Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Apple ‘Herefordshire Russet’
Relatively small eating apples with a distinctive russet skin and an aromatic Cox-like flavour ? somewhat unusual for an apple of this type! Apple ?Herefordshire Russet? is a modern dessert variety producing good yields of fruit from well shaped trees that have a fairly vigorous habit.
Apple ‘Sunset’
With many similarities to Cox, Apple ?Sunset? makes an excellent alternative for garden production. The flavour is sharp and intense, while the skins share the same characteristic red-stripes and orange flush that is so typical of English dessert apples. However this variety is much easier to grow and produces far better yields.
Corylus maxima ‘Kentish Cob’
Hazelnut ‘Kentish Cob’ is probably the best-known UK variety and easiest to grow in the garden. This attractive, bushy tree produces a mass of yellow-green catkins in the early spring followed a heavy crop of cobnuts in from September.
Cherry ‘Kordia’
A recent introduction, Cherry ?Kordia? is a superb eating variety that is notable for its particularly large fruits. Dark-purple cherries with a mouth-watering sweetness are produced in abundance for harvesting in early August. The fruits tend to resist splitting, even in wet summers, ensuring that you have a top quality crop.
Apple ‘Cox Self Fertile’
Apple ?Cox Self Fertile’ produces juicy, crisp dessert fruits that are similar to ?Cox?s Orange Pippin?, but without the need for a pollination partner. This self fertile variety is rapidly gaining popularity for its late crop of aromatic eating apples that can be harvested from late September into October.
Crab Apple ‘Nuvar Marble’
Crab Apple ‘Nuvar Marble? is a modern, British-bred variety that looks magnificent in autumn. The large, orange fruits are blushed red with glossy skins that glow in the autumn sunshine. This variety ripens early, giving you plenty of opportunity to make delicious Crab Apple jelly.
Kiwi ‘Solissimo’
Like all Kiwi’s, this is a vigorous climber that will require a large, sunny wall to grow against. In return, Kiwi ‘Solissimo’ will reward you with plenty of small, round Kiwi fruits that can be harvested late in the year, after the first frosts. The flavour is deliciously sweet and makes a lovely addition to
Agapanthus Blue & White Collection
This magnificent mix combines blue Agapanthus ‘Queen of the Ocean’ and white Agapanthus ‘Polar Ice’ for a striking two tone display. In summer, these impressive perennials lend their stature to borders and patio containers, where their architectural seed heads continue the display well into autumn.
Cherry ‘Sunburst’
Regarded to be the finest tasting dessert apple, the rich aromatic flavour and crisp, juicy texture set this apple apart from other varieties. Apple ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin’ produces medium sized, orange-red fruits with thin skins.
Lily ‘Black Jewel’
Rare and mysterious, black flowers always generate interest and fascination amongst collectors, as well as amateur growers. ‘Black Jewel’ is one of the darkest lilies currently available, and is a luxurious and expensive favourite of florists.
Cherry ‘Morello’
Cherry ?Morello? is the best known of the cooking cherries, with very juicy dark red fruits for making pies, jams, wine or cherry brandy. The fruits are sharply acidic when fresh, but cook to a deep, rich cherry flavour.
Iris ‘Metallic Mixture’
Easy to grow and very easy on the eye, these great value iris will last for years. This collection includes some of the newer types with almost ‘futuristic’ colouring and markings.
Fig ‘Dalmatie’
Well suited to the British climate, Fig ?Dalmatie? is one of the hardiest cultivars for a south facing wall. This well regarded variety produces some of the largest fruits with rich amber flesh and a superb flavour.
Potato ‘Anya’
Second early. A ‘Desiree? × ‘Pink Fir Apple? cross with a nutty flavour, creamy flesh colour and smoother tubers than ‘Pink Fir Apple?.
Hyacinth ‘Midnight Mystic’®
Rare and highly sought after, this is the first and original breakthroughblack hyacinth! Available again due to popular demand – you won’t find this variety for sale anywhere else! Launched to a frenzy of interest at the Chelsea Flower Show in 2005, Hyacinth ‘Midnight Mystic’ was soon completely sold out. Try it in contemporary silver
Hemerocallis ‘Strawberry Candy’
Sumptuous coral pink blooms with strawberry red centres are carried above dense clumps of strap-like foliage from early summer. Hemerocallis ?Strawberry Candy? is a fabulous re-blooming variety which begins flowering early in the season and produces further flushes throughout the summer.
Crab Apple ‘Prairifire’
The most stunning of Crab Apple trees maybe? Malus ‘Prairifire’ boasts reddish-magenta blossom in spring, accompanied by purple foliage which later turns green. Maroon, cone shaped fruits follow, which mature in autumn and persist well into winter.
Pluot ‘Pink Candy’®
A superb RHS AGM variety that makes a fantastic cooking apple and a delicious dessert apple too! Harvest the fruits in early September for refreshingly sharp apples that hold their shape well during cooking. A few weeks later the fruits mature, taking on a sweet flavour and soft texture that makes the perfect dessert fruit.
Muscari armeniacum
The classic Grape Hyacinth – Muscari armeniacum produces densely packed spikes of tiny deep blue flowers throughout Spring. Easy to grow, this charming spring bulb quickly naturalises to form dense carpets of colour and has been awarded an RHS AGM.
Lavender ‘Antibes’
Delightfully compact, Lavender ?Antibes? bears masses of mauve purple flower spikes topped with pink bracts that are characteristic of French Lavenders. Its upright, non-branching stems are covered with silver-green aromatic foliage that remains evergreen.
