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.
Meet the Gladioli ‘Gladdies Trio’ - compact stems (60–80cm) packed with up to 20 vibrant blooms in pink, purple, and white. Perfect for borders and containers, and just as stunning in a vase.
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)
This rose bush collection provides a dazzling array of red, white, yellow, pink and peach flowers, adding months of colour, fragrance and charm to any garden. The blooms are set against lush green foliage, and the plants are resilient to common diseases.
£17.99£29.99
Supplied as 5 x bare-root plants (1 of each). Plus, free fertiliser (worth £4.99)
In summer, these impressive perennials lend their stature to borders and patio containers, where their architectural seed heads continue the display well into autumn.
£9.99-£38.99
Supplied as bare-root plants. Plus, upgrade your order and include a black & gold patio pot worth £19.99 for only £9.99.
This hardy deciduous shrub deserves a prominent spot in garden borders. The fully double blooms unfurl their pure white petals in early summer to release a delightful ‘orange blossom’ perfume. With a vigorous, upright habit, it makes a useful large shrub for partially shaded or sunny gardens, and even copes well in coastal conditions.
