Category Archives: Garden
Potato ‘Setanta’
In a recent taste test Potato ‘Setanta’ was voted the best for roasting, with crisp, golden skin and buttery flesh which just melts in the mouth. High dry-matter content means this potato is also fantastic for baking, chips, and wedges.
Potato ‘Cara’
Maincrop. Oval-round, pinkish, red-eyed tubers with soft moist flesh that is excellent for baking and chipping. Maincrop potato ‘Cara’ has excellent disease resistance, including golden eelworm and blight, and withstands drought well. An allotment favourite! Height and spread: 60cm (24). Organic ‘Cara’ has Organic Certification approved by The Soil Association. Please note: Potato ‘Cara’ CANNOT
Weigela ‘Magic Carpet’
Weigela ?Magic Carpet? is a fantastic new variety of Weigela with unique apricot orange foliage.
Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’
Perfect for winter colour, Viburnum x bodnantense ‘Dawn’ produces a profusion of beautiful pink, perfumed flowers on woody stems in the middle of winter.
Trachelospermum jasminoides ‘Star of Milano’
Trachelospermum jasminoides ‘Star of Milano’ is a superb new variety that has gone one step further by combining both variegated foliage and pink flowers!
Scabious ‘Kudo Blue’
Shorter than many scabious varieties, this cottage garden classic performs perfectly in patio containers and is ideal for attracting butterflies, bees and other pollinators to the garden. These compact plants will be smothered in delicate pale blue blooms from June through to October.
Salvia ‘Hot Lips’
Possibly the prettiest perennial salvia there is, this bushy, half-hardy variety, will bring a dazzling carnival of bicolour blooms from July to October. In addition the foliage bears a blackcurrant aroma. Just give it a little protective mulch over winter and it will reward you year after year. Height 90cm, spread 60cm.
Raspberry ‘Little Sweet Sister’
Produce your own crops in the smallest of spaces with this exceptional new autumn-fruiting Raspberry. With a neat and compact habit, Raspberry ‘Little Sweet Sister’ is ideal for patio pots, reaching just 90cm tall.
Prunus incisa ‘Kojo-No-Mai’
A popular Fuji Cherry with an RHS Award of Garden Merit, grown for its stunning early spring display of white flowers with hints of pink. Unlike many ornamental cherries, Prunus ‘Kojo No Mai’ is a compact, rounded shrub, ideal for small and low-maintenance gardens. Fuji Cherries are easy to grow and look fabulous either as
Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso’
It will come as no surprise to learn that this tactile shrub was introduced by a cut flower breeder! The fluffy pink catkins of Salix gracilistyla ‘Mount Aso’ make a fabulous sight in winter – perfect for adding texture to your winter flower arrangements.
Phormium ‘Rainbow Queen’
Phormium ‘Rainbow Queen’ is a rich bronze-green coloured specimen with a rosy edge and a sliver of cream to add more contrast.
Miscanthus sinensis ‘Kleine Silberspinne’
A big impact in summer borders for very little effort! From late summer, this low maintenance perennial grass produces spidery panicles of bronze tipped flower-spikes that slowly fade to silver as they mature. The tall flower stems rise magnificently above clumps of arching, green foliage.
Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Ruby Slippers’
Oak-leaved hydrangeas have plenty to offer: handsome foliage that delivers good autumn column and bold, long-lasting summer flowers. With Hydrangea quercifolia ‘Ruby Slippers’ the blooms are particularly large and change colour as they age.
Helenium ‘Short ‘n’ Sassy’
Most Heleniums are a little too large for smaller gardens, but this one is perfectly proportioned for smaller borders or patio containers
Ensete ‘Ethiopian Black Banana’
Add some tropical drama to your patio with this striking Ensete ?Ethiopian Black Banana?.
Coreopsis Golden Sphere
Coreopsis ‘Solanna Golden Sphere’ is a compact, bushy variety producing masses of golden yellow, pom-pom-like double blooms all summer and into autumn.
Cordyline australis ‘Lime Passion’
Cordyline australis ?Lime Passion? forms a punky hairdo of stripy lime and cream variegated foliage that lends an exotic feel to gardens, borders and pots.
Carex ‘Feather Falls’
Few plants are as versatile and reliable in the garden as this Japanese Sedge! Its arching foliage creates a fountain of green and white variegated leaves that remain evergreen, even through the coldest winters.
Agastache Little Adder
Invite bees and butterflies to a nectar-rich banquet with this dwarf Hyssop.
