Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Apple ‘Jonagold’
Apple ‘Jonagold’ is a dual purpose apple variety that originated in New York. The fruits are particularly large with pale green-yellow skins that are flushed with red. The flesh is crisp with a creamy-white colour. The flavour is a combination of sweetness and sharpness with a rich aromatic taste.
Hardy Geranium Mixed
From beginners to experienced growers, there are few gardeners that can resist the charms of a hardy Geranium! This collection brings together a range of popular varieties that will blooms from late spring onwards, filling your borders with colour and attracting pollinating insects to the garden.
Peach ‘Redhaven’
Peach ?Redhaven? is a popular variety producing good crops of particularly flavoursome fruits in early August. The rosy-skinned peaches have a rich, intense flavour with firm, yellow flesh and a free stone that falls cleanly away from the flesh.
Ipheion Mixed
Clumps of bright green foliage emerge in the autumn followed by an abundance of colourful star-shaped flowers in spring. The flowers have a delightfully sweet honey fragrance whilst the leaves have a more unusual onion like scent when crushed. , ideal for borders and patio containers where these easy to grow bulbs will provide you
Tulip and Muscari ‘Purple Rain Mix’
This stunning mix of two classic spring varieties brings an opulent, professional display to your spring garden. By combining two types of mauve and light purple tulips with the ever popular grape hyacinth we?ve come up with a colour combination that?s a sure-fire winner!
Grape ‘Lakemont’
Ideal for a sunny, south facing wall in the garden, Grape ?Lakemont? is a white, seedless grape with an excellent sweet, muscat flavour. The oval fruits are produced in large clusters that can be harvested in September.
Onion ‘Stuttgarter Giant’ (Spring Planting)
Spring planting. An ever popular variety producing firm, semi-flat bulbs with an excellent flavour. Onion ‘Stuttgarter Giant’ performed well in commercial assessments against ‘Red Baron’. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 15cm (6)
Pear ‘Obelisk’
Perfect for the smaller garden, Pear ?Obelisk? is a dwarf with an upright, columnar habit that requires less space than most varieties. Better still, it is self-fertile so you won?t need a pollination partner to ensure good crops. The sweet dessert fruits are green with a pleasing red flush, crunchy flesh and a mild flavour.
Pear ‘Onward’
A superb garden variety that produces yellow-green fruits with orange flushed skins. The creamy, white flesh is soft, sweet and juicy, reminiscent of its parent variety ?Doyenne du Commice?. Pear ?Onward? is a reliable cropper that grows well in the UK, with blossom that seems to resist the spring frosts every time.
Tulip ‘Queensday’
Named after the brightly coloured outfits worn in Holland on the national holiday ‘Queen?s Day?. This resplendent, peony-flowered Tulip flowers with gusto in April and May. The fully double blooms are a bold orange colour, blushed with raspberry pink and pale gold.
Tulip ‘Blue Diamond’
A showy variety, boasting large, fully double, purple blooms with a lustrous, silvery sheen. Tulip ‘Blue Diamond? packs a real punch in spring borders, lasting longer than many varieties. Plant them in patio containers, beds and borders where they will associate beautifully with paler coloured varieties.
Tulip ‘Caribbean Parrot’
The ‘must have’ variety for tulip lovers everywhere, ‘Caribbean Parrot’ will brighten up the spring garden with its fiery-edged petals. New to our range and often difficult to find, order yours now to be sure to get your hands on some!
Crab Apple ‘Red Sentinel’
A particularly attractive crab apple producing a profusion of white blossom in May, followed by yellow fruits blushed with red that deepen to a dark glossy scarlet in time for Christmas. Crab Apple ‘Red Sentinel’ makes an attractive and productive specimen tree for smaller gardens, with a long season of interest.
Grape ‘Chardonnay’
One of the most popular white wine grapes with a lovely sweet flavour. This versatile variety produces excellent crops of white grapes in September which are sweet enough to be eaten straight from the vine or made into a refreshing juice. Grape ‘Chardonnay’ is self fertile and hardy, fruiting reliably in the UK.
Pear ‘Red Sensation Bartlett’
Visually stunning, Pear ‘Red Sensation Bartlett’ is a natural mutation of the popular variety ?Williams? Bon Chretien?. The spring foliage is a tinted red, giving this variety plenty of ornamental appeal. The fruits have deep maroon red skins which contrast beautifully with the creamy-white flesh.
Apple ‘Charles Ross’
A versatile variety with plenty of uses. Apple ‘Charles Ross’ is predominantly grown as an eating apple with an orangey tang, reminiscent of Cox. When cooked it retains its shape, making lovely baked apples and apple tarts. Can also be juiced, or blended with other varieties to provide a sharp acidity to ciders.
Apple ‘Rosette’
Beneath its glossy red skins, lies unusual pink flesh that makes this an intriguing and exciting variety. Apple ?Rosette? has both style and substance ? the flesh has a sweet flavour with a good level of acidity, and wont brown once cut, making it ideal for salads.
Apple ‘Bardsey Island’
Propagated from a single parent apple tree which was discovered in 1998 on the remote Bardsey Island, just off the coast of North Wales. This very old fruit tree was found to be a completely unique new variety.
Apple ‘Blenheim Orange’
An old favourite among heritage apples and widely grown across the UK. Apple ‘Blenheim Orange’ produces large, handsome fruits with orange-red striped skins, a slightly nutty flavour and a soft texture.
