With rosettes of deep burgundy, almost black leaves, growing elegantly on palm-like trunks, Aeonium 'Schwarzkopff' is something different for you. It also produces pretty little yellow flowers in spring! This unique plant is stunning as a houseplant, but you can also grow it in a pot in a sunny spot! They are extremely drought tolerant they dont like being in moist soil, so grow them in pots, in soil mixed with 50% grit and sand. They are not hardy though, so make sure you bring them indoors in winter before the cold weather sets in. Slow growing, they will reach around 40-50cm (16-20) tall in about 3-4 years, and will make a spectacular plant for a windowsill or tabletop.
This stunning Acer is guaranteed to make an impact in your garden for years to come! Fully hardy even in the coldest winters it loses its leaves in winter, only to burst with incredible colour in spring. The stunning foliage changes colour throughout the year, producing an amazing array of colours in autumn. Acer palmatum 'Atropurpureum' has a classic deep burgundy-purple leaves that turn an even more brilliant shade of bright red in Autumn, just before they fall. The classic red-leaved maple, ideal in large pots, shade or sun, in traditional and modern garden styles. Acers are slow growing, making them ideal for growing in large pots or smaller gardens, where once planted, they are very easy to maintain, and reward you with gorgeous foliage displays for many years. They do well in light shade, as the brightest summer hot sun can scorch the paler coloured leaves occasionally. Supplied as an established plant in a 2L pot, ready to pot up or plant out.
Fabulous emerald-green leaves make this hardy Japanese Maple an ideal addition to your garden, where its fine leaves form a soft mound of glorious colour - changing to dazzling, fiery shades of red and orange in the autumn. Slow growing and compact with a gentle, spreading habit, 'Emerald Lace' makes a perfect specimen plant in a large pot, where it will happily perform for years, bringing joy to everyone who sees it! Very hardy and easy to grow in sun or light shade, this is a beautiful shrub that can be grown with or without a garden - great on your decking, patio or balcony. Holder of an RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that it will perform in your garden. Supplied as an established plant in a 2L pot, reaches 1.5m tall and 1m wide in 10 years. Dormant in winter so no leaves Nov-March.
Also known as the tree Hollyhock or the Rose Mallow, Hibiscus syriacus 'Hamabo' is covered in large, bright pink blooms from July - not stopping until all buds have opened, sometimes right into autumn. 'Hamabo' is a medium-sized, award-winning deciduous shrub with strongly lobed, dark green leaves and blush-pink flowers up to 12cm (5in) in width, each with a bright red blotch at the base of every petal. The flowers shimmer faintly with iridescence in the sun, making this a garden plant that everyone will comment on. 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. Despite its exotic looks, Hamabo is very tough, winter hardy and easy to care for, and is best placed in a prominent position, where it will bring a colourful display when other plants are beginning to look tired. Supplied as an established plant in a 2L pot, 'Hamabo' stays compact, reaching an approximate height of 1m x 1m after 10 years. Note - supplied dormant with no leaves Oct-April.
These UK bred beauties are guaranteed to grow and thrive in your garden, producing towers of beautiful flowers every summer! A well established 3L potted plant, with beautiful blooms that grow up to 13cm (5in) across, the multi-layered petals have a gorgeous 'Chiffon' look, (hence the name!) and will be produced in abundance from early summer every year! You can grow these as an excellent flowering hedge or place them in sunny beds and borders where they will create a visually arresting tower of colourful beautiful double blooms. Perfect for pots on your patio, they will eventually grow to 1.5 - 2m (4-6ft) tall if left untrimmed. Incredibly easy to care for - prune to shape just once a year in early spring, they are also totally winter hardy anywhere in the UK! UK bred by the renowned Notcutts Nurseries, these are truly world class varieties.
