Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Calendula officinalis nana ‘Fruit Twist’
Delightful dwarf calendula in a zesty mix of citrus colours. Pretty, daisy-like blooms are early flowering and very easy to grow, adding bright drifts of colour to a sunny border. Sow in September for an eyecatching late spring display or sow in spring for summer flowering.
Bellis perennis ‘Pomponette’ Mixed
Masses of tightly quilled 1.5in button flowers on compact plants. A bright mixture of red, rose and white. Superb for small beds, edging, windowboxes etc. Growing well in shade they are good for planting under trees or as an edging to patio borders etc. Flowers spring. Height 10-15cm (4-6in).
Campanula pyramidalis (Mixed)
One of the most striking perennials for the border or patio containers. Giant, slender spikes of blooms reach skywards, in shades of blue and white. Plant in containers either side of your front door for a colourful box or bay tree substitute!
Sweet Pea ‘Heirloom Bicolour Mixed’
An impressive mixture of small-flowered, heirloom (Grandiflora type) sweet peas offering the widest range of beautifully scented bicolours. These old fashioned annual Sweet Peas are superb for cutting and the more blooms you cut, the more the plants will flower! Perfect for filling vases indoors with colour and perfume. Try covering a sunny fence or
Wallflower ‘Tom Thumb Mixed’
Very wide colour range, excellent in small spaces, tubs, window boxes. Slightly later flowering
Brachycome iberidifolia ‘Little Missy’
Each pretty lilac blue, daisy-like bloom has a distinctive yellow central eye surrounded by a white halo. Brachycome ‘Little Missy’ blooms over a long period, making it perfect for edging paths and borders or as an eye-catching container plant on a sunny patio. Height and spread: 25cm (10)
Calendula officinalis ‘Neon’
One of the most eye-catching varieties in our flower trials, with glowing orange, double flowers edged in burgundy. The edible flowers of Calendula ‘Neon’ add height and interest to annual borders, and make a stunning cut flower. Quick and easy to grow in almost any garden situation, and even grows well in coastal areas. Height:
Cosmos sulphureus ‘Brightness Mixed’
Possibly the most free-flowering cosmos of this type. Dwarf and bushy plants are covered with flowers in a delightful mixture of gold, lemon, orange and red from early summer through to the autumn frosts. Spectacular when planted towards the front of annual borders or in containers
Monarda didyma ‘T&M Superb Mixed’
Candelabra-like whorls of flowers in a formula mixture with mint scented foliage. Indispensable border flower for most soils, particularly damp sites. Height 90-100cm (30-40in).
Foxglove ‘Summer King’
Commonly known as the Strawberry Foxglove. This very compact variety produces neat flower spikes with huge, eye-catching strawberry-rose bells. A vigorous variety which is sure to make any early season garden shine, as well as attracting nectar-loving bees. Digitalis Summer King is a naturally occurring cross between the yellow-flowered Digitalis grandiflora and lavender-rose-flowered Digitalis purpurea
Campanula rotundifolia
The pretty British Harebell otherwise known as the bluebell of Scotland, produces thin wiry stems of nodding pale blue flowers. An easy, charming plant for rockery, border etc
Delphinium hybridum ‘Magic Fountains Mixed’
This excellent mixture of quality Delphiniums comes as a formula blend of no less than seven colours. Some pure colours; some with white bees. Their dwarf habit eradicates the concern for flower damage caused by windy and wet conditions. They look great at the front of the perennial border, cottage garden or even in containers.
Gazania ‘Tiger Stripes Mixed’
Wow! A stunning blend of flowers, in shades of yellow, rose, bronze and cream, with an attractive, contrasting stripe on every bloom. Easy to grow and flowering all summer long, they are sure to bring your beds, borders and containers to life
Sweet Pea ‘Sugar n Spice’
This specially bred dwarf sweet pea is guaranteed to spice up your containers and baskets with its unmissable fragrance. Sweet Pea ‘Sugar n Spice’ comes in a spectacular colour range, including bicolours. The blooms are produced all along the short stems and from each leaf node, forming a ball of rich colour when planted in
Gypsophila paniculata
A very popular border plant for its clouds of flowers which are useful for flower arrangement, everlasting flowers or just for providing a pretty, misty background for other flowers. Flowers summer. Height: 3-4ft.
Fritillaria meleagris (Mixed)
A beautiful hardy bulb with white pendant 1 1/2in (4cm) blooms heavily chequered with pink, plum or purple. Snakes’s Head Fritillary can be grown in grass and often self seeds to make delightful colonies of nodding bells.
Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Sweet Sixteen’
Eye-catching soft blushed pink blooms, each have distinct darker pink picotee edges and an attractive double frill in the centre of each flower. Cosmos Sweet Sixteen is ideal for adding height and interest to borders as well as making an intriguing cut flower
Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Double Click Snow Puff’
The spectacular white, pom-pom flowers with a delicate hint of blushed pink of Cosmos Double Click Snow Puff sit on sturdy stems making this latest colour in the ‘Double Clickseries. Makes an excellent cut flower as well as adding height and interest to borders all summer
Delphinium x cultorum ‘Centurion Lilac Blue Bicolour’ F1 Hybrid
UK Exclusive. One of the very best delphiniums from seed, equal in quality to expensive cutting-raised plants. The tall, sturdy stems of Delphinium Centurion Lilac Blue Bicolour are covered in truly stunning bi-coloured blooms with triple-layered petals in lilac and blue shades with a white central ‘bee’. (Flowers from July to September in its first
