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Narcissus 'Poeticus Recurvus' is the sort of late-spring classic that never slips out of fashion. Each bloom opens a pristine white, with lightly recurved petals framing a neat yellow cup, finished with the most refined red edging and a fresh green eye. Wonderfully fragrant and effortlessly elegant, it settles into grass with a natural ease, while looking equally at home in borders and handsome pots.

Reliable, fully hardy, and pleasingly unfussy, this is a charming choice for drifts and informal planting schemes—yet with enough poise to stand alone in a curated container by the door. Also excellent for cutting, bringing its clean palette and scent indoors.

• Botanical name: Narcissus poeticus var. recurvus Haw. (13)
• Bulb size supplied: 12/14
• Flowering: April to June
• Height: 35cm
• Spread: 10cm
• Position: Sheltered
• Sunlight: Full sun or partial sun
• Soil: Loam
• Moisture: Moist but well-drained
• Hardiness: Fully hardy

Iris × hollandica 'Blue Magic' is a refined Dutch iris, offering rich blue-violet blooms neatly finished with a golden marking. It’s a quietly dependable spring bulb—excellent in sunny borders, smart in pots, and particularly good for cutting, where the clean, architectural lines sit beautifully in a vase.

Plant in autumn and allow it to settle into a free-draining position. In the right conditions it will return well year after year, forming elegant clumps that lift the late-spring garden with crisp colour and poise.

• Colour: Blue/Purple with Yellow
• Flowering: May–June
• Height: 60–85cm
• Best for: borders, pots & containers, cutting, naturalising

Tulipa ‘Foxtrot’ is a quietly glamorous Double Early tulip, opening in soft, ballerina pink before deepening at the edges as each bloom matures. The result is impeccably polished in spring pots by the front door, and equally at home bringing a gentle, romantic note to smart borders.

Neat, clump-forming and reliably perennial, it reaches around 30cm with mid-green foliage and a pleasingly considered silhouette. Plant in autumn into fertile, well-drained soil, give it a sheltered position in full sun, and look forward to a poised display from March to April.

• Flowering: March–April
• Height: 30cm
• Best for: pots & containers, borders, city gardens, cottage-style planting, and underplanting roses & shrubs

Tulipa ‘Greigii-peacock Mixed’ brings a wonderfully painterly note to spring planting schemes, with a characterful blend of colours that feels both lively and considered. As a Greigii tulip mix, it is particularly well suited to the front of the border, gravel gardens, and smart container displays where its fresh tones can be appreciated up close.

With neat, upright stems and handsome green foliage that is often purple-mottled, this mix makes an easy, dependable choice for autumn planting. It also lends itself beautifully to a few simple indoor arrangements—nothing fussy, just a small handful in a favourite vase.

• Seasonal colour: flowers from April to May
• Perfect placements: pots & containers, borders, and as cut flowers
• Refined foliage: green leaves, often purple-mottled
• Hardy and straightforward: fully hardy; ideal for confident beginners

Tulipa 'Fringed Mixed' is a refined blend of crispa (fringed) tulips, chosen for their delicately feathered petal edges and their naturally theatrical presence in spring. Expect an ever-so-slightly shifting palette from season to season—part of the charm of a well-composed mixture.

Superb in borders and particularly elegant in pots by the front door, these tulips also make effortlessly stylish cut stems for the house. Plant in autumn, then simply await April and May with quiet anticipation.

• Flowering: April–May
• Height: 40–60cm
• Bulb size: 10/11
• Position: Sheltered; Full Sun or Partial Sun

As with all mixtures, the precise selection and colour balance may vary slightly from season to season.

Tulipa ‘Single Late Mixed’ is a thoughtfully composed blend of Single Late tulips, selected for their tall, steady stems and poised goblet-shaped flowers. Blooming at the very end of the tulip season, it extends spring with a softly painterly mix of colours—ideal for bringing a refined finish to borders and generous pots alike.

Plant in autumn and allow the bulbs to settle through winter; in late spring, expect an elegant, upright display at 40–60cm, with fresh mid-green foliage beneath the blooms. As a mixed selection, the precise colour balance may vary from season to season—always harmonious, never uniform.

• Season finale: flowers from April to May, carrying the tulip display into late spring
• Graceful proportions: tall stems and goblet blooms, beautifully suited to cutting
• Versatile planting: excellent in borders, beds, and statement containers

Narcissus ‘Canaliculatus’ is a small, exquisitely detailed daffodil with a delightfully composed fragrance and a naturally graceful habit. Each stem carries neat clusters of miniature blooms: crisp white petals set off by a deep yellow cup, bringing a refined sparkle to early spring displays.

