Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Zinnia elegans ‘Molino Mixed’
Attractive windmill like (Molino) single blooms in a wide range of colours. These compact, bushy freeflowering plants are ideal for adding to bedding displays. Outstanding garden performance and excellent value.
Sarcococca hookeriana var. digyna
For a really powerful winter fragrance Sarcococca hookeriana digyna will not disappoint, as it fills your garden with a dramatic aroma right through the cold season from clusters of small, creamy-white flowers. Extremely tough and resilient, Sweet Box can be grown as a low hedge similar to other Box, but works just as well in
Broccoli ‘Sibsey’ (Bellaverde®) F1 Hybrid (Calabrese)
So sweet you can eat the stems raw! A true pure broccoli similar in look to Cima di rapa (wild broccoli). Expect three or four harvests per plant.
Brussels Sprout ‘Red Bull’
This eye-catching red-buttoned variety is a British improved selection of Rubine with easy to pick, well spaced, medium-sized buttons, maturing from November to January – so ideal for your Christmas festivities. Taste is more mild and nutty compared to standard green buttons.
Chinese Leaves ‘Vitimo’ F1 Hybrid (Summer/Autumn)
From new breeding in Chinese Cabbage, this tasty variety produces particularly compact, upright barrel heads which can be planted as close as 30cm (12) apart – perfect for smaller vegetable plots. Each barrel head has attractive dark green outer leaves and a contrasting yellow heart that will add crunch to salads and stir fries.
Cabbage ‘Cabbice’ F1 Hybrid
An intensely sweet cabbage variety producing thick crisp leaves, just perfect for use in salads and coleslaws. This cabbage will perform in almost any free-draining soils.
Carrot ‘Purple Sun’ F1 Hybrid
Commercially assessed in mainland Europe, the roots are intense in colour and sweetness and contain high levels of healthy antioxidents, making Purple Sun a suitable variety for juicing. Breeding developments mean that this variety has stronger disease resistance, and more uniform roots than older purple carrot varieties.Purple carrots have long been a favourite with Prince
Spinach ‘Violin’ F1 Hybrid
An excellent new hybrid suitable for both ‘traditional wider spacing’ to produce voluminous mid-green, flat mature leaves for steaming, or for baby leaves if planted with closer spacing. Excellent downy mildew resistance so the sowing and harvesting season can be extended throughout the spring, summer and autumn.
Tomato ‘Romello’ F1 Hybrid
Long clusters of deliciously sweet, plum-shaped cherry tomatoes will smother your Tomato Romello plants from July to October. But that’s not all! This wonder tomato has exceptional resistance to late blight. The fruits stand up well against cracking and they even grow on the outside of the plants, making it easy for you to pick
Wallflower ‘Persian Carpet’ – Kew Collection Seeds
Wallflower ‘Persian Carpet’ is a reliable variety that will create a living tapestry in beds and borders. These perfumed, bushy plants are best grown as a hardy biennial, providing fabulous upright flower spikes which are loved by pollinating insects.
Dahlia variabilis ‘Dandy Improved Mixed’
Finally a florist’s favourite available to the home gardener! Years of selection mean we can bring you the best range of colours and flower forms.
Daucus carota ‘Dara’
Discovered by chance at our trial grounds, this ornamental wild carrot is something really different for your borders. The airy blooms appear in lovely shades of pink and burgundy, with the occasional white flower found on traditional carrots. Daucus carota ‘Dara’ adds height and a soft, hazy feel to cottage garden borders and wildlife gardens.
Dianthus amurensis ‘Siberian Blues’
Compact, bushy mounds of bluish evergreen foliage erupt into a sea of mauve-blue flowers in late spring and are the closest yet to a true blue Dianthus. Ideal planted in borders, rockeries and containers, flowering over a long period each summer for many, many years.
Lupin ‘Avalune Lilac’
An easy to grow annual lupin that flowers just 12 weeks after sowing, continuing through to September if deadheaded. Short flower spikes have a sweet pea like fragrance. Ideal for sowing in large drifts.
Nasturtium ‘Phoenix’
Nasturtium ‘Phoenix’ has a flower formation like no other – its high number of flame-like blooms have intriguing split petals AND it’s easy-to-grow.
Scabiosa ‘Blue’
Create a buzz in your garden with beautiful, nectar-rich Scabious ?Blue?. A wildlife garden essential loved for its ethereal, airy looks and also for being hugely popular with butterflies and bees.
Arum Lily
Architectural and striking, the Arum Lily will add an exotic touch to any garden. It has large, glossy, arrow-shaped leaves which remain semi-evergreen in mild winters. The unusual white, funnel-shaped flowers (spathes) are held on sturdy stems, and appear from May to July. Preferring lots of moisture, Zantedeschia aethiopica is best grown in reliably moist
Broad Bean ‘De Monica’
Be the first to harvest delicious broad beans! Ten years of breeding have produced De Monica, the earliest-maturing broad bean variety from a spring sowing. Ready to harvest at the same time as wintersown variety Aquadulce. A strong root system and an upright plant habit with 2-3 stems per plant produce high yields of 15cm
Antirrhinum majus ‘Circus Clowns’
This jolly mixture will brighten your garden! The attractive bicoloured blooms stand proud above rich green foliage. This medium height variety looks delightful planted en-masse in a sunny border or filling a large patio container, and the garden performance of ‘Circus Clowns’ is simply outstanding.
Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Cosimo Red-White’
The earliest flowering cosmos on our trials! Dwarf, bushy plants produce masses of attractive red and white bicolour blooms.
