Fully double blooms in a vibrant colour range glisten above a mass of feathery blue-green foliage. These dainty hardy annuals are tougher than they appear and positively thrive on poor, dry soils. The papery flowers attract bees and hoverflies, and make excellent, if short-lived, cut flowers. California poppies are easy to grow in beds and borders, or let them self seed throughout gravel gardens to form natural drifts. Height: 25cm (10”). Spread: 25cm (10”)
A colourful collection of tasty French Beans! Climbing Bean Mixed combines 3 of the best varieties from the latest breeding programmes, each with different flower and pod colours.
Add a tropical touch to your spring displays with this exciting parrot tulip! Ruffled yellow petals each have a delicate orange-red margin, with the odd flash of green appearing on the outer petals. From mid to late spring Tulip 'Caribbean Parrot' erupts into a frenzy of colour, looking striking grouped in borders, beds and patio containers.
Early maturing, compact growing, variety of bean that produces bumper harvests of smooth skinned, string-less pods with a fresh tasty flavour. An early cropping type with a long harvesting season. Ideal for freezing for use all year round. Height: 45cm (18). Spread: 30cm (12).
An excellent, high quality, white-flowered variety, that provides huge crops of long, broad pods.Plants can be grown close together, as little as 15cm (6in) apart, making them useful for gardens large or small. Pods are tasty and juicy, and almost completely stringless. Height: 300cm (118). Spread: 30cm (12).
This attractive climbing variety of bean, displays pretty mauve flowers, followed by bumper crops of long, rounded, stringless pods with a rich green colour and a superb flavour. Beans can be harvested from June until October depending on sowing times. Height: 180cm (70). Spread: 30cm (12).
One of the longest bean-pod varieties. Enjoy early and bumper crops of these smooth, slender flavoursome pods, that measure up to 50cm (20in) long. Plants can be grown close together, as little as 15cm (6in) apart, making them useful for gardens large or small. Height: 300cm (118). Spread: 30cm (12).
Compact growing variety of broad bean, which is ideal for smaller gardens. It offers bumper crops of 15cm (6in) pods that contain 5 tender beans, delicious to taste. Ideal for successional sowings, giving a harvest throughout summer. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 25cm (10).
Runner Bean 'Scarlet Empire' produces longer, smoother, slender pods which are stringless, but remain as early, tasty and productive as its forebear.
Native to South America dwelling in rain forests, the Peperomia ferreyrae is a perennial epiphyte semi - succulent plant species that differs very much in its appearance to many other peperomia species. This makes this plant a real talking point, as the slightly fleshy leaves look just like French beans. Light and Water Keep it in a semi-shaded or bright spot with protection from direct sun. Water moderately in summer - allowing the compost to get reasonably dry before repeating the process. Water sparingly in winter. Maintain temperatures above 10°C in winter.