Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Aubergine Seeds – Black Beauty
Black Beauty is an excellent quality aubergine producing sturdy plants and an abundant crop of large, tasty, purple-black, pear-shaped fruit. Height approximately 120cm (4′).
Lettuce Seeds – Webbs Wonderful
A very popular variety producing large, crisp hearts. Slow to run to seed. 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 little gem lettuces and sautéing with peas and garlic for an
Sunflower Seeds – Waooh!
A great value, easy-to-grow, multi-headed variety, producing masses of golden flowers with large, dark, central discs. The bushy plants are ideal for border or container, and were still blooming at the end of September in our trials. Flowers mid July-September. Height 60cm (24") in pots, 60-80cm (24-32") in a border. HA – Hardy annual. Easy
Pumpkin Seeds – Atlantic Giant
This is the really big one, regularly producing monsters up to and over 300kg. If you want to win the local pumpkin growing competition or just grow a huge one for halloween then this is the one to grow. To grow really big pumpkins restrict to one fruit and feed regularly with high potassium fertiliser.
Sweet Pea Seeds – Sublime Scent Mix
Combining the best of attributes, a blend of the finest new colours available with extra flowers – the effect is sublime! Strong fragrance, long stems for cutting, and increased numbers of flowers – what more could you wish for? Flowers June-September. Height 1.5-2m (60-78"). Scent 4. Floribunda "modern grandiflora" type.
Beetroot Seeds – Cylindra
Cylindra produces delicious, high quality, dark crimson, cylindrical roots which have a long storage period. Late ripening, slow to bolt, and shows good disease resistance.
Verbena bonariensis Seeds – Purple Elegance
Sprays of purple flowers on long, strong stems. A long-flowering perennial for the back of a border, producing a beautifully airy display that will last throughout summer and autumn. Flowers are enhanced by the deep coloured stems. Flowers June-October. Height 90-100cm (35-40"). Attractive to bees and other pollinators Long flowering period Perennial – flowers year-after-year
Tomato Seeds – F1 Crimson Crush
As well as its ability to shrug off even the worst blight, Crimson Crush will provide great yields of exceptionally fine tasting, large, round tomatoes (each weighing up to 200g). Bred for outdoor growing, it’s the tomato that everyone should be planting this year. (Cordon variety – one stem grown by pinching off side-shoots as
Cosmos Seeds – Xanthos
The sky is the limit, but Cosmos Xanthos goes beyond. An amazing new dwarf, early flowering cosmos bearing masses of single round flowers (some with a collarette) in a unique new colour – stunning soft yellow with lighter edges. Award winners in the Fleuroselect (All Europe) Trials. Flowers July-October. Height 50-60cm (20-24"). Stunning soft yellow
Forget-Me-Not Seeds – Spring Symphony Blue
Superb spring flowering item with masses of mid-blue blooms which are produced on dwarf ‘ball’ shaped plants. Ideal for massed bedding with tulips or as an edging. Naturalises easily and grows successfully in most soils. Flowers April-June. HB – Hardy biennial. Height 15cm (6").
Geum Seeds – Oranges and Lemons
Vivid red and yellow flowers create a splash of colour! Traditional cottage garden favourite. Flowers July-September. Height 30cm (12"). HP – Hardy perennial.
Honesty Seeds – Mix
Attractive flower clusters followed by flat, round, translucent, papery seed pods. Easy to grow plants that are a magnet for bees and other pollinators. Flowers May-June (year 2). Height 60cm (2′). HB – Hardy biennial. Attractive to bees and other pollinators Easy to grow Seed pods are great as dried flowers
Love-in-a-Mist Seeds – Miss Jekyll
A traditional favourite with clear cornflower-blue blooms. Easy to grow. Pretty, delicate foliage and flowers are followed by ornamental seed pods. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Flowers July-September/May-June. Height 50cm (20"). HA – Hardy annual.
Love-in-a-Mist Seeds – Persian Jewels Mix
Well known mixture of white, pink, rose-red, mauve and purple shades. Pretty, delicate foliage, and flowers a little like cornflowers, followed by ornamental seed pods. Flowers July-September/May-June. HA – Hardy annual. Height 45cm (18").
Marigold French Seeds – Summer Loving Mix
A long lasting marigold that is quick to bloom and produces large, showy double flowers. Flowers June-September. Height 20-25cm (8-10").
Mimulus Seeds – F2 Super Hybrid Mix
A floriferous mimulus, bearing trumpet-shaped blooms in loads of colours, many with beautiful markings. Ideal for slightly shaded areas of the garden. Flowers Mid June-September. Height 15-20cm (6-8"). (Hybrid flower seed, as most people know, gives the best results, but because production costs are high, the seed can be quite expensive. In recent years, Suttons
Poached Egg Plant Flower Seeds
A popular and easy-to-grow plant with bright green foliage, and aptly named vibrant yellow and white flowers. Attractive to bees. RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. Flowers June-September. HA – Hardy annual. Height 15cm (6").
Begonia Plant – Connie Boswell
An attractive tall begonia. The maple shaped leaves have dark veins and edges which are covered in silver spots. Cane type. Grow in a bright spot with shelter. Flowers January-December. Height 91-100cm. TP – Tender perennial. Foliage houseplant Attractive maple-shaped leaves Patios or borders in summer months
Himalayan Poppy Seeds – Lingholm
Breathtaking poppy-like flowers will light up your garden year after year. A dramatic, clump-forming, much admired plant. Flowers May-July. Height 60cm (24"). HP – Hardy perennial.
Begonia Emerald Giant
A large leaved begonia. Leaf area being silver with dark green veins. Towards the edge is bright with silver dots becoming red. Rex type. Flowers January-December. Height 51-60cm. TP – Tender perennial.
