Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Gaura lindheimeri
Graceful Gaura lindheimeri is a lovely plant for any sunny border. Sprays of star-like white flowers unfurl from narrow pale pink buds in June, swaying in the breeze on slender arching stems, bringing movement into the garden, and lasting right through to October. Gaura lindheimeri certainly deserves its RHS Award of Garden Merit as it
Hemerocallis ‘Pink Damask’
Upright, branching stems carry large, trumpet-shaped, salmon pink blooms with golden throats from early summer onwards. The blooms of this showy Day Lily rise above slender, strappy foliage that arches gracefully to form a neat clump.
Vitex agnus-castus ‘Blue Puffball’
A particularly attractive variety of this rarely seen shrub. Often mistaken for Buddleja, this hardy aromatic shrub boasts slender foliage and late summer clusters of violet-blue flowers.
Cortaderia selloana ‘Pumila’
Cortaderia selloana ‘Pumila’ is a compact variety of Pampas Grass, only 1.2m (3.9′) and is much more manageable than its larger cousin! The evergreen tufts are perfect for filling a gap in your border, even in small gardens.’Pumila’ gives interest to the garden all year, but are at their best in August when silvery plumes
Clematis ‘Kokonoe’
Clematis ?Kokonoe? is a brand new variety, and sister to our best-selling Clematis ?Taiga?! Opulent, double blooms with rich, violet purple petals produce a luxurious display. The earliest blooms emerge as singles, but as the season progresses the flowers become more double, taking on a pom-pom appearance by late summer.
Phlox subulata ‘Emerald Cushion Blue’
This prolific ground cover is the ideal way to bring a splash of colour to the garden whilst acting as an effective weed suppressant
Cistus x pulverulentus ‘Sunset’
Commonly known as the Rock Rose or Sun Rose, this low growing shrub is a ‘must-have’ for hot, sunny borders and gravel gardens.
Hellebore Niger Potted Plants
Snow white, saucer shaped blooms are flushed with green and pink, and slowly deepen in colour as they age
Heuchera ‘Berry Smoothie’
Heuchera ‘Berry Smoothie’ has attractive pink foliage with caret red veins, which slowly deepens to burgundy come autumn. A new introduction and another eye-catching variety of this popular evergreen perennial. An added bonus is creamy white flowers to add further interest in summer, they are also attractive to pollinating insects. A wise choice for providing year
Choisya ternata
With shiny green foliage and fragrant white flowers in late spring, then again in late summer and early autumn, the Mexican Orange Blossom shrub is suitable for contemporary gardens and ‘white gardens’ where only plants with white flowers are planted. Choisya ternata are neat, compact and low maintenance. They are tolerant of exposed and difficult
Verbena rigida
Dense 5cm (2in) clusters of purple fragrant flowers and dark green leaves. Adds height and interest to bedding displays. Lift tubers in autumn. Height: 30-60cm (1-2ft)
Anemone x hybrida ‘Robustissima’
Anemone x hybrida ‘Robustissima’ is a superb variety for perennial borders that will quickly form a dense clump of deeply cut foliage. In late summer the slender, branching stems produce an abundance of fluttering, saucer-shaped, pale pink blooms.
Viola sororia ‘Freckles’
Viola sororia ‘Freckles’ is quite unlike any other variety, bearing violet-purple, speckled flowers from spring through into summer. These unusual blooms are held above neat clumps of deep-green, heart-shaped foliage. A memorable Violet, ‘Freckles’ self-seeds freely, dotting its offspring around the garden ? look forward to lots of welcome surprises next spring! It’s perfect for
Astilbe x arendsii ‘Weisse Gloria’
Highlight your late-summer garden in with this impressive hardy perennial. Astilbe x arendsii ‘Weisse Gloria’ throws out a showy profusion of dense white flower clusters with a plume-like appearance, above a neat clump of finely divided foliage.
Pulsatilla vulgaris ‘Alba’
A gleaming white cultivar of Pasque Flower, with nodding, bell-shaped blooms from April to May. Pulsatilla vulgaris ‘Alba’ is a small, clump forming perennial with finely dissected, softly fuzzy foliage, and tactile, silky seedheads.
Monstera deliciosa (House Plant)
Instantly recognisable for its lustrous, dark green, heart-shaped leaves with their characteristic splits. The holes appear as the leaves grow, creating a palm-like effect and giving it the common name of Swiss Cheese Plant. This climbing plant is best trained ion to a moss pole.
Prunus x cistena
Prunus x cistena forms an upright, bushy, slow growing shrub which also makes a good low maintenance, deciduous hedge. Alternatively, grow as a specimen shrub in a container on the patio or as a focal point in the garden. Its single, pale pink, fragrant flowers appear in spring, after the young leaves have appeared.
Salvia patens ‘Blue Angel’
Salvias are bang on trend in UK gardens right now! This one is a stunning half-hardy Gentian Sage, with exquisite, cobalt blue flowers that are quite alluring. This elegant perennial forms a clump of triangular mid-green foliage that cloaks the well branched stems.
Jasminum nudiflorum
Originating in Northern China, Jasmine nudiflorum, is an evergreen, winter flowering, scented Jasmine. From February onwards the plant becomes full of small, canary yellow flowers, that line the many sprawling, woody, green stems. These can be trained up walls or can cascade over walls. It is a lovely plant for spring colour, as a backdrop
