Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Potato ‘Nicola’ – Part of the Alan Romans Collection
Potato ‘Nicola’ produces good yields of uniform, oval tubers with smooth, white skins and shallow eyes. The waxy yellow flesh makes this second early variety ideal for boiling and eating hot or cold as a salad potato. Potato ‘Nicola’ shows good resistance to eel worm and potato scab, and has good storage potential. Height and
Potato ‘Super Season of Spuds Collection’
For a full season of your favourite potatoes. We’ve taken the hard work out of your potato crop planning for 2015 with our Super Season of Spuds Collection. Simply plant out the selected six varieties in one hit, for a steady supply of tubers right through the season. You can even store your Sárpo Mira
Potato ‘Ratte’
Second earlyA classic second early French variety which has been prized for over 70 years for its tasty tubers with a distinctive chestnut flavour. Potato ‘Ratte’ produces long, smooth skinned tubers with white skins and yellow, waxy flesh which does not disintegrate during cooking. Delicious steamed in their skins and eaten hot or cold. Height
Potato ‘Abbot’
Produces heavy yields of uniform short-oval tubers. Thin, pale skin covers firm, waxy, white flesh. Abbot will be ready for lifting alongside Rocket, for the earliest harvest. The larger tubers make excellent chips and early summer bakers Good disease resistance.
Potato ‘Arran Pilot’
First earlyA traditional favourite producing white fleshed tubers of firm waxy texture and a pleasing flavour. This first early variety is at its most wonderful straight out of the ground and into the pot for use as a salad or new potato. Potato ‘Arran Pilot’ also shows good resistance to scab. Height and spread: 60cm
Potato ‘Swift’
Potato ‘Swift’ is among the fastest maturing of the first early varieties, being the quickest to produce heavy crops of round, smooth, white-fleshed baby new potatoes, and producing larger tubers than Potato ‘Rocket’. Its short bushy habit makes it ideal for containers or potato bags where space is limited. Potato ‘Swift also has partial double
Busy Lizzie ‘Sunpatiens’ (New Guinea)
A fabulous busy Lizzie boasting a stronger root system, thicker petals and bigger flowers than normal busy Lizzies.
Jasmine Lily
The whitewashed flowers of this Jasmine Lily provide a heady jasmine fragrance that has to be sniffed to be believed! Perfectly suited to indoor culture, you can enjoy the perfume inside the home. (Bulb size 10/12).
Sweet Pea ‘Balcony Beauties Mixed’
Sweet peas that take up half the space! Compact and just perfect for our mini tower pot, the ‘Balcony Beauties’ blend comes in a mix of colours, and includes ripples and stripes!
Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Lemonade’ (Garden Ready)
Where Cosmos ‘Xanthos’ improved, ‘Lemonade’ excels! Just look at these delicate, citrus yellow blossoms ? simply masses of them are produced throughout the summer on short, branching plants. Fantastic for patio pots or as a robust and oh-so-floriferous border filler! Create a stunning and eyecatching display where these delightful new cosmos can be fully appreciated.
Zinnia x hybrida ‘Profusion Orange’ (Garden Ready)
The very first flower variety to bloom aboard the International Space Station! Not only is this an award winner, it’s also a unique landscaping zinnia, with a groundhugging habit, covered with orange blooms all summer.
Glory Lily
A truly lovely climber with showy scarlet and yellow blooms with crimped petals. Few climbers can compare for brilliance or for their fantastic recurved flowers and unusual foliage. They are not difficult to manage and make very attractive pot plants for the sun room or cool greenhouse or even indoors, trained in a circle on
Geranium ‘Popsicle’
A gorgeous geranium that stands out from the crowd! Each white bloom is stamped with a cherry-red centre. Geraniums are great for hot, dry summer patios.
Geranium ‘Sun Lover’
Soaked in colour, with hot pink petals, each striped with crimson – a combination you won?t have seen before! Easy to grow, and with weatherproof blooms!
Lily ‘Apricot Fudge’
We think this new lily will cause quite a stir amongst lily lovers with its unusual orange good looks! The short-petalled, waxy blooms have an almost tufted appearance, which along with their remarkable creamy, apricot colouring has given them the nickname ‘fudge’. (Bulb size16/18).
Lily ‘Corsage’
If you’re plagued by the dastardly lily beetle, then give Lily ‘Corsage’ a go. Following years of trials and tests, this variety has proved to be the least affected by lily beetle. Enjoy these garden favourites without shredded leaves or sticky residue – this is the future of lilies! (Bulb size 14/16)
Lily ‘Defender Yellow’
Plagued by lily beetle? Then you?ll want to give Lily ‘Defender Yellow’ a go! After years of trials and tests, this has proved to be the least affected by lily beetle.
Lily ‘Splendid Joy’
Good ground cover for areas around trees and shrubs, the colour-drenched blooms are an added bonus!
