Category Archives: Plants & Seeds
Aster Plants – Tonga
Bring splashes of brilliant colours late summer into autumn, it forms a neat dome of slender green foliage, this hardy perennial becomes smothered in beautiful purple flowers from late August to October. With a compact, dwarf habit this is perfect for beds, borders and containers, with very little maintenance throughout the year. Height and spread:
Garlic Bulbs – Carcossonne Wight
Exceptional, pink cloved hardneck garlic showing great vigour in UK climate. Most successful of all hardnecks in UK with good skin cover, great strength of flavour coupled with a superior (in our opinion) bouquet and character. This variety was probably brought to Carcassonne by pilgrims travelling from the east on their way to Compostela. 8/12
Amaryllis Collection
These fabulous winter flowering bulbs add a stunning focal point to any room. Coming in four different colours, they can be grown outdoors when all risk of frost has past, making them perfect for creating a summer display on your patio. Collection comprises: Amaryllis ‘Minerva’ – An eye-catching Hippeastrum producing vibrant red blooms with a central
Rose ‘Arthur Bell’
Rose ‘Arthur Bell’ The beautifully formed buds on Rose ‘Arthur Bell’ open in summer to reveal large, semi double flowers in a perfectly subtle shade of yellow. It is a true classic among roses, flowering continuously all summer and also has a lovely scent. This really is a must have rose. Height 100cm (39). Spread:
Tomato Principe Borghese
Egg sized, midi plum-shaped fruit. Tomato Principe Borghese has a characteristic sharp taste as vine ripened fruits for salad and ideal as a sun-dried variety. A huge cropping tomato over the season. Bush variety.
Zinnia Lavender Queen
Stunning cut flower. With their long straight stems, pretty foliage and huge dahlia-style blooms in pastel shades, they are a gardeners and florists dream! They match dahlias for size and presence, yet will provide more blooms, for a longer time, they certainly look the part in the garden.
Nicotiana (Organic) Seeds – Mix
This ornamental tobacco mix produces sweetly scented blooms in a range of bright colours. Bees and other pollinators will love it! Flowers June-September. Height 75cm (30).
Poppy (Organic) Seeds – Mix
Mixed Poppy is a delightful mixture of single and double poppies with a wide variety of colours and shapes. The colours vary from cream to orange and from pink to red, with or without a white rim. There are both single as double flowers. Loved by bees. Flowers June-August. Height 40-50cm (16-20); spread 30-40 (12-16).
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
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.
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
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
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
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").
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
