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This popular, palm-like tree has arching, lance shaped, light green leaves, retained throughout the year. Mature trees produce dramatic white flower spikes that smell exquisite. It's an ideal focal point plant for a sunny, protected border, patio or for the exotic garden. It is also faster growing than the varieties with coloured foliage. In frost-prone areas it's best grown inside a warm greenhouse or conservatory.Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: fertile, well-drained soilSold in a 2 litre pot.
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This is a gorgeous, deciduous, ornamental grass with rich yellow leaves, edged in green. It's useful for brightening shady areas, for filling gaps in borders and planting by water, where the fine leaves contrast brilliantly with larger leaved plants. In early summer, it throws up long spikes with brown, feathery flowers. The variegation is best in partial shade - specimens in full sun can end up looking bleached.Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: fertile, moist or wet soilSold in a 2 litre pot.
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This is one of the modern Japanese Spindle bushes, with variegated foliage and upright, compact growth. All Japanese Spindles are low maintenance and easily trimmed into shapes. Suitable for any average garden soil, avoiding wet areas. Enjoys sites that offer either full sun or part shade. Please note, this shrub is sold in a 3 litre pot.
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Beautiful evergreen self twining evergreen climbing plant.Has green leaves and fragrant white flowers which appear in Spring. Likes free-draining fertile or moderately fertile soil. It prefers neutral to alkaline soil conditions, but will grow in slightly acid soils too. Ideal place to plant is where you can enjoy its richly fragrant flowers, eg. beside a doorway or seating area. Sun or light shade is best, with shelter from cold, drying winds. Provides continued interest during autumn/winter as the leaves turn from green to a dark red.Picture image shows plant when in flower.Sold in a 10 litre pot.
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Just when you thought you’d have to wait till next year for anything vaguely resembling a snowdrop, Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant', also known as 'Giant Snowflakes' begin to flower. Perhaps comparing it to lily of the valley would be more accurate, but if so, it’s a giant version. At all events, it’s an extremely easy-going plant that matches up well with your mid to late flowering tulips and narcissus. Leucojum aestivum 'Gravetye Giant' has a special place in gardening history and is named after Gravetye Manor where master-gardener William Robinson brought gardeners back down to earth with natural-look gardening. Treat it as a perennial and leave its bulbs in place for next year.Grow Leucojum 'Gravetye Giant' in moist soil in sun to partial shade.Sold in a 1 litre pot.
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Floribunda Rose You're Beautiful (Rose of the year 2013) produces clusters of medium pink blooms, that are complemented by beautiful bright green foliage. With good fragrance and uniform habit, this plant is ideal for either the flower border of plant container.Colour: Medium PinkScented: GoodHeight & Spread: 85cm x 85cm, 9cm flower head diameterPosition: Will thrive in most well drained soils. Best on an open, sunny site.Plant Care: Roses benefit from the addition of organic material added to the soil. Feed in Spring, after pruning, and again in midsummer.Dead Heading: Remove spent flowers after flowering, this will encourage repeat flowering.Bush - sold in a 3 litre pot.** Picture image Courtesy of Whartons Roses shows Rose when in flower **
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'Sungold' is a slow-growing, mound-forming, small coniferous shrub to 3m tall and wide. The thin, thread-like foliage held on stringy, weeping branches emerges golden-yellow before eventually maturing to a lime-green colour.Spread x Height: 2.5m - 4mtr x 2.5m x 4mtr (20-50 years)This conifer is a 2 litre pot.
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The slender red stems of this low spreading, woody perennial are clothed in bright green leaves, which take on spectacular red shades in autumn before they fall. They are mainly grown however for their vivid blue flowers, which form in small clusters from late summer to mid-autumn. A superb plant for adding late colour to the front of the border, it will become drought tolerant once established.Position: full sun or partial shadeSoil: moderately fertile and well-drainedRate of growth: averageFlowering period: August to OctoberHardiness: fully hardySold in a 1 litre pot.Picture image courtesy of HGC, DE.Web Orders: Due to the nature of this product we are unable to send by post or courier.We deliver to locally, we also offer a click and collect service.
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An adaptable perennial producing a profusion of apricot-orange blooms from late spring to summer. These are held above the clumps of divided, toothed and scalloped foliage on leafy stems. Perfect for adding bright splashes of colour towards the front of a sunny border, it is a natural mix with yellow and red shades.Position: full sunSoil: well-drained soilRate of growth: fast-growingSold in a 3 litre pot.
