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Annual Plants


Annual plants fall under two categories - hardy and half-hardy. Hardy annuals can be grown outdoors and will tolerate cooler tempratures, whereas the more tender half-hardy annuals need protection and must not be planted out until all risk of frost has passed. These delightful summer flowers add colour and interest to beds, borders, containers and hanging baskets. Use the selections in the left menu to select the right plants for your garden.



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Begonia 'Apricot Shades' Collection

A versatile Begonia collection including our best-selling trailing Begonia 'Apricot Shades Improved', and the equally as good Begonia 'Patio Apricot Shades' which has a more upright habit. Both varieties display beautiful, large, double blooms in sunshine shades of apricot and lemon. Flowering from July to October they are perfect for brightening up your patio containers, hanging baskets and Flower Pouches® with long-lasting colour! Their weather-resistance and flower power will create a fabulous display that will light up even a shady corner.


  • Collection comprises 24 plug plants each of:
  • Begonia 'Apricot Shades Improved' - Large, cascading double blooms in sunshine shades of apricot and lemon will pour from your containers from July to October. Height: 30cm (12"). Spread: 45cm (18").
  • Begonia 'Patio Apricot Shades' - Equally as good as our best selling trailing version but has a more upright habit making it better suited to patio containers. Height: 30cm (12"). Spread: 35cm (14").
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    • 48 plugs - 24 of each variety

    • Despatch: By end of April 2014
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    • £24.98 £17.99

Begonia x tuberhybrida 'Apricot Shades Improved' F1 Hybrid

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A best seller, Begonia ‘Apricot Shades’ is as versatile as it is beautiful! Large, cascading double blooms in sunshine shades of apricot and lemon will pour from your containers from July to October. These tuberous begonias will perform whatever the weather, in sun or semi shade. The trailing habit of Begonia ‘Apricot Shades’ makes them ideal for hanging baskets, window boxes and flower pouches for a really impressive display that will light up even a shady corner. Height: 30cm (12"). Spread: 45cm (18").

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

Gardening news: Top 10 best-selling plants of 2012

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    • 5 Postiplugs

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
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    • £7.99
    • 15 Postiplugs

    • Despatch: By end of May 2013
    • SAVE £10.98  
    • £23.97 £12.99
    • 24 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of April 2014
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    • £11.99
    • 48 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of April 2014
    • SAVE £6.99  
    • £23.98 £16.99
    • 100 Postiplugs

    • Despatch: By end of May 2013
    • SAVE £99.81  
    • £159.80 £59.99

Antirrhinum majus 'Madame Butterfly' F1 Hybrid

Snapdragon

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  • Customer favourite

Awarded an All American Selection medal for its unusual azalea-shaped snapdragon flowers. Antirrhinum ‘Madame Butterfly’ creates a riot of colour throughout summer. The unique, double snapdragon petals prevent insects from pollinating the flowers, so they last much longer than single-flowered varieties. Perfect for a long-lasting display in cottage garden beds, borders and containers. This award winning variety also makes a superb cut flower. Height: 65cm (26"). Spread: 45cm (18").

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    • 12 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of May 2013
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    • £5.99
    • 24 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
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    • £9.99
    • 36 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of May 2013
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    • £11.99
    • 72 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
    • Double up 36 to 72 for £5 extra  
    • £23.98 £16.99

Patio Mixed

Our Patio Mix has everything you’ll need to fill your patio pots this summer! This fabulous collection is perfectly suited to growing in containers for long lasting colour. Mingle them together to create fabulous mixed plantings. Height: 65cm (26"). Spread: 45cm (18").

  • Collection comprises:
  • Petunia 'Frenzy' Mixed - Weather resistant blooms in pure colours, picotees, veined, and some with bright, white stars.
  • Antirrhinum 'Madame Butterfly' - Awarded an All American Selection medal for its unusual azalea-shaped snapdragon flowers.
  • Lobelia 'Ultra Cascade' Mixed - An opulent mix of old and new varieties that gives you the best of both worlds - and longer-lasting displays.
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    • 36 plugs - 12 of each variety

    • Despatch: By end of May 2013
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    • £13.98

Marigold 'French Vanilla' F1 Hybrid

Tagetes erecta, African Marigold

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  • Customer favourite
  • Very reliable summer annual

At last something different to the usual colour spectrum of orange and lemon - a real creamy white flowered African marigold! Marigold ‘French Vanilla’ is a triumph in plant breeding, producing masses of large blooms up to 7.5cm (3”) across that are absolutely pure in colour. Better still, it has less of the pungent marigold smell than its cousins. A definite improvement! Perfect for bringing a contemporary twist to beds, borders and containers. Height and spread: 45cm (18”).

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    • 24 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of March 2014
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    • £9.99
    • 36 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of May 2013
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    • £12.99
    • 72 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of March 2014
    • Double up 36 to 72 for £5 extra  
    • £25.98 £17.99

Lobelia erinus 'Ultra Cascade Mixed'

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An opulent mix of old varieties and new, that gives you the best of both worlds - and longer-lasting displays. Older varieties in the mix flower early and fade, whilst the newer varieties last longer, so mixed together you'll have a full season of stunning lobelia colour. Lobelia ‘Ultra Cascade’ Mixed makes a sparkling addition to containers, flower pouches™ and window-boxes. Trailing lobelia is an easy to grow annual that is deservedly popular for its versatility and long flowering period. Trails to: 45cm (18”). Spread: 15cm (6”).

