SuperCal Petchoas - Tongue Twisting Delights!

Cross a petunia with a calibrachoa and what do you get?  A SuperCal Petchoa of course.  This tongue twisting series combines the best characteristics of the two to give maximum outdoor garden performance and vigour.  SuperCal Petchoas have a mounding habit and will flower continuously from spring to late autumn.  They perform well in most weather conditions and will quickly form a low mound 40 cm high by 80 cm wide.  Did you know that calibrachoas typically have a sticky foliage - but not SuperCal Petchoas - their breeding has eradicated this so when their flowers drop they no longer stick to the foliage and look unattractive, they simply fall right off the plant.

With seven colours to choose from there is a colour to suit everyone - my favourites are velvet and blue!

Lavender

Once again Lavender is proving a incredibly popular choice this spring/summer and some of our most popular favourites are:

Ruffles Lavender:

A recent introduction, the Ruffles series are a wonderful combination of compact habit and massed flowers in sensational colours, from the traditional to the delicate combination of bicolours.  Ruffles are named because of the chunky bracts above the flower heads are distinctively rippled along their margins.  Their compact and tidy habit make these a ideal choice for smaller garden spaces, containers and hedges.  Four scrumptious colours are available - Sugarberry (mauve and pink), Raspberry (pink), Blueberry (deep mauve and purple), Boysenberry (musky pink with swirling white centres).

Bee Brilliant:

Bred for its compact habit and prolific flowering, this evergreen lavender produces an abundance of dense rich dark purple flowers from early spring through to late summer.  Bee Brilliant is ideal in a decorative pot, massed planted or as a general garden plant.  It is perfect in dried flower arrangements and is renowned for its fragrance.

Stoechas Major:

One of the best lavenders available which produces an abundance of rich dark purple flowers from early spring through  to late summer.    Stoechas major is ideal hedging, looks great in a decorative pot, mass planted or as a general garden plant. Perfect for cottage garden,  Stoechas major will grow to approximately 60 cm x 60 if desired.

Hidcote Blue:

This English lavender has a compact habit producing a dense mass of short stemmed blooms with dark blue, button like flowers in late spring through into the summer months.  Its evergreen and hardy natures makes it superb mass planted, ideal in dried flower arrangements, as a general garden plant and renowned for its fragrance - great for cooking with.  Hidcote Blue will grow to approximately 30 cm by 30 cm if desired and performs best in full sun.

Finally Impatiens For The Sun - SunPatiens

Arriving in garden centres now is the much anticipated SunPatiens series.  These little beauties are a sun tolerant variety of the tried and true favourite annual.  These remarkable plants showcase a breakthrough in breeding that results in a sun loving, thrive in heat impatiens that explode with colour from spring through to frost.

With eye catching flowers, dark green or brightly variegated foliage SunPatiens are flowering powerhouses that will flaunt their brilliant flowers beautifully.  Look out for these stunners over the next few weeks - their yellow sun label shouldn't be too hard to miss.