Summer flowers

The annual Baby's Breath forms numerous tiny white flowers on open branching stems. It likes poor, loose soil in full sun or half shade. To cut the flowers over a longer period seeds should be sown direct every four weeks. Suitable for professional ...

Sunspot is a short-growing non-branching sunflower which only grows to 40-50 cm and is particularly attractive in tubs. The bright flowers with green centres and large yellow petals reach a diameter of 20 cm.

A fast growing summer flower with parasol-like heads, abundant flowers with white or pale pink petals. Remains low growing and is also suitable for window boxes. This medicinal plant is particularly attractive to hoverflies.

A nicely coloured mixture for making small posies! Candytuft produces many parasol-like flower heads in violet, pink and white. Iberis umbellata like it dry and in full sun. Seedlings are susceptible to flea beetle. After flowering they should be cut...

Fast growing, exotic-looking trailing plant with highly feathered leaves and many tiny scarlet flowers. The plant likes a warm, sunny position and needs plenty of water. Flowers far into the autumn. With the first cold nights of autumn the leaves tur...

An eye-catching climber with impressive, large, violet-blue flowers reminiscent of petunias. In a warm, sunny position protected from wind, the Morning Glory can grow up to 5 m high. It needs a support around which it can twine and ascend by itself. ...

A branching bush with large rose-red mallow flowers. Relatively slug resistant. Popular as a free flowering border plant and long lasting cut flower for the vase. Optimum cutting time when 1-2 flowers on each stem have opened. Buds that are already c...

A magical play of colour from red to violet via yellow to white with ornamental, multi-coloured snapdragon-like flowers for rockeries, corners of beds and among shrubs. The Moroccan Toadflax likes dry situations in full sun or half shade. Sow thinly ...

A very special, silkily glistening, brilliant red in the summer flower border! The Scarlet Flax is sown directly from April to July. The plants which like to grow in full sun, are undemanding and thrive in every normal garden soil. It is also suitabl...

Pretty flowers reminiscent of small sunflowers and readily visited by insects. The flowers are long lasting, continue to bloom and require no dead heading. Suitable for beds and window boxes. Mexican Creeping Zinnias thrive best in full sun but can a...

Sown in large drifts, this strongly scented summer flower is stunning - a sea of glowing purple flowers on nearly leafless stems. The nectar inside the long tube-like flowers is accessible to many butterflies. Flowers from June to August and if cut b...

Small flowered Tagetes with bright orange coloured flowers and aromatic smell. It flowers continuously from June to October in sunny or half shaded positions. Tagetes are most effective planted in groups. Best raised in a pot and planted outside in M...

Small flowered tagetes with a rich range of colours from lemon yellow through orange and red-brown in various combinations and aromas. They flower continuously from June till October in sunny and half shaded sites. Tagetes are most effective planted ...

Attractive, old medicinal and cottage garden plant with numerous, small white flowers with a yellow centre, similar to chamomile. The firm stems branch freely and keep well in a vase. Feverfew is actually a perennial and over winters in mild areas. S...

An uncomplicated perpetual flowering plant with sky blue flowers with a touch of violet. The delicately scent flower heads are made up of mant single flowers with red stamens. The leaves are like finely divided filigree. Excellent insect pasture whic...

A non-trailing mixture with single flowers and a beautiful range of colours in bright yellow, orange and red tones. Ieal for tubs and window boxes. The leaves and flowers are edible and have a cress-like taste. Improved germination is achieved by pre...

Trailing mix with of single flowered plants in a colourful range of yellow, orange and red tones. Undemanding as regards soil and site and even grows in north-facing situations. Flowers and leaves are edible and have a cress-like flavour. Better germ...

Ornamental summer flower with btight yellow and orange flowers. After flowering the seeds become a myriad of tiny parasols - almost like a new flowering, white with coloured starlets. Makes a good edging plant along pathways and fences but also in a ...

A sea of lilac-blue parasols that seem to float upon high stems. Recommended for wild gardens since they will be visited by many butterflies and moths such as the Hummingbird Hawkmoth. The seeds take a long time to germinate and we recommend pre-coo...