| Patio plant family |
Varieties and Colours |
Descriptions |
| Antirrhinum Trailing |
CANARY YELLOW |
Trailing Snapdragons. Lots of different colours amongst these super varieties. Great in mixed baskets or large tubs. You are spoilt for choice with 13 to choose from. Best in sun and the occasional scissors to deadhead. Lovely pastel shades or strong colours. |
| FRUITSAL. CARAMBOLA YELLOW |
| FRUITSAL. CRANBERRY RED |
| FRUITSAL. MANGO BRONZE |
| FRUITSAL. PITAYA PINK |
| LILAC BLUSH |
| PRIMROSE VEIN |
| ROSE PINK |
| Antirrhinum Sultan (Trailing) |
Bronze |
More of the above just a different strain. |
| Red |
| Red / Yellow |
| Rose |
| Yellow |
| Argyranthemum |
ANGELIC DARK PINK. |
Ideal for pots, baskets or borders. Sun or patial shade. Continuous flowering up to the first frosts. In mild, protected areas they may even make it through the winter ! |
| ANGELIC LEMON |
| BUTTERFLY |
| DAISY CRAZY SOLE MIO |
| Artemesia Vulgaris |
Oriential Limelight (Yellow / Green) |
A densle, bushy, semi-evergreen perennial with deeply divided yellow and green verigated leaves. |
| Bacopa |
BACOPA BACO BLUE |
A plant which produces masses upon masses of small flowers. A great basket or pot mixer. |
| BACOPA BACO DARK PINK |
| BACOPA CABANA |
| BACOPA DOUBLE WHITE |
| BACOPA GOLDEN LEAVES WHITE |
| BACOPA GREAT PINK EYE |
| BACOPA SNOWFLAKE |
| BACOPA YELLOW |
| BACOPA/SUTERA SEA MIST |
| Bidens |
AUREA |
Yellow flowers or borne on long arching branches which 'escape' the basket or pot. One of the only plants which mixes well with Surfinias. Bidtis is a more compact variety. |
| BIDTIS |
| Centredenia |
florabunda |
Bright coppery-red foliage having bright magenta flowers. Soaks up the sun and it's long branches make it a great plant for a mixed basket. |
| Cineraria |
GOLD SHOWERS |
Fine delicate foliage having a mass of tiny yellow flowers. A great mixing plant for that cottage garden look. |
| Coleus Canina |
Nick-named 'Scardy Cat'. |
Green foliage plant having strong growth. It is rumoured that cats do not like it's scent. |
| Convolvulus |
MAUR. BLUE TRUMPETER |
Long trailing stems having Wedgewood Blue flowers. Can trail up to 1mt ! |
| Cuphea |
Tiny Mice |
Very interesting red/yellow/purple flowers, shaped like mice or shrimps - you choose! |
| Shrimpy |
| Dahlia Micronette |
Lemon Yellow |
Dwarf compact, bushy habit. Flowers it's heart out all summer long. Super range of colours including the fabulous 'Shell Pink'. Forming tubers they will return year after year. |
| Orange |
| Scarlet |
| Shell Pink |
| White with Yellow Centre |
| Dahlia Gallery |
Art Fair |
A taller, more vigorous strain having larger flower heads. Very showy. Benefits from dead heading. Once again forming tubers so they will return year after year. |
| Bellini |
| La Tour |
| Pablo |
| Pinto |
| Rivera |
| Valentin |
| Diascia Flying Colours |
Chiffon |
A tender perennial which does amazingly well in baskets and containers. Masses of small flowers in several colours. Flowers all summer long. |
| Orange |
| Red |
| Rose |
| Felicia |
AMELLOIDES Varigata |
A good foliage plant for pots or borders. Blue flowers. Tender perennial. |
| Helichrysum |
GOLD |
A South African Shrub, so is tender in the UK. A good foliage mixer for baskets or pots. Can also be used as a summer ground cover plant. 4 different colours available. |
| MICROPHYLLA SILVER |
| SILVER |
| Varigated |
| Heliotrope |
Marine |
Dense clusters of violet-blue fragrant flowers. Smells like cherry pie, so they say! Great mixer or on it's own. |
| Houttuynia |
Cordata Chameleon Varigata |
Hardy aromatic multicoloured perennial. Ground cover or basket/container. Can be used as a pond marginal plant. |
| Lotus |
GOLD FLASH |
