This tiny bulbous plant, now sometimes called Freesia and once known as Laperousia, has pure white petals with an intriguing red eye, and is thus totally distinct from either the pure white or the pure red flowered form. It bulks up quite readily whether in a scree or a pot. ... Learn More

This clump-forming perennial produces many weeks of golden, daisy-like flowers, above aromatic, fine lacy foliage in summer. It is great in borders and works well as a cut flower. Although it nowadays has little culinary or commercial uses and only limited medicinal uses, it produces excellent yellow, buff and golden-orange dyes, used in the past for fabrics. ... Learn More

Numerous thin spires of white star-shaped flowers are produced above clumps of long, narrow grey-green leaves. This lovely dwarf lily has no vices, and will make a steadily expanding clump over the years. ... Learn More

A haze of starry, pure white lily flowers, with prominent yellow anthers, opens from June through August, over tidy, firm, basal foliage that is handsome in its own right. This species is widespread in Central Asia and Russia. It is a visual delight on sunny days when the reflexed white flowers open fully. ... Learn More

New! Bright, lemony-yellow, fern-like leaves erupt from the ground in early spring making shining, golden mounds which are resistant to burning by the sun, with sprays of fluffy white flowers opening later. As a rule, except for severe winters, it is evergreen (or evergold) too! Be one of the very first to grow this quite incredible, newly-discovered foliage plant which is a perfect complement to the famous and very popular, dark-leaved form, Anthriscus 'Ravenswing'. This plant comes almost 100% true from seed. ... Learn More

This exciting recent discovery produces basal sprays of darkest mahogany-bronze, finely divided ferny foliage, making a perfect foil for the airy umbels of white heads. Bone hardy and long-living, at the middle or back of the border this makes a distinctive ferny-airy display. Ever since being revealed at Chelsea this has been an essential plant in modern gardens. ... Learn More

This delightful plant must be one of the brightest and most colourful UK native species. With its silky, pinnate foliage and crowded heads of many small flowers, each with a woolly calyx, that although commonly yellow, can also be attractive shades of orange, red, purple or white. It should surely be worth a place in any garden, either in the border or rockery. ... Learn More

Superb crimson "pea" flowers appear from early spring until late summer, on radiating stems decked with hairy lanceolate leaves. A beautiful and bright plant which can be impressive on a hot bank where little else will survive. ... Learn More

Numerous spikes of yellow-throated, pale lemon snapdragons arise all summer long and will very gently self-seed wherever they are happy, and this choice and bone-hardy plant from Northern Spain has a very long flowering period. Although this trouble-free snapdragon blooms the first year from seed, it is truly spectacular the second year when the bushy, spreading plant sends up a solid mass of tall stems which produces a living dome of colour. Occasionally hybrid seedlings of a slightly different colour may appear as we have numerous different forms in our gardens.....and busy bees! ... Learn More

Blooming from June until frost, this beautiful mix of delightful dwarf plants produces an abundance of sweetly scented blossoms in a wide variety of colours including reds, pinks, whites, and a host of others. This special diminutive variety is very early to flower and makes an ideal addition to any border. They are suitable for flower beds, garden pots, containers and flower boxes, as well as for the border and rock garden, and when used as small colourful islands can form a delightful looking mat of flowers. ... Learn More

We have crossed a tall, hardy, wild, perennial Antirrhinum with a modern cultivar to produce these long-lived, spectacular new plants. Making tall, dividing, densely-shrubby branches, they have survived for several years here, some of them growing strong trunks. The flower colours vary from palest pink to reddish-purple, and are produced over an extremely long period from early summer into late autumn. They can also self seed producing even more interesting variations! ... Learn More

An easy to grow Snapdragon for beds and borders, performing well in full sun or semi-shade. With distinctive contrasting bi-colour, purple-red and white flowers (a colour way that is often referred to as a 'silver bi-colour'), the flower spikes are softly fragrant, long-lasting and make a great cut flower option. ... Learn More

A. majus "maximum mix" of the fullest, most colourful selection of double snapdragons you can buy. They are half-hardy herbaceous perennials, but usually grown as an annual. Plants grow up to 90cm high, with green lance-shaped leaves, and flower from summer to autumn. ... Learn More

This classy snapdragon is actually a small shrub, with grey, softly hairy leaves and quite large flowers, either white or pink with some yellow colouring in the throat. It seeds itself freely but is very liable to hybridize with A. majus forms or with other species, the hybrids being more upright. Comes from Eastern and central Pyrenees ... Learn More

These "snapdragon" flowers have parallel purple streaks and stripes, whilst the lower lip has a yellow palate. They give off a strong sweet fragrance which is most attractive to pollinating insects such as bees and butterflies. The stems of this flowing plant are erect and freely branched, often with tufts of narrow leaves growing directly from the stem. ... Learn More