Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Californian Poppy ‘Red Chief’
The best and truest red Californian poppy, ‘Red Chief’ performs well in all weathers and is easy to sow and grow in borders, where it’ll flower all summer.
Marigold ‘Pots of Gold’
Exclusive mix of tall, single-flowered French marigolds in an exciting new blend of three fiery colours, including a fabulous new red. The uniform height of the flowers makes them ideal as cut flowers.
Beetroot ‘Moneta’
Beetroot for the lazy gardener, no thinning required! Bumper crops of smooth, tasty roots, and hardly any will go to seed.
Brussels Sprout ‘Brilliant’ F1 Hybrid
You won’t be pushing your sprouts around the plate once you’ve tasted this one. Firm, flavoursome buttons, which hold well for autumn (and Christmas) pickings!
Onion ‘Globo’
A fantastic exhibition variety, Onion ?Globo? produces exceptionally large bulbs which can each weigh up to 1kg! Also a great garden or allotment variety for everyday culinary use, these large onions with smooth golden skin and white flesh are perfect for use in all kinds of cooked recipes, they also have a suitably mild flavour
Runner Bean ‘Prizewinner’
You’ll be itching to enter your local veg show with this one! Foot-long beans, which are succulent and flavoursome.
Freesia ‘Patio Perfection’
We trialled against competition and only this flowered. Guaranteed to flower! For some reason, freesias seem to have picked up a certain reputation – for being a bit lanky or for flowering sparsely with uninspiring colours. Well, that’s all set to change with this new series of truly fabulous freesias. Shorter, stiffer stems produce super-fragrant,
Nasturtium ‘Banana Split’
Showing superb garden performance in our trials, this eye-catching nasturtium produces masses of lovely golden-petalled flowers which sit on top of lush green foliage. The slightly ruffled blooms fade to lemon as the season progresses whilst the lax, bushy, slightly spreading habit makes Nasturtium Banana Split a must for containers as well as the front
Bumper Bulb Bonanza Collection
A bumper collection of 505 spring bulbs that is superb value for money and will bring wonderful colour to your garden to chase the winter greys away. Enjoy an array of brightly coloured flowers in your beds, borders and containers, which can be planted amongst your perennials or to enjoy as a striking stand alone
Euphorbia griffithii ‘Fireglow’
This upright Spurge is topped with clusters of glowing orange flowers from late spring into summer. The vibrant blooms contrast beautifully with the narrow, red-tinged foliage which turns to deep red in autumn.
Magnolia ‘Fairy Cream’
Here’s an exciting new magnolia. Unlike many other spring-flowering varieties, its lovely fragrant flowers bloom all along the length of its stems, at every leaf axil, giving extraordinary flower power. Compact and delicate, it makes a fabulous feature plant, particularly in smaller gardens where it won’t dominate. Plants are mainly evergreen and grow it in
Umbrella Bamboo ‘Red Fountain’
A non invasive but striking variety, Bamboo ‘Red Fountain’ will form clumps of upright stems to make bold statements in your garden. Each new stem emerges from the ground green, which then slowly transforms to a deep yellow and then changes again to a rich crimson red.
Ixia ‘Yellow Emperor’
This simple-to-grow bulb is great value and will produce tonnes of mimosa-yellow flower sprays from early summer. Also known as the African Corn Lily, they love a sunny spot.
Pear ‘Family Pear Tree’
An entire orchard on just one tree! Family fruit trees have three different varieties grafted onto one stem, which will pollinate each other and crop at different times to extend the picking season.
Sweet Pepper ‘Black Knight’ F1 Hybrid
Fruits of this early-to-set, heavy-cropping pepper will start green and then turn an attractive deep purple as they ripen. Long fruits – 25cm (10in) – are delicious stuffed, roasted or grilled.
Lilac ‘Dwarf Blue’
It easy to find space for this neat little shrub, even in the smallest of gardens! Perfectly proportioned for containers, Syringa ‘Dwarf Blue’ makes a lovely patio plant, attracting bees and butterflies to its fragrant blooms in late spring and early summer.
Lilac ‘Dwarf Pink’
Cottage, scented and cut flower gardens alike will all benefit from the addition of Lilac ‘Dwarf Pink’. The hardy shrub is as sweet-smelling as it is eye-catching, producing an abundance of fragrant, pink flowers throughout the summer. Pollinators love these nectar-rich blooms, so keen wildlife gardeners could plant the Syringa in sunny patio containers in
Geum ‘Flames of Passion’
Here’s a truly magnificent perennial geum! You don’t often see plants like these in garden centres, which is a shame as they’re absolutely ‘bullet-proof’ and probably some of the toughest border plants you can find. From early summer through until early autumn this variety produces a profusion of pretty blooms on wiry stems, which are
Geum ‘Mai Tai’
This is a plant you don’t often see in garden centres, which is a shame as they’re absolutely bullet-proof and probably one of the toughest border plants you can find. Long-flowering and happy in most sites and situations, they’re every gardener’s dream.
Tulip ‘New Design’
A reliable, sturdy tulip which will pretty much look after itself in the border. Expect big impact from the long-lasting, colourful blooms – they’re long lasting too!
