Become an instant bulb expert in no time at all with the ingenious Plant-O-Mat Drop in Bulb Pods! This Acidanthera and Brodeia Mix will produce an amazing summer display with the absolute minimum of effort... The designer 'Bulb Pods' will be delivered with your bulbs 'in-situ' and in their ideal spacing so you will get picture-perfect colour-themed displays each and every summer! Simply dig a planting hole in your garden, pot or trough, drop the entire 'Bulb Pod' in, cover with compost or soil, water and wait for great results. It really is a case of DIG - DROP - COVER - your results will astound friends & familly and there's no need for dirty hands. The totally biodegradable 'Bulb Pod', will itself disappear with a few weeks from planting, leaving the bulbs in the perfect planting design - in summer you will get a fabulous display that looks just like the picture! This Mix includes 19 bulbs that have been carefully positioned into a complimentary design that will look absolutely stunning when in flower. You'll get a neat and professional looking display that your neighbours will be jealous of. You will get: Acidanthera (white) 7 bulbs Brodeia (blue)12 bulbs Classic 'Bulb Pod' - Round in shape, each one is 24cm diameter and contains 19 premium quality bulbs that are all guaranteed to flower next summer! Perfect for large pots, beds & borders.
Become an instant bulb expert in no time at all with the ingenious Plant-O-Mat Drop in Bulb Pods! This Gladiolus and Freesia Mix will produce an amazing summer display with the absolute minimum of effort... The designer 'Bulb Pods' will be delivered with your bulbs 'in-situ' and in their ideal spacing so you will get picture-perfect colour-themed displays each and every summer! Simply dig a planting hole in your garden, pot or trough, drop the entire 'Bulb Pod' in, cover with compost or soil, water and wait for great results. It really is a case of DIG - DROP - COVER - your results will astound friends & familly and there's no need for dirty hands. The totally biodegradable 'Bulb Pod', will itself disappear with a few weeks from planting, leaving the bulbs in the perfect planting design - in summer you will get a fabulous display that looks just like the picture! This Mix includes 19 bulbs that have been carefully positioned into a complimentary design that will look absolutely stunning when in flower. You'll get a neat and professional looking display that your neighbours will be jealous of. You will get: Gladiolus Top Jewel (purple) 5 bulbs Freesia Single (yellow) 14 bulbs Classic 'Bulb Pod' - Round in shape, each one is 24cm diameter and contains 19 premium quality bulbs that are all guaranteed to flower next summer! Perfect for large pots, beds & borders.
Every chocolate box photograph of a traditional cottage has Hollyhocks in it, and this series has the even more double flowers for greater impact! Tall spires of tightly ruffled, frilled blooms open from bottom to top of the magnificent flower spikes, giving height and impact as well as a nostalgic touch. Long-lasting spires of this specially selected hollyhock mixture features a range of vivid colours that will bring masses of flowers throughout summer. Extremely easy to grow and super-tough, Hollyhocks are very hardy and perennial, providing you with month of glorious colour each year and get bigger and better in subsequent seasons. Supplied as a collection of 12 mixed colour plug plants for you to plant straight out or pot up and grow on.
What could be easier than this perfect blend of pre-spaced and filled bulbs - arranged as 7 brilliant deep purple Tulip 'Purple Prince', surrounded by 12 powder blue Muscari, creating a lovely effect. Perfect for dropping straight into larger pots (diameter 25cm (10in) or more), or into the garden for circles of colour. Using the unique biodegradable package, these Plant-o-Mat Drop in pods are a quick and simple way to take all the hassle out of planting bulbs. No more worrying about colours, or spacing Simply plant the whole tray into the ground or a pot - watch the helpful video to see how. You cannot get easier gardening than this for flowers next spring and for years beyond.
