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2023 Edit
GROW
something new from seed
Since 1975
www.chilternseeds.co.uk
FRONT COVER
Cosmos bipinnatus, ‘Apricotta’ 401E
Gorgeous Cosmos with burnished apricot and
peach petals with raspberry pink centres,
Welcome
edged with the same pink. Welcome to our new Spring Edit for 2023. As usual we feature some of the best things from our range of over
100cm HHA £2.85
2,500 items.
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Helichrysum bracteatum, 677K Our family run business, now in its 48th year, still brings you the very freshest seed of the unusual and not so
Salmon Rose unusual. We took over the reins from our parents, Douglas and Bridget Bowden, in 2012 and we hope that this edit
90cm HHA £1.95
will bring you a sense of the joy of growing something new from seed.
Atriplex hortensis 154C
var. rubra Do visit our website (www.chilternseeds.co.uk) or give us a call (01491 824675) where you will always find a
180cm HA/HHA £2.25
friendly and knowledgeable real, live person. Happy Gardening!
Panicum elegans, 948C
‘Sprinkles’ Heather & Sally Follow us: @chilternseeds
80cm HHA £2.85
Heather’s favourites:
FYP
Linaria maroccana, 813Z Zinnia elegans, 1309H Lathyrus odoratus, 771P Climbing French Bean, 1817E Cephalaria gigantea 307J
‘Licilia Azure’ Scabious-Flowered Mixed ‘Turquoise Lagoon’ ‘Cobra’ Statuesque garden flower that
This is one of my favourites and Another really easy one. Not My earliest memories of seed We’ve been growing this brilliant manages to look robust yet
I can’t understand why it’s not terribly sophisticated but lots sowing are sweet peas. Dad was bean for years and it’s still my delicate and willowy at the same
more popular. It’s embarrassingly of fun, so many bright colours, very much in favour of the make favourite. Plentiful tender and time. I absolutely love this plant,
easy, I just sprinkled seeds in quick to flower and very a hole in the ground with your very tasty, never tough, beans perfect at the back of the border
troughs next to the house and long lasting – a plentiful and finger, pop in a seed technique. that just keep on coming as long and really impressive, like a
in next to no time had clouds of continuous supply of cheery We waited until it was warm as you pick them. Unfazed by giant scabious.
totally charming blue flowers that cut flowers well into autumn. outside and in they went. I love all weather extremes and lovely
look wonderfully unkempt and this variety; such a delicate and pink flowers too.
last for ages. unusual colour.
50cm HA £2.25 75cm HA/HHA £1.95 150cm HA(Cl) £2.45 £3.65 180cm HP £2.65
For the beginners out there, we’ll keep the glossary short (but helpful).
Annual – a plant that completes its life cycle in one year. Typically these are
Sally’s favourites:
the flowers that will bloom the quickest (and often are the easiest to grow!)
Perennial – a plant that keeps on flowering year after year. May take a little
longer to flower for the first time from seed (though some will flower in the
first year) but will reward you with longevity.
Biennial – a plant that completes its life cycle in 2 years.
We only indicate seed counts here if it is 15 or fewer, all seed counts
are on our website (or you can call us!)
Abbreviations and symbols used in this catalogue:
FYP FYP
Perfect for cutting A Annual
P Perennial
Attractive to pollinators Phlox drummondii 985N Cobaea scandens, 372J Dahlia, 434J Rudbeckia triloba, 1130J Cherry Tomato, 1803Q
B Biennial grandiflora, Mixed ‘Bishop’s Children’ ‘Prairie Glow’ ‘Apero’, F1 Hybrid
Suitable for microgreens Bb Bulbous ‘Crème Brûlée’ I grew this last year to scramble Easy from seed, I love this Dahlia As I started my garden from I grew this last year; I gave
Cl Climber Perhaps an obvious choice, up an obelisk in my garden. I with its dark foliage and big, scratch I grow lots of perennials away a couple of plants but the
Perennial that will flower but still one I grow every year. love the way the flowers change bright blooms and I was happy from seed. This was a hit last few we kept produced enough
FYP
in its first year from sowing H Hardy
It is so easy and I love the from a greeny-white to purple. to see it flowering in my garden year with its masses of small tomatoes to keep my family
New
RHS Award of Garden Merit winner
New for 2023
HH
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Half-Hardy
Shrub
Tender
01491 824 675 sumptuous combinations of
creamy, peachy-pink colours.
A long-lasting cut flower.
for a second summer last year. flowers in a range of warm
colours.
of four going throughout the
summer. 6 seeds.
