If you're looking for something a little different then this is one of the more unusual types of fuchsia - an elegant garden shrub will bring an exotic, almost Mediterranean feel to your garden. An upright, evergreen shrub, fuchsia arborescens is a popular 'old fashioned' type plant with glossy, mid-green leaves and sprays of dark pink buds that open to small, fragrant pinkish-purple flowers in summer. Blooming for many months, the exciting flowers are followed by edible, dark blue-purple fruits. Recommended by the RHS as a plant that is 'perfect for pollinators' your tree fuschsia will help attract a wide range of wildlife into your garden and provide a vaulable food source for many pollinating insects. Supplied as 6 jumbo plug plants ready for potting on or planting out when all risk of frost has passed. Flowers July - August. Grows to 2.5m x 2.5m
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.
The jewel-like, sharp flavoured fruits of this redcurrant are loved by leading chefs and are perfect for adding to pork dishes, tarts, summer puddings, cheesecakes or turning into long-lasting jellies. Packed full of vitamins, they almost sparkling in the sun and drip pendulously from plants in long strings, making them perfect for adding an ornamental touch to beds or patios when grown in containers. Growing up to 1.5m (5ft), although it can easily be kept shorter by pruning, Rovada will reward you with about 10kgs of fruit per bush each season. Happy in sun, a slightly shaded spot or even planted next to a tricky north facing wall, this great variety is resistant to diseases that affect other redcurrants.
A striking combination of yellow petals and an orange centre, this double-flowered osteospermum certainly has the WOW factor. Perfect for all manner of container displays and border planting, this is a variety that can't be missed! With abundant heads of bloom to fill your pots, the cheery yellow blooms will be sure to attract plenty of wildlife into your garden as well as attention from your gardening friends! This wonderful combination of colour makes the perfect summer combination and the daisy-like blooms of 'Banana Shake' are produced in profusion for months on end. Ideal for pots and borders, osteos are sun lovers, opening in response to the sun and grow best in moist, well-drained soil. Flowering from spring to autumn, the uniform, compact plants will tolerate light frost as well as heat and drought, plus being easy to grow and needing very little in the way of aftercare, they're the perfect variety for your garden. Supplied as 6 x plug plants, ready to pot up and grow on before planting out.
This brand new and exclusive product represents the very best of commercial plant food and water retention technology and is based on over 25 years of hands on experience of growing plants within the horticultural sector. Blooming Fast SwellGel & Feed PLUS is the complete food and drink for your plants and hanging baskets, and has been specially formulated! A true garden essential, it contains a high water absorption crystal, which locks in water and swells up to a gel in your hanging baskets, tubs and pots. Just a few scoops per hanging basket holds about a litre of water for your plants, so they do not dry out in summer, meaning less water used, less time watering and better results as all that water is locked in to the root system, where it can be used to keep your plants flourishing. The multi-coloured granules contain some of the very best slow release fertiliser, and will feed your plants over a period of 6 whole months. Each granule contains a small dose of balanced fertiliser, slowly feeding your plants roots. Best of all, this unique formulation includes naturally occurring Humic Acid the completely natural way to look after the secret root system of your plant, that is a proven plant tonic encouraging even healthier natural growth, which has been found to improve overall plant health, disease resistance and vigour. For best results, mix in at planting out and filling your baskets, containers, growbags and pots indoors and outdoors. Supplied as a 500g tub, which treats about 25 or so standard hanging baskets or similar sized pots for one season. This 500g tub is resealable and comes with a free measuring scoop to ensure you get the perfect mixture, and will last for 3 years or more if the lid is kept on and the contents dry.
