This very rare, beautiful, slender, tuberous climber opens exquisite, exotic flowers, which are chocolate purple edged in lemon yellow, solitary, on long pedicels in leaf axils and usually angled downward with swept-back petals. It is happy either in containers or in warm soil, and is guaranteed to provoke a good amount of attention. It does needs support for the leaf tendrils to cling to and the planting medium should be freely draining, although these gems are tolerant of nutritionally poor soils. When trained into a compact form, it produces a magnificent display and is an exceptional conservatory plant! ... Learn More

This easily grown and superlative climbing lily bears very large, reflexed, frilled yellow and crimson flowers. Twining stems carry thin leaves which terminate in a clinging tendrils. This is an ideal plant for a sheltered garden or conservatory. ... Learn More

A vigorous climber that thrives in the summer heat, 'Grandpa Ott's' is an old heirloom morning glory from Iowa that self-seeds reliably each year. From summer to autumn, the vines produce small, deep purple-blue blooms, each with a red star in its throat, providing a lovely foil for the heart-shaped leaves. The foliage is a beautiful, dense rich green, ... Learn More

Chile's national flower is a rightful candidate for the world's most beautiful climber. Long, wax-like bell flowers, seven centimetres or more of lipstick red, decorate the twining stems. These vigorous plants prefer shade and need an acidic, lime-free compost, and will grow outside with shelter, and even survive the winter as a tuber if well-drained and protected from severe frost, but better enjoy and preserve their beauty in a shaded conservatory indoors. Very rarely available, we offer freshly-collected seed. This must be sown immediately upon receipt in a cool position. ... Learn More

A delightful hardy, perennial climber, with the vigour of Lathyrus latifolius and may be a geographical variant, from the Chilean forest edges. Long stemmed sprays of large, delicate, pale icing pink flowers, excellent for cutting, from spring to late summer. ... Learn More

This lovely native of Turkey and Asia Minor produces masses of unusual flowers in the most amazing colours.....lime-green shading to yellow. It grows very rapidly when well-fed, and quickly scrambles up any available hedge or support, or lacking these will make a large mound! This rarely-offered green-flowered variety has also been sold under the name "lemonade". Although it does best from an autumn sowing it can be sown at any time. ... Learn More

Large clusters of sizeable lavender-mauve flowers which sadly are not fragrant, make excellent cut flowers and are good on dry sunny slopes. A relative of the annual Sweet Pea, this bone-hardy perennial will sprawl over the available space or form a solid clump of dark green leaves smothered in flowers. Can be clipped back hard after flowering to prevent spread through self-seeding. ... Learn More

From the Caucasus mountains and eastern Pontic region of Turkey, comes this rare dwarf climber or scrambler. Thin twining stems hold small pink flowers which are arranged in pairs. ... Learn More

An easy-to-grow plant bearing countless strong stems each carrying 6 to 10 large, terracotta to brick-red flowers, all summer long, amongst a compact mass of pretty, rounded leaves. This rather rare RHS 'Award of Garden Merit' Winner is the Persian version of the everlasting pea. ... Learn More

This very long-blooming, vigorous and early pea produces a scrambling dome of small white flowers, that will soon cover a small shrub or climbing frame, over a very long period. The seeds of this unusual pea are rumoured to have been found in the tomb of King Tutankhamun. ... Learn More

Numerous, small, darker-veined, orange-red pea flowers are carried on a creeping compact dome of thin grass-like leaves and stems. This rare dwarf annual from California, also called the grass pea, makes a compact addition to a rockery or edge of border. ... Learn More

This rare, trouble and maintenance free, and unusually attractive British native climber improves yearly, throwing out enormous numbers of sizeable, flesh pink flowers on strong stems, being even more vigorous and floriferous than Lathyrus latifolius. It is tough and totally hardy and ideal for cloaking a bank where little else will grow, and in winter it dies away to an underground tuber! One of the most garden-worthy British native plants. ... Learn More

The "Tangier Pea" is a strikingly lovely plant with long-stemmed clusters of large, showy, pink, purple and scarlet flowers. It will grow very rapidly as the soil warms up and will cover a fence or screen with a long succession of bright blossoms. Few seeds were collected this year. ... Learn More

Very valuable spring colour is produced by one of the most lovely dwarf perennial peas, with masses of violet blue flowers in April and May. Some L. vernus var. albus (white) are also included in here. ... Learn More

One of the most beautiful spring flowers, this totally non-invasive and very long-lived plant produces a solid dome of foliage, which is is smothered with two-tone pink and white flowers in earliest spring, making a valuable, trouble-free burst of colour. ... Learn More