Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Bidens Red Yellow Centre
Modern breeding has introduced the sensational bicolour blooms of the Hawaiian Flare Series. Bidens ‘Hawaiian Flare Bicolour Star’ is an extraordinary variety with bright orange blooms and a splash of gold at the base of each petal. The star shaped flowers are borne in profusion, covering the feathery foliage throughout summer. Traditional varieties tend to
Begonia Plant – Silver Spirit
A bushy habit sees this begonia growing to about 50-60cm (20-24) in height. The mostly silver coloured leaves have a dark central star which is complemented by a dark picotee edge.
Autumn Planting Veg Bundle
Autumn Planting Veg Bundle Six excellent autumn varieties for the kitchen garden! An easy to grow, low maintenance addition to your vegetable patch or allotment. Collection includes: Garlic (Softneck) Bulbs – Maddock Wight: Large white softneck, the cloves are nearly as large as the Elephant Garlic size. As the name suggests this variety originated in the
Begonia Escargot
One of the most beautiful begonias for inside the home. A large leaf with swirls of olive green and silver. Leaves up to 30cm long with hairy stems. Rex type. Flowers January-December. Height 41-50cm. TP – Tender perennial.
Streptocarpus Natalie
A large flowered variety with a beautiful combination of colours; pale violet-blue lobes a yellow throat and rich violet lines in the centre. Very free flowering. Flowers January-December. Height 20-30cm. GP – Greenhouse perennial.
Streptocarpus Plant – Adele
A large flowering variety with shocking red-purple flowers the lower lobes have 3 yellow blotches and an intense yellow eye. Very free flowering. Flower size 5.8cm. Flowers March-November. Height 11-20cm.
Streptocarpus Plant – Caitlin
This variety has an excellent habit; flowers have attractive rose lower lobes edged pink and the upper lobes a similar pink. Very free flowering. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Flower size 4.4cm. Flowers March-November. Height 11-20cm.
Streptocarpus Falling Stars
This variety produces vast numbers of small dainty sky blue flowers. Very spectacular early flowering and easy to grow making this introduction of ours one of the very best streptocarpus. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Flowers January-December. Height 20-30cm. GP – Greenhouse perennial.
Lobelia White Lady
Forming pleasingly compact, domed clumps, Lobelia ‘White Lady’ makes a versatile and highly attractive summer bedding plant. This popular half-hardy annual grows to only around 15cm (6in) tall, making it perfect for containers, baskets and for edging the front of borders. Cushions of Lobelia ‘White Lady’ are covered in dainty white flowers from June to
Buddleja Butterfly Candy Little Ruby
Buddleja make easy and fast-growing shrubs which produce dense displays of conical flowers in late summer to autumn. Once established they are tough plants which will thrive in poor soils provided they are given sun. Many can grow too large for smaller gardens but the Butterfly Candy Collection of Buddlejas are especially dwarf and compact,
Phlox paniculata Famous Magenta
The Phlox Famous Series has been bred for compact, bushy habit whilst retaining profusions of large, brightly coloured flowers, making it ideal for pots and small gardens. With billowing mounds of strongly scented, deep cerise blooms from July to September, Phlox paniculata ‘Famous Magenta’ makes a stunning addition to a mixed border or wows as
Alstroemeria Beach Valley
Alstroemeria ‘Beach Valley’ is a brand new variety of Alstroemeria delicately coloured in cool creamy white with a soft pink blush. Pair its soft tones with the intense colours of other Alstroemeria varieties such as ‘Malaga’ to make a perfect duo. This is an especially compact form which would suit a patio container as well
Begonia x tuberhybrida Fortune Collection
Versatile, reliable and colourful! No wonder that Begonia x tuberhybrida are always a popular choice with our customers. The Fortune Series are a spectacular range of compact bedding plants with a dense and bushy habit. The double blooms are produced freely from summer through to the first frost. These stout little Begonias come in a
Geranium Cloud Collection
Geraniums are invaluable border perennials, flowering generously on very hardy and disease-free plants and tolerating most soil types. Geranium ?Cloud? Collection contains two rewarding varieties which will quickly fill gaps in mixed borders or provide colourful ground cover.Geranium ?Cloud? Collection comprises 2 jumbo plugs, 1 of each of the following varieties: Geranium ?Storm Cloud? –
Begonia Plants – Sweet Spice Appleblossom
Sweet Spice Appleblossom is a stunning fragrant Begonia, they are the perfect plant for hanging baskets and patio pots where the glorious blooms can spill over. Produces masses of double flowers with hints of cream, pink and yellow. Compact and well-branched they are very easy to grow and maintain. Plant somewhere in the garden you
Veronica Lavender Lightsaber
Taller than many varieties, Veronica ‘Lavender Lightsaber’ is perfect for adding height to narrow borders or for the middle of a wide border. Small mauve flowers are tightly clustered into elegant, upright spikes that are irresistible to bees and butterflies alike. This spike speedwell is easy to grow, has a long flowering period and pairs
Nicotiana alata
A much-loved bedding plant for over a century, Nicotiana alata bears abundant trumpet-shaped white flowers all the way from June until the first frosts. These elegant blooms have a sweet perfume which intensifies in the evening, making tobacco plant a perfect choice for planting in pots or beds around patios and seating areas where the
Aztec Sweet Herb Botanical Infusions Plants – Colada
Aztec Sweet Herb Botanical Infusions Plants – Colada The calorie-free sweetener of the Aztecs! Also known as Lippia Dulcis, the Aztec Sweet ?Colada? herb is quick growing and perfect for summer displays. The Lippia Dulcis will produce beautiful little white flowers that smell amazing! These plants can be used either in your herb garden or
Fuchsia Heidi Ann
Winner of an RHS award, Fuchsia ‘Heidi Ann’ will bloom non-stop through summer up until the first frosts. This bushy, deciduous shrub, bears fully double flowers with lilac-mauve petals and carmine red outer sepals. Fuchsia ‘Heidi Ann’ is a hardy deciduous shrub which makes a perfect specimen for a container or planted in borders. Like
Luffa Cylindrica Plants
Did you know a luffa comes from a plant similar to a climbing courgette and not the sea!Grow your own sustainable luffa sponge! Perfect to use as an ‘eco-friendly’ home-grown pan scourer or bath luffaLuffa can be cooked and eaten like courgettes when they are young and tender (up to 15cm)Why just grow veg when
