What a fabulous idea! Conventional secateurs can soon rip a pocket (or worse), so these are the perfect solution to an age-old gardening problem. Keep these folding secateurs in your pocket wherever you go - they fold down to a pocket-friendly 9cm x 3cm, with no exposed edges, and feature a handy knife and mini saw blade cleverly concealed within the handles. The stainless steel blades cut woody stems up to 10mm diameter and soft stems up to 15mm - perfect for gardeners, hikers and walkers to tackle exuberant shrubs and unruly brambles. Supplied in a gift box complete with a storage pouch.
Also known as the Chinese money plant or missionary plant, Pilea peperomioides is a compact, upright houseplant with unusual, rounded mid-green leaves carried on long, arching stalks. Originating from southwestern China, this is still quite a rare plant and it's unlikely that you'll see it for sale in your local garden centre. A beautiful plant, its lily pad style leaves look lovely as they move in the breeze. Pilea loves lots of bright, indirect sunlight and reacts amazingly quickly to it, having a tendency to grow all of its leaves in the direction of the light. As it grows quickly, it's a good idea to rotate the plant a couple of times each week so that you get a straight central stem with leaves in all directions. Very easy to grow and care for, Pilea enjoys good light and high humidity and will appreciated regular misting, and if you notice the leaves starting to curl, this means the plant isn't getting enough light. Fully deserving its coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, you can be sure that this is a proven performer, guaranteed to be suitable for UK plant lovers at every level of experience. You can therefore grow this houseplant with confidence. Supplied as a potted plant in a 13cm nursery pot, growing to a height and spread of 50cm (20in).
After a hard day's work in the garden, here is the perfect product to help you unwind and soothe those general aches and pains, minor injuries or areas of tension. It makes a perfect treat for yourself as well as an ideal gift for your loved ones. Just heat this flaxseed-filled body wrap gently in the microwave, and when you mould it to your body, it will give out a relaxing heat and release its naturally healing lavender aroma. Also use chilled straight from the freezer as a cooling compress to reduce inflammation, or ease sprains, bumps and bruises, to relieve headaches and migranes, or even to keep you cool on a hot day. The soothing body wrap is designed to fit comfortably around the neck, over a shoulder, around an arm or leg, across the stomach or around the lower back. Made with 100% pure cotton cover, our body wraps are filled with flax seeds and fragranced with lavender essential oil, to create a therapeutic wrap that can be used hot or cold.
Own something brand new and unusual the worlds first ever Pinkberry and pick your own crop of delicious fruit each year from next season! From the blueberry family, these lovely fuchsia-pink coloured Superfruits are packed with healthy antioxidants and, best of all they are sweeter and juicier than regular blueberries. Put them into your summer puddings or eat them fresh from the bush with some ice cream scrumptious! Pink Blueberry 'Pink Sapphire' reliably bears fruit and which is ready to eat in late-August each year. These incredible plants will even provide an explosion of fiery-orange coloured autumn foliage. Theyll grow into a bush of about 90cm (3ft), and grow best in acidic or ericaceous soils, like all members of this family.
Create a striking floral display this summer using this beautiful Summer Collection of three Alstroemerias plugs. Make your garden come alive with the gorgeous colours of Alstroemerias (Peruvian Lilies). Perfect plants for beds and borders, and if space is limited, they are more than happy in a pot to brighten up your terrace, patio or balcony. A robust alstroemeria with masses of funnel shaped flowers produced over a long period, Incas will grow into a clump over time and give you a continuous supply of cut flowers all summer. Perfect to soften the edges of paths, they also mix well with other plants in the border, sending up shoots that are topped with their amazing spotted flowers from June to November. A clump-forming perennial that grows to just 30cm (1ft) tall, Incas are best grown in full sun or light shade in a sheltered spot, with well-draining, fertile soil to keep the fleshy roots happy. In this collection you will receive: 1 x Alstroemerias Summer Breeze Plug - Dark green foliage with gorgeous yellow and orange blooms that are detailed with brown speckles. 1 x Alstroemerias Summer Break Plug - Funnel shaped bright pink flowers with glossy dark green leaves. 1 x Alstroemerias Summer Saint Plug - Superb dark pink blooms with brown speckles that flower for five months. Naturally hardy to about -7°C, they will survive most UK winters in well drained spots and emerge bigger and bolder year after year. Very easy and low maintenance - just beware slugs on new spring growth and apply a winter mulch to protect the crown!
