Commonly known as the Flanders Poppy or Field Poppy, this iconic flower has become a symbol of remembrance throughout Europe. With its instantly recognisable, delicate bright red flowers poppies are perfect for creating meadows of bloom that make an ideal habitat for native UK wildlife. Quick and easy to grow, poppies are ideal for naturalising and will attract bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects into your garden. Perfect for filling wild gardens or meadows with colour, they'll self-seed with abandon to create spectacular drifts! A hardy annual, poppies will grow and flower in the same year (or the following year if sown late in the year). An ideal way to get kids interested in gardening or for time-strapped gardeners who want results without the effort! Never before has it been so important to protect pollinators such as bees, and this wildflower is ideal to encourage them into your garden. Bees are invaluable for pollinating a whole range of plants and especially useful for kitchen gardens to enable the formation of many fruits and vegetables. Take a look at our bee book for more details on these fascinating insects. Growing to 60cm (24in) Sow outdoors, March to May or August to October, directly where they are to flower. Flowers June to October Supplied as a pack of 900 seeds. Native grown seed not taken from the wild
One of the easiest vegetables to grow at home, offering high yields and superb taste. Plus they can be used in crop rotation. Simply let the roots rot down after the plants have finished cropping and they will release nitrogen back into the soil, which can then be used by the crops that follow. Peas Ambassador is a semi-leafless variety producing high yields of plump juicy peas. Offering a good resistance to mildew, this variety is one of the most popular varieties available.
British bred Carrot ‘Flyaway’ was developed especially for its resistance to Carrot Root Fly making it less susceptible to attack than many other varieties. A naturally very sweet tasting variety with smooth skinned, blunt ended roots and a good orange skin and root colour. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 15cm (6)
<p>Enjoy the exceptional taste and texture home-grown tomatoes, sun-warmed and fresh from the garden. Tomatoes require lots of warmth and light, so grow them in a position where they can get at least 7 hours of sunshine. Don’t forget to water daily and add a layer of organic mulch to help keep water evaporating on a hot summer’s day. Most varieties will require supports and regular side shooting. Enjoy the exceptional taste and texture home-grown tomatoes, sun-warmed and fresh from the garden.</p> <p> Tomatoes require lots of warmth and light, so grow them in a position where they can get at least 7 hours of sunshine. Don’t forget to water daily and add a layer of organic mulch to help keep water evaporating on a hot summer’s day. Most varieties will require supports and regular side shooting.</p> <p>This cherry Tomato variety has an exceptionally sweet taste. A newly introduced variety it is an excellent cropper producing up to 30 fruits on a single truss. A cordon type of Tomato suitable for growing in the greenhouse, allotment or garden.</p>#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B210243E"]{justify-content: flex-start; display: flex; flex-direction: column; background-size: cover; background-attachment: scroll; border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px; background-position: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;}#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B210244F"]{border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}
<p>This variety of Cucumber has a rapid growth and is ready for harvesting early on. These plants need heat to get the best results and are better suited to indoor growing in a greenhouse.</p> <p> <strong> Cucumber Femspot F1: </strong>A quick-growing and strong variety producing large crops per plant of bitter-free, long-ribbed cucumbers. This variety is best suited to indoor growing.</p>#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B2101CDC"]{justify-content: flex-start; display: flex; flex-direction: column; background-size: cover; background-attachment: scroll; border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px; background-position: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;}#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B2101CEF"]{border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}
Runner Bean Streamline is a reliably heavy and vigorous cropper, also suitable for freezing.
<p>Enjoy the exceptional taste and texture home-grown tomatoes, sun-warmed and fresh from the garden. Tomatoes require lots of warmth and light, so grow them in a position where they can get at least 7 hours of sunshine. Don’t forget to water daily and add a layer of organic mulch to help keep water evaporating on a hot summer’s day. Most varieties will require supports and regular side shooting.</p. <p><strong>Tomato Sungold: </strong>A proven amateur garden performer, producing an abundance of yellow fruit up to 15kg in weight. Offers a superb resistance to fusarium.</p>#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B21021A9"]{justify-content: flex-start; display: flex; flex-direction: column; background-size: cover; background-attachment: scroll; border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px; background-position: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;}#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B21021BA"]{border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}
<p>Enjoy the exceptional taste and texture home-grown tomatoes, sun-warmed and fresh from the garden. Tomatoes require lots of warmth and light, so grow them in a position where they can get at least 7 hours of sunshine. Don’t forget to water daily and add a layer of organic mulch to help keep water evaporating on a hot summer’s day. Most varieties will require supports and regular side shooting.</P> <p> <strong> Tomato Shirley F1: </strong> An established variety of tomato which is a cordon type and is ideal for growing in grow bags. Can be grown both indoors and outdoors in warmer climates.</p>#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B2101F3E"]{justify-content: flex-start; display: flex; flex-direction: column; background-size: cover; background-attachment: scroll; border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 10px; background-position: left top; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat;}#html-body [data-pb-style="60599B2101F50"]{border-style: none; border-width: 1px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;}
An opium poppy in jewel-like shades of rich velvet-plum, this hardy annual is best sown where it is to flower. The large bowl-shaped blooms rise tall on twisty stems atop attractive clumps of subtle, grey-green foliage. With gorgeous open, papery petals and exquisite pale yellow stamens, they will attract a variety of beneficial insects to your garden - a great companion plant to aid pollination and encourage wildlife. 'Lauren's Grape' will sit equally well in contrasting or complementary colour schemes - perfect for mixed beds, borders or containers, or scattering through wildflower areas. For pleasing displays, plant in groups or small drifts. Regular dead-heading will prolong flowering although the seeds pods are highly ornamental and provide great structure for fresh or dried flower arrangements. Remove the seed pods in late summer before they mature unless you want them to self-seed for an informal or wildflower look. The seeds can be used in baking. These poppies will thrive in full sun or part shade, in well-drained, preferably poor soil. Sow outdoors from March to May, or August to October, and you can expect blooms from June to September. Staggered sowings will ensure a longer flowering season. Supplied as a packet of 500 (approx.) seeds ready to plant outdoors directly into their flowering position. Grows to a height of 90cm (36in) by 30cm (12in) spread.
A green fruited, Biscayne type turning bright red with long, broad shouldered slightly tapering fruits with thick flesh, ideal for grilling. Peperone Rubens will produce an abundant crop over a long season if picked regularly
Quick growing with a delicious, pungent flavour. Spring Onion White Lisbon is popular and reliable for successional sowings throughout the season. Delicious when young, becoming more pungent as the stems enlarge and start to bulb
Neat, compact mounds of small leaves with a most delicious flavour make Basil 'Aristotle' a stunning ornamental, edible pot plant. The aromatic foliage adds flavour to all manner of dishes, particularly Italian recipes. This Greek basil is perfect for growing on the kitchen windowsill or in containers outside the back door. Height: 20cm (8). Spread: 30cm (12)