Container Planting
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Kniphofia uvaria 'New Hybrids'
Red Hot Poker, Torch Lily€1.85Out of stock
The Kniphofia hybrids have extended both the flower colour and height range. The usual fiery reds and oranges work particularly well in a planting scheme based on 'hot' colours - use them to light up sultry August borders. The cooler yellow, cream, ivory and sometimes green flowers is more restful.
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Ipomoea purpurea 'Grandpa Ott'
Heirloom Morning GloryRegular Price: €1.95
Special Price €1.25
This heirloom morning glory originated in Bavaria in Germany and named for the original Seed-saver Baptist John Ott, Ipomoea purpurea 'Grandpa Ott' flowers of intense violet-blue, with a ruby red star. It is a good climber for walls, trellis work or if allowed to scramble through other plants or trees.
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Ipomoea pennata 'Cypress Vine'
Hummingbird vine, Star Glory€1.95Ipomoea pennata is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful of all annual vines. The feathery foliage with thin, thread-like leaves give the plant a light, airy texture. In summer the plants burst into flower and are covered with hundreds of scarlet red, star shaped flowers.
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Ipomoea nil 'Blue Picotee'
Asagao, Japanese Morning Glory€2.45Out of stock
Ipomoea nil ‘Blue Picotee’ produces large, ruffled cobalt-blue blooms that are edged with bright white surrounding a deep rose throat. This extremely carefree and free-blooming, annual climbing vine will grow to around 120 to 180cm (4 to 6ft) tall. It will bloom early and load itself with masses of attractive funnel shaped flowers up to 10cm (3in) wide all summer long.
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Ipomoea lobata 'Spanish Flag'
Formerly Mina lobata, Quamoclit lobata€2.45Ipomoea lobata is a fast growing climber with an exotic appearance. The tightly formed buds are flame-crimson in colour, but as they enlarge they transition to infused shades or orange and cream which brings the flowers to life. It will look spectacular for months and is one of the best climbers you can grow.
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Iberis sempervirens 'Snowflake'
Perennial or Evergreen Candytuft€1.95Out of stock
Iberis sempervirens is an early season favorite. This low bushy plant produces mounds of blinding white flowers in spring to early summer. An all round tough plant suitable for problem areas, use for containers, for pathways and crevices of ornamental walls.
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Hosta 'New Hybrids'
Corfu Lily or Funkia€2.75Hosta are grown predominantly for their outstanding foliage, from leaves as small as a teaspoon up to those larger than a dinner plate, colours range from deep blues to silvers, darkest shiny greens to bright yellows, from a single solid hue to the myriad of variegations the choice is almost overwhelming.
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Herniaria glabra
Smooth Rupturewort€2.95Out of stock
Herniaria glabra is a relatively unknown perennial that deserves to be used more often in our gardens. The nursery industry calls it ‘Green Carpet’ and well they should. This lovely bright green creeper spreads effortlessly in all directions. An excellent choice for between flagstones or as a lawn substitute.
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Helleborus niger
Christmas Rose, Christmas Hellebore, Black Hellebore€3.75Out of stock
Helleborus niger is smaller and more compact than any of its relatives and is the first in bloom, producing a succession of delicate white flowers throughout winter. It is a welcome sight when the snow thaws to see something so pretty in bloom.
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Helenium hoopesii
Mountain helenium, Owls-Claws€2.80Helenium hoopesii is considered by some to be the most valuable of the species. It blooms with bright golden yellow disk florets that each form a kind of rounded knob that transforms the flower from your typical two-dimensional daisy into something much more interesting and sculptural.
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Helenium autumnale 'Helena'
Helens's Flower, Autumn Helenium€2.95If there's one plant that can inject a little razzle-dazzle into the border during gloomy late summers it is Helenium. From late July 'Helena' blooms with masses of vibrant blooms in a spectrum of rich colours from gold to mahogany red. Perfect for the back of the border and wonderful for cutting.
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Gypsophila paniculata 'Snowflake'
Double Flowered Babys Breath€1.85Gypsophila paniculata 'Snowflake' is a pretty double-flowered baby’s breath that offers big airy clouds of white blooms in early summer. The flower panicles are strong-stemmed, compact and bloom a bit earlier than standard forms. Each stem has hundreds of tiny white flowers on wire-thin branches, giving an airy, soft impression.
