Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Cyclamen hederifolium
A lovely plant that produces delicate pink flowers with reflexed petals in the autumn. Emerging after it has flowered, heart-shaped, dark green leaves are decorated with silver so creating a marbled effect. Cyclamen hederifolium is perfect as a ground-cover plant in rockeries and woodland areas where it will self-seed and create carpets of foliage and flowers
Onion Sets – Senshyu Yellow
An extremely popular Japanese over-wintering onion, reliably producing a heavy crop of semi-globe-shaped, straw-coloured bulbs of excellent quality, which should be ready to harvest in early July.
Strawberry Plants – Flamenco
This superb strawberry will give you a regular supply of strawberries throughout the summer. British bred, it produces a good crop of large, bright red, deliciously flavoursome fruit. Equally tasty eaten fresh from the plant with cream or sugar, or for making jam. Why not grow a few plants on the patio and enjoy them
Strawberry Plants – Sweetheart
Who could resist these sweet, juicy, dark red berries? Ready for picking from June, the small, conical fruit are aptly named as the berries strike the perfect balance between sweetness and acidity, making them extremely moreish. The compact, heavy-cropping plants show good resistance to a number of diseases. Summer isn’t summer with strawberries!
Strawberry – Skyline
Short of room to grow your own strawberries? Try Strawberry Skyline it grows up not out, climbing stems and hanging fruits from every runner! An ideal strawberry for anyone short of space, its climbing habit makes it harder for the slugs to get to before you do and no bending down to pick your crop.
Strawberry Plants – Mara des Bois
The best of the European varieties for flavour! This much sought after variety combines the sweet, aromatic taste of a wild strawberry with the fruit size of a modern hybrid. The berries are a lovely deep red when ripe and just irresistible! Strawberry Mara de Bois crops over a long period too – May to
Garlic Bulbs – Elephant
This colossal garlic can grow to an amazing 15cm (6?) across and weighs almost 1kg (2.2lb). Each clove is bigger than a regular garlic bulb! As it is closely related to the common leek, the flavour is milder, making it suitable to use raw in salads. Planting from October-February.
Kale Plants – Red Russian
Kale Plants – Red Russian Tender to eat and sweet in flavour! Kale plant ‘Red Russian’ will produce good crops of delicious grey-green leaves, almost like giant oak leaves. As the weather gets colder, the leaves take on a red tinge and the flavour sweetens. In fact, the 60-90cm high plants are so attractive that
Peach Dwarf Fruit Tree – Avalon Pride
Self-fertile with pretty pink flowers which bear large, deliciously juicy fruits. Ripens in August. Supplied in a 4 litre pot at a height of approximately 70cm (27½"). Small trees adapted to grow in different container sizes. And if you want, you can also transplant them into the open ground. They are a selection of the
Onion Sets – F1 Centurion
Onion Sets – F1 Centurion RHS Award of Garden Merit winner. There is no doubt in our minds why the Onion Sets – F1 Centurion is a winner of the RHS Award of Garden Merit. It is simply superb. Producing heavy crops that mature early, this first rate onion is very strong growing. The Onion
Garlic (Softneck) Bulbs – Cledor (Spring)
Improvement on an old French variety ‘Rose du Var’ originally from the South of France. Produces round white bulbs with strong skin and great flavour. Harvest late June-August. 250g pack (8-12 cloves per bulb.)
Shallot (Spring) Red Sun Organic
Shallot (Spring) Red Sun Organic A red variety producing large, tasty shallots with a distinctive spicy taste. The skins are firm and bulbs solid, and they will store for months! Plant from February onwards.
Garlic Bulbs – Kingsland Wight
Garlic Bulbs – Kingsland Wight A regal garlic and the most versatile hard necks! Originating from near Toulouse, southwest France the garlic ‘Kingsland Wight’ is one of the most versatile of hard necks. We called this royal garlic after Kingsland, the most fertile strip of land on the farm, whose rent was due to the
Onion (Spring) Sturon Organic
Onion (Spring) Sturon Organic The Sturon Ogranic is a well-known onion variety, renowned for its flavour. The Sturton onion set produces round, straw-coloured onions that are plump and medium in size. Perfect for any meal you wish to add them to. The onion – Sturton will keep well through the winter due to its thin
Garlic Bulbs – Messidrome
White with excellent flavour for all culinary uses. Softneck variety. Plant October-January. 250g pack (10-11 cloves per bulb). Virus-free French variety – bulbs come from virus-free stock, ensuring that they’ll grow into healthier plants and produce larger harvests! Softneck types – the majority of modern varieties. This type, despite its name, stores for longer and
Onion (Autumn) Radar Organic
Onion Sets Radar A great Japanese variety of onions is perfect for planting from September to November. These are hardy and early maturing. They grow with a mild flavour and a delicious crunchy texture. Great for eating fresh or for short-term storage until autumn. Harvest May-July.
Shallot Bulbs – Golden Gourmet
This superb variety will consistently produce heavy crops of good flavoured shallots that keep well for several months. Plant from February onwards.. A great beginner variety.
Garlic Bulbs – Solent Wight
Garlic Solent Wight is a much-loved variety of Garlic and is great for home growing in the UK. This Allium sativum is popular for its high quality and even received an Award of Garden Merit from the RHS!Ready to plant in late Winter, Solent Wight produces large, mature bulbs that will be ready to lift
Onion Sets – Triple Pack
Onions are one of our most invaluable vegetables and also one of civilisation’s oldest medicines. They can help lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels and are anti-asthmatic, antibacterial and antiseptic. This triple pack contains a 250g pack of the following three varieties: Electric – Produces outstanding quality, shiny, deep red semi-globe-shaped onions with excellent flavoured
Garlic Bulbs – Lovers Autumn Planting Collection
Now an essential part of so many kitchen gardens, with excellent health benefits (lowering blood pressure, fat and cholesterol levels and combating infections). And they couldn’t be easier to grow – simply plant the garlic cloves in autumn, and they’ll be ready to lift and dry next July! Garlic Lovers’ Collection contains 8 bulbs (2
