Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Seed Potato Organic Cara 1kg
A famous household name that stores well, they are large white potatoes, red-eyed tubers with creamy flesh make them look distinctive. This maincrop variety are ideal to roast or bake.
Sunflower (Organic) Seeds – Small Yellow Flower
Sunflower (small flower yellow) is a well-branched sunflower with lots of flowers. The yellow flowers have dark hearts and are quite small. This sunflower is suited as a cut flower and is a bee and butterfly magnet. Frequent picking stimulates longer flowering. Flowers August-September. Height 150-200cm (59-79); spread 70-80cm (27-31). Culinary tip: This flower is
Seed Potatoes Organic Orla 1kg
Orla has tasty white tubers, a versatile variety which you can lift young as a first early or grow on as a second early. Moderate resistance to scab, blackleg and blight, ideal to use as baked or salad. Second early varieties can be eaten young as new potatoes or left to grow bigger and lifted
Cornflower Seeds – Polka Dot Mix
Bushy plants flowering in an attractive range of colours. A ‘cottage garden’ favourite. HA – Hardy annual. Height 38-45cm (15-18"). An old classic with a pop of colour which will fill the garden with joy. Super easy to grow too.
Cosmos Seeds – White Knight
Strong, stout stems bear a profusion of pretty white flowers with a pale pink blush. It has a "Sea Shells" type flower form (sometimes bearing singles and doubles on the same plant) and makes an enchanting cut flower. Height 60-90cm (24-36"). HHA – Half hardy annual.
Courgette (Organic) Seeds – Golden Zucchini
A bushy, early courgette with medium-long fruits that are slender and cylindrical in shape. Very tender-skinned that are bright gold in colour and with distinctive, delicious zucchini flavour.
Indian Oyster Mushroom Dowels
Sweet, mild taste. High in vitamins, proteins and non-saturated fatty acids. Regularly used in Indian cuisine. Use pine logs.
Mushroom Log – Hericium
Crops in late summer and early autumn. Ready to fruit logs from woodland restoration projects. Once mature they will fruit for up to four years. The logs are 50cm long and 10-15cm diameter and are inoculated with dowels. Available all year. Full instructions included with aftercare for the logs. You do need to be patient
Cyclamen Hardy Seeds – Hederifolium Winter Cheer
Beautifully marbled foliage with flowers in white or pale rose. A widely grown winter-flowering pot plant. Neat, decorative foliage. HP – Hardy perennial. Height 7.5-15cm (3-6). RHS Award of Garden Merit winner.
Dahlia Seeds – Disco Dancer Mix
Excellent bedding dahlia, medium sized double and semi-double flowers in a fine colour range. Stunning flowers with green or bronze foliage. Easy to raise from seed. Invaluable material for autumn floral arrangements. HHP – Half hardy perennial. Height 60cm (2′).
Seeds for Pollinators – Purple De Provence
This superb purple variety is finer tasting than green varieties. It’s as ornamental as it is edible, and is ideal for a variety of situations, and is loved by bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects. Harvest May-June (year 2). This superb purple variety is, in our view, finer tasting than the green forms and is
Tomato (Organic) Seeds – Moneymaker
Everybody knows this one! A reliable variety producing plenty of fruits with a pleasant flavour.
Spring Onion (Organic) Seeds – White Lisbon
A reliable old spring onion favourite, with upright stems and mild flavour. Very quick growing. Sow in succession from early spring.
Cabbage Savoy (Organic) Seeds – Vertus
An Ormskirk type with the ability to stand severe frosts. An excellent green vegetable when little else is available. Sow May-June plant 60cm apart harvest Dec-Feb. Try lightly braised in butter with a twist of freshly ground pepper! 190 seeds.
Bean Runner (Organic) Seeds – Lady Di
Completely stringless, dark green 30cm pods. Delicious flavour, retaining a fleshy texture as the seeds are slow to develop.
Frangula alnus ‘Aspleniifolia’
A fantastic foliage plant, Rhamnus frangula ‘Asplenifolia’ has very fine leaves, similar in appearance to some of the more dainty Acer palmatum (Japanese Maple) cultivars from a distance. These are a bright green in spring and summer before turning a lovely bronze-yellow in autumn before falling. Height 150-200cm. Supplied in a 3 litre pot.
Pea (Organic) Seeds – Ambassador
Resistant to powdery mildew, mosaic virus and fusarium wilt. Semi-leafless plants for easy picking. Maturity 90 days.
Paeonia Plant – ITOH Pink Ardour
Flamboyant ruffles of cerise pink petals are held above neat clumps of glossy foliage in late spring and early summer. This stunning hardy perennial is a ‘must have’ for sunny borders. Flowers May-June. Height 70-80cm. Supplied in a 3 litre pot.
Courgette (Organic) Seeds – Black Beauty
Gives a steady supply of delicious, shiny deep green courgettes throughout the summer months. A strong growing, reliable variety. Easy to pick and ideal for slicing and freezing. (Earliest known date 1927).
Caryopteris cland. PETIT BLEU®
This new cultivar is compact and its flowers are deep blue. Perfect for small gardens or in a pot. One of the few shrubs that bloom during early autumn and have a blue colour in the beginning. Feel free to cut them in March, so that it blooms better. Flowers August-October. Height 60-70cm. Supplied in
