The summer season is when many of us spend the most time in our gardens, enjoying al fresco dining on long, warm summer nights. Tropical planting comes into its own, fragrant roses burst into bloom, and there's no shortage of vibrant perennials that flower all summer long to choose from.

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Nandina domestica 'Firepower'.

Known as heavenly bamboo, Nandina domestica ‘Fire Power’ is tough as old boots, yet immensely pretty. Clumps of bamboo-like canes hold year-round foliage, changing colour from red-flushed young leaves, through red and green in summer to orange and red in autumn and winter.
£14.99-£19.98
Supplied as 2L pots.
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Alstroemeria Indian Summer

Alstroemeria Indian Summer has beautifully coloured flowers set against unique rich, bronze foliage. These hardy Peruvian Lilies produce long stems that can be easily pulled from the clump for vases.
£12.99-£32.99
Supplied as garden-ready plants.
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Timeless Hardy Geranium Collection

Enjoy a long season of beauty with this specially selected range of hardy geraniums, known for their reliability, resilience and charm. Masses of blooms create a carpet of colour from late spring through to autumn, making them ideal for planting in borders, containers or used as ground cover.
£44£72
Supplied as 18 x bare-root plants (3 of each)
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Begonia Illumination Series

The Begonia Illumination series will provide colour all summer, often still flowering through to October. Thriving in partial shade, they bring vibrant displays to difficult areas of the garden, and with slightly succulent stems they will tolerate short, dry periods.
£15.96£19.95
Supplied as 40 standard plugs. Choose from a selection of begonias.
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Peony mix & match

Peonies are a classic cottage garden plant that will last a lifetime in the garden, getting bigger and better with age. Producing exquisite, fragrant blooms, they will make a beautiful feature in borders and are superb for cutting too.
£8-£20
Supplied as bare-root plants.
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Save on Fothergill's wildflower selection

Wildflowers bring a garden to life, attracting bees, butterflies and other important wildlife. They’re beautiful, easy to grow and forgiving of poorer soils and conditions. You don’t have to create a whole meadow – just weaving a few wildflowers through your garden will help make it a haven for wildlife and for you.
use code: GWDAHF2026
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24 summer bedding plants

Create a colourful tapestry of blooms with this bedding collection. The vibrant mix combines four varieties, tried and tested for reliable garden performance. Perfect for beds and borders or brightening up patio pots.
££29.96
*Just pay £5.95 postage. Supplied as plug plants (6 of each), approx. 3-6cm high.
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Rose 'Rambling Rector'

Transform plain spaces with the abundant blooms of Rose ’Rambling Rector’. Vigorous, award-winning, and fantastically fragrant, erupting in summer with clouds of creamy white, clove-scented flowers.
£14.99£21.99
Supplied as 1 x bare-root plant.
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Hydrangea macrophylla Tabletensia Duo

Introducing the new Tabletensia range of miniature (and we mean, miniature!) hydrangeas. Reaching just 25-40cm in height and 40cm across, these exceptional plants are small enough not just for containers but even hanging baskets.
£25£38
Supplied as 2 x 10.5cm pots (1 of each colour)
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Garden Glamour Rose Collection

This sensational ’Garden Glamour Rose Collection’ has been specially selected and features five multiple award-winning varieties, three of which have been honoured with the prestigious title of ’World’s Favourite Rose’.
£19.99£31.99
Supplied as 5 x bare-root plants.
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Cottage garden aquilegias

Commonly known as granny’s bonnet, aquilegias are an essential presence in the cottage garden, with pollinators visiting the frilly blooms that nod in the breeze above layered petticoats of clump-forming, ferny, grey-green foliage.
£17-£26
Supplied as bare-root plants.
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3 oriental poppy bare-root plants

These flamboyant Oriental poppies will light up your borders in late spring and early summer. They thrive in full sun and are happy in poor, dry soil. Clump-forming perennials, they create neat rosettes of deeply-cut leaves covered with coarse hairs, bringing texture to borders before the blooms appear.
££16.49
*Just pay £5.95 postage. Supplied as 3 x bare-root plants (1 of each)