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Shrubs

With their woody stems and deep roots, shrubs are the ultimate garden survivors. They are a vital garden addition around which decorative flowers can be grown.

ECHIUM 'HERONSWOOD BLUE'

ECHIUM 'HERONSWOOD BLUE'

Originally selected from a chance seedling at Heronswood, this prized, dry-tolerant echium is covered with tall candle-like spires of cool sky-blue flowers soaring above its grey-green whorls of evergreen foliage. A spectacular spring flowering highlight to add drama and sculpture to the dry garden or perennial border. Ideal for attracting bees ...

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ECHIUM 'HERONSWOOD PINK'

ECHIUM 'HERONSWOOD PINK'

Fat, mid-pink candles of flowers are produced over a compact, grey-green evergreen shrub. Growing and flowering much like the familiar blue Pride of Madeira, this unique pink variety is useful in cool colour schemes with pastel combinations, even in the hottest spot in the garden. Ideal for attracting bees to increase pollination of all your fru...

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Tapering towers of glistening white rise from a starry rosette of grey felted foliage. Makes a stunning statement by producing tall white flowering totem poles. A real eye-catcher that always impresses visitors...

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Arching fans of fringed leaves up to 30cm across create an impressive sculpture. Columns of deep crimson-red flowers rich in nectar are produced on one-year-old wood.

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Known as the ‘Sweet Cucumber’ in its native Central America (‘Pepino Dulce’ in Spanish), the Pepino is like a perennial rockmelon, growing in all frost-free areas. A member of the tomato family, fruit is extremely juicy and prolific with a flavour similar to honeydew melon crossed with cucumber. This perennial sweet cucumber thrives in frost-fre...

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PHLOMIS 'LEMON BLUSH'

PHLOMIS 'LEMON BLUSH'

Masses of soft yellow-primrose hooded flowers, faintly blushed pink, are held in whorls along upright spires during spring and occasionally in summer. The soft felted grey-green heart-shaped leaves with softer grey edges and undersides form a dense, handsome foliage mound all year, providing a great foil for other colourful perennials. Thriving ...

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This old-world favourite valerian is a spring stalwart, producing huge airy heads of sweetly scented reddish-pink flowers over a long period. The colourful display and blue-green fleshy foliage combine well with most cottage plants, particularly spring flowering bearded iris. Centranthus will repeat flower in autumn if trimmed back after its pea...

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ROSEMARY 'TUSCAN BLUE'

ROSEMARY 'TUSCAN BLUE'

Spangled with deep lilac-blue flowers over spring and summer, this shrub is clothed in fine richly-scented foliage, which contrasts beautifully with grey-leaved plants. This aromatic herb is both ornamental and edible and is the best variety for topiary and formal hedges. Popular in cottage gardens and parterres, ‘Tuscan Blue’ is also suited to ...

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SALVIA DISCOLOR

SALVIA DISCOLOR

First introduced to Australia in the 1800s, this unusual salvia is ideal for collectors. A striking combination, the silver-grey leaf and flower calyx provides the perfect foil for these amazing near-black velvet flowe...

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Rarely offered as it is a tricky one to propagate, but a spectacular and hardy addition to the back of your garden or border. Large oval-shaped leaves with a deep-green upper and velvety bronze underside are decorative and fascinating and are topped with clusters of violet flowers throughout summer.

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Californian Tree Poppy

Californian Tree Poppy

The toughest and most beautiful of all poppies. Huge white scented blooms with golden pom-poms flower for up to 4 months. Revels in our summer heat especially in dry sandy soils. Endemic to the dry chaparral areas of ...

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Revelling in scorching, dry heat, this Mediterranean gourmet delight will start to produce the flower buds (which can be pickled or dry salted) in its second year. Produces up to 8kg of buds when mature. One year ...

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Echium 'Heronswood White'

Echium 'Heronswood White'

Candles of glistening white flowers are held over evergreen architectural grey foliage, bringing a touch of elegance and drama to the dry garden. Exclusive to Diggers, this Mediterranean shrub thrives in our arid summers, tolerating scorching heat, drought and salt spray. A light trim after flowering will maintain this dense silver shrub, provid...

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ECHIUM 'SILVER PINK'

ECHIUM 'SILVER PINK'

Hailing from the exotic island of Tenerife, the largest of Spain's Canary Islands, this stunning echium is covered in fat spikes of the softest pale-pink offset by intense, silver foliage. Grow as an informal ...

