Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Wildlife Garden Seeds – Corn Marigold
These bright yellow flowers were once common in the cornfields of Britain, but nowadays are confined principally to areas of waste. Height 45-60cm (1½-2′). HA – Hardy annual. Naturalised in Britain since the Iron Age Long sowing period Self seeds’ readily
Aesculus x car Briotii
This attractive Aesculus is smaller than its relation, the conker tree. In summer the flowers are a deep-pink against green foliage. The foliage has seasonal interest when the leaves turn shades of yellow, orange and brown in the autumn. Produces small nuts ina less spikey casing than other conker trees. This RHS AGM winner is Full
Hebe Albicans Super Red
Hebe Albicans Super Red The Hebe Albicans Super Red is a neat and compact, hardy shrub and has great appeal if you are looking for a low manitenance evergreen, with interest all the year round. In autumn the whole plant turns a rich red colour which will guarantee to brighten your borders in the dullest
Sweet Pea Seeds – Spencer Special Mix
A bright colour range that make excellent cut flowers. Seed selected from first-class sweet peas, many of them fragrant. HA – Hardy annual. Height 1.8m (6′). Scent 2. Heritage seed variety.
Gladioli Brown Sugar
A modern Sword Lily in a bold shade of burnt orange that will certainly attract attention! Gladiolus ‘Brown Sugar’ adds fiery colour to exotic borders and hot planting schemes. With sturdy upright stems, this hardy perennial makes a spectacular cut flower too. Try planting gladioli in groups at 14-day intervals to extend their flowering season,
Gladioli Limoncello
A contemporary Sword Lily with a citrus twist! The large yellow blooms of Gladiolus ‘Limoncello’ make a spectacular sight in perennial border where their sunshine blooms will lift your spirits, even on the dullest of days. The strong upright stems are superb for adding structure to cut flower arrangements. Try planting gladioli in groups at
Dianthus Plant – Tickled Pink
The Dianthus Tickled Pink is a hardy perennial perfect in patio pots or planted at the front of borders, rockeries and gravel gardens. With a neat, compact habit, a classic cottage garden favourite blooms for long periods and producing a sweet-spicy scent. Tickled Pink has decorous, bright pink flowers which set off its silvery coloured
Aster Plants – Samoa
Add a dash of purple-blue flowers with bright golden centres to your beds and borders for autumn. A hardy perennial Aster Samoa is very low maintenance throughout the year, perfect choice for wildlife gardens as it attracts pollinators with its nectar-rich flowers. Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 40cm (16).
Hosta Wide Brim
Hosta Wide Brim The Hosta Wide Brim is a well know variety of hosta. Awarded an RHS AGM for its garden performance, this hardy perennial is clump-forming and develops into an attractive dense rounded plant over time. The attractive variegated foliage has deep green centers and pale gold margins. Lilac blue, funnel-shaped flowers appear on
Pinus Mugo Pumilio Plant
Commonly known as the dwarf mountain pine, Pumilio will stay quite small and low with a slight spreading habit, producing all year round interest. The dark green needles are approximately 4cm long and small brown cones will develop. Height 50-60cm. Supplied in a 3 litre pot.
Juniperus communis Plant – Repanda
Due to its fantastic garden performance; Juniperus Communis Repanda earned itself an RHS Award of Garden Merit! This low-spreading Common Juniper has a low, mat-forming habit; perfect for evergreen ground cover. Its prostrate branches are carpeted in thin, dark-green foliage; earning shades of bronze throughout Winter. When established, the Juniperus Communis Repanda is an extremely
Enkianthus campanulatus
The Enkianthus Campanulatus is a low maintenance shrub perfect for a woodland display or back of a border. This Enkianthus starts to flower in early Summer and continues to grow until Autumn when the leaves turn to bright shades of red. An easy to grow hardy shrub will provide two displays each year. Height and Spread:
Hydrangea paniculata Plant – Bobo®
The Hydrangea Paniculata Bobo is a neat and compact shrub, most suitable for the front of borders or large patio containers. Cone-shaped, pure white blooms present in late Summer, and as they mature, turn pale pink before Autumn arrives; when its gorgeous foliage steals the focus. Height: 90cm (36?) Spread: 120cm. The height and spread
Acer Palmatum Katsura
A dull rainy day in spring, look no further than this RHS AGM winner to brighten up your day! Leaves emerge a golden-orange colour with bright pink edges and soon matures to a bright green in the summer. Acer palmatum Katsura is compact and stands out in a landscape setting but is also perfect for
Salix caprea Plant – Kilmarnock
Salix Caprea Kilmarnock is the perfect addition to rockeries, borders and patio containers. This ?Kilmarnock Willow is a deciduous small tree, which makes a brilliant architectural specimen. Providing early nectar for insects; it?s certainly helpful in wildlife areas. Yellow-grey catkins emerge on its bare, weeping branches; a notification that Spring has arrived! The weeping branches
Hibiscus Syriacus Blue Chiffon
Hibiscus Syriacus Blue Chiffon The Hibiscus Syr. Blue Chiffon offers stunning pale blue, double flowers from late summer through into autumn. An RHS AGM winning tree hollyhock, the centre of each flower has a neat swirl of smaller petals, making Hibiscus syriacus ‘Blue Chiffon’ extremely pleasing on the eye. Will withstand most weather conditions, unlike
Campanula persicifolia Caerulea
Campanula persicifolia Caerulea Campanula Caerulea will provide displays unlike you have ever seen, with its lavender-lilac coloured bell-shaped blooms that will appear above upright pale green foliage. These nectar rich blooms will attract and feed plenty of pollinating insects, making this a great choice for wildlife areas, as well as cottage gardens! A trustworthy hardy
Campanula persicifolia Telham Beauty
Campanula persicifolia Caerulea Campanula Telham Beauty is a well-loved and well-known Fairy Bellflower due to its elegant lilac-blue bell-shaped blooms that beautifully decorate slender pale green foliage throughout June and July! If you are looking to add a new hardy perennial to your garden that will require minimal maintenance for effortless displays, then Campanula Telham
Aronia Prunifolia Aron
Aronia Prunifolia Aron Create interest in any garden with this hardy shrub; Aronia x prunifolia ‘Aron’ flowers in late spring to early summer with clusters of fragrant white blooms, before the green foliage becomes a cavilcade of vibrant colour into the autumn months – with vibrant shades of purple and red. Lika all Aronia, this
Geranium endressii Plants
Geranium endressii or Endres’s cranesbill is a hardy herbaceous perennial, pretty rose pink flowers from May through to September attract pollinators. Ideal for ground cover in most aspects, a useful addition to the cottage garden, rockery and wildlife garden, required little maintenance. Height Up To 50cm (20in) Spread Up To 100cm (40in)"
