When plants are 15 cm high nip off tops leaving about 8 cm to encourage sturdy basal shoots. Feed every 10 days with liquid manure.

This graceful plant is excellent planted in clumps between other flowers. The roots should be divided every 3 or 4 years in early Autumn.

Nasturtiums need very little watering and flower best in poor soil.

Excellent as a ground cover, edging or in rockeries. Covered with rich violet or purple flowers.

Many beautiful rich bright colours. Plants are compact and become completely covered with fully double blooms.

Foxgloves prefer a soil that is friable and somewhat acid.

These plants are compact with fully double Chrysanthemum-type flowers. Ideal for bedding.

Ideal in beds or as a border.

An old favourite – suitable for bedding and borders in full sun.

Portulaca does well in ordinary garden soil. Beautiful growing between stones, for a thick carpet effect or in rockeries.

Sow seeds in loose gritty soil and protect by covering until germinated. Delightful spicy fragrance.

These are dwarf compact plants which prefer a shady to semi-shaded position. Ideal for bedding and pot culture.

Ideal for bedding and borders. Boy ‘O Boy is a compact mixture of colours, plants become completely covered with fully double flowers.

Suitable for bedding and edgings. Neat bushes with early free flowering habit.

Ideal for borders or massed bedding. Requires a rich well drained soil..

Suitable for bedding and borders in full sun. Dwarf variety with large flowers.

Must have a sunny location..

Flowers resemble miniature camellias. The bright coloured flowers are particularly effective against other foliage plants.

This is a very hardy plant producing scarlet foliage which darkens to maroon. Excellent background for smaller plants.

Pick flowers frequently to prolong blooming season..