Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Aquilegia caerulea
Possibly the most beautiful Aquilegia of all. With glorious light to deep blue flowers 2-3in across sometimes fetching bi-coloured with white. An excellent border perennial, grand for cutting, in bloom for several weeks and will grow in sun or light shade. Flowers late spring/early summer. Height: 30-35cm (12-14in)
Aquilegia x hybrida ‘McKana Giants Mixed’
Attractive free-flowering, long spurred mixture in a wide range of vibrant coloured blooms on strong stems, ideal for cutting. Outstanding garden performance
Meconopsis betonicifolia ‘Blue’
Is there a more beautiful bloom in the entire flower kingdom then the famous Blue Poppy? It is only to be expected that an elusive, magical flower like this is a little harder to grow. The secret with this plant is to grow cool and well shaded. Height: 60-90cm (24-36in)
Aubrieta ‘T&M Mixed Hybrids’
A very special selection of large-flowered Aubretia with a rich colour range. They cascade and spread with vigorous determination. Suitable for rockeries, borders, edging paths, planters etc. Flowers early spring. Spread 18-24in
Campanula medium (Mixed)
Masses of bells in an astonishing range of blues, whites and pinks. A gentle reminder of the cottage garden days. Flowers summer. Height 90-120cm (3-4ft)
Dianthus barbatus ‘Excelsior Mixed’
Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible.
Wallflower ‘My Fair Lady Mixed’
A neat, uniform free flowering strain. Soft, fragrant colours; lemon, cream, gold, apricot, purple, pink, salmon, rose and mahogany. Height: 37-45cm (15-18in)
Lunaria annua
It blooms from March to April in rich, purples, pinks and starry bi-coloured combinations with white. It’s a vital nectar plant and therefore popular with butterflies, very easy to grow, normally self-seeding itself in sunny or shady positions. Over a long season it produces masses of silvery pods
Physalis alkekengi
Huge scarlet lanternswhich are magnificently attractive in the garden and then can be cut and dried to be used all through the winter to decorate naturally, your house. Easy, thriving in almost any soil, sun or shade. Lanterns late summer
Poppy ‘Black Peony’
The fascination of black or dark flowers continues with this stunning, large, fully double flowered poppy in deepest red to black, with lovely crinkled petals. Easy to grow and superb in the border where it is best left to naturalise. Flowers summer. Height 91cm (36in).
Begonia semperflorens ‘Options Mixed’
The various flower and foliage combinations include white and rose bicolour, vermilion, white and scarlet with bronze foliage, carmine, pink and geranium red with dark foliage. Seeds are dust-like and need careful handling. Flowers summer. Height 17-23cm (7-9in)
Marigold ‘Sunspot Mixed’
All the quality of an F1 Hybrid marigold packed into an open pollinated variety. That means real value for money! Dwarf, compact plants have good sized flower heads of orange, light yellow and gold and begin blooming much earlier than other varieties of this kind
Petunia ‘Colour Parade’ F1 Hybrid
A very special mixture with over 20 different types of large flower. There are some clear, pure colours, a sprinkling of colours with white stars, some picotee edged in white and others with darker veins and soft radiating centres. They make a spectacular display for bedding, or just planted in large containers. Flowers summer. Height:
Sweet Pea ‘Pink Cupid’
Grow this delightful dwarf sweet pea in baskets and containers and bring its captivating fragrance closer to home. The attractive pink and white bicoloured blooms of Sweet Pea ‘Pink Cupid’ are produced on naturally compact, bushy plants that grow less and 30cm (12) tall. Despite its small proportions this RHS AGM variety still packs a
Foxglove ‘Primrose Carousel’
This is the first primrose-yellow Foxglove coming true from seed, which has the exciting bonus of large claret-speckled flowers which are borne all around the stem, a unique attribute in Foxgloves. Plants are approximately 30in high. therefore remarkably dwarf. Seed of the first plant of this unique yellow was discovered by chance in Suffolk by
Sweet Pea ‘Antique Fantasy Mixed’
These colourful old varieties laid the foundations for today’s modern cultivars, with their intoxicating sweet fragrance and superb colours. Their vigorous growth is best trained as bush plants instead of cordons, for a mass of strong stemmed blooms that will provide an endless supply of cut flowers. Sweet Pea ‘Antique Fantasy Mix’ is ideal for
Geranium ‘Reflections’
An increasingly popular cottage garden and border plant now available from seed in this exclusive designer mixture. Only large flowered, border varieties have been selected in shades of blue, purple, pink and white, including ‘Splish Splash’T, a striking blue and white bicolour. Without doubt the cheapest way to grow a wonderful range of colours. Flowers
Potentilla thurberi ‘Monarch’s Velvet’
Of all garden Potentillas, this must surely be one of the most attractive. Heart-shaped, rich raspberry red petals forming saucer-shaped flowers; a wonderful colour in its own right – but add a deep velvet red centre, appearing just like an ink blot which has diffused outwards and the flowers radiate beauty; a real garden treasure.
Stock ‘Night Scented’
Deliciously scented flowers which open in the evening. Sow anywhere that is close enough to the house to get the benefit of such a beautiful fragrance. Below windows, patio tubs, window boxes, even a small sowing in hanging baskets. Try mixing with Virginian Stock before sowing to provide a mixture of attractive flower and fragrance.
Sweet Pea ‘Winston Churchill’
A very handsome red sweet pea that produces a profusion of magnificent, strongly scented, wavy blooms. The large flowers of Sweet Pea ‘Winston Churchill’ are carried on strong stems of a good length, that are ideal for cutting. This colourful variety is superb for climbing through arches, trellis, and obelisks. Height: 180cm (71). Spread: 30cm
