The Fountains series is a vigorous-growing strain that if sown early will flower in the current year. Delphinium ‘Magic Fountains Dark Blue’ has densely packed spires of dark blue flowers each with a white bee. It is ideal for borders and can be grown as a container plant.
Recent developments of Didiscus caerulea have broadened the colour range. Didiscus ‘Lacy Mix’ produce the same lacy umbel shaped domes and finely cut foliage. In a pastel blend of powder-blue, lavender, soft pink and white, the plants branch freely, filling borders with a light, floaty feel and masses of stems for cutting.
Softly ruffled, fully double blooms in a an elegant, romantic shade, a delicate blend of lilac-pink and rose. ‘Queeny Lilac Rose’ is a compact variety perfect for borders, pots, or small gardens. It flowers its heart out in the first year from seed, an unusual trick for a hollyhock.
Alcea ‘Queeny Purple’ is a charming, compact hollyhock bred to bring all the grandeur of the cottage garden to smaller spaces. Unlike the tall varieties, it is a perennial that will bloom in its first year. Sturdy, well-branched stems are resistant to rust and are topped with rich, royal-purple blooms that open through to autumn.
‘Queeny Salmon’ is a knockout hollyhock, shorter, showier, and dressed in ruffled petals the colour of antique blush silk. Sow either in spring or in late summer, the blooms are almost peony like, a beautiful soft pink that catches the light.
Amaranthus cruentus ‘Bronze’ is a tall, upright amaranth with fresh green leaves topped by dense bronze to chestnut plumes. Very autumnal, it’s a beauty for texture in borders and especially for cutting, where the plumes add instant drama to arrangements.
A fun addition to the cutting garden, Mounds of fresh green foliage give rise to upright, wiry stems topped with starlike blooms. The papery white ray-florets of Ammobium alatum are both charming and unique.
Bupleurum ‘Bronze Beauty’ produces small ochre flowers, each surrounded by showy, petal-like bracts, which mature into warm cinnamon-bronze tones that are particularly valued in naturalistic planting schemes.
‘Chocolate Covered Cherry’ is one of the prettiest introductions of the series. Velvety leaves painted in a rich cocoa-brown, flushed with glowing cherry red, and trimmed with a bright green margin that sets the whole plant alight.
The Fountains series is a vigorous-growing strain that if sown early will flower in the current year. Delphinium ‘Magic Fountains Sky Blue’ has densely packed spires of soft sky-blue flowers each with a white bee. It is ideal for borders and can be grown as a container plant.
Delphinium ‘Summer Skies’ is a soft, airy sky-blue, more powdery pastel than sapphire. The petals often have a faint lavender wash, and the white ‘bee’ makes the blue look even cleaner and brighter. Interestingly, in cooler weather they can read slightly bluer and in strong sun look a little paler.
‘ProCut Gold Lite’ produces perfectly shaped blooms with overlapping, rounded glowing petals and a matching golden centre. Compared to the standard ProCut series it is slightly taller, slightly later to bloom and has resistance to downy mildew.
Now with Downy Mildew Resistance, the classic variety Helianthus ‘ProCut Orange DMR’ is the first choice for growers who are looking for that traditional sunflower appearance. Perfectly shaped blooms with overlapping orange petals that surround a pollenless dark brown central disc. Whats not to Love!
Helianthus ‘ProCut Lemon/Red Bicolor’ is one of the latest colourways in this renowned professional line. Bred for cutting and completely pollenless, the lemon-yellow petals are flushed with deep red towards a dark centre, Perfect for cutting gardens, borders, and for anyone who loves a little sunshine with a painter’s touch.
Helianthus ‘Starburst Panache’ is hard to beat. Fully double blooms with ultra-fluffy, shaggy golden petals surrounding dark green-brown eyes on long, straight stems. The plants keep sending up new buds for weeks, making them exceptionally productive in the cutting patch.
Helipterum ‘Pierrot White’, commonly known as Everlasting Daisy or Paper Daisy, is a stunning annual flower that is prized for its papery white petals. The crisp contrast between the petals and black and golden disk florets gives the flowers a striking appearance, making them a popular choice for both fresh and dried floral arrangements.
