summer – semi-shade annuals
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Begonia BIG
A bedding Begonia on steroids!
BIG has huge glossy leaves and an abundance of large showy flowers up to 5cm across! Begonia BIG has a very high visual impact and just a few plants in the garden will provide show stopping colour all summer long.
Height: 30cm – Spacing: 20cm
Ideal for: Bedding and containers
Colours: Pink, Red
Begonia F1 Dwarf Series – Green Leaf
A flowering bonanza!
The bedding Begonias are the “worker bees” of the Begonia range. They are never without flowers, and both the bright green and bronze foliage types have shiny, attractive leaves. All Begonias grow best in partial shade or semi-shade, preferably morning sun.
Height: 20-25cm – Spacing: 15cm (128 plants – covers 3m²)
Ideal for: Bedding, borders and containers
Green Leaf: White, Red, Pink, Pink Shades Mixed, Rose, Blush, Mixed
Green and Bronze Leaf Mixed: Organdy Mixed
Begonia F1 Dwarf Series – Bronze Leaf
Always in flower!
The bedding Begonias are the “worker bees” of the Begonia range. They are never without flowers, and both the bright green and bronze foliage types have shiny, attractive leaves. Once established, they do not need excessive moisture in order to flower well.
Height: 20-25cm – Spacing: 15cm (128 plants – covers 3m²)
Ideal for: Bedding, borders and containers
Colours: White, Mixed, Red, Pink, Rose
Begonia NonStop F1
Non stop beauty, non stop colour – BEST SELLER!
Nonstop Begonias, the world’s best-selling tuberous Begonia. The vibrant flowers are large doubles and semi doubles“ sometime so heavy that they will need the support of little twiglets.
Height: 25cm – Spacing: 15cm (24 plants – covers 1m²)
Ideal for: Edging, bedding and containers
Colours: Apple Blossom, Pink, Deep Salmon, Rose Petticoat, Yellow, Mixed, White, Red
Begonia Dragon Wings
Amazing Blazing Begonia – BEST SELLER!
Begonia Dragon Wings have certainly made their mark in the gardening world. The pink or red flowers are super large and the growth rate of the plant is phenomenal. A plant of Dragon Wings in full flower is a spectacular sight and will always attract attention.
Height: 40-45cm – Spacing: 30-50cm
Ideal for: Bedding and containers
Colours: Pink, Red
Coleus
Superb foliage colour
Colourful foliage plants to liven up shady or partially shady spots in the garden.
Height: 30cm – Spacing: 20cm (128 plants – covers 5m²)
Ideal for: Bedding, borders and containers
Colours: Mixed, Chartreuse Mixed (Jade-green and Golden leafed combo), Rose
Foxglove
A cottage garden favourite
A traditional favourite with elegant spires of delicate looking bell-shaped flowers with spotted throats. Superb plants for the back of the border that gets dappled shade.
Height: 90cm Foxy Mix, 180cm Giant Mixed (128 plants – covers 8m²)
Ideal for: Borders, cottage gardens and rockeries
Colours: Foxy Mix (Annual)
Foxglove F1
Camelot Series – BEST SELLER!
The Camelot series of F1 hybrid Foxglove is a sensational improvement on older varieties, uniformly producing an abundance of large flowers on strong stems, creating a striking garden display.
Height: 40-50cm – Spacing: 30-35cm (24 plants – covers 2m²)
Ideal for: Borders, cottage gardens and rockeries
Colours: White, Cream, Lavender, Rose, Mixed
Foxglove F1
Dalmation Series
Exquisite peach coloured trumpets with prominent spots in the throat of the flowers make this first year flowering Foxglove a particularly eye-catching addition to our range of Foxgloves.
Height: 40-50cm – Spacing: 30-35cm (24 plants – covers 2m²)
Ideal for: Borders, cottage gardens and rockeries
Hypoestes F1
Polka Dot Plant
A fascinating annual grown for its mottled foliage in shades of white, blush, pink, rose and red. Best in semi-shaded but high light areas.
Height: 25cm – Spacing: 15cm (128 plants – covers 3m²)
Ideal for: Edging and bedding
Colours: Mixed (Pink, Red, White and Blush)
Lobelia
Heavenly Lobelia
An essential plant for hanging baskets, containers and the edging of borders. They have a mounded habit and provide masses of colour when in flower.
