Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
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.
Tomato ‘Akron’ F1 Hybrid
This heavy weight tomato has performed superbly in RHS Wisley growing trials, coming out tops against 31 other varieties. We were amazed at the heavy crops at the end of the trial period. Each plant produced an average of 69 fruits under greenhouse conditions each weighing an average 109g (3¾oz). For the longest cropping season
Climbing Bean Mixed
Stringless and packed with flavour, Climbing Bean Mixed is the result of the latest climbing mangetout breeding. Producing high yields of straight, 25cm (10in) pods right through the summer, which hold in prime condition over a much longer period than older, more traditional varieties. This mix of three varieties will give you a range of
Nasturtium majus ‘Cream Troika’
Sow directly into hanging baskets, window boxes and pots. This stunning nasturtium has been specially bred for containers, rewarding you with a glorious tumbling habit. They’re so easy to grow, and will romp away all summer long with spotted blooms and marbled foliage. Mix it with your other favourite basket plants or plant it as
Dwarf Bean ‘Mascotte’ – Kew Collection Seeds
A compact, floriferous ‘daisy’ type perfect for small plots, decorative veg displays and patio/window pots. Each plant produces a mass of flowers leading to 13-15cm (5-6in) very slender, mid-green, stringless pencil pods that set at the top of the plant for easy picking. Mascotte crops over a long season and has excellent eating quality.
Sunflower ‘Tanja’ F1 Hybrid
Sow directly outdoors – ready to flower in 12 weeks, the multibranching habit produces several blooms on one plant, ideal for the border and to cut for a vase.
Courgette ‘Shooting Star’ F1 Hybrid
British breeding and a world first in climbing golden skinned courgettes. Shooting Star makes a stunning space-saving plant when grown up a trellis/arch. Group 3 plants together to ensure good pollination and tie in stems regularly to support the weight of fruits. The fruits have a higher ‘dry matter’ (less watery) than many varieties so
Rocket ‘Astra’
Taking the place of popular Skyrocket, Astra is both quicker to grow and more vigorous, even under poor weather and soil conditions. The serrated leaves have the traditional peppery taste.
Bupleurum rotundifolium ‘Green Gold’
Back by popular demand! What a beauty this is in the border! Pop in a sunny or lightly shaded area and its form and colouring are simply magnificent. Bupleurum is an intriguing and useful annual with flowers like a euphorbia and leaves like a eucalyptus. Ideal for use in vase displays or interplanting with tall
Cornflower ‘Classic Magic’
A stylish mix of single and semi-double blooms in rich shades of blackcurrant, purple shades, and a lilac and white bicolour. Annual Cornflower ‘Classic Magic’ is an easy to grow, cottage garden favourite that is ideal for creating a long flowering display in borders, or when used as a cut flower. Height: 100cm (40). Spread:
Zinnia marylandica ‘Zahara Sunburst’
The first ever red & yellow bicoloured bedding zinnia from seed. Large blooms for a bedding zinnia on dwarf compact and free-flowering plants with outstanding garden performance. Also shows good disease resistance. Stunning towards the front of borders or in containers.
Sunflower ‘Helios Flame’ F1 Hybrid
Easy and fun to grow with outstanding garden performance as well as being an attractive cut flower variety with an excellent vase life. Rich bicolour blooms stand aloft tall strong stems, shinning out like a beacon, adding height and interest to borders.
Antirrhinum majus pumilum ‘Magic Carpet’ – Kew Collection Seeds
Summer ground cover to banish those weeds for good! A favourite when I was a child, I couldn’t get enough of the small ‘snapdragon’ blooms, opening and closing them like little puppets in my hand!
Sweet Pea ‘Patio Mixed’ – Kew Collection Seeds
Thompson & Morgan is delighted to work alongside the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to offer special seed collections to home gardeners
Lilac ‘Bloomerang’ Duo
Enjoy the flowers and fragrance of lilac for months! Most lilac bushes bloom for just a few weeks in spring ? but Lilac ‘Bloomerang’ flowers from spring to summer, and again from late summer to the first frosts, taking just a short break during the hottest weeks of the summer. With a dwarf, mound forming
Sweet Pea ‘King Size Navy Blue’
A choice variety for its extraordinarily dark navy-blue flowers and superb, intense fragrance. Sweet Pea ?King Size Navy Blue? bears up to 5 large, frilled blooms on each slender stem, making this an excellent cut flower for filling small vases with just a few stems.
Annual Early Flowering Mixed
This fast-flowering annual mix contains a wonderful range of varieties which will flower at different times creating an ever-changing display. Blooming well into September and attracting all sorts of insects and butterflies, the mix includes cosmos, calendula, coreopsis, centaurea and gypsophila amongst others.
Carrot ‘Cosmic Purple’
Stunning on the plate or in the salad bowl, this carrot variety sports purple skin and bright orange coreless flesh. Tapering 18cm (7in) roots are tender and delicious whether eaten raw or cooked. Sowings in May and June will produce roots for storing over winter. Roots are easy to lift thanks to their strong foliage.
Nigella papillosa ‘Delft Blue’
Striking and unusual blue, grey blooms reminiscent of the famous Dutch ‘Delft Blue’ pottery. An easy to grow annual, delightful sown direct as large drifts in borders. The tall flower stems are followed by intriguing seed pods ideal for cutting and arranging, fresh or dried.
Spinach ‘Perpetual’ (Start-A-Garden™ Range)
A continuous crop of quality, succulent leaves ideal for autumn and winter cropping. Hardly ever runs to seed in the first season and therefore good on dry ground. Full of nutrients and goodness.
