For Cut Flowers

Hyacinthus orientalis 'Jan Bos' is a wonderfully classic spring hyacinth, prized for its richly coloured flower spikes in deep rosy cerise and a beautifully strong perfume. Compact and poised at the front of a border, it is equally at home in smart pots by the door, where its fragrance can be properly enjoyed.

With glaucous green leaves and an upright habit, it also makes a refined cut flower—just a few stems bring instant polish to a small vase arrangement. Plant in autumn and look forward to an elegant flourish from March into April.

• Colour: Deep pink-red
• Fragrance: Highly scented
• Best for: Borders, containers and cutting
• Flowering: March–April

Paeonia lactiflora ‘Duchesse de Nemours’ is an enduring favourite: a herbaceous peony of great poise, producing sumptuous, fully double white blooms with the faintest greenish nuance and a refined perfume. In early summer the flowers rise above handsome, deeply divided dark-green foliage, bringing quiet luxury to borders and cutting gardens alike.

Once established, it settles into a long-lived clump and becomes more generous with each passing season. Particularly lovely when threaded through roses and shrubs, where its sculptural flowers feel perfectly at home.

• Flowering: May–June
• Height: 80cm
• Spread: 50–100cm
• Position: Sheltered
• Supplied as: Bare root

Tulipa 'Negrita' is a richly coloured Triumph tulip, prized for its refined, goblet-shaped blooms in a handsome purple-magenta. Flowering in late spring on strong, upright stems, it brings a composed elegance to pots by the door, smart spring borders, and tidy courtyard gardens.

Plant in autumn and allow the fresh mid-green foliage to do its quiet work through winter; come April and May, 'Negrita' delivers a confident, jewel-toned display that pairs beautifully with soft creams, deep plums, and fresh greens.

• Colour: deep purple-magenta
• Flower form: goblet-shaped (Triumph Group)
• Best for: borders, pots & containers, city gardens
• Stems: upright and sturdy

Allium stipitatum 'Mount Everest' is a statuesque allium of exemplary poise, lifting perfectly rounded globes of crisp white, star-shaped flowers above grey-green foliage. In late spring and early summer, its tall, upright stems bring a clean, architectural note to borders and gravel planting, and the flower heads are equally superb in a vase.

Plant in generous drifts for a composed, contemporary look, or thread through perennials and ornamental grasses for height and rhythm. Once established, this perennial bulb returns with reliable presence and a polished finish.

• Colour: White with a light green flush
• Flower shape: Globe
• Excellent for: Borders, gravel gardens and cut flowers

Hyacinthus orientalis 'Blue Jacket' brings a wonderfully saturated note to early spring, with dense, fragrant spikes of deep blue, single bells. Each petal is neatly traced with a darker purple stripe, creating a poised, tailored look above fresh, rich green foliage.

Ideal for borders and pots alike, this is a compact hyacinth that looks particularly smart planted in generous drifts, or placed near paths and doorways where the perfume can be properly appreciated. It also makes an excellent cut flower for small, elegant arrangements.

• Colour: Deep blue with dark purple stripe
• Flower form: Bell-shaped, single blooms on sturdy spikes
• Scent: Fragrant
• Best for: Borders, pots and containers, cutting

Hyacinthus orientalis 'Woodstock' brings a quietly dramatic note to early spring: densely packed, bell-shaped florets in a deep plum-purple, carried on sturdy stems above rich green foliage. The perfume is classic hyacinth—sweet, familiar, and wonderfully welcoming near a doorway or along a path.

Plant in autumn for a refined show in March and April. This variety is particularly handsome in pots (where its colour can be appreciated up close), yet equally poised threaded through borders in small drifts. The flower spikes also make excellent, fragrant cut stems for small indoor arrangements.

• Colour: Deep plum-purple
• Scent: Sweetly fragrant
• Style notes: Striking in containers; elegant in borders; excellent for cutting

Allium ‘Hair’ is the sort of plant that makes a border feel instantly more considered. Neat stems rise to curious summer umbels: compact purple centres surrounded by fine, green, hair-like tendrils. It’s delightfully architectural—perfect for contemporary schemes, gravel gardens, and adding a light, witty note among softer perennials.

• Distinctive purple-and-green flowerheads for a modern, design-led look
• Excellent in smart mixed borders, pots, and through gravel planting
• Pollinator friendly and generally left alone by deer

Plant in autumn in free-draining soil and let it settle quietly; by early summer it delivers its memorable silhouette with minimal fuss.

Muscari latifolium 'Grape Ice' is a quietly striking grape hyacinth, sending up neat, densely packed spring spires with a most pleasing two-tone finish: deep purple at the base, graduating to a crisp white tip. Lightly scented and eminently well-mannered, it slips beautifully through the front of borders, under shrubs and trees, and into pots where its detail can be appreciated up close.

Plant in autumn and allow it to settle; by spring it forms a tidy clump of fresh green foliage and elegant bell-shaped blooms—excellent for threading amongst tulips and other spring companions, and charming in small cut posies.

