Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Asparagus officinalis Mondeo
Asparagus Mondeo is a spring planting, all-male hybrid. A massive interest has been raised due to its impressive quality and harvest, especially early in the season. These delicious spears have tight tips throughout the season, with excellent flavour and good disease resistance. Height: 150cm (59). Spread: 45cm (18).
Tagetes tenuifolia pumila Seeds – Lucida
Completely overshadowed by its well known cousins and but rarely seen in gardens these days, this is a charming and easy-to-grow perennial producing clusters of sweet-scented golden flowers and aromatic, lance-shaped tarragon-like foliage. Repels many pests. Flowers July-September. Height 61-70cm (24-27"). Aromatic foliage Can be grown as a herb Repels many pests
Seeds for Pollinators – Basil Round Midnight
Attractive dark purple foliage on cascading plants, ideal for hanging baskets or other containers. Edible and ornamental too! Also, Basil is great for attracting bumblebees to your garden. Harvest August-October.
Sweet Pea Seeds – True Fragrance
Our own unique blend of the most strongly scented varieties, tested over a number of years at our trials ground. It includes all the sweet pea colours and bi-colours, with large flowers and long stems. A must for cutting! Height 1.8m (6′). Scent 3. HA – Hardy annual.
Sweet Pea Seeds – Supersonic
Sweet Pea Seeds – Supersonic A compact twist on a traditional Sweet Pea that’s perfectly scented The Sweet Pea Seeds – Supersonic is a truly magnificent variety of sweet pea. A new and improved ‘jet set’ type with a re-selected habit, creating a beautiful, more compact plant.This makes the Sweet Pea Seeds – Supersonic ideal
Sweet Pea Seeds – Sweetie Mix
A cascading, trailing variety perfect for a hanging basket just at the right height so you can experience that wonderful sweet pea fragrance right outside your door. Contains five lovely, fragrant colours – carmine/rose, cherry, lavender, salmon and white. We recommend you blend these sweet peas as a constituent of a display such items as
Almond Robijn
This beautiful sweet almond makes a highly ornamental tree bearing showy, light pink blossom in spring. Grafted on a semi-dwarfing ‘St Julian’ rootstock, Almond ‘Robijn’ will form a medium sized, spreading tree with excellent resistance to peach leaf curl. In areas with mild, frost free winters the soft shelled nuts will form from the third
Prairie Seeds – Pampas Feathers Mix
A mixture of creamy white and pale pink bloomed plants, loved as an architectural plant by garden designers the world over ! The ultimate prairie look with big, bold plants is ideal at the back of a border to add height and hide unsightly fences. Do not overfeed plants as this will promote foliage growth,
Zinnia Seeds – Faberge Mix
Robust, well-branched plants producing loads of flowers, whose outer petals form a corolla around the central mound of disc florets. In shades of cream, salmon, scarlet, red, cherry, pink and rose. A superb cut flower. Height 75-80cm (30-32"). HA – Hardy annual. Sun-loving plants, free-flowering, long-lasting, and gaily coloured.
Rudbeckia Seeds – Rustic Dwarf Mix
Eye-catching border plants in shades of red, bronze and gold. Large daisy flowers with prominent discs. Excellent border plants, and lovely in floral arrangements. Flowers July-September. Height 50-60cm (20-24). HHA/HP – Half hardy annual/Hardy perennial.
Lemon Coriander Herb Seeds
Unusual lemon fragrance and flavour, delicious as a garnish in salads, or used in stir-fries. Easy to grow over a long season, it can even be grown in a pot on the windowsill. Harvest June-October. Height 50-60cm (20-24).
Wallflower Seeds – Fire King
One of the best known varieties, Wallflower Fire King produces masses of rich scarlet blooms throughout spring. The most popular spring bedding item – very fragrant. Large-flowered and uniform in height and habit. Grow as a hardy biennial. Height 45cm (18").
Canary Creeper Seeds
A quick covering for tall fences, trellis work and sunny walls, growing up to 3-3.6m (10-12′). Bright yellow flowers in summer. An attractive climber.
Seeds for Pollinators – Hidcote Blue
A compact variety of the popular English lavender. Hang bunches of flowers to dry and use it in pot-pourri indoors. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Flowers July-August. Height 50-60cm (20-24). Middle of border variety. HP – Hardy perennial.
Tithonia Seeds – Orange (Mexican Sunflower)
Robust, branching plants with long, toothed leaves that are hairy on the undersides, and bright orange, dahlia-like flower heads up to 7.5cm (3) across. Free-flowering plants that are loved by bees and butterflies and are ideal for cutting. Flowers July-October. Height 100-150cm (40-60).
Seeds for Pollinators – Thyme Orange Scented
A versatile perennial herb with aromatic, orange-scented foliage, attractive pale pink flowers and a strong thyme flavour. Harvest April-December. Height 20-30cm (8-12); spread 20-30cm (8-12).
Herb Seed – Mint
Mint is a perennial, and can be grown successfully from seed. Useful in sauces and jellies, and with peas, beans, carrots, beetroot, potatoes and spinach. We recommend growing in a pot as mint is extremely vigorous. It’s also great for attracting bumblebees to your outside space. Harvest April-September. Height 40-50cm (16-20).
Cornflower Seeds – Field Cornflower
A ‘cottage garden’ favourite. Drought-tolerant wildflower producing bright blue flowers that are loved by bees and other pollinators. Height 75cm (30"). HA – Hardy annual.
Wildlife Garden Seeds – Corncockle
Attractive bright pink flowers over 5cm (2") across, on long, elegant stems. An imposing and easy to grow filler. Loved by bees and other pollinators. Height 100cm (40"). HA – Hardy annual. (PLEASE NOTE – Seeds/plants harmful if eaten.) Great cut flowers Annual plant but will seed itself Known in Britain since the Iron Age
Perfect by Ponds Mix
Our Native British Wildflowers range has been developed from research conducted by Butterfly Conservation, BBKA, RSPB and the Woodland Trust. A seed mix perfect for creating an aquatic mini-habitat which contains water-edge and some semi-aquatic species. The foliage becomes a haven for amphibians, birds and some small mammals. The mix also contains butterfly and caterpillar
