These pretty little Violas are perfect for filling beds, patio pots and window boxes over a long period. A myriad of fluttering, bicolour blooms smother these dwarf, branching plants to create uniform cover wherever you plant them.
This versatile Sweet William is generally grown as a biennial or short-lived perennial to create a carpet of summer flowers in the following year. However, it can be grown as an annual from an early sowing, producing flowers in just 10 weeks! Dianthus barbatus 'Indian Carpet' is a low growing, well branched variety which is sweetly fragrant, with a fabulous colour mix.
As its name suggests, Cornflower 'Dwarf Blue Midget' is a compact, neat variety, blooming earlier and lower down the stems than other varieties. The first dark-blue flowers appear when plants are just 15cm (6?) tall, and continue to develop as the plant grows to its final height of around 30cm (12?).
Cerinthe major 'Purpurascens' is an aristocratic plant, bringing understated elegance to the front of sunny borders. Blue-green leaves spiral up each stem of this bushy little annual.
An outstanding variety and one of the best red Eschscholzias we?ve seen, Californian Poppy 'Red Chief' consistently performs well and maintained its velvety red colouring over several years in our trails. Blooming all summer long above a neat mound of silver, ferny foliage, this really is an eye-catching plant to display all around the garden, in pots, borders, gravel garden and rockeries.
Long-cropping ?cut and come again? Coriander 'Confetti' provides you with a full season of fresh leaves to harvest and use in salads, curried, stews and sauces or simply to enjoy as a garnish. The soft, ferny leaves have a fresh, aromatic flavour and can be harvested regularly throughout the summer to encourage more stems to grow.
A beautiful border plant which then goes on to produce tasty edible seeds which can be easily harvested from attractive seedheads. Poppy 'Album' is unique - whereas most poppies have black seed, this variety has superior-tasting white seeds which are a fantastic addition to cakes or as a bread topper.
Enjoy the aromatic flavour of freshly-picked Parsley ?Lisette? is fish dishes, salads, sandwiches and as a garnish. This improved ?Green Pearl? type produces strong upright stems with generous curled rosettes of a rich green leaves, reliably yielding without yellowing or bolting.
Shake up your herb border with something a little different. Summer Savory has been used as a culinary and medicinal herb for 2000 years, but is rarely seen grown these days.
For ?midi size? ( for sq. metre gardening) and ?babyleaf? which commercial growers have expressed interest to add colour to supermarket packs.
Known for its versatility and impressive nutritional benefits, Kale 'Nero di Toscana' provides a fantastic autumn and winter harvest of tasty leaves, suitable for steaming, adding to recipes or used as a baby leaf to add a peppery taste to mixed salads. The deep green long savoy-like crinkled leaves are flavoursome and well textured.
Jazz-up a salad or side dish with this colourful mixture of crunchy, peppery radishes. Vibrant and healthy, Radish ?Rainbow Mixed? produces a uniform crop in shades of red, pink, orange and white.