This incredibly colourful, strong-growing perennial collection will transform your garden this year into a wonderful wash of cottage-garden inspired colour. It will provide an amazing display of showy flowers, foliage and long-lasting structure to your garden with colour commencing in late May and continuing all summer long until late October - a brilliant display lasting 6 months! Each of these fantastic plants has been carefully chosen to provide amazing displays from late May right through to late October, so you can really add colour, impact and structure to your garden all spring and summer long! You'll get 12 different varieties that are bursting with vigour and vivid colour, delivered nursery-fresh straight to your door, ready to thrive in your garden for years to come.When in full colour, they will attract all manner of beneficial insects in to your garden including butterflies, ladybirds and honey bees to your garden - perfect for nature lovers and fruit and veg gardeners where pollination is so important! Main varieties Included (but not guaranteed): Achillea 'Summer Berries', Delphinium 'Pacific Giant Mix', Digitalis (Foxglove) 'Dalmation Mixed', Hollyhocks 'Chaters Double Mixed', Coreopsis 'Early Sunrise', Gaillardia 'Mesa Mix', Geum 'Lady Stratheden', Aquilegia 'Mrs Scott Elliot', Alchemilla mollis, Campanula 'Blue Bells', Verbena bonariensis, Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm'. Due to their very hardy nature, these are perfect for gardeners with little experience or time, or anybody who wants something reliable that will flourish again and again. These can be grown in beds, borders, pots, or containers, and many of the bright blooms make excellent cut flowers that can be brought indoors too. Each one will die back in autumn, only to return with bigger, better displays the following spring!
These windowsill propagators provide the perfect environment to grow on plugs and seedlings before you plant them out into your garden. Shaped to fit onto any windowsill so now even those with the absolute minimum of space can grow on their own plants. Each propagator acts like a miniature greenhouse giving plants warmth and light when potted. Once established, take off the lid to toughen up the plants before planting. This pack contains 3 propagators, each holding 30 plants so you can grow on up to 90 plants at a time. They are completely reusable. It is incredibly easy to grow on plants yourself, rather than buying more established plants at expensive garden centre prices! Dimensions (cm) 52 long x 16 wide x 14 high (including lid/cover). NB colour of plastic base is not guaranteed.
Plant labels that don't wash away... Among the frustrations of gardening life are plant labels that wash away in the rain or fade after only a brief time leaving prize garden plants or vegetables nameless.These six blackboard markers are a dream come true: write the name (or planting date) using the chalk pen for weatherproof naming.To re-use, simply wipe clean using methylated spirits and a cloth. Ideal for flower and vegetable gardens. Box Size 32 x 14 x 4 cm Includes 6 Markers plus pen Markers 24cm long, writing area 8 x 5.5cm
Use this easy to build kit to create a home for solitary bees and other insects in the garden. Fascinating to watch as bees lay their eggs in the holes and young ones emerge.Learn about bees using the spotter sheet.Gift of the Year Highly Commended 2020. Tin size 14.5 x 10.5 x 5.4cm Assembled Bee Hotel 9.5 x 11 x 9cm Recommended age: 6 plus
A wonderful collection of some of the most popular garden vegetables, each one chosen to give you a reliable, bumper harvest of scrumptious courgettes, tomatoes and cucumbers over a long season. These are all easy to grow outdoors and they're also happy in a green house. Supplied as 12 plug plants, ready to plant out when the danger of frost has passed, including 4 each of the follow varieties: Courgette 'Defender' - an enduring favourite and holder of a coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, 'Defender' crops early and has a picking season that can be twice as long as other varieties, producing heavy crops of delicious and firm, mid-green courgettes. Harvest time is from July right through to October and the fruits should be picked when they're 10-15cm long. The plants will grow to 45cm high and 90cm wide. Tomato 'Buffalosteak' - a wonderful variety that will give you large and delicious fruit, full of flavour with rich and meaty flesh over a long season. This top-performing cordon tomato has been created using a technique similar to that used with fruit trees for generations - grafting a variety onto a strong, disease resistant rootstock to get the best of both. The result is a bumper crop of tasty, juicy tomatoes! Cropping from July until October, provide a sturdy support as 'Buffalosteak' can grow to 2m tall. Snack Cucumber 'Nimrod' - will produce bright yellow flowers followed by a bountiful harvest of small, delicious snack sized cucumbers that have bumpy deep green skins that are unusually thin, with pale green flesh that is crisp and refreshing to eat. A naturally trailing plant, grow it up a support where it will reach 3m in height. Pick regularly when young and tender between June and October to encourage more fruits over a longer period.
