Achillea is a joy to the gardener for its undemanding adaptive nature and its eagerness to perform. ‘Summer Pastels’, with a soft mix of pastel coloured flowers is very easy to grow, flowering in just four months from sowing and producing flowers in abundance from spring to first frosts.

This gorgeous award winning Hollyhock has the distinction of being the shortest in the Alcea rosea family. “Queeny” is a dwarf Hollyhock that reaches only 60cm (24in) in height with fully double blooms. Unlike the tall varieties, it is a perennial that can also be used as an annual as it will bloom in its first year.

Dragonfly is a dwarf Mckana type, with large, vibrant flowers in a multitude of colours each with long, star-shaped spurs. Growing to around 60cm tall, with handsome, finely-divided blue-green foliage that tends to remain dense right to the ground.

Growing cosmos is as close as most of us will ever come to actually causing a "cosmic event". This improved has greater colour and more vigour, they provide masses of double and semi-double blooms all summer. It is now easier than ever for any of us to produce an arrangement of cosmic proportions.

“Out of this World” is how the raiser describes this spectacular new variety. With naturally compact plants, it bears an abundance of blooms with an intense scarlet-red colour: a unique flower colour that intensifies as light levels increase. The resulting mounds of colour make a dazzling garden display.

Cosmos sulphureus produce huge quantities of bowl-shaped flowers in terrific golden hues. Very easy to grow, they thrive on neglect and are able to withstand drought and survive harsh conditions in urban gardens and wildflower plantings. The perfect choice for children or for the armchair gardener.

Dahlia Redskin gives an impressive display. The rich dark bronze foliage serves as a dramatic background for the large, spectacular single flowers in a delightful mix of rich colours and includes shades of purple, orange, bronze, garnet and maroon. All American Selection winner.

A new introduction that can be grown for use as a patio plant or as a cut flower. Early blooming and growing to just 100cm with golden-orange petals and dark brown centres "Sonja" produces a spray of flowering side branches that surround the main stem. Durable in the garden and long lived in the vase.

Sunflower “Soraya” is an award-winning new arrival. It is the first Sunflower ever to win an AAS award. It produces lovely rich tangerine-orange flowers with dark brown centres. This branching sunflower is prized for cut flower arrangements, producing 20 to 25 flowers from each plant.

'Bells of Ireland' are flowers to please anyone who loves flower arranging. Cut fresh, the bells will last for years and they are very useful for winter arrangements but they also look good in flower borders and with the recent fashion for green blooms are becoming more sort after.

Petunia ‘Merlin’ series is a winner. The startling ruffled blooms are edged with white, the colour doesn’t fade in the sun and the petals don’t get blotchy after a rain. Earlier to flower than many other varieties and very heat tolerant this multiflora petunia will just keep blooming and blooming.

'Strawberry Sundae' is another unique Grandiflora petunia, a new colour combination, the contrast between its white petals, slightly blushed, and the spidery red veining really catches the eye. These Grandiflora type plants reach 38cm (15in) tall, and make superb specimen plants.

Like favorite guests, F1 Prism Sunshine come early and stay late! This multiple award winning Grandiflora type petunia is considered the best yellow Petunia not only for its big, colour-drenched blooms, but for the uniform, compact plants that bloom early and heavily, and continue over a long season.

This particularly splendid, new, improved, award-winning variety of the Mexican Sunflower is the most compact available. 'Fiesta del Sol' is a dwarf form growing about 75cm tall that was an All-American Annual winner and is easier to use in smaller gardens and is ideal for patio containers or borders.