Half Hardy and Summer Patio

A low spreading shrub with grey leaves and spikes of upward facing, bright red, tubular flowers in summer. Hardy in mild gardens with good drainage.

Twining climber, relative of the Hoya, with clusters of white, honey-scented flowers in summer. Hardy against a warm, sunny wall.

A curious little bulbous plant with fleshy, spotted, hosta-like leaves and spikles of small white flowers in April to May.

A low-growing spreading/ trailing succulent with small grey leaves, smothered in vivid pink flowers in late spring to early summer. For a mild, sunny garden, ideally on a rockery or bank in full sun & very well drained soil. Otherwise a sunny greenhouse.

Bought as chaguar but probably floribunda. Probably floribunda. A fine, very prickly suckering plant, with grey, arching toothed leaves in a neat rosette, from which appear spikes of orange flowers. Well-drained soil. Min. -5 deg C. or possibly lower.

A large Echeveria with rosettes of fleshy red tinged leaves.

A hybrid with very dark leaves, offsets freely to make spreading clumps.

A beautiful cultivar with large pink/purple wavy leaves.

Name uncertain. Syn. Pachyphytum hookeri

Slowly spreading rosettes of thick blue-grey leaves with delicate white markings, making an attractive plant in a shallow bowl.

A small tree in its native South America, here it makes a shrub to around ten feet with prickly stems from which hang racemes of red flowers in summer. Needs a sheltered spot away from hard frosts.

Tender shrubby perennial with shiny green leaves and clusters of large, long-stalked bright yellow daisies summer to autumn.

4 packs of Kings Seeds comprising Helianthus 'Red Sun, Mina lobata, Rudbeckia 'Marmalade' and Dahlia 'Bishop's Children

Related to the Agave, and with a similar habit (though less spiny!), this much sought after plant grows for several (many) years before producing a giant flower spike up to 40 foot tall.

From the Channel Islands of California, this unusual half-hardy to hardy shrub has masses of vivid red flowers in summer. Ideal for a sunny Mediterranean or tropical style garden.

Stunning Geranium from Madeira with a huge dome of mid pink flowers and dark pink eye, early-mid summer. A specimen for an exotic garden. Needs winter protection

The white form of this Geranium from Madeira with a huge dome of white flowers early-mid summer. A specimen for an exotic garden. Needs winter protection

Robust bulbous plant with beautiful funnel-shaped pink flowers in summer. Borderline hardy.