Who could resist touching the fluffy red cylindrical flower heads that drip from the branches of this evergreen shrub during late spring and summer? Not many. But this native of Australia has more going for it than just its 'stroke me' qualities. The tiny leaves that cover its arching branches release a delicious lemony scent when brushed, and its arching branches provide all year round interest. Wherever you plant it its perfect as specimen in the lawn, grown against a wall or fence, or planted in large pots. A real sun lover, give it the brightest spot possible. You need to water a bottlebrush for its first season, but when established plants are extremely drought tolerant. Protect it in harder winters by covering with fleece or grow in pots so it can be moved indoors (a shed, front porch, garage or conservatory would be ideal).
Illuminate your summer displays with the very latest and best trailing Begonia - Super Cascade Mixed... Containing THE very best palette of bright colours ever seen in begonias, including some completely new shades, Super Cascade will provide you with the most torrential summer-long display of semi-double cascading double begonia blooms - each 3-4in across! Super Cascade is ideally suited for the British climate too with strong, very weather resistant blooms - giving you a cascading rainbow of colour from May until early November. Grow in hanging baskets, window boxes and patio containers - anywhere that will allow the plants to cascade freely, then just wait for the flowers - whatever the weather! Trails to 60 cm (24in). Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready to grow on before planting out.
For a medium-sized shrub that will bring architectural interest to your garden all year long, Fatsia japonica is just the ticket! A spectacular evergreen shrub, it produces impressively large, serrated, glossy green leaves, which remain throughout the year, giving interest in all seasons. Also known as the Japanese Aralia, mature Fatsia plants produce exotic spikes of creamy white flowers, followed by attractive deep purple, almost black berries. Definitely a plant for novice gardeners and seasoned pros alike, Fatsia 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 or dappled shade, making a glossy backdrop to other plants with their amazing palm-like leaves. Holder of a much deserved RHS Award of Garden Merit, plants really need very little attention to give you amazing results whether you are strapped for time or a complete gardening novice, and you can be sure that this is a plant that has been rigorously trialled and proven to excel in UK gardens. Fatsia is also a great plant to complement a large decorative pot on the patio, where its architectural shape can make a dramatic, tropical feature. Supplied as an established plant approx. 60cm tall, in a 17cm pot, ready for planting straight out into the garden.
An unsung hero of the garden, the 'EverRed' variety of Loropetalum, or Chinese Witch Hazel, enhances its beauty even more. Perfect for autumn and early spring colour in the garden, 'EverRed' has very deep magenta red ribbon-like flowers that erupt like sparklers! The stunning flowers contrast against the deepest purple, evergreen foliage that lasts all year round. Great in containers, it is slow growing and spreading so is very easy to manage and maintain. A great all-rounder, 'EverRed' is a shade lover that will thrive in gaps in beds and borders but it will also tolerate full sun if you want to plant up in a pot and place on the patio for a real feature!Does best in cool, well-drained spots - avoid wet roots in winter.Supplied as a 2 year old established plant in a 15cm pot, ready to plant out.
Thanks to some fantastic hybridising at one of Holland's leading cut flowers Alstroemeria breeders, we are delighted to offer this amazing variety to UK gardeners. It combines the impressive high flower count needed for commercial growers, with a strong and robust garden habit, being just 60cm (2ft) tall, and forming big perennial clumps. 'Indian Summer' has a lovely unique strong bronze purple tinge to the foliage which sets off the gorgeous flame-coloured flowers to a tee! The good news is you can enjoy this impressive floral display for even longer as they just keep flowering all Summer, new buds emerging all the time well into Autumn. They're perfect for long lasting displays in pots or mixed borders. Naturally hardy to about -7C, they will survive most UK winters in well drained spots and emerge bigger and bolder year after year. Very easy and low maintenance - just beware slugs on new Spring growth! Supplied as 3 x jump plugs, ready to pot on and plant out.
A new colour for bidens which is a big step forward from the more usual yellow, this spectacular colour combination provides you with a totally unique and truly wonderful contrast that will really brighten any summer display. Bred to be compact and vigorous (while still remaining tidy), these delightful plants will become smothered with bloom throughout summer with new flowers opening every day, and they'll constantly attract butterflies and other friendly pollinating insects. Perfect for pots and hanging baskets, where they will spill over the sides, softening hard edges - you'll be dazzled by the abundant display of bicolour daisy-like pink and white flowers of this stunning new bidens. With its lush fern-like leaves, 'Pink Princess' makes a perfect contrast to more pastel-coloured plants and is absolutely superb grown alongside blue or purple petunias. Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready for potting up and growing on. Mature plants will reach 20cm x 20cm.
