Spring Bulbs & Plants

This is no ordinary crocus; Crocus sativus is the legendary Saffron Crocus, the source of the world's most expensive spice. Unlike its spring-flowering cousins, this variety blooms in the autumn, producing beautiful, lilac-purple flowers with darker purple veins. The true treasure, however, lies within. Each flower contains three long, vivid crimson-red stigmas, which are the saffron threads. These must be carefully hand-picked and dried to be used as a spice for flavouring and colouring food. The grass-like foliage appears before or with the flowers and remains through the winter. Growing your own saffron is a rewarding experience, connecting you to an ancient culinary tradition. While each bulb produces only a few threads, planting a generous drift can yield a precious and delicious harvest.

An outstanding and aptly named variety, 'Ruby Giant' is a cultivar of Crocus tommasinianus and is celebrated for its larger-than-average flowers and rich, vibrant colouring. The blooms are a stunning shade of deep, iridescent reddish-purple or amethyst, which seems to glow in the low spring sunlight. The flowers open wide on sunny days to reveal a bright orange stigma at their heart. 'Ruby Giant' is one of the earliest crocuses to flower, often pushing through snow to provide a welcome splash of intense colour. It is exceptionally vigorous and an excellent naturaliser, quickly multiplying to form substantial, beautiful drifts. It is more resistant to squirrel damage than many other crocus types, making it a reliable choice for gardeners. Its slender, grass-like foliage appears with the flowers, creating a neat and attractive clump.

A truly exquisite and highly celebrated variety, 'Prins Claus' is a crocus of exceptional beauty and distinction. It holds the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit for its stunning appearance and reliable performance. The flowers are large for a Chrysanthus type, with inner petals of pure, glistening white. The outer three petals provide the drama, each heavily blotched with a large, deep royal purple marking, creating a bold and breathtaking contrast against the white. When the flower is closed, it resembles a beautiful, hand-painted piece of porcelain. On sunny days, the blooms open wide to form a beautiful star shape, revealing bright orange stamens. It is a vigorous grower that flowers early in the season, producing multiple blooms per bulb and looking stunning in rockeries, pots, and at the front of borders where its intricate detail can be appreciated.

A famous and much-loved heirloom variety, 'Pickwick' is a classic large-flowered Dutch Crocus that has graced gardens for generations. It is instantly recognisable for its beautifully patterned flowers. Each large, chalice-shaped bloom has a lovely pale, silvery-lilac ground colour that is delicately and artistically pinstriped with fine veins of deep violet-purple. The effect is elegant and refined, adding a layer of texture and interest that many solid-coloured crocuses lack. When the sun shines, the flowers open to reveal a glowing orange stigma, creating a cheerful contrast at the heart of the bloom. 'Pickwick' is a holder of the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit for its reliability, vigorous growth, and outstanding beauty. It is an excellent choice for naturalising in lawns, where it will create beautiful, patterned carpets of colour year after year.

A truly spectacular and unique variety, 'Orange Monarch' is a sensation in the spring garden. Unlike any other crocus, its blooms are a brilliant, vivid orange, heavily feathered on the outside with dramatic, dark purplish-black stripes. This creates an incredible, fiery, tiger-striped effect that is absolutely breathtaking. When the goblet-shaped flowers are closed, they showcase this remarkable pattern, but on sunny days they open fully to reveal the pure, intense orange interior. It is a sterile hybrid, meaning it won't self-seed, but it will reliably return each year, with its clumps slowly increasing in size. 'Orange Monarch' is a relatively new introduction and is highly sought after by collectors and enthusiasts for its completely novel and show-stopping appearance. It flowers slightly later than some other crocuses, extending the season of interest.

A vibrant and joyful collection, our Mixed Colours Crocus selection is the perfect way to banish the winter blues and welcome the first signs of spring. This carefully curated blend brings together a wide array of colours, from rich purples and sunny yellows to pure whites and soft mauves, often with beautiful bi-colour and striped varieties included. Planting this mix creates a stunning, jewel-like carpet of colour that looks effortlessly beautiful and natural. Because the mix contains different types of crocus, you can enjoy an extended flowering period, with different colours popping up over several weeks. They are perfect for naturalising in lawns, planting in bold drifts under trees and shrubs, or filling pots and window boxes with a cheerful and low-maintenance display. They are a true herald of spring, providing vital early nectar for brave bees venturing out on sunny days.

