Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Clematis ‘Mrs Cholmondeley’
Clematis ‘Mrs Cholmondeley’ bears gorgeous wide flowers that can reach up to 20cm (8) across if grow in optimum conditions. Each flower is a stunning soft lavender blue colour, with prominent darker veins and chocolate brown anthers. This variety blooms throughout early summer, adding a much needed splash of colour to your garden. Winner of
Clematis ‘Prince Charles’
Clematis ‘Prince Charles’ is a reliable, free flowering variety with a compact but vigorous habit, producing a profusion of nodding, soft mauve flowers with a glossy sheen. Blooming between June and September, this viticella Clematis has been awarded an RHS AGM for its superb garden performance. Clematis ‘Prince Charles’ is perfect for growing in containers
Clematis ‘Proteus’
Clematis ‘Proteus’ produces large double mauve-pink flowers in June and July before a flush of single blooms are borne in late summer and continue on until September. This early flowering cultivar has a compact habit which makes it the perfect choice for growing in borders and containers. Clematis ‘Proteus’ is ideal for adding interest to
Clematis ‘Broughton Star’
Clematis ‘Broughton Star’ looks fantastic climbing over trellis and pergolas, walls and fences, quickly covering a large area with pretty blooms. Given a prestigious RHS AGM for its garden performance, Clematis ‘Broughton Star’ produces an abundance of double and semi-double pink flowers with dark pink veins, in May and June. The young leaves of this
Clematis montana ‘Grandiflora’
Create a stunning backdrop with this energetic climber with its dense green foliage and crisp white flowers in the early summer months between May and June.
Clematis montana ‘Mayleen’
Clematis ‘Mayleen’ is a superb variety of the ever-popular montana Clematis, with an RHS AGM. A quick-growing climber, ?Mayleen? rapidly covers walls and trellis, even in trickier north-facing positions. Its stems are covered in delicate satin pink blooms from mid-spring, held against a stunning backdrop of bronze foliage. Easy to grow, and requiring almost no
Clematis ‘Hagley Hybrid’
Clematis ‘Hagley Hybrid’ is the perfect choice for both beginner gardeners and more experienced Clematis growers, as this compact hardy perennial can cope with almost all garden conditions, from north-facing walls and shady corners to bright sunshine. Elegant large flowers open out into shell-pink blooms with purple/brown stamens in July and continue right through until
Clematis ‘Jackmanii’
Clematis ‘Jackmanii’ bears single blooms, with the velvety purple sepals contrasting well against the creamy coloured anthers. This very free flowering variety is late to bloom, creating a colourful garden display from mid to late summer. Winner of an RHS AGM, it is ideal for sunny walls and fences and can also cope with a
Clematis ‘Kardynal Wyszynski’
Clematis ‘Kardynal Wsyzynski’ features large dusky crimson single flowers, each with a grey-pink reverse and pink anthers. As the flowers age, they gradually fade to an attractive darker pink colour and their tidy star shape gives way to a more subtle outline. When the plant is mature, blooms are produced continuously from early summer all
Clematis ‘Dr Ruppel’
Clematis are such a fantastic climbing plant, that can totally transform a dull wall or fence, with their opulent flowers. Clematis ‘Dr Ruppel’ is a beautiful variety, first bred in Argentina, in 1975, that has rose pink sepals, with strong pink stripes down the centres. The cream anthers turn to fluffy seedheads in the autumn.
Clematis ‘General Sikorski’
Clematis ‘General Sikorski’ was named by its Polish breeder after the famous General and Prime Minister of Poland in exile, during WWII, who was killed in an RAF plane crash, after taking off from Gibraltar in 1943. It has large lavender purple flowers with yellow anthers, that flower profusely between June and September. With dark
Clematis ‘Girenas’
Clematis ‘Girenas’ bears wide, soft pink flowers, each with an eye-catching crimped edge and a darker pink bar along the centre of each sepal. This compact variety is ideal for adding interest to a lightly shaded wall, where its colours will be protected from fading in the sun. An abundance of flowers are produced in
Clematis ‘Guernsey Cream’
Clematis ‘Guernsey Cream’ features large creamy flowers, each measuring up to 12cm across, with contrasting yellow stamens and a pale green stripe. It flowers from May to July and then again later in the summer, creating an extended colourful display. Once the blooms have faded, there are stunning golden/green starry seed heads that stay on
Clematis ‘Comtesse de Bouchaud’
Clematis ‘Comtesse de Bouchard’ is a stunning late-flowering, vigorous variety that produces mauve-pink flowers from June to September. Dating back to 1900, it is still comparable to modern cultivars, as shown by its RHS AGM. This versatile climber is both tough and forgiving and looks exceptional in borders or containers, performing equally well in sun
Clematis ‘Daniel Deronda’
Large and bright, rich blue-purple flowers will bloom on the climbing stems of this popular variety from June to September. Ideal for growing up a fence, trellis, pergola or arch, enjoying a full-sun location, keep the roots cool and moist. Fully hardy. Height 3.5m, spread 1m. Supplied in 3 litre pots.
Clematis ‘Alionushka’
Although Clematis are best known for being climbing plants, this variety, a Clematis integrifolia hybrid, is content to grow in sunny borders or over steep banks rather than up a trellis. The flowers of Clematis ‘Alionushka’ are also unusual, forming attractive, bell shapes rather than the usual star pattern. However, their colour is just as
Clematis ‘Blekitny Aniol’
Clematis is a glorious climber that can be relied upon to turn heads and this beautiful variety is no exception. Clematis ‘Blekitny Aniol’ or ‘Blue Angel’ is aptly named as the delicate pastel blue flowers have graceful frilled petal edges that will catch the slightest breeze to give an ethereal quality to the plant. The
