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Alstroemeria 'Inticancha Romance' is a compact and vibrant perennial, ideal for UK gardens. It features brilliant pink flowers with white throats, blooming profusely from late spring until the first frosts. This variety is perfect for borders, containers, and as a cut flower due to its long-lasting blooms.
🌸 Key Features
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Height & Spread: Approximately 35–40 cm tall and wide.
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Flowering Season: Blooms from late spring through autumn.
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Foliage: Lush green leaves provide a beautiful backdrop to the vibrant flowers.
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Hardiness: Rated H4 by the RHS, indicating it is hardy through most of the UK, tolerating temperatures down to -10°C.
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Sunlight: Thrives in full sun to partial shade.
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Soil: Prefers fertile, moist but well-drained soil.
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Uses: Excellent for borders, patio pots, and as a long-lasting cut flower.
🌱 Planting & Care Tips
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Planting: Best planted in spring or autumn. Choose a sheltered spot with well-drained soil.
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Watering: Keep the soil consistently moist but not waterlogged.
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Feeding: Apply a balanced fertilizer monthly during the growing season.
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Mulching: Mulch in autumn to protect roots during winter.
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Maintenance: Deadhead spent flowers to encourage continuous blooming.
Alstroemeria 'Inticancha Romance' is a delightful addition to any garden, offering vibrant colours and extended blooming periods. Its compact size makes it versatile for various garden settings, and its hardiness ensures it can thrive in most UK climates
perennial, ideal for UK gardens. Known for its striking orange and yellow blooms, this variety offers a prolonged flowering season and is perfect for borders, containers, and as a cut flower.
🌼 Key Features
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Height & Spread: Reaches approximately 60–70 cm in height and spread.
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Flowering Season: Blooms profusely from June to November.
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Foliage: Lush, deep green leaves provide a beautiful backdrop to the vibrant flowers.
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Hardiness: Rated H4 by the RHS, indicating it is hardy through most of the UK, tolerating temperatures down to -10°C.
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Sunlight: Thrives in full sun to partial shade.
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Soil: Prefers fertile, moist but well-drained soil.
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Uses: Excellent for borders, patio pots, and as a long-lasting cut flower.
🌱 Planting & Care Tips
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Planting: Best planted in spring after the last frost. Choose a sheltered spot with well-drained soil.
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Watering: Keep the soil consistently moist but not waterlogged.
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Feeding: Apply a balanced fertilizer monthly during the growing season.
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Maintenance: Deadhead spent flowers to encourage continuous blooming.
Alstroemeria 'Summer Breeze' is a delightful addition to any garden, offering vibrant colours and extended blooming periods. Its compact size makes it versatile for various garden settings, and its hardiness ensures it can thrive in most UK climates.
Supplied in a 3 litre pot
Coleus canina, also known as the “Scaredy Cat Plant”, is a fascinating ornamental plant often grown for its pungent scent that is said to deter cats, dogs, rabbits, and even deer.
🐾 Coleus canina – Quick Profile
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Common Name: Scaredy Cat Plant
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Botanical Name: Plectranthus caninus (formerly Coleus canina)
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Type: Tender perennial (often grown as an annual)
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Height/Spread: 12–18 inches (30–45 cm) tall and wide
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Foliage: Gray-green, soft, and slightly sticky; emits a strong musky odor when touched or brushed against
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Flowers: Small blue to lavender spikes, blooming in summer
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🌿 Growing Conditions
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Light: Full sun to partial shade
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Soil: Well-drained soil
🌼 Uses & Features
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Animal Deterrent: The scent is unpleasant to some animals, especially cats and dogs, which is why it's often planted in problem areas like garden beds, near bird feeders, or along borders.
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Container Friendly: Great for pots, especially near doors or patios
Supplied in a 1 litre pot
Heuchera 'Lime Marmalade' is a vibrant perennial celebrated for its ruffled, lime-green foliage that adds a splash of color to gardens year-round. This variety is particularly effective in brightening up shaded areas and is suitable for borders, containers, or as ground cover.
🌿 Key Features
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Foliage: Bright lime-green to chartreuse, deeply lobed and ruffled leaves.
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Flowers: Delicate white blooms on slender stems during summer.
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Growth Habit: Forms a dense, mound-shaped clump reaching up to 40 cm in height and spread.
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Light Requirements: Thrives in partial to full shade; can tolerate some morning sun.
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Soil Preferences: Prefers moist, well-drained, fertile soil; avoid waterlogged conditions.
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Hardiness: Fully hardy in the UK, tolerating temperatures down to -20°C.
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Awards: Recipient of the RHS Award of Garden Merit, indicating excellent garden performance.
🌱 Planting & Care Tips
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Planting Time: Best planted in spring or autumn.
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Watering: Keep soil consistently moist but not waterlogged.
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Feeding: Apply a balanced fertilizer in spring.
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Maintenance: Remove dead or damaged leaves to encourage new growth.
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Propagation: Divide clumps every few years in early autumn to maintain vigor.
Heuchera 'Lime Marmalade' is an excellent choice for adding vibrant color to shaded areas in your garden. Its striking foliage and delicate flowers provide visual interest throughout the year.
Supplied in a 3 litre pot
Vigorous, well branched plants produce large, dark blue flowers on black stems over dark green, velvety scented leaves.
Uses: suitable for patio containers and garden borders.
Salvia ‘Black and Bloom’ can be grown in containers. Choose a large container with good drainage, fill it with well-draining potting mix, and place the plant in a sunny spot. Water it regularly to keep the soil consistently moist but not waterlogged.
Herbaceous perennial - comes back year after year
Supplied in a 3 litre pot
Salvia 'Hot Lips' is a vibrant, bushy perennial prized for its striking red and white bi-coloured blooms and aromatic foliage. It's a popular choice among UK gardeners for its long flowering season and ability to attract bees and butterflies. Salvia hot lips is a perennial that come back year after year.
🌿 Plant Overview
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Botanical Name: Salvia microphylla 'Hot Lips'
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Height & Spread: Up to 1.2m tall and 40–60cm wide
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Flowering Period: June to September
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Light Requirements: Full sun
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Soil: Moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil
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Hardiness: Frost hardy; may need winter protection in colder regions
🌱 Planting & Care Tips
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Planting: Incorporate compost to improve drainage and fertility. Space plants 30–45cm apart and water thoroughly after planting.
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Watering: Water deeply during the first growing season to establish roots. Once established, the plant is drought-tolerant and requires minimal watering.
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Pruning: Prune in late winter or early spring before new growth emerges. Remove any dead or damaged stems at their base and cut back the outer stems by about one-third to encourage branching and denser growth. Deadhead spent blooms throughout the growing season to encourage more flowers.
🐝 Wildlife Benefits
Salvia 'Hot Lips' is highly attractive to bees and butterflies, making it an excellent choice for pollinator-friendly gardens.
Supplied in a 3ltr pot