Category Archives: Garden

Stevia rebaudiana (Natural Sweetener) – Kew Veg Seeds

Stevia rebaudiana or candyleaf is widely grown for its sweet leaves that are becoming well known as a healthy substitute for sugar, bringing a host of medicinal benefits.

Cornflower ‘Blue Boy’ – Kew Flowerhouse Seed Collection

One of the most nostalgic of wildflowers, cornflowers immediately evoke summer meadows from days gone by and romantic cottage gardens.

Amaranthus caudatus – Kew Flowerhouse Seed Collection

Amaranthus caudatus or Love Lies Bleeding is an unusual and eye-catching annual that will bring an exotic feel to any seasonal display. Countless tiny, densely packed rich crimson flowers form long tassels that drip from the branches.

Xerochrysum bracteatum ‘White’ – Kew Flowerhouse Seed Collection

The common names of everlasting flower and strawflower describe these beauties perfectly! The large, dazzling white, semi-double blooms have a distinctive daisy-like appearance with an unusual papery texture.

Callistephus ‘Classic Salmon Rose’ – Kew Flowerhouse Seed Collection

The spectacular, rose-pink pom-pom flowers of Aster ‘Classic Salmon Rose’ add height to borders from midsummer well into autumn and make fabulous cut flowers.

Angelica archangelica – Kew Flowerhouse Seed Collection

Angelica archangelica is a majestic plant highly valued for its architectural form

Broad Bean ‘Luz de Otono’ – Seeds

Enjoy the fresh flavour of Broad Beans in late summer and autumn, when they should be out of season! This superb variety can be summer sown for late season crops. A second sowing in autumn, can be overwintered for early summer crops in the following year.

Gypsophila elegans ‘Rose’ – Kew Flowerhouse Seed Collection

Known as Baby’s Breath, Gypsophila elegans ‘Rosea’ produces a delicate froth of tiny pink flowers on impossibly slender stems. The loose sprays of summer blooms have a light, airy habit that makes a superb ‘filler’ for the front of sunny borders.

Fuchsia ‘Eruption’

Try Fuchsia ‘Eruption’ for an unforgettable display in your summer hanging baskets and containers! A cascade of slender, hot pink flowers rain down from the stems of this beautiful trailing fuchsia, bursting open to form a wonderful pink ball that will bloom throughout the summer.

Rudbeckia occidentalis ‘Green Wizard’ – Kew Flowerhouse Seed Collection

Nigella papillosa ‘African Bride’ – Kew Flowerhouse Seed Collection

With gorgeous flowers, foliage and seedpods, this easy-to-grow annual has it all. Nigella papillosa ‘African Bride’ is a stunning variety of this quintessential cottage garden annual, bearing masses of pure white single flowers with contrasting deep plum-purple stamens.

Buddleja Butterfly Towers White

Buddleja ‘Butterfly Towers’ is a world exclusive, straight from our own breeding programme!

Tree Peony ‘Juan Ye Hong’

The fragrant blooms of Tree Peony ?Juan Ye Hong? inject vibrant splashes of colour into the spring and early summer garden.

Tree Peony ‘Mo Run Jue Lun’

With silky, multi-petalled blooms, densely packed into a rounded flower head, Tree peony ?Mo Run Jue Lun? is truly sumptuous

Tree Peony ‘Wu Jin Yao Hui’

Tree Peony ?Wu Jin Yao Hui? roughly translates from the Chinese as ?Glittering Black Gold?.

Tree Peony ‘Dao Jin’

Rippled in raspberry and white, Tree peony ‘Dao Jin’ bears fully double, ruffled blooms which look almost good enough to eat

Tree Peony ‘Jin Ge’

Tree peony ?Jin Ge? boasts densely clustered, fully double blooms up to 18cm in diameter.

Pennisetum x advena ‘Fireworks’

The colourful foliage of Pennisetum ‘Fireworks’ is sure to make an impact in any garden display. Vibrant stripes of red, pink and green emerge before maturing to a rich shade of burgundy, providing a wide spectrum of colour. From mid-summer to autumn, arching purple flower spikes rise in a spectacular architectural display. The fluffy seedheads

Primula vialii

Stately crimson-budded spikes of bloom open to lilac, giving the flowers a magical two toned effect. Ideal for damp, shady spots and simply stunning in large groups around bog gardens and woodlands.

Alstroemeria ‘Summer Rose’

A new colour in the fabulous Summer Series of Alstroemerias, ?Summer Rose? is the perfect shade of deep pink to blend effortlessly with other border perennials.