Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Blueberry ‘Chandler’
Blueberry ‘Chandler’ produces a wealth of juicy fruit that are simply bursting with the most delicious flavour. Enormous, firm berries weighing up to 2g and measuring 20mm (0.75inch) in diameter are produced from the beginning of August until mid September. This stout blueberry bush also makes an attractive shrub for the patio or acidic borders,
Fig ‘Violette de Bordeaux’
Fig ‘Violette de Bordeauxis a particularly hardy variety. Dating from around 1680, itwas found to thrive in Versailles gardens during the cold winter months. The small, purple black figs have a marvellous perfume and a lovely sweet flavour. Fig ‘Violette de Bordeauxproduces two crops per year, and if protected over winter the second crop will
Hazelnut ‘Red Cracker’
A striking red filbert, with dark red leaves and pretty red husks with crisp white inner kernels. This vigorous tree is stunning in spring with its highly attractive foliage, and also provides winter interest when it is covered in yellow catkins which hold well on the tree. Hazelnut ‘Red Cracker’ is self-fertile and therefore does
Plum ‘Mirabelle de Nancy’
A taste of honey! Plum ‘Mirabelle de Nancy’ is a vigorous, upright variety producing heavy crops of classic, yellow, small French plums from September. The incredibly sweet, stone free fruits ripen from white to honey yellow and are excellent eaten fresh or cooked. Grafted onto a semi-dwarfing rootstock, to produce a compact, productive tree. Plum
Apple ‘Family Apple Tree’
An entire orchard on just one tree! Family fruit trees have three different varieties grafted onto one stem, which will pollinate each other and crop at different times to extend the picking season. Perfect for the smaller garden with room for only one tree; and even suited to growing in a large patio container (holding
Fig ‘Madeleine des Deux Saisons’
Ancient variety dating back to Versailles in the reign of Louis IV. Exceptionally cold tolerant, Madeleine des Deux Saisons (literally translated as Madeleine of Two Seasons), will produce two crops per season when grown in the UK – one in late June/early July the other in mid-September. The exceptional flavour and pretty pink tinged flesh
Nectarine ‘Madame Blanchette’
Attractive and delicious, this white fleshed nectarine boasts an exquisite flavour and appearance. It is self fertile and is guaranteed to produce large crops fan-trained on a sunny wall or fence
Apricot ‘Aprigold’ (patio)
Pretty and naturally dwarf apricot tree which produces full-sized apricots with a fabulous flavour. Perfect in a pot, you can enjoy the red-tinged growing tips and pale pink blossom in the spring and then the delicious fruits later in the year. Self fertile, it will yield good crops of flavoursome apricots for many years
Peach ‘Sauzee Bell’
Flat peaches are renowned for their flavour, and this is one of the tastiest. Unusually shaped and contoured fruits have a small stone and boast an exceptional flavour. Self fertile and not too vigorous, this is an ideal tree for any garden with a sunny aspect
Pear ‘Red William’
Wonderful red version of one of the most popular pear varieties in the world. This red ‘clone’ is just as sweet as the original William’s pear but with the added attraction of red skin. Slightly more dwarf than the original, Red William pan set a crop on its own and will act as a good
Sharon Fruit ‘Fuyu’
Increasingly available – although not cheaply – in supermarkets, the persimmon or Sharon fruit originated in China, where it has long been associated with good health. This non-astringent type will produce abundant crops of sweet-tasting, attractive yellow orange fruits that hang on the tree, ripening well into December, long after the leaves have fallen. A
Pluot ‘Purple Candy’
The perfect partner to Aprium Cot ‘n’ Candy, this cross is 2/3 plum and 1/3 apricot! With the fragrant taste of an apricot and the juicyness of a plum, fruits are as large as a peach and deliciously flavoursome
Pomegranate ‘Provence’
Often associated with more tropical climates, the pomegranate actually has exceptional resistance to low temperatures – down to as low as -15 ºC and can be reliably grown in the UK. Enjoy the sweet-sharp fruit flesh or use the fragrant pomegranate ‘kernels’ to make a fragrant juice which is shown to have many health-giving properties.
Raspberry ‘Glen Coe’ (Summer Fruiting)
Make jam with Glen Coe raspberries and you’ll enjoy the natural sweetness, intense flavour and rich colour of this unusual purple-fruiting variety. A summer fruiting raspberry that’s ideal for the garden; vigorous, spine-free and with resistance to verticillium wilt disease, Glen Coe will produce a high-yielding, multi-stemmed clump, even in smaller gardens
Windowsill Planter
A mini greenhouse for the kitchen windowsill! This brilliant planter means that you can easily grow salad leaves or herbs all year round. Three handy compartments allow you to grow a selection of herbs and leaves – whatever takes your fancy. Just sow and water your seeds, watch them grow – then enjoy!
Strawberry ‘Buddy’ (Everbearer/ All Season)
Finally, an everbearing strawberry with all the sweetness of a June bearing variety! Supermarket favourite, Buddy has it all – heavy crops, quality berries and fabulous flavour. This exciting new strawberry variety will provide a continuous supply of large, deep red berries from late June through to October. From breeding at world renowned East Malling,
Rose ‘Blue Eyes’ (Floribunda Rose)
Highly sought after new rose with almost peony-like blooms of up to 10cm (4in) across which repeat all summer. Unusual colouring, particularly the deep blue-purple central blotch, healthy foliage and a fabulous scent make this wonderful rose a real head-turner
Arbutus unedo ‘Compacta’
Highly unusual, the Strawberry Tree produces sweetly fragrant, lily of the valley-like flowers and tasty, bright red fruits that take almost a year to ripen! So next year’s blooms are out when the fruits are reddening to ripeness, creating a fabulous display! With a taste similar to guava, the fruits are delicious eaten fresh, made
Polianthes tuberosa ‘The Pearl’
Spikes of intensely fragrant, waxy white flowers are produced throughout summer, which make enthralling cut flowers. The semi-double, fragrant tuberose flowers of this relatively unknown bulb are carried above narrow, lance shapes leaves. Polianthes tuberosa requires a minimum temperature of 15°C (59°F) so it is ideal for a heated greenhouse or conservatory. It can also
Strawberry ‘Elegance’ (Mid Season)
A fabulous garden variety producing enormous, tasty strawberries that are up to 30% bigger than the supermarket standard, with a high percentage of Class 1 fruits. Strawberry ‘Elegance’ has good tolerance to powdery mildew and verticillium wilt, and tolerates most soils and situations. This magnificent strawberry is easy to grow for a delicious mid season