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45cm HA/HHA £2.25 600cm HHA/HHP(Cl) £2.95 90cm HHA/HHP £2.25 100cm HP £2.95 £3.75
2 Photography by Sabina Rüber. Graphic Design by JWJ Design. 3
Cut Flowers
by Aesme Studio
Sisters Jess and Alex founded their flower business,
Aesme Studio, in 2015. We asked them some
questions on their approach to flower growing.
What led you to start working with flowers? herbs, shrubs, roses and perennials. With the perennials it was mostly
a question of what requires minimal maintenance – these plants need
Alex started arranging flowers as a hobby and a calming and creative to be both drought-tolerant and hardy enough to cope with wet and
outlet from her office job. This led down a road of discovery including windy winters. When it comes to deciding what to grow from seed there
an internship at a floral design studio in New York, several years of are two things I mainly keep in mind. Firstly, anything that needs too
practise and then establishing Aesme Studio together in London in much fussing over is likely not to survive! Secondly, from experience I
2015. We create arrangements for events as well as running seasonal know instinctively whether we will end up using something a lot in our
flower school workshops and an online learning platform dedicated to designs - we love to use light, delicate stems in interesting colours.
naturalistic floral design. We started growing our own flowers around From experimenting, I now have a reliable ‘go to’ list that I feel confident
six years ago by creating a cutting garden on a small plot of land in growing every year and then a handful of new packets to experiment
Hampshire. with – the quest for interesting, beautiful materials never ends!
How do you decide what to grow? Aesme’s Cutting Garden
Included as well as those pictured below:
Every year we come more efficient at planning and learning what thrives
Pennisetum alopecuroides (964Q), Macleaya cordata (830D), Stipa gigantea (1201G)
and fails in the soil. We have different sections including vegetables,
What are your favourite flower colours?
Flower and foliage colours are endlessly fascinating – we’ve dedicated
a whole online class to Colour as we feel it’s such a creative element
of floral design to learn about! We often gravitate to using a base of
tertiary colours - what we call the ‘in-between’ colours, which are more
subdued and nuanced, with a pop of something eye-catching like a
Amaranthus cruentus, Rudbeckia hirta, strong red or blue. One of the greatest pleasures of designing with Cosmos bipinnatus, Alcea rosea,
‘Hot Biscuits’ ‘Cherry Brandy’ flowers is trying something new and unexpectedly stumbling upon a ‘Cupcakes Blush’ ‘Crème de Cassis’
(84P) (1130G) (401C) (84W)
combination that changes an entrenched opinion of a colour, opening
the door to a whole new set of options.
What flowers do you find have the
best vase life?
Spires or multi-headed flowers that can gradually open (and drop their
faded petals) – like Delphinium, Foxgloves and Nicotiana. It’s good to
Rudbeckia hirta, have arrangements that you can tweak throughout the week – say if Rudbeckia hirta, Cosmos bipinnatus,
‘Cappuccino’ Nicotiana mutabilis some flowers go over faster than others you just remove these and rejig ‘Sahara’ ‘Apricot Lemonade’
(1130P) (899M) or include grasses and other textural elements that are likely to last a (1130H) (401J)
4 bit longer. Portrait by Al Roberts, other images by Aesme Studio 5
Aesme Favourites
New
Eschscholzia californica, ‘Appleblossom Chiffon’
(534H
Cosmos bipinnatus, 398J Clarkia amoena, 643C
‘Antiquity’ ‘Memoria’
Rich burgundy flowers change These white floaty flowers have
to antique bronze-salmon as very subtle blush pink centres
they age. borne on erect stems making
glorious cut flowers.
45cm HHA £2.95 50cm HA £2.45
Lathyrus odoratus, Cosmos bipinnatus,
‘Mrs Bernard Jones’ ‘Double Click Snow Puff’
(772J) (399E)
Picking from a patch of Papaver rhoeas, Delphinium consolida, Nigella damascena,
Daucus carota 437R Rudbeckia hirta, 1130H
‘Falling in Love’ (949Z) Finest Mixed ‘Miss Jekyll Rose’ Parent of the humble carrot - ‘Sahara’
(443K) (902C) dense umbels of white flowers One of our favourites; semi-
Lathyrus odoratus, ‘Juliet’ 768X loved by butterflies and bees. double and double velvety
blooms in subtle shades of
With a heady citrus scent in a class of its own, these flowers are cream with a pinky-apricot blush.
How do you encourage pollinators into If you had to recommend five cut flowers to 180cm HA(Cl) £2.95 90cm HB £1.95
caramel, copper and warm pink.
