Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Best Ever Root Veg Collection
Our best ever root vegetable collection has been specifically selected to give you the best variety of our most popular root vegetables to grow for you own dinner plate! comprising of: Carrot ?Tendersnax?, Carrot ?Rainbow F1 Hybrid?, Beetroot ?Boltardy?, Beetroot ?Chiogga?, Parsnip ?Tender and True?, Parsnip ?Gladiator?, Swede ?Brora?, Turnip ?Snowball? and Turnip ?Sweetbell F1
Climbers & Twiners Flower Collection
We?ve selected nine of the best annual climbers that will quickly scramble up a fence, through a tree or shrub, or simply grow in a patio pot up a frame that you put in for it. A cheerful mix of nasturtiums, sweet peas and morning glory that can be kept separate or allowed to mix
Tomato ‘Sungold’
An outstanding cordon cherry tomato for glasshouse or outdoor culture. Tomato ‘Sungold’ has an exceptionally high sugar content, which easily rivals ‘Gardeners Delight’, making its attractive, golden-orange fruit irresistibly sweet and juicy.
Cottage Garden Favourites Collection
Cottage gardens evoke images of chocolate box cover gardens with rambling flowers, bees and butterflies flitting from bloom to bloom, perhaps a thatched cottage and a very relaxing and eye pleasing surrounding that just about anyone could feel at home in. We?ve put together a Cottage Garden Favourites Collection that will help you to recreate
Antirrhinum majus ‘Lucky Lips’
Contrasting purple-red and white bicolour flowers. Good for cutting, or for adding height to borders.
Nigella papillosa ‘Midnight’
This easy grow annual plant has it all; pretty, fern like foliage, handsome velvety flowers, and eye-catching seed-heads! Easy to grow by sowing direct into beds and borders. Rich blue flowers sit aloft the lacy fine-cut foliage. These are followed by quirky, dark purple seed pods, extending the interest of this border star well into
Basil ‘Lemonade’
Delicious flavour! An attractive ‘ornamental edible’ Basil Lemonade produces masses of shiny, pale green leaves with pretty white flowers. But even more important is the delightful fresh flavour with a zesty, lemon twist – delicious in salads, tossed through warm pasta or even to accompany some fresh summer strawberries. Tolerant of the temperamental British weather,
Lettuce ‘Warpath’
This baby lettuce is one of the most heat tolerant varieties you’ll grow, with little risk of bolting. A unique cross combines the best of both iceberg and cos varieties – dense crunchy hearts are wrapped in attractive looser leaves. Mature heads are ready in around 75 days. Alternatively grow for baby leaves.
Sweet Pepper ‘Boneta’
Set this compact, early-flowering pepper on a sunny patio or border after the last frost, to enjoy an abundance of successional flowers, leading to a big crop of creamy-lime coloured fruits. The thick-fleshed fruits ripen to red and each weigh around 100g on maturity.
Pea ‘Terrain’
We’ve been truly amazed at the outstanding performance of this powerhouse pea. Yield, pod quality and taste – Pea Terrain couldn’t be beaten in our 2014 trials, but most impressive was the resistance to both downy and powdery mildew. In a field surrounded by a dozen infected varieties, only ‘Terrain’ stood clean and green, making
Spinach ‘Mikado’ F1 Hybrid
A unique Oriental spinach, Spinach Mikado has an upright habit, producing dark green, large, pointed leaves, multiple side shoots and long stems with pink tinged bases. Delicious chopped in stir fries, added to salads or steamed. Spinach Mikado has good downy mildew resistance, for spring and autumn crop. Ideal for summer sowings due to its
Courgette ‘British Summertime’ F1 Hybrid
This British bred courgette is one of the earliest to set fruit in the in the UK’s unpredictable summer weather. Courgette ‘British Summertime’ has an open habit that allows maximum sunlight penetration for rapid fruit development, and good air circulation to minimise disease. This productive variety will produce bumper crops that are easily picked from
Parsley ‘Titan’ (Flat Leaved)
Unique smaller, very dark green flat leaved variety. The robust plants produce a vast amount of leaves, just pick regularly as required. The plants have excellent weather resistance, a really good garden performer. Flat leaved varieties have a stronger taste and are increasingly popular in the kitchen and restaurants for their versatility in a wide
Nigella damascena ‘Persian Jewels’
A beautiful and easily grown annual with attractive fennel-like foliage. A unique mixture of mauve, lavender, purple, rose and blue. Very useful for bedding and cut flowers. The large seed pods can also be dried for winter decoration indoors
Perennial Bumper Collection
Fill your beds and borders with this bargain collection of herbaceous perennials. Perennial plants bloom year after year, and many can also be cut and brought into the house for beautiful flower arrangements. Height: Up to 1m (39). Spread: 45cm (18).Please note, when you receive your plants, the green plastic tray is embossed with letters
Cabbage Savoy ‘January King Deadon F1’
January King has the best flavour of the winter cabbages/ savoys, also has crisp & crunchy texture. ? Deadon F1? produces the traditional much flatter than round head and attractive red tinge to the outer leaves. ?Deadon F1? colours up earlier than other similar varieties, and the colour further intensifies as colder winter weather approaches.
Marigold ‘Bonita Mixed’
A sparkling mixture of free flowering, large carnation-sized blooms. Superb for bedding. Height 12in.
Cabbage ‘Winter Jewel’
?Winter Jewel F1? has superb winter hardiness, proved outstanding for its quality, yield and length of harvesting to April in the RHS overwintered/spring 2011 trial. Excellent flavour and bolting resistance. ?Winter Jewl F1? matures to harvestable ?greens? approximately 60 days from transplanting, and will remain in condition for many weeks.
Calendula ‘Art Shades’
When it blooms in the spring and summer, Calendula ‘Art Shades’ is a wonderful addition to cottage garden borders. The annual’s double, textured blooms also make for a great indoor display, where they will add exotic shades of orange, purple and white to any vase arrangement. What’s more, this English Marigold’s flowers are edible. Their
