From the Tian Shan Mountains of northern China comes this tough little subshrub that is among the finest expressions of silver foliage to be found. Helichrysum thianshanicum is a superb silver leaved evergreen, subshrub that forms a tight mound of eye-catching silver foliage.
Every garden needs a few easy going plants that give a lot of colour for very little work. Heliopsis ‘New Hybrids’ will produce arm loads of flowers all summer long and never once ask for decent soil or proper care.
Squirrel-Tail Grasses are the ultimate architectural plant, adding see-through effects, autumn colour and winter shapes. They carry silky, golden-greyish panicles in early and mid summer, which develop a reddish or purple tinge at the tips. Fantastic in massed groups, or around taller, more stately plants. .
Ipomoea lobata is a fast growing climber with an exotic appearance. Tubular, flame-crimson flowers that look spectacular for months. It is one of the best climbers you can grow.
Lavandula angustifolia, also called Lavender vera is the best Lavender for medicinal and aromatherapy purposes. It is a staple plant for the herb garden, the fragrant flowers have been used in perfumes, poultices and potpourris for centuries. Organic Seed.Fragrant, free flowering and heat and drought tolerant. Lavandula angustifolia ‘Vicenza Blue’ bloom the first year from seed. This especially fine lavender has bold clustered flower spikes of deep lavender-blue from mid July to early September.
Coveted by every devotee of flower arranging, the perennial variety ‘Woodcreek’ is extremely useful and popular. Airy clouds of tiny white papery flowers hover all summer, on leafless fine stems that are perfect for picking.
Nicotiana ‘Bronze Queen’ is a striking annual grown for its unique, bronze-toned flowers. It features star-shaped, tubular blooms in warm shades of coppery bronze that give an airy ethereal presence to the garden.
Whether planted in borders, scattered in pots, or cut for a vase, Nicotiana ‘Starlight Dancer’ brings a lightness and rhythm to the garden. Always moving, always dancing, it blooms without pause and will flower all summer long when deadheaded regularly. It adds an element of sparkle and movement to arrangements.
Boston ivy is a wonderful ornamental vine. The elegant, dark green glossy foliage is replaced with a vivid range of crimson reds in autumn. Sensational for covering walls, fences and arbors. If allowed, it will grow to impressive size and can turn the most mundane masonry building into a stately wall of foliage.
Spectacularly draped with long, velour-like cerise tassels. Persicaria ‘Cerise Pearls’ is a modern-day, low growing variety. Tall enough to give the same airy effect, yet so much easier to place in the garden.
Sedum album is one of the most popular forms of sedum, known for its dense foliage as it changes colour throughout the seasons. The leaves emerge a coral-salmon in spring, change to bright green in summer and then to reddish bronze with the arrival of cooler temperatures. In summer the plants explode in masses of tiny, white star-shaped flowers.
Sedum forsterianum ‘Silver Stone’ is one of the more unusual textured species, with whorls of silver-green foliage. In late summer bright yellow star shaped flowers appear. This low-growing succulent plant grows to a height of 15 to 20cm, extremely hardy it can cope with temperatures down to minus 34°C.
Hugely impressive in any garden, Sedum telephium ‘Emperors Wave’ boasts succulent, blue-green foliage and masses of star-shaped flowers in glorious shades of deep pink and purple. They are popular with late season perennials and ornamental grasses. The extreme contrast in flower shape enhance each other, adding to the textures and colours of the late season garden.
Sedum ussuriense is at its best in late summer when the blue-green succulent leaves are followed by glowing carmine-red flower clusters. It even pleases the eye in winter when it turns into a stage for dew drops and ice crystals.
Native to Europe, Sempervivum tectorum is a widely-planted succulent that has been grown in and around human settlements for millennia. Their rosettes are fascinating with their succulent leaves radiating around the centre, their colour hues are stunning and their tendency to produce offsets makes for easy increase.
Sporobolus displays a magnificent fountain of fine textured, emerald-green leaves which develop rich shades of reddish-gold or deep orange in the autumn, but the great joy of this plant is that it produces a great cloudy haze of tiny flower heads.
Verbascum nigrum is one of the most reliable and long-flowering verbascum, it is also one of the truly perennial species. This European native bloom profusely with masses of golden-yellow flowers. First thing in the morning, the flowers are alive with bees getting on with their day’s work. Take time to stand and admire them for a few minutes. They will pay you no heed, they’re far too busy.
Verbascum nigrum is one of the most reliable and long-flowering verbascum, it is also one of the truly perennial species. The variety ‘Album’ bloom profusely in late spring with masses of white flowers with attractive violet filaments, held on candelabra like branches. They bloom throughout the summer, with a few sporadic flowers still in September to early October.
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.
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.
Named Verbena rigida after its upright habit, this front-of-the-border performer, although only a foot or two in height, can outshine almost everything else. Polaris is a dazzling, low-growing verbena that produces a candelabra of silver-blue flowers.Verbena venosa is a small and densely flowered version of Verbena with clusters of purple-pink fragrant flowers that are held in domed heads. A brilliant addition to the garden that will bloom from mid-spring right until the first cold of winter.
Gardeners are often looking for good solid perennials that will have attractive flowers, be easy to take care of, grow nicely but not take over the garden. One group of plants that should be considered is the Veronicas. They provide some of the clearest, truest blues in the perennial border.
