Stachys byzantina A very elegant Lamb's Tongue with woolly white leaves and upright spikes of small pink flowers from June to September. From Northern Turkey and Iran but now firmly established as a cottage garden favourite. Evergreen so good for year-round...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Aloysia citrodora (Lemon Verbena) Quite simply the best lemon scented foliage we have ever smelt! The foliage of this aromatic deciduous shrub has a wonderful zesty lemon scent which can be used in drinks, ice cream and any dishes where you want to add a hint of lemon. It's even used in...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £5.50
Pulsatilla vulgaris 'Pearl Bells' Beautiful blush-pink goblet-shaped flowers above attractive ferny foliage in March and April, followed by attractive silky seed heads. Forms a good sized clump which is covered in flowers in spring. Pulsatilla vulgaris is a British Native. The Danish...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Aster novi-belgii 'White Ladies' (Symphyotrichum) An old variety which has stood the test of time. Clusters of pure white double flowers, which open to reveal yellow centres, top strong stems which don't require staking. Flowers from late August to October so a useful late season white for the...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Galium album (Hedge Bedstraw) A British native wildflower found in hedgerows, edges of woods and meadows. Flowers from spring to late summer. Very good for a wildflower area or meadow and will gently self-seed. Loved by bees and pollinating insects. Hedge Bedstraw is similar...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Silene vulgaris (Bladder Campion) A British native wildflower of meadows and hedgerows. It gets its common name from the bladder-like calyx just behind the flowers. Flowers from May to September. Very good for a wildflower area or meadow and will gently self-seed. Loved by bees and...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Centaurea dealbata (Cornflower) A typical Cottage Garden Flower, loved by generations of gardens. This variety comes from the Caucasus in 1804. Attractive silver-green cut foliage with deep pink cornflower flowers. Loved by bees and butterflies. Originally from Austria, but grown...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Cosmos atrosanguineus (Chocolate Flower) A magnificent plant with almost dark brown, almost black flowers, scented strongly of chocolate, in mid and late summer. Loves a hot sunny position and needs protection from severe frost. We grow ours at home in a large pot and move it into an unheated...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £5.50
Viola 'Vita' A very pretty pink perennial viola which flowers profusely over a long period from early to late summer. Good for front of border, rockery or tubs. Height: 15cm Violas are plants with real personality and they can't help but lift you as you...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £6.50
Lysimachia nummularia (Creeping Jenny) An excellent British native creeping ground cover for cool soil. Golden-yellow buttercup-like flowers from June to August. The leaves are glossy and supposedly look like coins, hence one of its common names Moneywort. A vigorous grower that is happy in...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Viola 'Ivory Queen' A highly scented perennial viola with beautiful ivory-cream flowers, sometimes lightly tinged with blue at the edges and reverse, from April to September. Grow in tubs or front of border. Height: 15cm Violas are plants with real personality and they...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Viola 'Maggie Mott' We have been growing Maggie Mott for over 20 years and it's still wonderful. Large flowers of pale lilac and light blue, with with a golden eye. An old Victorian favourite. Grow in tubs or front of border. Height and spread: 15cm x 30cm Violas are...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Lupinus arboreus (Tree Lupin) The Tree Lupin. A sub-shrub with highly scented flowers. Still not often seen in gardens in the UK, this is well worth growing and becomes a talking point. Produces branching stems with silvery-green foliage from a stout trunk. Fragrant yellow flowers,...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £5.90
Convolvulus cneorum A fantastic evergreen shrub with cup shaped white flowers with pale yellow centres from late spring to summer. Shiny, silvery foliage adds interest all year round and can be used in flower arrangements. Height and spread: 60cm x 60cm Good for a bed or...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £5.50
Allium tuberosum (Garlic Chives) A herb worth growing in a pot near the kitchen door, or in the herb bed. The strap-like leaves have a mild garlic flavour which is nice in salads, with cheese and in soups etc. Lovely white flowers on tall stems, from June to August, which are also...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Taraxacum pseudoroseum (Pink Dandelion) A talking point for the garden - a pink dandelion! See also our white dandelion. From central Asia, the plant looks just like our native dandelion except that the flowers are an attractive pale pink with a golden centre. Good for low maintenance areas...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue' A glorious perennial salvia with dark purple-blue flower opening from black calyces - hence the 'Black and Blue'name. Covered in flowers from August to October. The word Salvia comes from salvere, to save. The Romans called culinary Sage "herba...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: £5.50 Now: £4.50
