Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
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
Wisteria floribunda ‘Rosea’
A stunning variation on a classic, Wisteria floribunda ‘Rosea’ produces masses of pendent, soft pink flowers which grow to 45cm (18) long! Blooming from May to June, this pretty pink Japanese Wisteria exudes a gorgeous fragrance which fills the air on warm days. Lush ferny leaves create a dense covering in summer, before turning to
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.
Kale ‘Reflex’ F1 Hybrid
Curly Kale! Recent breeding has given Kale Reflex more intensely curled, succulent and nutritious, dark leaves which stand well without yellowing and can be picked for much of the year from successional sowings. Kale Reflex is fully winter hardy. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection
Spring Onion ‘Feast’ F1 Hybrid
Onion Feast has long pure white slender stems contrast with the dark green, erect leaves of this outstanding spring onion. Excellent heat and downy mildew tolerance. Onion Feast stands very well, keeping in good condition. Ideal for successional sowing. Seeds are in the RHS Vegetable Collection
Tomato ‘Cherrola’ F1 Hybrid
Tomato ‘Cherrola’ bears long trusses of up to 20 well-spaced, dark red fruits weighing on average 20g (0.75oz)! This delicious cherry tomato has an excellent balance of sweetness and acidity giving the fruits an outstanding flavour. Delicious in salads and sandwiches or eaten straight from the garden as a snack! This heavy cropping cordon variety
Cucumber ‘Mini Munch’ F1 Hybrid
The ideal lunchbox snack, with optimum flavour, crunchy but juicy picked and eaten straight from the plant. Wash if necessary but no need to peel these 7cm (3) ‘mini munch cukes’. Each plant is prolific fruiting if picked every other day throughout the summer.
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.
