For many decades in certain parts of the old world it has been the practice to grow African or French marigolds of a certain type to repel white fly on tomatoes in greenhouses or outdoors. It has also been found that the tomatoes grow better and bear more fruit with marigolds around them. More...
Per Packet, £2.19
Stocks - An extremely early and long flowering variety with unique, antique-pink flowers. Ideal for bedding, border and containers. Branching habit with multiple spikes which are magnificently fragrant with a sweet and spicy clove-like scent. Selectable for 100% doubleness. Flowers early summer onwards. Hgt 20-25cm (8-10in). More...
Per Packet, £1.99
Stocks - Compact, bushy and easy to raise plants with a glorious fragrance which are ideal for bedding or for growing in drifts in the border. The large, showy richly fragrant flower spikes come in a range of pinks, purples, creams, whites and yellows. They also make magnificent winter flowering pot plants for the cold greenhouse. Flowers late summer. Hgt. 30cm (12in). More...
Per Packet, £1.89
Stocks - Invaluable summer bedding plants with dense showy spikes of sweet scented flowers. Justifiably popular for beds, borders, cut flowers and they also make magnificent plants for winter flowering in the cold greenhouse. More...
Per Packet, £1.69
Carpet like growth with leaves that appear to be sprinkled with ice crystals. Produces a glowing display in full sun on beds, borders, dry banks, rockeries, etc. Flowers summer.. More...
At last! A plant that not only tolerates, but positively thrives in dry, hot, sunny borders and rockeries! The succulent, fleshy-leaved plants cover the ground quickly, and become clothed in a rich carnival of colour all summer long. More...
An exotic looking climber, with twining stem ideal for rambling over trellises, fences etc. The flowers are very impressive with up to 12 per flower spike producing a spectacular combination as they age. They start off a most powerful and stunning bright red and as they mature they go from red to orange, orange to yellow and from yellow to white and all are out at the same time. A plant positively loaded with flowers is an impressive sight. Flowers summer. Climber. More...
Per Packet, £2.49
Remarkable trumpet-like flowers in a range of colours, all splashed or marbled in cerise-red. The well branched plants are full of small buds which break open in the evening and early morning, releasing a wonderful fragrance. More...
Add something different to your mixed baskets, patio containers and bedding schemes with this South African annual. Masses of midnight blue flowers persist from early summer through until the autumn, on neatly compact plants.Prefers a moist, well-drained soil in full sun. More...
Per Packet, £1.29 OUT OF STOCK.
Compact bushes smothered in bloom. Planted closely these convey a glowing sheet of colour. More...
Bushy upright plants with rich colours which compliment and contrast, in a very wide range including an eye-catching blue and white. The result is a superb glowing carpet of colour. Flowers mid summer-autumn. Hgt. 25cm (10in). More...
"Breakthrough" is very early, very dwarf and compact, the fragrant flowers stay open all day and while they will begin flowering almost as soon as you plant them out they will continue unabated until the autumn. They bring colour to beds, borders, containers etc. Flowers mid summer to autumn. Height 10-12in. More...
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Add stature to your summer borders with this glorious annual. Masses of wiry stems topped with a haze of small blooms, each one fading through rose, pink and white tones, giving the effect of three colours on one plant! Prefers a light, well-drained soil in full sun. More...
A Breeding Breakthrough in Nicotiana Tinkerbell demands closer inspection, as the clusters of dusky-rose petals have lime-green backs and unusual azure blue pollen in the centre of each flower. Ideal for adding height and interest to borders, flowering over a very long period. More...
Per Packet, £2.89
A specially selected blend, offering uniform, mid height plants, in a glowing colour range with upward facing blooms. The evening fragrance adds to their irresistible charm and elegance and is guaranteed to enhance your borders. More...
A very attractive and free flowering type with large pure white sweetly scented flowers. Flowers summer. Hgt. 36in. More...
Versatile, eye catching plants ideal for growing in dry, problem areas, This attractive African Daisy has unusual white and apricot bicoloured blooms, resembling the glow of an African summer moon. The bushy, free flowering plants art at home in borders or containers, attracting bees and butterflies. More...
From the South African countryside comes this classic, silky, pure white flowering plant. For the front of the border in full sun it certainly lives up to its name with the flowers a pure glistening white throughout the day, and closing up each evening. The flowers are borne in great profusion over the whole plant, magnificent for the border, pots, patios and all sunny places. Flowers summer until frost. Height 30cm (12in). More...
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