Gardeners are often looking for good solid perennials that will have attractive flowers, be easy to take care of, grow nicely but not take over the garden. One group of plants that should be considered is the Veronicas.
Veronicastrum is one of the most fashionable plants around. It is an excellent genus, full of hardy, trouble-free plants. The multiple tapering, soft spikes of white flowers look like elegant, living candelabras.
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.
Viola hybida ‘Sorbet F1 Lemon Chiffon’ is pure joy in the form of a flower, with pale lemon-yellow upper petals with warm yellow lower petals. 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.
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.
One of the most striking colour combinations of the series, Sorbet ‘Orchid Rose Beacon’ blooms with bicoloured flowers of bicoloured flowers of with rose and purple-pink face, with 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
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.
Popular wonderful flowers, reminiscent of Dahlias on tall robust plants, Zinnia elegans ‘Dahlia-Flowered Salmon Queen’ are extremely easy to grow from seed, they provide colour 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.
So named for their unique spiky appearance, Cactus Flowered Zinnias have semi double, large blooms each with re-curved, quilled and twisted petals, they bloom in a wide range of colours and form interesting textures in the garden or the vase.
A slightly eccentric variety of Zinnia, ‘Senorita’ produces wonderful peach, cherry and salmon-pink blooms each with ruffled, ribbon-like petals. These reliable plants produce a bumper crop and the more you harvest, providing colour from mid-summer to autumn.
‘Isabellina’ is a beautiful zinnia that has been recently re-introduced. Featuring large 10 to 12cm soft buttercream blooms that are densely-petaled it makes a long lasting cut flower and an elegant addition to borders, and they are extremely easy to grow from seed.
Producing perfectly formed salmon-pink pompoms, Zinnia ‘Lilliput Salmon’ begin blooming early and last until late autumn. Very easy to grow, they can be sown late spring until late summer directly where they are to flower. A second sowing in mid-summer ensures continued flowering into the autumn.
Zinnia ‘Lilliput’ is a superb early-flowering, medium height series which bloom in profusion all summer long. ‘Lilliput White’ produce perfectly formed white pompoms which grow 5cm wide. The plants reach around 45 to 50cm tall. Extremely easy to grow from seed, they are the perfect flower for beginners.
Zinnia ‘Queeny Lemon Peach’ is the latest award winning colour in the series. As the blooms age, they have a a reverse fading habit that presents beautiful colour shades, the colour starts a delicate creamy lemon and transition to a soft coral-peach.
An exciting new addition to the Zinnia Queeny Series, ‘Lime Orange’ is the most beautiful range of iridescent raspberry, apricot, and smoky peach with a dark cranberry centre. Winner of the Fleuroselect Gold Award – There is no other flower on the market quite like it.
Zinnia ‘Queeny Red Lime’ is a unique zinnia that is coveted for its unusual colouring. From a smoky dark rose to a subtle maroon red crowned with lime green. There is no other flower on the market quite like it.
The latest addition to this wonderful series, Zinnia ‘Queeny Lime with Blush’ has a wonderful ombré gradient on the petals, the coloration transitions from a soft lime green to a muted dusty raspberry. Perfect for bridging between different colour spectrums.
Extremely easy to grow, Zinnia perform well in the garden and in the vase. Sown successively from March to July for flowering from summer to autumn, they are a favourite of gardeners and florists around the world.
‘Zinderella Lilac’ produces large flowered blooms, layered thickly with a stunning crown and contrasting dark centres. A favourite of gardeners and florists around the world, they are extremely easy to grow. Sow successively from March to July for flowering until autumn.
Zinnia ‘Zinderella Peach’ is a unique zinnia that produces large flowered apricot-orange blooms with cream and rose detailing and contrasting dark centres. Sown successively from March to July they will be in bloom from summer right through to autumn.
Extremely easy to grow, Zinnia perform well in the garden and in the vase. Sown successively from March to July for flowering from summer to autumn, they are a favourite of gardeners and florists around the world.
Super tall and ridiculously ruffled, You’ll get enough outrageous cut flowers to fill your house with a carnival of colour! ‘Benary’s Giant Bright Pink’ produces gorgeous bright pink blooms that are densely packed with petals and regularly exceed 10cm across. Awarded the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit.
Recommended for their uniformity, productivity, and carefree cultivation across a range of growing conditions, Zinnia ‘Benary’s Giant White’ produces lovely white large blooms that are densely packed with petals. These vigorous all-season producers hold up well in both summer rain and heat.
Zinnia ‘Benary’s Giant Coral’ is a long-standing customer favourite. With large, double blossoms that are densely packed with petals, in the most fashionable tropical coral-salmon colour. The plants reaching 90 to 120cm tall and the large blooms regularly exceed 10cm wide.
One of the largest-flowered varieties of zinnias available that grow 10 to 12cm in diameter. Zinnia elegans, ‘Benary’s Giant’ series is a superior strain of giant zinnia. ‘Giant Deep Red’ is a magnificent colour, gorgeous deep red blooms with a high percentage of double flowers.
Extremely easy to grow, Zinnia perform well in the garden and in the vase. Sown successively from March to July for flowering from summer to autumn, they are a favourite of gardeners and florists around the world.
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