Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Flower Garden ‘Fragrant Mix’
A blend of some of the most ‘scentsational’ annuals exuding wafts of rich perfume from a vibrant, colourful mix of blooms. Perfect for creating an oasis of colour and fragrance in the garden. Height 30-80cm (12-32in).
Golden Berry ‘Pineapple’
A dwarf variety with branching stems and a neat, bushy habit. Golden Berry ‘Pineapple’ produces heavy crops of tangy pineapple flavoured fruits in late summer and autumn. The bright orange berries are enclosed by a papery husk creating an attractive Chinese lantern appearance. Physalis peruviana is half hardy and therefore tends to be grown as
Chilli Pepper ‘Heatwave’ (Hot)
Thanks to Columbus who is credited with discovering the cayenne pepper, gardeners and cooks can enjoy the pleasure of this mixture containing red, yellow and orange. Beautifully ornamental and offering a ‘mind blowinghot flavour experience. Most suitable for greenhouse culture. (Capsicum annuum)
Cabbage ‘Hispi’ F1 Hybrid (Summer)
An outstanding variety. Ideal for small gardens. Cabbage Hispi can be grown at virtually any season of the year and comes to maturity faster than cabbages specially created for specific seasons. Even autumn sown it will beat the earliest of the spring cabbages. Hispi is a pointed type, strong and uniform and with a beautifully
Carrot ‘Rainbow’ F1 Hybrid
This colourful mix brings together F1 Hybrids in some of the best shades resulting from unique breeding over many years. Carrot ‘Rainbow’ produces a diverse range of skin and core colours that are all packed with vitamins. Perfect for adding a splash of colour to cooked dishes and salads. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 15cm (6)
Squash ‘Festival’ F1 Hybrid (Winter)
A decorative small-fruited squash, Festival has a marbled outer skin encasing sweet, nutty flavoured, pale orange flesh. The trailing vines of Squash Festival play host to fruits of about 680g (1½lb), which are also good for long term storage. Sweet flesh with a delicate nutty flavour. Ideal for roasting and baking.
Pumpkin ‘Dill’s Atlantic Giant’
Trailing. Using Pumpkin Dill’s Atlantic Giant growers have produced monster pumpkins weighing over 600 lbs, and it holds the Canadian and American records for size and weight. Even if you don’t want to produce a ‘record breaker’, Pumpkin Dill’s Atlantic Giant is excellent for delicious long standing pumpkins for pies, carving Jack O’Lanterns, etc
Onion ‘Supasweet’ (Dulcinea) F1 Hybrid
A breeding breakthrough! Onion Supasweet (Dulcinea) is the first commercial variety of sweet and mild bulb onions available to UK gardeners. The large semi-globe, copper-skinned bulbs of Onion Supasweet are so sweet and juicy they can be eaten raw providing you with a full range of health benefits including vitamin C and the antioxidant, quercetin.
Tomato ‘Satyna’ F1 Hybrid – SowStrong Collection
An indeterminate ‘beefsteak’ type (requires support and sideshooting) and best grown in the greenhouse, or a sunny, sheltered spot outdoors. Fruits average 200g in weight. Resistant to Tomato Mosaic (TMV), Verticillium Wilt, Fusarium Wilt and Fusarium Crown and Root Rot
Squash ‘Butterbush’ F1 Hybrid (Winter)
Perfect for growing in the vegetable plot or in containers on the patio.
Broad Bean ‘Perla’
Broad Bean ?Perla? is an RHS AGM variety with healthy, dark foliage. This neat little Bean is slightly taller than the well known variety ?The Sutton? but equally good for growing in patio containers. An early setting of white flowers produces a good crop of pods, each containing up to 6 bright green beans. Having
Dwarf Bean ‘Mistic’ (French Bean)
Unique, world’s first purple podded ‘daisy type’, masses of very slender pods, produced at the top of the plant. Stunning dark leaves, purple stems and flowers. Harvest June-October.
Pea ‘Lusaka’ (Sugarsnap)
Compact habit. Fully stringless pods superb in salads, stir-fries or steamed. Powdery mildew resistance extends sowing period to early August. Harvest June-October.
Nemesia ‘Seventh Heaven’ F1 Hybrid
The first bicolour of its kind available from seed! It offers the same fabulous garden performance of cutting-raised varieties; boasting large, wonderfully scented, lilac and white flowers set against dense and wellbranched foliage. Height 30cm (12in).
Pea ‘Opal Creek’ (Sugarsnap)
Produces high number of 7-8cm yellow podded sweet ‘snaps’ and sweet edible leaves. Harvest June-August.
Pea ‘Spring Blush’ (Sugarsnap)
Grows to 2.4m so needs good support. Attractive bicolour flowers and pink blushed ‘snaps’ in abundance. A tasty addition to salads and tirfries. Harvest June-August.
Quinoa ‘Rainbow’
Increasingly popular as a wheat free alternative to starchy grains as it is a complete protein containing all the essential amino acids and is naturally high in dietary fi bre. Sown as an annual, quinoa is easy to grow in a sunny spot. Tall growing to about 180cm. Collect seed heads when ripe as leaves
Edamame ‘Green Shell’
Edamame is an increasingly popular restaurant vegetable usually prepared in salads. Performing well in our trials and best sown in May in modules and transplanted in June. Produces short, slightly hairy pods containing 3 seeds. Boiled semi mature seeds can be enjoyed as a high protein snack. Harvest August-October.
Tomato ‘Oh Happy Day’ F1 Hybrid
With superb blight resistance, Tomato ?Oh Happy Day? is a real bonus for gardeners. Following on from ?Losetto?, and ?Mountain Magic?, ?Oh Happy Day? F1 is a cross between a very blight-resistant North American line and a French Marmande type. In T&M trials, ?Oh Happy Day? F1 resisted blight infection for three weeks longer than
Runner Bean ‘Wisley Magic’
A red flowered RHS AGM variety producing long, smooth, slender pods that easily reach 35cm (14) long. The heavy yields are best picked while young and tender to ensure a long cropping period. Although the pods of Runner Bean ‘Wisley Magic’ are not completely stringless, they have a low fibre content and a superior flavour