From the Canary Islands, so it will soak up the sun. Fabulous bright flame-coloured flowers. Also known as Crab's Foot or Parrot's Beak. Great in a large terracotta tub but also very good in baskets. |
| ORANGE |
| RED FLASH |
| YELLOW |
| Lysimachia |
LYSII |
Creeping Jenny'. Great mixer for baskets or tubs. Can also be used as a ground cover plant. Hardy perennial. |
| Nummularia Aurea |
| Nummularia |
| Mimulus Aurantiacus |
ORANGE |
Orange bush monkey-flower from California. Something different for your basket ? Orange petunia like flowers. |
| Nemesia |
Vanilla Lady |
Once again a great basket/pot mixer. Extremely floriferous in several beautiful shades. |
| Berries & Cream |
| Lemon Drop |
| Golden Eye |
| Nepeta Varigata |
Vigorous varigated foliage plant |
Pale green and white foliage, can trail up to 1.5mts ! |
| Plectranthus |
argentatus |
A sun-loving Australian plant having silver-white foliage. Purple flower spikes through the summer. Does best when mixed with plants of similar needs. Nice foliage plant. |
| Polygonum |
Pink Bubbles |
Masses of pink ball-shaped flowers. Plum coloured foliage. |
| Osteospurmum |
Lilac |
Cape Daisy' or 'African Daisy'. Half-hardy perennial, so will not tolerate persistant frosts. Copius daisy-like flowers. Flowering their hearts out all summer long. Great patio plant for borders or containers. A good low maintenance plant. |
| Purple |
| White |
| Yellow |
| Sanvitalia speciosa |
Cuzcu Yellow |
Creeping Zinnia - Baskets, pots, ground cover, front of border? Where ever you plant this it will do you proud. Compact growth. |
| Scaevola aemula |
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Fairy-fan Flower'. An unusual five-lobed flower, native to Australia. Rumour has it, it was named after an Aboriginal warrior who cut of his arm to prove allegiance to his chief. A lovely addition to any mixed basket or tub, as the arching branches support flowers along the stem. We now boast several different shades of bue, pink and also white. |
| Whirlwind Splash |
| Blue |
| Sky-blue |
| Topaz pink |
| White |
| Brilliant |
| Crystal |
| Pink Topaz |
| Zig Zag |
| Senetti |
Blue |
Large vibrant daisy-like flowers giving a spectacular show. Continual flowering all summer long. A fabulous patio plant for tubs or borders. Needs sun but will tolerate most soils. |
| Blue Bicolour |
| Magenta |
| Magenta Bicolour |
| Solanum crispum |
Glasnevin Blue |
A vigorous climber with Jasmin-like flowers best against a sunny wall. Hardy in the south. Trialed on my patio ! |
| Snow White |
| Solenopsis Isotoma |
Avant Garde |
Numerous star-shaped blue flowers from spring to autumn. Tender perennial. Great in tubs or summer borders. |
| Axillaris Blue |
| Strawberries trailing |
Fragaria Franny Karen |
The clean and easy way of growing strawberries. Copious amounts of beautifully sweet fruit. Pink or white flowers to boot! |
| Streptocarpus Saxorum |
Light Blue throated flowers. |
Native to South Africa. Lovely in pots if you are looking for something a bit different as it has an unusually shaped flower. Use them as an indoor potplant through the winter months. |
| Thunbergia Alata |
Yellow/orange with dark eye |
Black eyed Suzy. Great basket or pot mixer. |
| Torenia |
Purple Moon |
The 'Wishbone Flower'. Fabulous throated Antirrhinum-like flowers in some beautiful shades. A great mixer for tubs and baskets. Grows well in sun or shaded areas. |
| Rose Moon |
| Sky Blue Moon |
| Yellow Moon |
| Tradescantia |
Spiderwort' |
Indestructible foliage plant - great mixer (or house plant). |
| Vinca Major |
Variegata - Blue flowers |
Hardy herbaceous perennial. Ground cover or basket mixer. |
| Vinca Minor |
'Illumination' |
Hardy herbaceous perennial. New-ish variety having bright golden-yellow varigated foliage. Great in baskets, can trail up to 1mt. Good substitute for Ivy. Ground cover also. |
