Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Delphinium ‘Summer Skies’ (Pacific Hybrid)
Beautiful sky-blue flowers form tall, soft spires above neat clumps of foliage. A classic cottage garden perennial, Delphinium ‘Summer Skies’ is perfectly at home in sunny herbaceous borders, where it’s statuesque flowers add vertical interest and eye-catching colour throughout June and July. Delphinium flowers are a favourite of bees and the stems also make superb
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’
Crocosmia ‘Lucifer’ is well loved for its tall, arching stems with fiery red trumpets above crimped, sword-like foliage in late summer, just as other border perennials begin to fade. With a RHS AGM, this variety is prized for its robust and resilient nature, also adding structure and height to sunny herbaceous borders. The tall stems
Cornus ‘Eddie’s White Wonder’
Eddie’s White Wonder’ is a wonderful Cornus indeed. This Dogwood is well-suited to smaller cottage gardens, for it can be pruned into a multi-stemmed shrub. Even when grown into a tree, the hardy plant’s height is limited to around 6m (20′), ensuring that it doesn’t get too out of hand. Given plenty of sunlight, Cornus
Coreopsis ‘Full Moon’
Why should the full moon only be admired once a month? This variety of tickseed brings the beauty of the night sky to cottage, cut flower and wildlife gardens every day throughout July, August and September. Its yellow petals form a round daisy shape, which rises above the hardy perennial’s low foliage like a twinkling
Delphinium ‘Black Knight’
Delphinium ‘Black Knight’ looks wonderful in cottage gardens, planted at the back of the border in bold clumps. This hardy perennial has deep indigo-blue flowers, each with a black eye. It produces its floral display in early summer and will often delight the grower with a second flowering later in the season. These are architectural,
Clematis ‘Ernest Markham’
Twining over a pergola or garden arch or climbing up a wall or fence, this gorgeous Clematis is covered in large bright magenta-pink flowers in summer. Clematis ‘Ernest Markham’ makes an unforgettable display, especially if it is grown in full sun. It holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit. is easy to maintain and can
Clematis flammula
There’s no question about the scent of this clematis, the sweet almondy fragrance becomes stronger as the buds burst open and the flowers develop. Fast growing and wonderfully vigorous, this variety is ideal for difficult areas such as the bases of conifers
Creeping Thyme
Aromatic Thyme is one of the most useful kitchen herbs and this evergreen creeping variety will grow almost anywhere whether containers, rock gardens or cracks between paving. Ideal for creating a low carpet of ground cover, it also attracts bees to its tiny, pink flowers. It copes well with winds and dry conditions, making Thyme
Clematis ‘Elizabeth’
Clematis ‘Elizabeth’ is a well-known variety with an RHS AGM. Its purple-tinged foliage provides the perfect contrast to a display of sweet almond scented blooms in late spring and early summer. A montana variety, ‘Elizabeth’ has a vigorous habit and easily romps over walls and fences. Height: 10m (30′). Spread: 3m (10′). Pruning group: 1.
Clematis ‘Ruby Wedding’
The ruby-coloured dark red flowers of Clematis ‘Ruby Wedding’ appear in late summer and continue through to autumn. The dainty, star shaped blooms are on show at a time when other flowers are scarce, making it a particularly welcome addition to the garden. Clematis texensis ‘Ruby Wedding’ also makes the perfect gift for a special
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Sunray’
The neat and compact plants of Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Sunray’ are smothered in golden-yellow, semi-double flowers all summer long. This versatile tickseed plant grows almost anywhere, even in dry soil! Mix it up with summer bedding annuals to provide a truly amazing and long-lasting display. Height: 50cm (19). Spread: 45cm (18).
Clematis ‘John Howells’
The heavy-flowering John Howells Clematis exhibits a mass of crimson flowers from July right through to September. With its tidy close-growing foliage, the John Howells is perfect for container ?growing in almost any position. This gorgeous clematis can be cut right back almost to ground level making it easy to maintain. Height: 3m (10′). Spread:
Cyclamen hederifolium
No autumn garden is complete without Cyclamen, and this particular variety: Cyclamen hederifolium, produces delicate pink flowers which have their distinctive reflexed petals, giving a touch of dignity wherever they appear. The heart-shaped deep green leaves which subsequently appear, have silver marbling and this makes a useful ground-cover in woodland settings; in shady places and
Echinacea purpurea ‘Rubinstern’
Choose this beautiful deep pink-flowered perennial plant for your garden and the local nectar loving bees and butterflies will be queuing up to thank you. These clump forming plants have flowers with a large domed cushion in the centre to anchor the deeply coloured petals, the flowers can reach up to 12cm (5) wide, they
Delphinium ‘Blue Bird’ (Pacific Hybrid)
A Pacific hybrid delphinium, ‘Blue Bird’ has tall spires bearing bright blue blooms which have contrasting white centres. It makes its dramatic statement in June and July when it truly steals the show, adding height, stature and colour to the back of sunny herbaceous perennial borders. Height: 1.5m (5’0). Spread: 75cm (2’6).
Carex comans ‘Bronze Perfection’
Bring a flash of bronze to your rockeries, borders and containers with this eye-catching hardy sedge. As well as providing a firework style burst of colour you’ll also get an interesting texture and delicate movement from the arching evergreen leaves. Carex comans ‘Bronze Perfection’ has a neat clumping habit that will thrive in almost any
Clematis cirrhosa var. purpurascens ‘Freckles’
This eye-catching evergreen clematis gives a much needed injection of colour to the winter garden, when few other plants dare to bloom. This is the earliest of the spring flowering clematis, with cup-shaped pink blooms freckled with maroon-red markings, to give this plant it’s name. The delicate blooms are followed by attractive fluffy seedheads that
Clematis ‘Crystal Fountain’
Clematis ‘Crystal Fountain’ is terrifically floriferous, in bloom throughout the summer and into early autumn. A fountain of crystal-blue stamens radiates from the centre of each dazzling blue, 15cm (6) wide bloom, and this variety’s compact habit makes it ideal for containers and small gardens. Height: 1.8m (6′). Spread: 1.2m (4′) Pruning group: 2.
Calamagrostis x acutiflora ‘Karl Foerster’
Calamagrostis ‘Karl Foerster’ is an easy to grow towering ornamental grass that is suitable for mixed borders. The leaves arch gracefully but the real stand out featurs are the bronze coloured feathery panicles that can reach up to 1.8 metres high during the summer. You can rely on Calamagrostis to burst into growth quickly each
Buddleja ‘Blue Chip’
Buddleja ‘Blue Chip’ is covered in scented flowers from June to October, attracting butterflies to your garden in droves. This Butterfly Bush variety is extremely compact and won’t seed about your garden. This hardy deciduous shrub is ideal for borders, low hedges and patio pots. Height and Spread: 60cm (24).
