Abutilon megapotamicum

Bring a touch of the exotic to your patio and garden with this stunning climber. If you've a shed, sunny wall or obelisk that's in need of a make-over, let Abutilon megapotamicum transform it into a living palette of vivid colour. Arching shoots carry bright green foliage and spectacular flowers that resemble miniature hot-air balloons.

Semi-evergreen shrub.

Acer palmatum Atropurpureum - Japanese Maple

Exquisite in both colour and form, this ornamental Japanese Maple is great in a large patio pot or as a focal point on the lawn or in borders.

The red-purple leaves of this stunning cultivar turn bright red in autumn.

Acer palmatum Atropurpureum is a real investment.

Supplied as a 3 year old root-wrapped plant - 18 inches high.

Height: 3m (10 feet) in 10 years.

Achillea Summer Berries

One of the easiest perennials to grow. With colour all summer long.

Acidanthera murilae

Gladiolus callianthus.
White stars with mahogany eyes. Very easy to grow and extra reliable with a half a dozen sweetly scented blooms per corm. Excellent for cutting.

Dig bulbs in autumn and store in cool place over winter.

Bulb size: 8-10 cm in circumference.

Aconite (Winter) - Eranthis hyemalis

Winter Aconites.

An easy, quick to multiply little plant which will swiftly create a beautiful carpet of golden-yellow under your trees and shrubs, as part of mixed planting schemes in window boxes and containers, or naturalised in grass.

Bulb size: 4-5 cm in circumference. Cultivated and not taken from the wild.

African Lily Blue

The buds start out a steel-blue to blackish and stand up firmly; they bloom out to a lavender blue and droop down.

Height: 36-48 inches (91-120cm).

No 1 size bareroot.

Agapanthus - African Lily

Flowering from July until September on strong erect stems this is a truly architectural plant not to be missed. We offer two colours, an enchanting blue and pure white.

Agapanthus Headbourne Hybrids

Dark, steely-blue buds perched on firmly upright stems give way to striking lavender-blue, drooping blooms.

Agapanthus Headbourne Hybrids grows 87-100cm (35-40 inches) high.

Ageratum Blue Danube

A large-flowered variety of Ageratum with vigorous, yet dwarf and compact plants with a powder-puff head of soft blue. Ageratum Blue Danube is a wonderful specimen for bedding, borders and containers. Grow alongside soft pinks for a rather special effect.

Plants prefer any well-drained soil in full sun.

Allium Cottage Garden Mixed

Desirable bulbs for the late spring and early summer border, their airy spheres of dainty, star-shaped flowers appealing from every direction. Long lasting in the garden and as cut flowers. Favourites for drying. Supplied as a select mixture of bulbs size 3/5 (11/12).

Varieties will not be labelled in the package.

Allium Drumstick

A. sphaerocephalon
Ball-shaped heads of reddish purple. Good, long-lasting cut flower.

Height: 18-24 inches.

Bulb size: 5+ cm in circumference.

Allium Firecracker Mixed

Reap the rewards year after year with an ever-increasing display of colour and form. Plant in any sunny or partially shady spot for an explosion of blooms.

Height: 8-24 inches
Spread: 2 inches

Allium Gladiator

Large, ball-shaped purple flowerheads, 6-9 inches across with silver tips. Blooms early summer. Great as long-lasting cut flower.

Height: 4-5 feet

Bulb size: 18-20cm

Allium Globemaster

Huge 9 inch flower heads are composed of densely-packed, star-shaped florets. As the tiny flowers fade, new florets take their place, resulting in up to one month's continuous flowering.

Bulb size 20 plus.

Allium Mediterranean Bells - Allium siculum (Nectaroscordum)

Grand and ornamental, its naked stems bear a crown of bell-shaped flowers that glow green on the outside with striking lilac-pink markings on the inside. When the petals fade the seed heads retain their bold flower shapes long into autumn. This exceptionally tall and handsome plant from the shores of Sicily will add an extra dimension to your cottage garden border. Bulb size 8+.