If you would like to grow your own tall, strong stems of cut flowers, for harvest late this summer and in to the autumn months these are the perfect plants to grow. They will flower from August and into October, with each plant giving you approximately 5-6 stems for cut flowers. They are ready to pick as soon as the first few flowers Break Bud, which means start to show some colour when they get to this stage, cut the stems quite low down, around 15cm (6') from the ground level, and remove the lower leaves from the cut stems prior to plunging them in to a tall vase of cold water. As an indoor display, they will last at least 2 weeks, but do change the water every few days as this keeps them in the best possible condition. When grown exclusively as a border plant, give them some support with a bamboo cane and position them towards the back of a border where they will brighten your garden just when so many other plants are coming to the end of their season.
Garden Bloom Chrysanthemums bear a single large flower rather than the multiple flowers that Spray types produce. These are really fashionable with top florists and command very high prices per stem, so if you grow your own you can have a magnificent display indoors and out and also save a small fortune! Throughout the growing season, remove the side shoots on a fortnightly basis (these are the little growths between the leaves and the stem) as this directs all of the energy in to the single large top flower. They bloom from September to October, so they make a perfect companion to the spray chrysanthemums, with each plant giving you approximately 3-4 stems of cut-able flowers. They are ready to cut as soon as you see the first sign of colour appearing and when they get to this stage, cut the stems quite low down, around 15cm (6') from the ground level, and remove the lower leaves from the cut stems prior to plunging them in to a tall vase of cold water. As an indoor display, they will last at least 2 weeks, but do change the water every few days as this keeps them in the best possible condition. Support them throughout the growing season with a strong bamboo cane per plant. Although a little more work is involved in growing Bloom Chrysanthemums, the quality and impact of the flowers will more than repay you for your effort!
Trailing Sweet Pea Fragrant Trails Sweet Peas in your hanging baskets... Yes, now it is possible! This ultra-compact, gorgeously sweetly fragrant variety will fill your whole patio with the unmistakeable fragrance of sweet peas from May until September. In a ravishing mixture of colours, including some bi-colours, it will brighten any part of your garden you plant it, although ideally, it needs to be in a hanging basket or another position where it can trail. Super Fragrant Sweet Pea Collection Sweet Peas are consistently voted one of the nations favourite flowers year after year, their evocative scent and ease of growing making them so popular. Here we have created a mix of the most popular colours and shades, including many old-fashioned types, selected primarily for scent when used as cut flowers. Fragrant Patio Perfect Sweet peas Patio Perfect is the very best sweet pea for any outdoor pots and planters! It naturally grows to only around 2ft tall and will become smothered in sweetly scented blooms from mid June onwards bringing a fabulous mix of summer long colour to your garden. As the flower stems average around 6in Patio Perfect can also be cut and makes a lovely posy in a small vase, yet takes up little space at all. These are supplied as 4 plants in each plug - plant them as they are and do not tease apart, and you will end up with bigger and better displays. From earlier plantings before end of March, you can trim them back to encourage side branching and thus more flowers.
This is the ultimate chrysanthemum collection - 24 of the biggest and best varieties guaranteed to make a massive impact in your garden!Chrysanthemums are a much loved, classic cottage garden favourite, due to their beautiful clusters of ball-shaped flowers. Nothing heralds the arrival of autumn in the garden than a garden flushed with their gorgeous blooms.'Spray' and 'Bloom' Chrysanthemums are the beautiful classic old-fashioned types, with glorious 8-10 inch blooms in a mix of orange, pink, yellow and purple. Planted in a mixture these will create simply stunning features!Chrysanthemums have a long flowering period, so you can enjoy their huge, impressive displays all summer long, typically from the end of July through to December.Often used to create impact in florist's bouquets where they come at a price, this collection is incredible value for money and you'll be able to cut them from your own garden and create your very own unique displays in vases indoors.These are hardy, shrubby perennials that will return every year to delight with their showy blooms. They are so easy to care for and they thrive when well-watered but require very little pruning. They produce their tight, balls of colour naturally, and don't need any help achieving or maintaining this shape.
This incredible Pansy Frizzle Sizzle mix is an exquisite and unusal mixture of multi-layered, frilly flowers, many of which have delicate 'cats whisker' markings. Something really different for winter colour and interest.A dazzling array of fruity colours to brighten up your borders and patios, they will fill your garden with sweet fragrance; they are long flowering, very hardy and perfect for patio containers and flower beds or borders (plant 15cm apart). Pansy 'Frizzle Sizzle' are compact and will grow to about 15cm (6in), and perform best in full sun or light shade.Supplied as a pack of 20 Garden Ready Plants, to be planted up straight away.