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    • 6 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of March 2014
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    • £5.99
    • 36 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of May 2013
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    • £7.99
    • 72 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
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    • £15.98 £11.99
    • 140 miniplugs

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
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    • £12.99
    • 280 miniplugs

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
    • SAVE £5.99  
    • £25.98 £19.99

Lobelia erinus 'Ultra Cascade Mixed' (Garden-Ready)

 
 
However busy you are, you can still enjoy a colourful garden or patio, thanks to our Garden-Ready plant range. These robust and vigorous plants can be planted straight out when you receive them.

An opulent mix of old varieties and new, that gives you the best of both worlds - and longer-lasting displays. Older varieties in the mix flower early and fade, whilst the newer varieties last longer, so mixed together you'll have a full season of stunning lobelia colour. Lobelia ‘Ultra Cascade’ Mixed makes a sparkling addition to containers, flower pouches™ and window-boxes. Trailing lobelia is an easy to grow annual that is deservedly popular for its versatility and long flowering period. Trails to: 45cm (18”). Spread: 15cm (6”).

 

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    • 21 garden-ready plants

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
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    • £9.99
    • 42 garden-ready plants

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
    • SAVE £1.99  
    • £19.98 £17.99

Begonia x tuberhybrida 'Apricot Shades' F1 Hybrid

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  • Cascading radiant colour
  • Unbeatable for value and durability
  • Keeps blooming - whatever the weather
  • Extra-large double flowers
  • Perfect for Flower Pouches™
A best seller, Begonia Apricot Shades is as versatile as it is beautiful! Large, cascading double blooms in sunshine shades of apricot and lemon will pour from your containers from July to October. These tuberous begonias will perform whatever the weather, in sun or semi shade. The trailing habit of Begonia Apricot Shades makes them ideal for hanging baskets, window boxes and flower pouches for a really impressive display that will light up even a shady corner. Height: 30cm (12”). Spread: 45cm (18”).

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Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

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    • 5 jumbo plugs

    • Despatch: By end of April 2014
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    • £10.99
    • 5 tubers

    • Despatch: January - March 2014
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    • £12.99
    • 10 jumbo plugs

    • Despatch: By end of April 2014
    • SAVE £4.99  
    • £21.98 £16.99
    • 10 tubers

    • Despatch: By end of January 2014
    • SAVE £8.99  
    • £25.98 £16.99

Antirrhinum majus 'Royal Bride'

Snapdragon

  • NEW in 2013
The first of a new generation of fragrant snapdragons. This tall annual bears large, majestic spires of fragrant, pure white snapdragon flowers that are perfect for cutting. Antirrhinum ‘Royal Bride’ makes a lovely addition to cottage gardens or white themed borders where it will easily fill gaps between your perennials, blooming from June to September. Height: 90cm (35"). Spread: 45cm (18").
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    • 36 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of March 2014
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    • £9.99
    • 72 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of March 2014
    • Double up 36 to 72 for £5 extra  
    • £19.98 £14.99

Sunflower 'Inca Gold'

  • NEW in 2013

Try something different in your containers this summer that will really get the neighbours talking. This cheery little helianthus has lax, trailing stems and a multi-branching habit that billow from hanging baskets in a mass of small sunflower blooms. Sunflower ‘Inca Gold’ can also be grown as spreading groundcover at the front of informal summer borders. Height: 30cm (12"). Spread: 45cm (18").


Companion planting: Try growing sunflowers with chives to deter aphids.


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Companion Planting

Read Michael Perry's blog: Make a change to your plant choices - 2

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    • 5 Postiplugs

    • Despatch: By end of March 2014
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    • £9.99
    • 10 Postiplugs

    • Despatch: By end of March 2014
    • SAVE £4.99  
    • £19.98 £14.99

Zinnia marylandica 'Zahara Mixed'

  • NEW in 2013
  • This Zinnia loves the UK weather!
Possibly the best mixture of dwarf bedding zinnias available, with an exceptional garden performance. Enjoying hot dry conditions, but also thriving in wet British weather, this vividly colourful mix will flower all summer long. With good disease tolerance, Zinnia ‘Zahara Mixed’ is ideal for borders or containers. Height and spread: 45cm (18").
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    • 25 plugs

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    • £11.99
    • Out of stock
    • 50 plugs

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    • Double up 25 to 50 for £5 extra  
    • £23.98 £16.99
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Osteospermum 'Falling Stars'™ (Sunbrella)

African Daisy, Cape Daisy

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  • Mail order exclusive
Grow the first cascading cape daisy for something really different this summer! This vigorous trailing variety of the African daisy comes in a sunshine blend of five vivid colours that will fill your baskets, window boxes and containers with colour. Famed for their long flowering period, these gorgeous Osteospermums are drought tolerant and simply love the sun. Height and spread: 45cm (18").
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    • 5 Postiplugs

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
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    • £9.99
    • 10 Postiplugs

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
    • SAVE £4.99  
    • £19.98 £14.99
    • 20 Postiplugs

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
    • SAVE £19.97  
    • £39.96 £19.99