Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Polyanthus eliator ‘Crescendo Mixed’ F1 Hybrid
Spring isn’t spring without colourful polyanthus – Best In Class for polyanthus – RHS Award of Garden Merit Give your garden a dose of springtime magic and banish the winter gloom. Polyanthus ‘Crescendo’ paints a rainbow of colour with its large blooms in bright colours making bold splashes in pots, window boxes and bordersThe flowers
Rhubarb ‘Giant Grooveless Crimson’ (Spring/Autumn Planting)
This compact rhubarb produces a bountiful supply of tall, uniform, fully coloured, bright red stems. Rhubarb ‘Giant Grooveless Crimson’ has a flavour that is less acidic than many cultivars making it perfect for delicious crumbles and jams. Height: 60cm (24). Spread: 120cm (48). These young plants will quickly mature, resulting in crowns big enough to
Asparagus officinalis ‘Guelph Millennium’ (Spring/Autumn Planting)
Canadian breeding. Good cold weather tolerance and high yields
Blueberry ‘Pink Sapphire’
Who would have thought it? A pink blueberry! This unique new variety provides year-round colour and interest in the garden – not to mention deliciously sweet fruit with a lovely firm texture. The unusual colour of the berries and the fabulous flavour will make this new variety an immediate favourite for the garden. In spring
Viburnum opulus
Imagine a shrub in your garden adorned with snowballs! This reliable viburnum makes a fantastic shrub for your borders, and is great for compact gardens. Opulent snowballs flower from May to June against vibrant green foliage, turning purple-tinged with the addition of bright red berries in the autumn
Asparagus officinalis ‘Ariane’ (Spring/Autumn Planting)
Autumn plantingFrom German breeding, Asparagus ‘Ariane’ produces a heavy flush of delicious, large, purple-tipped spears early in the season. Smaller, ‘fine’ spears are also produced later in the season. This attractive variety has significant yield and quality improvements over many other varieties. Height: 150cm (59in). Spread: 45cm (18)
Asparagus officinalis ‘Mondeo’ (Spring/Autumn Planting)
Spring/ Autumn plantingAsparagus ‘Mondeo’ is an all male hybrid that is suitable for both spring and autumn planting. This versatile variety has created huge interest due to its impressive yields and quality, especially early in the season. The delicious spears have tight tips throughout the season, with excellent flavour and good disease resistance. Height: 150cm
Asparagus officinalis ‘Pacific Challenger’ (Spring/Autumn Planting)
The most disease resistant asparagus variety, producing high yields of slender green spears with firm, tight ips. The first Phytophthora-tolerant variety available commercially. Also fusarium tolerant
Asparagus officinalis ‘Pacific Purple’ (Spring/Autumn Planting)
Spring/ Autumn plantingA colourful variety that is suitable for spring and autumn planting. Asparagus ‘Pacific Purple’ produces stringless spears that are more tender and sweet than many green varieties. The colour can be lost when cooked so they are best steamed or eaten raw with dips, or sliced in salads. This high yielding asparagus will
Asparagus officinalis ‘Pacific 2000’ (Spring/Autumn Planting)
From New Zealand breeding, this vigorous variety was voted the best in commercial grower taste tests in 2006. The consistently uniform, green spears are so tender and stringless, they can be eaten raw or sliced in salads. This long lasting variety is highly regarded for its heavy yields and superior flavour. Unlike many traditional varieties,
Chempak Cactus and Succulent Fertiliser
A water soluble, higher phosphate feed ideal for Cactus and Succulents growing in small containers, often in artificial light conditions
Chempak Orchid Fertiliser
A water soluble, all-purpose fertiliser to help get the best from your orchids. Ideal for plants growing in small containers often in artificial light conditions
Chempak Palm Fertiliser
The perfect feed for all indoor and outdoor species of palms, potted or soil grown. High magnesium and trace element levels
Shallot ‘Red Gourmet’ (Spring Planting)
A new development in red shallots to produce a deeper more oval bulb compared to Red Sun. Bulbs have crisp white flesh with a pale pink tinge. Good storage potential
Lavender Collection
Add fragrance and beauty to your garden with this lavender collection. The fragrant flowers are highly attractive to bees, and excellent for cutting and drying. Lavender makes an excellent low hedge or path edging where the perfume can be appreciated as you brush past the aromatic evergreen foliage. Collection comprises: Lavender angustifolia ‘Hidcote’ – With
Elephant Garlic (Spring/Autumn Planting)
Spring/Autumn planting. HardneckElephant Garlic is not a true garlic but a stem leek, which produces massive bulbs approximately 10cm (4) in diameter. The cloves are also much larger than conventional garlic with a milder taste, making it suitable for a wide choice of culinary uses, especially roasting. Available for Spring or Autumn planting. Height: 90cm
Kiwi ‘Hayward’ and ‘Tomuri’
One of the best traditional varieties to grow in the UK! Kiwi ‘Hayward’ flowers later in the season and produces a heavy crop of large fruits with a superb flavour. Kiwi ‘Hayward’ is a self sterile female plant so it must be planted next to a male plant to provide pollen and produce fruit. We
Almond ‘Robijn’
This beautiful sweet almond makes a highly ornamental tree bearing showy, light pink blossom in spring. Grafted on a semi-dwarfing ‘St Julianrootstock, Almond ‘Robijn’ will form a medium sized, spreading tree with excellent resistance to peach leaf curl. In areas with mild, frost free winters the soft shelled nuts will form if from the third
Fig ‘Brunswick’
An attractive self fertile tree with handsome foliage, that produces a heavy crop of medium sized pear-shaped figs. The green skinned fruits have a delicious, sweet flavour and yellow and red flesh. Fruits develop in spring and ripen from August to September. A second crop often develops in late summer and if protected, these fruits
Strawberry ‘Albion’ (Everbearer/ All Season)
From the latest breeding in ‘ever-bearing’ varieties, Strawberry ‘Albion’ begins cropping in June and continues in flushes until the end of October! Each strawberry plant is capable of producing 450g (1lb) of tasty fruit each year! The heavy crops of mouth-watering, sweet, dark-red berries have an outstanding flavour that remains consistent throughout the summer. Better