‘Mammoth Pastel Mix’ also known as ‘Goddess Mix’ is a dreamy grandiflora blend in blush, shell-pink, cream, peach and lavender, all richly scented. Extra-early with extra-large blooms, the vigorous plants carry long, strong stems packed with fragrant flowers. It’s one of the best strains for producing early cut flowers.
‘Mammoth Rose Pink’ produces blooms in a clear, mid rose-pink, fresh and flattering rather than hot or cerise. Buds open a shade deeper, then the petals soften to shell-pink with a faint silvery bloom on the wings. Extra early, extra large blooms and an excellent choice for early spring colour and for producing early cut flowers.
An elegant Grandiflora sweet pea prized for its refined blooms, long graceful stems and heady perfume, Lathyrus ‘Sicilian Fuchsia’ shows a vivid cerise standard, flanked by paler pink wings, while the keel quietly remains a gentle, soft pink. The colours create a subtle, layered effect.
A delicate beauty that stands out among the bolder varieties, Lathyrus odoratus ‘Butterfly’ bears pale cream blooms softly flushed and veined with lilac and lavender Superb for cutting and a striking presence in the garden or the vase.
A modern grandiflora sweet pea, Lathyrus ‘Philip Miller Fleck’ produces soft rose-red, scented blooms, delicately flecked and streaked with violet, giving each flower a painterly charm. It captures the romance of the old-fashioned sweet peas while offering the vigour and reliability of modern breeding.
Bred by Roger Parsons, ‘Just Julia’ is a modern example of the classic Spencer Sweet Pea. Large, frilled blooms on long, strong stems and distinguished by its glowing pink petals with a lilac undertone. Highly recommended.
Muhlenbergia reverchonii ‘Undaunted’ is prairie poetry with zero drama. Selected for a tidy habit and a heavier blush, is notably hardy, easy and well behaved. In late summer through to autumn, gauzy pink plumes drift above the hummocks and the graceful seed heads linger like champagne fizz.
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Viola ‘F1 Frizzle Sizzle Blue’ brings an air of cool elegance to the garden. The large blooms ripple and curl with the same extravagant ruffling as the rest of the series, but here the petals are a rich, velvety blue, shifting in tone from deep indigo at the centre to softer violet at the edges.
Richly ruffled and frilled, the blooms of Viola ‘F1 Frizzle Sizzle Burgundy’ resemble plush velvet. An excellent choice for cool season blooms, few plants are as accommodating, and fewer still manage to be so dramatic about it.
Viola ‘F1 Frizzle Sizzle Blue’ brings an air of cool elegance to the garden. The large blooms ripple and curl with the same extravagant ruffling as the rest of the series, but here the petals are a rich, velvety blue, shifting in tone from deep indigo at the centre to softer violet at the edges.
With papery, double-crested blooms that stand gracefully on wiry, branching stems Xeranthemum ‘Superbissimum Purpureum’ has been bred for its uniform deep rich purple, double-crested blooms that have a metallic silvery sheen that shimmers in sunlight and remain open even in dull weather.
Popular wonderful flowers, reminiscent of Dahlias on tall robust plants, Zinnia elegans ‘Miss Willmott’ are extremely easy to grow from seed. They provide soft pink to lavender pink blooms from mid-summer to autumn and with thick straight stems that are less likely to bend when being cut. They are perfect for cut flowers.
Popular wonderful flowers, reminiscent of Dahlias on tall robust plants, Zinnia elegans ‘Exquisite’ are extremely easy to grow from seed. Blooming from mid-summer to autumn, they open carmine red and age to a delicate soft pink tone. With thick straight stems that are less likely to bend when being cut, they are perfect for cut flowers.
Reminiscent of Dahlias on tall robust plants, Zinnia elegans ‘Miss Willmott’ is named for the Edwardian plantswoman and gardener Miss Ellen Willmott. Soft salmon to lavender pink blooms from mid-summer to autumn and with thick straight stems perfect for cutting. Bees and butterflies will be attracted to them too.