Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Corn Salad Seeds – Lambs Lettuce
Can be gathered when three or four leaves have formed, or given protection from frost with straw or bracken. Grows well in pots, keeping lower leaves clean.
Cauliflower Seeds – Romanesco Early
A superb alternative to white cauliflower, with attractive florets in an unusual lime-green colour. The crisp, tasty heads measure 15-23cm (6-9") across, and mature in autumn from a May sowing. Once the main heas has been harvested, the plant will produce several smaller heads over the next few weeks. Summer/Autumn maturing.
Carrot Seeds – F1 Purple Haze
The first hybrid purple carrot combining great taste and a vigorous growth habit with a colour that will brighten up mealtimes and could be a good way to encourage children to eat vegetables!
Carrot Seeds – Chantenay Red Cored 2
An old traditional variety producing flavoursome carrots over a long period. Ideal for boiling, steaming or stir-frying. 80 days from sowing to harvest (taken from our own trials and may vary in different areas).
Pea Seeds – Blauwschokker
An unusual and extremely attractive heritage variety with purple flowers followed by purple pods which may be eaten as mangetout when young or allowed to grow into swollen pods full of sweet green peas. Highly ornamental and tasty too!
Shallot Bulbs – Autumn Twin Pack
Twin pack contains 500g pack each of Griselle & Longor: Griselle – A robust spicy taste that will not disappoint! Best planted October to mid December, it multiplies well to give a good crop of long, grey-skinned bulbs in June. Use green or dried for storage well into winter. Essential vegetables with a distinct flavour.
Aster Seeds – Matsumoto Pink-Tipped White
Excellent for mid-late summer colour, asters are invaluable for bedding and edging, and in arrangements. Sow March-May under glass for flowers July-October, or sow outdoors in April-May.
Lettuce Seeds – Rossa di Trento
A loose-leaved, ‘open-hearted’ type, with good ‘bolt’ resistance ensuring that you get a good harvest over a longer period of time. Its beautiful red-tinged leaves are very tasty and it can also be picked as a ‘baby leaf’, especially with later sowings.
Lobelia Seeds – Mrs Clibran (Bush Variety)
A similar blue flower to the ever popular Crystal Palace, but the blooms have a distinctive white eye and the foliage is a rich green. A great companion to silver cineraria and orange marigolds. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Flowers July-September. Height 10cm (4"). Supaseeds – Coated seed form for easier handling and sowing.
Begonia Supaseeds – F1 Devon Gems Mix
Glossy foliage of green and bronze and large flowers in shades of pink, red and white. Flowers June-September. HHA/HHP – Half hardy annual/half hardy perennial. Semperflorens (Fibrous-rooted). Height 15cm (6"). SUPASEEDS – Coated seed form for easier handling and sowing.
Pansy Seeds – F1 Frizzle Sizzle Raspberry
Glorious raspberry-coloured blooms with darker blotch and small yellow heart. Flowers November-May. Height 20cm (8”).
Squash Seeds – Uchiki Kuri
At the orange end of the spectrum are vegetables such as squashes, packed with compounds known as carotenes. Diets rich in carotenes are thought to have a protective effect against certain cancers. Just as well then that this famously tasty variety is at the top of the list for carotenes, with a whopping 1200% more
Phlox drummondii Seeds – Blushing Bride
A tall annual phlox with two-tone pink blooms – blush pink petals with dark centres. Enjoy the delicately scented blooms in the garden or a vase indoors. FlowersJune-September, May-July. Height 40-50cm (16-20").
Antirrhinum Seeds – Dragon Flower (Magic Carpet Mix)
Your colourful flowers will bloom from late June to October in a wide range of colours. Squeeze the flowers gently and watch them open and ‘roar’ at you! FUN TO GROW – A fun, educational way to get children growing flowers and veg Great for party bags or christmas stockings! Fun growing indoor and outdoors! FREE
Radish Seeds – Diana
A cross between a round and longer type, producing oval-shaped, purple-and-white roots. With its peppery tang it is perfect for salads and is fast-cropping and ideal for growing in-between other veg.
Sweet Pea Seeds – Super Smelly Sweet Pea (Spencer Mix)
Did you know that I am related to the tasty little green garden peas, but you can’t eat me! Originally I came from Italy and my flowers come in every colour of the rainbow, except yellow. Height 180cm (6′).
Calendula Seeds – Bug Magnet (Daisy Mix)
Your Calendula flowers will be a real magnet for butterflies, bees and other insects as they visit the blooms in search of pollen and nectar. See if you can recognise any of the ‘bugs’ on your stickers and use your magnifying glass to help you get to know them better! FUN TO GROW – A
Scorpiurus muricatus Seeds – Caterpillar Plant (Mix)
Grow your own hairy caterpillars! These low growing, spreading plants are ideal for a sunny patch in the garden. As they become mature, the plants produce, from July to September, masses of tiny, yellow flowers which are followed by tightly curled, hairy ‘caterpillars’ which are actually the seed capsules. Kids love them! Height 5cm (2").
Borage Seeds – Star Flower
The Star flower produces bright blue flowers in large numbers during the summer months. Plants produce grey-green hairy leaves which can be used to flavour juices – they have a cucumber taste. Try picking fresh flowers and freezing them in ice cubes, they look spectacular in summer drinks! Height 60cm (24").
Pansy Seeds – F1 Frizzle Sizzle Orange
Vibrant orange flowers that will brighten up borders, containers or baskets. Flowers November-May. Height 20cm (8”).
