Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Berberis thunbergii Plant – Orange Dream
Berberis thunbergii ‘Orange Dream’ is an exciting new cultivar with young foliage emerging orange in spring before gradually changing to reddish-purple. Clusters of orange flowers in spring are followed by bright red berries in autumn. A good hedging plant. Flowers April-May. Height 90-100cm. Supplied in a 3 litre pot or 7.5-10 litre pot.
Buddleja Plant – Adonis Blue
A dwarf variety of buddleia with slightly arching stems, large spikes of fragrant, rich blue flowers and silver-grey leaves. It is as the name suggests butterfly friendly. Supplied as a potted plant in a 3 litre pot.
Daffodil Jonquilla Suzy
This daffodil is not only wonderfully sweet and petite but is also highly fragrant! It grows pale yellow flowers with widely-flared, rich orange cups. The flowers often are produced in pairs which give a full and compact floral display in garden borders and patio containers, where the strong fills the air around! There’s no arguing
Azalea ‘Pink & White Bicolour’ – Gift
Attractive pink buds open into fancy, frilled flowers in a combination of white and glowing pink, covering this evergreen azalea from Christmas well into the New Year. As an added bonus, it will put on another thrilling show of highly decorative flowers next Christmas and may even surprise you with a flurry of colour in
Azalea Dwarf Lilac
Azaleas are ideal for adding late spring impact to your gardens. A dwarf, evergreen variety, Azalea ?Dwarf Lilac? is certain to bring a desirable splash of colour at the time when the spring flowering bulbs are fading away. Its compact growth habit means that a dense, rounded mass of deep green foliage provides a perfect
Azalea Dwarf Orange
Azalea Dwarf Orange If you are looking for a bright and cheerful shrub to add to your borders for some late spring colour then Azalea ?Dwarf Orange’. A compact, evergreen variety, this desirable small shrub. Flowers during April and May, year after year. Height and spread: 70cm (28).
Tomato Seeds – Rosella
Prolific crops of dark, rosy-red, cherry-sized fruit with a unique ‘smoky’ flavour. It’s high in antioxidants, and has fewer internal seeds than most varieties.
Tomato Seeds – Striped Stuffer
If you like cooking, then Striped Stuffer is for you! This excellent heritage variety boasts scarlet skins striped with yellow. It has an easily removeable core, making it the perfect choice for stuffing with mince or other treats, but it’s equally tasty in summer salads.
Tomato Seeds – Burlesque F1
Tomato Seeds – Burlesque F1 These ‘Burlesque’ tomatoes are certainly big and beautiful! They produce an abundance of large (400g) beefsteak tomatoes with a sweet and tangy taste (Brix 6%). These whopping tomatoes are perfect to grow in a greenhouse or outside further South as they are also blight tolerant! The flavoursome fruits grow in
Turnip Seeds – Sweetbell F1
A truly unique turnip, with an exquisite flavour which can be likened to a melon. It is very juicy and tastes equally good sliced or grated in a salad or lightly steamed and served hot.
Pea Shoots Seeds – Twinkle
Sow Twinkle in a tray indoors at any time of year and enjoy delicious, crunchy, vitamin packed, pea-flavoured shoots in just 3 weeks. Provides a second picking a few weeks later. These super quick crops are packed full of surprising and intriguing flavours that will enthral your taste buds. As well as being loaded with
Seed Tape – Lettuce
Goodbye successional sowing! Just sow once and the mix of varieties mature successionally for a super-long harvest period! Harvest for up to 20 weeks! Crisp, tasty lettuces. Sow March-June. Harvest June-October. 6m seed tape.
Tomato Seeds – Table Top Tomato (Sweet ‘n’ Neat Red)
Easy to grow tomato with tasty red, cherry sized fruit. Try these bushy little plants that grow to just 30cm (12") high and wide. You can grow this variety on a sunny table top or windowsill, in containers on the patio, or in hanging baskets. The plants become covered in fruit and can produce between
Squash Seeds – Zucca da Marmellata
Part of the James Wong Grow For Flavour Range. James says – ‘Bred specifically to simmer down into a spiced amber jam much loved in Italy’. It is rather lacking in sugars, so tastes a little insipid on its own, but it is magically transformed by a few generous cupfuls of the sweet stuff, a
Carrot Seeds – F1 Octavo
Carotenes get their name from, you guessed it, carrots! Just like squashes, its these compounds that give this veg their characteristic hue. Evidence shows that these compounds can help to filter out harmful UV rays and protect the delicate cells our eyes from damage. In research by Suttons and Exeter University, Octavo had the highest
Black Cumin Seeds
The James Wong Collection – These edible and aromatic seeds are used as a spice in Indian and middle eastern cuisine and can be used like black pepper when cooking. Attractive blooms which flower freely and flowers develop a balloon-like seed pod full of seeds. Black Cumin has been grown for over 1,000 years.
Peruvian Black Mint Seeds
The perfect herb for those who hate coriander and used in exactly the same way. Leaves have a zesty citrus, cooling peppermint and fruity pineapple flavour. The soft, lacy leaves of this Andean relative of the marigold have a bright, fresh, intensely aromatic fragrance. Incredibly easy to grow. Harvest June-late September. Height 100-150cm (39-59); spread
Mint Seeds – Menthol Soother
Quite apart from its many culinary uses and attraction to bees, it’s renowned for easing upset tums too. To create a more potent tonic, combine with that other garden apothecary favourite, chamomile! (Check with your doctor.) Flowers April-September. Height 30-40cm (12-16); spread 50-60cm (20-24). View the recipes for soothing Mint and Chamomile Popsicles to soothe an
Pea Seeds – Maro
The premier ‘marrowfat’ variety ideal for making ever-popular mushy peas. Harvest the pods when fully dry and mature and the peas are hard and firm. Peas can also be soaked for stews and casseroles. Can also be eaten fresh when the pods are young – although the peas are less sweet then most garden varieties they
