has the best chance of full pollination. The warmer the position of your tree when its in blossom, the busier the bees and other pollinating insects will be, resulting in delicious peaches for you! 'Redhaven' also makes a lovely potted specimen for your patio, allowing you to position it favourably when necessary. You can then really make the most of the fragrant spring blossom and perfect summer fruits.
A stunning addition to our range of dahlias and a major colour breakthrough - quite possibly the most vibrantly coloured of all dahlias! Bicolour, dazzling blooms emerge in an ever-changing display of flame-reds, yellows and oranges - each flower subtly changing in appearance as it ages. The plants themselves are robust and multi-branched, meaning you get many more flowers for your money. Plants are fairly compact too, so they don't require staking - making them really good in both flower borders and pots on your patio, where you can move them around to get the maximum impact from their stunning flowers. As with all dahlias, they're fabulous as cut flowers - pick a bunch of these fiery divas to bring into your home for amazing colour. Plants will grow to a height of around 60cm and are supplied as 6 x jumbo plug plants ready for potting up and growing on.
Lantana Evita is a striking colour-changing plant for summer bedding and patio containers with gorgeous glowing heads of orange and hot pink - an absolute stunner for your garden this year. Individual flowers emerge peach and deepen to a fabulous deep pink, and are carried above a mound of soft, corrugated leaves on semi-erect stems, making it perfect for pots, baskets and the front of your hot flower borders where the vibrant flowers can froth spectacularly in all directions. These easy to grow plants brighten any colour scheme, and they flower all summer from early June, right up to the first frosts. The verbena-like flowers attract a great range of pollinators, and your baskets will become a mecca for butterflies. Supplied as 12 x plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
A flower that is bang on trend at the moment with its striking ombre blooms - light coral-red fades to apricot-yellow towards the base, making this a real head turner in Dahlia colour. An award-winning Dahlia and 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. Robust, compact plants are ideal for flower borders and pots and are fabulous as cut flowers - pick a bunch of these pastel beauties to bring into your home for amazing colour. Supplied as 6 x plug plants ready for potting up and growing on, plants will grow to a height of around 50cm.
If you're looking for magnificent foliage colour that really stands out in the garden, then look no further than the aptly named polka dot plant. A vibrantly coloured annual plant used to add colour and texture to your hanging basket and container displays, this is a must have addition to the garden and worthy of a place in any planting scheme. With its striking-hued leaves the Polka Dot Plant is easy to grow and fabulous as a filler, brightening anywhere it's planted. Having won many awards internationally it's a guaranteed 'doer' and can be adapted as a houseplant too - so you don't even need a garden to appreciate its dazzling colours. The HIPPO (R) series features larger leaves than traditional Hypoestes and are much more vigorous, meaning that they will fill out much more quickly for a faster display and its upright habit makes it ideal in containers. *Design tip* plant with petunias for a super-designer look! Supplied as a collection of 6 plug plants (2 each pink, red, and white) ready to pot up and grow on. Plants reach 40cm (16in) x 20cm (8in).
Add that cottage garden feel to your borders and pots with Cosmos 'Razzmatazz' Mix. With its soft pastel flowers and delicate, feathery leaves, this is quite simply one of the best Cosmos for patio containers giving a succession of pastel blooms in shades of white, blush, light and dark rose pink. Its golden, pollen-rich centres are loved by butterflies and bees, who will throng to them on warm sunny days as well. Very free flowering on sturdy stems and with extra-large, sometimes picotee petals 'Razzmatazz' makes an exquisite cut flower for displays in your home. Supplied as a mix of 12 plug plants - we suggest growing on for a while in 9cm pots to and planting out when more established on 3-4 weeks. Plants will eventually reach around 90cm tall.
This fabulous mix of classic summer flowering geraniums will burst into colour in late spring, in a torrent of dazzling reds, pinks and white. they will light up your beds, borders and hanging baskets. Their neat, uniform habit means that the plants always look their best with their showy flowers and striking light and dark zoned foliage putting on a wonderful, cheerful show until the first frosts of autumn. Supplied as 40 Pro Plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
Zonal Geraniums are among the very best plants for containers and make a great border display too. Providing good height and incredible colour impact to your summer displays, they bring interest to beds and borders as well as making a perfect centrepiece for baskets and patio containers. With its abundance of large, fabulously rich scarlet flowers and deep green leaves, 'Zonal Ultimate Red' really is a top performing plant in beds, borders and containers. Fabulous planted in large groups and easy to look after. Zonals are so named because of the burgundy-coloured half-moon pattern that develops on the upper surface of their leaves, however, it is the strong lollipop-shaped flowers that deservedly capture your attention. Each flower head contains literally dozens of individual flowers together making a display that will last and last. They are incredibly strong-growing and vigorous, flowering throughout the whole of the summer months and right through until the autumn. Supplied as 40 Pro Plug Plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
Always a best-seller, these unbelievable petunias will bring your garden to life with their large, sumptuous, trumpet shaped velvety flowers in fabulous shades of red, pink, yellow and purple! Just the thing for bringing pizzazz to your summer planting, filling your pots, planters, baskets and carpeting flower beds with spectacular colour from June until October. Undemanding and easy to grow, they just need regular feeding, watering and deadheading to keep their impressive display coming. Happy in sun or partial shade, these Petunias with thrive in any soil that isn't waterlogged, so anybody can grow them. 'Frenzy' are extremely weather resistant, coping very well with the unpredictable nature of a British summer, from drought to downpours, the flowers will keep on looking great! Supplied a 40 Pro Plug Plants, ready for potting on and planting out after the risk of frost has passed, reaching a height and spread of 30cm (1ft).
These super value bedding plugs are grown from seed to provide you with perfect quality, healthy plants at a fraction of garden centre prices. Gazania 'Kiss' Mix are perfect for patio displays in any container as well as for beds and borders around your garden. Gazania 'Kiss' Mix creates a simply breathtaking summer colour! A gorgeous mix to bring your garden to life!