Category Archives: Plants & Seeds

Seeds for Pollinators – Rosemary

A perennial evergreen shrub with fragrant leaves which can be picked at any time and used in flavouring meat or fish dishes, also for bouquet garni. Oregano is also a great plant to grow to attract bumblebees to your garden. Harvest May-November. Height 100-150cm (39-59).

Seeds for Pollinators – Oregano

A bushy perennial plant up to 50cm (20) tall with oval, pointed leaves attractive to butterflies and bees. Use for flavouring meat, pizzas and omelettes. Harvest April-October. Height 40-50cm (16-20).

Bean (Broad) Seeds – The Sutton

Bred by Suttons, the Sutton broad bean is recommended for small gardens. An RHS Award of Garden Merit winner, it’s perfect for attracting honeybees to your outside space too. Recommended by the National Institute of Agricultural Botany, this one’s a great beginner variety.

Houseplant Seeds – Coleus Blaze Collection

One of the most brightly coloured houseplants you can grow, with an astonishing and beautiful array of colours which have a wide variety of different leaf markings. Extremely popular for the year-round colour Pinch out to produce a branching habit. Darker colours can tolerate more sun, whereas lighter leaved plants like more shade.

Apricot Aprigold

Propagated onto a seedling rootstock Apricot Aprigold® is perfect for a small garden or in a container on the patio. With pale pink spring blossom and red-tinged growing tips, this dwarf Apricot tree makes a pretty container plant. Producing full-sized fruits which can be harvested each year from late July.

Houseplant Seeds – Bat Flower

This fascinating and unusual plant has bat-shaped flowers with long, attractive ‘whiskers’ – a perfect alternative to growing orchids in the home. These Tacca chantieri plants prefer high humidity, so either place in a warm bathroom or place the pot in a tray of gravel filled with water. Ideal to grow in a shady spot

Sunflower Seeds – Giant Grower (Tall Single)

How tall can you grow this amazing sunflower? Water and feed it well and support it against a wall or with a long cane. You can use your tape measure to record how quickly your sunflower grows and you could well beat the height we put on the packet – so get growing! FUN TO

Flowering Carrot Seeds – Dara

Blooms can be cut and will come again – and you’ll find purple carrots below ground during the season! Flowering carrot is also a real magnet for a wide range of beneficial ‘pest predator’ insects! Flowers June-September. Height 60-80cm (24-36). HA/HB – Hardy annual/Hardy Biennial.

Ammi majus Seeds – Snowflake

A fantastic border filler, producing masses of elegant snow-white flower heads atop lime green stems. Why not try sowing it alongside cornflowers, poppies and dahlias to create a beautiful display in the garden and a stunning mix of cutting flowers. Flowers June-October. Height. 90-100cm (36-40).

Wild Foxglove Seeds

Delicate tubular blooms on one side of the long leafy stems. Colours may be pale purple or white with speckled throats. A favourite for herbaceous borders and woodlands in early summer. Each flower has spots marking its large ‘landing pad’ … perfect for bumblebees. They prefer dappled shade and are attractive to beneficial insects. Flowers

Nasturtium Seeds – Flower Carpet (Dayglow Mix)

Surprise your parents with these easy to grow, colourful plants that spread across the garden and form a ‘carpet of colour’ right through the summer months from late June to September. Height 45cm (10").    

Hebe Albicans Super Red

Hebe Albicans Super Red The Hebe Albicans Super Red is a neat and compact, hardy shrub and has great appeal if you are looking for a low manitenance evergreen, with interest all the year round. In autumn the whole plant turns a rich red colour which will guarantee to brighten your borders in the dullest

Pretty Perennials Mix Seeds

Our Native British Wildflowers range has been developed from research conducted by Butterfly Conservation, BBKA, RSPB and the Woodland Trust. An excellent general purpose mixture containing over 25 native species of wildflower of which the flower heights and forms will prove beneficial for many pollinators. Suitable for sowing in most soil types and areas. Ideal

Zinnia Seeds – Queen Red Lime

 Tall, bushy plants with large double flowers of a unique red/lime colour, will create the ‘wow’ factor in  borders or large containers. When we saw the colour and generous size of the blooms we just had to make it part of our range! Flowers July-September. Height 60cm (24").

Zinnia Seeds – Fireworks Mix

Impressively large double flowers. Ideal for beds and borders, and for cutting. Sun-loving plants, free-flowering, long-lasting and gaily coloured. HHA – Half hardy annual. Height 75cm (2½’).

Wallflower Seeds – Cloth of Gold

A traditional spring favourite that will light up beds and borders with its vibrant, golden-yellow flowers. The most popular spring bedding item – very fragrant. Flowers April-June. Height 45cm (18").  

Viola Seeds – Midnight Runner

Add drama to your hanging baskets with this purple-black viola! The bright eye gives each bloom real depth and adds to the overall charm of the velvety blooms. Flowers prolifically all summer long. Grow as a HHA – Half hardy annual or HB – Hardy biennial. Trailing.

Tithonia Seeds – Red Torch

Tall plants for the back of a border with large, single, orange/scarlet, dahlia-like blooms. Easy to grow and fast growing, flowers for garden decoration or cutting. Flowers July-October. Height 100-150cm (40-60").  

Sweet William Seeds – Pinocchio

A superb dwarf, double-flowered sweet william, in an attractive range of colours. Annual variety. Height 15cm (6").

Gladioli Limoncello

A contemporary Sword Lily with a citrus twist! The large yellow blooms of Gladiolus ‘Limoncello’ make a spectacular sight in perennial border where their sunshine blooms will lift your spirits, even on the dullest of days. The strong upright stems are superb for adding structure to cut flower arrangements. Try planting gladioli in groups at