Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Tomato Seeds – Heinz 1350
The FIRST tomato developed by Heinz back in the day, perfect for cooking, with the deep, rich flavour you’d expect. Each plant is semi-determinate, meaning it will stop growing at around 90-120cm (36-48) and will product massive red fruit (400-900g) which you will need to support. This cooking tomato is fantastic grilled, roasted and perfect
Bean (Dwarf French) Seeds – Cannellino
Dwarf green beans for fresh use or drying for winter dishes, pure white dried beans for storing, a good source of protein, antioxidants and fibre.
Bidens Collection
Modern breeding has made huge advances in improving Bidens, transforming these somewhat straggly species into compact, bushy bedding plants. This colourful collection brings together 3 recent introductions. Feathery foliage and a profusion of flowers make these varieties ideal for mixed baskets and containers. Their gently cascading stems will spill from patio containers, or knit together
Bean (Runner) Seeds – Tenderstar
This new generation French-Runner bean cross sets beans easier, producing masses of 18-20cm (7-8") long pods throughout the summer whatever the weather. It boasts a good flavour and exceptionally tender texture. And the bicoloured red-and-pink flowers are extremely attractive too!
Bean (Runner) Seeds – Black Knight
Bean (Runner) Seeds – Black Knight The story is that this runner bean has been grown by the Bishop of Shrewsbury, Edmund Knight, and to have been passed to some of the local congregants in the late 1800’s. This could be true or an old wife’s tale, but where it originates from has been certainly
Chrysanthemum Decorative Mixed
Tall stems bear wide blooms that are perfect for long-lasting flower arrangements. Savour the colour of these magnificent half hardy chrysanthemums in your autumn garden when summer bedding plants have faded away. This vibrant collection will reward you with dazzling blooms right through until the frosts. Disbudding the stems will produce fewer, but larger blooms,
Primrose Plants – Husky Raspberry Punch
Primrose Husky Raspberry Punch will add a variation of pink blooms with sunny centres to your winter garden. Excellent colours no matter what the weather, make this vibrant F1 variety ideal for the spring garden. Once established. these easy to grow perennials will be very low maintenance. Height & Spread 11-20cm.
Alstroemeria New Tree Everest Mix
Alstroemeria ‘New Tree Everest Mix’ is an exotic-looking blend of Peruvian Lilies ? specially selected for their height and stature! These tall, hardy perennials produce long stems of tropical blooms that form a vibrant column of colour throughout the summer. Alstroemeria make fabulous cut flowers for summer bouquets. Try them in a Tower Pot? frame
White Hanging Basket Duo
Plant these up in our easy to use, long-lasting hanging basketsThe best white hanging basket performersCreate your hanging basket in your favourite colourThis versatile duo of white hanging basket plants are perfect for creating a cascade of flowers all summer long. Plant them up together, or mingle them with other trailing plants for a more
Physalis Chinese Lantern
Physalis Chinese lantern blooms from June until July and produces incredible coral coloured papery Chinese lantern calyces. Commonly known as Cape Gooseberry, Physalis alkekengi var. franchetii is easy to care for and grows best when positioned in a sunny yet shaded spot. Your Chinese lantern bare roots are mainly grown for their showy edible berries,
Lupin The Governor (Blue)
Lupin The Governor (Blue) If you grow traditional planting schemes or opt for cottage garden displays, why not try something different and add a modern twist with the unique, bicolour purple and white blooms of Lupin ‘The Governor’. This tough, robust perennial grows marvellous, tall flower spikes from early summer, with each spire packed full
Phlox subulata Pharao Blue Eye
Creeping Phlox are useful for dry, sunny spots and parched ground where other plants just won’t grow! Once established, Phlox ‘Pharao Blue Eye’ will thrive in the driest of soils, producing an impenetrable mat of fragrant flowers, suppressing weeds and resisting drought! The detailed eye on each gleaming white flower sets this stunning, evergreen drought
Hosta Olive Bailey Langdon
Hostas are instantly recognisable for their large, rounded leaves, forming dense clumps of colourful foliage. Over time they will spread to create weed-smothering ground cover. These hardy perennials thrive in lightly shaded areas of the garden, either in borders or patio containers. Large, corrugated blue-green leaves with wide golden margins that resist sun scorch. Height:
Tomato Seeds – Summer Frolic
An early crop of bright red fruits of exceptional flavour. Versatile and very productive plants that are ideal for greenhouse or outdoors. Harvest from July. Medium fruited type.(Cordon variety – one stem grown by pinching off side-shoots as they appear, needs staking and tying in.)
Sweet Corn Seeds – Snobaby F1
Sweet Corn Snobaby F1 A delicious corn for popping! Sweet Corn Snobaby is a dual use corn: stir-fry or popping. Perfect to use as tender, sweet baby corn in stir-fry or Thai curries. Leave the cobs on the plants to grow to maturity (approximately 20cm), then harvest and let dry to create corn for ‘popping’.
Helleborus Orientalis Mixed
A stunning winter flowering hardy perennial that will really brighten up your garden from December to March, returning year after year. Helleborus Orientalis ‘Mixed’ provides essential early nectar for pollinators and is great for planting in your shady garden borders and winter pots. This hellebore also makes a fantastic cut flower!
Squash Seeds – Long Pie
The perfect pumpkin for pie and baking since before pumpkins were even round! A sweet and savoury depth of flavour, these are ready to harvest when the ground spot is orange and the rest of the squash is green. Turns fully orange in storage, this is when it’s at its best! Fruits ripen from green
Erythronium Bare Root – Purple King
Striking purple, sharply recurved petals held above vigorous clumps of foliage. Ideal for woodland or partial shade. Flowers April-May. Height 1-10cm. Root size 1.
Poppy Plants – King Kong
Big, deep red flowers with ruffled petals and striking black centres, held on strong stems with fern-like foliage. Ideal for British summers. Flowers May-June. Height 100-150cm (39-59). Ideal for back of borders.
Iris Germanica Bulbs – Summer Olympics
Pretty lemon yellow ruffled flowers with creamy white beards. One of the first to bloom in spring and reblooms throughout the summer, lasting longer than most others. Delicate fragrance. Great for cut flower arrangements. Height 91-100cm; spread 31-40cm. Grade 1 root.
