Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Thunbergia alata ‘Salmon Shades’
Affectionately known as Black Eyed Susan, this twining annual makes a popular and eye-catching summer climber. Thunbergia alata ‘Salmon Shades’ is a pretty colour mix with gentle terracotta shades of pink, orange, cream and apricot, each with a characteristic dark eye.
Aquilegia viridiflora ‘Chocolate Soldier’
This rare, choice species features delicate, nodding, chocolate-brown, 15cm (0.5in) blooms from late spring onwards. The neatly compact plants are perfect for borders and rockeries. A collector’s item. Height: 30-35cm (12-14 inches)
Nicotiana sylvestris
This imposing half hardy annual has stout spikes bearing a cascading head of fragrant 3.5in long white blooms. It grows to a height of 90-120cm (36-48in) making it an excellent subject for the border. Occasionally a short lived perennial in a warm sheltered site
Petunia ‘Purple Pirouette’ F1 Hybrid
A stunning separate, bicoloured Petunia and its double flowered too. Blooms are up to 10cm (4in) in diameter in rich violet-purple with strongly contrasting, white ruffled edges. A beautiful summer bedding plant, especially used in drifts or on its own in containers, spreading up to 40cm (16in). Flowers summer. Height: 30cm (12in). Growing tip: Get
Zaluzianskya capensis
Pretty, phlox-like 13mm (1/2) white and maroon flowers that open in the late evening, releasing a delicious scent. Grow in groups to take advantage of the honey fragrance
Zinnia elegans ‘Purple Prince’
Outstanding in trials, these robust plants show excellent garden performance, flowering over a long period and producing an abundance of fully double, deep pink-purple, dahlia-like flowers. This is a taller-than-usual variety of zinnia which will add colour and height to border displays as well as to cut flower arrangements. Zinnia Purple Prince will flower all
Viola tricolor
A charming and prolific baby pansy with an unbeatable combination of 3-4 colours in each FLOWER! It will flower continuously from summer to winter, is compact enough for rockeries, walls or edging and will self sow seedlings. Flowers summer to winter. Height: 15-23cm (6-9in). The petals make a colourful addition to green salads, can be
Sunflower ‘Earth Walker’
A diverse mixture of charming Sunflowers in a range of bronze and yellow, also including the exquisite deeper chocolate-brown shades. The good quality plants, producing many heads, are ideal for border displays. Easy to grow; ideal for children. Height: 180-270cm (6-9ft).
Calendula officinalis nana ‘Fruit Twist’
Delightful dwarf calendula in a zesty mix of citrus colours. Pretty, daisy-like blooms are early flowering and very easy to grow, adding bright drifts of colour to a sunny border. Sow in September for an eyecatching late spring display or sow in spring for summer flowering.
Campanula rotundifolia
The pretty British Harebell otherwise known as the bluebell of Scotland, produces thin wiry stems of nodding pale blue flowers. An easy, charming plant for rockery, border etc
Tropaeolum peregrinum
Pretty climber with lots of yellow flowers in summer, soon covers fences etc. if given some strings to cling to. Nice for the greenhouse too. Flowers summer. Climber
Delphinium hybridum ‘Magic Fountains Mixed’
This excellent mixture of quality delphiniums comes as a formula blend of no less than seven colours. Their dwarf habit eradicates the concern for flower damage caused by windy and wet conditions.
Antirrhinum majus ‘Royal Bride’
A wonderful antirrhinum of top quality. Stately plants with rich green foliage and spikes of large, purest white snap dragon flowers which have a rare, gorgeous fragrance. Superb for contrast in the border and makes an excellent cut flower
Dahlia variabilis ‘Bishop’s Children’
A fiery mix of such striking colour, yet with the innocent flower faces of Bishop’s Children. Mid-height, and blends extremely well into borders. However, be warned that a colour eruption may occur! Spectacular in bedding and containers, and as a cut flowerHeight: 60-75cm (24-30 inches). Planting distance 12-18 inches
Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Sweet Sixteen’
Eye-catching soft blushed pink blooms, each have distinct darker pink picotee edges and an attractive double frill in the centre of each flower. Cosmos Sweet Sixteen is ideal for adding height and interest to borders as well as making an intriguing cut flower
Candytuft ‘Hyacinth Flowered’
A favourite hardy annual, very colourful and easiness itself to grow as it thrives in any ordinary garden soil. Beautiful for the border or cutting and producing a profusion of sweetly scented hyacinth shaped blooms throughout the summer. Flowers summer. Height 30-38cm (12-15in).
Delphinium x cultorum ‘Centurion Lilac Blue Bicolour’ F1 Hybrid
UK Exclusive. One of the very best delphiniums from seed, equal in quality to expensive cutting-raised plants. The tall, sturdy stems of Delphinium Centurion Lilac Blue Bicolour are covered in truly stunning bi-coloured blooms with triple-layered petals in lilac and blue shades with a white central ‘bee’. (Flowers from July to September in its first
Sweet Pea ‘Heirloom Bicolour Mixed’
An impressive mixture of small-flowered, heirloom (Grandiflora type) sweet peas offering the widest range of beautifully scented bicolours. These old fashioned annual Sweet Peas are superb for cutting and the more blooms you cut, the more the plants will flower! Perfect for filling vases indoors with colour and perfume. Try covering a sunny fence or
Salvia farinacea ‘Seascape Mixed’
A relaxing blend of three varieties of salvia with stunning flower spires in shades of blue with silver. These compact, branching and early flowering salvias will add a wonderful new dimension to bedding displays as they sway in the slightest breeze creating a truly tranquil border feature
Sweet Pea ‘Fragrantissima’
Sweet Pea ‘Fragrantissima’ embraces the full colour spectrum from white, through all the pink shades, reds, blues, purples, bicolours, and stripes. This large flowered mix has been carefully blended to ensure an even balance of colour and fragrance, that was voted by Gardening Which? as the most fragrant garden variety. Enjoy them in the garden,
