Category Archives: Garden
Potato ‘Jazzy’
Grow Jazzy for higher yields and better flavour than trusted favourite Charlotte. Boil’em, steam’em, mash’em, roast’em! There’s not much you can’t do with this new, mail order exclusive potato. A must-have early cropper for 2015! Jazzy is the all new small potato, that packs a big punch. It’s a waxy variety bursting with flavour that
Potato ‘King Edward’
Late maincrop.Potato ‘King Edward’ is the classic Christmas variety and a firm favourite for roasting. The creamy white flesh has a light, floury texture and rarely discolours on cooking. A popular and well-loved late maincrop variety with good resistance to scab and slugs. Height and spread: 60cm (24).
Potato ‘Charlotte’
Second earlyDistinctive pear shaped tubers with firm creamy flesh and waxy, yellow skin. This popular second early variety makes an excellent salad potato; delicious eaten hot or cold.
Potato ‘Maris Peer’
Second cropping (Christmas) New potatoes for your Christmas dinner! This second early variety, Potato Maris Peer, has firm creamy yellow fleshed tubers that retain their colour and have a superb flavour, but do not disintegrate during cooking. Tuber size 35/45mm.
Blackberry ‘Opal’ (Dwarf)
The perfect blackberry plant if you love the taste of these favourite autumn fruits but don?t have the space for one of the large, rambling bushes! Blackberry ?Opal? is a dwarf variety that has a compact habit and is actually perfect for growing in patio containers too.
Penstemon heterophyllus ‘Electric Blue’
Intensely blue flowers with a tinge of purple contrast beautifully with the silvery green foliage of this hardy perennial. The long lasting blooms of Penstemon heterophyllus ?Electric Blue? appear from June through to October enticing plenty of pollinating insects to your garden.
Vinca minor ‘Atropurpurea’
A very pretty ground cover plant, spring to autumn flowering Vinca minor ?Atropurpurea’ provides weed-suppressing perennial evergreen foliage and rich purple flowers. Vinca minor, or Lesser Periwinkle is easier to confine than it’s larger and more boisterous cousin, Vinca major so an alpine or rockery position could be considered. Vinca minor is a versatile specimen
Verbena bonariensis ‘Lollipop’
Verbena bonariensis is a popular plant that has been improved with the variety ‘Lollipop’ to make the plant much more compact. The attractive clusters of bright purple flowers are just the same but with shorter stems so they are more concentrated for a fuller effect. These improvements make Verbena ‘Lollipop’ the perfect size for growing
Verbascum ‘Dark Eyes’
This compact Mullein is perfect for brightening up the front of borders
Sambucus nigra f. porphyrophylla ‘Black Beauty’
A wonderfully decorative shrub with black foliage and panicles of starry pink, citrus fragranced, blooms from early summer. Autumn sees the emergence of glossy black berries that are a useful food source for birds. Ideal for a patio container when young, then transfer to the garden when larger. Ht. 4-6m.
Honeysuckle ‘Halliana’
Honeysuckle japonica ‘Halliana’ is a popular climber for its white and buttery yellow blooms from late spring into summer. The tubular flowers produce a sweet and irresistable perfume that lingers on the summer breeze. The rich, green foliage remains semi-evergreen in sheltered areas, providing a show of winter greenery.
