Exotic Canna tubers – pack of 5 was £9.99 now £4.99
Cannas are one of those exotic beauties that do so much for the bright, zingy Summer garden, Their fiery hot colours of yellow, orange and red, and combinations of these, will erupt in beds and borders, adding great height and impact too. Each pack of 5 is a mix of colours, and also a mix of the green-leaves and lovely purple-leaved types, selected from taller flowering cultivars, so all will flower at 1M or more. Renowned for their tall flower spikes, grow them in large pots, or at the back of borders, in hot, sunny spots, in well-drained spots. Feed well when in growth – they will not start growing much until may, they grow away quickly as summer warms. They will over-Winter if they do not get too wet, and will benefit form a mulch – or the tubers can be dug up and stored cool over-Winter for use next year.

Pack of 10 Nerine bowdenii bulbs (Guernsey Lily) was £9.99 now £4.99
Breathtakingly pretty clusters of exotic, vivid pink flowers will brighten up your garden late in Autumn, just as your summer flowers are starting to fade and all else seems to be on it’s last legs.! As the days shorten and skies get duller, Nerine bowdenii’s firework-like flower clusters will provide stunning colour right through until Winter, and make pretty posies if cut for the vase as well. Perfect for growing in a drift in flower beds and borders, you could also grow them in big patio pots, say 25-30cm diameter with 5 bulbs in. They are completely hardy and will easily withstand UK winters. Plant them about 5cm (2) deep, and around 10cm (4) apart. Awarded the RHS Award of Garden Merit for its all-round performance in UK gardens. Nerines really are outstanding Autumn ‘good doers’, and every garden should have some for one last swansong of flower colour before the frosts.

Pack of 3 Pineapple Lily bulbs (Eucomis bicolour) was £9.99 now £4.99
These unusual bulbs will give you incredibly vibrant displays this summer. From June to September they will produce spikes of cream/green flowers, each one with a thin, rich purple edge. Each flower spike is topped with a crown-like tuft of leaves you can see how they got their name! Despite their exotic good looks, Pineapple Lilies are surprisingly hardy and will easily withstand British weather. Perfect for planting in pots or straight into your garden, they will form an attractive rosette of leaves, from which the stem will rapidly grow, reaching around 50cm (20) tall. In autumn, allow the plants to die back naturally, and they will reward you with bigger better displays for many years!

Calla Lily ‘Picasso’ (Zantedeschia) – pack of 3 bulbs was £9.99 now £4.99
‘Picasso’ is a rare, unusual and simply beautiful Calla lily variety, producing stunning bicolour flowers each summer. Newly formed blooms are creamy-white to begin with, then open up magically to reveal their deep-purple hearts. A real showstopper! Grow singly in pots about 10-15cm diameter, or all 3 in a 20cm diameter pot. For best results, they should be kept very warm and well watered once planted for 2 weeks to kick-start their dormancy – on a heater or an airing cupboard is fine, then once the green shoots appear, they can be placed outside. The corms are shallow, and need to be planted saucer shape up, just with a shallow 1-2cm covering of compost only. You will be rewarded with tremendous displays of sumptuous calla flowers that last for 5-6 weeks, and appear again year after year.

Stocks Cleopatra Mix 66 plugs was £9.99 now £4.99
A real little gem for Summer gardens, Heliotrope is often called by it’s alluring common name ‘Cherry Pie Plant’ – a hint at what it’s lovely scents reminds you of as you pass by. A neat cluimp forming plant, perfect in big pots and planters, in a warm, sunny spot for best flowering and most proliic scent, it’s gorgeous deep marine blue shades being a useful colour too.

Aster Milady 24 large plugs was £11.99 now £5.99
A lovely old-fashioned flower, Aster Milady produces big incurved flowers, like traditional bloom chrysanthemums, in a lovely pastel mix of blues, purples, pinks, reds, and whites. Very weather tolerant and wilt resistant, this series is a real winner for pots, tubs and windowboxes, and with dead-heading will flower right on into the Autumn too!

Polianthes ‘Pink Sensation’ (Pink) 3 pack was £9.99 now £5.99
Tuberose have long been a highly prized and popular flower for amazing fragrance – the essential oil is used as a base for many perfumes and is still often unsurpassed. But until now, UK gardeners have only been able to grow the white species or hybrids. Thanks to plant breeding students in Taiwan, over 10 years new colours have been developed, and just released this Spring 2014. The second of these is called ‘Pink Sensation’ and has gorgeous soft-pink single flowers, and have been bred with a much shorter stem length, making them perfect for pots and stockier all round. Their stunning fragrance though remains as good as ever. Grow them in pots in a warm, sunny or lightly shaded location, they will provide late Summer colour and iconic fragrance for you, and can easily be kept over-Winter year to year by drying back the bulbs in their pot, and keeping frost free over-Winter. Try something new this season, and be amazed at their fragrance.

Polianthes ‘Yellow Baby’ 3 pack was £9.99 now £5.99
Tuberose have long been a highly prized and popular flower for amazing fragrance – the essential oil is used as a base for many perfumes and is still often unsurpassed. But until now, UK gardeners have only been able to grow the white species or hybrids. Thanks to plant breeding students in Taiwan, over 10 years new colours have been developed, and just released this Spring 2014. The first of these is called ‘Yellow Baby’ with gorgeous soft sulphur yellow single flowers, bred with a much shorter stem length, making them perfect for pots and stockier all round. Their stunning fragrance though remains as good as ever. This variety wowed the crowds when just a few pots were shown last Summer at the Royal Bulbgrowers Show in Holland. Grow them in pots in a warm, sunny or lightly shaded location, they will provide late Summer colour and iconic fragrance for you, and can easily be kept over Winter year to year by drying back the bulbs in their pot, and keeping frost free during the Winter months. Try something new this season, and be amazed at their fragrance.