Highly scented, two-toned flowers, each creamy white with bright burgundy banding held over a neat mound of green leaves make this a must-have plant for your garden. The showy flowers are great when used for fragrance in bouquets and cut-flower arrangements, they're also perfect in pots and containers, where their colour instantly brightens the dullest of areas. An evergreen perennial, dianthus are easy to grow, compact plants that are winter hardy and resistant to the UK weather and will bloom early in the season - often reblooming when the weather cools again in autumn. Bred to be neat and compact, they're wildlife friendly and popular with Butterflies! Supplied as a pack of 12 x Plug plants ready for potting up and growing on before planting out when risk of frost has passed.
Beloved by butterflies, 'Chirocco' will add vibrant late-spring colour to borders in a lovely mix of pinks, reds, purples and whites! What's more, they are winter hardy perennials that will return year after year, so you can enjoy them for many years! These fabulous plants are ideal for planting into garden borders, plus the gorgeous blooms make wonderful, long-lasting cut flowers too - often flowering up to Christmas in milder years. Much loved by garden designers, these are a cottage-garden staple, but are equally at home in more formal gardens and even in pots, where they make a fabulous display. Plant either as specimen plants, dotted around the garden or in drifts where their airy stems and pom-pom flowers blend in marvellously with other flowering perennials. Supplied as 12 plug plants ready for you to pot up and grow on before planting out into the garden.
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. Produced on compact plants which reach around 60cm, the refreshing fruits mature in succession from the end of June until the first frosts, greatly extending the yield compared to traditional blueberries. Easy to grow in ericaceous soil, they don't have complicated needs, so anyone can grow them from the most inexperienced gardeners to experts and, being smaller than the older varieties, they're ideal in pots on decks and balconies so you don't even need a garden. Perfect for underplanting beneath normal blueberries for an extended crop, as a bonus they're semi-evergreen too, so make a decorative feature for most of the year. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot, ready for immediate planting.
This veritable superfood is believed to carry all manner of health benefits and is recommended by health experts and dieticians 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. Little Blue Wonder is the result of dedicated breeding work to produce a compact, hardy blueberry and it certainly fulfils the brief. Growing to just 40-60cm high it's hardy down to -30°C and makes the ideal specimen plant for patios and balconies in containers and for gardens too - just remember to use ericaceous (slightly acidic pH) compost though as all blueberries are lime intolerant. 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. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot ready for immediate planting.
Chinese Witch Hazel... Spectacular Firework-Like Flowers, Striking All-Year-Round Foliage, Easy To Grow And Winter Hardy! A plant for all seasons and all gardens, the Chinese Witch Hazel really is one of the most spectacular plants you can own. Quite a rarity in UK gardens, it is unlikely that your neighbours will have one, so you can be one of the first to grow it! Incredibly exotic looking, this highly prized beauty is actually very hardy and easy to grow. Its glorious, rich burgundy, oval-shaped leaves contrast superbly against any green foliage and act as a dramatic backdrop to its spectacular, vibrant pink flowers. Often likened to sea coral, the highly unusual ribbon-shaped petals explode from the centre just like a firework and completely smother the plant from February to April, just when you need interest in your garden. As spectacular in a pot on your patio as in any border, Chinese Witch Hazel requires nothing more than an occasional trim to keep it in perfect shape. Supplied as an established plant in a 15cm pot, ready to plant out.
This veritable superfood is believed to carry all manner of health benefits and is recommended by health experts and dieticians 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. An unusual and unique blueberry, 'Yellowberry Blue' is remarkable for its yellow leaves and contrasting blue fruits. 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. As a bonus, its compact size means that like many other blueberries, Yellowberry is ideal for growing in a pot - so you don't even need a garden in order to benefit from its decorative form! 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 colour before falling off for the winter. Supplied as an established plant in a 3L pot ready for immediate planting.
This veritable superfood 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 lightly fragrant, bell-shaped blossom in spring, followed by delicious fruits that form and colour up ready for picking from June. In autumn, you get a flash of seasonal colour as the foliage will provide a bright flourish of scarlet before falling for the winter. Easy to grow and look after, blueberries make brilliant patio plants and will grow perfectly in pots - do remember though to use ericaceous (acidic pH) compost though as all blueberries are intolerant of lime (alkaline soil). This early variety will provide a bumper harvest from June providing many pounds of fruit per season once fully established. You'll receive a large, established plant in a 3L pot, ready for immediate planting. Plants reach approx 1-1.5m (3-5ft).
