Van Meuwen Catalogue of Garden Plants: for plants, bulbs, trees, shrubs, perennials and gardening accessories and gifts

Salvia

: Salvia - click for larger image
Fiery red spikes of flowers are produced through the summer. Striking in beds and borders. Grows to 30cm (12 inches).

30 plug plants @ £8.99

+ 12 Free Plug Plants

60 plug plants @ £12.98

+ 24 Free Plug Plants


Sarcococca humilis - Christmas Box

Shrub: Sarcococca humilis - Christmas Box - click for larger image
Aptly named this beautiful evergreen with its pink-flushed white flowers is much prized for its heady scented blooms, which appear in the depth of Winter followed by black berries. Cut a few stems and enjoy their fragrance in your home.
A wonderfully compact shrub.
Grows to 60cm (24 inches).

1 plant @ £2.83

Normal Price - £5.66

1 plant @ £14.99
3 plants @ £16.99

Scabious Burgundy Bonnet

Flower: Scabious Burgundy Bonnet - click for larger image
A veritable cushion of colour borne on strong wiry stems flowering from May onwards. The unusual blooms are sure to stand out in your beds and borders where they will be also attract bees and butterflies. Ideal as a cut flower.
Grows to 24 inches (60cm).

2 plants @ £10.49

Plus 1 Plant Free

4 plants @ £17.98

Plus 2 Plants Free


Scabious Collection

Flower: Scabious Collection - click for larger image

The double pompom heads come in a wide array of bold colours and we have slected three to bring you a collection worthy of a prime spot in your border or as cut flowers. Interesting pincushion heads are held aloft on wiry stems 73cm (30 inches) tall.

Flowering June to September.

9 plants - 3 of each @ £14.90

3 Free Plants


Scabious Queen of the Night

Flower: Scabious Queen of the Night - click for larger image

The double pompom heads in this bold colour is worthy of a prime spot in your border or as cut flowers. Interesting pincushion heads are held aloft on wiry stems 73cm (30 inches) tall.

Flowering June to September.

3 plants @ £7.45

Scabious Scarlet Pimpernel

Flower: Scabious Scarlet Pimpernel - click for larger image

The double pompom heads in this bold colour is worthy of a prime spot in your border or as cut flowers. Interesting pincushion heads are held aloft on wiry stems 73cm (30 inches) tall.

Flowering June to September.

3 plants @ £7.45

Scabious White

Flower: Scabious White - click for larger image
Wonderful companion perennial. The large pincushion heads of bloom are held aloft on elegant leafless stems above soft finely divided foliage. Fast growing and vigorous.

Grow them in full sun for best results. Also good for cutting.

Height: 40-60cm (16-24 inches).


5 plants @ £7.99

Scabious Wine and Roses

Flower: Scabious Wine and Roses - click for larger image

The double pompom heads in this bold colour is worthy of a prime spot in your border or as cut flowers. Interesting pincushion heads are held aloft on wiry stems 73cm (30 inches) tall.

Flowering June to September.

3 plants @ £7.45

Scardy Cat Plant

: Scardy Cat Plant - click for larger image
Coleus canina.
Cats and dogs will avoid the Scardy Cat plant as it is otherwise known. Coleus canina has excellent foliage and small, attractive blue flowers in the summer and releases a scent that cats can't stand. Fortunately it only smells to the human nose when touched. Could this be the solution to your feline intruder problems!

5 plants @ £7.99
10 plants @ £12.99
20 plants @ £17.99

Scilla siberica

Bulb: Scilla siberica - click for larger image

Siberian squill. Excellent planted at the edges of hedges and trees and in masses in grass for magnificent effect. They quickly form colonies without being invasive. Nodding bell-shaped flowers appear from March to April.

Extremely hardy, plant in full sun or partial shade.

Bulb size 6/7cm.


40 bulbs @ £8.99

Sea Holly - Blue Steel

Perennial: Sea Holly - Blue Steel - click for larger image
Very distinctive upright perennial suitable for the border. The beautiful dramatic steel-blue flowers appear from July to September and are also useful for dried decoration.
Height 50-60cm (20-24 inches).

