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Plant a group of it next to a window box or pedestal urn decked with T & M’s trailing Bacopa ‘Olympic Gold’. A glorious breakthrough, its massed tiny white flowers are borne on slender branching stems, with golden variegated leaves. 6 plants cost £7 and 12 plants £12. By special concession the company has put back its last order date to 30 April for both varieties for Garden Ideas readers. Delivery: mid-April onwards.

Left: Tumbelina petunia ‘Priscilla’

Above: Tumbelina petunias

Last year, Elm House Nurseries’ Impatiens ‘Seashells Yellow’, a choice busy Lizzie performed well and this year, a new peach form of it takes the accolade. Ht: 20.5-25.5cm (8-12in). There are other varieties – ‘Apricot’, ‘Tangerine’, ‘Papaya’ and ‘Passion’ – too. 6 plants, one of each variety cost £8.95, while 18 plants, 3 of each variety, cost £21.85. Delivery: from April.

Plant any one colour in a patio pot or half barrel and fringe it with Thompson & Morgan’s Bacopa ‘Olympic Gold’ (mentioned above).

Treating you to an incredible 1.2m (4ft) cascade of a plethora of weather-resistant blooms, Suttons’ ‘Sky Blue’ Surfinia petunia is a variety that will be decking my baskets for the new millennium. Other varieties you’ll want to grow again are ‘Brilliant White’, ‘Hot Pink’, ‘Violet Blue’ and ‘Pink Vein’.

Five plants: one of each variety cost £7.25 and 10 plants, two of each variety, £11.75. Last order date: 31 March. Delivery: mid to late April.

Unwins also stock ‘Sky Blue’, together with ‘Hot Pink’ and Purple. A collection of nine plants, three of each, costs £9.75. Delivery: April.

Seeking something excitingly different?

Contact enterprising Hayloft Plants, Little Court, Rous Lench, Evesham, Worcs WR11 4UL
Tel: 01386-793361
Their fascinating, horizon-widening and beautifully illustrated catalogue is an Aladdin’s cave of easy treasures.