Long Bloom

Verbascum ‘Snow Maiden’ is an incredibly beautiful mullein that grow to just 36 to 48cm tall. With masses of soft white flowers each with delicate yellow filaments they flower in June and continue to appear over a long summer, often right through to September. Very easy to grow from seed.

The poise of the lovely Verbascum phoeniceum 'Flush of White' makes this plant a natural candidate for the front of the border, even though its height might suggest, that it should go at the back. In summer winds, which snap off delphiniums and toss sunflowers awry, the Verbascum stands defiant.

English gardeners are very familiar with this plant and consider it essential for a well-structured garden. Verbascum phoeniceum 'Hybrids Mix' flower freely, giving a glorious plethora of colours from delicate salmon to rich claret. A true perennial which can flower the first year given an early sowing.

Relatively new to cultivation Verbascum phoeniceum 'Violetta' is the smallest growing of the perennial Verbascums. Soundly perennial and drought tolerant it produces delicate flower spikes with whorls of tissue thin purple blooms that ascend to the finest point. It is by far the darkest flowered mullein available.

Verbena 'Obsession Apricot' is a new pastel colour of this exquisite series. Bred to be earlier to flower, the evenly spread buds open to reveal showy clusters of star-shaped, peach-apricot flowers at from late spring to mid autumn. They bring an extremely fine and delicate texture to any garden composition.

A beautiful pastel mixture of this exquisite series, Verbena 'Obsession' plants are compact with a trailing habit of growth they eventually spill over the edges of hanging baskets and containers. This award winning variety is an excellent performer flowering over a long period throughout summer, regardless of the weather.

“Imagination’ is a verbena cultivar that is noted for its profuse bloom of violet-blue flowers, its spreading-trailing stems and its deeply cut foliage. A heat and drought tolerant plant, easily grown it performs well in hanging baskets and containers in full sun.

Viola cornuta ‘Back to Black’ is a striking cultivar of the horned violet, admired for its exceptionally dark, velvety flowers. The blooms are an intense black-purple, so deep that they often appear pure black. If you want to achieve long stems for the vase, plant them close, 5 to 10cm apart.

Viola 'Sorbet F1 Honeybee' is a real heartbreaker in a six-petal suit. They bloom with rich mahogany and warm golden yellow petals - rather like sunlit honey. Near the centre there's a soft black whisker pattern. Perfect for use in beds or containers and for attracting pollinators to the garden.

A delicate lavender kissed with rosy pink undertones, the top petals of Viola 'Sorbet F1 Lavender Pink' lean a little more to lavender, the lower ones more pink, giving it a subtle watercolor fade. Refined, elegant and easy on the eye, they flower abundantly and are ideally suited for both spring and autumn use.

Well-regarded in horticultural circles, Viola Sorbet XP Neptune F1 is a premium cultivar, for its consistent performance across a wide range of climates and seasons. 'Neptune', displays striking blooms characterised by a soothing blend of soft blue and cream petals, often with a delicate yellow center and a faint blue picotee edge.

Early-blooming and reliable, Viola Sorbet remains compact in both heat and cold, making it a standout performer in spring and autumn. One of the most striking colour combinations of the series, 'Orchid Rose Beacon' has a rose and purple-pink face, dark whiskers and a golden eye. Absolutely gorgeous, it can be slipped into almost any gaps where you need a little brightness.

The Sorbet series is the premier series of Violas. Bred to have more blooms and less stretching, it is a standout performer in both spring and autumn. Sorbet F1 ‘Pink Halo’ have petals that are a crisp white. At the centre there's a raspberry-pink halo that fades outward and dark whiskers that radiate from the centre.

Sorbet 'F1 Raspberry' has tricolour patterns with cap, face, whiskers and eye colours, with luscious deep raspberry red upper and lower petals with dark whiskers and a golden eye. It is a stunning new colour pattern, with a bright face that seems to be basking in the spring or autumn sunshine

Known for their vigorous growth and cascading blooms, Viola pansy 'Freefall F1' is perfect for spring and autumn baskets. It is day-length neutral, so will bloom well into winter and early spring. Super floriferous with a tidy habit, it attracts pollinators and adds charm to any outdoor space.

Viola x wittrockiana 'Frizzle Sizzle F1' has a unique flower, and is possibly quite unlike any pansy that you have seen before. Large flowers, completely ruffled along the edges. 'Frizzle Sizzle Lemonberry' produces ruffled lemon-yellow flowers with dark blotches and berry purple edges.

Viola 'Frizzle Sizzle' F1 has a unique flower, and is possibly quite unlike any pansy that you have seen before. It produces large 2-3 inch wide flowers, each of which is completely ruffled along the edges. This mix from the series includes the most popular shades, each with the central dark blotch.

Viola x wittrockiana 'Frizzle Sizzle F1' has a unique flower, and is possibly quite unlike any pansy that you have seen before. Large flowers, completely ruffled along the edges. 'Frizzle Sizzle Raspberry' produces gorgeous ruffled red flowers with dark blotches and berry purple edges.

Viola x wittrockiana 'Frizzle Sizzle F1' has a unique flower, and is possibly quite unlike any pansy that you have seen before. Large flowers, completely ruffled along the edges. 'Frizzle Sizzle Lemonberry' produces ruffled lemon-yellow flowers with dark blotches and berry purple edges.

The Viola 'Inspire' series represents a modern group of highly efficient early pansies intended for production of flowering plants for either spring or for autumn. Large and attractive blooms in a range of soft lilac-pink shades, but the greatest advantage of this group is that they have very compact growth and don´t overgrow in the container or flowerbed .

Viola wittrockiana 'F1 Inspire Lilac Shades' produce beautiful blooms in a range of soft lilac shades. Perfect for both autumn and spring plantings, the series creates bushy, very compact plants that don´t overgrow in the container or flowerbed and have a beautiful appearance all season long.

'Inspire Peach Shades' produce large flowers in beautiful shades of rose pink, apricot, honey, and cream with slight ruffling and occasional dramatic blotches. These highly efficient early pansies can be grown for production for either spring or for autumn. They are compact and don´t overgrow so the plants have a beautiful appearance all season long.

Xeranthemum 'Lumina' is a hardy annual and one of the prettiest of all the everlasting flowers. The attractive double crested paper-like blooms stand gracefully aloft strong stems, they are simply charming in borders with an abundance of dainty blossoms in four distinct colours of white, rose, crimson and purple.