Still the finest garden Zinnia, "Dreamland" has been wowing gardeners with early, big, long-lasting blooms on compact plants for several years now, and the applause just keeps getting louder. Now you can enjoy the elegance of these Dahlia-form flowers in the very modern new colour Coral.

Sedum forsterianum 'Oracle' is one of the more unusual textured species, with whorls of silver-green foliage. In late summer bright yellow star shaped flowers appear. This low-growing succulent plant grows to a height of 15 to 20cm, extremely hardy it can cope with temperatures down to minus 34°C.

Sedum Ruben's Lizard is a low-growing sedum that has tight, rosy-green cushion of needles with reddish tips. Throughout the summer the plant is covered with many tiny, star-shaped white flowers. Drought and heat tolerant or low maintenance, whatever you want to call it, 'Lizard' takes a lot of abuse.

Sedum selskianum is a hardy, handsome and well-behaved perennial from the Amur River region of Northeast Asia. It produces dense mounds of glossy bright green foliage that form a low lush mound. In late spring and summer, tiny stems bear small starry shaped golden-yellow flowers.

Several Verbascum species are prized garden ornamentals, but the species best-known among wildflower enthusiasts and herbalists is the homely but useful common mullein, Verbascum thapsus. This fuzzy mullein is a gardener’s friend, an herbalist’s delight and an engineering marvel all on its own.

Arctotis was born to play a starring role, they are among the most brilliant of all flowers. “Harlequin” is a beautiful strain with large, brilliantly coloured flowers with many different combinations, some with contrasting tones and all with a luminescent sheen. You'd be hard-pushed to find better performing plants.

“Ellagance” are first year flowering lavenders, 'Ellagance Ice’ is the white flowered variety. The deliciously perfumed, pure white blooms make an enchanting informal aromatic hedge in the garden. The flowers are produced from July onwards and are highly attractive to bees.

Eryngium alpinum Superbum is nothing short of fantastic. It is one of the showiest Sea Hollies, the metallic stems and large flowers mature to an intense steel blue/purple in summer and autumn.

Just when your spring bloomers are starting to fade, the dense mats of Saxifrage become covered with small, cup-shaped flowers held upright on ankle-high, strong stems. Excellent as alpine plants for a rockery or trough, use them spilling over low walls, as a path edging or green roof.

"Floral Carpet" has flowers in shades of red, pink and rose. These evergreen, cushion-forming perennials are compact, free-flowering, and easily raised from seed. Plants quickly form a verdant mat. The surface-spreading mossy leaves are evergreen for year-round effect.

Saxifraga x arendsii “Purple Robe” are compact, free-flowering, and easily raised from seed. These charming perennials quickly form an evergreen verdant mat. Excellent as alpine plants for a rockery or trough, use them spilling over low walls, as a path edging or green roof.

These charming perennials become a lovely groundcover in a short time, the surface-spreading mossy leaves form compact cushions of foliage and are evergreen for year-round effect. Saxifrage "Spring Snow” with small white, cup-shaped flowers are compact, free-flowering, and easily raised from seed.