Lupin are a firm favourite for lovers of the traditional cottage garden display. Lupin 'Russell Hybrids Mixed' comes in a wonderful mix of rainbow colours, which complement each other to form a perfect border or woodland display. In May, June and July, the plants' upright stems produce tightly packed blooms in many shades of red, white, pink, purple, yellow. Lupin 'Russell Hybrids Mixed' is a particularly great choice if there's a space at the back of a sunny border you need to fill, for the flowers are sure to flourish here. Height: 90cm (3'). Spread: 75cm (2'6).
This wonderful mix of the ever popular 'Russell Hybrids' is ideal for adding height and structure to your garden. The colourful flower spikes create a bold impression at the middle and back of borders or planted in groups at the edge of woodland areas.
Spectacular 6-7cm (2½-3in) bright yellow, double blooms on dwarf sturdy plants makes it a considerable improvement on its nearest rival. It is quite as dwarf as many French marigolds and very neat and tidy whilst retaining its huge and fully double blooms, extraordinary reliability and almost legendary heat and poor weather tolerance. Flowers mid to late summer. Height 20-25cm (8-10in).
A luxuriant variety with intense, rich, orange and yellow anemone-like flower heads, borne on branching, uniform plants. Exceptionally early flowering with outstanding garden performance. Height: 20-25cm (8-10in).
Wonderful anemone-like flowers on uniform, basal branching plants, early flowering with exceptional garden performance all summer. Height: 20-25cm (8-10in)
A luxuriant variety with intense, rich, orange anemone-like flower heads, borne on branching, uniform plants. Exceptionally early flowering with outstanding garden performance. Height: 20-25cm (8-10in).
A triumph in plant breeding! A real creamy white flowered Marigold and at last something different in the colour spectrum from oranges and lemons. Flowers are pure in colour, 75cm (3in) across and prolific too. There is also a master stroke - 'French Vanillahas less of the pungent Marigold smell. A definite improvement! Use them in formal or informal bedding, where they will contrast superbly with other bright or pastel flowers. A refreshing plant for the patio container too. Height: 30-38cm (12-15in)
A superb four-colour marigold cross, Sunburst Mixed combines the flower power, garden performance and great weather resistance of a French marigold with fabulous flowers that are almost as large as those of an African marigold. Spectacular planted in large drifts as part of a bedding display as well as in large containers.
A remarkable new F1 hybrid marrow of the Striped Green Bush type but which is earlier, better cropping and more uniform. Marrow Tiger Cross also carries resistance to cucumber mosaic virus which can be a real crop spoiler. The attractive fruits can either be cut at 10-15cm (4-6in) as courgettes or left to mature as marrows. Marrow Tiger Cross is excellent eaten lightly cooked, freshly picked or is suitable for winter storage.
A 'charentais' type of cantaloupe melon that can successfully ripen outdoors. Smooth, pale cream-yellow fruits with green striping reach 10-12cm (4-5in) in diameter and 500g (1lb) in weight, turning a more tan yellow when ripe. The salmon orange flesh is sweet, juicy and perfumed.
Melon 'Edonis' is a productive variety that is very early to ripen particularly when grown under glass. The pale orange fleshed fruits weigh up to 600g (1 1/2lb) and can be harvested from midsummer onwards. The sweet flavoured fruits have a refreshing, delicate flavour and an attractive juicy appearance. This RHS AGM variety also has good resistance to fusarium wilt. Height and spread: 2m (6', 6). Melons require high temperatures and humidity. In all but the very warmest areas cultivation is most successful in a greenhouse, or under cover of a cold frame or cloche when growing melons in the UK
Small melons are produced in abundance and are perfect for families. Their golden flesh is complimented by a rich, sweet flavour. Ideal grown outdoors or in a greenhouse. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 200cm (79).