Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Oxalis Censation Double Pink Wonder
Oxalis Censation Double Pink Wonder This attractive Oxalis, also known as Shamrock, boasts double, blush white flowers that contrast with their red picotee edges. This variety is a low growing bulb, producing a spreading clump of triangular, clover-like foliage. Although perennial, this magnificent plant is only half-hardy. In particularly mild and sheltered areas, they can
Lily Bulbs – Tasman
Give your garden a taste of the tropics with this sensational Tree Lily! The enormous, exotic-looking blooms of Lily ‘Tasman’ are quite astonishing. The perfumed flowers rise on thick stems that rarely need staking. This breath-taking Oriental Lily forms a towering architectural feature in summer borders where it always attracts pollinating insects. It is particularly
Lily Bulbs – Primrose Hill
The tropical blooms of Lily ‘Primrose Hill’ are simply breath-taking! Enormous, gleaming white flowers are streaked with pale gold, each petal boasting a pale lilac edge. This tall tree lily makes a majestic focal point in the garden – its thick stems reaching up to 120cm (71) with maturity. This towering Oriental Lily is best
Dahlia Plant – Mambo
Perfect for adding an exotic feel to the garden! Dahlia ‘Mambo’ is an anemone type with a big impact in borders, beds and patio pots. Fabulous, mauve-pink, double blooms with gold-tipped petals are borne on neat, bushy plants throughout summer. If you can spare a few, they make wonderful cut flowers for a vase indoors.
Japanese Blood Grass – Red Baron
Japanese Blood Grass Plants – Red Baron Leaves that change colour! A stunning, spiky-looking grass with lime-green leaves that turn progressively through burgundy-red to claret-blood-red in late summer and into autumn. Ideal for borders or patio containers, it shows good drought tolerance once established. Height 30-50cm (12-20"); spread 30cm (12"). Middle of border variety. Ideal
Dahlia Orange Turmoil
The fully double blooms of this popular cactus dahlia produce a kaleidoscope of orange shades for a truly eye-catching display in the garden, whether set in sunny borders or large patio containers. The sturdy stems make excellent cut flower specimens too. These easy to grow dahlia plants bloom over a very long flowering season –
Alstroemeria Summer Lovely
Alstroemeria Summer Lovely This brand new alstroemeria has been grown to be an especially hardy variety with a wonderful ‘free-flowering habit! ‘Summer Lovely’ produces dense clumps of luscious green foliage that contrasts dramatically against the bright, scarlet red blooms. The long-lasting flowers emerge continuously throughout the warm summer months and continue straight through to autumn.
Acer Palmatum Beni-Shichi-Henge
Acer pal. Beni-Shichi-Henge shows that its one of the best variegated Japanese maples around as its white margined green leaves are overlaid with pinks and oranges. Which make spectacular displays throughout the seasons. The name translates to "red and changeful". A medium-sized tree perfect for a container in a smaller garden or planting into a
Calycanthus Raulstonii Hartlage Wine
Calycanthus × raulstonii ‘Hartlage Wine’, a shrub with upright to arching branches. It is multi-stemmed and has oval leaves carried in pairs and its bark is aromatic. Its wine red flowers have a touch of cream in the centre and are lightly fragrant. These are produced all through the summer. RHS Award of Garden Merit
Chimonanthus Praecox
Chimonanthus Praecox Add interest and colour to your garden with this stunning Chimonanthus Chimonanthus praecox, also known as wintersweet, is a vigorous deciduous shrub with an erect trunk and leaves that are 5-29 cm long. Its strongly scented flowers, produced in winter are yellow or pale green-yellow, tepals. However, as lovely as it looks, its’
Alstroemeria Sweet Laura
This easy to grow hardy perennial produces clusters of beautiful sunshine yellow blooms with dashes of burnt orange, sat upon strong stems. Alstroemeria ‘Sweet Laura’ will be sure to add some colour to your garden from June through to October and will release the most wonderful elegant fragrance. Ideal for planting in your cottage garden
Hemerocallis Longfields Black Magic
An easy to grow variety that produces large, crimped, almost-black flowers sat upon rich green strap-like foliage. Hemerocallis ‘Longfields Black Magic’ is an eye-catching variety that blooms from June to September. Perfect for your sunny garden borders, providing a dramatic contrast when mixed with paler varieties.
Fuchsia Hardy Versicolour
Fuchsia Hardy Versicolour is a deciduous shrub with olive green foliage splashed with cream and pink variegation making a beaming backdrop for the scarlet and indigo flowers. Versicolour will flower from May right through to October. Height: 1m (3′). Spread: 1.5m (5′).
Magnolia Galaxy
Magnolia Galaxy The Galaxy is arguably one of the most glamourous of all the Magnolia trees. The beautifully perfumed pink flowers blossom from deep red-purple buds. The Galaxy has a long flowering period, blooming from an early age and generally avoiding most frosts. A popular and well-known variety, this magnolia definitely earns its RHS AGM.
Astrantia censation Milano – Bare Roots
Astrantia censation Milano Astrantia censation Milano flowers from June until September and creates full raspberry-coloured blooms. It enjoys growing in a sunny yet shaded position and would sit well in a cottage, wildlife, cut flower or woodland garden. Hattie’s pincushion is loved by bees and butterflies, it is great for encouraging wildlife and holding onto
Canna Tropicanna Gold
This tender perennial will bring an exotic flavour to the garden! Luxuriant large leaves streaked with gold form opulent clumps that make a magnificent feature even before the flowers appear. From June to October, tangerine orange blooms rise on sturdy stems to create the perfect contrast. Canna ‘Tropicanna Gold’ loves a damp, sunny position beside
Shrub Fragrant Collection
Viburnum x bodnantense Dawn Awarded the RHS Garden of Merit Award, it flowers from October through to April, just when your garden longs for colour and scent. Height Up To 300cm (118.1in)Spread Up To 200cm (78.7in). Chimonanthus praecox Flowering from December through to March this plant will brighten up those winter days with the added
Sambucas nigra Plant – Black Beauty
A spreading shrub or small tree with arching purplish shoots bearing narrow oblong leaves. Silver catkins appear in early spring on bare stems. Height 200-250cm. Supplied in a 3 litre pot or 7.5-10 litre pot.
Blackberry (Rubus) Loch Ness
Blackberry (Rubus) Loch Ness The Blackberry Loch Ness is easy to grow and ideal for smaller gardens. This self-fertile Rubus produces firm, glossy-black conical fruits on its short, upright thornless canes. Known for being a heavy cropper; the Blackberry Loch Ness can yield up to 3.6kg (8lb) of fruit per bush, which can then be
Acer palmatum Orange Beauty
Acer palmatum Orange Dream provides an ideal distinction between foliage and flower. New foliage shows an orange/yellow colour with a dark orange edge complimented by small red flowers, as the year progresses the leaves change from lime-green in the summer to bright yellow in the autumn. This RHS AGM winner is perfect in a large
