The white spidery flowers have a fragrance so heady that it will stop you in your tracks. The sweet, honey scented winter blooms are followed by glossy black berries.
An amazing, super-fast growing clematis! This evergreen variety, loves the shade and makes a useful screen on a north-facing wall. Pretty white flowers bloom from April onwards and emit an adorable almond-like fragrance. Ht. 5m. Supplied in 9cm pot.
Wow! Here's a real show-stopping clematis with tons of fantastic big blue violet flowers ? they're 12-14cm (5-6in) across! You'll only believe it when you see it. Outer petals are decorated with a pretty pink blush on their tips to prompt further amazement at this truly spectacular and energetic climber.
Santolina chamaecyparissus is an tough-as-old-boots small shrub that has silvery fernlike foliage with an unmissable citrus yellow button flower on the top of each and every stem during the summer. The silver foliage is present all year round to highlight the garden on dull winter days and as Santolina is plant that is drought tolerant and will thrive on neglect it's possibly the ideal plant for somone that is too busy to micro-manage their garden. Cotton Lavender is a dwarf, evergreen shrub for any part of the garden. An excellent choice for Mediterranean themes, gravel gardens or patio containers. Height: 50cm (20). Spread: 100cm (39).
Flowering during January and February, Hamamelis provides a much needed display of colour during the winter months. Sweetly scented, lemon yellow flowers smother the bare winter stems of this elegant vase shaped shrub.
Beat the slugs and snails with this specially selected collection of slug resistant Hostas! The thick, glaucous foliage of these handsome varieties is less likely to be nibbled than many cultivars. These hardy perennials are ideal for shaded borders or containers. Perfect for creating ground cover in woodland gardens, or on the outskirts of ponds and boggy areas. Supplied as bareroot plants. Collection comprises 1 each of:Hosta ?Halcyon? - Dense clumps of grey-green flowers, topped with lavender flower spikes in late summer. Height and spread: 50cm (20). Hosta ?Blue Mouse Ears? - Charmingly compact, with rounded blue-green foliage and lavender-pink blooms. Height and spread: 30cm (12). Hosta ?First Frost? - Handsome, variegated foliage with a broad gold edge that remains attractive until the first frosts. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 90cm (36).
Small and compact in size but big in impact in any garden, Lavender 'Bandera' is a perfect dwarf French Lavender plant. Its multiple branching habit means it will be covered in flower stems in summer, a sea of blue with the characteristic scent that we all know and love.
This traditional onion, which was awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit, is an excellent early maturing variety. Plant the sets close for green bunching or set them further apart to produce large storage onions.
Onions are such a common ingredient in cooking recipes, its always good to have a few in the house. Growing Onion 'Red Baron' (Spring Planting) will ensure you have a good supply.
This overwintering variety will produce tasty semiglobe shaped onions, ready to harvest from late May to July. 'Electric' is a shiny red onion with pink tinged flesh! Great in salads and stir fries. It will also store well, giving you a plentiful supply. Ht. 45cm. Supplied as sets.
This deciduous Clematis was created in France in 1900. Clematis 'Madame Julia Correvon' has been awared the RHS Award of Garden Merit for its garden performance. The flowers have wine-red sepals and creamy-yellow stamens in the centre. It blooms from mid to late summer, so it is a good variety to plant alongside an earlier flowering Clematis. Perfect for obelisk and trellis planters in sunny positions. Height: 3m (10'). Spread: 1.5m (5'). Pruning group: 3.
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Gaultheria procumbens has many names, among which are Eastern teaberry, Boxberry and American wintergreen. No matter what they choose to call it, one thing that all gardeners agree on is the plant's ability to provide groundcover and suppress weeds, even in partially shady areas. In addition to this practical use, Checkerberry makes a colourful addition to cottage, woodland, wildlife and sloped gardens, for it flowers in the summer. These white, bell-shaped blooms are succeeded by scarlet berries. The autumn sees the hardy shrub's green foliage take on a reddish tone, making for a wonderful, festive spectacle in the winter. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 1m (3'3).
Gooseberry ?Giggles Gold? produces large, voluptuous, golden fruits with smooth skins and a deliciously sweet flavour. This robust variety makes a fine addition to the kitchen garden or allotment, producing generous crops in summer.
A hand selected mixture of small gourds in a wide range of colours and shapes including smooth skinned, warted and winged types. These ornamental fruits are ideal for adding to autumn floral decorations, or used as varnished ornaments around the home
Reliable, brilliant red flowers make this a long-standing summer favourite. Compact plants make them ideal in bedding schemes, containers and borders. Height and spread: 30cm (12).
Tall-growing cottage garden favourite. These easy-to-grow perennials are perfect for the back of sunny borders, with fully double blooms in bright colours. Height: 240cm (94). Spread: 60cm (24).Culinary information: Some parts of these flowers are edible. Click here for more details about edible flowers.