A much-loved, easy to grow annual with a gentle fragrance that attracts hoverflies, who then feed on troublesome aphids. Bees also love this low spreading carpet of yellow and white blooms. A customer favourite, perfect for the front of borders, rockeries and as path edging.
An easy to grow mixture of 10 colourful annuals, which includes species found in our countryside during the Middle Ages such as borage, cornflowers and flax. This mixture has a blue tone base of cornflowers and echium, with added red-orange contrast provided by flax and marigolds, and lastly a touch of antique pink provided by mallow. Height 50-60cm (20-24in).
When it blooms in the spring and summer, Calendula 'Art Shades' is a wonderful addition to cottage garden borders. The annual's double, textured blooms also make for a great indoor display, where they will add exotic shades of orange, purple and white to any vase arrangement. What's more, this English Marigold's flowers are edible. Their petals can therefore be used as a colourful addition to salads, delighting chefs and gardeners alike. Height: 6cm (2'). Spread: 20cm (8).
These bright yellow Icelandic poppies look stunning planted in clumps in the middle of cottage garden borders where they?ll bloom all summer on sturdy stems. They make great cut flowers (add stems to boiling water to keep heads up) - pick some in bud and let them prettily unfurl in a vase. Height 70cm (2.5ft).
Vibrant dark crimson blooms contrast beautifully with lush green semi-trailing foliage. A lax, spreading habit makes 'Crimson Emperor' ideal for planting as ground cover in borders or allowed to tumble over walls and fences. Equally at home in containers or baskets, this stunning nasturtium was exhibited at the 2012 Chelsea Flower Show. Height: 30cm (12). Spread: 2m (6ft)
Bright red double to semidouble blooms. Excellent garden performance and drought tolerance. A reliable hardy annual, that will flower all summer long. Ideal for attracting bees and pollinating insects.
Promise' boasts 4 large, very frilly blooms on each long stem. The prettily-shaped flowers in pink and white bicolour shades, bred by Roger Parsons, horticulturalist and custodian of a National Collection® of Lathyrus species, are sure to be show bench winners
T&M is proud to bring you the first ever star-shaped petunia from seed. A white version of this uniquely-shaped flower was originally sent to us by a customer, Edward Cragen from Kent in 1998. After 10 years of breeding and many generations of selection, the perfect star shape was obtained as well as this fabulous range of colours. 'Sparklers' also differs from a typical petunia in that its leaves are pointed rather than rounded
This vibrant colour combination of reds and peach shades is set off perfectly by the dark foliage of this fine nasturtium. Plants are easy to sow and grow in borders and containers where the single and semidouble blooms will flower all summer.
Stunning bright red blooms with unusual serrated foliage.
Its bare stems throughout winter will glow in amazing shades of orange and red. Green foliage in spring is surrounded by little white flowers in summer, followed by dark berries as the leaves blend to red and reveal the striking stems as they fall. Truly a year-round specimen. Supplied in 9cm pots.
Short variety, ideal for beds and borders, no frames needed for support.
Like most Viola plants, the pretty flowers of Pansy 'Tasty Mixed' are perfectly edible. These hardy summer pansies have been specially selected for their flavoursome blooms which have a mild, sweet and peppery taste.
Outstanding in trials, this variety combines the flower power, garden performance and weather resistance of a French marigold with larger blooms similar to an African Marigold. Double mahogany red, large blooms on free-flowering bushy and robust plants, to create impact in borders.
Large, slightly flat fruits of up to 500g (18oz) are simply delicious! The flesh is juicy, sweet and meaty and have very few seeds, plus a striking streaky orange and red skin. An heirloom variety, best grown as a cordon outdoors but will be earlier to form ripe fruits in the greenhouse.
Discovered by chance at our trial grounds, this ornamental wild carrot is something really different for your borders. The airy blooms appear in lovely shades of pink and burgundy, with the occasional white flower found on traditional carrots. Daucus carota 'Dara' adds height and a soft, hazy feel to cottage garden borders and wildlife gardens. Try planting this hardy annual with tall ageratums or wildflowers for a timeless, easy to grow summer display. Height: 80cm (31). Spread: 40cm (16).
Contrasting purple-red and white bicolour flowers. Good for cutting, or for adding height to borders.
This easy grow annual plant has it all; pretty, fern like foliage, handsome velvety flowers, and eye-catching seed-heads! Easy to grow by sowing direct into beds and borders. Rich blue flowers sit aloft the lacy fine-cut foliage. These are followed by quirky, dark purple seed pods, extending the interest of this border star well into autumn. Nigella 'Midnight' is perfect for cutting and using fresh or dried. Remove dead heads to prolong the flowering season.
Sow directly outdoors - ready to flower in 12 weeks, the multibranching habit produces several blooms on one plant, ideal for the border and to cut for a vase.