Rosettes of soft white or yellow rounded petals unfurl in late spring. True to its name, this fragrant beauty will certainly put a smile on your face! Grow them outdoors in borders and rockeries, or in containers on a bright windowsill indoors. Also excellent as cut flowers to make a really pretty posy! Height: 50cm (20). Bulb size: 10/12cm.
Rosettes of soft yellow rounded petals unfurl in late spring. True to its name, this fragrant beauty will certainly put a smile on your face! Grow them outdoors in borders and rockeries, or in containers on a bright windowsill indoors. Also excellent as cut flowers to make a really pretty posy! Height: 50cm (20). Bulb size: 10/12cm.
Feast your eyes on this festival of colours. This tulip mixture is ideal for your spring garden and includes beautiful double peony-like blooms of deep red, white, lilac, white/red and yellow/red. Ht. 30-40cm.Useful links:How to plant bulbs, corms and tubers
Classic tulips in a range of bright colours, long-lasting flowers from mid to late spring. Ht. 50cm. Supplied as bulbs.
An extraordinary peony-flowered Tulip with a formation of petals that resembles an ice-cream cone! Layer upon layer of fluffy white petals are encased by an outer layer of magenta tepals, each with a green stripe. Sure to be a talking point in your spring garden, Tulip 'Ice Cream' looks fabulous in beds, borders, containers and window boxes.
Add a tropical touch to your spring displays with this exciting parrot tulip! Ruffled yellow petals each have a delicate orange-red margin, with the odd flash of green appearing on the outer petals. From mid to late spring Tulip 'Caribbean Parrot' erupts into a frenzy of colour, looking striking grouped in borders, beds and patio containers.
These strong paper sacks can hold up to 25kg of potato tubers and are ideal for storing your potatoes after harvesting. The thick paper blocks out light, preventing your potatoes from turning green.
Buxus also known as Box is a slow growing evergreen shrub with small dark green leaves and is ideal for shaping. Historically box has often been used in formal gardens as low growing hedges to edge flower beds or even to make intricate knot patterns.
The best gerberas you will ever grow in your garden! You'll adore these bright, large gerbera flowers, that are now proven to be winter hardy in the UK, so they'll return every year. They'll give you three seasons of beautiful blooms flowering from late spring until late in autumn. Lots of large flowers in three ultra-vivid colours are perched atop sturdy stems - ideal for cutting for an indoor display. Collection comprises: 'Sweet Dreams' (pink), 'Sweet Glow' (orange-red) and 'Sweet Honey' (warm yellow). Supplied in 7cm pots.
An exotic-looking bedding plant, ideal for containers and borders, that is quick to begin flowering and will fill your garden with starry blooms from May to September. As perennials they will grow again each year, in well-drained locations. Suplied as plugtray plants.
Clematis 'Shirayukihime' is a large-flowered variety that bears wide, grey-white flowers with superbly contrasting yellow anthers. It is early to flower, with blooms appearing in May/June and a second flush in September that continues into autumn, providing an extended season of interest. This Japanese-bred cultivar has a neat and compact habit, making it the ideal choice for containers. Height: 2.5m (8'). Spread: 1m(3'). Pruning group: 2.
Clematis 'Varenne' boasts stunning dark purple 14cm (6) flowers, each with a focal point of cream coloured anthers in the centre. This variety flowers between June and August and by planting alongside a late spring flowering and a late summer flowering clematis you can create a gorgeous, colourful display from the end of May right through until September. Clematis 'Varenne' is perfect for both cottage style or contemporary gardens and can be planted in patio containers with trellis, or up the sides of garden fences and walls. Height: 2m (6'). Spread: 1m (3'). Pruning group: 2.
Clematis viticella 'Polish Spirit' is a late-flowering Clematis, in bloom from mid-summer through to the autumn. Awarded an RHS AGM for its excellent garden performance, Clematis viticella 'Polish Spirit' produces an abundant array of rich purple flowers with green-white stamens. For a truly stunning display, give this Clematis space to scramble up pergolas, walls and fences. Height: 5m (16'). Spread: 2m (6.5'). Pruning group: 3.
A Clematis from the Viticella group, which are deciduous and have medium sized flowers, Clematis viticella 'Royal Velours' flowers from July to September, and produces a mass of 4 sepal, red-violet flowers. It can be planted to scramble amongst other shrubs or up tree trunks, or grown up a trellis on a wall, or attached to a planter. This Clematis thrives in a sunny or partial shade location. It has an Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society. Height: 4m (12'). Spread: 1.5m (5'). Pruning group: 3.
Clematis 'Elsa Spath' will be in bloom from June to September giving you plenty of time to enjoy the strong violet-blue flowers that have a centre of contrasting red anthers. Clematis viticella 'Xerxes', often called 'Elsa Spath' will grow to approx 3m or 10' each season making it suitable for growing amongst mature shrubs, or up against a wall, pergola, trellis or fence. The rich colouring of 'Elsa Spath' lends itself to be placed close to blooms in various shades of pink so that they will complement each other perfectly. Height: 3m (10'). Spread: 1m (3') Pruning group: 2.
With dramatic recurved petals and a beautiful shade of pink, Nerine bowdenii 'Pink' are guaranteed to brighten up any autumn flower border when other blooms are fading away.
This Japanese Barberry does what its name suggests. Berberis thunbergii 'Tiny Gold' is a compact hardy shrub, the deciduous foliage of which is a golden colour when it first appears in the spring. In the summer, these leaves take on a green hue, while the autumn sees them turn spectacular shades of orange and red. The plant's size, a mere 50cm (1'8), surely earns it a place in a patio container or at the front of a cottage garden border. It also boasts delicate, yellow flowers, which bloom in April and May and make this 'Tiny Gold' bush a nectar-rich haven for bees and butterflies in small wildlife gardens. Height: 50cm (1'8). Spread: 50cm (1'8).
Cottage, coastal and low maintenance gardens will surely benefit from the addition of this hardy shrub. Caryopteris x clandonensis 'Ferndown' is an exceptionally undemanding plant that tolerates drought and will grow in exposed areas, providing it is placed in full sunlight. In addition to these practical advantages, Bluebeard produces interesting, structural stems adorned with elegant, grey-green foliage. These leaves are faintly aromatic, pleasing the senses of smell and sight alike. What's more, the 'Ferndown' variety bears clusters of blue, pollen-rich flowers in the late summer, attracting pollinators such as bees. It can therefore be given pride of place in wildlife areas. Height: 1.2m (4'). Spread: 1.5m (4'11).
Choisya x dewitteana 'White Dazzler' is a compact, evergreen shrub that bears a profusion of attractive white scented flowers in April, before flowering again in late summer and early autumn. This new variety of Mexican Orange Blossom features elegant glossy green leaves that add interest all year round. This rounded, low-maintenance shrub can be grown as an informal evergreen hedge, or used to provide permanent structure in the garden, fitting in well to mixed borders, coastal gardens and cottage gardens. Height and spread: 2m (6.5').