Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Lamb’s Lettuce ‘Favor’
Indispensable salad plant, regularly included in mixed leaves in supermarket packs, but also tasty as a steamed vegetable. The rich green, slightly nutty but mild-flavoured leaves are packed with vitamins and nutrients.
Carrot ‘Bangor’ F1 Hybrid
Heavy yields of high quality, large cylindrical roots make Carrot ‘Bangor’ one of the best maincrop varieties for the gardener. The large roots have a good core colour and excellent flavour, reaching up to 25cm in length. This RHS AGM variety resists greening and cracking. Carrot ‘Bangor’ will store well after harvesting in late summer
Fuchsia ‘Genii’ (Hardy)
The RHS Award of Garden Merit holder the fuchsia ‘Genii’ really is a wonderful hardy shrub. The colourful inky blue and magenta flowers, are set against the golden glow of the foliage. This fuchsia is easy to grow and is an ideal shrub for your borders or large patio containers. Fully hardy this fuchsia will
Californian Poppy ‘Cherry Swirl’
Glorious, bright cherry-red, double to semi-double blooms with a contrasting yellow eye, sit neatly above attractive bluish green fern like foliage. Fresh from Thompson & Morgan’s own breeding programme ‘Cherry Swirl’ performs well no matter the weather and is easy to sow and grow in borders, where it will flower all summer long. Sow in
Marigold ‘Alumia Vanilla Cream’
A unique colour never seen before in French Marigolds. Gorgeous vanilla cream double blooms on neat bushy plants ideal for planting en-masse in borders or as an edging to bedding displays. Outstanding garden performance, blooming all summer.
Sweet Pea ‘Here Come the Girls’
A fabulous mixture of frilly blooms in perfectly complementing shades of pink, mauve and white, Sweet Pea ‘Here Come the Girls’ includes beautiful and sweetly-scented varieties. The girls in question are seven popular varieties, ?Valerie Harold?, ?Catherine?, ?Katie Alice?, ?Mumsie?, ?Charlie?s Angel? and ?Jilly? – all dressed to impress with generous stems of colourful, fragrant
Radish ‘French Breakfast 4 – Francis’
French breakfast varieties are grown for their delicate flavour. Easy to grow Francis is an improvement on Mirabeau and Flamboyant, with roots ready to pick just 25 days after sowing. French Breakfast types are best grown as spring or autumn crops, but Francis stands up to summer heat, allowing for sowing from March through to
Melon ‘Alvaro’ F1 Hybrid
A ‘charentais’ type of cantaloupe melon that can successfully ripen outdoors. Smooth, pale cream-yellow fruits with green striping reach 10-12cm (4-5in) in diameter and 500g (1lb) in weight, turning a more tan yellow when ripe. The salmon orange flesh is sweet, juicy and perfumed.
Rocket ‘Wildfire’
Exciting new rocket variety from British breeding, ‘Wildfire’ has a robust, upright habit which keeps the serrated leaves off the ground. Leaves are broader than traditional rocket and they pack a mighty punch – possibly the hottest of all wild rocket varieties! Plants are ideal for container growing and are slow to bolt.
Heuchera ‘Stormy Seas’
Heuchera ‘Stormy Seas’ has maroon-red foliage, with green undersides and in summer; creamy-white bell flowers on tall spikes. Heuchera are ideal perennials for garden borders, bedding schemes, or mixed summer or autumn tubs and baskets. Heuchera are a great choice for easy to grow ground cover in difficult areas in the garden – these plants
Geranium ‘Dreamland’
Easy to grow and free flowering, Hardy Geraniums are among the ‘must have’ plants for almost any garden. So if you would like a mass of pretty pale pink flowers in your border from May right through the summer until September every year, Geranium ‘Dreamland’ should be high on the list. Also known as Geranium
Basil ‘British Basil’
Finally, a more weather- proof outdoor basil! British breeding has produced a variety of this popular herb that’s much more tolerant of cold weather, wind and light frosts. Ideal for the kitchen garden or a pot near the back door for easy picking.
Sweet Pea ‘Turquoise Lagoon’
Changes colour before your eyes! Each attractive small pink bloom develops into a gorgeous turquoise blue, making for an eye-catching climbing feature. Bred by renowned breeder Keith Hammett, ‘Blue Lagoon’ isn’t just about its unique, showy blooms – it has a delightful scent that will fill your garden too!
Lavatera trimestris ‘Dwarf Pink Blush’
The perfect ‘last minute annual’, lavatera are quick-growing and are oh so easy to sow! Superb, miniature busy plants, dressed in pretty pink, cupshaped blooms. Lovely!
Morning Glory ‘Hazelwood Blues’
The stunning colour mixture of Ipomoea Hazelwood Blues brings together some of the most attractive shades of blue available in Morning Glories. This is a truly vigorous annual climber, ideal for covering fences, trellis or an ornamental garden arch. Ipomoea Hazelwood Blues will also look spectacular planted in a large container and then trained up
Tacca chantrieri ‘Green Isle’
An unusual and rarely offered selection that has intriguing dusky green blooms with bat-like, long green tentacles. Flowers in 2-3 years from seed.
Carrot ‘Paris Market – Atlas’
Rounded, bite-sized carrots with a smooth, bright orange skin. Carrot ‘Parmex’ is early maturing, producing uniform crops of deliciously tender carrots that make a tasty, nutritious addition to lunchboxes. These compact carrots are ideal for growing in containers and windowboxes. The short roots also cope well with clay soils where other carrots struggle. Height: 30cm
Gladiolus ‘Princess Margaret Rose’
Fiery yellow-orange blooms with flame red edges make a blazing contribution to hot colour schemes. The stately stems and flamboyant blooms look striking in mixed borders. Gladiolus flowers are also excellent for cutting.
Dahlia ‘Starlight Mixed’
Grow this gorgeous Dahlia ?Starlight Mixed? for fabulous summer flowers in all the colours of the rainbow! Enjoy long-lasting colour with this vibrant mix of dahlias which bloom continuously all summer long. Including a fantastic array of colours and flower types, these beautiful bee-friendly blooms bring heaps of pizazz to any summer planting scheme, not
Lavatera trimestris ‘Twins Hot Pink’
Specially bred for improved disease resistance and great garden performance. Bushy plants, smothered in a beautiful array of fully round, satiny Hot Pink blooms from June to September. Ideal for adding colour to annual borders or looking spectacular in containers. Height 40-50cm (16-20 inches)