60cm HA/HHP £2.95
your garden? grow for a beginner what would they be?
There are always masses of flowers because we don’t cut very Sweet Peas, Cosmos, Californian Poppies (Eschscholzia
intensively and are bad at dead-heading – we also like to leave lots californica), Nigella and Larkspur (Delphinium consolida)
of the flower heads to go to seed as we love the shapes later in the – see above.
season. We have lots of weeds and wildflowers throughout the garden
We started with these in the very first little beds in the garden (ordered
and on the fringes. We try to leave areas of leaves and natural mulch
from Chiltern Seeds!). We hadn’t sown a seed in our lives. We diligently
around for egg laying and hibernating. It goes without saying we only
prepared the beds, put down some drip irrigation, drilled thin little lines
use organic methods; we’ve never used any chemicals in the soil or
in the late spring and prayed. By summertime the plants were flowering
on the plants.
prolifically and they didn’t stop for months. We thought it was absolute
magic and haven’t looked back since!
What was the best advice you received when
you started growing? What do you sow and grow every year?
“Grow what you love” (from Georgie Newbery of Common Farm Flowers Nigella sativa 903E Delphinium consolida, 442X Nicotiana mutabilis 899M Callistephus chinensis, 243G Agrostemma githago, 64T
We grow small amounts of lots of different varieties – too many to This is a delightful annual with ‘Pink Perfection’ On very branching stems, this ‘Matsumoto Apricot’ ‘Bianca’
when I attended one of her workshops). pretty whitish or bluish flowers Perfect pale pink. Robust yet bears all summer, a mass of Long, strong stems and peachy- Abundant, large, pure white
mention! Opposite are some of our absolute favourites to grow with reflexed petals. It has long romantic spires. Very vigorous flowers, from white to pale pink pink flowers with tightly packed flowers with silky satin petals
every year. been cultivated for its edible grower. to magenta. petals surrounding a distinct with delicate dark speckling in
seeds. yellow centre. the throat.
www.aesme.co.uk Follow us: @aesmestudio 45cm HA £2.25 120cm HA £2.25 120cm HHA £2.35 75cm HA/HHA £2.25 90cm HA £2.35
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More Flowers
for Cutting
FYP
Chasmanthium 1267 Panicum elegans, 948C Bupleurum 226W Moluccella 882 Briza maxima 215 Anethum graveolens, 102Q Papaver nudicaule, 953W
latifolium ‘Sprinkles’ rotundifolium, ‘Griffithii’ laevis ‘Mariska’ ‘Wind Song’
A wonderfully versatile Ethereal, light and airy grass Bright green umbels of true Excellent cut flower with tall An ornamental grass with pretty, Beautifully fragrant and Superb poppy variety with
ornamental grass with upright with the appearance of a bonfire flowers surrounded by petal-like spikes of enormous bright green, nodding heads of oval-shaped, particularly good for cutting. extra-large flowers in shades of
stems of dangling spikelets. A night sparkler. bracts, this attractive flower is bell-like calyces surrounding the pearly-white spikelets. Great for orange, cream, yellow and white.
fabulous cut flower, fresh or dried. splendid for cutting. flowers proper. drying.
120cm HP £2.10 80cm HHA £2.85 60cm HA £1.95 80cm HHA £1.95 45cm HA £2.55 60cm HHA/HHP £1.95 45cm HA/HP £2.75
New
Antirrhinum majus, 111K Cosmos bipinnatus, 397G Helianthus annuus, 674X Calendula officinalis, 233Z Scabiosa atropurpurea, 1148D Cosmos bipinnatus, 401E Zinnia elegans, 1311Y
‘Admiral White’, F1 Hybrid ‘Purity’ ‘Pro Cut Plum’ F1 ‘Touch Of Red Buff’ ‘Fata Morgana’ ‘Apricotta’ ‘Super Yoga Salmon Rose’
Stunning and stately snapdragon Beautiful, very popular variety Gorgeous understated antiquey Interesting contemporary beige- Fine variety with delicious, Gorgeous new Cosmos with Peachy-apricot blooms.
Nicotiana langsdorffii, ‘Lemon Tree’ 899J with pure white flowers on with large, single, snow-white tones of a dusky plum and buff. pink with darker brown petal tips creamy apricot-yellow flowers - burnished apricot and peach
strong stems. flowers with a gold centre. Tall, strong, single-stemmed gives a beautiful vintage effect. a most remarkable and attractive petals with raspberry pink centres,
Lovely variety with lemony-green coloured blossoms to ornament your border. plants. 15 seeds. colour. edged with the same pink.
