Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Iris setosa ‘Baby Blue’
A superb choice for coastal areas where bearing masses of fragrant, golden, pea-like flowers that will brighten the garden from March to April.
Rhodanthemum ‘Marrakech’
Britain’s best known dessert cherry that reliably produces firm, dark red fleshed fruits with the sweetest flavour, that can be harvested from mid July to August. A Canadian bred variety, Cherry ‘Stella’ makes an attractive tree both in flower or when laden with fruit.
Lavender ‘Hidcote’
Lavender ‘Hidcote’ must be one of the nation’s best-known varieties of English lavender. Its fragrant stems are ideal for cutting or drying, and the nectar-rich flowers attract a wealth of bees. With its compact habit and dark purple flower heads, ‘Hidcote’ makes an excellent low hedge or path edging, where you can appreciate the fragrance
Salvia ‘Hot Lips’
For eye-catching colour in your summer borders or patio containers look no further than the Salvia jamensis ‘Hot Lips’. This beautiful, bushy perennial has the most delightful open-mouthed red and white bicolour blooms which when the weather is very hot will erupt into colours of solid red and solid white flowers. Savia microphylla ‘Hot Lips’
Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’
Choisya ternata ‘Sundance’ has luminescent yellow evergreen foliage that contrasts brilliantly with darker green shrubs in garden borders. It is extremely low maintenance and tolerant of difficult growing conditions, making it ideal for exposed sites and coastal gardens. Planting in a full sun position will produce the best colour for the foliage. It has five
Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Bodensee’
Awarded and RHS AGM for its garden performance, this impressive Californian Lilac makes a showy display. From May to June, Ceanothus ‘Blue Mound’ is smothered in masses of deep blue flower heads.
Convolvulus Cneorum
Convolvulus cneorum, also known as Shrubby Bindweed, Silverbush or Silver Bindweed is an evergreen, drought tolerant plant from the Mediterranean region, that grows well in British gardens. It has very silvery, linear foliage and pretty white, funnel shaped flowers in late spring and summer. It is a plant that is particularly well suited for gravel gardens,
Sedum ewersii var. homophyllum ‘Rosenteppich’
An RHS AGM variety with beautiful arching branches that give the oriental feel of a classic Japanese Cherry. The elegant, gently weeping branches are smothered in deep pink cherry blossom in spring.
Choisya x dewitteana ‘White Dazzler’
Choisya x dewitteana ‘White Dazzler’ is a Mexican Orange Blossom plant that has evergreen foliage and produces scented white flowers first in spring, then another flush of blooms in autumn. Very low maintenance, compact and tolerant of poor growing conditions the RHS awarded this plant its Award of Garden Merit. It is ideal for garden
Salvia ‘Lavender Dilly Dilly’
Commonly known as Cheal?s Weeping Cherry, this eye-catching cultivar makes a superb stand-alone specimen plant. Pendulous branches drape from a central trunk to create a cascade of double pink Cherry blossom from late April.
Antirrhinum ‘Bronze Apricot’
The distinctive, lightly scented purple blooms of Solanum crispum ?Glasnevin? betray its close family ties with the humble potato.
Salvia ‘Clotted Cream’
Apple ?Cox Self Fertile’ produces juicy, crisp dessert fruits that are similar to ?Cox?s Orange Pippin?, but without the need for a pollination partner.
Dianthus caryophyllus ‘Sunflor Beetle’
Fine, billowing, thread-like foliage forms neat, arching clumps that tremble with the slightest breeze. The fluffy, buff-coloured flowerheads give a silvery shimmer to this tactile, deciduous grass.
Stipa tenuissima
Malus ?Adirondack? is an exceptional edible Crab Apple with a coveted RHS AGM. From mid-Spring, a striking display of waxy white blooms emerge from deep pink buds. By summer they are replaced by edible, glossy-red fruits that remain on the tree well into winter, when they provide valuable food for hungry birds.
Salvia ‘Dyson’s Joy’
Apple ?Golden Delicious? is a versatile garden variety for the warmer parts of the UK, which can be used both as a dessert and cooking apple. This easy to grow variety produces good yields of attractive golden-green apples that store well over a long period after harvesting.
Geranium sanguineum ‘Pink Pouffe’
Iris setosa ‘Baby Blue’ is a charming little Iris of petite proportions, reaching just 20cm (8) tall. Violet veins decorate the lavender-blue petals, which are splashed with white at the centre of each bloom.
Thunbergia alata ‘Arizona Trio’
This columnar, deciduous tree makes a fine specimen for small gardens and confined spaces. The young, pinnate foliage of Sorbus ulleungensis ‘Olympic Flame’ emerges bronze, maturing to green in summer. Prominent clusters of tiny cream flowers are borne in
