Petite Ipheion ‘Jessie’ is perfect for planting in drifts near the front of a border and for filling blank spaces in a rock garden for a serene drift of blue.

The azure-blue, star-shaped flowers are painted with a darker stripe along the centre of each petal, and hold a golden, pollen-packed core.Ipheion ‘Jessie’ produces a bed of narrow, strap-like leaves which smell faintly of onions.

The blooms smell sweetly, especially on warm days, on stems reaching 10cm tall.

An ideal plant to bridge the gap between spring and summer, when the bulbs have faded, and summer perennials are starting to show colour.

No rock garden should be without Chionodoxa ‘Sardensis’.  With its pure gentian-blue blooms, this charming cultivar will bedazzle you with its beauty when it flowers in early spring. Stout, purplish stems are loaded with the pretty star-shaped blooms, each featuring a gleaming white eye in the centre.

Chionodoxa are brilliant for naturalising in rich, well-drained soil and will grow happily in sun and shade. Perfect for borders, alpine gardens and containers, forming soft cushions of eye-catching colour.

Chionodoxa ‘Sardensis’ has been granted an Award of Garden Merit by the Royal Horticultural Society for its exceptional garden qualities and stunning looks.

Exquisite, dainty flowers in shades of pink, bloom from September to November on charming Cyclamen ‘Mirabile’. The sweet nodding flowers feature petals with serrated edges and a blotch of magenta at the base of each lobe.

Heart-shaped, dark green leaves with beautiful silver markings form a pretty bed of attractive groundcover – a perfect backdrop to enhance these whimsical autumn flowers. Cyclamen ‘Mirabile’ is the recipient of an Award of Garden Merit from the RHS for garden excellence and beauty. Plants will naturalise easily, forming captivating swathes of colour.

Plant the corms shallowly, just below the surface of well-drained, humus-rich soil in a partly shaded area of your garden. Also suitable for container planting.