With the popularity of ornamental grasses on the rise in recent years, they have quickly become a must-have for every garden. With so many exciting varieties in different sizes and colours, why not start a collection? Festuca 'Sunrise' is a wonderful, compact grass that grows into a mound of blue-green, arching foliage. In late summer deep orange flowering stems rise above the leaves, moving beautifully in the breeze. Then, as autumn arrives, the ends of the leaves turn to a warm shade of copper. An exceptionally attractive little grass, 'Sunrise' looks particularly good planted in groups in a gravel garden, or on its own in an architectural pot for a contemporary balcony or patio feature. 'Sunrise' will thrive in sun or partial shade and is completely winter hardy to -20°C as well as being drought tolerant. It needs no maintenance apart from the trimming of faded flower stems if you wish, but if left on the plant they give attractive winter interest, especial during a frost. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant and growing to a height of 70cm (2½ft) and a spread of 30cm (1ft).
Every aspect of meadow life is captured in this wonderful Sweet Meadow jigsaw. Taken from an incredibly detailed watercolour painting, the idyllic scene draws you in with its masses of beautifully illustrated wildflowers and grasses and beyond to a farmer's field and the church tower of a distant village. Alive with insect and bird life, just as a meadow should be at the height of summer, there's even an adorable little mouse looking out at you as you try to work out where all the pieces go. Measuring 68cm (27in) Wide and 49cm (19in) deep when completed, there are 1000 pieces that are bound to frustrate and challenge you before you finally insert the final piece.
Fill your garden with the sensational, fiery blooms of Rose 'Alinka'. A traditional rose bred back in the heyday of rose gardening during the 70's when every garden had a favourite rose bush, and bright colours were a must-have. Alinka is a beautiful hybrid tea rose and certainly caught the eye of our growers with its scorching blooms and light, delicate fragrance. Its medium to large bi-coloured flowers open from scarlet-red buds into a sunset combination of rich red and golden yellow and the blooms start early in the season - in late May - and continue right into the last warm and sunny days of autumn. An upright and bushy shrub with dark green, glossy leaves, Alinka will grow to around 1-1.2m producing blooms which are perfect as cut flowers. Supplied as a bare-root shrub, ready for planting out now.
Create a pretty and eye-catching floral display in your garden with this Deutzia shrub. 'Strawberry Fields' is a full hardy and very easy-to-grow plant that will make a perfect addition to your garden. Flowering from late spring into early summer, its blooms are beautiful cupped, star-shaped flowers in a soft pink tone with darker pink details. You should position your Deutzia near a doorway or window so you can enjoy its sweet fragrance from inside too. A versatile shrub, 'Strawberry Fields' will thrive when positioned in full sun and planted in well-drained soil. This plant will suit most gardens, including traditional cottage gardens, city gardens, courtyards as well as sunny borders and containers. 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. It is also highly attractive to bees and beneficial pollinators. It is a great choice for bringing your garden to life with wildlife. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant.
Gooseberry 'Invicta' is the number 1 outstanding Gooseberry variety for home gardeners, producing big crops of classic green berries, almost twice as many as any other variety. 'Invicta' is one of our favourite gooseberry plant varieties and it is also mildew resistant, making it very easy to grow for even a novice 'grow your own' gardener. It has good vigour, so supports the big crops well in your garden and is winter hardy so can be left outdoors all year round. Each summer 'Invicta' produces numerous large green fruits which are sweet enough to eat straight off the bush but are also ideal for cooking with - something a little bit different to strawberries and raspberries that tend to be grown in home gardens. 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. There's nothing better than growing your own, and this gooseberry will add a real decorative feature to patios, or even borders where it will add height and interest. 'Invicta' really is the all-round Gooseberry for gardens - why not try one this year? Supplied as an established plant in a 2L pot, ready to plant now.
Also known as the velvet honeysuckle, Jacobinia suberecta is an unusual and highly desirable perennial that is rarely offered for sale - so this is your opportunity to grow something different that none of your friends are likely to have - or even know about! One of those plants that is a great all-round garden performer, Jacobinia will provide vibrant colour and form all year round and is perfect whether displayed in a pot or planted in the garden border. Giving you a long flowering display from late spring to autumn, the fiery orange, tubular blooms are often visited by hummingbirds in its native South America - and although we can't guarantee that in the UK, we're sure that this delightful bush will attract other wildlife into your garden. In addition to its flowers, the soft velvet leaves are a real feature, emerging downy silver and ageing to a glossy green which gives a striking contrast to the attractive flowers. Perfect for growing between other perennials and shrubs as it reaches just 1.5m wide and 1m high, Jacobinia is semi-evergreen (plants may lose their leaves in winter) giving year-round colour and structure. Easy to grow and winter hardy down to -7°C, this is a plant that is not fussy with regard to soil and will tolerate most types, including dry and coastal soils.
