Illustrated List: V

Venidium fastuosum Jaffa Ice

A dazzling blend of orange and white, I0cm (4in) blooms, like miniature sunflowers, all with a purple to black centre. An excellent border filler and container plant, easy to grow, with deeply lobed silver-green foliage. Flowers summer. Height: 60cm (24in).

Venus Fly Trap

Fascinating plant. We provide sensible instructions so you can watch this one off' plant mature into an avid fly catcher before your eyes. Suitable for a warm windowsill, conservatory or greenhouse.

Verbascum bombyciferum Silver Lining

Silver leaves, erect fleecy silver stems, heavily studded with cool yellow flowers.

Verbascum chaixii Album

A stately perennial for the back of the border with slender spires of white flowers with mauve eye. The leaves covered with white woolly hairs add to the overall charm and make this a fine subject for blending with plants of harsher colours. Useful for flower arranging. Flowers summer. Height 120-150cm (4-5ft).

Verbascum hybrida Banana Custard

A fantastic new Verbascum! Strong, erect spikes literally packed with very large 2in. flowers of brightest, dazzling two-tone yellow. A glowing, valuable back of border, cottage garden plant. Remove spent stems to encourage a second flush of flowers. Height: 150-180cm (5-6ft).

Verbascum hybrida Snow Maiden

A first class garden plant! Well branched, erect spikes covered in large 4cm (1½in) pure white flowers, over a long period. An incredibly beautiful plant for the back of borders, seldom requiring support.

Verbascum phoeniceum hybrids

Slender spikes of various shades. Grows freely from seed and always much admired. Height: 60-90cm (2-3ft).

Verbascum x hybrida Copper Rose F1

The robust plants are actually incapable of setting viable seed, so we must offer seed which has been pollinated meticulously by hand between the two parent plants. As with most F1 Hybrids, special factors are tremendous vigour and a plant that just keeps on flowering, as it tries to produce seed which it cannot do. The gorgeous silky, large blooms will smother the soft, silver stems which reach up to 3ft. A great range of fashionable and delicious colours - ranging from copper to buff, apricot, old rose, tan and other lovely blends, all bursting from the contrasting silvery-grey flower spikes and buds. Sown in January/February they will easily flower during the summer of their first year, and if cut back will often re-bloom. An excellent performer.

Verbascum x hybrida Southern Charm F1

Thanks to successful breeding we can now have the versatile Verbascum in gorgeous pastel shades. Long spikes bear 1in flowers in shades of apricot, dusky pink, cream and lavender-pink over a long period. Use them for bedding (sown in the previous autumn), herbaceous borders and containers. Do not forget that they make fantastic cut flowers too. Height: 660-120cm (2-4ft).

Verbena bonariensis

Tall heads of bright, eye -catching rosy lavender, adding a tranquil tropical feel to borders.

Height: 120-150cm (4-5ft).

Verbena bonariensis - Part of the Alan Titchmarsh Collection

• Tall and tranquil
• First year flowering

This increasingly popular first year flowering perennial produces robust plants, with wiry stems topped by floating clouds of eye-catching, rosy lavender blooms. Plant amongst other perennials to add height and an air of tranquillity in your borders. Height: 120-150cm (4-5').

Verbena hastata Pink Spires

A stunning Verbena, enhanced by vivid deep pink flowers borne on well branches spikes. Flowers over a very long period. Adds height to borders as well as making a splendid cut flower.

Height: 90-120cm (3-4 feet)

Verbena rigida (venosa)

Dense 5cm (2in) clusters of purple fragrant flowers and dark green leaves. Adds height and interest to bedding displays. Lift tubers in autumn. Height: 30-60cm (1-2ft).

Verbena speciosa Snowy River

Clusters of snow-white flowers amongst fine spreading foliage, ideal for baskets, Flower PouchesT or as ground cover like its lavender-blue brother, Moon River.

Verbena x hybrida Blue Lagoon

The best true-blue Verbena every grown on T&M trials. Clusters of rich blue flowers against deep green foliate, look spectacular in borders or containers. An outstanding garden performer with good mildew resistance, but best of all, is its sweet evening fragrance.

Height: 25-30cm (10-12in).

Verbena x hybrida Quartz Waterfall Mixed

Attractive, spreading, mounded plants display huge clusters of flowers in rose and burgundy shades, and the purest of whites, making this a spectacular colour combination. Very uniform with good mildew tolerance, ideal for spreading through borders or over edges of baskets or containers. Height: 25-30cm (10-12in).