Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Dianthus caryophyllus Grenadin Mixed
The Dianthus caryophyllus Grenadin Mixed is an industrious perennial forming a neat mound of evergreen foliage. From early summer through to autumn plenty of scented, fully double, flowers emerge. A border Pink Carnation with strong stems, make Grenadin Mixed a glorious cut flower with fragrant displays. Perfect for borders, pots and containers for a radiant
Tomato Principe Borghese
Egg sized, midi plum-shaped fruit. Tomato Principe Borghese has a characteristic sharp taste as vine ripened fruits for salad and ideal as a sun-dried variety. A huge cropping tomato over the season. Bush variety.
Garlic Bulbs – Carcossonne Wight
Exceptional, pink cloved hardneck garlic showing great vigour in UK climate. Most successful of all hardnecks in UK with good skin cover, great strength of flavour coupled with a superior (in our opinion) bouquet and character. This variety was probably brought to Carcassonne by pilgrims travelling from the east on their way to Compostela. 8/12
Rose ‘Arthur Bell’
Rose ‘Arthur Bell’ The beautifully formed buds on Rose ‘Arthur Bell’ open in summer to reveal large, semi double flowers in a perfectly subtle shade of yellow. It is a true classic among roses, flowering continuously all summer and also has a lovely scent. This really is a must have rose. Height 100cm (39). Spread:
Amaryllis Collection
These fabulous winter flowering bulbs add a stunning focal point to any room. Coming in four different colours, they can be grown outdoors when all risk of frost has past, making them perfect for creating a summer display on your patio. Collection comprises: Amaryllis ‘Minerva’ – An eye-catching Hippeastrum producing vibrant red blooms with a central
Verbascum Dark Eyes
Verbascum Dark Eyes Perfect for summery bouquets of colourful flowers! A compact variety with short spires, Verbascum ‘Dark Eyes’ (Mullein) is a must-have addition to the front of a border or for displaying in patio containers and helping to create the quintessential cottage garden look. This is a look which many gardeners aspire to portray
Trachelospermum jasminoides Plant – Star of Toscane
A new and attractive woody, evergreen climber with rich, dark green leaves which often turn bronze in winter. Unlike its well established and much-loved relative, its flowers are yellow (from creamy to buttery), but they still have the same sweet perfume. These appear in clusters over a long period from summer to autumn. Flowers June-August.
N Pygmaea Helvola
Prolific tiny star-shaped soft flowers. It has the smallest flowers of any hardy nymphaea. Plant in still water away from splashing fountains. Lower gradually so the leaves can stretch to the surface within a few days. Remove dead leaves and flowers during the growing season. Flowers June-September. Minimum depth 15cm; maximum depth 40cm. Minimum spread
Poppy (Organic) Seeds – Mix
Mixed Poppy is a delightful mixture of single and double poppies with a wide variety of colours and shapes. The colours vary from cream to orange and from pink to red, with or without a white rim. There are both single as double flowers. Loved by bees. Flowers June-August. Height 40-50cm (16-20); spread 30-40 (12-16).
Acer Bi Hoo
This stunning Japanese maple provides year round interest with its golden yellow bark, as leaves emerges a gorgeous salmon colour in spring they soon take on a yellow-green colour and ending with a lovely orange tinge. This makes a fantastic stand-alone specimen tree as late seasonal interest as the yellow bark seems to glow in
Nicotiana (Organic) Seeds – Mix
This ornamental tobacco mix produces sweetly scented blooms in a range of bright colours. Bees and other pollinators will love it! Flowers June-September. Height 75cm (30).
Cornflower (Organic) Seeds – Double Blue
Rich and brilliant blue flowers all summer long – and the bees will love it as much as you do! Flowers June-September. Height 75cm (30).
Tomato (Organic) Seeds – Reisetomate
Tomato (Organic) Seeds – Reisetomate Enjoy growing this rare and unique tomato, perfect for snacking The Tomato Reisetomate is a spectacular variety of tomato that is rare and rather unique. Producing an unusual shaped fruit the Tomato Reisetomate actually produces several cherry sized- tomatoes that fuse together to create one large fruit! Not commonly sold
Squash & Pumpkin (Organic) Seeds – Tuffy
Delicious acorn squash for baking, with sweet yellow flesh. Black-green thick skin with distinctive ribbing. Bears 5-6 fruits per plant.
Wild Rocket (Organic) Seeds
Much thinner-leaved than the cultivated variety, but with a more pungent peppery flavour. Less prone to bolt. A perennial, but best grown as an annual.
Pea (Organic) Seeds – Norli Sugar Pea
Small deep green pods with delicious flavour, best picked when 5cm long. The true French green mangetout. Resistant to fusarium wilt.
Onion Salad (Organic) Seeds – Ishikura Bunching
A delicious Japanese bunching salad/spring onion, with long white stems (does not form bulbs). Earthing up will increase the length of the white portion. High in dietary fibre and vitamins, it’s ideal in salads and stir-fries. Crops just 10 weeks from sowing.
Lettuce (Organic) Seeds – Mix
A mix of Red Salad Bowl, Suzan, Marvel of Four Seasons and Little Leprechaun all in one packet. Cut at 10cm high for baby leaf or allow to fully grow.
Carrot (Organic) Seeds – Rainbow Mix
A colourful mix of maincrop carrots. White, purple and yellow varieties, mixed to sow and harvest together. Carrots are high in vitamin A.
Escallonia Plant – Pink Elle Noble
Larger than average heads of pink flowers form in abundance at the ends of the branches of this compact evergreen shrub in early summer. Usually, in early autumn there is a second, less prolific flush that will add another shot of colour to the shrub border. The foliage is a rich glossy green, and this
