Prized for their beauty, fragrance, novelty and adaptability, miniature roses are the queen of flowers. This diminutive Chinese native grow to about 12 to 18 inches high in containers and baskets and blooms just 3 to 5 months from sowing. Although hardy, it can be grown as an annual when started early.

Schizostylis are valued in gardens for their late flowering, in August to November they can give your garden as much colour in the autumn as in the height of summer. With lovely dwarf gladioli like flower stalks and individual blossoms that resembles those of a freesia. The satiny globes open wide even in wintry sunshine.

Viola "Sorbet Hybrids" are a unique miniature hybrid that combines the charm of violas with the explosive colours of pansies. The series has some of the most amazing colour selections you'll ever see. "F1 Sorbet Mix" is an attractive formula mixture of the Sorbet colours.

One of the most popular colourways, 'Antique Shades' blooms with red-purple shades, each with pale edges. The compact, mound shaped plants grow 15cm (6in) high and up to 30cm wide. They are very tolerant of heat and cold, and in climates with mild weather Viola Sorbet will flower all winter.

One of the most striking colour combinations of the series, Viola Sorbet 'F1 Beaconsfield' blooms with bicoloured flowers of blue and white, with dark whiskers and a golden eye. Absolutely gorgeous, it can be slipped into almost any gaps where you need a little brightness.

One of the strongest colourways, Sorbet F1 ‘Black Duet’ has bicolour patterns with cap, face, whiskers and eye colours. It produces bicolour blooms with purple face, black wings and a golden eye. They are ideally suited for spring and autumn use in garden beds, pot and patio containers and baskets.

Sorbet F1 ‘Coconut White’ is pure joy in the form of a flower. Pure white blooms with clear cut dark whiskers. Bred to have more blooms on each plant and to have less stretching, Sorbet remains compact in both heat and cold, making it a standout performer in spring and autumn.

Sorbet XP Delft Blue has Old Dutch charm, a unique, true blue colour with a white face in a stable colour combination, as beautiful and precious as the porcelain that lends its name. This is a stunning new colour pattern, with a bright ‘face’ that keeps flowering abundantly throughout the season.

One of the new delicate pale colour combinations, Sorbet "F1 Icy Blue" has a blue centre, pale to white wings, dark whiskers and a gold eye. They can be slipped into almost any gaps where you need a little brightness, they are an exciting addition to an otherwise bleak winter landscape.

Sorbet F1 ‘Orange Queen’ is pure joy in the form of a flower. Clear orange blooms with clear cut dark whiskers. The compact, mound shaped plants grow 15cm high and up to 30cm wide. They are very tolerant of heat and cold, and in climates with mild weather they will flower all winter.