150cm HHA £2.25 120cm HHA £3.99 90cm HHA £1.95 150cm HA £3.25 60cm HA £2.65 90cm HA/HHA £2.85 100cm HHA £2.85 90cm HA/HHA £2.25
New
Eucalyptus cinerea, 535L Orlaya 922B Digitalis purpurea 463D Hesperis matronalis, 681R Ammi visnaga, 88J Rudbeckia hirta, 1130K Amaranthus 84 Cosmos bipinnatus, 399Q Matthiola incana, 849Z Zinnia elegans, 1311P
‘Silver Dollar’ grandiflora var. alba White ‘Green Mist’ ‘Cherokee Sunset’ caudatus ‘Rubenza’ ‘Vintage Brown’ ‘Queen Lime Mixed’
Striking silver-grey foliage. With Attractive ferny foliage and Much sought-after rare white- Traditional cottage garden plant Feathery foliage and extravagant One of the tallest varieties, Lovely, long, drooping red Exceptionally coloured, early The colour of this unusual Stock A mix of some of our favourite,
a compact habit it is perfect for lovely, lace-like, pure white flowered form of the beautiful with beautifully perfumed white domed umbels of greenish-white making it particularly perfect tassels; excellent for cutting flowering blooms of dark, rich variety might be more favourably unusual hues that look
containers and good for cutting. umbels with distinctive long true wild Foxglove. flowers which will scent an flowers, soft yet robust and for cutting. and drying. ruby red, fading to antiquey-rose described as a deep and dusky magnificent growing together.
15 seeds. outer petals. entire room. architectural. as they age. antique rose.
125cm HSh/HTr £3.45 60cm HA £2.45 150cm HP/HB £2.25 90cm HP/HB £2.25 120cm HA £1.95 75cm HA/HHP £2.65 105cm HA/HHA £1.95 80cm HHA £2.25 50cm HA/HHA £2.85 75cm HA/HHA £3.25
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More Flowers for Cutting
FYP
Helianthus annuus, 674A Nicotiana x hybrida, 900F Daucus carota, 437Y Linaria purpurea, 813L Phlox drummondii 985N Antirrhinum majus, 107R Lathyrus odoratus, 771Y Scabiosa atropurpurea, 1148L Helichrysum 677M Achillea millefolium, 36K
‘Ms Mars’ ‘Tinkerbell’ ‘Dara’ ‘Canon Went’ grandiflora, ‘Crème Brûlée’ ‘Appleblossom’ ‘Heirloom Mixed’ ‘Summer Fruits’ bracteatum, Silvery Rose ‘Colorado’
Shorter variety so a more Slender green trumpets open Dark flowered wild carrot with A first class garden plant with We love the unusual colour Beautiful spikes of lovely, Our exclusive mix. We have A bright and cheerful mixture in Shimmering, silvery-pink, daisy- A diverse range of colours
manageable size for the average out to reveal maroon faces with flowers in an attractive mix from spikes of lovely pink flowers in combinations including dusky- delicate peachy-rose blossoms. chosen the best scented warm, fruity shades to give that like papery flowers, ideal for including red to pink to apricot,
garden and perfect for popping bright blue stamens. white and pink to dark purple. summer. pinks and peachy-creams. varieties for a full array of summer feeling! cutting and drying. yellows, beige and bronze tones
in a vase. 12 seeds. glorious colours. and occasional whites.
100cm HA £2.95 90cm HHA £2.95 120cm HB £2.25 90cm HP £2.85 45cm HA/HHA £2.25 90cm HHA £1.95 250cm HA(Cl) £2.75 90cm HA/HHA £2.45 90cm HHA £2.25 60cm HP £2.85
New
Antirrhinum majus, 103E Calamagrostis 233L Antirrhinum majus, 110K Digitalis purpurea 464M Agrostemma githago, 64A Astrantia major, 152H Callistephus chinensis, 243Q
‘Costa Apricot’, F1 Hybrid brachytricha ‘Madame Butterfly’ Double annua, ‘Sutton’s Apricot’ ‘Light Rose’ ‘Rose Symphony’ ‘Lady Coral Chamois’
A particularly desirable colour A highly ornamental grass Series, F1 Hybrid, Mixed Beautiful award-winning variety Pretty, blush pink variety of this Splendid flowers in “symphony Tasteful pale peachy apricot
in the popular ‘Costa’ series. bearing in late summer long Wonderful vigorous variety with with a lovely soft pink-apricot lovely wild flower. Easy to grow, of red and pink shades”. with a definite leaning towards
and graceful, feathery flower large, fully double blooms in a colour. good for cutting, flowering freely vintage.
panicles. range of lovely bright colours all summer long.
