Category Archives: Garden
Dwarf Bean ‘Tendergreen’ – Seeds
An excellent variety for freezing with fleshy, stringless pods that are fibreless and snap cleanly. Dwarf Bean ‘Tendergreen’ is early to mature and crops well over a long season. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12)
Broad Bean ‘The Sutton’ – Seeds
An excellent dwarf variety only 30cm (12in) high that produces lots of 13-15cm (5-6in) pods each bearing five small, but deliciously tender beans. Broad Bean The Sutton is very suitable for successional sowings commencing late autumn (under cloches) or late winter/early summer in the open. Ideal for the small garden. Suitable For Freezing
Broad Bean ‘Masterpiece Green Longpod’ – Seeds
A very good flavoured broad bean, with good pod length and remarkable table qualities. It may well be the best green-seeded variety, excellent for deep freezing and growing well under all conditions. Height: 75-90cm (30-36in)
Californian Poppy ‘Peach Sorbet’ – Seeds
Very free-flowering double to semi-double blooms in a mouth watering combination of soft peachy-pink with a hint of cream sitting neatly above the deep green ferny foliage. Ideal sown as drifts of colour, flowering all summer in borders
Hesperis matronalis – Seeds
Charming, large spikes of single, lilac and purple flowers are produced in the spring filling the air with their sweet and spicy evening fragrance. Sweet Rocket will also attract butterflies and other beneficial insects to your garden. Hardy Biennial – can be perennial in some soils.
Teasel – Seeds
Tall, striking, thistle-like plants with serrated leaves and large spiny flower heads. A valuable source of nectar for bees and butterflies, as well as attracting many seed-eating birds to your garden or wild flower meadow. Makes attractive, dried, cut flowers
Foxglove ‘Alba’ – Seeds
Marvellous large pure white spikes, a rare and unusual colour. Magnificent in the border in sun or part shade and very useful as a cut flower. Flowers early summer
Chrysanthemum carinatum ‘Polar Star’ – Seeds
An easy to grow showy annual with unusual tricolour flowers, where each white bloom has an intriguing inner yellow halo surrounding a central darker cushion. Perfect for adding height and interest to borders, as well as making a long lasting cut flower
Cornflower ‘Classic Romantic’ – Seeds
A romantic mixture of single and semi-double blooms in gorgeous pink and red shades combined with a pink and white bicolour. Easy to grow. A cottage garden classic, creating a long flowering display in borders, or when used as a cut flower.
Poppy ‘Candy Floss’ – Seeds
Huge 7-10cm (3-4in) diameter, fully-double pom-pom flower heads stand tall and proud above glaucous foliage. The stunning flowers are followed by large, attractive seed heads which look wonderful in dried flower arrangements. Sow in large drifts in borders as an easy-to-grow annual which will attract admiration from passers-by and neighbours!
Wallflower ‘Tom Thumb Mixed’ – Seeds
Very wide colour range, excellent in small spaces, tubs, window boxes. Slightly later flowering
Lavender (French) – Seeds
Flaring petals from compact bracts crown slender stems. Very attractive bushes of aromatic grey/green foliage. Favoured by citizens of the Roman Empire for fragrance. Easy to grow and trouble free.
Wallflower ‘Brilliant Bedder Series Mixed’ – Seeds
Dwarf, sturdy and much neater and compact plants. Very good for exposed positions, beds and borders. Where space is limited containers, tubs, etc. Flowers spring. Height 25-30cm (10-12in)
Buddleja davidii (Mixed) – Seeds
A strong growing easy to raise shrub producing fragrant plumes during the summer which are much loved by butterflies. Saved from named varieties. Flowers summer. Height & Spread: 8x 6ft (240x180cm)
Bellis perennis ‘Pomponette’ Mixed – Seeds
Masses of tightly quilled 1.5in button flowers on compact plants. A bright mixture of red, rose and white. Superb for small beds, edging, windowboxes etc. Growing well in shade they are good for planting under trees or as an edging to patio borders etc. Flowers spring. Height 10-15cm (4-6in).
Cornflower ‘Classic Fantastic’ – Seeds
A classic mixture of single and semi-double blooms in cool blue shades, ranging from light heavenly blue to dark blue combined with a blue and white bicolour. Creates a fantastic, long flowering display in borders, or when used as a cut flower. Easy to grow
Calendula officinalis nana ‘Fruit Twist’ – Seeds
Delightful dwarf calendula in a zesty mix of citrus colours. Pretty, daisy-like blooms are early flowering and very easy to grow, adding bright drifts of colour to a sunny border. Sow in September for an eyecatching late spring display or sow in spring for summer flowering.
Honey Bee Flower Mixed – Seeds
A blend of nectar and pollen rich flowers, that are proven favourites of honey bees in our gardens and providing forage all season long. Perfect for those gardeners with their own honey hives, or those wishing to encourage bees into their gardens
Clarkia ‘Rembrandt’ – Seeds
An easy to grow, uniform selection with beautiful, deep carmine rose and white bicoloured blooms, with a consistent and stable pattern throughout the summer. Looks a picture sown as drifts of colour in borders, as well as making an eyecatching cut flower
