Summer flowers

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...

An unusual summer flower with firm, golden flower balls on strong, leafless stems. Very long lasting for fresh cut flower but can also be used in dried flower arrangements. It likes a sunny position and open humus-rich soil. In a pot it requires good...

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.

Low growing, tender member of the daisy family with radiant blue flowers. Flowers are produced from the end of May until well into the autumn. It is a sun and warmth-loving plant but can also grow in half shade and in window boxes.

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...

Favourite mixture of single unfilled flowers in yellow and orange tones. An uncomplicated and undemanding free flowering cut flower. After the first flowering the seed heads should be cut off, then they will continue flowering until well into the aut...

This pot marigold selection which is high in flavenoids, is good as a cut flower and as a medicinal plant. The orange coloured and generally filled flowers, bloom freely from June to October. They should be cut back after their first flowering and th...

Low growing ornamental poppy species with flowers of bright orange and yellow colours and fine blue-green and very decorative feathery leaves. The chalice-shaped flowers only open properly in full sunlight. Loose, sandy, porous soils in a sunny site ...

Pretty, eye-catching flower for the natural garden with bright red flowers and white centres. Flowers continuously throughout summer transforming barren corners into a vibrant sea of carmine, while being undemanding. Very attractive to bees, bumble b...

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...

Excellent for attracting insects to beds or window boxes. The bright azure flowers appear freely on long stalks. A beautiful, clear blue colour with a few plants appearing in pure white. Undemanding summer flower which survives well in drought....

Calliopsis or Tickseed is a long lasting bed or border plant with warm, yellow to red coloured flowers. It can grow in the sun or half shade. Once it has flowered it can be cut back for a second flush. For cutting the flowers must be well opened....

The flowers of Morning Glory glow expressively in sky blue and pink and have a yellowish white eye in the centre. The plants are straight forward to grow in sunny borders with light unimproved soils and rapidly cover the ground. It is also suitable f...

A dwarf bush zinnia, free-flowering in yellow and brown tones. Uncomplicated summer flower which even flowers in bad weather. The more frequently it is cut the more flowers it will develop. I needs a lot of light and warmth to germinate and grow. Hig...

This tender climbing plant with pretty filigree flowers in shades of lavender through to deep violet and dense ivy-like leaves that grows up to 2 m high, always amazes. It flowers continuously from June until the first frosts and grows without any t...

The wonderful flower umbels open one after the other with a play of colour from red to yellowy-orange to a bright white. The firecracker vine is extremely tolerant to heat and flowers the entire summer. As a climbing ornamental plant, it is ideal for...The wonderful flower umbels open one after the other with a play of colour from red to yellowy-orange to a bright white. The firecracker vine is extremely tolerant to heat and flowers the entire summer. As a climbing ornamental plant, it is ideal for...

A stable and long lasting cut flower with a pretty colour range from blue to violet, to pink to white. With regular cutting the Flossflower (Ageratum) will flower until November. It is much loved by butterflies. Suitable for professional flower growe...

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 ...

Semi-tall bright and colourful annual aster with unfilled flowers. Asters are susceptible to a type of soil fungi that causes wilt. They should therefore have a break of between 5 and 8 years before being planted on the same ground again. They are re...