Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Blueberry ‘Brigitta’ (Late season)
A late season variety producing large, light blue fruits on sturdy upright bushes that ripen towards the end of August. The firm, tasty fruits have a crisp texture making them ideal for freezing as well as eating fresh from the bush. Blueberry ‘Brigitta’ is ideal for growing with other blueberry varieties as it is not
Blackberry ‘Cacanska Bestrna’
Vigorous, super-hardy Blackberry ‘Cacanska Bestrnaproduces exceptionally large fruits that weigh over 10g each! The shiny fruits are long and cylindrical with a delicious fruity aroma and a rich, sweet flavour. With thornless stems and firm fruits that are easily separated from the plant, collecting your bumper harvest really couldn’t be simpler. The fruits of this
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
Pluot ‘Purple Candy’
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)
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
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’
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’
Pear ‘Red William’
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
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
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