Hanging basket lovers in for a real treat with these
Begonia and hanging basket lovers are in for a treat with the fragrant Sweet Pearl Cascade, a cascading variety launched for this season.
Plants produce an abundance of fully double, creamy blooms, rich rose pink on the petal reverse, with a rose-like perfume.
Naturally bushy, the flowers form on lengthy (40cm/16in) trails and look best in hanging baskets, window boxes and patio containers, producing blooms from June to the first frosts.
Bred by Tim Kerley of Kerley & Co, Sweet Pearl Cascade is a sister to Sweet Coral Cascade.
Both these varieties of the fragrant plant are being sold exclusively by Woolmans.
Tom Stimpson, of Woolmans, said: “The fragrance is something very special and is really intense – in fact, if you closed your eyes while taking in the wonderful perfume, you could be forgiven for thinking you were standing in a field of roses!”
A pack of five young plants costs £14.95 (plus P&P) for despatch in late May.
Also new to Woolmans are five rose varieties, chosen for their perfumes, colours and disase resistance: three floribunda cultivars – Amélié Nothomb®, Generation Jardin® and Pompadour® (£15.95 each) and two climbers, Amnesty International® and Claude Monet® (£17.95 each), supplied as freshly dug bare rooted plants and despatched at the end of March.
Finally, a modern selection of regal Pelargoniums is also new, combining the beauty of Victorian varieties with non-stop summer flowering.
The varieties are Adele, Imperial, Jeanette, Lavender Splashed and Red Velvet, and are priced £10.95 for five plants.
A collection of one of each can be bought for £11.95 and a double collection (two of each) costs £17.90, saving £6.
Plants will be despatched from late March.
To order Woolmans Chrysanthemum and Ornamental Plant Catalogue, visit www.woolmans.com, telephone 0845 658 9137 or write to Woolmans, Gazeley Road, Kentford, Suffolk CB8 7QB.
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