90cm HHA £2.95 120cm HP £2.85 75cm HHA £3.75 150cm HP/HB £2.35 90cm HA £2.25 60cm HP £3.25 70cm HA/HHA £2.95
New New
FYP
Limonium sinuatum, 812Q Dahlia merckii 434G Didiscus caeruleus, 460W Consolida regalis, 382H Scabiosa caucasica, 1149F Cobaea 372 Nigella papillosa, 903X
‘QIS Soft Pastel Mix’ This rarely seen Dahlia bears all ‘Lace Mixture’ ‘Blue Cloud’ ‘Perfection Blue’ scandens ‘African Bride’
Excellent uniform series for summer long until frost beautiful, Beautiful mixture of Lace A very different Larkspur - Beautiful, large, deep blue A beautiful and vigorous climber Large blooms of pure white
cutting. This pastel mix includes saucer-shaped, purple- or yellow- Flowers with umbels in blues, a most attractive bushy plant flowers on strong stems perfect from Mexico with large flowers. petals with contrasting rich Delphinium consolida, ‘Fancy Belladonna’ 443T
shades of rose, white, lavender eyed, lavender-pink flowers. pinks and white. bearing masses of violet-blue for cutting, lasting well in water. purple-black stamens, followed
Beautiful Larkspur that we have enjoyed trialling for the past two years with pretty, pale, purply-pink flowers.
and pale blue. 15 seeds. flowers. by decorative seed pods.
90cm HHA £2.25 90cm HHA/HHP £2.95 60cm HHA £2.25 75cm HA £2.25 60cm HP £2.25 600cm HHA/HHP(Cl) £2.75 90cm HA £2.25 120cm HA £2.25
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FYP
Zinnia elegans, 1310D Echinacea pallida 490L Knautia macedonica 1146Q Catananche 285B Cosmos bipinnatus, 399L
‘Benary’s Giant White’ caerulea var. alba ‘Fizzy Rose Picotee’
Large, bright and eye-catching A fine perennial from the USA, One of the longest flowering Easy to grow, attractive, Semi-double, rosy-white flowers
flowers. handsome and spidery pink of perennials producing a long flowering white blooms with an eye-catching ruby
flowers fading with age, with a succession of lovely, dark surrounded by papery, edging.
dark maroon central cone. crimson pin cushions. silver-coloured bracts.
90cm HA/HHA £2.95 120cm HP £2.75 60cm HP £3.35 90cm HP £2.65 90cm HHA £2.75
FYP FYP
Echinacea purpurea 490B Gaura lindheimeri, ‘Summer Breeze’ 612H
A splendid plant with large, reddish-purple flowers, excellent for cutting 14 seeds 90cm HP £2.95
and lasting well in water. 120cm HP £2.45 Stipa tenuissima, ‘Pony Tails’ 1202E
60cm HP £2.25
Drought Tolerant Try some of these to withstand hot, dry summers
FYP FYP
Verbascum 1273H Agastache cana, 61J Achillea millefolium, 36H Salvia sclarea 1140R Dianthus 451Z
chaixii var. album ‘Heather Queen’ ‘Summer Pastels’, F2 Hybrid var. turkestanica carthusianorum
A fine border plant with white- Easily grown plant bearing Flowers abundantly the first A very fine variety with pinkish- Dense clusters of lovely upward
woolly leaves and long, loose over a long period masses of year from seed in a wide range white flowers and bracts over an facing, cherry-red or deep pink
panicles of white flowers. large, violet-pink flowers. Much of pastel colours such as pink, extended period in summer. flowers.
appreciated by butterflies and rose, purple and grey.
150cm HP £2.25 bees. 90cm HP £2.75 60cm HP £3.75 90cm HP/HB £1.95 30cm HP £2.25
FYP FYP FYP
Eryngium giganteum, 526X Hyssop 1386 Verbena bonariensis 1275B Calamintha nepeta, 233K Lavandula multifida 769F
FYP ‘Miss Willmott’s Ghost’ ‘Blue Cloud’ Delicately aromatic plant with
Seen at dusk, these silvery-white Attractive plant with blue flowers. Familiar heads of blue-lavender Heavily scented perennial which attractive silvery leaves and
Tithonia rotundifolia, ‘Torch’ 1250 Perovskia atriplicifolia, ‘Blue Steel’ 974M blooms give this variety a ghostly The young leaves have a tangy, flowers all summer. bears numerous whorled spikes spikes of violet-blue flowers.
