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
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).
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!
Radish ?Diana? is a summer radish with plenty of ?plate-appeal?! The rounded roots have a lovely purple colour, fading to white at the root tips. This colourful variety is ideal for adding a bright splash of colour and a peppery flavour to your salads. This quick maturing radish matures in just 25 days.
A blend of nectar and pollen rich flowers, that are proven favourites of honey bees in our gardens and providing forage all season long. Perfect for those gardeners with their own honey hives, or those wishing to encourage bees into their gardens
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.
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
An intensely sweet cabbage variety producing thick crisp leaves, just perfect for use in salads and coleslaws. This cabbage will perform in almost any free-draining soils.
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.
Freely branching plants are covered in myriads of bloom to create clouds of true blue lobelia flowers with a small white eye. Unsurpassable among trailing lobelias, 'Blue Cascade' makes a sparkling addition to containers, flower Pouches® and window-boxes. An easy to grow annual that is deservedly popular for its versatility and long flowering period. Height: 15cm (6). Spread: 25cm (10)
This easy-to-grow fruiting climber performs well on a sunny patio or border and even better in the greenhouse, producing heavy crops of mini melon fruits tasting of cucumber with a twist of lime! For maximum fruit production, stop main stems at 2.4m (8ft) and trim back all side shoots to 45cm (18).
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
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.
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 quick and easy-to-grow annual bellflower. The bushy, dwarf plants become covered with distinctly veined, star-shaped, blue flowers, 3-4cm (1 1/4-1 1/2in) across with pretty white centres. Meteora flowers over a long period and makes a truly stunning addition to a sunny border or container. Can also be planted in small pots, making a lovely gift idea
A special selection drawn from the widest colour range of the named varieties. Height: 38-45cm (15-18in)
For colourful, cost effective ground cover, look no further than Geranium ?Reflections?. This designer mix combines a range of large flowered varieties in shades of blue, purple, pink and white.
Here is an annual that's "as pretty as a picture". There is an incessant parade of sumptuous 2cm, rich deep purple to black flowers with - the master touch - a scalloped silvery-white edge. It has truly ground hugging habit (not unlike annual alyssum) that will provide ground cover and contrast for all containers, hanging baskets, and it makes a tidy edging plant. Trailing 5-10cm (2-4in). Height: 30-38cm (12-15in).
A Little Gem type with smoother, darker green leaves.Good uniformity, compact habit and prolonged harvest.