An elegant tree known as the 'Persian silk tree'. Albizia julibrissin produces a broad and graceful canopy of fern-like foliage. The foliage will close up at night and open during the day, making it an effective shade tree for hot summer days. In mid-summer mature plants produce a profusion of pink blooms that appear to be made up of silk threads. Albizia julibrissin truly is one of the most beautiful hardy trees we can grow in the UK. It's fairly easy and fast to grow from seed too!
PACKET CONTAINS 10 SEEDSSOWING TIPS:
Soak the seed prior to sowing. Sow the seed to a depth of 3mm. Sow in an unheated greenhouse in early spring to encourage natural germination. Use additional heat (20-24 degrees Celsius) and light to improve germination if sowing out of season.
A real feature plant for the summer garden. Amaranthus caudatus, commonly called 'Love Lies Bleeding', produces striking tassel-like racemes of tiny crimson flowers hang down from the plant creating a very tropical look. Large lush green leaves are held on fleshy stems. Very easy to grow from seed and will reach up to 1.5m tall in one season.
PACKET CONTAINS 30 SEEDSSOWING TIPS:
Surface sow the small seed. Sow in an unheated greenhouse in early spring to encourage natural germination. Use additional heat (18-24 degrees Celsius) and light to improve germination if sowing out of season.
Produces stout stems with enormous heads of flowers that resemble a trumpeting Elephant. Amaranthus gangeticus 'Elephants Head' is sure to be a real talking point for anyone that visits your garden. Very easy to grow from seed and will reach up to 75cm tall in one season.
PACKET CONTAINS 30 SEEDSSOWING TIPS:
Surface sow the small seed. Sow in an unheated greenhouse in early spring to encourage natural germination. Use additional heat (18-24 degrees Celsius) and light to improve germination if sowing out of season.
A hardy shade loving Begonia with eye-catching orange blooms! This selection of Begonia sutherlandii produces lush green leaves for shaded areas with a profusion of small tropical orange blooms. This resilient hardy Begonia sutherlandii produces tiny bulbils along its stems helping it to reproduce and come back bigger and better every year. The blooms really work to brighten dark areas of the garden. A really easy to care for plant that has long been a favourite of ours.
Current size: Established plants in 12cm pots.
A popular flowering shrub from the high altitudes of Columbia to Bolivia. Soft green leaves with large trumpet shaped flowers. The gorgeous blooms of Brugmansia sanguinea 'Vermilion' are scentless. Very fast growing from seed and half-hardy in mild parts of the UK.
PACKET CONTAINS 10 SEEDSSOWING TIPS:
Sow the seed to a depth of 3mm. Sow in an unheated greenhouse in early spring to encourage natural germination. Use additional heat (18-24 degrees Celsius) and light to improve germination if sowing out of season.
The 'angel trumpet' plant is a semi-evergreen tender shrub with enormous pink trumpet-like blooms. The impressive pink blooms hang from the branches in a stunning display from summer through to autumn. Brugmansia suaveolens 'Pink' will grow well in a container, but thrives when planted out into the summer garden borders. The flowers of Brugmansia suaveolens 'Pink' are night scented so we recommend planting it close to your favourite spot to spend summer evenings.
Current size: 60cm tall, including pot.
The 'angel trumpet' plant is a semi-evergreen tender shrub with enormous yellow trumpet-like blooms. The impressive yellow blooms hang from the branches in a stunning display from summer through to autumn. Brugmansia suaveolens 'Yellow' will grow well in a container, but thrives when planted out into the summer garden borders. The flowers of Brugmansia suaveolens 'Yellow' are night scented so we recommend planting it close to your favourite spot to spend summer evenings.
Current size: 60cm tall, including pot.
A beautiful early flowering and compact Canna with bright orange blooms help on a gorgeous stem of large bronze leaves. Canna 'Cannova Bronze Orange' will grow to a height of up to 80cm in one season. These amazing plants make the perfect plant for patio containers or dotted throughout your garden borders. Blooms emerge at the very top of each leafy stem from July to September. These Canna plants are half-hardy throughout the UK, simply provide good drainage and a winter mulch to protect the underground rhizomes.