A truly regal and timeless beauty, 'Jeanne d'Arc' is one of the largest and most impressive of the spring-flowering crocuses. It stands out for its exceptionally large, goblet-shaped flowers of the purest, shimmering snow-white. Each pristine bloom has a classic, elegant form and is held on a strong stem, creating a bold statement in the garden. Upon closer inspection, a delicate, faint purple blush can be seen at the very base of the petals, adding a touch of sophisticated detail to its otherwise immaculate appearance. A vibrant orange stigma glows from the centre, attracting early pollinators. As a Dutch Crocus (Crocus vernus), it flowers slightly later than the botanical types, bridging the gap to early tulips. It is an outstanding choice for naturalising in lawns, where its large white flowers create a breathtaking display against the green grass.

The absolute essence of spring sunshine, 'Golden Yellow' is a large-flowered Dutch Crocus that brings an explosion of pure, brilliant colour to the garden. The flowers are a rich, vibrant, egg-yolk yellow, completely saturated with colour and lacking any other markings. These large, chalice-shaped blooms act like beacons of light at the end of a long winter, glowing with an intensity that can be seen from a great distance. They are robust, vigorous, and reliable, opening wide on sunny days to reveal their golden stigmas and closing up at night or in poor weather. 'Golden Yellow' is perfect for creating bold, cheerful drifts of colour, for planting in blocks at the front of borders, or for filling pots with a dazzling display. Its classic, joyful colour makes it an essential component of any spring garden design, promising warmth and brighter days ahead.

The definitive purple crocus, 'Flower Record' is a world-famous, large-flowered Dutch variety that sets the standard for deep, rich colour. The blooms are a magnificent, single tone of intense, glossy, royal purple. The colour is incredibly saturated and has a beautiful velvety sheen, making the flowers stand out from a great distance. The flowers themselves are large, robust, and goblet-shaped, held on strong stems that stand up well to the variable weather of early spring. It is one of the most widely planted crocuses in the world, prized for its reliability, vigour, and the sheer impact of its powerful, uncomplicated colour. 'Flower Record' holds the RHS Award of Garden Merit, confirming its status as a top performer. It is the perfect choice for creating bold rivers of purple through lawns, for mass planting in borders, or for filling pots with a dazzling splash of regal colour.

An exquisite botanical crocus, 'Blue Pearl' is cherished for its delicate beauty and luminous, pearlescent colouring. The flowers are not a strong blue, but rather a magical, soft, silvery sky-blue on the outer petals, which are often shaded with a deeper blue at the base. As the flower opens, it reveals a contrasting creamy-white to soft-yellow interior, with a base that glows a distinct bronzy-yellow. This complex and subtle combination of colours gives the bloom an iridescent quality, especially when it catches the low morning or evening light, making it shimmer like a precious pearl. It is an RHS Award of Garden Merit winner, a testament to its beauty and reliability. 'Blue Pearl' is one of the earliest to flower, and its gentle, glowing presence is a truly enchanting sight after a long winter, perfect for intimate plantings in pots or rockeries.

A classic and distinguished large-flowered Dutch Crocus, 'Vanguard' is highly prized for its unique bi-colour flowers and its early appearance. True to its name, it's often at the forefront of the Crocus vernus varieties, blooming several weeks ahead of many others. The blooms are particularly large and robust, with a beautiful and unusual colouring. The outer petals are a soft, shimmering shade of silvery-lilac or light grey-mauve, while the inner petals are a contrasting, richer shade of amethyst or lavender-violet. This two-tone effect is exceptionally beautiful, especially when seen in large drifts where the colours can blend and shimmer in the spring light. 'Vanguard' is a vigorous and reliable grower, making it an excellent choice for naturalising in lawns and under trees, where it will multiply year after year to create a truly impressive and long-lasting display.

The famous Pampas Grass, Cortaderia selloana is a large, dramatic, and architectural ornamental grass that makes a bold statement. It forms a big, dense, tussocky clump of long, narrow, arching leaves with very sharp, serrated edges. In late summer, the plant sends up tall, erect, cane-like stems that rise high above the foliage. These stems are topped with magnificent, large, feathery, silvery-white or creamy-beige plumes (flower panicles). These plumes are incredibly showy and persist well into the winter, providing excellent structure and interest. It is a very tough and resilient plant, tolerant of drought and coastal conditions. It is perfect as a standalone specimen plant in a lawn or a large gravel garden where its size and form can be fully appreciated.

A spectacular and dramatic ornamental grass, Pink Pampas Grass brings magnificent scale, texture, and colour to the garden in late summer and autumn. It forms a large, dense tussock of tough, sharp-edged, grey-green leaves that arch gracefully. In late summer, tall, upright, cane-like stems rise high above the foliage, each topped with a huge, feathery, plume-like flower head. In this 'Rosea' variety, these plumes emerge a beautiful soft, silvery-pink, creating a stunning, soft-textured display that catches the light and moves beautifully in the breeze. The plumes persist well into winter, providing valuable structure and interest. This is a real statement plant, perfect for a large, sunny border, a gravel garden, or as a standalone specimen where its impressive size can be accommodated.

