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.
A popular sight in Cornwall, pride of Madeira, Echium candicans, is perfect for adding a touch of drama to both exotic and cottage garden settings, as well as a large greenhouse or conservatory.
£16.99£26.99
Supplied as 1 x 2L pot. Plus, free fertiliser (worth £4.99) with your order.
With abundant clusters of vibrant red flowers, Geranium ‘Summer Lovers Dark Red’ brings a splash of bold colour to pots, window boxes and hanging baskets all summer long. Drought tolerant and easy to grow, it’s perfect for low maintenance gardens and small spaces.
Neat Anemone Collection brings you a carefully tailored ensemble to add height and harmony to containers and open ground. Flowers commence in June and bloom successionally through to October time, with their nectar offering vital sustenance to pollinators.
This compact lilac tree is neatly trained with a single straight stem and a lollipop-style head that bursts into flower with masses of delicate, pale purple blooms from May.
£34.99£69.99
Buy 1 x 3L pot and get another for free. Plus, receive a FREE 100g bag of fertiliser (worth £4.99) with your order.
Lavandula angustifolia ’Rosea’ produces the most gorgeous, soft rose-pink flower spikes, which is a surprisingly rare and wonderful twist on the much-loved garden classic. And the fragrance is simply divine.
Crowned ’World’s Favourite Rose’ in 1979, this iconic variety produces big, double pink blooms on strong stems, flowering continuously from early summer to autumn.
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This vibrant summer bundle brings together one Sunflower Full Summer plant and three Salvia varieties – Salvia Blackberry Ripple, Salvia Royal Salmon and Salvia Cuello Cream. In total, you will receive four young plants, all supplied as strong 9cm potted plants, well-rooted and ready to be planted straight into beds, borders or containers.
Now is the perfect time to plant hydrangeas for huge summer blooms. MIX & MATCH from over 70 varieties and save 33% with a 3 FOR 2 offer. Great for brightening up shady corners.
Bring your garden to life with a vibrant perennial collection designed to encourage bees, butterflies and other essential pollinators. Featuring four much-loved, long-flowering favourites, this mix provides continuous colour, fragrance and nectar-rich blooms from early summer through to autumn.
££33.96
*Just pay £5.95 postage. Supplied as 24 x plug plants (6 of each). £5 off voucher delivered with your free plant collection, no minimum spend! Terms & Conditions apply.
Offering height in garden borders, this specially curated collection of foxgloves has been selected to give you colourful spires from May to September. The nectar-rich flowers are loved by pollinators and are excellent for cutting.
Beautiful green foliage frames bright blooms that come alive with eruptions of pink, purple, red and white as early as May, with the spectacular flowers hanging daintily from their stems.
Penstemons are perennials, hardy in most of the UK, that send up spires of colourful tubular flowers in summer, above glossy, semi-evergreen foliage. The display lasts well into autumn. Easy to grow, they tolerate almost any position and cope with dry and damp spells.
This collection includes an impressive array of popular perennial varieties that are not only long-lasting but also flower for months and grow larger and more robust with each year. Low-maintenance and attractive as cut flowers, they are also loved by bees and other pollinators.
££31.96
*Just pay £5.95 postage. Supplied as plug plants (6 of each).
An exclusive collection of distinctly different sweet pea blooms. Each one has been selected for outstanding fragrance, exhibition-standard flowers and superb growing performance. These beautiful cottage-garden favourites are superb for cutting and the more blooms you pick, the more they will flower!
£8.99-£15.29
Supplied as deep-rooted plugs with an average of 5 sweet pea plants per plug. Pinched and ready for planting out.
A compact, half-hardy annual, Brown Eyed Girl delivers up to 1,000 blooms all season, putting all its energy into non-stop flowers. Perfect for beds or containers.
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