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.
A heavy cropping, large fruited, modern variety that ripens from July through to August. Grow your own delicious blackcurrants from your patio! Bursting with flavour and Vitamin C, blackcurrant 'Titania' has a rich, tart flavour that makes it ideal for cooking and for using as a purée. Add it to yoghurt or ice cream, or use in pies, jams or juices. The glossy black berries also freeze well. Unlike many blackcurrants, which require a lot of space to grow, this beauty stays compact making it perfect for the smallest of gardens. Grow it in a border, a large pot or even plant several to make a fruiting hedge. The juicy blackcurrants ripen in strings and stay on the bushes through to August, making this blackcurrant one of the longest croppers. Frost resistant and disease resistance to problems including powdery mildew and rust, so an ideal starter blackcurrant for those looking to grow fruit in the garden or on the patio for the first time.
Bursting with flavour and Vitamin C, the large glossy black fruit of Ben Lomond cover the branches of this completely new type of blackcurrant in mid-summer. Unlike most others, which require a lot of space to grow, this compact beauty only ever grows to 3ft (1m) making it perfect for the smallest of gardens grow it in a border, a large pot or even plant several to make a fruiting hedge. Really easy to grow, Ben Lomond will thrive in a sunny, sheltered spot out of strong winds and prefers well-drained soil (or compost). Plants are as tough as old boots and have flowers that are resistant to frost. All you need to do to ensure a bumper crop is feed them well with blood, fish and bone in mid-spring, followed by a dose of poultry manure or another high nitrogen plant food, in June.
This Leptospermum Scoparium is a glorious late spring flowering shrub. It is a perfect choice for providing year-round interest in your garden.In spring, the branches of this 'Red Damask' become tightly smothered in a frenzy of ruffled pinky-red flowers, setting the tree on fire with colour. In bloom all the way through the summer, and thanks to its evergreen nature, it continues to look just beautiful once the flowering has ended.Also known as the New Zealand Tea Tree, closely related to the Tea Tree Oil producing plant with very similar flowers, this evergreen shrub makes a welcome addition to sunny spots in the garden and can be housed in a greenhouse or conservatory over the winter months. 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. It is also highly attractive to bees and beneficial pollinators, it is a great choice for bringing your garden to life with wildlife. They tolerate drought well, and thrive on coastal areas, although may be damaged by frosts below -5C, so perhaps grow in a pot or against a warming wall. Supplied as an established plant in a 9cm pot, ready to plant.
A breakthrough in buddleia breeding, the Buzz series are perfectly formed, patio butterfly bushes, and perfect for growing on your decking, patio or balcony - so now anyone can grow these fragrant beauties. The result of seven years' intensive breeding and selection, the short stems and compact growing habit of these patio buddleias make them ideal for growing in smaller spaces. Flowering right through the summer and into autumn without setting seed, more of the plant's energy is spent of blooms, so the flowers just keep on coming! Reaching just over a metre tall, these pretty, compact plants won't take over your garden either. Like all buddleias, the Buzz series are sweetly fragranced and are loved by insects hence their common name of 'Butterfly Bush', and their recommendation as a plant that is 'Perfect for Pollinators' by the RHS.These dwarf buddleias are hardy and easy to grow plus their masses of brightly-coloured, fragrant flowers that will attract clouds of butterflies to your garden. Supplied as 3 plug plants, 1 of each variety, ready for potting up and growing on before the soil warms up in the spring. Buddleia Buzz Lavender - rich violet-lilac flowers and a sweet fragrance.Buddleia Candy Pink - bubble-gum pink flowers with a deliciously sweet scent.Buddleia Indigo - deep blue blooms with fragrant, nectar-rich blooms.
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!
'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.
'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.
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.