4 plants @ £4.99
5 plants @ £5.99
3 plants @ £7.49
6 plants @ £9.98

Secateurs - Pruning

: Secateurs - Pruning - click for larger image
Get the best from your plants by paying special attention to their pruning requirements. This useful set of pruners feature a stainless steel blade that cuts effortlessly through plant stems and are specially designed for comfort.

1 x pruning secateurs @ £7.49

Shady Garden Collection

Flower: Shady Garden Collection - click for larger image
This collection of woodland plants and spring flowering bulbs is excellent for growing in shady places in your garden for years on end.
Collection comprises:
Astilbe Red - [2] - deep green fern-like foliage with 30-37cm (12-15 inch) flower spikes between June and August.
Houttuynia - [2] - a native from China and Japan, it tolerates cold, wet and shaded areas.
Aquilegia McKana hybrids - [5] - mixed. Height: 60-70cm (24-28 inches).
Hostas - [3] - variegated Albo Picta with striking green/gold foliage.
Lady Fern - [1] - an excellent and decorative fern. Height: 60-90cm (24-36 inches).
Lily of the Valley - [10] - dainty fragrant flowers which may be cut for posies.
Cyclamen - [2] - flowers in late autumn before the foliage appears. Plant partial shade/full shade.
Anemone Blanda - [15] - mixed colours, flowers February to March.

1 collection @ £19.99

Shallot - Longor French

Vegetable: Shallot - Longor French - click for larger image
This French version of 'Jersey Long' produces extremely long bulbs with a superb flavour.
Excellent potential for exhibition growers.
Good for storing.
[Pack contains 15-20 sets.]

1 pack (500g) @ £4.49

Shrub Collection

Shrub: Shrub Collection - click for larger image

1 each of five shrubs or 2 of each if ordering the double collection.

Collection comprises:
Lonicera (Shrubby Honeysuckle) - deep pink flowers, May-June, red berries July-August. Height 180-200cm (6-7 feet).
Buddleia (Butterfly Bush) - purple plumes, July-October. Height 250-300cm (8-10 feet).
Forsythia - mass of yellow blossom, March-April. Height 180cm (6 feet).
Ribes (Flowering Currant) - deep pink flowers, March-May, blue berries from August.
Philadelphus (Mock Orange) - double white flowers, June-July.

5 plants - 1 of each @ £7.99
10 plants - 2 of each @ £9.98

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Sidalcea - Party Girl

Perennial: Sidalcea - Party Girl - click for larger image
A beautiful border plant which tolerates any type of soil and is wind resistant.
The striking pink/red flowers are ideal for long-lasting cut flowers and as the years progress the plant increases in beauty.
Height 80cm (32 inches).

5 plants @ £5.99
3 plants @ £7.99
10 plants @ £9.99
6 plants @ £10.98

Silene laciniata Jack Flash

Flower: Silene laciniata Jack Flash - click for larger image
You will be star struck as the showy, carmine red flowers erupt in a profusion of bright blooms on upright wiry stems. Long flowering.
Height: 60cm (24 inches).

42 plug plants @ £8.99
84 plug plants @ £15.98

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Smoke Bush Standard - Royal Purple

Perennial: Smoke Bush Standard - Royal Purple - click for larger image
The dark claret-coloured foliage of this beautiful standard appears to be transparent in the sunshine, which makes this Smoke Bush especially attractive. Leaves turn to a bright red in autumn with the long feathery panicles appearing in July to September.
Height of stem supplied: 60cm (24 inches).

1 plant @ £17.99

Snakes Head - Fritillaria meleagris

Bulb: Snakes Head - Fritillaria meleagris - click for larger image
A native of Britain where it is now protected in the wild. This unusual and attractive speckled variety flowers in April to May and reaches 30-35cm (12-15 inches) high. Bulb size 5/6cm. From cultivated stock.

25 bulbs @ £5.99
50 bulbs @ £9.98

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Snapdragon - Luminaire Harvest Red

: Snapdragon - Luminaire Harvest Red - click for larger image
The most vigorous trailing snapdragon available. Guaranteed to delight, the buds explode into fiery red and yellow for long periods in late spring through summer.