Perfectly proportioned for pots, troughs and smaller garden spaces, it excels in a warm, sunny position with light, free-draining soil. Plant in autumn and allow it to settle; in return, it will form charming clumps that quietly improve year after year.

• Colour: White petals with deep yellow cup
• Scent: Fragrant
• Best for: Pots, patios, courtyards, and the front of borders
• Wildlife: Pollinator friendly
• Also noted for: Deer resistant

Hyacinthus orientalis 'Blue Pearl' PBR is a decidedly elegant spring hyacinth, sending up dense, upright spires of waxy, bell-shaped flowers in a vivid blue-purple, each bloom subtly refined with paler edging. As the fragrance unfurls, it brings a welcome sense of occasion to early-season borders and pots alike.

Plant in autumn for a poised display in March and April. Particularly handsome threaded through underplanting, or arranged in generous drifts where the colour can read as a cool, confident ribbon through the garden.

• Colour: blue-purple with lighter blue margins
• Flowering: March–April
• Height: approx. 25cm
• Position: borders, containers, underplanting
• Character: fragrant, pollinator friendly

Please note: This variety is supplied as bulbs for planting. Protect container-grown bulbs from excess winter wet and hard frost.

Chionodoxa luciliae ‘Alba’ is a small bulb of impeccable manners—sending up neat, green, narrow leaves topped with clusters of crisp, starry white flowers as the garden begins to stir. It is particularly handsome naturalised through grass, threaded into gravel, or tucked at the front of borders where its quiet brightness reads as effortlessly considered.

Plant in autumn and allow it to settle; over time it forms clumps and lends a refined, early-season lift beneath shrubs and around spring companions.

• Colour: White (Whites & Creams)
• Flowering: March–April
• Height: 15cm
• Best for: Naturalising, gravel and rock gardens, underplanting shrubs

Narcissus ‘Tahiti’ is a richly coloured double daffodil, opening in glowing yellow and finished with warm orange-red tones at the centre. With strong stems and handsome, strap-like foliage, it brings a well-bred sense of spring cheer to borders, gravelly edges, lawns and generous pots.

Plant in autumn and allow it to settle; by its second season it forms a dependable clump, returning each year with an elegant, full-petalled look that sits beautifully alongside tulips, muscari and early perennials.

• Colour: Yellow petals with orange-red centre
• Form: Double
• Best for: Borders, containers, naturalising in grass
• Wildlife: Pollinator friendly

Tulipa 'Red Riding Hood' is a compact Greigii tulip of real distinction, pairing bold scarlet spring blooms with attractively marked foliage. Each solitary flower is finished with a dark, inky base, creating a refined, high-contrast look that sits beautifully in pots, along the front of borders, or threaded through gravel gardens for a crisp seasonal lift.

Neat in habit and pleasingly reliable, it reaches around 20cm and forms tidy clumps over time—ideal where you want colour to feel curated rather than crowded.

• Colour: Scarlet red with a dark base
• Foliage: Green with purple markings
• Flowering: March–May
• Height: 20cm
• Bulb size supplied: 10/11
• Award: AGM

Allium neapolitanum is a smaller, exquisitely poised allium, prized for its crisp white, star-shaped blooms gathered into neat umbels. Held on slender stems above fresh mid-green foliage, it brings a clean, luminous note to gravel planting, sun-baked edges and beautifully finished pots.

Particularly useful where winter wet makes heavier ground unreliable, this is a quietly confident choice for raised beds and containers—easy to place, and all the more elegant when planted in generous drifts.

• Flower colour: White
• Form: Star-shaped umbels on neat stems
• Ideal for: Containers, gravel gardens, courtyards and borders
• Wildlife: Pollinator friendly

Anemone coronaria 'Mistral Plus Edge' brings a quietly luxurious finish to spring planting schemes. Each crisp, saucer-shaped bloom is held neatly above finely cut foliage, creating a poised display in pots and at the front of the border. Exceptionally pretty in a vase, this refined selection earns its place in the cutting garden with elegant, long-stemmed flowers and a clean, contemporary look.

