Buddleja × weyeriana 'Bicolor'
butterfly bush
- Position: full sun
- Soil: fertile, well-drained soil
- Rate of growth: fast growing
- Flowering period: July to September
- Flower colour: pink and orange
- Other features: very attractive to butterflies and bees
- Hardiness: fully hardy
On arching branches with dark green leaves, this distinctive cultivar produces striking clusters of purple buds, which open to reveal bicoloured blooms in shades of pink and orange, fading to bronze as the flowers mature during mid to late summer. With a sweet scent, the flowers are attractive to wildlife, especially butterflies. A resilient, low maintenance shrub that is tolerant of most situations, but grows best in well-drained soil in a sunny position. - Garden care: Prune back hard in March, removing all of the previous year's growth to three or four buds.
Clematis 'Black Prince'
clematis (group 3)
Beautiful deep purple flowers
£12.99
2lt pot (60cm cane)
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Rosa Gertrude Jekyll ('Ausbord') (PBR)
rose Gertrude Jekyll (shrub)
Gorgeous double pink blooms
£25.95
4 litre pot
within 2-3 days excludes weekends
Clematis 'The President'
clematis (group 2)
Outstanding large rich-purple flowers
£12.99
2lt pot (60cm cane)
within 2 weeks
Echinacea 'Art's Pride' (PBR)
coneflower
Striking new orange coneflower
£9.99
2 litre pot
available to order from summer 2013
Chelsea Chop and other methods of extending the flowering season
Many gardeners who are happy, even gung-ho, with the secateurs when pruning shrubs and climbers are surprisingly reluctant to take the shears to herbaceous perennials. Maybe this is because it just doesn’t seem quite right to be cutting back all...
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