The 'Pentland Javelin' potato is a first early variety that will provide you with delicious crop of soft, yet waxy-textured potatoes that have both white skins and flesh that are perfect for boiling, roasting and crushing. Very easy to grow, they can be planted in either potato pots and planters or straight out in the garden. The 'Pentland Javelin' potato has a great resistance to disease, so you will get consistent crops of delicious spuds Supplied as a 2.5kg pack approx. 35-40 tubers, ready to plant out from March to May.
Lagerstroemia indica, or Crepe Myrtles are spectacular deciduous flowering shrubs often seen on the continent. These sun loving beauties can also be grown in the UK, looking wonderfully exotic when in full flower. Some Crepe Myrtles can grow to 8m (25ft) tall, but 'Eveline' is much more compact and is unlikely to grow far beyond 2m (6½ft), the perfect size for a garden border or a large pot, making an incredibly impressive specimen. If you admire the Bougainvillea seen all over the Mediterranean and want something similar that will grow at home, then Crepe Myrtle is ideal. 'Eveline' flowers abundantly from June to September with masses of large, frilly edged, bright pastel pink flowers carried on panicles up to 20cm long bursting open from round pink and green buds, attracting bees and butterflies into your garden to feast on the fabulous blooms. As well as its amazing flower display, Lagerstroemia indica has even more to give. As it matures, it develops beautiful peeling grey and brown bark. Not only that, but the young foliage is tinged with rich bronzy red before maturing to dark green, with large 8cm long leaves, and in autumn it turns to vibrant gold, red and orange before falling. Hardy to below -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 a stunning display for many years to come. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot, ready to plant. Growing to a height and spread of 2m (6½ft).
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.
Grown for its dramatic foliage, the marbled leaves of Pittosporum 'Tom Thumb' are carried on striking black stems. One of the hardiest pittosporums, it is perfect in a gravel garden or container to which its compact shape is ideally suited. A rounded evergreen, the deep purple, crinkled leaves will form a neat mound with very little effort on your part. Very much on trend to cut for indoor flower arrangements, its lighter new growth looks almost like a light green candle flame as it contrasts delightfully with the darker stems. Easy to grow, this is a plant fully deserving of its Award of Garden Merit, as accolade given out by the RHS to give you the assurance that his plant has been rigorously tested and declared garden worthy! Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot ready for immediate planting, 'Tom Thumb' will reach approx. 50cm x 50cm in 10 years.
Phenomenal by name, phenomenal by nature! This outstanding performing lavender has all you could ever need from the much-loved perennial. Suitable for all garden conditions, positions and temperatures, it is drought-tolerant, winter hardy and evergreen for year-long interest - perfect for anyone to grow. Not only is lavender 'Phenomenal' a real performer in UK gardens, but it has the most spectacular, notably larger, lilac-purple flowers than other varieties. The blooms stand on strong, upright stems and give off the most wonderful sweet scent. This combination of showy flowers and fragrance is an absolute magnet for bees, butterflies and other beneficial garden insects, making it a fabulous choice for pollinating the garden. A real multi-purpose lavender, it's ideal for hedging, dividing and lining pathways and edges, and also a great choice for herb gardens with its heightened fragrance, and for cut flower gardens where it makes a beautiful addition to displays and bouquets. 'Phenomenal' can also be planted into patio pots and containers where the perfume can really be appreciated. Flowering throughout the summer, 'Phenomenal' may even give a second flush of flowers into the autumn if the first wave are cut back once faded. So, if you want to grow lavender in your garden but aren't sure of which one to grow, 'Phenomenal' really has got it all...
A beautifully formed mophead hydrangea, 'Colour Dream' lives up to its name with full, round heads of large ruffled petals in pink and white bicolour that change over time to take on a green-flushed tone. Gowing into a loose mound of large leaves, this glamourous hydrangea makes a statement wherever it is planted and when grown in a pot, 'Colour Dream' will bring an attractive touch to your decking, patio or balcony. Being a mophead, the large flower heads consist of sterile coloured bracts which look like flowers and these are super as cut flowers for both summer colour and dried winter arrangements. Easy to grow and relatively compact - it reaches just 1.5m (5ft) high and wide - this is a hydrangea which can be grown by anyone whatever their level of experience. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot, ready for planting out or potting on.