Plant them in your hanging baskets for a different look this year.


40 plugs @ £11.99

Plus 12 Free


Snapdragon - Trailing Mixed

Trailer: Snapdragon - Trailing Mixed - click for larger image
These hybrids are the first real pendula types with strong, healthy, vigorous growth overtopped with bunches of flowers throughout the whole summer. Self branching cascades of 3 to 4 covered in flowers impress everyone.

An excellent mixture of white, pink, red, violet and yellow.


42 mixed plugs @ £9.99

Snowdrops Double Flowered

Bulb: Snowdrops Double Flowered - click for larger image
Galanthus nivalis Flore Pleno.
Robust with irregular double flowers which are honey scented, it increases rapidly from offsets. Flowering in winter it remind us of spring to come.

Bulb size 4/5cm.


20 bulbs @ £8.99
40 bulbs @ £10.98

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Snowdrops Galanthus

Bulb: Snowdrops Galanthus - click for larger image
Single Snowdrops. No flowers are more welcome than the snowdrop in the drab winter months.
Height: 15cm (6 inches).
Bulb size 4/5cm.
Only cultivated stock used.

35 bulbs @ £5.75
70 bulbs @ £7.75

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Snowdrops in the Green

: Snowdrops in the Green - click for larger image

No flower is more welcome than the snowdrop in the drab winter months. Bulbs supplied in the green are cultivated and not taken from the wild. Height: 15cm (6 inches).

Snowdrops are charming when planted in clumps in the border and rockeries, under shrubs and trees, as part of mixed planting schemes in window boxes and containers, or naturalised in grass.

Delivery March 2008


25 bulbs @ £9.49
50 bulbs @ £18.98

+ 25 Bulbs Free


Snowflake Collection

Bulb: Snowflake Collection - click for larger image
When these tiny bulbs burst into bloom it is a sure sign that spring is just around the corner.
Collection comprises
30 Anemone blanda mixed - Flowers February to April. Height: 8cm (3 inches). Bulb size 4/5cm.
30 Iris reticulata - Scented blue flowers. Flowers February to March. Height: 20cm (8 inches). Bulb size 5/6cm.
30 Chionodoxa Glory of the Snow - Flowers February to March. Height: 10cm (4 inches). Bulb size 4/5cm.
20 Snowdrops - Flowers early February. Height: 15cm (5 inches). Bulb size 4/5cm.
40 Winter Flowering Crocus - Yellow flowers February to March. Height: 10cm (4 inches). Bulb size 5/7cm.

150 mixed bulbs @ £10.99

Solanum rantonnetii - Standard

Shrub: Solanum rantonnetii - Standard - click for larger image
A beautiful flowering shrub with striking blue trumpet-shaped flowers which last well into the autumn. A marvellous idea for your patio or balcony.

Over-winter in a frost-free place.

Supplied with a stem height of 50-60cm (20-24 inches).


1 plant @ £16.99

Spring Bulb Collection

Bulb: Spring Bulb Collection - click for larger image
Spring Bulb Collection to complete the best possible garden. Plant amongst your Perennials or use for a show in their own right.
200 Spring Bulb Collection is comprised as follows
3 x Begonia - double blooms all summer. Bulb Size: 3/4cm.
3 x Dahlia - mixed colours. July until frost.
20 x Sparaxis - for rockery to border. Bulb size: 4/5cm.
29 x Gladioli - mixed, all summer. Bulb size 8/10cm.
30 x Anemone St Brigid - mixed colours, from April onwards. Bulb size: 3/4cm.
30 x Oxalis - pink, March-April. Bulb size 4/5cm.
20 x Acidanthera - white, September. Bulb size: 5/6cm.
30 x Anemone de Caen - mixed colours, from April. Bulb size: 3/4cm.
10 x Dutch Iris - mixed colours, June-August. Bulb size 6/7cm.
25 x Allium moly - yellow, July. Bulb size: 4/5cm.

