Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Eschscholzia Single White
Pretty ferny foliage, and bright white coloured flowers with delicate petals that flutter in summer breezes. Flowers mid June-September. HA – Hardy annual. Height 30cm (12"). Choose a sunny position. Sow direct into finely raked, moist, warm soil where the plants are to flower at a depth of 6mm (¼") covering the seed lightly. Germination
Verbascum Dark Eyes
Verbascum Dark Eyes Perfect for summery bouquets of colourful flowers! A compact variety with short spires, Verbascum ‘Dark Eyes’ (Mullein) is a must-have addition to the front of a border or for displaying in patio containers and helping to create the quintessential cottage garden look. This is a look which many gardeners aspire to portray
Eschscholzia Single Purple
Pretty ferny foliage, and brightly coloured flowers with delicate petals that flutter in summer breezes. Flowers mid June-September. HA – Hardy annual. Height 30cm (12"). Choose a sunny position. Sow direct into finely raked, moist, warm soil where the plants are to flower at a depth of 6mm (¼") covering the seed lightly. Germination takes
Anemone Pulsatilla
Award-winning Pulsatilla vulgaris. Showy bell-shaped blossoms of bright purple contrast beautifully against the luminous golden-yellow stamens. Its silky foliage remains attractive throughout the growing season. These low growers self-seed making for more seasonal interest. Height and spread: 20cm (8").
Eryngium Blue Hobbit
Eryngium ‘Blue Hobbit’ is a unique, dwarf Eryngium, which can be grown in a patio pot. The 30cm (12") plants become top-heavy in midsummer, with sprays of nearly 100 inky-blue flowers, they are attractive to pollinators and ideal for cutting.
Dorotheanthus Gelato Lemon Shades
Also known as a ‘Livingstone Daisy’; ‘Gelato Yellow Shades’ is a tender, mat-forming to trailing annual with cylindrical, ovate to spoon-shaped, fleshy, light green leaves and, throughout summer, daisy-like flowers in shades of yellow. Sow in a propagator on a windowsill or in a greenhouse at approximately 15-18°C (60-65°F) onto a good quality, finely sieved,
Cornflower (Organic) Seeds – Double Blue
Rich and brilliant blue flowers all summer long – and the bees will love it as much as you do! Flowers June-September. Height 75cm (30).
Tomato (Organic) Seeds – Reisetomate
Tomato (Organic) Seeds – Reisetomate Enjoy growing this rare and unique tomato, perfect for snacking The Tomato Reisetomate is a spectacular variety of tomato that is rare and rather unique. Producing an unusual shaped fruit the Tomato Reisetomate actually produces several cherry sized- tomatoes that fuse together to create one large fruit! Not commonly sold
Squash & Pumpkin (Organic) Seeds – Tuffy
Delicious acorn squash for baking, with sweet yellow flesh. Black-green thick skin with distinctive ribbing. Bears 5-6 fruits per plant.
Wild Rocket (Organic) Seeds
Much thinner-leaved than the cultivated variety, but with a more pungent peppery flavour. Less prone to bolt. A perennial, but best grown as an annual.
Pea (Organic) Seeds – Norli Sugar Pea
Small deep green pods with delicious flavour, best picked when 5cm long. The true French green mangetout. Resistant to fusarium wilt.
Onion Salad (Organic) Seeds – Ishikura Bunching
A delicious Japanese bunching salad/spring onion, with long white stems (does not form bulbs). Earthing up will increase the length of the white portion. High in dietary fibre and vitamins, it’s ideal in salads and stir-fries. Crops just 10 weeks from sowing.
Acer Bi Hoo
This stunning Japanese maple provides year round interest with its golden yellow bark, as leaves emerges a gorgeous salmon colour in spring they soon take on a yellow-green colour and ending with a lovely orange tinge. This makes a fantastic stand-alone specimen tree as late seasonal interest as the yellow bark seems to glow in
Lettuce (Organic) Seeds – Mix
A mix of Red Salad Bowl, Suzan, Marvel of Four Seasons and Little Leprechaun all in one packet. Cut at 10cm high for baby leaf or allow to fully grow.
Carrot (Organic) Seeds – Rainbow Mix
A colourful mix of maincrop carrots. White, purple and yellow varieties, mixed to sow and harvest together. Carrots are high in vitamin A.
Escallonia Plant – Pink Elle Noble
Larger than average heads of pink flowers form in abundance at the ends of the branches of this compact evergreen shrub in early summer. Usually, in early autumn there is a second, less prolific flush that will add another shot of colour to the shrub border. The foliage is a rich glossy green, and this
Cosmos Plants – Cupcakes and Saucers Mix
This elegant blend of Cosmos brings together a variety of flower forms and gentle pastel shades. From the daisy-like blooms of traditional Cosmos to the unique, fused petals of Cosmos ‘Cupcakes’ and everything in between! Height: 120cm (48"). Spread: 60cm (24").
Trachelospermum jasminoides Plant – Star of Toscane
A new and attractive woody, evergreen climber with rich, dark green leaves which often turn bronze in winter. Unlike its well established and much-loved relative, its flowers are yellow (from creamy to buttery), but they still have the same sweet perfume. These appear in clusters over a long period from summer to autumn. Flowers June-August.
Acer Palmatum Sangokaku
Acer Sango-Kaku is a showstopper! Provides dramatic autumn colour as well as perfect structure. This RHS AGM winner is the most well known Coral-bark Maple. Coral-red branches form alongside pinkish-yellow lobed leaves. As the plant matures its stem turns a vibrant red colour. Once the leaves have fallen these vibrant stems sparkle in the winter
N Pygmaea Helvola
Prolific tiny star-shaped soft flowers. It has the smallest flowers of any hardy nymphaea. Plant in still water away from splashing fountains. Lower gradually so the leaves can stretch to the surface within a few days. Remove dead leaves and flowers during the growing season. Flowers June-September. Minimum depth 15cm; maximum depth 40cm. Minimum spread
