Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Scabious ‘Ebony and Ivory’
Liven up your borders this summer with this dramatic duo. The delicately fragrant, pin-cushion heads appear in jet-black and ice-white, making the perfect partnership. Ideal for cottage garden borders and extremely easy to grow. Prefers a light, well-drained soil in full sun
Hollyhock ‘Chater’s Double Icicle’
A classic cottage hollyhock. Spectacular, large, crystal white, fully double, powder-puff blooms grace tall strong stems from mid summer until autumn. Adds height and a touch of style to the back of perennial or cottage garden borders.
Petunia hybrida grandiflora ‘Superbissima’
The largest Petunia flowers we have ever seen, bred on from those available over 100 years ago! Robust plants produce huge 10-15cm (4-6in) wide exotic looking frilly blooms, in an attractive mixture of pinks, reds and purples, each with rich veining and attractive dark eyes. An eye-catching addition to borders or containers. Height: 30-35cm (12-14in).
Melon ‘Orange Sherbert’ F1 Hybrid
Now you can grow delicious ripe melons outdoors in the UK! Melon ‘Orange Sherbert’ produces netted skinned ‘charentais typefruits that are more oval shaped than round. Each orange fleshed fruit weighs about 500g (1lb) on compact, semi trailing vines that can be harvested from midsummer. Height and spread: 2m (6’, 6). Melons require high temperatures
Petunia grandiflora ‘Double Cascade Blue’ F1 Hybrid
Attractive, large fully double blooms in the deepest velvety blue, almost look black when shimmering in the sunshine. The flowers have an added bonus of quickly recovering after a shower of rain. Their cascading habit makes them ideal as groundcover or tumbling over the sides of containers or baskets. Height: 23-30cm (9-12in) Growing tip: Get
Laurentia ‘Avant-Garde Blue’ F1 Hybrid
T&M’s flower breeders have struck gold with the first ever F1 Hybrid Laurentia to be entered into the Fleuroselect trials. Both ‘Avant-Garde Blueand ‘Pinkhave the same uniform, vigorous plant habit and have earlier scented, star shaped blooms which are produced in abundance over a long flowering season. Your garden will be filled with colour all
Centratherum intermedium ‘Pineapple Sangria’
Attractive, fluffy, lavender-blue, button-like flowers approx 2cm ( 3/4in) across are produced all summer on bushy plants with unusual, pineapple fragrant foliage. Very heat and drought tolerant, attracting butterflies and adding fragrance to borders or containers. Height 50-60cm (20-24 inches)
Coreopsis grandiflora ‘Presto’
A breeding breakthrough, a true first year flowering perennial Coreopsis, ideal for planting in containers, window boxes or towards the front of borders. Naturally dwarf and compact ball-shaped plants are smothered in double golden yellow blooms all summer.
Pansy ‘Karma Blue Butterfly’ F1 Hybrid
A totally unique Pansy! Spectacular flowers in an unusual colour combination, which are reminiscent of a tropical butterfly with electric blue wings and a hint of bronze going through to a golden splash in the center of each bloom. Sure to create an eye-catching display in spring or summer flowering borders or containers. A Hardy
Cucumber ‘Decorative Ornamental Mixed’
These ornamental cucumbers are fun and easy to grow, producing a mixture of inedible, decorative fruits, with smooth patterned and unusual spiky skins. This half hardy annual climber makes an intriguing and decorative border plant for the border or patio containers. Pick the fascinating fruits and use them for autumn decorations indoors where they will
Sweet Pea ‘Blue Velvet’
Intriguing deep purple-blue flowers that are so dark they almost appear to shimmer black in the summer sunshine. The large, fragrant blooms, set atop particularly long stems, make an astonishing exhibit for the show bench and are equally eye catching in flower borders. Sweet Pea ‘Blue Velvet’ is a free flowering variety producing 4 or
Eucalyptus citriodora ‘Lemon Bush’
A quick and easy to grow species with slender stems and unusual sword shaped silvery-green foliage, which becomes tinged with red as autumn approaches. If you crush the foliage it gives off a refreshing spicy lemon aroma which is known to deter mosquitoes, making this ideal for growing as a houseplant indoors or as attractive
Sunflower x laetiflorus
A true perennial Sunflower adding height and colour to perennial borders, flowering in their first year. Stunning bright yellow 10-12cm (4-5in) diameter blooms with deep yellow centres, will brighten your garden over a long period attracting birds and butterflies. Height: 150-180cm (5-6ft)
Cineraria ‘Jester Scarlet’
A really striking bicolour which is dwarf and uniform in appearance, offering a carpet of scarlet-copper flowers with a distinct pure white centre. Height: 20-25cm (8-10in)
Petunia x hybrida ‘Duo Mixed’ F1 Hybrid
Bred with beauty and use in mind. A myriad of colour combinations sing-out from lacy orchid-like blooms, many striped and veined, others pure with only a hint of another contrasting colour. Early flowering, well branched plants produce a non-stop summer display in containers, bedding and baskets. One of the best Petunias giving value for money.
Anthriscus sylvestris ‘Ravenswing’
Attractive dark purple-brown foliage and stems are followed in late spring to summer with lacy umbels of tiny white flowers, with small pink bracts. An eye-catching, clump forming biennial or short-lived perennial to provide a dark foliage contrast to borders. Occasionally a plain green seedling may appear, select seedlings with dark, purple brown foliage. Height:
Aquilegia vulgaris ‘Miss M.I. Huish’
A stunning introduction that produces clusters of double spurless, dark violet clematis-like flowers, on strong sturdy stems. Looks excellent grown alongside Green Apples making an interesting partnership for your borders. Height: 60cm (24in)
