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 for which I thank you in advance.
Crocus have a great range of spring offers.
Current offers include: Discounts on Lily 'Black Beauty' Lilium speciosum var. rubrum and the very lovely Lilium Regale
Also offers on Dahlias 'Take off' 'Fuzzy Wuzzy'
20 +40 free on selected bedding plants and 10% off ready planters.
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.
To buy and for more info, prices and delivery Click the link below
Choisya ternata
Beautifully scented, known as the Mexican Orange Blossom an evergreen shrub with glossy leaves and attractive white flowers in late May /June
To buy and for more info, prices and delivery Click the link below
Lavandula angusifolia
l.'Hidcote' is one of the hardiest of Lavenders. Its aromatic scent is unmissable and wonderful planted alongside a path.
To buy and for more info, prices and delivery Click the link below
Philadelphus 'Virginal'
It's common name is Mock Orange, Philadelphus has many highly scented flowers in June and July.
To buy and for more info, prices and deliver click the link below.
Wild flowers at Crocus
Growing wild flowers
Annual wildflowers make a great splash of colour in the garden.
A wildflower area can be grown from seed or a pre seeded mat depending on the size of the area you are seeding.
Cornfield seed collection
Colourful collection of annual wildflower seed.
Pre seeded mat
Crocus have three different mat to choose from, illustrated is a mix of seed attractive to bees.
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.
The Hosta collection
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Perennials
Perennials are the backbone of border planting in the garden. Reliable plants which return every year adding colour and scent. Perennials can be evergreen, semi-evergreen or herbaceous depending on the plant but by definition, they will re grow and flower each year. There are hundreds of Perennials on the crocus web site to review and purchase below are 4 of my favourites which you can find by seaching on the names