Introducing this magical and unique Buddleia, 'Flower Power', that has taken years of dedication from plant breeders to produce. The first hybrid Buddleia between normal types, and a yellow flowered species, it has gorgeous 'colour changing' spires of flowers, from purple to orange - and all shades in between! What a sensational new colour for hot summer borders and shrubberies. It retains the ability to attract Butterflies, hence the common name Butterfly Bush, in flower in Summer it will become a mecca for beautiful peacock and tortoiseshells. The bees will love it too - and repay you by pollinating crops for you! Hardy and easy to grow, its multicoloured displays of colour and sweet scent will last all Summer long. It is more upright and less bushy than more common Buddleia, and can quite lax in some cases, so may need some support in windy spots. Grow in well-drained borders in sunny spots for maximum Flower Power. Look forward to great Summer displays year after year.
Perfect for small spaces or patio pots, this apple will perform just as well as any other, but in an incredibly compact form! 'Bolero' is a Ballerina apple tree, grown to be naturally columnar in shape and almost without branches. As this is achieved by breeding instead of pruning, the tree will maintain its upright shape without the need for skilled pruning or training. 'Bolero' apples are sweet, crisp and juicy, medium sized, and ready to pick from September. Ideal for eating fresh or for cooking, this is a wonderful way to grow your own apples! Reaching just 2m in height after 5 years, Ballerina 'Bolero' is so easy to harvest as the apples naturally occur on small spurs close to the main stem instead of on branches. As well as being a productive fruit tree, it makes a spectacular ornamental tree when grown in a large pot, superb as a patio plant and wonderful displayed either side of a doorway or garden gate where you can really appreciate their lovely pink flushed, white spring blossom followed by a good crop of juicy apples. Supplied as a bare root tree, ready to plant, growing to 2m in 5 years.
Perfect for small spaces or patio pots, this pear tree will perform just as well as any other, but in an incredibly compact form! 'Decora' has been grown to have an upright, columnar form and almost no branches, achieved by breeding instead of pruning so that the tree will maintain its shape without the need for skilled pruning or training. The delicious fruit is firm and juicy and ready to pick from September. Self-fertile and growing to just 2m in height after 5 years, 'Decora' is so easy to harvest as the fruit naturally occurs on small spurs close to the main stem instead of on branches. As well as being a productive fruit tree, it also makes an ideal, eye-catching specimen when grown in a large patio pot where you can really appreciate the lovely spring blossom followed by a healthy crop of tasty pears. Supplied as a bare root tree, ready to plant and reaching 2m after 5 years.
This amazing collection of stunning flowers will fill your garden with blooms all summer long and well into autumn.We've chosen shades of pink, purple and blue that perfectly compliment each other and their different heights mean that there's something for every part of the garden. Mixed together they create a magical cottage garden feel, and they're great for cutting too. Cornflower 'Blue Ball' a gardeners' favourite loved by butterflies and bees, this showy annual is a slender, dainty plant with sky-blue flowers. Perfect for punctuating wild gardens or meadows with colour. Grows to 75cm. 180 Seeds. Sweet Pea 'Galaxy' early flowering in luscious colours from reds to pinks to blues from late spring through to autumn, they'll produce a fabulous succession of beautifully fragrant stems that just keep on coming the more they're cut, so your vases can be as full as your garden with these prolific, long lasting star performers. Growing to 180cm. 35 Seeds. Cosmos 'Candy Stripe' exceptionally free flowering, giving a succession of white blooms with an edging of the deepest pink. With its delicate feathery foliage 'Candy Stripe' makes a lovely cut flower too. Its pollen rich, yellow centres are a magnet for bees on warm sunny days. Grows to 120cm. 100 Seeds. Lobelia 'Cambridge Blue' the perfect filler plant for pots, planters and tubs, or even large scale border plantings. Very easy to grow, its hundreds of sky-blue flowers will wind their way through the gaps in plants, filling them in with ease. A great little essential plant for all planting schemes, Grows to 15cm. 1500 Seeds.
