NEW OUTDOOR INSPIRATION
More Colour:
Yes! Geranium Rozanne is back, 50cm tall, 70cm wide, full sun.
Gaura So White, 70cm when in flower, full sun.
Campanula Resholts Variety, excellent groundcover with long flowering season,10cm tall, 40-50cm wide, full sun.
Daisies are proving really popular this season, more again this week:
Argyranthemum Daisies: white, light pink, dark pink, baby pink.
Hostas – Empress Wu, Purple Heart, Raspberry Sundae, Hudson Bay, 40-70cm, depending on variety, light shade, rich damp soil.
Gazanias Takatu Red & Takatu Yellow, 20cm, full sun, love heat.
Verbena Firechief, 20cm, flowers all season, sun, great in pots.
Gails Sapphire Agapanthus, 80cm, dark blue, sun.
Acaena Inermis Purpurea, 10cm, sun/part shade, great groundcover.
Parahebe Snowcap, 10cm, full sun, great edging plant, long flowering.
Libertia Grandiflora, 70cm, white flowers, golden pods in Winter, sun.
Pratia angulata, 5cm tall, 50cm wide, good groundcover, sun/part shade.
LAVENDERS
First of the English Lavenders are here - full sun for all.
Lavender Arabian Nights, 60cm, full sun, long flowering season.
Lavenders Azure Leigh (azure blue)
Ebony Leigh (very dark flowers), 20cm, very compact.
Lavender Hidcote Blue, 40cm, very popular, long flowering.
Plus Lavender Major, 50cm, still one of the best.
Shrubs & Edibles
Coprosma Black Velvet, 1m, protect from severe frosts, full sun.
Hydrangea Renate, 1m, compact, full sun or light shade.
Polygala Petite Butterflies, 90cm, compact, sun, long flowering.
Standards/Topiaries
Cranberries and Michelia Yunnanensis, (pictured)on 70cm standards, El Greco Olives on 120cm standards, Rosemary on 70cm standards.
Frost-hardy Gardenias – Snow Flurry, Snow Puff (pictured), Snow Girl, 50-70cm, warm light shade, feed regularly.
Nandinas Gulfstream & Firepower, 80cm, full sun/part shade, evergreen, good Winter colour.
Edibles
Gooseberry Pax, 1m, sun, mildew-resistant, pink-tinged fruit.
Raspberry Meeker, 1.5m, sun, prolific.
Rhubarb Victoria, 1m, green stalk variety (larger and more vigorous).
Good stocks of Lilacs at the moment, just leafing up, hard to beat for great scent.