Sweet William 'Festival Mix' brighten up any garden with their cheery colours in winter & spring - they're the perfect choice for brightening up gardens when the summer season is well and truly over. Best planted in Autumn, you will get flowers in late Autumn and Winter when all else is fading, and will continue to flower through Spring as well.With an abundance of flowers and a delicate scent, Dianthus are versatile, easy to grow and are great in pots and containers as well as in beds and borders. You won't need to spend hours in the garden tending to these Dianthus, simply plant, water and grow...
'Sugar Rush' is a fantastic new British-bred Wallflower that will reliably give you two displays of vibrant colour to brighten up your garden this Autumn and Winter! It will flower this autumn around November, overwintering to flower again in the Spring! This dwarf variety is highly fragrant, and its rainbow-like mix of coloured blooms will provide a vivid display in the otherwise dreary winter months. It is very hardy and will deal with wintery conditions no-problem, and is perfect for borders or containers. Growing to about 20cm tall, it's mass of fruit salad shades will work best in full sun or light shade, in massed plantings in pots, planters or mixed borders. Remove spent flowers to prolong displays.
Incredible value! Our 'Patio Standard' Rose Collection will burst with wonderfully fragrant, premium quality elegant blooms in white, pink, yellow and red. Not only are they smothered with beautiful rose heads all summer long - you can expect to enjoy their splendid displays for centuries to come! This Patio Half Standard Rose collection is superb value for money, that's less than HALF normal nursery prices! Also known as Tree Roses, they are the perfect way to add height and elegance to your patio - where a single bush will make a dramatic fragrant feature - or as a pair of potted specimens to dress a door or gateway. Pair them up with our fantastic hand-finished brushed metallic plant pots that are also included in this collection! These beautiful planters are the perfect partner for your roses - they will even make a perfect gift for a friend, family member or perhaps a neighbour! If you're keeping them all for yourself, you'll be able to pot up your roses right away with this set of 4 matching pots that will really give your garden that contemporary feel. Manufactured from hard-wearing frost and UV resistant plastic with raised drainage holes and water reservoirs to allow your plants to thrive, they are very durable and are perfect for using on your patio. Hand-painted using a brand-new process developed last year, their metallic paint creates an eye-catching and stunning effect that will really add visual value to your beautiful plants!
Transform your garden into a fragrant, romantic haven and add a touch of class to your patio with this pair of expertly-grown standard roses. After three years of hard graft by our expert growers, we are excited to bring you these gorgeous patio standards, perfectly grown and waiting to burst into life in the spring. By carefully 'top grafting' the flowering variety onto a vigorous, straight stem of rootstock, our specialist growers have brought you a unique rose bush that will perform well in its first year, with guaranteed results. At Less than HALF NORMAL NURSERY PRICES, these patio standard roses are AMAZING quality and SUPERB value for money. Supplied as 2 x bare root, standard trees with well-formed heads, approx. 60-70cm tall ready to plant out.
These 'Patio Standard' roses are AMAZING quality and SUPERB value for money. Less than HALF NORMAL NURSERY PRICES! They will produce a summer long display of beautiful fragrant blooms all summer long for decades to come. Also known as Tree Roses, they are the perfect way to add height and class to you patio, where a single bush will make a dramatic solitary feature or they will look fabulous as a pair of potted specimens to dress a door or gate. This unique type of rose is only possible because painstaking work has been undertaken by the grower, 'top grafting' the flowering variety on to the straight stem of the rootstock, thereby giving the height. Supplied as 2 x bare root, standard trees with well-formed heads, approx. 60-70cm tall ready to plant out..