200 bulbs @ £9.99
400 bulbs @ £16.98

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Spring Bulb Collection

Flower: Spring Bulb Collection - click for larger image
Spring Bulb Collection to complete the best possible garden. Plant amongst your Perennials or use for a show in their own right.
250 Spring Bulb Collection is comprised as follows
4 x Red Apeldoorn Tulips - beautiful flowers during April and May. Bulb Size: 10/11cm.
6 x Mixed Daffs & Narcissi - mixture of many varieties, flowers March-April. Bulb size: 10/12cm.
15 x Ixia - mixed colours, flowers mid summer. Height: 40cm (16 inches).
20 x Dutch Iris - ideal for flower arranging. Flowers April-May. Bulb size 6/7cm.
20 x Drumstick Allium sphaerocephalon - distinctive reddish purple flowers. Bulb size: 5cm.
30 x Anemone de Caen - brilliant colours, ideal for cutting. Flowers May-June. Bulb size: 3/4cm.
25 x Anemone St Brigid - double and semi-double flowers during May-June. Bulb size 3/4cm.
30 x Allium moly - golden heads of flowers from June-June. Bulb size: 4/5cm.
25 x Allium ostrowskianum - a profusion of pink flowers during June. Bulb size 4/5cm.
20 x Grape Hyacinth - produces blue flowers from April-May. Bulb size: 6/7cm.
40 x Oxalis - masses of deep pink flowers. March-April. Bulb size 4/5cm.
15 x Brodiaea - produces clusters of blue flowers during July. Bulb size 4/5cm.

250 bulbs @ £12.99

Spring Bulb Collection

Bulb: Spring Bulb Collection - click for larger image
Spring Bulb Collection to complete the best possible garden. Plant amongst your Perennials or use for a show in their own right.
265 Spring Bulb Collection is comprised as follows:
4 x Red Apeldoorn Tulips - beautiful flowers during April and May. Bulb Size: 10/11cm.
6 x Tete-á-Tete - flowering during March and April these little beauties bring a ray of sunshine into your garden. Bulb size: 8/10cm.
15 x Ixia - mixed colours, flowers mid summer. Height: 40cm (16 inches).
20 x Dutch Iris - ideal for flower arranging. Flowers April-May. Bulb size 6/7cm.
30 x Drumstick Allium sphaerocephalon - distinctive reddish purple flowers. Bulb size: 5cm.
30 x Chionodoxa - Glory of the Snow. Flowers February-March. Bulb size: 4/5cm.
30 x Anemone de Caen - brilliant colours, ideal for cutting. Flowers May-June. Bulb size: 3/4cm.
30 x Crocus Speciosus Yellow - Flowers early spring. Bulb size: 7/8cm.
40 x Allium moly - golden heads of flowers from June-June. Bulb size: 4/5cm.
20 x Allium ostrowskianum - a profusion of pink flowers during June. Bulb size 4/5cm.
15 x Grape Hyacinth - produces blue flowers from April-May. Bulb size: 6/7cm.
40 x Oxalis - masses of deep pink flowers. March-April. Bulb size 4/5cm.
20 x Puschkinia - flowering from March to April. Bulb size 4/5cm.

265 bulbs @ £12.99

St Georges Day Rose Offer

Flower: St Georges Day Rose Offer - click for larger image

Buy two each of these red and white Hybrid Tea Roses and SAVE £5! ONLY £12.98! RRP £17.98!

These roses will add a timeless and classical touch to any garden.

These two hybrid tea roses come in velvety red and ivory white and will grace your garden with soft, sweet fragrance throughout the summer months each year.


2 plants - White @ £8.99
2 plants - Red @ £8.99
4 plants ( 2 of each) @ £12.98

Stocks - Cinderella

: Stocks - Cinderella - click for larger image

Summer stocks are one of the most fragrant bedding plants you can buy and these are no exception. These come as a lively mix of pinks, reds and white with elegant spikes growing to 20-25cm (8-10 inches). Great in the border but superlative as cut flowers.


42 plug plants @ £8.99
56 plugs @ £10.99

Plus 28 Free

84 plug plants @ £17.98

+ 42 Plug Plants Free


Strawberry Collection

Fruit: Strawberry Collection - click for larger image
We have selected a special strawberry collection of 3 varieties; one early, one mid-season and one late-fruiting, which follow each other in succession from June until September so you can enjoy your own fresh strawberries for almost four months. Virus-free plants from Dutch import, ready trimmed for immediate planting. Why not try some in a container on the patio.

