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Perennial & Biennial Plants


In this range you'll find an impressive selection of perennial plants and biennial plants, which are perfect for beginners and experienced gardeners alike. Also known as herbaceous plants, perennial plants live for 2 or more years and flower every year. Biennial plants live for up to 2 years, flowering profusely in their second year before setting seed and dying. Both are great for beds and spring displays and there are many delightful plants to choose from. Use the selections in the left menu to select the right plants for your garden.

We have found 42 products.
 

Perennial Collection A+B

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Fill your beds and borders with this bargain collection of herbaceous perennials. Perennial plants bloom year after year, and many can also be cut and brought into the house for beautiful flower arrangements. Height: Up to 150cm (60"). Spread: 75cm (30").

  • Perennial Collection A + B comprises:
  • A. Coreopsis 'Sunray' - Neat, compact plants bear golden-yellow, semi-double flowers all summer long.
  • B. Geum 'Blazing Sunset’ - Fully double, large scarlet blooms are borne over a long period in summer.
  • C. Scabiosa 'Blue Jeans' - Blue pincushion flowers attract bees and butterflies throughout summer
  • D. Echinacea 'Primadona' - Beautiful pink daisy flowers with petals that radiate outwards instead of downwards.
  • E. Poppy 'Pizzicato' Mixed - A neat semi dwarfing variety, producing up to 20 large flowers per plant!
  • F. Silene 'Jack Flash' - Scarlet blooms carried on elegant, slender stems over a long period.
  • G. Aquilegia 'Swan' Mixed - Long flowering, large blooms on upright, multi-branched stems.
  • H. Lavender 'Munstead' - A neat, compact variety of fragrant English lavender.
  • I. Heuchera 'Palace Purple' - Glossy, semi-evergreen purple leaves provide year round colour.
  • J. Delphinium 'Pacific Giants' - Excellent for adding structure and presence to the back of borders.
  • K. Gaillardia 'Arizona' - A spectacular dwarf Blanket Flower with a long-flowering period.
  • L. Carnation 'Ever-blooming Mixed' (Hardy) - Richly fragrant blooms that are ideal for cutting.

If you require a smaller perennial collection, have a look at Perennial Collection A and Perennial Collection B.

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    • 72 plug plants - 6 of each variety

    • Despatch: By end of August 2013
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    • £71.88 £18.99

Buddleja 'Buzz'™ Collection

Buddleia, Butterfly Bush
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  • Unique triple award winner
  • World's first patio buddleja
  • Loved by butterflies and bees

A new twist on a much-loved garden favourite, ‘Buzz’™ is the world's first patio buddleja! These attractive, compact plants are loved by bees and butterflies, but won't take over your garden. Buddleja ‘Buzz'™ is easy to grow and problem-free with a super long-flowering period. Perfectly proportioned for patio pots and smaller gardens. Height and spread: 120cm (47”).
Collection comprises varieties:
Buddleja ‘Buzz™ Sky Blue’
Buddleja ‘Buzz™ Magenta’
Buddleja ‘Buzz™ Ivory’

Useful links:

How to grow Buddleja Buzz™ 

Gardening news: Top 10 best-selling plants of 2012

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    • 3 jumbo plugs - 1 of each variety

    • Despatch: By end of August 2013
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    • £26.97 £12.99
    • 9 jumbo plugs - 3 of each variety

    • Despatch: By end of August 2013
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    • £80.91 £16.99
Creeping Phlox Collection

Phlox Collection (Creeping)

Phlox subulata, Phlox douglasii, Moss Phlox
  • Fragrant ground cover
Delicate in appearance but tough in character, these spreading evergreen perennials soften the edges of paths and grow in dry rockeries or on sunny banks and slopes. Perfect for creating colourful, weed smothering, ground cover. Height: 15cm (6”). Spread: 50cm (20”).
  • Collection comprises:
  • Phlox subulata ‘Candy Stripes’
  • Phlox douglassi ‘Red Admiral’
  • Phlox subulata ‘Calvides White’
  • Phlox subulata ‘Scarlet Flame’
  • Phlox subulata ‘Emerald Cushion Blue’
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    • 5 Postiplugs

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

    • Despatch: By end of July 2013
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    • £19.98 £14.99

Chrysanthemum 'Poppins' - Part of the Alan Titchmarsh Collection

 
  • Mail Order Exclusive
  • 100's of flowers per plant
Small, but bursting with blooms and each colour is ‘programmed’ to flower at the same time, so there’ll be no gaps in your displays. People often miss out on the opportunity for window box colour and ‘Poppins’ is ideal for this purpose. Height: 25cm (10"). Spread: 30cm (12").
Alan Titchmarsh

Alan Titchmarsh says...

"This new entrant into the late season arena may take you by surprise because, chrysanthemums are following in dahlias’ footsteps, back into fashion."

Companion planting: Try growing Chrysanthemums with chives, whose aromatic leaves will deter aphids.


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Companion Planting 

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    • 5 jumbo plugs

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
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    • £9.99
    • 10 jumbo plugs

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    • £19.98 £14.99
Penstemon 'Orchestra Mixed'

Penstemon 'Wedding Bells' Mixed

Orchestra Mixed'
  • NEW in 2013
  • World Exclusive
Penstemon 'Orchestra Mixed' brings traditional bedding schemes bang up to date - a great alternative to those trusted favourites, snapdragons! This compact mix combines the neat habit of a bedding plant with the resilience, slug tolerance and weather resistance of the larger border penstemons. Look forward to a crescendo of colour that lasts from midsummer right through to autumn, long after other bedding plants have faded. Better still, these beauties are perennial so you won’t need to replace them every year. Height and spread: 45cm (18").