Height: 15cm – Spacing: 10cm (128 plants – covers 4.5m²)
Ideal for: Edging, containers and hanging baskets
Colours: Mixed, Midnight Blue, Sky Blue
Mimulus F1
Monkey Flower
Easy to grow, Mimulus plants are quickly covered in masses of exotic looking flowers in bright and vibrant colours, some spotted, some clear.
Height: 20cm – Spacing: 15cm (128 plants – covers 3m²)
Ideal for: Borders and containers
Colours: Mixed
Beacon Impatiens
Old fashioned Busy Lizzies are back!
DISEASE FREE – Limited quantities, order early!
Outstanding garden performance – tried and tested last summer!
Beacon Impatiens have been bred with high resistance to Downy Mildew and won’t collapse due to this destructive disease. We’ve had many favourable reports from customers who planted them last summer.
Height: 25cm – 30cm / Spread: 30cm-35cm
Ideal for: Bedding, borders, edging, containers and hanging baskets
Colours: Orange, Rose, Violet, White, Coral, Red, Salmon, Total Mix
Hot Mix (Violet, Orange, Red)
Coral Reef Mix (Coral, Salmon, White)
New Guinea Impatiens
Clockwork – NEW!
A new variety of New Guinea Impatiens perfect for shady conditions.Produce an abundance of large flowers on compact plants all season long
Height: 25cm – Spread: 30cm
Ideal for: Bedding, borders, edging, containers and hanging baskets
Colours: Apple Blossom, Lavender, White, Rose, Hot Pink Glow
New Guinea Impatiens
Harmony
Very floriferous, plants will be covered in bloom all season long which makes them especially effective in high profile areas, containers and hanging baskets.
Height: 30-40cm – Spread: 30-40cm
Ideal for: Bedding, borders, edging, containers and hanging baskets
Colours: Raspberry Cream, Dark Violet, White
Pansy Spring Collection
Only Available until end of September!
A lovely range of colours. Do not plant at the height of summer. Most importantly don’t plant in the same spot two seasons running.
Height: 15cm – Spacing: 15cm (128 plants – covers 3m²)
Ideal for: Bedding, borders, containers and hanging baskets
Colours: Total Mixed, Face White with Blue, Clean Mixed, Clean White, Mixed Pastel Shades, Face Deep Blue, Face Yellow with Black, Clean Yellow, Clean True Blue, Mixed Lavender Shades
Salvia F1
Sage
Salvias thrive in rich well drained soil in full sun to light shade and will flower for many months if well fed and dead-headed regularly. They love the summer heat.
Height: Dwarf Red 25cm, Mixed 35cm – Spacing: 20cm (128 plants – covers 3m²)
Ideal for: Bedding, borders and containers
Colours: Dwarf Red, Mixed
Salvia Coccinea F1
Spreads beautifully
Much loved by butterflies and honeybees, these Salvias are easy to grow and flower quickly and continuously all summer long. They prefer good soil in full sun to semi-shade.
Height: 30cm – Spacing: 25cm (128 plants – covers 5m²)
Ideal for: Bedding, borders and containers
Colours: Red, White, Coral
Viola Spring Collection F1
Only Available until end of September
Easy to grow, beautiful Violas will quickly mature and flower. They make excellent border or rockery plants and are unrivalled for their ‘flower power’, with plants covered in blooms for many months of the year.
Height: 15cm – Spacing: 15cm (128 plants – covers 3m²)
ideal for: Edging, bedding and containers
Colours: Beacon Yellow, Coconut Swirl, White, Baby Face Marina, Cuty, Blue Shades Mixed, True Blue, Mixed
GROWING GUIDE FOR OUR SUMMER SEMI-SHADE ANNUALS
LIGHT SHADE: It occurs under large open-branched trees and consists of areas that receive soft, dappled shade for most of the day. There is no direct sunshine, but plenty of light. This is the easiest of the shady areas to garden.
SEMI-SHADE or PARTIAL SHADE: These are defined as those areas of the garden which receive some sun and some shade during the day. This is easy if the plants get morning sun and afternoon shade. Less easy is a spot in the garden that receives a patch of sun at midday only, for example a courtyard.
The most difficult aspect in the garden is one that gets morning shade and afternoon sun – treat this as FULL SUN for all intents and purposes as shade lovers will roast in the afternoon sun, especially if close to a wall.
