Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Fuchsia Arborescens
A tender shrub fuchsia with large panicles of lightly fragrant cerise pink flowers in summer, followed by ornamental purple fruits. A decorous evergreen fuchsia, perfect for a large patio container or conservatory. Height: 180cm (72). Spread: 150cm (59).
Broccoli (Sprouting) Plants – F1 Bellaverde® Sibsey
Broccoli (Sprouting) Plants – F1 Bellaverde® Sibsey A unique, sweet-tasting stem broccoli! Broccoli ?F1 Bellaverde® Sibsey? is a popular sweet stem broccoli, you may well have bought this expensive broccoli in the supermarket, but it?s easy to grow your own! Grow these stunning broccoli plants in beds and borders. When the main head has been
Scabious Kudos White
Scabious Kudos White will be well covered in elegant white flowers from June to October, so you can have a long season from these hardy, pretty perennials. By deadheading, on a regular basis, you can prolong the flowering season and by leaving the last of the flowers they will turn into charming seedheads for interest
Jerusalem Artichoke Papas (6) Gourmet roots
Part of the Gourmet Roots collection – also known as ‘Sunchoke’. Easy to grow tubers which can be left in the ground over winter and harvested as wanted. Rich, nutty flavour, good to roast, sauté, bake or turn into soup. Tall plants, ideal to screen an unsightly area or compost heap. Plants sometimes produce attractive
Hydrangea Arborescens Candybelle® Bubblegum
Is the fair coming to town? No, it’s Hydrangea Candybelle Bubblegum! Admire the candy floss-like blooms of this show-stopping hydrangea. It produces large umbels of bubblegum pink flowers to contrast with its healthy green foliage. With sturdy stems and compact growth, this plant is ideal for those who want all the beauty of a hydrangea
Alstroemeria Allure
Peruvian lilies are easy to grow and make a colourful addition to borders and patio pots, loved by florists, alstroemerias offer vigorous flowers from early summer to the first frosts and make a long-lasting cut flower. Alstroemeria Allure has violet blooms with attractive dark flecks and a white centre. Height: up to 140cm (55). Spread:
Alstroemeria Nirvana
Alstroemeria Nirvana is a tall variety with deep scarlet flowers and dark flecks displaying a show of raspberry in the centre. Easy to grow, loved by florists for long-lasting cut flowers, Peruvian lilies flower from early summer to the first frosts. This tall variety is perfect for a feature border plant. Height: 140cm (55). Spread:
Buddleja Pink Cascade
Buddleja Pink Cascade makes a superb variety of shrubs with its weeping branches arches . The sweet-scented, pink flowers, loved by bees and butterflies makes it superb for attracting wildlife to your garden, plant it in a sunny position for the best result. Its unusual habit makes it a little different from the more commonly
Alstroemeria Beluga
Alstroemeria Beluga is a spectacular variety with bicoloured pink and yellow flowers. Easy to grow and loved by florists because they are a long-lasting cut flower, Peruvian lilies will bloom over a long season from early summer to the first frosts and make a colourful addition to borders and patio pots alike. Height: 75-100cm (30-39).
Grafted Tomato Plants – F1 Lizzano
Tomato Grafted Plants – F1 Lizzano The tomato plant with little effort and lots of fruit! The F1 Lizzano is a stunning cherry tomato variety, a bush type it will thrive in a sunny spot in the garden or large container. This tomato plant will produce enormous quantities of large cherry-sized deep red fruits. Not
Tilia Cordata
Tilia cordata is perfect for any boundary hedge, it is often seen planted as trees on avenues, branching is upright and increases in density with age, also known as Small Leaved Lime it is perfect for hedges and screening. In summer small white flowers appear standing out against dark green leaves, later the leaves slowly
Thuja plicata Plant – Atrovirens
This fast-growing evergreeen conifer is ideal for hedges and can tolerate shade. Its aromatic dark green colour provides a great backdrop and will even regenerate from the old wood when cut back which many conifers won’t. Thuja plicata Atrovirens can also be grown as a single specimen where an overall conical shape will be produced.
Tomato Plants – F1 Summerlast
Tomato Plants – F1 Summerlast The dwarf patio tomato that has a big impact! Watch out there’s a new variety in town… The F1 Summerlast is the new blight-resistant dawrf tomato that everyone can grow! A first for dwarf patio tomatoes, the Summerlast will harvest stunning fruits in large numbers. Great for growing in small outdoor spaces, on
Cucumber Grafted Socrates (3)
The vigorous, strong plants produce numerous mini, bitter-free cues around 15-18cm long. An ‘all-female’ variety best grown in a greenhouse or tunnel. Socrates is regarded as one of the best tasting cucumbers on the market today. Parthenocarpic (meaning it will fruit without pollination), extremely disease resistant and resistant to powdery mildew. One of the best
Chinese Artichoke Gourmet Roots – Conito
Part of the Gourmet Roots collection. Rarely seen vegetable and very easy to grow. Prolific and delicious, producing lots of knobbly roots. Crunchy and nutty in taste, they can be used instead of water chestnuts in stir-fries or raw in salads. No need to peel, just wash and enjoy. Leave tubers in the ground until
Cauliflower Clapton
An exceptional autumn cauliflower producing fine white curds that are well protected by leaves and matures over a period of weeks thus avoiding a glut. A delicious edible to enjoy roasted or steamed. Harvest August-November.
Cabbage Plants – F1 Kilazol
High quality, round headed white cabbage. Produces heads weighing between 1.5-2.5kg. Ideal for long term field standing and stores well in the fridge. Perfect for autumn harvesting.
Grafted Tomato Plants – Crimson Collection
Enjoy all four blight-resistant varieties! A new plum type tomato has been added to the crimson collection for 2021.
Sweet Corn Plants – Picasso
Probably the sweetest variety I have tasted! Unlike other sweetcorn, these produce purple flowers and the stalks & cob leaves are also tinged with purple making them very attractive. The bi-coloured cobs are around 20cm long and the kernels are incredibly tender and almost explode in your mouth. In fact, they are so juicy and
Sweet Corn Moonshine
The best tasting sweet corn on trials last year – super-sweet variety (SH2). Extra sweet and juicy, can even be eaten raw (where the juice runs down your chin). Excellent cob coverage. 3-5 cobs per plant. 15-20cm cobs. Harvest August-September. Height 150-200cm (59-79); spread 30-40cm (12-16).
