January

This beautiful highly versatile, aristocratic border plant has become very much in vogue in recent years. Oval, fleshy blue-green leaves spiral up the stem with tightly packed, sea blue bracts - and then the finale - small clusters of rich purple-blue tubular, nodding flowers which are adored by bees.

Canna 'Large Flowered Hybrids' create an undeniably tropical look, producing large flowers in hot colours in yellow, gold, fiery orange and red. With their lush tropical foliage and showy flowers they make borders and beds come alive with their bright colours all summer long until first frosts.

Canna indica is a superb tall strain with gorgeous foliage and bright vermilion red blooms. Growing to around 150cm tall, the wide banana-like leaves add a tropical feel to the garden. They are ideal to plant at the back of a border where they are in full sun, or to add colour to a partly shady area.

Cheerful and bright, use Calendula in beds, borders or containers. Calendula is prolific and durable, and like most hardy annuals it is easy to grow, simply sow where it is to flower. It is currently one of the top herbs used for medicinal use. Sprinkle salads and decorate cakes with the edible tangy petals.

Be prepared to get your funk on. The Funky Begonia has entered the dance floor, and she's ready to boogie all summer long. Huge, voluptuous flowers with superior heat tolerance and semi-trailing yet dense, sturdy growth habit, in six fantastic colours – Light Pink, Bright Pink, Orange, Red, Scarlet and White.

Elegant cascades of vivid, elongated flowers with large, arrow-shaped, neatly serrated, green leaves. Begonia boliviensis ‘F1 Sun Cities Mixed’ feature the three ‘Sun Cities’ of the USA: ‘San Francisco’ has slmon-pink blooms, ‘Santa Barbara’ features white blooms and ‘Santa Cruz’, fiery red blooms

Worldwide, Antirrhinum is one of the most important 'summer cut-flowers', grown year-round in greenhouses they are adored by florists and gardeners alike. An all-around excellent garden performer, 'Snowflake' produces densely packed spikes that bloom in succession with pure white flowers.

Antirrhinum majus 'Lucky Lips' has been awarded the Fleuroselect Award. The judges were impressed by its height and compact plant habit. Blooming with distinctive contrasting bicolour purple-red and white flowers, a colour way that is often referred to as a 'silver bi-colour', it is ideal for adding height to borders or for cutting.

Antirrhinum 'Yellow Shades' feature delicate primrose-yellow, frilled blooms on compact plants. Double snapdragon blooms are often referred to as 'butterfly' or 'Azalea' type blooms. Given sunshine and well-drained soil, they grow vigorously and flower freely.

'Twinny White' snapdragons produce large 'butterfly' or 'azalea' flowered blooms that jostle one another for space on compact plants. Given sunshine and well-drained soil, they grow vigorously and flower freely. The plants are exceptionally weather tolerant, and are excellent performers in both heat and rain.

The Antirrhinum 'F1 Twinny' series offers large 'butterfly' azalea flowered blooms that jostle one another for space on compact plants. 'Twinny Violet' blooms with the most luscious, deep violet-magenta double blooms. They grow vigorously and flower freely and are excellent performers in both heat and rain.

A new introduction for 2025 - Antirrhinum 'F1 Twinny Rose-Pink' produces blooms in a soft, warm Rose-Pink. Large, double azalea flowered blooms jostle one another for space on compact plants. Ideal for the middle of the border, their habit makes them especially useful in containers while making an excellent cut flower.

The Antirrhinum 'F1 Twinny' series offers large 'butterfly' azalea flowered blooms that jostle one another for space on compact plants. 'Twinny Peach' is one of the most unusual and beautiful snapdragons ever, with delicate apricot-peach coloured blooms, it is an All America Selections Award Winner.

A new introduction for 2025 - Antirrhinum majus 'F1 Twinny Orchid' is simply beautiful. Producing the palest of pink blooms, delicately inset with hot magenta-pink. As with all the Twinny series, they display their exciting double-flowered form throughout both heat and rain and offer award-winning garden performance.

Antirrhinum 'Twinny' introduce a brand-new colour palette for snapdragons, not to mention an exciting double-flowered form and award-winning garden performance. 'Bronze Shades' is a gorgeous blend of orange, pink, and rose. The plants are exceptionally weather tolerant, performing well in both heat and rain.

Producing delicate pale pink and white blooms, Antirrhinum majus 'F1 Twinny Appleblossom' are an outstanding choice for containers or in the garden, Given sunshine and well-drained soil, they grow vigorously and flower freely. 'Twinny' snapdragons are exceptionally weather tolerant, and are excellent performers in both heat and rain.

Antirrhinum 'Madame Butterfly Yellow' is a wonderful tall variety in a perfect primrose-yellow shade. Strong growing and vigorous, they bear lusty stems closely set with large, fully double blooms. Perfect as a cut flower, they look wonderful just as they are, as well as giving that all important ‘swoosh’ to arrangements.