Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Hellebore ‘Black Swan’
Grow the most prestigious Christmas Rose in your garden. Hellebores are true garden gems during the winter months; producing luxuriant flowers during the coldest months of the year when little else is in growth, let alone in flower! We run our own unique hellebore breeding programme at our Suffolk trial grounds. New for 2015, we
Delosperma ‘Wheels of Wonder’
Standard ice plants make excellent ground cover, providing low-maintenance and continuous flower power. But if you find the blooms a little small, then new ‘Wheels of Wonder Series’ is for you. A marked improvement, this new strain has flowers twice the size and it boasts some super psychedelic colour combinations too. Plants are hardy, and
Rhododendron ‘Germania’
Upright clusters of deep rose-pink flowers make a showy display in late May. The vibrant blooms stand out against a background of broad, glossy, evergreen leaves. Rhododendron ‘Germania’ is a hardy, free flowering variety that makes an appealing specimen shrub in areas with acid soils.
Potato ‘Adessa’
Try the world?s first commercially available Potato raised directly from seed! Potato ?Adessa? is a breeding breakthrough, allowing gardeners to grow potatoes without the need for ?chitting? tubers first.
Wisteria floribunda ‘Domino’
This Japanese Wisteria makes a worthy choice for sunny walls and fences. The fragrant lilac-blue, pea-like flowers are borne in short racemes of around 20cm (8) long in May and June.
Wisteria ‘Tiverton’
Wisteria ‘Tiverton’ is a vigorous, deciduous climber producing up to 1 metre long racemes of light fragrant, mauve-blue to purple blooms with a yellow spot. ‘Tiverton’ is best grown in full sun or part shade making the ideal specimen to grow along a sunny wall, arch or pergola. Height: 9m (28′) Spread: 5m (16′).
Cordyline ‘Red Star’
Introduce low maintenance Cordyline ?Red Star? into your planting schemes and enjoy effortless year-round colour and structure. This resilient evergreen shrub makes a fantastic focal point throughout the year.
Spiraea ‘Sparkling Champagne’
Spiraea japonica ‘Sparkling Champagne’ is guaranteed to bring a dazzling splash of colour to your garden. Colourful foliage emerges a lovely rose-red shade in spring, which matures to lime-green during summer. From early to late summer, this hardy, deciduous shrub will be covered with dainty flower clusters.
Aucuba japonica ‘Crotonifolia’
Don’t be fooled by this Spotted Laurel’s delicate flowers and exotic foliage, for the hardy shrub is well-suited to the changeable British climate. Whether it’s planted in a shady, dry or costal garden, Aucuba japonica ‘Crotonifolia’ will sport glossy, evergreen, gold-patterned leaves and produce small, rusty red flowers in the spring. The plant continues to
Escallonia ‘Red Dream’
This mix of daffodil bulbs will include everything from big, carnation-flowered doubles to pretty pink-petalled varieties. You won’t be short of fragrance OR colour, that’s for sure! Height and spread varies. Bulb size: 12/14.
Rosemary ‘Miss Jessop’s Upright’
A vigorous RHS AGM variety, well-loved by gardeners and cooks alike! Upright, silvery stems are covered in needle-like evergreen foliage which is deeply aromatic.
Abelia ‘Edward Goucher’
This variety of Glossy Abelia is a rounded, hardy shrub, which can be grown into a particularly striking informal hedge. Its semi-evergreen foliage retains its green colouring until the autumn, when the oval leaves acquire a bronze hue. However, it is the lilac-pink flowers that appear in July that arguably make Abelia ‘Edward Goucher’ most
Potentilla fruticosa ‘Red Ace’
Compact enough to be grown in a pot on your patio but hardy enough to be included in any bed or border planting scheme, Potentilla fruticosa ‘Red Ace’ is impressive however you choose to display it in your garden.
Hydrangea serrata ‘Bluebird’
Rich, dark blue centres of this dainty lacecap variety of the popular shrub are encircled by paler blue large florets, the two together show each other off in spectacular fashion.
Weigela ‘Bristol Ruby’
A deciduous shrub, forming clusters of bell-shaped, deep red flowers that open from plum-coloured buds in late spring, right the way through to early summer.
Rhododendron ‘Cunningham’s White’
A particularly resilient variety that will even tolerate a neutral to slightly alkaline soil. This tough evergreen produces white flowers, with a splash of pale gold at the centre, opening from mauve buds.
Fuchsia ‘Pink Fizz’ (Hardy)
The next generation of climbing fuchsias has arrived! Fuchsia ‘Pink Fizz’ offers a huge improvement over the climbing favourite ‘Lady Boothby’. Showy and free flowering, the dangling pink blooms are produced along the entire length of the stem and not just on the tips. The vigorous upright stems can extend by up to 1.5m (5ft)
Euphorbia characias ‘Glacier Blue’
Icy blue-green foliage makes this hardy Euphorbia a cool addition to the garden. Looks great on its own in a border or container but even better when planted in swathes. Height & spread 60cm (24)
Cottage Garden Collection
What could be easier than our Cottage Garden Collection? Not only will we send you these fantastic perennial plants at the perfect time for planting, we’ve also chosen 5 fantastic varieties that will look perfect together in any cottage garden!