Pack Contains 12 plants of each variety - early, mid-season and late fruiting.


36 plants - 12 of each @ £14.99

Strawberry Elsanta

Fruit: Strawberry Elsanta - click for larger image
A modern top-selling variety producing large shiny red fruit with a sweet delicious flavour.

25 plants @ £7.95
50 plants @ £14.90

Strawberry Giant Maxim

Fruit: Strawberry Giant Maxim - click for larger image
The biggest strawberry yet, it almost fills your hand. The fruit has a firm flesh with a succulent flavour and is ready in mid season

10 plants @ £9.99
25 plants @ £9.99

Strawberry Ostara

Fruit: Strawberry Ostara - click for larger image
A perpetual variety which flowers and fruits all summer. A wonderful flavour and a very heavy cropper.

25 plants @ £7.95
50 plants @ £14.90

Strawberry Patio Collection

Fruit: Strawberry Patio Collection - click for larger image
There are few things as good as fresh strawberries, being able to pick your own from a decorative pot from your own patio is a rewarding and tasty way to enjoy your labours. If you have little room try them in flower pots, they are an ingenious way to utilize your space and enjoy a bumper crop.

10 plants @ £6.49
20 plants @ £12.98

+ 10 Free Plants


Summer Storm Container Collection

Flower: Summer Storm Container Collection - click for larger image

A stunning selection of blue and creamy tones, make this beautiful collection stand out. Collection comprises Blue and White Lobelia, Busy Lizzies, Petunias, Marigold French Vanilla and Convolvulus. Ideal for baskets, flower pouches and containers.

Grow in sun or partial shade.


24 plants @ £12.99

Sweet Pea - Floral Sensations

Climber: Sweet Pea - Floral Sensations - click for larger image
Truly sumptuous. The mixed colours from white right though to rich purple exude the most wonderful aroma. Ideal for planting in mixed beds and borders where they will happily wind their way round any support, which will disappear beneath a sea of colourful scented exhibition size blooms. Supplied as a pack of 12 cells with 4/5 plants per cell. Easy to grow and perfect for cutting, the more you cut the more flowers they produce.

25 plants @ £11.50

+ 25 Free


Sweet Pea - Trailing

: Sweet Pea - Trailing - click for larger image
We all love the delicate flowers and heady scent of the Sweet Pea. For the first time we are able to offer you a specially bred variety that is more compact, making it perfect for hanging baskets.
Plants are supplied cell raised with 3 plants per cell.

10 plants @ £8.99

+ 5 Free

20 plants @ £12.98

+ 10 Free


Sweet Pea - Trailing

Flower: Sweet Pea - Trailing - click for larger image
We all love the delicate flowers and heady scent of the Sweet Pea. For the first time we are able to offer you a specially bred variety that is more compact, making it perfect for hanging baskets.

Supplied cell raised with 5 plants per cell.


15 plants @ £8.99

Plus 10 Free

10 plants @ £8.99

+ 5 Free Plants

30 plants @ £12.98

Plus 20 Free - Save £3

20 plants @ £12.98

+ 10 Free Plants - Save £5


Sweet Pea Support Rings

: Sweet Pea Support Rings - click for larger image
Easy-to-use galvanised rings to keep your plants upright as they become established.
Each ring is 25mm (1 inch) in diameter.

1 pack - 200 rings @ £5.99

Sweet William Bright Eyes

Flower: Sweet William Bright Eyes - click for larger image
This well known cut flower also makes an excellent border plant and even looks great in a container. Fragrant flowers from June until August.

Height: 40-60cm (16-24 inches).


42 plug plants @ £8.99
56 plugs @ £10.99

Plus 14 Free

84 plug plants @ £17.98

+ 42 Plug Plants Free


Swiss Willow - Standard

Shrub: Swiss Willow - Standard - click for larger image
Salix helvetica. Suitable for the border of your garden or can be grown in a pot. 5cm (2 inch) long silvery catkins show themselves in early spring. Stem height 60cm (24 inches).

1 plant @ £15.99





		
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