Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Morning Glory ‘Split Personality’
Dedicated breeding has helped create an exciting new flower shape, where many of the blooms are set as perfect stars due to gentle splits between the petals. These distinct flowers are magenta pink with a white centre. A splendid climber, ideal for trelliswork, fences, poles, etc
Pea ‘Boogie’ (Maincrop)
A maincrop semi-leafless variety producing an excellent yield of blunt pods containing 7-9 sweet and tender peas. The plants have good all round disease resistance, including powdery mildew, making it ideal for later sowings. Self supporting if grown in a block
Dwarf Bean ‘Laguna’
Still the industry standard slicing and processing variety, with unbeatable garden performance. Dwarf Bean ‘Laguna’ produces huge yields of 12cm (5) quite fleshy, intense green pods. This weather proof variety has superb vigour and excellent disease resistance too. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12)
Coriander ‘Confetti’
This unique variety produces ‘carrot-like? foliage with that distinctive coriander taste, and just a hint of sweetness. Coriander ‘Confetti? is quick maturing, producing plenty of leaf that can be used as a ‘cut and come again’ salad leaf. An easy to grow annual herb that can be direct sown in the herb garden or in
Kale ‘Nero di Toscana’
The fully grown plants of Kale Nero di Toscana have attractive dark green, deeply savoyed, strap-like leaves with traditional winter hardiness, making this a useful winter to spring vegetable at a time when fresh garden produce is scarce. Kale Nero di Toscana can also be grown as a baby salad leaf ingredient adding texture and
Brussels Sprout ‘Trafalgar’ F1 Hybrid
Just imagine a Brussels Sprout which you can serve at the dinner table, and the children come back for seconds! Thanks to the work of the breeder, continuously striving for a better, sweeter flavour, your wish can now come true with Brussels Sprout Trafalgar. This modern hybrid produces a heavy crop of medium sized, firm
Nasturtium ‘Milkmaid’
An almost white Nasturtium, featuring delicate blooms in captivating moonlit shades, the closest to white ever. Use this soft contrast in your beds, borders and containers for continuous summer colour. Easy to grow in a range of situations.
Melon ‘Edonis’ F1 Hybrid
Melon ‘Edonis’ is a productive variety that is very early to ripen particularly when grown under glass. The pale orange fleshed fruits weigh up to 600g (1 1/2lb) and can be harvested from midsummer onwards. The sweet flavoured fruits have a refreshing, delicate flavour and an attractive juicy appearance. This RHS AGM variety also has
Cabbage ‘Siberia’ F1 Hybrid (Winter Savoy)
Whilst inspecting our trials we discovered this highly frost tolerant variety, which withstood all types of weather. The large, dark blue-green savoy leaves will not discolour by frost. Because of the long standing ability of Savoy Cabbage Siberia, you will be able to enjoy the delicious sweet savoy flavour for many weeks
Runner Bean ‘White Lady’
A premier variety in every way! Vigorous, high yielding plants produce the most tender, thick, succulent pods you have ever tasted. The delicious long, mid green beans of Runner Bean ‘White Lady’ are stringless with a wonderful smooth texture. These white flowered plants are less prone to bird attack than their red flowered cousins, and
Climbing Bean ‘Blauhilde’
Enjoy delicious bunches of stringless, purple, fleshy pods picked straight from your garden. The colourful pods of Climbing French Bean ‘Blauhilde’ reach up to 27cm (11) and can be picked continuously over a long period from July to October. This attractive and tasty variety also has good resistance to Bean Mosaic Virus so you can
Climbing Bean ‘Firetongue’
This colourful bean is a multi-purpose Italian speciality. Use the fresh young pods as flageolet beans (semi-mature pods with succulent seeds), or allow them to mature and ripen for use as haricot beans. The spectacular flattish pods of Climbing Bean’ Firetongue’ are heavily splashed with reddish streaks which disappear on cooking. A particularly eye catching
Runner Bean ‘Polestar’
British bred for high yields and reliability, Runner Bean ‘Polestar’ has become a gardenersfavourite. The stringless, fleshy pods are produced in clusters of fleshy, flavoursome beans reaching 25cm (10) in length. This RHS AGM variety is early to flower and crops well over a long season. Height: 3m (10′). Spread: 30cm (12)
Aubergine ‘Black Enorma’ F1 Hybrid
Early to crop with prolific sets of huge jet-black fruit up to 680g (1 1/2lb). Just three plants will keep a family of four with aubergines from mid summer to late autumn. Aubergine Black Enorma is ideal for garden, patio or greenhouse. Stake plants and pick fruit regularly
Tomato ‘Maskotka’
A dwarf bush variety that has been specially bred for growing in baskets and containers, with cascading stems that fall gently over the sides of their pots. Tomato ‘Maskotka’ produces a heavy crop of bite sized cherry tomatoes weighing 25-35g (1-1 1/4oz) each, with a delicious sweet flavour. The fruits of this compact variety have
