Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Rose ‘Yorkshire’ (Groundcover Rose)
Wide, white blooms stand out against the healthy green foliage of Rose ‘Yorkshire’. This superb groundcover rose is repeat flowering, producing a succession of lightly scented, semi double blooms all summer long.
Lilac ‘Michael Buchner’
With particularly large flowers and a powerful perfume, Lilac ‘Michael Buchner’ is an excellent choice for sensory gardens. Conical flower heads are densely packed with rose pink buds that open to reveal star-shaped, lilac blooms with pretty white centres. This charming Syringa has an upright habit which forms a large shrub or small, multi-branched tree.
Lilac ‘Mrs Edward Harding’
Syringa is a cottage garden ?must have? and Lilac ‘Mrs Edward Harding’ is a particularly choice variety. Showy panicles of double flowers with a deliciously sweet fragrance are produced in May and June. The red-purple blooms gradually fade to deep pink as they age, against a backdrop of attractive heart shaped foliage. This compact variety
Lilac ‘Paul Thirion’
Dark purple-red buds open to reveal double, rose-pink flowers with a heady perfume from May to June. Lilac ‘Paul Thirion’ is a compact lilac with an upright habit. The well branched stems are cloaked in a dense covering of heart shaped foliage, making this a superb screening shrub or background plant for the back of
Rose ‘Climbing Cécile Brünner’ (Climbing Rose)
A climbing sport of the well loved Sweetheart Rose bearing a profusion of tiny, fully double, soft pink flowers in loose clusters throughout the summer. Rose ‘Climbing Cécile Brünner’ is extremely free flowering, exuding a delicate perfume. This superb climbing polyantha rose has a lovely old-fashioned appearance that is perfect for training over doorways and
Rose ‘Gloriana’ (Miniature Climbing Rose)
Create a focal point for your patio with this diminutive climbing rose which will reach up to 250cm. The flexible stems are easy to train up an obelisk or trellis and this variety will suit being grown in either a large patio container or in your garden border. This delightful variety will repeat flower all
Rose banksiae ‘Rosea’ (Climbing Rose)
With a vigorous growth habit, this stunning variety will benefit from plenty of space to extend its long thornless stems. Rose banksiae ‘Rosea’ bears profuse clusters of small, double pink flowers in late spring. This fabulous Banksian rose makes a superb display when trained over high walls or into the canopy of a large tree,
Rose banksiae ‘Purezza’ (Climbing Rose)
Like other Banksian roses, Rose banksiae ‘Purezza’ has a vigorous climbing habit that demands plenty of space to perform at its best. This elegant variety is similar to Rose banksiae var. banksiae but with wider, more open blooms, and fewer flowers per cluster. The long stems are virtually thornless making them easy to train into
Magnolia x loebneri ‘Leonard Messel’
A deciduous Magnolia which produces lilac-pink, star-shaped flowers in spring with long, narrow petals that emerge from darker pink buds. Together with its narrow, oval, mid-green foliage, Magnolia x lobneri ‘Leonard Messel’ is an elegant choice for a small garden or for use as a statement plant in a larger garden. This shrub has also
Campsis grandiflora (Large plant)
This deciduous climber makes an exotic looking feature for walls and fences. The dark green foliage forms a fabulous backdrop for the slender, orange-red, trumpet-shaped flowers, which are borne from June to August at the tips of the stems. Unlike most Trumpet Vines, Campsis grandiflora has fewer aerial roots to help it cling to walls
Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Indian Summer’
The lush foliage and effervescent orange blooms of ‘Indian Summer’ might look exotic, but campsis plants are easy to grow in a warm sheltered spot of the garden. Vigorous without being invasive, make this gorgeous climber the workhorse of your summer displays – clothe walls, fences or pergolas in tropical colour from late spring right
Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Tarantella’ (Large plant)
If you love the exotic looks of Trumpet Vines but don?t have the space, then try Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Tarantella’. With a shorter, more compact habit, this superb variety is more manageable than other cultivars. The apricot-pink, trumpet blooms are borne from July right through to autumn in dense clusters at the ends of the
Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Summer Jazz – Gold’
The Summer Jazz series of the Trumpet Vine are compact and not as vigorous as other varieties. Campsis tagliabuana ‘Gold’ has showy rich golden-yellow trumpet-shaped flowers which appear from spring, lasting well into autumn. This hardy, deciduous shrub provides a backdrop of mid-green tooth-shaped leaves, which makes this an ideal choice for training up a
Bumper Plant Collection
Take advantage of this spectacular offer and transform your garden with this beautiful selection of plants. Fill a border or patio with this vibrant mix of hardy shrubs, summer flowering bulbs and cottage garden perennials, or dot them around to plug gaps for a garden display, jam-packed with colour and texture next season – and
Campsis radicans f. flava
This strong growing, dense, vigorous, deciduous climber bears masses of trumpet-shaped, deep yellow flowers all summer long, attaching itself to structures and climbs by aerial rootlets. Its foliage is strongly toothed with distinctive veining. As the weather begins to cool, the foliage starts to mellow to yellow-green and the blooms give way to pod-like capsules
Campsis x tagliabuana ‘Summer Jazz – Fire’
The Summer Jazz series of the Trumpet Vine are compact and not as vigorous as other varieties. Campsis tagliabuana ‘Fire’ has showy red-orange trumpet-shaped flowers which appear from spring, lasting well into autumn. This hardy, deciduous shrub provides a backdrop of mid-green tooth-shaped leaves, which makes this an ideal choice for training up a small
