Visualise a red-stemmed golden-flowered compact gypsophila and you will be close to describing this outstanding new introduction. This plant has an exciting future - both as a garden plant and cut flower. ... Learn More

An extremely rare shrub now found only in the Azores Islands where it is almost extinct. This extremely attractive plant has distinctively white-veined, leathery green leaves and large yellow flower heads which are strongly honey-scented in spring and summer. ... Learn More

A striking and completely new plant we obtained under this name from Eastern Europe. Stout radiating stems form a sizeable dome smothered with golden flowers in early and mid-summer. Very hardy and totally perennial! ... Learn More

This striking plant produces several, tall, strong, impressive, almost bamboo-like, repeatedly dividing stems, carrying large umbels of bright yellow flowers, much loved by butterflies and bees. These later transform into architectural sprays of exceptionally attractive, very large, flat, golden seeds making this a superb specimen plant. ... Learn More

A charming dwarf plant for the front border or rockery with grey-green leaves and short stems holding sprays of yellow flowers which transform into attractive, hard, bladder-like seed pots, rather like small eggs clustered up the stems. ... Learn More

Silver-grey foliage and stems supporting the masses of lemon yellow flowers make this rather unusual crucifer quite a curiosity. It is supposedly a perennial, but is best treated as either an annual or biennial. ... Learn More

"Meadowsweet" is one of the most attractive spring and summer flowers, bearing white fluffy sprays of flowers on strong stems which bear jagged-edged, corrugated leaves. Thriving in both garden soil and boggy waterside conditions, the flowers and leaves, if bruised, have a pleasant and quite pronounced 'antiseptic' fragrance, very much like "Savlon" cream. ... Learn More

The golden-leaved form of the beautiful " Meadowsweet" is an asset for any garden. Sprays of attractive, fluffy white flowers arise above stems clad in finely divided, canary-yellow leaves. The entire plant, even the leaves when crushed, has a deliciously fragrant, almost antiseptic perfume. ... Learn More

This culinary herb, well known for its fluffy, feathery plumes of soft green leaves, and flat heads of yellow, star like flowers followed by edible seeds, is a highly aromatic and flavourful herb with culinary and medicinal uses. Fennel features prominently in Mediterranean cuisine, where bulbs and fronds are used, both raw and cooked, in side dishes, salads, pastas and vegetable dishes. It is an extremely attractive plant that also performs well in the garden borders being a wonderful attractor of bees and butterflies. ... Learn More

Foeniculum vulgare 'Dulce Rubrum,' commonly known as Bronze Fennel or Sweet Bronze Fennel, is a captivating herb that adds both visual interest and culinary flair to gardens. As a member of the Apiaceae family, this perennial herb exhibits feathery, bronze-colored foliage and an aromatic presence, making it a versatile and attractive addition to various garden settings. The bronze-hued, finely dissected leaves of Sweet Bronze Fennel create a lacy and delicate appearance. The foliage, which takes on a captivating reddish-bronze hue, adds a touch of warmth and elegance to the garden. The feat ... Learn More

This is the more attractive and too-rarely-seen dark form of fennel, the old herb and cottage garden plant. Massed plumes of feathery purple-bronze aniseed-scented foliage arise bearing large white "cow-parsley" heads. ... Learn More

This graceful plant has crinkled, dark green leaves, and bears from summer into early autumn delicate spikes of bell-shaped, shell-pink flowers, striped and spotted with red lines and spots. These lovely flowers were very popular in the past as pot plants, and indeed make lovely cut flowers. ... Learn More

"Bridal wreath". An appropriate name for this rarely grown stately saxifrage relative from Chile. Long lasting red spotted white flowers on long graceful wands above clumps of fleshy deeply lobed leaves. ... Learn More

Elegant spikes of open pale pink flowers, striped or stained with deeper pink, rise from a rosette of mid-green leaves. Great for placing at the front of a border, and very effective in paved areas. These plants grow best in full sun or partial shade in a moist but well drained soil. In colder areas, grow it near a warm wall, in a soil that drains well, but remains moist during summer. They do not like boggy or waterlogged conditions which can cause the crowns or clumps to rot off. ... Learn More

Several years ago a single seedling flowered with very large blossoms and beautifully bi-coloured petals on attractive short, stout stems. From this one plant we have established a superb seed strain with consistently larger, more attractive and longer lasting flowers, and given this rarely grown stately saxifrage relative from Chile an appropriate name. ... Learn More