There is something deliciously hearty about root vegetables, and we've assembled a collection of the best for you to grow yourself. All of these varieties hold a coveted RHS Award of Garden Merit, so you can be sure that these are proven garden performers, guaranteed to be suitable for UK gardeners at every level of experience. Full of flavour and so fresh! Beetroot 'Boltardy' fabulously sweet and tender roots, this delicious variety is perfect for cooking - whether roasting or pickling, or for soups and salads. Not only tasty, it is good for you, too, being an excellent source of folate, with good levels of potassium and vitamin C. The green leaves and stems also make good, nutritious eating when harvested young, at about 5-8cm tall. Rich in iron and vitamins, they have a similar flavour to leafy veg such as spinach. 180 Seeds. Carrot 'Flyaway F1' an early cropping variety producing sturdy, blunt-ended roots, typically 12-15cm long, with a smooth skin and deep orange colour. Its deliciously sweet flavour is balanced with a tender but crunchy texture - great for eating raw or in stir-fries, or conventionally boiled, steamed or roasted to make the most of its superior flavour. 350 Seeds. Onion 'White Lisbon' a superb spring onion with a mild flavour and crisp bite when harvested young. Left to mature for a while longer, it will develop a stronger, more pungent flavour - equally delicious whether eaten raw in salads, slaws or potato salads, or added to stir-fries or other savoury dishes during the final stages of cooking. 650 Seeds. Parsnip 'Gladiator F1' a top-quality variety that produces long, wedge-shaped roots with smooth skin and clean white flesh, so they are easy to wash and require minimum peeling. They keep well in the ground to harvest over the growing season as required for the kitchen. Indeed, their fabulously sweet flavour is even better after the first frosts, which turn some of the starch into sugar. 200 Seeds.
A selection of great garden vegetables to give you a bountiful harvest of healthy, fresh greens.All easy to grow proven performers that'll give you the immense pleasure of growing your own vegetables. Courgette 'All Green Bush' a reliable, quick-growing and high-yielding variety that will crop all summer long with regular harvesting. One plant will typically produce 6-10 fruits. Its compact habit makes it ideal for growing in pots or containers, or the seeds can be planted directly in the ground where they are to crop. For the best flavour, harvest as baby courgettes at about 10-15cm (4-6in) long from July to October. 20 Seeds. Brussles Sprout 'Brodie F1' one of the best varieties of Brussels sprouts you can grow. Exceptionally mild, and sweeter than most other varieties, there isn't a hint of bitterness or peppery flavour and they stay fresh on the plant for months. The buttons can be picked long into January or even February in optimal weather conditions. An excellent source of vitamins A, B and C. 40 Seeds. Broccoli (Autumn) Green Calabrese crops from late summer right through autumn, producing densely packed clusters of deep bluish-green buds of up to 15cm (6in) diameter atop thick, tender stems and rich green leaves that are jus.t as good to eat. Great raw for salads or dips, or steamed, boiled or stir-fried. 200 Seeds Leek 'Musselburgh' a heritage variety, great for picking from late autumn to early spring when little else is available, this shorter variety of leek has densely packed, sturdy stems with creamy white bases and lovely sweet flavour and a firm but tender texture when cooked. Packed with nutrients, including vitamins A, B6, C and K, iron and magnesium, as well as being a good source of fibre and folate. 500 Seeds.
Our scrumptious collection of beans will provide you with all the pods you could need over a long cropping season from June to August, included some stringless varieties!A great source of vitamins and fibre and easy to grow in pots or the vegetable garden, and because they all have attractive flowers, an interesting addition to beds and borders too. Broad Bean 'Masterpiece Green Longpod' considered by many to be the best broad bean you can grow. The seeds are quick to germinate, either indoors in pots or outdoors planted directly into their cropping position, generating vigorous plants that will provide plenty of fresh, tasty beans for your plate - and plenty more for the freezer. 45 Seeds. Runner Bean 'Polestar' produces high yields of smooth runner bean pods that have a sweet flavour and crisp, fleshy texture. If not left too long on the vine, these beans are stringless. Versatile and nutritious, they are a classic cooked veg, but the young beans also taste great raw. 50 Seeds. Climbing Bean 'Blue Lake' wonderful flavour and heavy crops of round, stringless pods. With consistently good results over a long cropping season, this prolific climbing French bean produces clusters of fleshy pods that have a superior texture and taste and are rich in vitamins and fibre and are great when grown up a trellis or 'wigwam' of canes. 100 Seeds. Dwarf French Bean 'Ferrari' a rich green colour and flavour, these stringless beans are a great source of fibre and vitamins A and C. Being a dwarf type bean, it is ideal for growing in containers, as well as in beds and borders, producing compact, bushy plants that don't need staking. Fast growing, with pods ready for picking around 12 weeks after sowing. 100 Seeds.
