Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Lavatera x clementii ‘Burgundy Wine’
Awarded an RHS AGM, Lavatera x clementii ‘Burgundy Wine’ makes a useful shrub for the back of sunny borders. The upright stems are covered in felted, grey-green foliage that remains semi-evergreen.
Dianthus ‘Sunflor Bling Bling Yellow’
This modern Carnation makes a reliable and easy to grow border perennial. The slender grey-green foliage forma neat, spreading mound that remains evergreen.
Scabiosa atropurpurea ‘Beaujolais Bonnets’
Found by chance in a Suffolk garden, this showy Scabious produces large, burgundy pincushion flowers surrounded by an outer collar of raspberry pink petals.
Astrantia major ‘Star Of Billion’
This understated cultivar was bred for the cut flower industry, but makes a fine garden perennial. Astrantia major ‘Star Of Billion’ produces upright stems of pincushion flowers from June to August.
Lavender stoechas ‘Bandera’
An adorable little French Lavender reaching just 20cm tall! This dwarf cultivar is perfect for filling beds and patio containers, or edging the front of borders.
Geum ‘Blazing Sunset’
Fully double, scarlet red Geum flowers rise above clumps of foliage on thin, wiry stems. Geum ‘Blazing Sunset’ adds a bright splash of colour to borders – the large flowers make a dazzling and unusual addition to cut flower arrangements too.
Jasminum officinale ‘Fiona Sunrise’
Glorious yellow foliage covers the twining stems of Jasminum officinale ‘Fiona Sunrise’. The leaves emerge chartreuse-green and gradually mature to bright gold by autumn.
Vinca minor ‘Bowles’s Variety’
The spreading stems of this vigorous, mat-forming perennial are covered with glossy, dark green foliage that forms dense ground cover with time.
Vinca minor f. alba ‘Gertrude Jekyll’
The spreading stems of Vinca minor ‘Gertrude Jekyll’ provide glossy, evergreen foliage that makes useful, weed-beating ground cover.
Dianthus ‘Odessa Pure’
Elegant and unpretentious, Dianthus ‘Odessa Pure’ makes a superb border perennial. The sturdy upright stems are topped with snow white blooms throughout summer, with a sweet, clove-like fragrance.
Blueberry ‘Bluecrop’
Blueberry ‘Bluecrop’ features graceful white flowers in spring and produces a mass of rich flavoured fruit in August, with colourful foliage and red stems during the winter months. This self fertile mid season variety is excellent for a large patio pot or smaller garden. Height: 120cm (4′). Spread: 90cm (3′).
Blackberry ‘Apache’
Huge, glossy blackberries weighing up to 11g each are produced on this mid-season variety from Arkansas. The sweet, juicy berries are easily harvested from the erect, thornless stems of Blackberry ‘Apache’. Blackberries are quick to establish and easy to grow, rewarding you with flavoursome fruits to add to desserts or make your own jams. Our
Fuchsia ‘Delta’s Sarah’ (Hardy)
This beautiful bush variety produces a succession of supremely weather resistant, unusual coloured blue flowers, up 6cm (2) in diameter. The semi-double blooms of hardy Fuchsia ‘Delta’s Sarah’ make a spectacular display in borders and patio containers year after year, in ever increasing numbers.
Prunus ‘Royal Burgundy’
Ornate, heavily dissected, evergreen leaves provide a superb contrast with the glistening white flowers from early spring. Clematis x cartmanii ‘Avalanche’ boasts some of the largest blooms of the evergreen clematis, with flowers up to 4cm in diameter.
Sorbus ulleungensis ‘Olympic Flame’
Commonly known as False Acacia, this golden-leaved tree makes a colourful specimen plant. The pinnate foliage emerges citrus yellow, and darkens to chartreuse-green before autumn turns it buttery gold.
Coprosma repens ‘Pacific Night’
This compact evergreen shrub makes a superb container plant – perfect for adding year round colour to the conservatory or brightening up the patio in summer.
Hebe ‘Super Red’
Selected from Hebe ?Red Edge? parentage, this hardy evergreen shrub is virtually identical, but with much improved colouring to its winter foliage.
Hedera helix ‘Glacier’
This vigorous Ivy will quickly scale walls and fences to create an evergreen patchwork of attractive, lobed foliage. Dark green and silvery grey leaves, are each edged with irregular, bright cream margins.
Hedera helix ‘Green Ripple’
This large-leaved Ivy is the perfect way to cover a shady north facing wall. The dark green foliage is glossy with contrasting, pale veins.
