Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Melon ‘Edonis’ F1 Hybrid
Melon ‘Edonis’ is a productive variety that is very early to ripen particularly when grown under glass. The pale orange fleshed fruits weigh up to 600g (1 1/2lb) and can be harvested from midsummer onwards. The sweet flavoured fruits have a refreshing, delicate flavour and an attractive juicy appearance. This RHS AGM variety also has
Radish ‘Bluemoon’ F1 Hybrid
Visually stunning when sliced into salads, Radish ?Bluemoon? is a unique F1 hybrid with blue skin and flesh. This appealing cultivar comes from Asian breeding as the blue counterpart to Radish ?Redmoon?. The cylindrical roots have a crisp texture and a refreshing, mild flavour that makes a great addition to stir fries. Like all radish,
Radish ‘Redmoon’ F1 Hybrid
From Asian breeding, Radish ?Redmoon? is unique for its attractive red skin and rose-pink flesh. This colourful radish has an appealing conical shape, with a mild and refreshing flavour. Perfect for enhancing stir fries with its crisp texture, and visually stunning when sliced into salads. Like all radish, it is quick and easy to grow,
Lettuce ‘Lollo Bionda’ (Loose-Leaf) – Vita Sementi Italian Seeds
Forms a round mound of pale green, frilled edged leaves. Lattuga Lollo Bionda does not produce a firm heart. Cut the entire plant or just pick leaves as required. Makes an attractive complement to Lollo Rossa. Lettuce is very suitable for inter-cropping between taller, long-standing vegetables, such as beans, tomatoes, peppers, etc. Lettuces require rich,
Cultivated Rocket – Vita Sementi Italian Seeds
Very quick growing, Rocket Cultivated Rucola Coltivata is a vigorous, robust plant with pungent leaves. Use as a main ingredient of a mixed green salad to add zest and texture
Chinese Leaves ‘Richi’ F1 Hybrid
Chinese Leaves are quick maturing and form a cos lettuce type heart in under 9 weeks. Plants are very slow to bolt, so stand well over a long season. Use as salad leaves as you would a Romaine lettuce or as a full heart for salads, stir fries and as a cooked vegetable. Superb quality
Coriander ‘Confetti’
This unique variety produces ‘carrot-like? foliage with that distinctive coriander taste, and just a hint of sweetness. Coriander ?Confetti? is quick maturing, producing plenty of leaf that can be used as a ‘cut and come again’ salad leaf. An easy to grow annual herb that can be direct sown in the herb garden or in
Pumpkin ‘Hooligan’ F1 Hybrid
Trailing. A new development in ‘Microwaveable Mini Pumpkins’. The attractive brightly coloured, small 75cm (3in) diameter by 5cm (2in) deep fruits of Pumpkin Hooligan are produced freely on trailing plants. Simply slice off the top, scoop out the seeds, replace the top and microwave for around 4 minutes to enjoy its delicious sweet flavour. Pumpkin
Cabbage ‘Brigadier’ F1 Hybrid (Autumn/Winter)
(Autumn/Winter). Ideal to grow a quality giant cabbage, producing heads up to 65kg (14lbs). Cabbage Brigadier F1 Hybrid is delicious eaten raw, with a high sugar and Vitamin C content, but also excellent when cooked, Stands well in good condition, with Fusarium resistance. Andrew Tokely says: A February or Early March sowing can produce by
Basil ‘Classico’
Essential for authentic Italian cuisine, this sweet basil is one of the most popular varieties, with a strong scent and distinctive fresh flavour. Try growing Basil on the kitchen windowsill or in convenient containers outside the back door. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12)
Petunia ‘Grand Rapids Mixed’ F1 Hybrid
A first class variety for bedding, hanging baskets and tubs. Bred with emphasis on seedling vigour and uniformity, the plants have a good free flowering habit and look superb en masse. The flowers are large with most of the colours in the range having attractive veining, which gives more substance to the flowers and enables
Gaillardia x grandiflora ‘T&M Reselected Hybrids’
3-4in semi-double blooms from crimson to yellow, many boldly zoned and bicoloured. Extremely long flowering. Ideal for flower arrangements and border impact. Flowers in its first season from an early sowing. Flowers summer to autumn. Height 60cm (24in).
Nasturtium ‘Double Delight Cream’
On T&M’s trials this was the best top flowering double Nasturtium. Gorgeous double to semi-double large cream blooms with a hint of lime, smother the bushy mid-green foliage. Nasturtium Double Delight Cream is easy to grow, freely-flowering all summer.
Marigold ‘Queen Series Mixed’
A lovely range of Camellia-flowered marigolds that orginated in France with broader more elegantly shaped blooms than ordinary types. A superb plant for bedding or outdoor containers. Flowers all summer to first frosts. Height: 23-30cm (10-12in).
Wallflower ‘Scarlet Bedder’
Sweetly fragrant scarlet flowers on dwarf sturdy plants. Just right for containers and beds, where space is limited or to underplant tall bulbs. Flowers spring. Height: 35-45cm (15-18in).
Foxglove ‘Camelot Rose’ F1 Hybrid
The first ever F1 Hybrid Foxglove! Spectacular plants that reliably flower in the first year, with another heavy flush of flowers in the second year. Uniform plants with high quality flower spikes in a rich carousel of colour as the speckled, jewel-like blooms open all around the stout stems, giving more impact than ever before!
Dianthus barbatus ‘T&M Auricula-eyed Mixed’
Irresistible, sparkling, gay colours for the garden with a sweet, carnation-like fragrance. Everybody can grow them to perfection. They are excellent for cutting and last for a long time in water. Flowers late spring/early summer. Height 46cm (18in).
Auricula ‘Douglas Prize Mix’
World-famous strain producing exotic bicolours, primrose yellow centres with rich velvet surrounds including carmine, maroon-carmine, coral pink, deep orange, maroon-black and many more. Ideal for partially shaded positions on rockeries or borders, or spring flower beds, pots, tubs etc. Flowers early spring. Height 23cm (9in)