• Colour: White petals with pink edging and a dark centre
• Perfect for: borders, containers and cut flowers
• Habit: clump-forming perennial with mid-green foliage
• Position: best in a sheltered spot

Why you’ll love it

• Refined spring presence with smart, single blooms and a polished silhouette
• Made for pots—ideal where you want colour close to the house
• Cut-flower favourite for fresh, crisp stems indoors

Tulipa 'Blue Spectacle' is a beautifully poised double late tulip, with sumptuous, peony-flowered blooms in polished violet-purple, touched with magenta and finished with a deeper, inky-blue glow towards the centre. At around 50cm, it brings height and composure to spring borders and looks particularly handsome in generous pots, where the layered petals can be appreciated up close.

Plant in autumn, allow winter to do its quiet work, and enjoy an elegant late-spring display that sits effortlessly alongside roses and shrubs, or in a more contemporary courtyard scheme.

• Flower style: Peony Flowered (Double Late) blooms with refined depth of colour
• Best for: Borders, containers, and underplanting roses & shrubs
• Reliable presence: Sturdy, upright stems to approximately 50cm

Tulipa ‘Acuminata’ is a wonderfully characterful tulip, prized for its long, finely pointed petals and painterly spring colouring. Each bloom combines warm yellow and red tones, often finished with a subtle green tinge, creating an elegant, slightly untamed look that suits both pots by the door and well-drained borders.

With an upright habit and grey-green foliage, it brings height and movement without fuss. Plant in autumn, allow it a sheltered position, and look forward to its distinctive, species-style presence from March to April.

• Distinctive shape: slender, pointed petals with a refined, flame-like silhouette
• Colour: yellow and red, often lightly tinged green
• Versatile planting: particularly handsome in spring containers and neat drifts through borders

Hyacinthus 'Multiflora Blue' is a rather refined take on the classic hyacinth: richly coloured, beautifully perfumed, and notably generous in bloom. This multiflowering selection sends up elegant blue spires that feel perfectly at home in smart pots by the door, or tucked into the front of borders where the scent can be properly appreciated.

Plant in autumn and look forward to a polished display in April. With a naturally tidy habit and dependable performance in Full-Sun or Partial Sun, it’s an easy choice for spring containers and mixed bulb plantings alike.

• Colour: Blue / Purple
• Flowering: April
• Scent: Fragrant
• Best for: Pots & containers, borders, and pollinator-friendly planting

Crocus tommasinianus is one of the most graceful ways to welcome spring. Its lilac-to-rich purple goblet flowers open neatly above slender stems just as the first narrow leaves appear, creating a light, natural-looking display that sits beautifully in lawns, borders and pots.

Plant in autumn and allow it to settle; it will return each year with quiet reliability, offering early colour at ground level and a welcome source of interest in late winter and early spring.

• Colour: Purple (lilac to rich purple tones)
• Best for: Lawns & naturalising, borders, containers, rock gardens, under deciduous trees
• Style: Refined, naturalistic drifts with a delicate, early-season presence

Allium ‘Ping Pong’ brings poised, architectural clarity to the late-spring border. Each tall, straight stem carries a perfectly rounded head of densely packed white florets — crisp, composed, and wonderfully modern in feel. It is equally at home rising through fresh green perennials or standing in quiet contrast to soft grasses, and it cuts beautifully for clean-lined arrangements.

• Colour: White (Whites & Creams)
• Flower shape: Globe
• Height: 100cm
• Spread: 50cm
• Flowering: May to July
• Planting: September to December
• Position: Sheltered
• Sun: Full sun
• Soil: Well-drained clay (pH: any)
• Hardiness: Fully hardy
• Ideal for: Borders, pots & containers, cut flowers
• Wildlife & resilience: Pollinator friendly; deer resistant

Supplied as bulbs.

Anemone coronaria (De Caen Group) ‘Bicolor’ is a classic garden anemone with a wonderfully crisp, tailored look: clean white petals neatly ringed in raspberry-red, set around a dark central eye. Planted in autumn, it brings poised colour to early spring borders and makes a particularly smart cut flower for small vases and mixed arrangements.

Exceptionally at home in pots as well as the front of a sunny border, ‘Bicolor’ suits cottage-style planting and Mediterranean-inspired schemes alike. In a sheltered position with free-draining soil, it will settle quickly and reward you with a fresh, refined display just as the garden is waking up.

• Botanical name: Anemone coronaria (De Caen Group) ‘Bicolor’
• Type: Fully hardy, perennial corm
• Flowering: March–April
• Planting time: September–December
• Position: Sheltered, sunny spot
• Ideal for: Borders, containers and cutting

Tulipa 'Gudoshnik Double' is a truly opulent Double Late tulip, opening to large, peony-shaped blooms brushed in a richly warming blend of butter-yellow, orange and red. Held on sturdy, upright stems above smart grey-green foliage, it brings a composed sense of theatre to late spring borders and pots alike.