Grow the most popular salad crops with this fantastic seed collection - everything you need for a delicious, super-fresh and tasty salad. These are all easy to grow varieties that produce bumper harvests month after month. Tomato 'Gardener's Delight' this heavy cropping, super-sweet, large cherry tomato is a top choice for both the beginner and experienced vegetable grower. It can be reliably grown in a greenhouse or outdoors, producing and abundance of long trailing vines with 10-14 fruits per truss all summer long and into October - quite literally, a gardener's delight! 75 Seeds. Radish 'Scarlet Globe' a classic salad radish with crisp round roots of bright scarlet with moist, white flesh and a superbly sweet and mild flavour. Not only do they taste good, these nutritious beauties are an excellent source of vitamin C and potassium. Easy to grow, 'Scarlet Globe' can be harvested within 4-6 weeks of sowing direct into their cropping position. Suitable for container growing as well as beds and borders. 700 Seeds. Mixed Lettuce Leaves this mix of quality seeds gives fast results - either sown in the ground or in containers. It's an easy way of ensuring a constant supply of fresh, tasty salad leaves all through the summer. The packet includes equal seed quantities of: Catalogna, Cocarde, Curled Red American, Grand Rapids, Red salad bowl, Rossa di Trento. Varieties grow at different rates, giving a different salad mix at every cut. 775 Seeds. Cucumber 'La Diva' Fast-growing and vigorous, 'La Diva' produces plentiful crops of cigar-shaped, bitter-free mini cucumbers. The ridged, smooth-skinned fruits are seedless, tender and crisp. Deliciously sweet and juicy, they are superb for salads or for slicing lengthways for crudités and dips and a good source of vitamins A and C, as well as minerals and antioxidants. Crops well inside a cold greenhouse or tunnel - or equally well outdoors in your garden. 20 Seeds.
The flavours and aromas of freshly picked herbs is amazing, and this collection of the most popular culinary varieties is perfect for you to grow at home, either indoors where they can be sown and harvested all year round, or outside in the garden in pots. They keep well for months if dried, which also intensifies the flavours. Coriander 'Calypso' grow either seasonally outdoors in a container, border or herb garden, or indoors on a light windowsill to ensure a continuous supply of aromatic leaves throughout the year. Popular in Asian cooking, this versatile herb will add distinctive flavour to a wide variety of savoury dishes as well as being an interesting garnish or addition to salads. 150 Seeds. Oregano 'Greek' great flavour with hot and peppery notes, a wonderful addition to tomato based dishes, pizzas, sauces, soups or marinades. Good for drying and it stores well and the dried leaves have a more intense flavour. 900 Seeds. Basil 'Sweet' a large-leaved variety that is most popularly used in cuisines all over the world. A favourite herb particularly for Italian cooking, its sweet, aromatic leaves are a characteristic ingredient for many dishes from salads and garnishes to soups, casseroles, ragu, pizza, and pasta dishes - and superb for making fresh pesto. Best when eaten raw or added to hot dishes at the last minute. 450 Seeds. Parsley 'Giant of Italy' one of the very best flat-leaf parsley varieties, producing robust plants with sturdy upright stems bearing large, dark green leaves. Having a terrific sweet and pungent taste when used raw, it also retains its rich, strong flavour in cooked dishes. 500 Seeds.
Enjoy a wonderful selection of delicious red vegetables with this patio collection! Easy to grow and with a long harvest period, you will be stocked up from the begging of summer all the way through to October! Supplied in this collection: 'Beluga Red' - A versatile variety that produces generous yields of deliciously sweet, glossy, bright red peppers. Green initially, they reach the peak of their colouring and nutrition from July until October. 'Tumbling Tom' - An ideal variety to get started growing your own tomatoes - so easy, they can be grown in hanging baskets, tubs, planters and even window boxes - you will get hundreds of small red cherry tomatoes from just one plant! 'Hot Burrito' - A small and compact plant that best when grown in a pot, positioned in a warm, sunny spot such as a patio or porch. It can also be grown indoors as a houseplant in a bright area. The 'Hot Burrito' will produce wonderful chillies from July that are about 15-25cm long. Supplied as 3 established plants in 9cm pots, ready to plant.