Lilies are known for their beautifully perfumed scent and elegant appearance, lilies remain one of the world’s best-selling cut flowers.
With so much variety in their colour, from pure white to eye-catching red, yellow and purple, lilies are a firm favourite with florists and flower lovers alike and make a stunning addition to any bouquet.
Scientific Name: Lilium
Family: Liliaceae
Availability: All year round
An easy to grow exotic climber, with lily-like flowers in a wide range of vibrant colours. Ideal for creating a spectacular feature plant climbing up an obelisk in containers or through trellis in bordersClimber 180cm (6ft)
Beautiful apricot toned flowers make for a stunning plant for ground cover in the summer months between June and July.
This climbing Flame Lily makes a spectacular focal point for your conservatory. This exotic climber produces stunning flame-like blooms throughout summer, bringing a tropical feel to your home.
There's nothing finer than a large Agapanthus in full flower at the height of summer, creating an eruption of brilliant blue. It's the perfect plant for an ornate container and with a little care will last a lifetime. Even before the 1m flower stems appear the bright green strap life leaves are a lovely sight and heighten the expectation of the blooms to come from mid summer. Agapanthus do best when their roots are restricted so don't be tempted to pot into too large a container - just a little wider than the nursery pot they arrive in will be fine. Place in a sunny spot and enjoy this African native in your garden over summer!
Ideal in light or even full shade, lily-of-the-valley is blessed with masses of tiny white bell-shaped flowers that possess a sweet, intoxicating scent in late spring. Rising up to 20cm on arching stems, which contrast spectacularly with its clumps of dark green foliage, this hardy perennial is native to alpine meadows and does best in moist soil A cottage garden staple, the perfumed bell-flowers of Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis) open in April and May and are a welcome addition to any border or patio pot. Spreading via a network of underground roots, the spring shoots are referred to as 'pips' and sit just beneath the surface of the soil before bursting into bloom. Perfect for dappled shade, Lily of the Valley makes a good groundcover plant, naturalising happily and brightening gloomy gardens, and even better, it makes a great cutflower to bring into your home. It's ideal for brightening up a shady border or will spread happily to make a perfumed carpet of colour under trees and shrubs. 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. Did you know that in France on 1st May, bunches of Lily of the Valley are sold as a good luck charm or love token - so why not grow it in your garden for year-round good fortune! Supplied as 3 x plants in 9cm pots, ready for immediate planting. Plants are dormant from September to March and are sent out without leaves.
A cottage garden staple, the perfumed bell-flowers of Lily of the valley open in April and May and are a welcome addition to any border or patio pot. Ideal in light or even full shade, lily-of-the-valley is blessed with masses of tiny white bell-shaped flowers that possess a sweet, intoxicating scent in late spring. Growing up to 20cm on arching stems, which contrast beautifully with its clumps of dark green foliage, this hardy perennial is native to alpine meadows and does best in moist soil where it will happily naturalise and gradually spread. A great cutflower to bring into your home and ideal for brightening up a shady border and making a perfumed carpet of colour under trees and shrubs. Spreading via a network of underground roots, the spring shoots are referred to as 'pips' and sit just beneath the surface of the soil before bursting into bloom. 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. Supplied as a pack of 10 pips.
Everyone loves magnificent lilies growing in the garden, where they are amongst the most beautiful and exotic looking summer flowers, and we're excited to bring you this wonderful collection of dwarf Oriental Lilies. Part of the 'Romance' Lily series bred by the famous G.A. Verdegall in the Netherlands, they boast the same familiar, extravagant flowers and delicious scent as other Oriental Lilies, yet are only half the height, growing to just 50cm tall. This makes them absolutely perfect for growing in pots, where they look fabulous grouped together, and of course, they bring a fantastic exotic feel to beds and borders too. Once the large, upward facing flowers burst open, they last for up to three weeks, creating a spectacular display in your garden, and there is no better flower for creating dramatic indoor arrangements. Each bulb will initially produce up to four flowers, and left in the ground all year, they'll come back bigger and better with even more flowers year after year. Supplied as a collection of 18 blubs, size 13/14, 6 of each variety: 'Fine Romance' - Beautiful pale pink flowers with a flush of yellow and dark edges petals.'Smart Romance' - Warm pink flowers with maroon speckles.'Rapid Romance' - Spectacular pink and white flower, looking very similar to 'Stargazer'.
If you want to grow a plant that will get tongues wagging, try this African lily. There's nothing finer than a large Agapanthus in full flower at the height of summer, creating an eruption of brilliant blue. Its head-turning blooms perch on lofty stems in mid and late summer, adding a Mediterranean touch to borders or to patio. It's the perfect plant for an ornate container and with a little care will last a lifetime. Even before the flower stems appear the bright green strap-like leaves are a lovely sight and heighten the expectation of the blooms to come from midsummer. Then as summer moves into autumn, agapanthus continues to provide interest long after the flowers fade as the sculptural form of its seed heads. Simply place in a sunny spot and enjoy this African native in your garden over summer! Supplied as 3 x established plants in 9cm pots, ready to plant out once all risk of frost has passed.
With its showy pale flowers that open from dark purple buds in autumn, Tricyrtis or the 'toad lily' provides bags of late season interest for any part of the garden in light or even full shade. Held aloft on wiry 50cm tall stems, the star-shaped flowers are attractively spotted purple, and rise above clumps of glossy, heavily grooved green leaves. This perennial thrives when planted in damp, moisture-retentive soil and is suitable for growing in shady borders, woodland gardens, under shrubs or in soil close to the pond. It deserves to be planted somewhere such that the intricate flowers can be viwed up close and also makes a lovely cut flower and will do well also in a container. Despite possessing exotic-looking blooms, the toad lily is as tough as old boots although if you live in a cold part of the country or have an exposed garden, it's best to cover plants with a thick mulch over winter. Supplied as 3 x established plants in 9cm pots, ready for planting out.