Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Basil ‘Siam Queen’
A particularly fragrant selection and a distinct improvement over other Thai Basils. Basil ‘Siam Queen’ has an extra large leaf with an intense liquorice fragrance. The bright green basil leaves make an attractive foil for its purple-red stems which bear violet-pink flowers. Superb as a container plant on the patio or you could try growing
Squash ‘Harrier’ F1 Hybrid (Winter)
Bushy. An outstanding early British-bred Butternut squash. In T&M’s trials Squash Harrier F1 was the quickest to ripen, and was ready to harvest approximately 95 days from sowing. The bushy plants of Squash Harrier have an open habit allowing the sun to ripen fruits naturally on the plant giving added sweetness. Pear shaped fruits weigh
Sorrel ‘Blood Veined’
New, colourful salad leaf innovation to add a sharp but pleasant taste and texture to mixed salads, when eaten young. Blood Veined Sorrel also makes an attractive ‘dot’ plant in the flower border. Ideal used in soups and sauces. Blood Veined Sorrel is a Hardy Perennial but grown as an Annual. Flavour guide: Sharp but
Chamomile (Wild or German)
Daisy-like flowers with yellow centres and feathery foliage which has an apple smell when crushed. Wild chamomile leaves make a delicious soothing chamomile tea, skin wash or shampoo. This delicate annual is also ideal for filling gaps at the front of flower borders. Please note: This variety is not suitable for use as a lawn.
Oriental Mustards
Oriental Mustards add tastes and textures to your mixed salads, sandwiches and garnishes and also stir fries. Sow regularly all the year round for a constant supply of ‘salad leaves’. Pick the nutritious leaves of Oriental Mustards in under 30 days from sowing during summer months. Ideal in containers on the patio. Good source of
Sweetcorn ‘Early Xtra Sweet’ F1 Hybrid
At harvest time Sweetcorn Early Xtra Sweet is twice as sweet as other varieties. Instead of the sweetness and flavour deteriorating as in other sweet normal varieties, Sweetcorn Early Xtra Sweet has a rich sugary flavour and is easy to grow. To ensure maximum sweetness do not grow near ordinary varieties.
Tomato ‘Tigerella’
The finest of the preferred supermarket size tomatoes that we’ve grown. Completely greenback free, Tomato ‘Tigerella’ crops heavily and over three weeks earlier than ‘Moneymaker’. The rich, tangy fruits have a unique flavour to complement the eye appeal of those clearly defined red and yellow stripes! This cordon variety is well suited to cultivation outdoors
Hazelnut ‘Kentish Cob’ (Filbert)
Hazelnut ‘Kentish Cob’ is probably the best-known UK variety and easiest to grow in the garden. This attractive, bushy tree produces a mass of yellow-green catkins in the early spring followed a heavy crop of cobnuts in from September.
Casseille
This unusual fruit bush is the result of a cross between a blackcurrant and a gooseberry which has produced a soft fruit with a delicious blackcurrant flavour. The leaves of Casseille look like those of a gooseberry whilst the fruit look like large blackcurrants. Each thornless bush is capable of producing several kilos of fruit
Walnut ‘Lara’®
Walnut trees make a magnificent feature for the larger garden. French Walnut ‘Lara’® is a spur bearing variety and slightly more compact than others, although it will still make spectacular proportions. This early bearing walnut produces excellent quality nuts with a unique creamy flavour from September. Walnut ‘Lara’® is propagated onto ‘Juglans regiarootstock. It is
Lemon ‘Eureka’
An excellent variety producing large, thick skinned lemons equal in quality to those purchased from a supermarket – and ideal for adding to a gin and tonic!
Water Lily (Blue)
This compact blue-flowered variety is often called Blue Lotus and adds a truly tropical feel to ponds. The purple-blue flowers open from goblet shaped buds among glossy, rounded lily pads.
Water Lily (Red)
Glamorous red blooms open from rounded buds, above a raft of rounded lily pads. The glossy foliage and exotic blooms make a breath-taking display.
Pear ‘Red William’
A mid-season dessert apple producing a heavy crop of distinctive russet-bronze fruits, with firm, crisp flesh and a rich, nutty flavour which makes it perfect for juicing and tarts and also an excellent apple for the cheese board!
Pluot ‘Purple Candy’®
A mid-season dessert apple producing a heavy crop of distinctive russet-bronze fruits, with firm, crisp flesh and a rich, nutty flavour which makes it perfect for juicing and tarts and also an excellent apple for the cheese board!
Medlar ‘Nottingham’
Regarded to be the finest tasting dessert apple, the rich aromatic flavour and crisp, juicy texture set this apple apart from other varieties. Apple ‘Cox’s Orange Pippin’ produces medium sized, orange-red fruits with thin skins.
Pinkcurrant ‘Gloire de Sablon’
Rarely available in shops, the fruit of pink Currant ‘Gloire de Sablon’ are highly desirable for decorating desserts, or making summer puddings, jams and jellies. The remarkable soft, translucent pink currants have a delightful fragrance and a juicy, sweet flavour. These robust plants have good disease-resistance, and produce a heavy crop from mid to late
Tahiti Lime
The Tahiti Lime makes a stunning patio feature and produces bright green, zesty fruits throughout the year. Set against a foil of glossy, dark foliage, the delicate clusters of tiny white flowers fill the air with their delicious fragrance. The fruits that follow may take up to a year to ripen but are well worth
Nectarine ‘Necta Zee’
The best known of all pears, ‘Conference’ is excellent eaten as a dessert pear but also exceptional when cooked. The long bell shaped fruits with firm flesh can be eaten hard or fully ripe with a smooth juicy flavour. Trees crop late in the season from October to November, and the fruit will store until