Lychnis chalcedonica (Jerusalem Cross) Brilliant scarlet flower heads held on erect stems in midsummer. Each floret is shaped like a Maltese cross. Will tolerate most soils in sun or part shade. Introduced from East Russia in 1593 by the Knights of Malta. Loved by bees and...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Teucrium hircanicum 'Purple Tails' Bold spires of purple flowers rise above bushy, green aromatic foliage. Attractive, vigorous perennial for herbaceous or mixed borders. Flowers from July to October. Very easy to grow and happy in most soils in a sunny spot. When established, this plant...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Thymus lanuginosus (Woolly Thyme) Forms a wonderful carpet of woolly grey foliage with pale mauve flowers over the summer. Looks great on rockeries, in containers and between cracks in paving. Thyme has been a favourite herb for centuries, valued for its culinary merit and...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Lathyrus vernus A bushy everlasting sweet pea covered in rich purple-blue flowers in March, April and May. Good in a mixed or spring border in semi-shade. Will tolerate quite dry soil when established. Suitable for cut flowers. Unlike annual sweet peas, everlasting...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Viola odorata 'Dusky Maiden' Lovely dusky pink/purple flowers on medium stems with a good scent. Flowers from late winter to mid spring. Prefers a position in dappled shade. Height: 10cm Sweet violets have been grown for over 2000 years and were the symbol of ancient Athens...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £5.90
Armoracia rusticana (Horse Radish) The plant has lovely white flowers in early summer. It will spread if you let it, so plant in a contained space/container or somewhere you are happy for it do so. The roots are shredded and used as a relish and it is also used in pickles and the young...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Oenothera 'Apricot Delight' (Evening Primrose) A beautiful, back-of-the-border plant with large saucers of blooms that open yellow then slowly change colour through apricot to pink as they age. The flowers are very fragrant in the evening, hence the common name of Evening Primrose. Flowers in June,...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Lobelia siphilitica Spreading clumps of tidy foliage and spikes of clear mid-blue flowers all summer. Moist soil preferred and will tolerate it quite wet. Good for pond edges but will cope with any soil which doesn't get too dry. Named after the disease it was once used...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Achillea filipendulina ‘Cloth Of Gold’ Light green foliage and deep golden-yellow flowers. Perfect for growing towards the middle of a border or in a wildlife garden or gravel garden. Flowers June to August. One of the most familiar yarrows but it is deservedly popular as it is very easy to...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: £4.90 Now: £3.90
Viola odorata 'Lydia Groves' A lovely large flowered violet with scented sugar-pink flowers with a white centre. A strong grower which will form good sized matts of foliage simply covered with flowers throughout spring. Prefers a position in dappled shade. Height:...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £5.90
Verbascum ‘Helen Johnson’ It's easy to fall in love with this beautiful Mullein. Peach coloured flowers on tall stems turn burnished orange as they age. Perfect for a mixed border or bed. Forms evergreen rosettes of silver grey foliage from which tall flower stems...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £5.50
Primula auricula 'Chamois' A lovely border auricula with flowers the colour of worn leather in spring and early summer. A good strong grower which copes well in the border but can be planted in containers too. Height: 15cm Photo courtesy of The Hardy Plant SocietyClick here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £6.90
Mazus reptans 'Alba' (White Chinese Marshflower) A very low growing creeping perennial with bright white flowers. Happy in very wet soil and average soil. Beautiful flowers from late spring right through summer and forms a dense matt of bright green tough foliage. Is beginning to be used as a lawn...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Kniphofia hirsuta 'Fire Dance' (Red Hot Poker) An excellent Red Hot Poker for city gardens and other small places as it is shorter and tidier than most varieties. Coral red and yellow flower spikes are produced from early through late summer . The tough leaves are ignored by deer and rabbits, but...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: £4.90 Now: £3.50
Geum 'Lionel Cox' A lovely tall Geum with primrose coloured nodding flowerheads in May and June. Height: 45cm Geums have long been cultivated, Our native wood avens, Geum urbanum, being a stalwart of medieval herbalists. The name of the Genus 'Geum' derives from...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Lamium maculatum 'Aureum' A really bright lamium to brighten up a shady spot. Golden foliage, occasionally marked with a silver streak along the centre of the leaves. Dusky pink flowers. Lamiums are invaluable as ground cover plants for use in both sun and shade, even in...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £5.50