• Colour: Purple & White (bi-colour)
• Flowering: March to May
• Height: 20cm
• Habit: Clump-forming perennial
• Best for: Borders, containers and underplanting

Anemone coronaria 'Levante Wine Double' is a wonderfully refined spring-flowering anemone, with fully double blooms in rich wine tones—deep magenta-purple lifted with pale highlights and finished with a near-black centre. Held on neat, upright stems, it brings early-season polish to pots, borders and the cutting garden alike.

Plant the corms in autumn for a poised display from March to May, and let the clump-forming habit weave gently through spring planting schemes. Particularly handsome in containers by the door, where the velvety colour can be appreciated up close.

• Colour: Deep magenta-purple with white highlights and a near-black centre
• Flower form: Double
• Ideal for: Pots & containers, cutting garden, borders
• Season: Autumn planting for spring flowering

For late-spring theatre with a decidedly dark mood, Tulipa 'Black Parrot' delivers in impeccable style. The richly frilled, parrot-formed blooms open in sumptuous deep purple, reading almost black at the centre, and sit beautifully against grey-green foliage. Planted in generous drifts, it brings a sophisticated edge to borders and makes an indulgent centrepiece in large pots by the door.

• Colour: Deep purple, near-black
• Flowering: April–May
• Height: 50cm
• Position: Full sun; sheltered
• Ideal for: Borders, containers

Tulipa 'Orange Princess' is a thoroughly elegant Double Late tulip, opening into sumptuous, peony-like blooms in glowing apricot-orange. Soft yellow warmth and fine feathering in red and green lend a painterly finish—perfect for adding quiet richness to spring borders and smart container displays.

Flowering towards the end of the tulip season, it partners beautifully with creams, deep plums and fresh spring greens, and is equally at home as a refined cut flower for the house.

Why we love it

• Double Late form for a luxuriously full, layered look
• Glowing apricot-orange tones with subtle yellow, red and green detailing
• Excellent for pots, spring bedding and cutting

Narcissus ‘Erlicheer’ is a notably refined, early-flowering double narcissus, cherished for its richly scented clusters. Each stem carries several softly ruffled blooms in creamy white, gently warmed by a yellow centre—an elegant lift for borders, pots and spring arrangements.

Equally at home outdoors or brought into growth indoors, ‘Erlicheer’ is a dependable choice for forcing when you’d like a little spring ahead of schedule.

• Colour: White with soft yellow centres
• Flower form: Double
• Height: 35cm
• Spread: 15cm
• Flowering: March–April
• Planting: September–December
• Position: Borders, containers, naturalising in grass, under shrubs and roses

Tulipa ‘Queensland’ is a wonderfully refined tulip, prized for its double, fringed flowers with a beautifully textured finish. Planted in autumn, it rises in mid-spring with an upright, composed habit—equally at home in smart patio pots, the front of a border, or gathered for the vase.

For the most polished effect, plant generously in groups, and pair with cool whites, soft greens and early-season foliage for a quietly luxurious spring display.

• Flower form: Double, fringed
• Ideal for: Pots & containers, front of borders, cutting gardens
• Season of interest: April to May
• Supplied as: Premium tulip bulbs

Tulip 'Angelique' is a study in quiet luxury: a fully double, peony-flowered tulip in soft shell-pink, with a subtle green flush at the base. Poised and romantic in borders, it is equally impeccable in generous pots by the door, and makes a beautifully refined spring cut flower.

Flowering late in the tulip season, Tulipa 'Angélique' is a particularly elegant way to carry your spring display through to its grand finale.

• Style: fully double blooms with a silky, layered finish
• Colour: soft pink and white, with gentle green at the base
• Best for: pots, borders, cutting garden and courtyard gardens
• Seasonal note: plant in autumn for flowers from March to May

Tulipa 'Carnaval de Nice' is a decidedly indulgent double late tulip, unfurling creamy white petals boldly flamed and feathered in deep red. In late spring it brings a touch of theatre to borders and looks wonderfully composed in generous pots—particularly when planted in confident drifts.

With an upright habit and elegant grey-green foliage (subtly white-edged), it is a refined choice for cutting too; allow the blooms to colour fully for the most sumptuous stems.

• Flowering: April–May
• Height: 40cm
• Bulb size supplied: 12/14cm
• Position: Sheltered

Iris hollandica ‘Mixed’ is a charming blend of Dutch iris in harmonising tones, chosen for elegant, upright flowers that lend a composed, architectural note to late spring planting schemes. Tuck them through borders for refined colour punctuation, or pot up in generous groups for a clean, modern look on terraces and steps.

With slender stems and a naturally poised silhouette, this mixture is also a lovely choice for the cutting garden—particularly when you’d like a succession of stems that feel effortless rather than over-styled. Where conditions suit, it will also settle in and return, quietly improving year on year.

• Bulb size: 7/8
• Height: 45–60cm
• Flowering: April to June
• Planting time: September to December
• Ideal for: borders, pots & containers, cutting garden, naturalising

Allium cowanii (Neapolitan garlic, Cowanii Group) is a quietly captivating allium, sending up loose, airy umbels of pure white, starry flowers on slender stems. Flowering in late spring and early summer, it brings a clean, lifted note to borders, gravel planting and pots—especially effective when threaded through grasses or soft, cottage-style perennials.