This veritable superfood 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 lightly fragrant, bell-shaped blossom in spring, followed by delicious fruits that form and colour up ready for picking from July. In autumn, you get a flash of seasonal colour as the foliage will provide a bright flourish of scarlet before falling for the winter. Easy to grow and look after, blueberries make brilliant patio plants and will grow perfectly in pots - do remember though to use ericaceous (acidic pH) compost though as all blueberries are intolerant of lime (alkaline soil). This mid-season variety will provide a bumper harvest from July providing many pounds of fruit per season once fully established. You'll receive a large, established plant in a 3L pot, ready for immediate planting. Plants reach approx 1-1.5m (3-5ft).
These unbelievable petunias will bring your beds and baskets to life with their sumptuous, velvety flowers. Compact and easy to manage, they are brilliant for patio pots, or flower borders and the gorgeous mix of colours will look spectacular all summer long.
You'll absolutely love these vibrant, beautiful Petunias! With their incredible, double, Carnation-like blooms produced in wave after wave all summer long, this fantastic collection will truly bring your garden to life this summer. In a gorgeous range of pinks, purples, whites, reds and blues, your baskets and borders will be simply awash with colour! Incredibly large flowers, weather-resistant, and great value - what more could you want?!
This unusual, hardy perennial will look incredible in a patio pot or sunny border! The bright, two-tone flowers will light up your garden in scarlet and white, from early summer to the first frosts in October, in a wonderful 5-month display. It is winter hardy and will die back underground in the autumn only to burst into life again each spring. In cooler summers, you will get whiter flowers, and in hot ones you will get lots of red! This Salvia is really easy to care for and flowers prolifically with minimal care perfect for beginners! Supplied as a pack of 12 plug plants, ready to pot up and grow on or plant straight out onto their flowering positions.
This exotic deciduous tree comes to life in late-spring with the emergence of wonderful, fern-like foliage - and reaches a crescendo of colour in mid-late summer when the incredible, fluffy, bright pink flowers cover every branch - each one carrying a lovely fragrance! Hardy enough to withstand all but the worst frosts, it is ideal for a pot or sunny border. Also known as the Pink Silk Tree, Albizia Rosea is ideal as a feature plant in Mediterranean-style gardens, where the fine foliage makes a particularly attractive feature in its own right. Hardy throughout most of the UK, the silk tree benefits from planting near a south-facing wall for a little winter protection, helping it to retain its leaves for a little longer into the autumn. The dainty leaves of the silk tree slowly close during the night and during periods of heavy rain to protect itself from damage, giving it an alternative name of 'night sleeper'. In Japan its common names (of which there are several) all mean 'sleeping tree', so don't be surprised if your tree looks a little droopy at times - it's just resting! Reaching up to 4 x 2.5m, you will receive an established young plant in a 3L pot.
This new introduction has got everyone talking and is a plant worthy of taking pride of place in your garden. Combining unusual leaves and gorgeously coloured blooms, 'Blush' is definitely not a plant to be hidden away. Fairy Magnolia 'Blush' is a new, compact hybrid magnolia producing masses of russet coloured buds all the way along the stems which open to lightly fragranced, lilac-pink blooms in spring which age to white later in the season. This elegant, bushy plant is free flowering, with, unusually for a magnolia, rich, mainly evergreen foliage (unless winters are particularly cold). Plants have even been known to provide a light flush of flowers during summer too, making this garden gem ideal for planting en-masse in the garden as a flowering hedge or used singly as a specimen plant to delight friends and family. This amazing new addition makes the perfect plant if you're new to gardening too - it's extremely easy to care for and low maintenance. As a bonus, it's quite fast growing too, so will produce its delightful blooms on young plants, so you'll get results without having to wait years! Be one of the first to get this fabulous introduction in your garden and enjoy its blooms first hand - images really do not do it justice. Supplied as an established plant in a 13cm pot, ready for potting up or planting out.
Also known as Heavenly or Sacred Bamboo, Nandina will bring a bright flash of dazzling colour to your borders or patio pots, making it invaluable in winter when there's little colour around. Not unlike a colourful version of our own native holly, Nandina has a bushy upright habit, with toothpick-straight stems making it an excellent candidate for containers - and this particular variety has amazing variegated leaves which give off a sultry pink glow. As it's evergreen, Nandina retains its foliage throughout the year and the colours change as temperatures dip, taking on deeper and more saturated hues. A true multi-season feature plant, in spring new leaves emerge flushed pink, green and cream, then in summer, small creamy-white flowers are followed by green berries, before the leaves develop more colour and the berries turn sealing-wax red - just superb! Really easy to grow - just plant it and leave it! Supplied as and established plant in a 17cm pot, ready to pot on or plant out.