A fantastic, long-flowering, and tough-as-nails perennial, Centranthus ruber 'Rosenrot', also known as Red Valerian, is a cottage garden classic. It forms a bushy, mound-forming plant with fleshy, grey-green leaves. From late spring well into the summer, it produces dense, rounded clusters of tiny, star-shaped flowers. 'Rosenrot' is a particularly lovely cultivar, with flowers of a vibrant, rosy-red or deep cerise-pink, which is a richer and more intense colour than the common pink form. The flowers are slightly fragrant and are an absolute magnet for bees, butterflies, and moths, making it a superb choice for a wildlife garden. It is famously easy to grow, thriving in poor, dry soils and even self-seeding happily into the cracks in walls and paving, where it looks wonderfully romantic.

A tough, vigorous, and incredibly beautiful evergreen perennial, the Dalmatian Bellflower is a true garden workhorse. It forms a dense, spreading mat of small, rounded, bright green leaves that are completely obscured in summer by a spectacular mass of upward-facing, bell-shaped flowers in a brilliant shade of violet-blue. This plant is exceptionally robust and reliable, able to thrive in a wide range of conditions and grow happily in sun or partial shade. It is perfect for cascading over the edges of walls and containers, creeping through cracks in paving, or forming a dense, weed-proof ground cover at the front of a border. Its long-lasting display and ironclad constitution have earned it the prestigious RHS Award of Garden Merit.

The ultimate red Oriental Poppy, 'Beauty of Livermere' is a truly magnificent and dramatic perennial that commands attention. It produces enormous, single, bowl-shaped flowers, up to 20cm (8 inches) across, with huge, silky petals of the most intense, pure, blood-red. The sheer vibrancy and size of the blooms are breathtaking. At the base of each petal is a large, jet-black blotch, which creates a bold and dramatic central eye. This is contrasted beautifully by a boss of purplish-black stamens. The flowers are held high on strong, bristly stems above a substantial clump of coarse, hairy, grey-green leaves. It puts on its unforgettable, flamboyant display in early summer before entering its summer dormancy. For a splash of pure, unadulterated drama, no other poppy can compare.

A tough, resilient, and charming evergreen perennial, Thrift or Sea Pink is a familiar sight in coastal areas. 'Splendens' is a particularly fine selection, forming neat, dense, tussock-like cushions of fine, grassy, deep green foliage. From late spring into early summer, these tidy mounds are topped by a profusion of slender, leafless stems, each carrying a perfect, globe-shaped flower head. The flowers are a vibrant, deep rose-pink and are held well above the foliage, creating a delightful 'drumstick' effect. This plant is incredibly tolerant of salt spray, wind, and poor, sandy soils, making it an essential plant for coastal gardens. It is also perfect for rockeries, gravel gardens, or for edging a sunny, well-drained border, where it will provide long-lasting colour with minimal fuss.

A true vision of pure winter elegance, 'White Amadeus' is a breathtakingly beautiful variety that commands attention with its magnificent, fully double blooms. Each flower is a sumptuous masterpiece of layered, ruffled petals, unfurling to create a soft, cloud-like effect that can measure up to 20cm across. The colour is the purest, snow-white, with a subtle and refreshing hint of fresh lime-green deep in its throat, adding depth and a touch of organic vibrance. These glorious, heavy blossoms are held aloft on exceptionally strong, sturdy stems, ensuring they stand tall and proud as a living sculpture in your home. It is the perfect choice for creating a sophisticated and glamorous centrepiece display, bringing a sense of light, luxury, and festive magic to any room during the darkest days of winter. Its classic beauty makes it incredibly versatile for any style of decor.

A classic and commanding presence in the world of winter-flowering bulbs, 'Red Lion' is famous for its huge, deep, and impossibly luxurious velvety-red blooms. This is the quintessential Christmas amaryllis, delivering a flawless and powerful punch of pure, unadulterated colour. Each enormous, perfectly formed petal combines to create a magnificent trumpet-shaped flower that exudes confidence, warmth, and timeless glamour. It's one of the most reliable and trusted amaryllis varieties available, celebrated globally for its pure, rich colour and its dependable ability to produce a truly spectacular and traditional festive display. The blooms are held high on thick, robust stems that are more than capable of supporting the multiple, massive flowers. For a sense of festive opulence and a surefire way to brighten the darkest winter days, the majestic 'Red Lion' remains an undefeated king, roaring with vibrant colour and life when it is most needed.

