Primula beesiana x 6 plugs £8.99
This ‘candelabra’ primrose loves damp shady places and thrives in deep rich soil. It’ll soon establish into a large clump and give a spectacular springtime display of bright violet pink blooms with yellow eyes. On warm days emerging bees and butterflies love these flowers

Primula denticulata Blue x 6 plugs £8.99
Known as the ‘Drumstick Primula’ for it’s tall densely packed flower stems, this is a rugged easy to grow plant which gives stunning displays in spring and early summer. The flower spike bears a ball of buds as it pushes through the soil and these quickly open as the stem elongates reaching a height of 40cm. Likes a sunny or part shaded spot and moist rich soil.

Primula japonica Alba x 6 plugs £8.99
This beautiful white ‘candelabra primrose’ is just the thing for a moist border and is happiest in sun or part shade. Whorls of gleaming flowers with honeyed centres are successively borne on tall stems from spring to early summer, brightening up the garden for many weeks.

Primula chungensis x 6 plugs £8.99
Originating from China this lovely plant is a member of the candelabra Primrose family and loves soil that is constantly moist and in part shade, areas beneath trees with a build up of leaf mould are perect as it loves plenty of organic matter. Flowers are borne in several whorls on 40cm stems, opening from orange buds and becoming bright yelow they create a spectaular fiery display in late spring.

Lemon Grass x 3 plugs £7.99
You won’t have to put up with dried out stems from the supermarket when you grow your own lemon grass. These plug plants are best grown in a large pot and will form a clump of fleshy ’tillers’ or stems which have the most intense lemony taste at the base. In summer it’s best to grow in a sunny spot outside, moving indoors through winter when the pot can be kept on a well lit windowsill. Cut stems when needed and use in your favourite Oriental dishes.

Geranium Bertie Crug x 3 plugs £7.99
With a naturally spreading habit this hardy geranium is an ideal ground cover plant and is fully hardy so will last for years. The foliage is a very attractive deep green with bronzed margins and forms a low mound which is smothered in a carpet of bright pink blooms throughout summer. Bertie Crug is particularly lovely scrambling over a rockery or a low wall.

Viola ‘Freckles’ x 6 plugs £6.99
This strikingly unusual violet forms a mound of heart shaped leaves and loves a shady spot. The white blooms are heavily splashed with china blue and, in springtime, contrast beautifully with brighter flowers such as narcissus and tulips. Freckles seeds freely and soon forms a large clump.