Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Teasel Seeds
Dramatic plants that are loved by bees and butterflies. Ideal for cutting and drying. Imposing plants that will bring real impact to the back of a border and are loved by bees and other pollinators. Height 180cm (6′). HB – Hardy biennial.
Sunflower Seeds – Giraffe
British bred by Victoria Wakefield. Perfect for the UK climate and a must for competitions! Possibly the tallest sunflower ever bred! Height 4.5m (15′). HA – Hardy annual. Easy to grow and a real favourite with children. Flowers like very large daisies with brightly coloured petals. Pollen-free varieties are ideal for hayfever sufferers and for cutting. Use
Rhodochiton atrosanguineum Seeds
Beautiful bell-shaped blooms. Ideal against a wall or fence. Also looks good trailing from hanging baskets. A popular, fast-growing climber for the greenhouse or sunny, sheltered spot outdoors. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Height 180-240cm (6-8′). GP – Greenhouse perennial.
Portulaca Seeds – F1 Lazy Daze Mix
British-bred plants in a great mix of colours. Low-growing, succulent-leaved, drought-tolerant plants that make superb ground cover. Height 15-22cm (6-9"). HHA – Half hardy annual.
Marrow Seeds – F1 Tiger Cross
Tiger Cross is an early maturing type producing tasty courgettes or delicious marrows with attractive green, striped fruits of good length. Recommended for both table and exhibition purposes. Resistant to Cucumber Mosaic Virus. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Bush variety.
Hibiscus Seeds – Simply Love
Large creamy yellow blooms with attractive chocolate-maroon centres. Once grown, always desired! Height 80-90cm (30-36"). HHA – Half hardy annual.
Gomphrena Seeds – haageana Orange
Bushy plants bearing rich, fluorescent orange blooms. Easy-to-grow plants with strawflower-like blooms. Height 25cm (10"). HA – Hardy annual.
Lettuce Seeds – Match
An exceptional iceberg lettuce whose crunchy leaves are deliciously sweet. It shows good mildew resistance, is tolerant of hot weather and slow to bolt. Tom says: Quick and easy lettuces are many peoples first veggie crop. Try mixing red and green lettuce leaves to add a note of bitterness to salads, or try slicing up
Seed Tape – Perpetual Spinach Leaf
Excellent on dry soils where annual spinach would run to seed quickly. Hardy and useful for autumn and winter dishes
Cerinthe Seeds – Honey Bee
Electric-blue, metallic-looking flowers. Excellent for bees, and ideal for cottage and wildlife gardens. Height 60cm (24"). HA – Hardy annual.
Shallot (Banana) Seeds – Simiane
This torpedo-shaped variety has mild sweet flesh that forms in tender, rose-coloured rings. It is truly versatile in the kitchen and can be used young as a bunching onion or left to mature for uses from stock and soups to putting on a skewer on a BBQ. A sweet flavoured variety favoured by Michelin starred
Celosia Seeds – Nana Mixed
Very uniform growing habit, ideal for pots, borders and bedding. Dramatic flower spikes that will extend your season of colour. Height 15cm (6"). HA – Hardy annual.
Kale Seeds – Black Magic
A variety of the Italian black cabbage, bred to perform better in our climate, with improved cold tolerance, colour, leaf shape and bolt resistance than current Italian varieties. Good cut-and-come again crop. Tom says: Kale has had a huge resurgence in recent years thanks to it’s incredibly high nutritional values, so much so that we’ve
Celosia Seeds – Flamingo Feather
Tall, slender, feathery flower spikes that are great for bouquets, fresh or dried. Dramatic flower spikes that will extend your season of colour. Height 1m (39"). HA – Hardy annual.
Lobelia Plant – Starship Deep Rose
A recently bred lobelia which brings to the market earlier flowering, a better branching habit and a better all round display. Intense red flowers are produced in columns up the strong stem for many months. Flowers June-September. Height 50-60cm (20-24"); spread 10-20cm (4-8′).
Begonia (Tuberous) Seeds – F1 Nonstop Mix
An outstanding item. Perfectly formed fully double flowers in a lovely colour range. Flowers June-September. Height 30cm (12"). HHA/HHP – Half hardy annual/Half hardy perennial. Supaseed variety. (SUPASEEDS – Coated seed form for easier handling and sowing.)
Bean Broad Plants – Luz de Otono
Bean Broad Plants – Luz de Otono Produce an autumn harvest of delicious broad beans! Luz de Otono is a vigorous growing broad bean that shows excellent cold resistance for overwintering use. These broad bean plants will produce long, high quality pods of tasty beans perfect to plant in July for a delicious autumn harvest.
Saintpaulia Buffalo Hunt
This is a standard variety which produces beautifully deep ruffled red flowers. The plant will measure between 20cm and 40cms when fully grown. Will flower intermittently throughout the year. Fowers January-December. Height 21-30cm.
Streptocarpus Plant – Gwen
This is a white sport of ‘Bethan’ retaining all the excellent growing properties. The plant produces a large head of flowers that almost smother the compact leaves. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Flower size 5.2cm. Flowers March-November. Height 11-20cm.
Nectarine Tree – Lord Napier
Large mouth-watering fruit, full of juice, white flesh with a crimson-flushed skin. Reliable and prolific, excellent outdoor variety for the British climate. Self-fertile. For planting and growing advice read our apricots-peach-tree-and-nectarines-tree-growing-guide.
