Category Archives: Garden
Kale Duo Mix – Seeds
Our Kale Duo Mix Collection includes 10 seeds each of our Emerald Ice and Midnight Sun varieties. The Emerald Ice is an amazing new variety that has the best eating quality of all kales! The textured ruffled leaves develop a striking contrasting white centre as they mature and have the sweetest flavour, even the leaf
Coreopsis x hybrida ‘Incredible Dwarf Mix’ – Seeds
Many years of breeding work has resulted in this incredibly free-flowering dwarf mixture with intense colour blooms. Ideal planted in drifts or used as an edging plant where it adds long-lasting summer colour to the front of a sunny border.
Ageratum houstonianum ‘Timeless Mixed’ – Seeds
Tall stems of deep green foliage with attractive candyfloss-like flowers in pink, white and blue shades.
Marigold ‘Konstance’ – Seeds
Outstanding in trials, this variety combines the flower power, garden performance and weather resistance of a French marigold with larger blooms similar to an African Marigold. Double mahogany red, large blooms on free-flowering bushy and robust plants, to create impact in borders.
Rose ‘White Fairy’ (Polyantha)
Here’s a little beauty for the rose garden or a sunny border: a fully double old-fashioned white rose with wide open flowers and many layers of petals, shown off to great effect against the glossy dark green foliage. Rose ‘White Fairy’ is a paler version of the popular polyantha rose, ‘The Fairy’ and it makes
Rose ‘Breeder’s Choice Pink’ (Hybrid Tea Rose)
Bush roses are always popular, and this variety is one of the best, in a beautiful shade of pink. Height: 1m (3′). Spread: 60cm (24). Supplied as bare roots.
Rose ‘Breeder’s Choice Gold’ (Hybrid Tea Rose)
Bush roses are always popular, and this variety is one of the best, in a beautiful shade of gold.
Rose ‘Breeder’s Choice Red’ (Hybrid Tea Rose)
Bush roses are always popular, and this variety is one of the best, in a beautiful shade of red.
Clematis ‘Elizabeth’
An old cottage garden favourite for smothering walls and twining through trees. Masses of fragrant pale pink flowers contrast beautifully with the purple flushed mid-green foliage.
Gaultheria procumbens
Gaultheria procumbens has many names, among which are Eastern teaberry, Boxberry and American wintergreen. No matter what they choose to call it, one thing that all gardeners agree on is the plant’s ability to provide groundcover and suppress weeds, even in partially shady areas. In addition to this practical use, Checkerberry makes a colourful addition
Aronia x prunifolia ‘Brilliant’
Brilliant by nature as well as by name, Aronia x prunifolia ‘Brilliant’ is a fantastic plant for autumn colour. This medium-sized, deciduous shrub produces clusters of pretty white flowers in late spring and early summer. The purple-black berries that follow are ready to harvest in the autumn. Commonly known as Purple Chokeberries, these tart fruits
Arabis caucasica ‘Pixie Cream’
A welcome springtime evergreen perennial, Arabis caucasica ‘Pixie Cream’ or Rock Cress produces dozens of small fragrant blooms with cream petals and yellow centres complemented by cushions of grey-green foliage. This alpine plant is a good choice for rock gardens, nestling into wall crevices, patio containers or as attractive ground cover in hot sunny borders.
Ribes odoratum
For any gardener looking for a yellow flowering shrub, Ribes odoratum, is a fantastic choice. In April and May the bush, native to Central USA, becomes absolutely full of tiny yellow flowers, which have a lovely sweet scent. The foliage of this medium sized shrub, also known as Buffalo Currant or Clove Currant, turns red
Agapanthus ‘Double Diamond’
A lovely dwarf variety, which unusually, bears double flowers. Agapanthus ?Double Diamond? is perfect for small gardens, running along the front of a border or planted in patio containers.
Candytuft ‘Pink Ice’
If you want your garden to look pretty in pink, plant Candytuft ‘Pink Ice’ in your sunny borders, rockeries and patio containers. Iberis’ pastel pink flowers consist of impressive panicles followed by attractive seed heads and are at their best in the early summer. The hardy perennial also provides great seasonal groundcover due to its
Anemone sylvestris
A delightful plant that requires little maintenance, Anemone sylvestris is a low-growing plant hardy perennial that forms clumps of feathery green leaves. During late spring you can expect an attractive display of delicately fragranced, yellow centred white flowers that explain why the plant is often known as Snowdrop Anemone. Anemone sylvestris can be left alone
Weigela rosea (Hedging)
This attractive deciduous shrub is adorned with pink flowers from late spring. Ht. 1-2m. Supplied as bare root plants.
Symphoricarpos albus
This deciduous shrub bears small flowers during summer but it’s most attractive feature is the large white berries that are produced in autumn. Ht. 1.5m. Supplied as bare root plants.
