Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Wisteria floribunda ‘Alba’
Elegant racemes of white pea-like flowers, growing up to 60cm (24) in length, adorn this vigorous twining climber from May to June. Like its cousins, Wisteria floribunda ‘Alba’ is deliciously fragrant and the perfect choice for growing over seated areas such as pergolas, trellis, walls and even up into large trees. Bright green ferny foliage
Yucca filamentosa ‘Bright Edge’
Yucca filamentosa is a small, stemless evergreen shrub that forms clumps of sword-shaped deep-green leaves to 75cm in length. Towering spikes of creamy-white, bell-shaped fl owers form in late summer to a height of around 2m.
Butterfly Mix
Attract butterflies into your garden with this special selection of flowers they really like. We are very easy to sow direct into the ground either in the border or in random blocks and by summer your garden will be filled with colour and wildlife. Height Range: 30-100cmDid You Know? Butterflies and moths are fussy and
Poppy ‘Ladybird’
Charming relative of the corn field poppy producing shining crimson single blooms with a black blotch. Easy and cheerful. Developed using a species introduced by our founder Wm. Thompson, from Russia in 1876
Swan Gourd
I’m a fun plant to grow as I have spotted fruits with a long neck that make me look like an elegant swan. When my fruits are dried you can paint me with faces or leave me looking like a swan. Height: 2m. Why Not invite your friends round to see who can paint the
Snake Gourd
I’m a strange ‘gourdthat makes an exciting plant to grow as I have fruits that look like slippery snakes! When my fruits are dried you can paint me with spots, stars, stripes or whatever you like! Height: 2m. Why Not invite your friends round and see who can paint the brightest or craziest snake?
Wisteria floribunda ‘Macrobotrys’ Group
This magnificent Japanese Wisteria bears particularly long racemes of lilac purple flowers that can reach over 30cm (12) long. Wisteria floribunda ?Macrobotrys’ is a classic, long lived, cottage garden climber, producing a superb flowering display every spring for many years.
Wisteria frutescens ‘Longwood Purple’
This unusual American dwarf species is less vigorous than other wisteria varieties, reaching a mature height of 6m (20′). Wisteria frutescens ‘Longwood Purple’ produces rich purple racemes of pea-like flowers, which are equally showy, but slightly shorter than its Asian relations.
Wisteria sinensis ‘Amethyst’
A beautiful cultivar of Chinese Wisteria with a rich, powerful fragrance that will stop you in your tracks. Racemes of violet purple flowers appear slightly before the foliage in late spring. The pinnate leaves emerge with a delicate bronze flush that quickly matures to provide a handsome green covering for walls and pergolas.
Sunflower ‘Russian Giant’
I could be the tallest flower in your garden. Can you grow the tallest, sunniest sunflower? When I have finished flowering leave the flowerheads out to feed the birds over the winter. Height: 2m+Did You Know? – Not all sunflowers are yellow or tall. Look for furry-looking teddy bear types, different colours and ones with
Spinach ‘Amazon’ F1 Hybrid
Perfect for containers, this fast-growing variety – winner of a RHS AGM – produces high yields of glossy, dark green, rounded leaves. Sow in spring and autumn and enjoy as ‘baby leaves’ or leave longer for full-sized plants. Excellent downy mildew resistance
Cress ‘Extra Curled’
An all-the-year round, nutritious salad crop. Extra Curled Cress is easy to grow outdoors in the summer and inside during the cold months of the year.
Parsnip ‘Albion’
Long, smooth, white-skinned, tapering roots of uniform size with a delicious sweet flavour and good texture. Good canker resistance, especially from later sowings. Lifted roots store well for winter use
Dwarf Bean ‘Nomad’
An RHS AGM variety with good resistance to Bean Mosaic Virus and Anthracnose. Dwarf Bean ‘Nomad’ produces bumper crops of straight, stringless, dark-green pods reaching up to 12cm (5) long, with an outstanding flavour. Pick regularly while beans are young and tender to encourage heavier yields. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12)
Dwarf Bean ‘Sonesta’
Dwarf Bean ‘Sonesta’ is an early maturing variety producing waxy yellow beans on compact plants. The colourful pods are slender, straight and stringless, reaching up to 13cm (5) long. This RHS AGM variety is resistant to Bean Mosaic Virus and Anthracnose. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12)
Pea ‘Misty’ (First Early)
First EarlyPea Misty is an outstanding variety, producing a heavy crop of 7-8cm (3-3.5 inch) blunt pods, borne mainly in pairs against bright green foliage, filled with succulent tasty peas. Pea Misty flowers and sets pods over a very long cropping period.
Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Showa-beni’
This elegant Silky Wisteria is so called for its downy leaflets along the main leaf stem. The long, pinnate leaves make a lovely backdrop for the lilac-pink, fragrant flowers that appear in late spring and early summer. Unlike the better know Chinese Wisteria, the individual flowers of this species are much larger, forming short, somewhat
Climbing Bean ‘Cobra’
Easy to grow, exceptional flavour and a long season cropper. What more could you want from a climbing French bean? This RHS AGM variety produces continuous crops of smooth, round, stringless plump pods of around 18cm (7) from as early as July, right through to the first frosts of autumn. Climbing Bean Cobra isn’t just
Wisteria brachybotrys ‘Kapiteyn Fuji’
A most attractive white Wisteria with bright green, pinnate foliage that has a slightly downy texture – hence its common name of Silky Wisteria. Long pendants of glistening white flowers decorate the twining stems in early summer, filling the air with a gentle perfume.
Carrot ‘Paris Market – Atlas’
Rounded, bite-sized carrots with a smooth, bright orange skin. Carrot ‘Parmex’ is early maturing, producing uniform crops of deliciously tender carrots that make a tasty, nutritious addition to lunchboxes. These compact carrots are ideal for growing in containers and windowboxes. The short roots also cope well with clay soils where other carrots struggle. Height: 30cm