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Gypsophila elegans 'Covent Garden'
Babys Breath€1.65Gypsophila has recently become rather trendy among celebrity and designer florists, even taking centre stage as the main flower focus of bouquets and arrangements. 'Covent Garden' produces hundreds of tiny, single white flowers on wire-thin branches, giving an airy impression.
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Geum coccineum ‘Borisii-Strain’
Marketed as ‘Tango’, ‘Queen of Orange’ or ‘Cooky’€2.95Many gardeners look for easy to grow, reliable perennials that provide a bright, cheerful display of colour early in the season. Geum coccineum ‘Borisii-Strain’ flowers the first year from seed producing wonderful vivid orange-red toned flowers from late spring into summer.
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Geranium sanguineum 'Vision Light Pink'
Hardy Geranium€3.75‘Vision Light Pink’ produces masses of large luminescent light pink flowers with red veins from early spring through to late summer. This long-lived, drought-tolerant perennial is useful as a small scale groundcover and in mixed borders. Use it in rock gardens, stone walls or even in container plantings.
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Geranium pyrenaicum 'Summer Snow'
Hardy Geranium€2.35Out of stock
Geranium pyrenaicum is a European species and well known for being one of the most floriferous of Geraniums. 'Summer Snow' is an easy to grow, yet hard to find white flowered cultivar which produces profuse quantities of white flowers each with deeply notched petals.
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Geranium pratense 'Striatum' aka 'Splish Splash'
Hardy Geranium€3.95Out of stock
"Splish Splash" is a fascinating, rare and prized border plant and one of the most beautiful, striking and unusual perennial geraniums. Very easy to grow, the clumps of divided foliage are topped with mauve-blue splashes and flecks on pure white petals, each petal appearing to be individually designed and painted.
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Geranium pratense 'Dark Reiter’
Hardy Geranium.€3.75Out of stock
'Dark Reiter’, is a fairly new cultivar originating from 'Victor Reiter' whose namesake was the legendary California nurseryman. What sets this plant apart is the new leaves that emerge a light maroon colour then fade to a purple-flushed deep green, it produces violet-blue flowers in spring.
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Geranium endressii
French crane's-bill, Géranium d' Endress€2.70Out of stock
Geranium endressii is one of the best choices for massed plantings, filling in quickly to create a bushy groundcover. The plant forms a mound of glossy, deeply-cut, green foliage, bearing a summer-long display of cup-shaped, bright pink flowers.
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Geranium bohemicum 'Orchid Blue'
Hardy Geranium€3.55Out of stock
Geranium 'Orchid Blue' is a simply stunning plant, producing clusters of saucer shaped flowers of a rarely seen shade of pure orchid-blue, each with purple-violet veins. This new-on-the-scene plant soon spreads to form low hummocks of deeply cut soft green, leaves.
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Geranium - Hardy Geranium Mix
Mixture of species and cultivars€3.75Out of stock
Hardy geraniums are undoubtedly one of the most popular groups of plants. Today’s hybrids are the modern flag bearers, they are beautiful, reliable and endlessly various produces jewel-tone, saucer-shape flowers for months at a time. Exceptionally good value this mix always contain a few real rarities.
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Gaura lindheimeri ‘Sparkle White’
Lindheimer's Bee Blossom€3.95Gaura lindheimeri 'Sparkle White' is a stunning hardy perennial. A Winner of the Fleuroselect Gold Medal, this bushy, clump forming variety has a neat, compact habit and produces a flurry of dazzling white, starry blooms on graceful slender stems from early summer right through to autumn.
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Gaura lindheimeri ‘Emmeline Pink Bouquet'
Also marketed 'Pink Bouquet'€3.95A graceful perennial with an airy, romantic presence, Gaura 'Emmeline Pink Bouquet' blooms in a sparkling combination of bright pink, blush and apple blossom shades, it grows quickly and flowers from a young age. Light on her feet, she never asks for much - just sun, well-drained soil, and a bit of space to dance.
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Gaura lindheimeri ‘Cool Breeze’
White Gaura€3.45Gaura 'Cool Breeze' is a stunning new variety that is now available from seed. It produces a flurry of dazzling pure white, starry blooms on graceful slender stems. They have pale green stamens and buds instead of the usual pink. A first year flowering perennial, very easy to grow it will bloom in around 14 weeks from an early sowing.