Plant in autumn for flowering through April–May. Particularly handsome in generous drifts, and equally refined as a cut flower for indoor arrangements.

• Colour: Yellow, orange and red (multi-toned)
• Flower form: Peony Flowered (Double Late)
• Height: 50cm
• Spread: 10cm
• Best for: Borders, Containers, Cutting Garden, Underplanting of roses and shrubs

Delightfully early and wonderfully natural in spirit, Chionodoxa forbesii 'Blue Giant' (now placed within Scilla) brings a crisp drift of starry blue blooms, each finished with a neat white eye. It sits prettily above fresh green foliage, lighting up borders, gravel gardens and the edges of lawns just as winter begins to loosen its hold.

Plant in autumn and allow it to settle in quietly; in the right place it will look increasingly at home year after year. Particularly charming threaded through meadow grass, beneath shrubs, or in containers near the doorstep where those first flowers are best appreciated.

• Colour: blue with white centres
• Style: star-shaped flowers, naturally elegant in informal plantings
• Best for: naturalising in lawns & meadow grass, gravel and rock gardens, underplanting shrubs and roses
• Pollinator friendly: yes

Erythronium 'D.C. Mixed' is a quietly beautiful, naturalising blend for early spring—each bulb producing poised, starry blooms in a gentle palette of white through to rosy purple, often set off by attractively mottled foliage. Tuck into borders, beneath deciduous shrubs, or drift through woodland-style planting for an effortless, established look that improves with time.

Best in a sheltered position with dappled shade, this refined mix is particularly charming when planted in groups, where the subtle variation reads as deliberately curated rather than busy. Fully hardy and pollinator friendly, it’s an elegant way to soften the season’s first weeks.

• Flowering: April–May
• Height: 1–25cm (Short)
• Position: Sheltered; best in dappled shade under deciduous trees
• Ideal for: Naturalising, woodland-style planting, borders, and underplanting deciduous shrubs

Eranthis cilicica ‘Cilicica Group’ is a small but thoroughly distinguished winter aconite, bringing a welcome glint of bright yellow to the garden just as winter begins to loosen its grip. Neat, cup-shaped flowers sit above finely divided, rich green foliage, creating a jewel-like effect in woodland edges and beneath deciduous shrubs.

Ideal for naturalising, this tuberous perennial is particularly handsome when planted in generous drifts where it may settle in over time. A lovely choice for lawns (where mowing can wait until the foliage has died back), as well as underplanting trees and shrubs for an early season flourish.

• Flowering: February–April
• Height: 10cm
• Habit: Clump-forming; well-suited to naturalising
• For: Woodland gardens, underplanting, naturalising in grass

Erythronium 'White Beauty' is a quietly exquisite fawn lily for woodland-style planting, admired for its softly mottled foliage and poised, nodding flowers. In late spring, creamy-white, starry blooms open with a warm reddish-brown throat marking—an understated detail that looks particularly refined beneath shrubs, roses, and light-canopied trees.

Best in dappled shade and humus-rich soil that stays gently moist yet drains well, this clump-forming perennial settles in beautifully and will naturalise with time, bringing a calm, considered elegance to shady borders.

• Flowering: April to June
• Height: 30cm
• Spread: 10cm
• Position: Sheltered, Partial Sun
• Soil: Humus-rich, fertile, well-drained; moisture-retentive
• Hardiness: Fully Hardy
• Bulb size: Grade 1

Fritillaria imperialis 'Maxima Lutea' is a wonderfully statuesque crown imperial, prized for its bright yellow, nodding bells held beneath a jaunty tuft of pale green foliage. Rising with calm assurance through spring borders and naturalistic plantings alike, it brings height, structure and an unmistakably refined drama just as the garden begins to gather pace.

Plant in generous groups for the most convincing effect, allowing the tall stems to thread through tulips, late daffodils and fresh spring greens. A sheltered position is particularly flattering, keeping the stems looking immaculate as they reach their full 100–150cm stature.

• Colour: Yellow flowers with pale green foliage
• Shape: Bell-shaped, nodding blooms
• Ideal for: Naturalising, cottage & informal gardens, and smart city courtyards
• Reliable character: Fully hardy; noted as deer resistant and pollinator friendly