Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Heliotrope ‘Dwarf Marine’
Once you’ve experienced the sweet, pungent scent, coming from Heliotrope, or ‘cherry pieas it is commonly called, on a still summer evening you won’t want to be without it. Few plants can fill the air with such a heady fragrance as this. Marine is a royal purple, large flowered yet compact form with attractive, dark
Sunflower ‘Little Dorrit’ F1 Hybrid
Little Dorrit produces a large, rich yellow head with a deep chocolate centre above an imposing pyramid of huge foliage. A rather exciting little plant for the border, which will cause intrigue, excitement and evoke comment from all. Easy to grow; ideal for children.
Nasturtium ‘Mahogany Jewel’
Tropaeolum majus Mahogany Jewel Common name: Nasturtium An easy to grow annual with compact, uniform plants which are early to flower. The large, semi-double blooms in gloaming, deepest red mahogany are produced in succession over the summer months. Excellent summer ground cover for beds, borders, and containers.
Butterfly Mixture
An exciting blend, specially selected to attract butterflies and other beneficial insects to your garden. Excellent for making attractive drifts of colour, and your garden a haven for wildlife. Easy to grow
Nasturtium ‘Climbing Mixed’
These long-flowering vigorous climbing plants look spectacular when trained over walls, fences and hedges. They lack tendrils, but will scramble happily over trellis work, sheds, fences etc. Flowers summer-autumn. Climber
Petunia grandiflora ‘Cascade Pink Orchid Mist’ F1 Hybrid
A charming duet of soft pink and orchid mist, form this exclusive trailing petunia blend. Large double and semi-double blooms on cascading stems produced throughout summer. Excellent in baskets and containers. Growing tip: Get the best out of your petunias with our specially formulated Petunia Fertiliser – the perfect balance of nutrients to get them
Poppy ‘Brilliant’
The classic Orientale Poppy, with large, bright scarlet-red flowers with a jet black centre, which comes true to type from seed. A striking plant for the border
Meadowland Mixture
Over 30 wild flowers, suitable for newcomers to wild flower growing. Create a flowering meadow or just a natural patch in the flower garden. Along with some of the prettiest wild flowers are nectar and food plants for bees, butterflies and other insects to make a haven for wildlife. Some plants flower the first summer,
Tropaeolum peregrinum
Pretty climber with lots of yellow flowers in summer, soon covers fences etc. if given some strings to cling to. Nice for the greenhouse too. Flowers summer. Climber
Zinnia elegans ‘Whirlygig Mixed’
Distinctly marked, brightly coloured, semi cactus-like blooms each with contrasting petal tips. An outstanding garden performer, freely flowering throughout the summer in borders, as well as making an attractive cut flower
Sweet Pea ‘Floral Tribute’
Frilly sweet pea flowers that both look and smell divine! Introducing our own mixture, Sweet Pea ‘Floral Tribute’, that provides outstanding fragrance and exhibition-standard blooms in a glorious array of colours. These cottage garden favourites are superb for cutting and the more blooms you cut, the more the plants will flower! Grow sweet peas against
Sweet Pea ‘Fragrantissima’
Sweet Pea ‘Fragrantissima’ embraces the full colour spectrum from white, through all the pink shades, reds, blues, purples, bicolours, and stripes. This large flowered mix has been carefully blended to ensure an even balance of colour and fragrance, that was voted by Gardening Which? as the most fragrant garden variety. Enjoy them in the garden,
Nemesia strumosa compacta ‘Tapestry’
Bushy upright plants in a rich tapestry of colours which complement and contrast, in a very wide range including an eye-catching blue and white. The result is a superb glowing carpet of colour
Nicotiana x sanderae ‘Fragrant Cloud’
A very attractive and free flowering type with large pure white sweetly scented flowers on sturdy plants
Nicotiana x sanderae ‘Eau de Cologne Mixed’ F1 Hybrid
A specially selected blend, offering uniform, mid height plants, in a glowing colour range with upward facing blooms. The evening fragrance adds to their irresistible charm and elegance and is guaranteed to enhance your borders
Nicotiana sylvestris
This imposing half hardy annual has stout spikes bearing a cascading head of fragrant 3.5in long white blooms. It grows to a height of 90-120cm (36-48in) making it an excellent subject for the border. Occasionally a short lived perennial in a warm sheltered site
Poppy (Wild)
Often seen sprinkling cornfields with its bright scarlet flowers. Ideal for creating a bright splash of colour in a sunny corner where little else will grow, or in the wild garden where it self seeds with ease. Flowers early summer. Height: 18-24 inches.
Rudbeckia hirta ‘Rustic Dwarfs Mixed’
Long-stemmed plants with large flowers of rich yellow, gold, bronze and mahogany with black cone. An excellent subject for beds and borders, it will tolerate wet weather. Flowers late summer/autumn. Height only 60cm (24in)
Californian Poppy ‘Sun Shades’
Bright fiery orange and yellow blooms unfurl above a sea of ferny blue-green foliage for a bold summer display. These dainty hardy annuals are tougher than they appear and positively thrive on poor, dry soils. The papery flowers attract bees and hoverflies, and make excellent, if short-lived, cut flowers. California poppies are easy to grow
Veronica (Mixed Colours)
Fantastic front of border or rockery plants. Producing many erect spikes, full of tiny flowers that create much impact in a complementary range of colours – orchid pink, royal blue, white, rose and light blue. Flower summer. Height: 30-35cm (12-14in).