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Gardening news: Move over marigolds... new bedding plants fly in the face of tradition

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    • 12 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of August 2013
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    • £9.99
    • 24 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of August 2013
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    • £19.98 £14.99

Heuchera 'Tapestry' Mixture

Coral Flower, Coral Bells

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  • Mail Order Exclusive
Sprays of delicate, tiny flowers float on wiry stems above neat mounds of vibrant foliage. Prized for their colourful leaves, these versatile semi-evergreen perennials make excellent drifts of ground cover, adding a distinctive splash of colour to the front of borders, or even brightening winter containers. Their airy blooms attract bees and are also useful as cut flowers. Height and spread: 40cm (16”). More info
    • 3 jumbo plugs

    • Despatch: By end of July 2013
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    • £17.99
    • 6 jumbo plugs

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    • £35.98 £21.99
Aubrieta Royal Mixed

Aubrieta 'Royal Mixed'

Aubretia

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These tough little plants will thrive in the poorest of soils, forming dense mats of evergreen foliage. Aubretia ‘Royal Mixed’ produces masses of colourful flowers in spring that will brighten rockeries, spill from containers and creep through cracks in walls and paving. Height: 10cm (4”); spread 60cm (24”). More info
    • 36 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of August 2013
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    • £9.99
    • 72 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of September 2013
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    • £19.98 £14.99

Wallflower Collection

Erysimum, Cheiranthus

Evergreen erysimum hybrids with an alluring perfume. Versatile and undemanding, this short lived perennial tends to be grown as a biennial, and is tough enough to cope in even the poorest of soils. Height and spread: 50cm (20").

  • Collection comprises:
  • Wallflower ‘Plant World Lemon’
  • Wallflower ‘Sweet Sorbet’
  • Wallflower ‘Winter Joy’
  • Wallflower ‘Winter Sorbet’
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    • 12 jumbo plugs - 3 of each variety

    • Despatch: By end of July 2013
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    • £44.97 £19.99
Helianthemum Collection

Helianthemum Collection

Rock Rose, Sun Rose
These tough little rock roses are hardy, drought tolerant and trouble-free, producing glorious colour from late spring to midsummer. If pruned after flowering, they'll even reward you with a second flush of blooms in late summer! The nectar-rich flowers, set against a backdrop of silvery, semi-evergreen foliage, are loved by bees and other insects. This helianthemum collection makes excellent groundcover or a versatile addition to rockeries or hot, dry borders. Height: 20cm (8”). Spread: 30cm (12”).
  • Collection comprises the following varieties:
  • Helianthemum ‘Ben Mohr’ – Orange, saucer shaped flowers.
  • Helianthemum ‘Pink Angel’ – An abundance of delicate double, pink flowers.
  • Helianthemum ‘The Bride’ – A pretty, white rock rose with an RHS Award of Garden Merit.
  • Helianthemum ‘Ben Fhada’ – Bright, primrose yellow blooms with golden egg-yolk centres.
  • Helianthemum ‘Fireball’ – Fantastic double scarlet petals.
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    • 5 jumbo plugs - 1 of each variety

    • Despatch: By end of June 2013
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    • £12.99
    • 10 jumbo plugs - 2 of each variety

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    • £25.98 £17.99
Wallflower Sugar Rush

Wallflower 'Sugar Rush'

Erysimum, Cheiranthus
  • NEW in 2013
  • 'Best New Bedding Plant' at the Grower of the Year Awards
  • Autumn and spring flowering
  • Super-vigorous
Winner in the 'Best New Bedding Plant' category at the Grower of the Year Awards 2013, this is one of the most exciting wallflowers to emerge in recent years. Dense, fragrant flower spikes in shades of cream, yellow, red and purple appear not only in the spring, but throughout the autumn too, blooming in just 6 weeks from an August planting! With a delightful sweet fragrance and compact, multi-branching habit, Wallflower 'Sugar Rush' is perfect for beds, borders, containers and window boxes, creating a mass of colour and scent when much of the garden is dormant. Versatile and undemanding, wallflowers are tough enough to cope in even the poorest soils. Height and spread: 30cm (12"). More info
    • 36 plugs

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    • £10.99
    • 72 plugs

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    • £21.98 £15.99
Primrose ?World's Most Scented Mix?

Primrose 'World's Most Scented Mix'

Primula

- The best ever fragrance mix
- Citrus and honey fragrance
- Colour throughout winter and spring

 

Let the sweet citrus scent and the fresh colour mix of these gorgeous primroses transport you into spring. Primrose ‘Worlds Most Scented Mix’ is our best ever selection of fragrant primroses in a range of bright, cheery colours that will look fabulous planted among your spring bulbs. Grow some in a pot by the back door to really enjoy their perfume. Height and spread: 20cm (8").

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

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    • 36 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of August 2013
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    • £10.99
    • 72 plugs

    • Despatch: By end of August 2013
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    • £15.99
Aquilegia 'Swan Mixed'

Aquilegia 'Swan Mixed'

Columbine, Granny's Bonnet

 A lovely mix of colourful columbines, producing an abundance of large flowers on upright, multi-branched stems. Aquilegia ‘Swan Mixed’ are longer flowering than many aquilegias, and left to naturalise, they will quickly fill your garden with drifts of spring colour. Perfect for cottage gardens, perennial borders and woodland gardens. Height: 30cm (12”). Spread: 25cm (10”). More info
    • 6 plugs

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    • £5.99
    • 12 plugs

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    • £7.99