The Sunday Gardener in association with Crocus
Launched in April 2000, Crocus has grown into the biggest gardening website in the UK with an impressive range of plants. Crocus has a massive 4000 + plants on offer and features regularly at Chelsea with award-winning gardens. Crocus have top quality plants, and the Sunday Gardener brings you a selection of their seasonal offers.
The Sunday Gardener is an affiliate of Crocus, which means I receive a small commission if you buy from Crocus via this page. The small commissions help to offset the cost of running, hosting and the website and maintaining it broadly non commercial and advert free. If you are looking to buy plants from Crocus, please do us this link or those below which is a great help, thank you.
Crocus have a great range of offers.
Bulb sale with great discounts on all sorts of bulbs Allium collections, Autumn flowering crocus and a fabulous range of spring bulbs including money off Snowdrops, Tulips including a great range of colours Plum & ginger tulip collection, Plum and pink selection, Old Master tulip collection masses to choose from and also, Muscari grape hyacinths, Dutch iris select growers mixture, Fritillaria imperialis 'Early Fantasy', Crocus 'Prins Claus',Narcissus 'Erlicheer' 6 pages of bulbs many at a discount.
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Fragrant shrubs from Crocus
Fragrant shrubs make a great addition to a border. Most are easy to maintain, adding height and structure to the border with the added benefit of being fragrant. Crocus has over 400 scented shrubs on sale with great quality, great plants.
To view and buy anything from the Crocus great range of scented plants follow this link.
Some favourites below
Ready made border
This selection is guaranteed to look good, smell even better, and provide months of scented colour in your garden.
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Choisya ternata
Beautifully scented, known as the Mexican Orange Blossom, an evergreen shrub with glossy leaves and attractive white flowers in late May /June
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Lavandula angusifolia
l.'Hidcote' is one of the hardiest of Lavenders. Its aromatic scent is unmissable and wonderful planted alongside a path.
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Philadelphus 'Virginal'
It's common name is Mock Orange, Philadelphus has many highly scented flowers in June and July.
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Plants for Shade
Crocus has an extensive selection of plants and shrubs suitable for growing in shade. Almost all gardens have areas of shade where gardeners need to plant shrubs and perennials which either prefer shade or are at least shade tolerant. Illustrated below are some Sunday Gardener's favourites suitable for shade. I have picked out the Hosta collection for their lush foliage. Skimmia Japonica, Geranium macrorrhizum and the shady pink collection.
Hosta collection
Ideal for a shady spotHosta always look stylish and Crocus has plenty to choose from including The Mixed Highgrove Hosta Collection.
Skimmia Japonica
Skimmia Japonica is an evergreen shrub which has attractive flowers followed by berries. It is ideal to grow in a border or container.
G. macrorrhizum
Geranium macrorrhizum is one of many Geraniums which will grow in full sun but also partial shade. Many shades and colours to choose from, a versatile easy to grow perennial.
Vinca Minor
Matt forming ground cover v. minor is less invasive and makes a carpet of blue in spring and early summer. Tolerant of most soil types and partial shade.
