Flowers R-Z

Extremely beautiful rapid growing climber that starts flowering in June and continues until killed by frost. Delightful parasol-shaped fuchsia pink calyx with black/purple to crimson 2- in flowers within. Sunny pergolas, porches, walls. Flowers mid summer to autumn.

For the first time you can grow this cheerful, free flowering annual in containers and hanging baskets! Becky produces extra dwarf plants, neat and compact in a well balanced mixture of lemon to bright orange flowers, each with a slightly darker contrasting centre disc. They now make ideal basket and container plants flowering right up to first frost, producing large flowers measuring up to 15cm (6in) across! Flowers mid summer to frost. Height 20-25cm (8-10in).

Following the 2002 success of Cherokee Sunset, Thompson & Morgan flower breeders are proud to present the first-ever red Rudbeckia from seed! These robust plants have outstanding garden performance, producing a mass of attractive, cherry-coloured blooms all summer long - triumphing over heat, drought and poor soils! Stunning when planted in drifts in borders or can be planted in large containers to create a feature plant on a patio or terrace.

Long-stemmed plants with large flowers of rich yellow, gold, bronze and mahogany with black cone. An excellent subject for beds and borders, it will tolerate wet weather. Flowers late summer/autumn. Height only 60cm (24in).

An impressive debut for beds and borders, this unique new plant was awarded a Fleuroselect Gold Medal. The unusual blooms with central green cones and bright orange petals radiating back to lemon yellow, make dazzling cut flowers.

Patience may be needed, but will be amply rewarded by the exotic blooms. A real talking point for warm conservatories or the greenhouse and an unusual cutflower.

A wonderful mixture of bicolours, both regular and reversed with an average of 4 flowers per stem for a quality display. Stunning grown over trellis or fences and a must as cutflowers.

This stunning selection was believed to have originated in Kew. The shimmering, velvety, funnel-shaped blooms are a wonderful addition to borders and are dramatic in containers.

Deepest maroon, almost black flowers are borne on long strong stems. Loved by butterflies and bees it will add interest in borders as well as being superb for cutting.

A half hardy perennial best treated as a half hardy annual, this is a showy bedding plant producing a 20-25cm (8-10in) mound of finely divided silvery white foliage. Use it as an edging to the border, as feature plants or in pots.

One of the most famous summer annual bedding plants, long flowering, early flowering, compact and neat. It is a frost tender annual. Ideal for bedding and edging. Other excellent sites are windowboxes and tubs. Flowers summer. Height 30cm (12in).

Fragrant, fully double and relatively compact. These are lovely cushion flowers in maroon, carmine, scarlet, pink and rose. Ideal in groups for border or as cut flowers when they last well in water.

An easy to grow annual, producing tall stems covered in masses of stunning, mid-blue, pin cushion flowers. A classic cottage garden plant, ideal for cutting and loved by bees and butterflies.

Beautiful plants for the cottage border.

A truly elegant border perennial with blooms in blue, mauve and white on long slender stems which are much in demand for cut flowers. Flowers summer. Height 30in.

A highly contrasting mixture of deepest burgundy and pure-white blooms, all delicately scented. Vigorous plants produce a plentiful supply of long flower stems, ideal for cutting. Climbing to 180cm (6ft).

The Hanging Basket Sweet Pea! Just imagine the familiar fragrance of Sweet Peas growing in a basket near an open window, or hung outside the front door. New specially bred Sugar n Spice™ is a compact variety guaranteed to spice up your baskets and containers and its fragrance is every bit as sweet as its taller cousins. Sugar n Spice™ comes in a spectacular colour range, including bicolours, with blooms produced all along the short stems and from each leaf node, forming a ball of rich colour. The plants are naturally neat and compact so there is no need for pinching.

Possibly the smallest and quickest flowering sunflower available. The dwarf multi-flowering plants of Sunflower Choco Sun produce their first blooms in eleven to twelve weeks from sowing. Ideal for adding interest to containers and fun for children to grow.

Exotic, star shaped lily-like flowers create an exciting display, just when other perennials begin to fade. Long lived and undemanding shade plants, they can also be used as cutflowers.

Pretty climber with lots of yellow flowers in summer, soon covers fences etc. if given some strings to cling to. Nice for the greenhouse too. Flowers summer. Climber

A stately perennial for the back of the border with slender spires of white flowers with mauve eye. The leaves covered with white woolly hairs add to the overall charm and make this a fine subject for blending with plants of harsher colours. Useful for flower arranging. Flowers summer. Height 120-150cm (4-5ft).

Wonderful for summer bedding or if sown in summer will flower through the winter in mild spells. Compact and in a very wide range of blotched and clear colours and good flower size. Flowers winter or summer, Height 6-9in.

A superb selection of clear colours without blotches. Early and free flowering mixture.

A specially selected extra-large flowered strain concentrating on the warmer, rich colours. They make superb bedding or container subjects in sun or part shade. Flowers spring/ summer. Height 8in.

A designer blend of small flowered hybrid quality Violas, offering endless colour through Spring or Summer in beds, borders or containers.

An excellent free flowering variety, the bright flowers with their distinctive black blotch making them excellent for brightening borders, patios, tubs etc. Flowers spring/ summer. Height 6-8in.

A superb dual purpose variety from the Universal range. Sow in late winter/early spring for summer flowers, again in early summer to produce flowers in autumn and continuing through the winter till spring in mild spells. Early and with plenty of good sized bright mahogany red flowers with a conspicuous face. Useful for beds, borders, window boxes, baskets, tubs etc. Flowers summer. Height: 15-23cm (6-9in).

A totally unique Pansy! Spectacular flowers in an unusual colour combination, which are reminiscent of a tropical butterfly with electric blue wings and a hint of bronze going through to a golden splash in the center of each bloom.

Sure to create an eye-catching display in spring or summer flowering borders or containers.

A Hardy Perennial often used as a Half Hardy Annual.

Height: 15-20cm (6-8in).

The best ever dwarf Viola for containers! A unique mixture of small, attractive bicoloured flowers resembling tiny sweets. Compact plants are smothered in masses of flowers over a very long period, making it ideal for summer or winter flowering bedding displays.

T&M believe this is the best ever Viola for growing in containers!

If you dont agree this is the best Viola for growing in containers we will give you your money back - guaranteed!

To claim a refund, please advise the Horticultural Manager in writing of which variety you believe to be better, together with the reasons. Full details available on request. No such claims will be accepted after 31st August 2008.

T&M have blended a mixture of species which are fantastic front of border or rockery plants. Producing many erect spikes, full of tiny flowers that create much impact in a complementary range of colours - orchid pink, royal blue, white, rose and light blue. Flower summer. Height: 30-35cm (12-14in).

Jolly Joker, awarded the AAS Medal 1990 and the 1990 Fleuroselect Gold Medal, is probably the most spectacular pansy of its class. The intense orange of its lower petals, contrasts sharply with the deep purple of the upper petals. The effect is both unusual and intriguing. A very versatile and hardy variety which can be sown early for summer flowers or in summer for flowering in autumn and spring and even; in mild winters, through the winter. Height: 15-23cm (6-9in).