Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Eryngium Blue Hobbit
Eryngium ‘Blue Hobbit’ is a unique, dwarf Eryngium, which can be grown in a patio pot. The 30cm (12") plants become top-heavy in midsummer, with sprays of nearly 100 inky-blue flowers, they are attractive to pollinators and ideal for cutting.
Aster Plants – Tonga
Bring splashes of brilliant colours late summer into autumn, it forms a neat dome of slender green foliage, this hardy perennial becomes smothered in beautiful purple flowers from late August to October. With a compact, dwarf habit this is perfect for beds, borders and containers, with very little maintenance throughout the year. Height and spread:
Dorotheanthus Gelato Lemon Shades
Also known as a ‘Livingstone Daisy’; ‘Gelato Yellow Shades’ is a tender, mat-forming to trailing annual with cylindrical, ovate to spoon-shaped, fleshy, light green leaves and, throughout summer, daisy-like flowers in shades of yellow. Sow in a propagator on a windowsill or in a greenhouse at approximately 15-18°C (60-65°F) onto a good quality, finely sieved,
Cabbage Pointed Merlin
A pointed cabbage that stands out from the crowd. UK bred, it holds well when mature, shows good resistance to white blister and, importantly, tastes delicious too. Average head weight 475g.
Anemone Pulsatilla
Award-winning Pulsatilla vulgaris. Showy bell-shaped blossoms of bright purple contrast beautifully against the luminous golden-yellow stamens. Its silky foliage remains attractive throughout the growing season. These low growers self-seed making for more seasonal interest. Height and spread: 20cm (8").
Broccoli F1 Arcadia
Calabrese variety which is fast-growing and deep-rooted, producing smooth, fine green broccoli heads in summer and autumn.
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
Acer Palmatum Sangokaku
Acer Sango-Kaku is a showstopper! Provides dramatic autumn colour as well as perfect structure. This RHS AGM winner is the most well known Coral-bark Maple. Coral-red branches form alongside pinkish-yellow lobed leaves. As the plant matures its stem turns a vibrant red colour. Once the leaves have fallen these vibrant stems sparkle in the winter
Cosmos Plants – Cupcakes and Saucers Mix
This elegant blend of Cosmos brings together a variety of flower forms and gentle pastel shades. From the daisy-like blooms of traditional Cosmos to the unique, fused petals of Cosmos ‘Cupcakes’ and everything in between! Height: 120cm (48"). Spread: 60cm (24").
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).
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).
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
