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Flower : Cottage Garden Collection

Half Price

20 plants - 5 of each @ £11.98
Catalogue Code: 10745

Despatch: April 2010

Ideal For: Border, Cottage Garden

Flowers: May, June, July, August

Enjoy the charms of these delightful cottage garden perennials in your summer flower borders year after year.

Supplied in 5cm pots.

Collection comprises 5 plants each of:: Campanula - Cantebury Bells. Cupped flowers from May to July in a beautiful mixture of soft pastels and strong self-colours. Height: 75cm (30”).; Aquilegia McKana Hybrids - Large flowered selection with a vast array of colour combinations from June to July. Height: 60cm (24”). Harmful if eaten.; Delphinium Pacific Hybrids - Exceptionally beautiful flowers. When cut back after the first flush of flowers in June, they are likely to flower again in August. Height: 90cm (36”); Hollyhock - Tall and stately; plant them at the back of the border where they will flower from June to August. Height: 150cm (70”).

Repot cottage garden plants into 9cm pots and grow plants on in warm frost free conditions for transplanting into borders in spring.

Water sparingly until plants are fully rooted into their new containers.

In spring, acclimatise plants to outdoor conditions over 7 to 10 days prior to planting them in their final positions.

Choose a sunny or semi shaded site in borders in fertile well drained soil.

Aftercare

Feed and water regularly throughout the growing season.

In autumn, remove old foliage and apply a mulch of well rotted manure to the base of the plants.

Lift and divide perennials in autumn every third year to maintain their vigour.

Caution: Harmful if eaten