Very free-flowering double to semi-double blooms in a mouth watering combination of soft peachy-pink with a hint of cream sitting neatly above the deep green ferny foliage. Ideal sown as drifts of colour, flowering all summer in borders
Reintroduced following increasing interest by garden designers and visitors to our Open Days. Nicotiana Marshmallow is a very unusual and visually stunning variety which will add stature and fragrance to your summer borders. Above basal rossettes of large leaves, are formed masses of wiry stems are covered with a 'hazeof small blooms, each one fading through red, pink and white to give the effect of three flower colours on each plant
A rainbow mix of vibrant stem and leaf colours maintained as an Australian heirloom. An excellent value crop as the juicy, mild flavoured broad stems (chards), and the leaves (as spinach) can be eaten. Both are best steamed, but as baby leaves the stems and leaves can be added to salads. Decorative vegetable perfect for borders and containers
Salad Leaves Stir Fry Mixed will add colours, tastes and textures to your stir fries, mixed salads, sandwiches and garnishes, also use as a steamed or microwaved vegetable. Sow seeds regularly all the year round for a constant supply of nutritious 'salad leaves'. Ideal in containers on the patio. Salad Leaves Stir Fry Mixed is quick growing, under 30 days during summer months. Good source of provitamin A, vitamins C and K, and folate. CONTENTS: Mizuna, Canton Pak Choy, Red Mustard, Texsel Greens & Cavolo Nero
A 2-in-1, autumn-maturing Brussels sprout producing wellspaced, tasty round 'buttons' with the added bonus of the sweet, cabbagelike top which is delicious eaten as 'greens'. Plants show good resistance to stem mildew, leaf spot and alternaria
An unusual ?eat-all? vegetable, closely related to traditional parsley. Parsley ?Hamburg Arat? is best grown for its delicious ?parsnip-like? roots which make a superb winter vegetable. The large, tapered, white roots have a strong, nutty, celery flavour when roasted.
These long-flowering vigorous climbing plants look spectacular when trained over walls, fences and hedges. They lack tendrils, but will scramble happily over trellis work, sheds, fences etc. Flowers summer-autumn. Climber
These amazing, easy to grow hardy annuals are certain to create a huge impact in your summer displays. Beautiful, semi-double, pink flowers, each with delightfully frilled petals are certain to be show stoppers in any bed or border.
A stunning variety that can be grown as baby leaves for salads or harvested at full maturity. Kale ?KX-1? is distinctive for its bright red, serrated, curly leaves which darken to deep purple-red with maturity. This showy vegetable is particularly high in iron making it a nutritious addition to your dinner plate.
A red F1 hybrid onion from British breeding. Onion ?Red Herald? produces deep red, rounded bulbs with a uniform shape and crisp, tasty flesh. The flavour is strong and distinctive.
The large, deep orange, double crested flowers are produced prolifically from early June until frosts. A petite bright and cheerful variety very suited for windowboxes and the front of the border as well as bedding, tubs etc. Flowers all summer.
Dwarf, compact and neat plants. The flowers in a rich colour range are produced in abundance superb for bedding, edging and containers. Flowers early summer to frost. Height 15-20cm (6-8in).
Fun and easy to grow from seed, this wonderfully rewarding sunflower is a joy to grow for children and adults alike.
You won't be pushing your sprouts around the plate once you've tasted this one. Firm, flavoursome buttons, which hold well for autumn (and Christmas) pickings!
Cornflowers are a traditional wildflower or annual border addition. Now you can bring them to yourbaskets and container displays thanks to the relaxed prostrate habit of 'Trailing Blue Carpet?. Perfect for path and border edging. Height 10cm (4in).
Tomato 'Sweet Success' has a vigorous, heavy cropping habit with excellent disease resistance ? so you can be sure of a bountiful crop! Bite sized cherry tomatoes are borne in generous trusses throughout the summer. The fruits are sweet and delicious, each weighing up to 22g.
Bred in the USA especially for growing in containers. Early to flower and set fruit. Harvest June-October.
An improved golden beet offering better seedling emergence, vigour and root uniformity. Roots are deliciously sweet and young leaves can be eaten raw, steamed or stir fried.
The longest flowering and best double pot marigold that we have grown on our trial grounds! Sturdy, dwarf, multi-branching plants produce large, luminous blooms, to brighten summer borders and containers. The daisy-like flowers of Calendula 'Candyman Orange' are excellent for cutting and can also be added to salads as an edible flower. Quick and easy to grow, Calendula copes in almost any garden situation, and even grows well in coastal areas. Height: 25cm (10). Spread: 30cm (12).
This mouth-watering colour combination smothers the particularly dwarf, compact, bushy plants with alluring orange and golden yellow, daisy-like blooms. Unlike some bedding plants, Calendula 'Citrus Cocktailkeeps on flowering throughout the summer, coping in almost any garden situation. It even grows well in coastal areas. The bright flowers are also excellent for cutting and can also be added to salads as an edible flower. Height: 20cm (8). Spread: 30cm (12).