Regularly voted top of the list in supermarket tasting panels, 'Brodie F1' is one of the best varieties of Brussels sprouts you can grow. Exceptionally mild, and sweeter than most other varieties, there isn't a hint of bitterness or peppery flavour. It's easy to see why it has been given the RHS Award of Garden Merit. Easy to grow and reliable, this long-harvesting type has good resistance to mildew so you can be sure they will stay fresh on the plant for months. The buttons can be picked long into January or even February in optimal weather conditions. Growing your own veg is the most satisfying way of bringing top-quality, super healthy food to your plate - at a fraction of the cost of supermarket produce. Brussels sprouts are highly nutritious, too, being an excellent source of vitamins A, B and C - and with freshness you can't beat when picked straight from your garden. 'Brodie F1' will thrive in a sunny or semi-shaded position in well-cultivated, fertile, moist but well-draining soil. Sow indoors in a tray of compost from February to April for planting out in May; or outdoors from March to April, directly into a seed bed, border or raised bed. Harvest from November to January. Successive sowings will extend the cropping period. Supplied as a packet of 40 (approx.) seeds ready to sow indoors in a seed tray or outdoors directly into their cropping position. Grows to 70cm height x 45cm spread.
A n incredibly beautiful rose bush that will fill your summer garden with eye-catching blooms all and delightful fragrance all summer long. Rose 'Louise Odier' produces the most beautiful, almost camellia-like blooms in a vibrant shade of bright pink that are shaded with lilac. Each large fully-double rose has layers and layers of petals that create a perfect round flower. In bloom from June right through to November, make sure you plant it somewhere you can enjoy its wonderfully strong fragrance throughout the summer months. A vigorous shrub with a neat and bushy habit, it is a perfect choice for planting in your mixed beds and borders or large containers and patio pots. Very easy to grow and maintain, making it an ideal choice for both new and seasoned gardeners alike. Rose 'Louise Odier' will thrive in most soils and will grow especially well when positioned in full sun. Supplied as a freshly potted, professional quality plant in a 3L pot, growing to a height of 150cm (5ft) and spread of 125cm (4ft).
Phenomenal by name, phenomenal by nature! This outstanding performing lavender has all you could ever need from the much-loved perennial. Suitable for all garden conditions, positions and temperatures, it is drought-tolerant, winter hardy and evergreen for year-long interest - perfect for anyone to grow. Not only is lavender 'Phenomenal' a real performer in UK gardens, but it has the most spectacular, notably larger, lilac-purple flowers than other varieties. The blooms stand on strong, upright stems and give off the most wonderful sweet scent. This combination of showy flowers and fragrance is an absolute magnet for bees, butterflies and other beneficial garden insects, making it a fabulous choice for pollinating the garden. A real multi-purpose lavender, it's ideal for hedging, dividing and lining pathways and edges, and also a great choice for herb gardens with its heightened fragrance, and for cut flower gardens where it makes a beautiful addition to displays and bouquets. 'Phenomenal' can also be planted into patio pots and containers where the perfume can really be appreciated. Flowering throughout the summer, 'Phenomenal' may even give a second flush of flowers into the autumn if the first wave are cut back once faded. So, if you want to grow lavender in your garden but aren't sure of which one to grow, 'Phenomenal' really has got it all...
Prima Belarina primrose 'Goldie' is a striking double-flowered primrose with lightly scented, double blossoms of golden-yellow, creating a sunny burst of colour in borders, pots and baskets. Bred in the UK, these fabulous, compact plants are smothered in clusters of delicately fragranced, double flowers which look like miniature roses. Fabulous wherever you plant them - in pots, containers, beds or baskets, in sun or semi shade - they really are an ideal, easy to grow garden plant. Easy to grow and low maintenance, the magnificent flowers don't set seed, so all the plant's energy goes into making more blooms. Perfectly hardy in the garden, they're perfect when combined with other perennials where they'll flower their socks off for months. Supplied as 3 jumbo plugs ready for potting up and growing on before planting out into their final flowering positions.
A bushy, deciduous shrub with very dark purple foliage which contrasts well with the abundance of yellow flowers in June, Diervilla rivularis 'Troja Black' makes an ideal specimen shrub for any garden. Also known as the Georgia Bush Honeysuckle because of the shape of the flowers, it's a superb way to bring colour into your garden, the double-lipped blooms compliment perfectly the purple-bronze leaves, which turn deep red in autumn. As the flowers age, they turn a delightful yellow-coral and are a magnet to pollinators, especially butterflies. A new introduction, Troja Black spreads by sending up suckers which eventually form a decent sized clump, perfect for a massed planting. Supplied as an established plant, ready for immediate planting and will eventually reach approx. H1.5 x W1m.
It's always good to give the wild birds a helping hand in the cold winter months and it's a joy to bring a wide range of birds into the garden, so with some help from our experts, we've created a premium, deluxe mix of bird food that will do just that!Containing a tailored blend of 12 seeds, raisins and suet pellets for energy, it is designed to cater for a wide range of birds, yet not cause unwanted seed germination and mess if not eaten up. With a range of smaller seeds for smaller beaked birds, larger seeds for larger beaked birds, as well as raisins and suet, there really is something for everyone (well, bird!) within this single bag. What's more, every single ingredient has been specifically chosen because of its nutritional benefit to the bird - whether it be from protein, oils, fats or carbohydrates, this mix contains EVERYTHING the birds need to fill themselves with energy over the winter and throughout the year.This mix includes sunflower hearts, which are a great energy source for all birds, as well as naked oats for soft-beaked ground feeding blackbirds and thrushes; protein rich millets, energy rich sunflower seeds; red dari which is popular with larger jays and doves; as well as oil rich canary seed perfect for smaller birds.For extra choice, we also include raisins for energy, and 3 flavours of suet pellets for carbohydrates on the coldest of nights - although this mix can be fed all year round, especially in nesting and feeding seasons.Designed to be table or floor feed, as well as in plastic feeders, this mix has no cheap cereal fillers, which often germinate causing a weedy mess next spring. This mix will attract a whole host of birds to your garden, including finches, sparrows, tits blackbirds, thrushes, dunnocks, woodpeckers, pheasants and jays to name but a few...