Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Spring Onion ‘Winter White Bunching’
A dual purpose onion that resists bulbing up enabling it to be pulled for a longer period than regular varieties. Spring Onion Winter White Bunching has excellent overwintering qualities, can be sown either late August for late May pulling or in spring and summer for summer/autumn crops.
Lily ‘Bellsong’
This eye-catching Longiflorum x Oriental hybrid marries the best qualities of both parents, to stunning effect! The large, trumpet blooms are borne in clusters, with an exquisite fragrance that will stop you in your tracks.
Gladiolus ‘Wine and Roses’
This striking variety bears soft rose-pink ruffled blooms with a red wine blotch. Their stately stems and flamboyant blooms look striking in mixed borders.
Gladiolus ‘Baccarat’
Bold scarlet blooms with a delicate white edging make Gladiolus ‘Baccarat’ a particularly striking variety. The tall stems add stately architecture and summer colour to mixed borders.
Lettuce ‘Arctic King’ (Butterhead)
A fine lettuce known for its exceptional cold resistance and bred solely for autumn sowings. Lettuce Arctic King is a large lettuce, light green in colour, with tasty, crinkled leaves
Lettuce ‘Webbs Wonderful’ (Iceberg/Crisphead)
Still the premier garden lettuce in most people’s vegetable patch. Iceberg Lettuce Webbs Wonderful has large, wrinkled leaves with a big tight centre of crisp, white leaf. An outstanding Iceberg Lettuce whether the summer is wet or dry, Webbs Wonderful is always slow to run to seed.
Dill
This aromatic annual can be grown for its seeds or its rich, aniseed flavoured foliage that compliments fish dishes particularly well. The feathery dill leaves make an attractive addition to a sunny herb garden. This easy to grow herb is tolerant of most conditions and requires little maintenance. Height: 90cm (35). Spread: 30cm (12).
Beetroot ‘Detroit 2 Crimson Globe’
An improved Detroit with rich maroon colouring. Beetroot Detroit 2 Crimson Globe produces globe-shaped beet which are ideal for successional sowing
Sweet Marjoram
With a mild flavour, Sweet Marjoram herb is delicious in stuffings, soups, stews, omelettes, cheese dishes, fish sauces and salads. Sprinkle over pork, before roasting or add to melted butter to garnish vegetables. Recommended by herbalists to lower high blood pressure and combat headaches, and neuralgia. Sweet Marjoram plants are most often grown as annuals,
Tomato ‘Balconi Red’
When grown as a basket plant, the stems of this exciting bush variety will adopt a trailing habit, with one plant filling a 30cm (12) basket with easeThis exceptionally sweet cherry tomato makes a wonderful feature on the patio or balcony that is both decorative and productive. Tomato ‘Balconi Red’ requires no side shooting or
Fennel (Bronze)
The feathery foliage of this attractive Bronze fennel makes a handsome addition to the herb garden. This versatile hardy perennial herb has a multitude of culinary uses. Add the foliage to salads or use it to garnish fish dishes. Flavour soups, cakes and bread with the aromatic, aniseed tasting fennel seeds. Even the swollen bulbs
Salad ‘Niche Oriental Mixed’
This innovative blend will add oriental flavours, colours and textures to your salads. Niche Oriental Mixed is ideal for sowing in succession, to pick leaves as you need them. Can also be grown under glass during the winter months to provide a complete season of harvesting. Niche Oriental Mixed is ideal for containers on the
Carrot ‘Nantes Frubund’ (Fast Crop)
The first genuine autumn sowing carrot! Highly regarded for its exceptionally early crops and superb cold resistance, Carrot ‘Nantes Fruhbund’ is a massive breakthrough in autumn sowing vegetables. Be the first to harvest carrots in spring when most people are only just sowing their first crop of the year. Best sown outdoors under cloches. Height:
Spinach ‘Medania’
A very popular, easy to grow and reliable variety, Spinach Medania produces an abundance of dark green leaves. Long standing if grown in good, moist soil which is kept watered during dry weather. Spinach Medania is ideal for successional sowing to give a longer cropping period. Broad, deep green leaves; ideal for freezing. Popeye was
Tomato ‘Balconi Yellow’
When grown as a basket plant, the stems of this exciting bush variety will adopt a trailing habit, with one plant filling a 30cm (12) basket with easeThis exceptionally sweet cherry tomato makes a wonderful feature on the patio or balcony that is both decorative and productive. Tomato ‘Balconi Yellow’ requires no side shooting or
Onion ‘Hi Keeper’ F1 Hybrid
The best bulb variety to sow outdoors in autumn for overwintering, Onion Hi Keeper produces quality bulbs, 120g (4oz) in weight. Ideal for the exhibitor as well as the kitchen. Good winter hardiness. Onion Hi Keeper can also be spring sown, producing quality bulbs. Prefers rich, moist soil in an open situation
Lettuce ‘Valmaine’ (Romaine/Cut And Come Again)
A reliable, simple, productive and space-saving method which can be tailored to your weekly requirements. Early sowings of Lettuce Valamaine should mature in about 60 days, mid-season sowings in about 40 days. Lettuce Valamaine is specially chosen because the young leaves have no bitterness.
Water Lily (White)
This elegant little Water Lily produces pristine white blooms with golden anthers that contrast beautifully with its glossy, rounded lily pads. This tender Water Lily is neat and compact so you can even grow it in a small pond or a water barrel on the patio.
Water Lily (Yellow)
The golden blooms of this vibrant water lily creates a dazzling contrast with its raft of glossy, rounded lily pads. This tender Water Lily is neat and compact so you can even grow it in a small pond or a water barrel on the patio.
Asparagus officinalis ‘Martha Washington’
A very strong growing and productive variety. Asparagus ‘Martha Washington’ produces long, thick spears in May and early June that are delicious eaten fresh from the garden and are also suitable for freezing. Although asparagus beds take several years to establish, each asparagus crown can produce up to 25 spears per year and will continue
