Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Rocket ‘Astra’
Taking the place of popular Skyrocket, Astra is both quicker to grow and more vigorous, even under poor weather and soil conditions. The serrated leaves have the traditional peppery taste.
Tomato ‘Ananas’
Large, slightly flat fruits of up to 500g (18oz) are simply delicious! The flesh is juicy, sweet and meaty and have very few seeds, plus a striking streaky orange and red skin. An heirloom variety, best grown as a cordon outdoors but will be earlier to form ripe fruits in the greenhouse.
Carrot ‘Bangor’ F1 Hybrid
Heavy yields of high quality, large cylindrical roots make Carrot ‘Bangor’ one of the best maincrop varieties for the gardener. The large roots have a good core colour and excellent flavour, reaching up to 25cm in length. This RHS AGM variety resists greening and cracking. Carrot ‘Bangor’ will store well after harvesting in late summer
Carrot ‘Cosmic Purple’
Stunning on the plate or in the salad bowl, this carrot variety sports purple skin and bright orange coreless flesh. Tapering 18cm (7in) roots are tender and delicious whether eaten raw or cooked. Sowings in May and June will produce roots for storing over winter. Roots are easy to lift thanks to their strong foliage.
Lettuce ‘Maureen’ (Cos)
A Little Gem type with smoother, darker green leaves.Good uniformity, compact habit and prolonged harvest.
Californian Poppy ‘Red Chief’
The best and truest red Californian poppy, ‘Red Chief’ performs well in all weathers and is easy to sow and grow in borders, where it’ll flower all summer.
Melon ‘Alvaro’ F1 Hybrid
A ‘charentais’ type of cantaloupe melon that can successfully ripen outdoors. Smooth, pale cream-yellow fruits with green striping reach 10-12cm (4-5in) in diameter and 500g (1lb) in weight, turning a more tan yellow when ripe. The salmon orange flesh is sweet, juicy and perfumed.
Marigold ‘Pots of Gold’
Exclusive mix of tall, single-flowered French marigolds in an exciting new blend of three fiery colours, including a fabulous new red. The uniform height of the flowers makes them ideal as cut flowers.
Broad Bean ‘De Monica’
Be the first to harvest delicious broad beans! Ten years of breeding have produced De Monica, the earliest-maturing broad bean variety from a spring sowing. Ready to harvest at the same time as wintersown variety Aquadulce. A strong root system and an upright plant habit with 2-3 stems per plant produce high yields of 15cm
Californian Poppy ‘Cherry Swirl’
Glorious, bright cherry-red, double to semi-double blooms with a contrasting yellow eye, sit neatly above attractive bluish green fern like foliage. Fresh from Thompson & Morgan’s own breeding programme ‘Cherry Swirl’ performs well no matter the weather and is easy to sow and grow in borders, where it will flower all summer long. Sow in
Marigold ‘Alumia Vanilla Cream’
A unique colour never seen before in French Marigolds. Gorgeous vanilla cream double blooms on neat bushy plants ideal for planting en-masse in borders or as an edging to bedding displays. Outstanding garden performance, blooming all summer.
Nigella papillosa ‘Delft Blue’
Striking and unusual blue, grey blooms reminiscent of the famous Dutch ‘Delft Blue’ pottery. An easy to grow annual, delightful sown direct as large drifts in borders. The tall flower stems are followed by intriguing seed pods ideal for cutting and arranging, fresh or dried.
Sweet Pea ‘Turquoise Lagoon’
Changes colour before your eyes! Each attractive small pink bloom develops into a gorgeous turquoise blue, making for an eye-catching climbing feature. Bred by renowned breeder Keith Hammett, ‘Blue Lagoon’ isn’t just about its unique, showy blooms – it has a delightful scent that will fill your garden too!
Tacca chantrieri ‘Green Isle’
An unusual and rarely offered selection that has intriguing dusky green blooms with bat-like, long green tentacles. Flowers in 2-3 years from seed.
Climbing Bean Mixed
Stringless and packed with flavour, Climbing Bean Mixed is the result of the latest climbing mangetout breeding. Producing high yields of straight, 25cm (10in) pods right through the summer, which hold in prime condition over a much longer period than older, more traditional varieties. This mix of three varieties will give you a range of
Dwarf Bean ‘Mascotte’
A compact, floriferous ‘daisy’ type perfect for small plots, decorative veg displays and patio/window pots. Each plant produces a mass of flowers leading to 13-15cm (5-6in) very slender, mid-green, stringless pencil pods that set at the top of the plant for easy picking. Mascotte crops over a long season and has excellent eating quality.
Courgette ‘Shooting Star’ F1 Hybrid
British breeding and a world first in climbing golden skinned courgettes. Shooting Star makes a stunning space-saving plant when grown up a trellis/arch. Group 3 plants together to ensure good pollination and tie in stems regularly to support the weight of fruits. The fruits have a higher ‘dry matter’ (less watery) than many varieties so
Lamb’s Lettuce ‘Favor’
Indispensable salad plant, regularly included in mixed leaves in supermarket packs, but also tasty as a steamed vegetable. The rich green, slightly nutty but mild-flavoured leaves are packed with vitamins and nutrients.
Salad Leaves ‘Frilly Mixed’
All the colours and jagged leaf shapes of the mizunas with a hint of the peppery taste of mustards, rocket and Greek cress.