'Sanvitos Early' is an excellent early rhubarb variety and you can expect to pick fresh, juicy sticks from April each year. The dazzling, bright red stems not only look spectacular but have a lovely, balanced flavour that is much less acidic than many varieties, making it ideal for making scrumptious crumbles and jams. Rhubarb is very easy and incredibly rewarding to grow and perfect for gardeners of all abilities. Pick sparingly in the first year to allow your plants to establish, and you'll be rewarded with armfuls of delicious rhubarb to harvest year after year. Ideal in the vegetable garden, or grow your rhubarb in a large container. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant out for cropping next season.
Another name for this amazing shrub is the Yesterday-Today-and-Tomorrow tree, and its name comes from the way that the flowers change colour daily in a spectacular prism of violet-purple, lavender-blue and white - all over a period of three days. The gorgeous flowers are produced in clusters of around ten throughout summer, forming a stunning contrast to the glossy leaves. Plant this sweetly-scented beauty on your patio or next to a path so that you can enjoy the lovely fragrance! Compact and slow growing to around 1.5m in 10 years, Brunfelsia pauciflora is perfect for a patio pot or low border, especially as it is not hardy in the UK and will need to be protected from the worst winter weather. Sent as an established young plant in a 9cm pot.
This heavy cropping, super-sweet, large cherry tomato is a top choice for both the beginner and experienced vegetable grower. An indeterminate variety (needs support), it can be reliably grown in a greenhouse or outdoors, producing and abundance of long trailing vines with 10-14 fruits per truss all summer long - quite literally, a gardener's delight! Cropping from early summer right into October, 'Gardener's Delight' will reward with super-sweet, richly flavoured fruits with red, glossy skins - perfect for salads and sandwiches as well as for cooking. Try roasting whole trusses with fruit still attached for an attractive addition to pizzas and other savoury dishes - the deliciously sweet flavour will intensify as they cook. Easy to grow, plant your jumbo plugs into moist but well-drained, fertile soil or compost in large pots, growbags or border in the greenhouse, or positioned outside in a sunny, sheltered position once the frosts are over. All they need is a sturdy support and some pinching out of sets to encourage a tall, upright central stem. Supplied as 6 x plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
New to our range of shrubs for 2018, be one of the first to have this fabulous Camelia in your garden next spring! Be the envy of your gardening neighbours and welcome in the gardening year with this unusual Camelia, with pink buds forming along the slender branches and then opening to reveal perfectly formed, small white flowers, flushed with pink on the outer edges. To add to the stunning show, new shoots are red when they first emerge, creating a fiery burst of spring colour. Camellia rosthorniana Cupido® is a compact, evergreen shrub with an upright pyramidal growth, making it an excellent specimen for a container on your patio or in your flower border, providing structure and colour throughout the year. This means that you can enjoy the colour spectacle not only from your garden, but also from a patio or balcony. A definite sight to behold, 'Cupido' provides year-round garden interest, with its pastel flowers, flaming shoots and glossy leaves. Camellia rosthorniana Cupido® is an award-winning plant - winner of a Bronze Medal Plantarium 2012 - and performs best in partial shade in moist, well-drained soil. Suppled as an established plant in a 13cm pot, ready for planting out.
New for 2021, 'Azure Skies' is a spectacular hardy perennial Geranium one of the larger varieties and will look stunning in your garden. The beautiful, finely cut foliage gives rise to masses of bright azure blue double flowers from May all way through to September. The blooms have delightful, ruffled petals and are set off beautifully by the lush green of the leaves. Recommended by the RHS as a 'Plant for Pollinators' the stunning summer flowers are a favourite with butterflies and bees. A longstanding cottage garden favourite, hardy Geraniums will grow happily in sunshine or shade, and are perfect for bringing vibrant colour to darker parts of your garden, brightening up beds and borders whenever you plant them, and with foliage that takes on fiery shades in the autumn, they provide interest for much of the year. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant, growing to a height and spread of 30cm (2ft).