Current size: Supplied as a jumbo plug plant.
Bright red blooms help on a gorgeous stem of large bronze leaves, the 'Cannova' series of Cannas are a great addition to any style of garden. Canna 'Cannova Scarlet Bronze' will grow to a height of up to 120cm in one season. These amazing plants make the perfect plant for patio containers or dotted throughout your garden borders. Blooms emerge at the very top of each leafy stem from July to September. These Canna plants are half-hardy throughout the UK, simply provide good drainage and a winter mulch to protect the underground rhizomes.
Current size: Supplied as a jumbo plug plant.
Flamboyant yet elegant plants that produce strong yellow coloured blooms above lush green foliage. Canna 'Cannova Yellow' will grow to a height of up to 80cm in one season. These amazing plants make the perfect plant for patio containers or dotted throughout your garden borders. Blooms emerge at the very top of each leafy stem from July to September. These Canna plants are half-hardy throughout the UK, simply provide good drainage and a winter mulch to protect the underground rhizomes.
Current size: Supplied as a jumbo plug plant.
Large lush green leaves streaked with gold looking amazing, even before this Canna blooms. In mid-to-late summer sturdy stems arise that are topped with bright orange blooms that combine perfectly with the tropical foliage. Canna 'Tropicanna Gold' loves a sunny site, ideally with damp soil. Canna 'Tropicanna Gold' makes an ideal tropical plant for patio pots, in your garden borders or even as a marginal aquatic plant for your pond.
Current size: Supplied in 1.5L pots.
Amazing shade tolerant plant with striking dark maroon and scarlet red foliage. The unique leaves of Coleus 'Black Dragon' are ruffled and corrugated which creates a beautiful texture. A great plant to add drama and contrast to containers, garden borders and any shaded gaps between larger shrubs.
PACKET CONTAINS 10 SEEDSSOWING TIPS:
Surface sow the small seed. Sow in an unheated greenhouse in early spring to encourage natural germination. Use additional heat (18-24 degrees Celsius) and light to improve germination if sowing out of season.
One of the easiest plants for adding tropical foliage colours to your garden or container displays. Coleus 'Chocolate Covered Cherry' has deep purple foliage with rich magenta centres that look fantastic when combined with bold tropical plants. Coleus are very shade tolerant, making them the perfect plant for filling those partially shaded gaps beneath other plants in your garden. We love using these colourful plants to create that very desirable dense jungle garden style.
Current size: Supplied as a plug plant.
Sumptuous dark purple leaves edged with minty green margins make this beautiful foliage plant the perfect addition to any summer garden. Coleus 'Chocolate Mint' is very shade tolerant, making it the perfect plant for filling those partially shaded gaps beneath other plants in your garden. We love using these colourful plants to create that very desirable dense jungle garden style.
Current size: Supplied as a plug plant.
A towering tree-like Dahlia that reaches the impressive heights of up to 3m in one growing season! Dahlia imperials is very easy from seed and can produce masses of pink blooms in the same year as it was sown. This beautiful plant will be towering above you by mid-summer.
PACKET CONTAINS 10 SEEDSSOWING TIPS:
Surface sow the small seed. Sow in an unheated greenhouse in early spring to encourage natural germination. Use additional heat (18-24 degrees Celsius) and light to improve germination if sowing out of season.
Thousands of pink blooms adorn enormous flower spikes throughout summer. Commonly called the 'Tower of Jewels', Echium pinanana are truly impressive plants. Growing to form a handsome rosette of silvery green leaves in their first year, Echium pinanana will put on their best show in year two. When blooming, Echiums appear to be on steroids, rapidly shooting higher and higher to produce a gigantic flower spike made up of thousands of tiny pink blooms. Pollinating insects absolutely love Echium flowers!
PACKET CONTAINS 10 SEEDSSOWING TIPS:
Surface sow the small seed. Sow in an unheated greenhouse in early spring to encourage natural germination. Use additional heat (18-24 degrees Celsius) and light to improve germination if sowing out of season.