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HANGING ROSEMARY

HANGING ROSEMARY

Grow a curtain of fragrant foliage to drape over walls or to use as a ground cover. This excellent culinary rosemary is also tolerant of drought and sea spray. Revels in full sun. Delicious with lamb roast and potatoes.

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Hydrangea Paniculata

Hydrangea Paniculata

An impressive hydrangea with panicles of showy flowers from late summer through autumn. Tolerant of sun, best results are still achieved in dappled light. Plant en masse to create a stunning hedge of garden screen.

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LAVENDER 'GROSSO'

LAVENDER 'GROSSO'

The most fragrant of all the lavenders, 'Grosso' produces an abundance of violet-blue spikes with high oil content. This is the classic lavender for perfume, decorating the French countryside where it is farmed en masse. 'Grosso' is heat and frost tolerant and adored by bees.

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LAVENDER 'HIDCOTE'

LAVENDER 'HIDCOTE'

Famous for the deepest of purple flowers borne on a compact silvery-leaved shrub throughout spring and summer. Prized for its highly aromatic flowers, this lavender is a favourite of oil producers but is equally valuable as a garden plant that thrives in the harshest of summers. Dry-tolerant and adored by bees, this hardy lavender also performs ...

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LAVENDER 'HIDCOTE' (3 Plants)

LAVENDER 'HIDCOTE' (3 Plants)

MEMBERS SAVE WITH MULTIPACKS. Famous for the deepest of purple flowers borne on a compact silvery-leaved shrub throughout spring and summer. The highly aromatic flowers make this lavender a favourite for oil producers but is equally valuable as a garden plant that thrives in the harshest of summers. Dry-tolerant, adored by bees, this hardy laven...

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From the sun-baked hills of Morocco comes this beautiful pink daisy. Produces a continual succession of clear pink flowers, each with a darkened eye, over mounds of attractive blue-green leaves. Flowers from ...

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BARE ROOT POTTED. Deep purple foliage provides a dramatic contrast to the usual green and oat-coloured grasses. Misty pink clouds of flower, emerging in late spring to early summer, waft gracefully above the dramatic rounded foliage and persist for months, followed by spectacular crimson autumn foliage. A real feature in the dry garden at The Ga...

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This evergreen shrub for a sunny, sheltered position covers itself in deep-golden daisy-like flowers that bring bright splashes of colour to the garden from autumn through winter. Easy to grow and an excellent companion plant, its highly fragrant lemon and tangerine scented foliage and dried flowers are used in potpourri and as a pest repellent ...

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A much-loved old-world favourite, this valerian has elegant sweet-scented blooms and is rarely without flower from spring through to autumn. Soft fleshy blue-green foliage adds to its charm, with its airy heads of white offering the perfect companion to roses or bearded iris. As tough as they come, it thrives in all soil or garden conditions inc...

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WORMWOOD 'POWIS CASTLE'

WORMWOOD 'POWIS CASTLE'

A mid-sized compact mound, as dense as mercury, with feathery aromatic foliage that provides the perfect silver contrast to all cottage flowers. Tolerant of high winds and salt spray, ‘Powis Castle’ makes an effective hedge if given a hard prune every spring to keep it compact. The essential low maintenance garden backbone for pastel colour sche...

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Member Exclusives

SUMMER MINI PLOT VEGETABLE COLLECTION

SUMMER MINI PLOT VEGETABLE COLLECTION

A selection of warm season crops including one packet each of Tomato 'Tommy Toe', Lettuce Heirloom Mix, Silverbeet Five Colour Mix, Cucumber 'Spacemaster', Carrot Heirloom Mix, Sweet Corn 'Golden Bantam' (2 packs), Bean 'Italian Romano' and Zucchini 'Black Beauty'. 9 packets of seed.

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BACKYARD TABLEGRAPES COLLECTION

BACKYARD TABLEGRAPES COLLECTION

Grow a bounty of sumptuous tables grapes with this selection of the best of the best fruit for eating fresh or drying into sweet and healthy sultanas. Includes 1 cane each of Gordo Muscat, Crimson Seedless and Sultana (3 Plants).

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2 year membership + Free Seed Sowing Poster and 2 seed packets

2 year membership + Free Seed Sowing Poster and 2 seed packets

Membership: MNE2SP2

A beautifully illustrated heirloom ‘sow what when’ poster for all areas of Australia so that you'll never have to think about what to sow this month again! You will also receive some free Kale 'Red Russian' and Broccoli 'Green Sprouting' seeds to get your garden started.

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