Category Archives: Garden
Chrysanthemum carinatum ‘Sunset’ – Seeds
Vibrant single blooms burst into a delightful range of fiery shades of red, orange and apricot. Easy to grow for brightening your borders or vases indoors from early summer through to the first frosts
Marigold ‘Dune Mixed’ – Seeds
Representing superb value for money, this is the best open-pollinated marigold available! From the best of British breeding comes this outstanding African marigold, offering amazing garden and container performance. In a striking mixture of yellow, gold and orange, the flowers are extremely weather resistant due to their unique petal formation which prevents excessive water being
Viola hybrida ‘Rose Shades’ – Seeds
A delightful bushy, compact and free flowering variety in delicious rose shades. Each bloom has an attractive yellow eye and darker whiskers, plus the added bonus of a sweet fragrance. Ideal for planting in spring or summer borders and containers. Height: 15-25cm (6-10in).
Salpiglossis sinuata ‘Black Trumpets’ – Seeds
Stunning, deep burgundy, almost black trumpet blooms each attractively veined and with a golden eye within their throat, add that exotic feel to your garden. Plants are dwarf, bushy and free flowering giving height to displays. An interesting border filler
Agastache foeniculum – Seeds
Silvery-green foliage which is scented unmistakenly of Aniseed. Flower spikes of blue appear during summer. Bees, butterflies and goldfinches love it!
Sunflower maximiliani – Seeds
Often known as the Maximilian Sunflower. This attractive perennial produces masses of golden yellow 7cm (3in) flowers all the way up the tall stems resembling a Hollyhock. Stunning in borders and a good late summer food source for both birds and butterflies
Datura metel ‘La Fleur Lilac’ – Seeds
Flowering in just 3 1/2 months. Particularly good for patio, cool greenhouse or conservatory where the evocative sweet fragrance of the bluey-lilac, 10cm (4 inch) trumpet blooms fills the air. Height: 30-45cm (12-18in)
Dianthus barbatus ‘Indian Carpet Mixed’ – Seeds
A dwarf compact variety of Sweet William with a very wide colour range that makes excellent bedding. Dianthus barbatus ‘Indian Carpet Mixed’ can be treated either as a biennial or as a half hardy annual.
Wallflower ‘Scarlet Bedder’ – Seeds
Sweetly fragrant scarlet flowers on dwarf sturdy plants. Just right for containers and beds, where space is limited or to underplant tall bulbs. Flowers spring. Height: 35-45cm (15-18in).
Hollyhock ‘Chater’s Double Apricot’ – Seeds
This magnificent strain, with fully double flowers of rich apricot on tall imposing spikes of blooms, gives an air of stately splendour. One of the finest background plants for the border and is equally effective when grown in small groups. Usually flowers in its second year. Flowers mid to late summer. Height 15-2m (5-6ft).
Zinnia marylandica ‘Zahara Starlight Rose’ – Seeds
Truly spectacular 2010 AAS award-winning bedding plant! The pretty white flowers with an attractive pinky-rose centre are 6cm (25in) across when fully open. Bushy, dwarf plants flower freely and are so tolerant of such conditions as heat, humidity and drought that they were planted extensively in floral displays at the Beijing OlympicsNon-stop-flowering Zinnia Zahara Starlight
Sweet Pea ‘High Scent’ – Seeds
Widely regarded as one of the most fragrant sweet peas available! This beautifully delicate variety bears creamy-coloured petals with subtle violet-blue picotee edges and a heavenly perfume.
Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm’ – Seeds
A profusion of bright flowers up to 5in across on bushy plants
Francoa sonchifolia ‘Pink Giant’ – Seeds
Reliable garden perennial with deeply lobed green leaves and spikes of large pink bicoloured petals on long flower spikes. Just as lovely in a border as in a vase
Dianthus plumarius ‘Sweetness Mixed’ – Seeds
A true breakthrough! First year flowering from July to September from an early (February) sowing, producing heavily scented pinks. Dwarf, bushy, spreading plants; ideal for cottage or perennial borders. Easy to maintain – simply trim spent blooms with shears at the end of the season.
Marigold ‘Single Legion of Honour’ – Seeds
More than 150 years old and still going strong, the heirloom variety of French Marigold Single Legion of Honour continues to perform well in the garden. These bushy, mid-height French marigolds will quickly become smothered in a mass of single, golden-yellow flowers with pretty dark brown markings. French Marigold Single Legion of Honour is a
Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Rubenza’ – Seeds
Wonderfully easy-to-grow plants which flower all summer until the first frosts. The dark, ruby-red blooms of Cosmos bippinatus Rubenza change to a lovely traditional rose red as they mature – their outstanding colour has earned them a Fleuroselect Novelty award. Cosmos bippinatus Rubenza shows excellent garden performance, especially planted in borders in drifts
Nasturtium ‘Double Delight Cream’ – Seeds
On T&M’s trials this was the best top flowering double Nasturtium. Gorgeous double to semi-double large cream blooms with a hint of lime, smother the bushy mid-green foliage. Nasturtium Double Delight Cream is easy to grow, freely-flowering all summer.
Dahlia coccinea ‘Species Mixed’ – Seeds
A vibrant mixture of delicate single flowers in several colours with many bicolour shades, Tall and free flowering, makes it ideal for adding height to bedding displays or filling gaps in perennial borders. Height 5 feet. Planting distance 27 inches.