There's nothing more iconic than a beautiful red rose in summer and these patio standard roses are AMAZING value for money at LESS THAN HALF normal nursery prices! These expertly grown standards will produce an abundant display of classic, fragrant blooms all summer long, filling the air with their perfume and adding colourful floral beauty to your garden for many years - a truly worthwhile investment. Also known as Tree Roses, they are the perfect way to add height and style to your patio, decking or balcony where a single bush makes a dramatic feature and a pair will dress a door or gateway to perfection. By carefully 'top grafting' the flowering variety onto a vigorous, straight stem of rootstock, our specialist growers have brought you a unique rose bush that will perform well in its first year, with guaranteed results. Supplied as 2 x bare root, standard trees with well-formed heads, approx. 60-70cm tall ready to plant out.
These standard patio roses are AMAZING quality and SUPERB value for money. Less than HALF NORMAL NURSERY PRICES! They will produce a summer-long display of beautifully fragrant blooms for years to come, adding style and height to your patio, decking or balcony. Also known as Tree Roses, a single bush will make a dramatic, stand-alone feature but will also look fabulous as a pair of potted specimens to dress a door or gate. This unique type of rose is only possible because painstaking work has been undertaken by the grower, 'side grafting' the flowering variety on to the straight stem of the rootstock, thereby giving the height. Supplied as 2 x bare root, standard trees with well-formed heads, approx. 60-70cm tall ready to plant out.
Incredible value, our patio standard rose collection will give you beautifully fragrant, premium quality, elegant blooms to enjoy all summer long. This Patio Standard Rose collection is superb value for money, and less than HALF normal nursery prices. They will produce summer-long displays of beautifully fragrant blooms for years to come. Also known as Tree Roses, they are the perfect way to add height and elegance to your patio - where a single bush will make a dramatic fragrant feature - or as a pair of potted specimens to dress a door or gateway. By 'top grafting' the flowering variety onto the straight stem of the rootstock, thereby giving the height, it takes expert growers a full three years to produce these gems. Rose 'Yellow' produces large, yellow flowers and blooms continuously from early summer to autumn. Rose 'Pink' beautifully demonstrates how the perfect rose should look. Its single, perfect buds are held over glossy green leaves from May to October. Rose 'Red' is a classic red rose with deeply coloured, velvet-like petals through summer and into autumn, which look picture-perfect when spotted with early morning dew. Rose 'White' brings simple, elegant beauty to your garden. Its ice-white petals look particularly striking against its dark green foliage and blooms repeatedly from May to October. Supplied as 4 x bare root, standard trees with well-formed heads, approx. 60-70cm tall ready to plant out. NB Colours may vary depending on availability
Containing a bold and bright zingy mix of Bidens Gold Star alongside Surfinia Hot Pink, your hanging baskets will look spectacular this summer, with non-stop flowers from May until late October! Specially selected to create amazing hanging basket displays, the Surfinia Petunia is a strong trailing variety bred to produce masses of flowers and planted together with bright yellow Bidens, you are guaranteed to produce a stunning display. This spectacular combination will provide non-stop colour all summer long. This item contains 12 plants of each variety for the ultimately sumptuous display!
These dazzling mini petunias are a must for any garden giving a sumptuous display of trailing 'mini bells' throughout the summer, bringing colour and style to your garden, balcony or patio You'll be absolutely amazed with the depth of tone that these super petunias exhibit and the exceptional colours will be an absolute WOW when planted up in baskets and containers. Versatile and striking, they can be used as fillers or spillers, creating a subtle palette of rustic tones which will compliment your existing displays magically. Daintier than regular petunias, these neat mini rosebud-like, double blooms are produced in far greater numbers meaning your baskets and patio containers will be smothered with colour from late spring to autumn. Known botanically as Calibrachoas, a close relative of petunias, they are vigorous growers and are very easy to care for, these floral beauties are remarkably weather resistant, bouncing back much more quickly from wind and rain and withstanding midday heat much more successfully - the perfect plant for UK gardens. Why not enjoy Calibrachoa 'Calitas' this year in your garden! Perfect for baskets, window boxes and patio pots, use them wherever non-stop colour is needed. The collection features three spectacular colours, 4 plug plants of each: Supplied as a collection of 12 plug plants in a random mix of colours.