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Sumptuous rich bluey purple flowers, with delicately ruffled petals and a pleasing light fragrance are produced in profusion on strong upright stems over a long season. Although this is a tender perennial it is usually grown as a bedding plant.Position: full sunSoil: moist, but well-drainedRate of growth: averageFlowering period: May to NovemberHardiness: frost hardy (needs winter protection)Picture Image shows plant when in flower.Sold in a 1 litre pot.
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Also known as Dryopteris is flat with dark green fronds.Good for mixed shady borders. Also can be grown in larger patio containers in some shade but must be kept well watered.Semi-Evergreen & Perennial. In warmer areas this ferns is kept as an evergreen.Height: 40cm (15inches) x Spread 50cm (20inches)Position: Partial shade with shelter away from strong winds.Evergreen buckler fern is a hardy plant that can grow in a variety of soil types but thrives in good, moisture retentive soil.Sold in a 1 litre pot.
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Delightfully marked yet resilient plant that flowers every spring held above leaves so they are easily seen. Can be used to plant in patio tubs or borders will they will last years.Hardy & PerennialFlowering: February - March.Height: 25cm x Spread 30cmPosition: Sun or part shade in any fertile, well drained soil.Primulas enjoy a soil that doesn't dry out too much in summer.Sold in a 2 litre pot.
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The new foliage of this striking Japanese maple emerges in spring a vibrant red, and as it ages it deepens in colour, turning rich claret until the autumn when it becomes a brighter shade once again before it falls. In shadier conditions, where the foliage is shaded by the outermost leaves, it may turn greenish, but it will usually retain a mahogany blush. 'Shaina' makes a superb specimen in borders or large containers.Acer palmatum 'Shaina' is a medium sized compact deciduous Acer, with an upright growth habit. Fantastic bright red spring leaves turn a brilliant dark red in summer, followed by bright crimson in autumn. It will grow to form a dense and compact globe of small red foliage - a slow growing Japanese maple that is an ideal selection for containers or small gardens. Prefers partial shade, but can tolerate full sun, as long as the plant is shaded for a small part of the day.Sold in a 3 litre pot.
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Eye catching Viola's bursting with colour. Perfect for beds and borders.Flowering Period: Spring, Summer, Autumn, WinterPreferred Location: Sun or part shadeDeadheading prolongs the flowering season, producing more blooms.Web orders;-Pictures are for display purposes, plant colour may differ at time of selection.Sold in a 1 litre pot.
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Ideal for patio containers, Raspberry Royal produces masses of raspberry pink blooms on a healthy compact plant.Colour: Raspberry pink blendScented: SlightHeight & Spread: 40cm x 40cm, flower head diameter 5cmPosition: Will thrive in most well drained soils. Best on an open, sunny site.Plant Care: Roses benefit from the addition of organic material added to the soil. Hardy and tolerant of poorer soils.Feed in Spring, after pruning, and again in midsummer.Dead Heading: Remove spent flowers after flowering, this will encourage repeat flowering.Patio Rose Shrub in a 3 litre pot.** Picture image Courtesy of Whartons Roses shows Rose when in flower **
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Vivid colour, free flowering habit and excellence disease resistance are the virtues of Trumpeter, a compact variety with dark, glossy foliage.Colour: RedScented: SlightHeight & Spread: 60cm x 50cm, Flower Dia. 6cmPosition: Will thrive in most well drained soils. Best on an open, sunny site.Plant Care: Roses benefit from the addition of organic material added to the soil. Feed in Spring, after pruning, and again in midsummer.Dead Heading: Remove spent flowers after flowering, this will encourage repeat flowering.Form: Bush** Picture image Courtesy of Whartons Roses shows Rose when in flower **
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This deciduous shrub has magnificent, dark red-purple oval leaves, that turn scarlet in autumn. In July and August, it is festooned with fluffy plumes of purplish-pink flowers that look like a haze of smoke. This is an eye-catching specimen plant for a sunny shrub or mixed border.Grow in fertile, well-draining soil in sun or light shade. Purple-leaved plants will produce the best leaf colour in full sun.Sold in a 3 litre pot.