A masterpiece of understated elegance and refined beauty, 'Picotee' is a truly iconic Amaryllis. It boasts large, single, perfectly formed blooms of the most pristine, snowy white. What makes this variety so captivating is the exquisite detailing: each individual petal is delicately and precisely outlined in a fine, crisp line of brilliant scarlet red. This beautiful margin gives the flower a sophisticated, hand-painted appearance that is simply breathtaking up close. The contrast between the pure white petals and the sharp red edge is striking and dramatic, yet retains an air of effortless grace. Held on tall, strong stems that reach skyward, 'Picotee' is a classic and hugely popular choice for festive displays, offering a clean, bright, and polished look. It's a flower that doesn't shout, but rather speaks with a clear, artistic voice, making it a timeless favourite for those who appreciate botanical perfection.

An extraordinary and captivating species Amaryllis, 'Papilio' is a true collector's item, bearing little resemblance to its hybrid cousins. Its name, meaning "butterfly" in Latin, perfectly captures the unique, winged appearance of its blooms. The flowers are an intricate mosaic of colours, featuring a base of creamy, greenish-white, which is heavily and artistically brushed with deep maroon and burgundy veining. Two upper petals are broad and wing-like, while the lower, narrower petals resemble a butterfly's antennae, creating an unmistakable and elegant silhouette. Unlike the trumpet shapes of other Amaryllis, 'Papilio' has an exotic, orchid-like grace that is utterly enchanting. Each stem typically produces two to three of these mesmerising flowers. As a species plant, it is prized for its natural, untamed beauty and is a must-have for any serious bulb enthusiast looking for something truly special and sophisticated.

An icon of pure, classic beauty, 'Nymph' (often sold as 'White Nymph') is one of the most beloved double-flowered Amaryllis varieties. It produces magnificent, enormous blooms that are densely packed with layers of broad, velvety petals, creating a spectacular, peony-like flower head. The colour is a flawless, immaculate snow-white, with a subtle hint of apple-green deep in the throat that only enhances its purity. The sheer size and substance of the blooms are breathtaking, and they are held aloft on strong, sturdy stems that do justice to their weight and grandeur. 'Nymph' is the essence of winter elegance, offering a display of opulent, cloud-like flowers that bring a sense of peace, luxury, and timeless style to any indoor setting. It is a benchmark for white double Amaryllis and a must-have for anyone wanting an effortlessly glamorous and sophisticated floral display.

A truly classic and ever-popular Amaryllis, 'Minerva' has been a festive favourite for decades, and for good reason. It is a vigorous and reliable bloomer, producing large, single flowers with a truly striking pattern. The blooms are a rich, vibrant red, forming the perfect backdrop for a bold and dramatic, crisp white star in the centre. This starburst pattern is incredibly eye-catching and is often complemented by a fresh green throat. The petals are broad and form a classic, wide, open-faced flower shape that shows off its dramatic colouring to perfection. 'Minerva' embodies the traditional colours of the holiday season, offering a cheerful, bright, and unapologetically festive display. Its timeless appeal, reliability, and dazzling high-contrast pattern ensure that it remains one of the most sought-after and widely grown Amaryllis varieties year after year.

Utterly unique and enchanting, 'Green Magic' is an Amaryllis that defies expectation and captivates with its otherworldly beauty. The large, single flowers open to reveal a stunning and unusual colour palette. The heart of the flower is a deep, velvety, almost black-burgundy, from which emerges a prominent, star-shaped centre of the most brilliant and vivid apple-green. The outer parts of the petals are a cool, ethereal, greenish-white, creating a mesmerising tripartite colour scheme. The contrast between the dark, mysterious centre and the bright, fresh green is absolutely spellbinding. The petals themselves are elegantly shaped, with a graceful recurve that enhances their magical appearance. 'Green Magic' is a sophisticated and contemporary choice for those who wish to move beyond traditional colours and embrace something truly modern, artistic, and unforgettable. It is a floral masterpiece that casts a spell on all who see it.

A truly mesmerising and unusual variety, 'Exotic Star' captivates with its slender, elegant, orchid-like petals that defy the traditional Amaryllis form. Each flower is a complex work of botanical art. It features a brilliant lime-green starburst centre from which dramatic streaks and feathers of deep maroon, rich scarlet, and soft cream radiate outwards towards the petal tips. To complete the masterpiece, each uniquely patterned petal is delicately edged with a fine white line, defining its spidery shape. The slender, pointed petals curve back gracefully, giving the bloom an airy, dynamic, and almost kinetic quality. The elegant form is a world away from the classic rounded Amaryllis, offering an intriguing and highly sophisticated focal point that is guaranteed to spark conversation. This is the perfect choice for the grower who appreciates the unique, the artistic, and the extraordinary in their floral displays.