Compact and clump-forming, it settles in with ease and returns reliably year after year. Plant in autumn for an elegant drift of white that also proves popular with pollinators.

• Flower colour: White
• Flowering period: May–June
• Best for: Borders, containers, cottage gardens, city gardens
• Character: Airy, star-shaped flowers with a refined, natural look

Anemone coronaria 'Levante Rosso Double' brings a poised note of theatre to mid–late spring, with richly coloured, double blooms held neatly above fresh mid-green foliage. The effect is wonderfully tailored—ideal for smart containers by the door, and equally at home threading through the front of a sunny border.

With tidy stems and a refined flower form, it is also an excellent choice for the cutting garden, where a few stems lend instant polish to a simple jug arrangement. Plant in autumn for flowers from April to June.

• Colour: Red (with tonal variation)
• Flowering: April–June
• Height: 40–60cm
• Perfect for: Pots & containers, front of borders, cutting garden

Tulipa 'Apricot Beauty' is a beautifully mannered Single Early tulip, admired for its cup-shaped blooms in soft apricot-salmon pink, gently warmed with a hint of orange. In the spring garden it reads as quietly luminous—equally at home in smart pots by the front door as it is threaded through a border among fresh greens and early perennials.

Plant in autumn for a mid-spring performance, and allow the stems to rise to an elegant, upright finish. A refined choice for gardeners who prefer their colour nuanced rather than brash.

Allium 'Large Flowering Mix' is a generous selection of large-flowered ornamental onions, chosen for their poised, globe-shaped heads and a softly varied palette. Rising above fresh grey-green foliage, the blooms bring elegant structure from late spring into early summer—particularly effective threaded through borders, gravel gardens, or grouped in generous drifts for a naturalistic finish.

These fully hardy bulbs are wonderfully uncomplicated: plant in autumn, allow them to settle over their first seasons, and enjoy their refined, architectural presence year after year. They are also excellent for cutting—bringing a calm, contemporary note to arrangements.

• Large, globe-shaped flowerheads in a mixed colour palette
• Flowering: May–July
• Height: 60–85cm, with a neat, upright habit
• Pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• Superb for borders, gravel gardens and pots—and for cutting

Allium unifolium 'Eros' is a beautifully refined, compact allium, prized for its domed heads of pinkish-lilac, starry florets held neatly above grey-green foliage. At a modest height, it slips effortlessly into the front of a sunny border, and is equally at home in smart pots where its tidy habit can be properly admired.

Flowering in late spring, it brings a poised lift and gentle colour that partners elegantly with tulips, forget-me-nots and early grasses, while offering welcome interest for pollinators.

• Colour: pinkish-lilac
• Height: 35cm
• Flowering: May–June
• Best in: pots & containers; sunny borders

Allium ampeloprasum is a wonderfully statuesque allium, prized for its papery buds opening into rounded, lilac-toned globes held aloft on tall, steady stems. Rising cleanly above broad, grey-green foliage, it brings an assured sense of height and structure from late spring into early summer—particularly handsome woven through mixed borders and naturalistic planting.

It also makes a refined cut flower: allow a few stems to open fully for a soft, architectural note indoors, while leaving plenty in the garden for visiting pollinators.

• Elegant, architectural flowerheads in pale pink-lilac and white
• Excellent height for adding lift through borders and meadow-style schemes
• Pollinator friendly and deer resistant
• Fully hardy and pleasingly low-fuss in well-drained ground

Supplied as autumn-planting bulbs.

Allium 'Ambassador' is a quietly dramatic choice for early-summer structure—generous, rich purple flower globes held aloft on tall stems, rising elegantly above neat green foliage. Planted in autumn, it returns as a reliable perennial, lending height and poise to borders and looking particularly accomplished weaving through perennials and ornamental grasses.

• Colour & form: rich purple, perfectly rounded globe heads
• Where it excels: borders, pots and containers, naturalising, and cutting for the vase
• Garden allies: pollinator friendly and noted as deer resistant
• Planting season: autumn planting for flowers in early summer

Choose a sunny, well-drained position and allow space for those impressive stems to stand with confidence. Whether dotted through a mixed border or repeated in a considered drift, 'Ambassador' delivers a refined, architectural finish just when the garden begins to gather pace.

Tulipa ‘Blue Parrot’ is a wonderfully theatrical parrot tulip, prized for its richly violet-purple colouring and extravagantly ruffled, feathered petals. In late spring it brings a confident, couture flourish to borders and generous pots, and it cuts beautifully for opulent, characterful arrangements.

Plant in autumn and give it a sheltered position for the finest stems and blooms. A simple way to add drama to classic spring planting schemes—especially alongside soft creams, inky purples, or fresh spring greens.

Why you’ll love it

• Striking parrot-form flowers with ruffled, fringed detail
• Rich violet-purple tones for a sophisticated spring palette
• Ideal for borders, containers, and cutting
• Fully hardy and refreshingly easy to grow

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