An extremely popular variety of tomato, 'Moneymaker' is a favourite amongst home-grower's, producing heavy crops delicious, bright red, medium-sized fruits. A cordon variety, it will fruit most prolifically when side shoots are pinched out to encourage an upright central stem that requires a support. Each plant will then produce a succession of fruit-laden trusses that ripen from July to October providing a continuous crop. Easy to grow and with excellent disease resistance, they can be grown in either an unheated greenhouse or outdoors. 'Money Maker' is a great variety to grow and is very popular thanks to its heavy cropping, delicious flavour and uniformed fruits, a great choice for adding to salads, sandwiches, and sauces. Supplied as 6 x plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out. Reaching a height of 2m and spread of 50cm.
There's certainly plenty going on is the busy gardening scene featured in this Beautiful Gardens jigsaw puzzle. Designed to delight and also frustrate, you'll love seeing the gorgeous gardening picture come together. It looks as if the gardener walked away just a moment ago, leaving everything behind - maybe they've gone for a well earned cup of tea. Gardeners will recognise everything in this picture and all will have recreated the same scene many times during their own busy days in the garden. Whoever the gardener is here, they've packed a lot into it. From flowers and vegetables to an exotic agave, although the shed may be a little too tidy for some! Measuring 68cm (27in) Wide and 49cm (19in) deep when completed, with 1000 pieces to exercise your puzzling skills.
'Nimrod' is a delicious variety of mini cucumber that will provide you with small, delicious snack-sized, crisp, and refreshing fruits. Perfect for picking on a warm day in the garden! An all-female variety, 'Nimrod' will produce bright yellow flowers followed by a bountiful harvest of small, delicious snack sized cucumbers that have bumpy deep green skins that are unusually thin, with pale green flesh that is crisp and refreshing to eat. Perfect in salads and sandwiches, or sliced lengthways for crudités and dips, and of course plucked straight from the plant and eaten straight away, these are amazing cucumbers, and you'll love growing them as much as eating them. Pick often to encourage further fruiting and any surplus will be great for pickling. These little beauties are packed with nutrients and antioxidants - low in calories and a good source of vitamins A and C, as well as minerals and antioxidants. This variety is perfect for growing in a greenhouse and is a naturally trailing plant. Grow it up a support where it will reach approximately 3m in height and pick the tasty snack sized fruits regularly when they are young and tender. Ready to harvest June and October, picking regularly will help to encourage more fruits over a longer period. Supplied as 6 x plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out. Reaching a height of 3m and spread of 45cm.
There is something wonderfully romantic about old-fashioned roses, famed for their amazing fragrance and beautiful flowers. 'Comte de Chambord' is a genuinely old Damask rose, first introduced in 1860, and it has been hugely successful ever since. This is a deciduous rose, so it'll lose all of its leaves in autumn, with fresh new foliage appearing the following spring and quickly covering the thorny stems, just in time for the flower buds start growing. The huge lilac-pink flowers that grow to 10cm (4in) across are fully double and absolutely packed with petals, bursting open in from June to September, and as you'd expect from an old rose, they have the most sublime, sweet and heady fragrance. Supplied as a freshly potted, professional quality plant in a 3L pot, growing to a height of 1.2m (4ft) and a width of 90cm (3ft).
A complete 3 in 1 lawn treatment that simultaneously kills unwanted lawn mosses and weeds, without affecting the grass itself, as well as a feed to boost the grass blades and roots for better colour, stronger roots and more resilience to drought and heavy use. Covers 100.sq.m if applied as per label