This is just the time of year when you suddenly realise that you have gaps in your display – hardy geraniums are perfect for filling them and this perennial collection includes the best double varieties plus the stunning ‘Splish Splash’, which has wonderfully speckled flowers. To pep up your container displays we’ve also included vibrant mixed begonias which will go on giving colour until the first frosts, as well as freesias for strongly perfumed patio displays. And for all-year-round interest, we’ve added the beautiful Korean fir, which can be used as a focal specimen in an evergreen container arrangement.
Bumper Bulb Perennial Collection 115 comprises:
- Geranium ‘Plenum Caeruleum’ 1 x Bare Root Plant – Clusters of exquisite, lavender-blue double flowers rise above the lacy foliage in early summer. Height: 70cm (28″). Spread: 45cm (18″).
- Geranium ‘Plenum Violaceum’ 1 x Bare Root Plant – A luxuriant display of double, violet flowers which is free flowering in early summer. Awarded a prestigious RHS AGM. Height: 60cm (24″). Spread: 45cm (18″).
- Geranium ‘Splish Splash’ 1 x Bare Root Plant – One of the most beautiful, striking and unusual Perennial Geraniums with mauve-blue splashes and flecks on pure white petals, each 3cm (¼in) flower head appearing to be individually designed and painted. A fascinating, rare and prized border plant, coming remarkably true from seed. Flowers summer. Height: 45-75cm (18-30in).
- Geranium ‘Double Jewel’ 1 x Bare Root Plant – Features double blooms forming elegant rosettes of white petals suffused with mauve-pink at the centre to create a beautiful contrast. The blooms are borne from early summer above a loose mound of finely cut foliage. Height: 40cm (16″). Spread: 30cm (12″).
- Freesia Single Mixed Colours 100 Corms – a mix of strong solid flower colours for vibrant container displays in the garden or statement cut flower displays in the home. We’ve stuck with single flowered varieties with this elegant collection of freesia plants, in order to bring the strongest perfume to your displays. Short, stiff stems that won’t need staking and remain proudly upright throughout the growing season. Perfect for growing in patio containers where their fragrance can be appreciated. Alternatively, plant freesia corms at the front of a sunny border where you can get up close to that iconic perfume. Height: 35cm (14″). Spread: 15cm (6″).
- Begonia Double Upright Mixed 5 Tubers
- Begonia Fringed Mixed 5 Tubers
- Korean Fir (Abies koreana) 1 Bare Root- . This captivating evergreen makes a stunning specimen tree for providing plenty of year-round interest. Extraordinary violet-blue cones nestle upright among the dark green foliage from an early age, at a size of just 60cm (2ft). Developing during the summer months, the cones remain a constant fascination right through to late winter. The needles of Abies koreana are wider, more rounded and softer than our native spruces, giving a full conical appearance as the branches twirl around its central stem. Although this RHS AGM variety can achieve a significant size with maturity, its slow growth habit ensures that it will remain a manageable size for many years. supplied as a single stem bareroot. Ultimate height: Up to 10m (32′). Spread: 6m (19′).
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