Finally a florist's favourite available to the home gardener! Years of selection mean we can bring you the best range of colours and flower forms.
Years of selection means that we're now able to offer customers this very pretty and unusual-looking dianthus. Vastly improved, this incredibly fragrant variety offers better colours, including some bicolours as well as top-quality fringed flowers. 'Loveliness' will flower in its first year if sown by the end of February, and will bloom all summer long in borders or containers.
Globe Artichoke 'Green Globe Improved' bears larger, heavier, and more consistent quality globe-shaped heads. The characteristic sharp spines have been greatly reduced in this improved variety. The astonishingly tasty hearts make a supreme delicacy when pickled, and the base of the leaves can be eaten too. This majestic perennial vegetable makes an attractive addition to any vegetable plot. It is ideal for the flower garden too, attracting bees to its thistle like flowers when left unharvested. Height: 180cm (71). Spread: 75cm (30)
Gypsophila elegans 'Improved Mixed' provides a froth of tiny pink and white flowers upon impossibly slender stems. The loose sprays of summer blooms have a light, airy habit that makes superb ?filler? for the front of sunny borders.
This mixture of species and hybrids boasts a range of flower and leaf types, even appearing through snow. Flower shades can vary from lime-green, through white, appleblossom pink, to dark maroon, either spotted, speckled or plain Foliage is mid to dark green, leathery with different degrees of dissection. The seed pods are also attractive. These long lived hardy perennials can be grown in the border or as pot plants in the unheated greenhouse, flowering late winter through early spring. A useful addition to the flower arranger when few subjects are available, they reach a height of 30-60cm (12-24in).
An improved selection of a well known and much loved variety, producing heavy crops of delicious beans with attractive red and white bicolour flowers. Pretty enough for the flower garden if other space is limited, where it can grow up trellis and pergolas. Easy to grow and versatile, peas and beans make a delicious and nutritious addition to any meal. As well as being a traditional side, legumes also provide a terrific source of protein for a vegan diet. Peas and broad beans prefer cool conditions but need to be grown in full sun or partial shade. Short on space? Many varieties are well suited to growing in plant pots. Ideally you do not want to overcook either peas or beans, keeping just a touch of crispness.Characteristics:When to Sow: April-May indoors, outdoors May- July When To Harvest: July-October indoors, outdoors August-October Soil Type: Well dug, manured soil Advice: In hot weather mist with tepid water in the evening to help the pods set Packet Contents: Average 40 seedsLatin name: Phaseolus coccineusTransplanting: Will need transplanting Johnsons' premium ranges of flower and vegetable packet seeds feature captivating flowers and authentic vegetables from around the world. No matter what the size of your growing space, either a spacious garden or a limited patio, the high quality of Johnsons' seeds cater for any needs.Explore more of our horticultural range; we have a wide selection of gardening essentials available from compost to plant pots Have a query or can't find something you're looking for? We receive new deliveries every week, so if the item you wish to purchase is currently out of stock, please contact our Customer Services Team and we may be able to reserve the items you require.Please note: Plants and seeds are classed as perishable goods and are excluded from our returns policy. This does not affect your statutory rights. See our Cancellation & Returns page for further details. In the unlikely event that you receive your goods damaged or you have been sent the incorrect item, please report your issues to our customer service team as soon as possible. Perishable goods cannot be returned unless we have sent the wrong item, or they are damaged.
The finest of strains of this lovely flower with a wider colour range than other varieties and a more base branching habit. Beautiful plants for the border providing a good display of colour throughout the summer. Rich feathery green foliage and flowers which are excellent for cutting. Flowers summer. Height 60-75cm (24-30in).
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Let the perfume of Lavender 'Favourite Summer Improved' whisk you away to sunny Provence! This charming French Lavender is richly aromatic, boasting a profusion of violet flower spikes topped with showy, mauve bracts.
Very useful for edging. Deep-blue flowers with a pretty, contrasting white eye
An early flowering marigold with outstanding garden performance, producing masses of extra-large anemone-type flowers. Flowering from early summer to first frosts, plants are vigourous and bushy and offer tremendous value for money.