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.
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.
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Thunbergia alata Sunny Susy Trio Mix provides 3 varieties of vigorous twining climbers that will swiftly cover supports to bring height to summer borders and patio containers.
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.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Plan ahead for summer colour and give your borders a real lift with a fresh selection of dahlias. Winter is the ideal moment to dream up new planting combinations, revisit favourite varieties, and explore bold shapes and shades for the season ahead.
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.
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.
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’.
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.
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)