luminosity. minty flavour. of tiny blue flowers with long An unusual Lavender that can
A cultivated form of the Mexican Sunflower, producing single, Dahlia-like, Long spikes of countless, small, tubular, deep sky-blue flowers. A splendid border purple bracts. be treated as an annual.
orange-scarlet flowers freely all summer. 120cm HHA £2.25 plant that bees will not be able to resist. 10 seeds. 60cm HP £3.35 120cm HP £2.45 60cm HP £1.95 180cm HP £2.25 45cm HP £2.85 90cm HP/HHSh £2.95
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Flowers
for Drying
FYP
Hordeum jubatum 690 Acroclinium, 42 Gomphrena globosa, 646Q Xeranthemum annuum 1298 Achillea ptarmica, 37 Lunaria annua 827 Lagurus ovatus, 757B
Double Giant Flowered Mixed ‘Rose’ ‘The Pearl’ ‘Bunny Tails’
A most attractive annual grass Long-stemmed, everlasting large Unusual spherical heads of Everlasting flower with silvery This is a very popular cultivated Honesty, well known for the Absolutely delightful, award-
with long, creamy-coloured, flowers. Splendid for cutting to flowers with perfect papery pink foliage and white, pink or violet variety with large sprays of pure silvery, moon-like remains of winning, dwarf variety.
feathery flower spikes, lovely for cheer up dull days. petals. flowers borne freely all summer. white, double or semi-double the seed cases. Attractive bright
cutting. Thrives on poor soils. flowers. purple flowers.
60cm HA £2.65 45cm HA/HHA £2.25 60cm HHA £1.95 50cm HA £1.95 75cm HP £2.25 75cm HA/HB £2.45 20cm HA £2.55
Alchemilla mollis 73D Scabiosa stellata, 1147D Limonium suworowii 812 Celosia argentea var. 300T Limonium latifolium 809 Delphinium consolida, 442Y Amaranthus cruentus, 85R
‘Sternkugel’ spicata, ‘Flamingo Feathers’ ‘Salmon Beauty’ ‘Oeschberg’
An attractive plant with appealing, Pale blue flowers followed Different and striking with its Plumes of ivory-white flowers with A perennial for the herbaceous Tall spires of unusual salmony Showy blood-red spikes of
Helichrysum bracteatum monstrosum, Mixed 676 softly hairy, rounded, wavy-edged by very special seed heads dense, vertical spikes of pink beautifully and delicately shaded border, with immense masses pink, papery flowers. flowers and dark purplish foliage.
leaves, and large sprays of – creamy-white posies of flowers. rose-pink tips. of elegant panicles of dainty, Decorate the border but, fresh or
A super mixture in a wide range of brilliant colours, including fiery red, rose and coppery yellow. greenish-yellow flowers. translucent parchment. lavender-blue flowers in mid- dry, exciting vase material.
75cm HHA £1.95 45cm HP £2.25 70cm HA/HHA £1.95 60cm HHA £2.25 100cm HA £2.25 summer. 60cm HP £2.95 120cm HA £2.25 90cm HA £2.25
FYP FYP
Helipterum roseum, 677X Craspedia globosa 406B Ammobium alatum 86 Achillea filipendula, 36F Phalaris canariensis 979 Echinops ritro 493 Ageratum 63X Catananche caerulea 285A Centaurea cyanus, 304A Eryngium planum 527K
‘Pierrot’ ‘Parker’s Variety’ houstonianum, True Wild Form
Large, papery everlasting Delightful and quirky plant with A charming annual plant A fine plant with grey-green Most attractive ornamental grass Splendid, steel-blue, globular ‘Timeless’ Mixture Attractive, violet-blue flowers Well known wild flower with Plentiful globe-shaped grey-blue
flowers; excellent for cutting, easily arrangeable, globular bearing all summer “everlasting” foliage and bearing most of the with oval flower-heads, white flower heads with a metallic Beautiful mix of large, eye- surrounded by papery, silver- cottony foliage and beautiful blue flower heads.
fresh or dried, lasting for ages drumsticks of bright yellow silvery-white flowers with yellow summer bright yellow saucer- with green veins, often tinged lustre, excellent for flower catching flowers in a cloud of coloured bracts all summer. flowers, beloved by bees and
in a vase. flowers. centres. like flowers. bright violet. arrangements. pink, blue, purple and white. butterflies.
