Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Salvia farinacea ‘Strata’
From uniform and compact plants rise silvery erect stems bearing many silver-green calyx, from which a firework of small clear blue flowers emerge. Height: 35-45cm (14-18in)
Squash ‘Avalon’ F1 Hybrid (Winter)
Trailing. Butternut Squash is increasing in popularity because of its wide range of uses. The early ripening, short, orange fleshed fruits of Squash Avalon have a delicious butter-sweet flavour and are especially good when used for baking. Squash Avalon is excellent long term storage.
Gypsophila muralis ‘Gypsy’
Say "goodbye" to Marigolds and Petunias and "hello" to Gypsophila! Transform your baskets, containers and bedding with this superb, top quality annual. Neat, compact mounds absolutely smothered in semi to fully-double pink flowers, gracing your summer garden. Useful for the rock garden or edging borders and excellent for hanging baskets, window-boxes tubs etc. A real
Tomato ‘Terenzo’ F1 Hybrid
Bred in the UK and already winner of a prestigious All- American Selections award in the US, Terenzo is on track to be a firm favourite this summer. Producing high yields of sweet, red cherry ‘Tumbler’ type tomatoes, the floriferous plants will gently spill over baskets and containers. Top quality fruits weighing 20g (0.75oz) each
Rhodochiton atrosanguineum
Extremely beautiful rapid growing climber that starts flowering in June and continues until killed by frost. Delightful parasol-shaped fuchsia pink calyx with black/purple to crimson 2.5in flowers within. Sunny pergolas, porches, walls. Flowers mid summer to autumn
Swiss Chard ‘White Silver’
A versatile no-waste vegetable. Grow as a salad leaf, or more usually as mature plants for the thick, white, juicy stems (chards), which are cut into chunks and boiled, or used to add ‘crunch’ to stir-fries. Use the delicious leaves like spinach. A final sowing in August will crop through to New Year.
Dahlia variabilis ‘Collarette Dandy’
Dwarf bushy dahlias with delightful "collarette" form, in many shades of red, yellow, orange and white all with white matching or contrasting inner collar of quilled petals. Height: 50-60cm (20-24in)
Tomato ‘Falcorosso’ F1 Hybrid
BushEarly to ripen, Tomato ‘Falcorosso’ produces supermarket quality, large cherry-sized, plum shaped fruits with up to 20 cherry tomatoes produced per truss. This excellent bush variety is ideal for growing in the greenhouse and shows great resistance to Fusarium, Verticillium Wilt, Cladosporium and Mosaic Virus. Due to their wide ranging pest and disease resistance, there
Chilli Pepper ‘Cheyenne’ F1 Hybrid (Hot)
A compact, bushy, early ripening variety, Chili Pepper Cheyenne grows to a height of 45cm (18in). Ideal grown in growbags or containers, making an attractive feature on the patio. Chili Pepper Cheyenne produces masses of medium sized green, turning orange fruits throughout the summer
Cutting Celery
(Apium graveolens). Immature celery plants produce a clump of delicious, slender stems and leaves for cutting. Cutting Celery should be cut regularly to promote fresh growth, for use in summer salads and garnishes, or in soups and stews during the winter. Height: 20cm (8 inches)
Sweet Pepper ‘Friggitello’ F1 Hybrid – Vita Sementi Italian Seeds
Medium height plant, Peperone Friggitello has short internodes to provide a heavy crop of conical, slightly tapering fruits about 14cm in length. Peperone Friggitello produces thin-skinned, mid green fruits which are ideal for frying and are easily digested
Pepper Jolly Il ‘Carnoso Da Arrostire’
Traditional blocky green pepper with fruit that turns to red.
Musa velutina
An ornamental banana with lush green foliage, featuring a striking burgundy midrib. An exceptionally quick grower, with bright pink blooms followed by inedible pink bananas in summer, once plants are established. Makes an interesting feature in borders or containers. Easy to grow. Height: 15-18m (5-6ft)
