Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Anemone sylvestris
The ‘snowdrop anemone’ is an attractive hardy perennial that adorns the garden with beautiful white, fragrant flowers every spring. This subtle show makes an excellent foil for spring bulbs and its carefree nature means that it will gradually naturalise and spread. You will be pleased as it eventually produces drifts – and if one thing
Hebe ‘Champagne’
If you?re looking for a low maintenance plant for your garden, Hebe ?Champagne? is a worthy candidate. With a long flowering time, bee-friendly flowers and year-round structural interest, these undemanding evergreens really do have it all.
Candytuft ‘Pink Ice’
Candytuft ‘Pink Ice’ is a hardworking shrubby perennial evergreen plant that is happy in poor soil. It’s suited to rockeries, the front of sunny borders and to enhance the tops of walls. The pretty little pink and white flowers have a sweet scent that will attract beneficial insects. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 50cm (20).
Monarda didyma ‘Cranberry Lace’
Monarda didyma ‘Cranberry Lace’ is an awesome summer flower, with twirls of spidery, scarlet blooms consisting of tubular petals. This Bergamot has aromatic foliage that will encourage bees and other pollinators into your garden, making it perfect for cottage gardens where it forms into easy to grow, dense clumps. A favourite for cut flower arrangements,
Wallflower ‘Bowles’s Mauve’
Wallflower ‘Bowles Mauve’ flowers from February right through to midsummer, and well deserves its RHS AGM. A relatively short-lived hardy perennial, ‘Bowles Mauve’ is unbeatable for flower power, producing masses of mauve blooms above clumps of grey-green, evergreen foliage. This tough little Eryisimum is versatile and undemanding, coping in even the poorest of soils. It’s
Hebe ‘Wild Romance’
This new variety is perpetually changing ? little wonder that it is already charming UK gardeners! Young, new growth at the stem tips is cerise pink in late spring, creating a bold contrast with the mature cream and green leaves lower down the stems. As winter approaches, the leaves darken to rich maroon-red.
Edgeworthia chrysantha
This special shrub is an early feature in the garden as the flowering period is February till April. The flower starts as dozens of silky white buds which shimmer in the winter sunshine, then open up to reveal richly perfumed canary yellow flowers atop the bare stems. Edgeworthia chrysantha ‘Grandiflora’ is an unusual and striking
Rhubarb ‘Victoria’ (Spring/Autumn Planting)
The greenish-pink stems of Rhubarb ‘Victoria’ have tender flesh with an excellent balance of sweetness and acidity. Once established, this popular, traditional variety will produce a heavy crop, year after year. Height: 60cm (24"). Spread: 120cm (48"). These young plants will quickly mature, resulting in crowns big enough to harvest from 2 years after planting
Dicentra spectabilis
Eye catching heart shaped pink flowers are the stand-out feature of this entrancing perennial plant that lives up to it’s common name of Bleeding Heart. The flowers hang in rows from gracefully arched branches against a backdrop of finely-cut leaves which will form increasing larger clumps year after year. The rose pink blooms will appear
Sedum ‘Herbstfreude’
Sedum are a magnet for butterflies in the garden; and are reliable, hardy and always colourful! Sedum ‘Herbstfreude’ forms a clump, with drought tolerant, fleshy foliage, and pink autumn blooms.
Weigela florida ‘Monet’
Weigela florida ‘Monet’ is perfect for smaller gardens, with a compact, mounding habit. A new variety in 2015, this colourful deciduous shrub is surprisingly tough and is a reliable choice for patio containers and the front of sunny borders. Its soft pink flowers appear from late spring, complementing the variegated foliage, which is edged in
Salvia ‘Sahara Red’
Outstanding bedding salvia, dark green foliage, bright red blooms. Plants have exceptional vigour providing a longer lasting display than other red salvias.
Iris bucharica
Flourishes of yellow and white blooms stand atop leafy stems and will grace your garden year after year. April-blooming and hassle free, this iris is seldom seen in the UK and is sure to be the envy of visitors to your garden! Looks great planted in groups between paving or in rock gardens.
Callicarpa bodinieri var. giraldii ‘Profusion’
Just because your summer flowering plants have faded, it doesn’t mean you should have to put up with a dull garden!
Gaura lindheimeri ‘Sparkle White’
More compact and earlier flowering than traditional gaura. ‘Sparkle White’ offers slender stems topped with a flurry of dazzling white starry blooms. This clump forming variety has a neat habit perfect for front of border or path edging. Once established, it even copes well during periods of drought. Still looks fresh at the end of
Foxglove ‘Mountains Mixed’ – Kew Collection Seeds
After the success of Foxglove Candy Mountain, flower breeders have developed this beautiful and striking mixture with the same unique upward facing flowers. Sturdy stems with masses of blooms create a truly eye-catching display in borders and will attract bees to its easy-to-enter flowers.
Delphinium ‘Summer Blues’
Delphinium ?Summer Blues? is a charming dwarf variety forming a pleasing, well branched plant. The sky blue flowers appear above a bushy clump of finely cut foliage that gives a delicate lacy appearance.
Leek ‘Bulgaarse Reuzen – Lincoln’
If you can’t wait for the autumn leek harvest, use Leek Lincoln to bring your crops into summer! An early spring sowing will lead to medium sized clean white shanks for picking in late summer. With little risk of bolting and inbuilt disease resistance, it also stands well in the soil for harvest right through
Radish ‘Mars’ F1 Hybrid
If you like an ornamental quality to the veg patch, or for the show bench, you’ll appreciate the neat leafy tops and uniform bright red roots of Radish Mars F1. More importantly you’ll love this mild tasting radish for its crisp, juicy texture and visual appeal on the plate. This radish is easy to grow
Pansy ‘Tasty Mixed’ F1 Hybrid
Like most Viola plants, the pretty flowers of Pansy ‘Tasty Mixed’ are perfectly edible. These hardy summer pansies have been specially selected for their flavoursome blooms which have a mild, sweet and peppery taste.