50cm HA £2.25 90cm HHA/HHP £2.45 60cm HA/HHA £2.25 120cm HP £2.25 100cm HA £2.25 90cm HP £2.25 70cm HHA £1.95 90cm HP £2.65 90cm HA £1.95 120cm HP £1.95
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New New
All Things White
& Wonderful
Thalictrum delavayi, 1238H Cosmos bipinnatus, 401G Amberboa moschata, 306L White Borage 1377A Scabiosa stellata, 1147D
‘Album’ ‘Double Dutch White’ ‘The Bride’ ‘Sternkugel’
Superb variety with lime-green The frothiest Cosmos flowers Lovely large, fluffy, sweet- Rarely seen is this lovely variety Pale blue flowers followed
foliage and large panicle heads we’ve seen yet; semi-double scented white cornflowers. with sprays of delightful white by very special seed heads
of pure white flowers. and double - multi-layered Easily grown, cottage garden flowers. - creamy-white posies of
petals. favourite and great for cutting. translucent parchment.
120cm HP £3.65 120cm HHA £2.25 70cm HA £2.25 90cm HA £3.15 70cm HA/HHA £1.95
FYP
Centaurea americana, 302B Gaura lindheimeri, 612C Lunaria annua 827G Nigella damascena, 902E Gypsophila elegans, 654
‘Aloha Blanca’ ‘Cool Breeze’ var. alba ‘Albion Green Pod’ ‘Covent Garden’
Robust and tall, this unusual The first pure white Gaura from White-flowered form of Honesty Beautiful pure white flowers with A highly selected large-flowered
variety bears superb, large fluffy, seed. Simply white flowers well known for its silvery, contrasting bright green stamens strain, pure white.
white flowers with lots of lovely floating airily amongst the moon-like seed cases. which develop into green pods.
whiskery petals. green stems.
150cm HA £2.45 100cm HP £2.85 75cm HA/HB £2.45 45cm HA £2.25 60cm HA £1.95
Scabiosa atropurpurea, 1148F Cosmos bipinnatus, 397F Nicotiana sylvestris 900 Papaver rhoeas, 949Y Ammi majus 85C Lavatera trimestris, 773F
‘Snowmaiden’ ‘Sonata White’ ‘Bridal Silk’ ‘Mont Blanc’
Beautiful, pure white, double Free-flowering, very desireable, A beautiful plant for a shady This elegant variety bears in Easily grown, sophisticated Superb variety of the old cottage
pincushion flowers. dwarf variety with lovely whiter spot, bearing clusters of summer, silken flowers of pure, Cow Parsley with large flat garden favourite. Sturdy plants
than white, golden centred drooping, tubular, white, fragrant sparkling white. heads of lacy white flowers, smothered by large, trumpet-
blooms. flowers. ideal for cutting. shaped, pure-white flowers.
90cm HA/HHA £2.65 50cm HHA £2.95 150cm HHA £2.35 60cm HA £2.35 90cm HA £1.95 60cm HA £1.95
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New New
FYP
Achillea alpina ssp. 37C Antirrhinum majus, 109X Lupinus hartwegii, 827B Silene pendula, 1174E Digitalis purpurea var. 463F
camtschatica, ‘Love Parade’ ‘Costa Silver’, F1 Hybrid ‘Avalune Pink’ ‘Sibella Pink’ gloxinioides,
Clusters of numerous large and These gorgeous pale pink Compact lupins in a lovely Very appealing plants smothered ‘The Shirley’, Mixed
lovely soft pink flowers with pale flowers get darker with heat shade of dusky pink. Perfect for in the prettiest flowers creating a Shades of salmon, pink, cream
yellow stamens. and are borne on sturdy stems. providing evening perfume on carpet of colour. Try in the front and plum, richly spotted and
your patio. Quick to bloom. of the border or in containers. blotched.
60cm HP £2.95 90cm HHA £2.95 50cm HA £2.45 40cm HA £2.95 150cm HP/HB £2.25
Cleome hassleriana, ‘Pink Queen’ 366H Cosmos bipinnatus, ‘Rosetta’ 399P
Beautiful rose-pink, spider-like flowers with prominent stamens. Romantic cosmos with subtly striped blooms in shades of blush pink and rose
100cm HHA £2.15 with an inner ring of smaller fluffy petals. 90cm HHA £2.45
Rose Tinted FYP FYP
Gaura lindheimeri, 612B Lychnis flos-cuculi 829P Lathyrus odoratus, 771A Cardamine pratensis 272F Zinnia elegans, 1310T
‘Emmeline Pink Bouquet’ ‘Alisa’ ‘Zinderella’ Lilac
A compact Gaura, particularly Native wild flower, a most Charmingly old-fashioned and Charming native wild flower, Quirky looking flowers with fluffy
good for pots and the front of the graceful plant with open sprays vintagey sweet pea; beautiful found in damp meadows and domes topping attractive
border with sparkling, unusually of charming, rose-red flowers dusky pink and cream with a by streams. Its appearance lilac-pink blooms.
brightly coloured, pink flowers. with unusual raggedy petals. heady perfume. hails the arrival of spring.
