Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Leek Seeds – Blue Green Autumn Neptune
An impressive leek producing flavoursome white stems that are ready to harvest from November to January. Shows good winter hardiness and resistance to rust.
Bean (Broad) Plants – Aquadulce Claudia
Bean (Broad) Plants – Aquadulce Claudia The delicious customer favourite! The Aquadulce Claudia is a gardeners favourite broad bean. The best broad bean for autumn sowing, you will yield handfuls of early, heavy crops of long pods filled with delicious sweet and tender beans. Height:100cm (39")& spread: 45cm (18"). RHS Award of Garden Merit.
Kale Seeds – Scarlet
Try these deeply curled, crimson/purple leaves in salads, cooked or as an ingredient in soups. The colour, flavour and texture is outstanding! Recommended for freezing. 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 seen headlines like “Kale shortage imminent”. Easy
Herb Seed – Thyme Common
Thyme is a perennial herb with small scented leaves. Excellent used sparingly with poultry, meat and game, and in soups.
Cauliflower Seeds – Igloo
A versatile early cauliflower. Grow it at close spacing for a quick crop of delicious mini heads or at wider spacing for more conventionally sized curds. Sow outdoors in March for harvestng in July. Summer/Autumn maturing.
Herb Seed – Rosemary
A perennial evergreen shrub with fragrant leaves which can be picked at any time and used in flavouring meat or fish dishes, also for bouquet garni.
Digitalis Seeds – Pam’s Split
Spikes of large, neatly arranged, creamy-white flowers with burgundy blotches, and unusually cut lower petals that give the plants an open, airy feel. Up to five flower stems per plant. Attractive to beneficial insects. Sow early for flowers the same year. Height 120-140cm (4-4½’). HB – Hardy biennial.
Broccoli Continuity Collection
Sprouting Continuity CollectionPlentiful supplies of tasty spears!One of the hardiest crops withstanding winter temperatures down to -12°C (10°F). Our Sprouting Continuity Collection of three first-class broccoli varieties will provide you with tasty pickings from November to March. Height 90cm (36). Spread 60cm (24).
Aster Seeds – Tall Fraggle Mix
Vigorous, bushy plants covered in semi-double flowers up to 5cm (2") across. In shades of lavender, dark blue, rose, white and purple. It bloomed until the end of September in our trials! Height 70cm (28").
Herb Seed – Marjoram Sweet
An annual which brings out the full flavour of meat dishes. Also useful in fish and tomato dishes in salads.
Carrot Seeds – F1 Eskimo
The most frost-tolerant variety bred so far. On well-drained soils, you can leave some roots in the ground through the winter and dig as required. In heavy soils you may need to lift them late in the year, but they will store well. Good disease resistance. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. 84 days from
Agastache Seeds – Liquorice Blue
This first-class variety produces attractive, upright spikes of hooded rose-purple blooms that are a magnet for bees and butterflies. Flowers June-September. Height 60cm (24"). Middle of border variety. HP – Hardy perennial.
Herb Seed – Tarragon Russian
Russian Tarragon is used for flavouring vinegars, pickles, mustards and sauces. Great in fish soup!
Armeria Seeds – Ballerina Red
Compact and uniform with grass-like foliage, these plants have strong stems topped with globe-shaped red blooms. Very free-flowering, first year blooming, and excellent in rock gardens. Flowers late May-early October. Height 20-30cm (8-12"); spread 20-30cm (8-12"). HP – Hardy perennial.
Herb Seed – Dill
Annual with feathery blue-green foliage. Leaves and seeds may be used to flavour stews, casseroles, soups and fish dishes, and certain pickles.
Cucumber Seeds – F1 Burpless Tasty Green
Prolific plants producing high-quality cucumbers comparable to glasshouse varieties. Fruits are at their best when about 23cm (9") long. Tolerant of summer heat, and resistant to mildew. Ridge (Outdoor) Variety.
Crocosmia Bulbs – Mix
A clump-forming, drought-tolerant hardy perennial, producing lush green, sword-like foliage topped with spikes of fiery, freesia-like blooms. Flowers July-September. Height 35cm (14"). Bulb size 6/7cm. (Please note: We are not normally able to accept orders for bulbs after mid April.)
Cress Seeds – Watercress Aqua
A crisp-textured variety with a delicious pungent flavour. High in vitamin C. Grows well in wet soil. Crop as baby leaves or allow to mature.
Courgette Seeds – F1 Atena
Bushy plants bearing abundant crops of tasty golden-yellow courgettes. Pick them when they’re 20cm (8") long and bursting with flavour. Ideal for pickling too.
Courgette Seeds – F1 Midnight
Compact, spineless plants ideal for patio containers but also garden growing. Reliably produces heavy crops of dark green, deliciously tasty fruit. .