Viola odorata 'Opera' An old variety of violet dating from 1930 with fragrant rosy-lilac flowers with darker shading. Can look dark plum coloured. Forms low mats of heart shaped foliage. Prefers a position in dappled shade. Height: 10cm Sweet violets have been...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £6.50
Ficaria verna 'Green Petal' (Celandine) A most unusual celandine which has frilly green petals streaked with hints of lemon. Celandine are one of the delights of early spring and among the first plants to flower. Plants die back to fleshy tubers in May and reappear in January...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £5.50
Primula 'Gold Lace' This very old primula has lovely dark burgundy flowers with each petal surrounded with gold-lacing. Introduced around 1750 and was much prized by the Victorians. Can be planted in the ground but also works very well in containers. The flowers can be cut...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £5.50
Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' An old favourite, grown by E.A. Bowles in his famous garden at Myddelton House in the late 1800's. Sturdy green bushes with fragrant mauve flowers from late spring to late summer. A most reliable and robust perennial wallflower. Called perennial...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £5.50
Anthemis tinctoria (Dyer's Chamomile) A British native plant which was traditionally used for producing warm-yellow coloured dye for textiles. The flowers are collected in summer and used fresh, or dried for use over winter. The colours are said to work better on wool and silk, than cotton...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £5.50
Verbena bonariensis A very popular archetypal cottage garden perennial. Very upright plants, which require no staking, with clusters of purple scented flowers on branching stems from midsummer to autumn. Will readily self seed if allowed, making it ideal for informal...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Arenaria montana (Mountain Daisy) A beautiful evergreen alpine which is a snowdrift of white flowers in May and June. Perfect for rockeries, green roofs, walls and containers. Trails over edges very well. Awarded the Award of Garden Merit by the RHS. Height: 10cm Common name(s):...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Aubrieta 'Purple Cascade' Aubretia are wonderful alpines which form trailing mats of green foliage and are often seen clinging to walls or trailing over rocks. Masses of purple-blue flowers cover the foliage in April and May. Very drought resistant when established...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Eryngium variifolium ‘Miss Marble’ A striking architectural plant with green foliage, marbled with silver. Blue and silver spiky flowers during the summer. Often used for cut flower displays and adds winter interest to borders if the flower spikes are left on. A useful plant for...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum' (Bronze Fennel) A handsome and sturdy herb with new shoots of copper feathered foliage, deepening to rich bronze. The leaves and seeds are edible and taste of aniseed. Large umbels of small yellow flowers in July and August. Great for the herb bed but also works well...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Ixia viridiflora 'Green Jade' From South Africa comes this rare and sought after plant with turquoise-green petals and a black eye. Long arching spikes of flowers are carried on narrow stems above small amounts of grassy foliage. Expect one or two spikes in the first year but then...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Viola 'Tony Venison' A golden-tinted and variegated form of Viola 'Boughton Blue'. Spreads rapidly to form a golden green carpet and looks wonderful in spring. An eye-catching splash of gold for the border or container. Large blue flowers. The gold variegation is often...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Saponaria ocymoides 'Alba' A wonderfully vigorous plant which loves tumbling over walls or rocks. Beautiful snow white flowers cover creeping mounds of green foliage from May to July. A vigorous, low creeping plant, useful for spilling down sunny slopes or over rock walls. Very...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90
Sedum oreganum The Oregon stonecrop is a small but eye-catching sedum. In the heat of summer, the green leaves turn an intense shade of red. Star shaped yellow flowers add to the effect in July and August. Very drought tolerant. Excellent for the edge of a...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: £4.90 Now: £2.95
Viola odorata 'Coeur d'Alsace' An old variety of violet with very fragrant rosy pink flowers. Forms low mats of heart shaped foliage. Prefers a position in dappled shade. Height: 10cm Sweet violets have been grown for over 2000 years and were the symbol of ancient Athens...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £5.90
Ficaria verna ‘Coppernob’ (Celandine) Coppernob has orange-yellow celandine flowers contrasting beautifully with near black leaves Looks stunning when it forms a good sized clump. Celandine are one of the delights of early spring and among the first plants to flower. Good for...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £5.50
Primula vialii (Orchid primrose) A striking primula with tall poker-shaped red tipped lilac pink flowers from May to the end of September. Plants die back completely in winter and then grow quickly in spring. A tough primula which will grow anywhere which is not bone dry and prefers...Click here for full details... MSRP: Was: Now: £4.90