15 seeds. 55cm HP £3.95 75cm HP £2.25 240cm HA(Cl) £2.45 40cm HP £1.95 60cm HA/HHA £2.95
FYP
Antirrhinum majus, 103F Matthiola incana, 849N Salvia nemorosa, 1138L Dianthus barbatus, 454A Cynoglossum amabile 429N
FYP ‘Costa Light Rose’, F1 Hybrid ‘Appleblossom’ ‘Rose Queen’ ‘Summertime Salmon Eye’ ‘Mystic Pink’
Pretty, pale pink flowers on Delicate looking, white and very Long, generous spikes of rich Pretty coral-pink Sweet Williams These plants bear long spikes of
sturdy stems. pale-pink blooms. pink flowers. with white centres and edging. delicate flowers in a comforting
Papaver rhoeas, ‘Pandora’ 951K Erigeron karvinskianus 523K soft mysterious shade of pink.
Unique and impressive poppy with unusual double blooms in shades from deepest Daisy-like flowers in profusion only 3 months from sowing, open white
vintage burgundy to pale pinky-reds. 60cm HA £2.45 but change to deep pink. 30cm HA/HHP £2.75 90cm HHA £2.95 75cm HA/HHA £2.25 60cm HP £2.95 70cm HHA/HHP £2.25 90cm HA £1.95
18 19 19New
FYP
Antirrhinum majus, 111A Helichrysum 677K Lychnis chalcedonica, 831Z Helianthus annuus, 674R Tropaeolum minus, 1259M
‘Madame Butterfly Bronze’, bracteatum, Salmon Rose ‘Carnea’ ‘Ruby Eclipse’, F1 Hybrid ‘Ladybird Rose’
F1 Hybrid Papery yet shiny, ‘everlasting’ This is a beautiful form of this Beautiful bicolor blooms in Beautifully coloured blooms;
Much coveted shade of vintage daisy-like flowers in an unusual almost essential hardy perennial shades of dusky pink and dusky-pinky-apricot with dark
and rich apricot. shade of orangey-pink. with lovely dusky-pink star- creamy caramel. Flowers in only ladybird spots at the base of
shaped flowers. 9 weeks from sowing. 15 seeds. each petal.
75cm HHA £3.75 90cm HHA £1.95 120cm HP £2.25 180cm HHA £2.95 30cm HA £2.45
Calendula officinalis, ‘Sherbet Fizz’ 235W Verbascum hybridum, ‘Southern Charm’ 1271R
A favourite colour for us, rich apricot-buff with darker mahogany centres Beautiful and unusual long flowering spikes in subtle yet eye-catching shades
and undersides. 45cm HA £2.65 of peach, pink, lilac and apricot. 10 seeds. 90cm HP £2.75
Peach Perfect FYP FYP
Matthiola incana, 849P Digitalis purpurea, 464Q Zinnia elegans, 1311C Penstemon barbatus, 967M Zinnia elegans, 1310W
‘Apricot’ ‘Dalmatian Peach’ ‘Lilliput Salmon’ ‘Twizzle Coral’ ‘Zinderella Peach’
Popular cottage garden flowers Possibly the fastest Digitalis on Abundant, small and perfectly A vigorous first year flowering Quirky looking flowers with
in peachy apricot with that the market, this is our favourite formed, pompom blooms in a perennial. Strong stems with fluffy domes topping attractive
wonderful distinctive scent. colour – peachy-apricot. delightful shade of salmon-pink. long spikes of coral-pink blooms. peachy blooms.
15 seeds. 15 seeds.
75cm HA/HHA £2.25 50cm HP/HB £3.45 60cm HA/HHA £1.95 80cm HP £2.85 60cm HA/HHA £2.95
FYP
Phlox drummondii, 985M Clarkia elegans, 353M Callistephus chinensis, 243E Alcea rosea, 72G Bupleurum longifolium, 226A
‘Phlox of Sheep’ ‘Salmon Rose’ ‘King Size Apricot’ ‘Halo Apricot’ ‘Bronze Beauty’
This is a very attractive mixture Abundant corally-pink blooms Huge, flamboyant blooms in Stunning dark-centred, large Very beautiful, long-stalked
of soft pastel blooms – cream, on tall spires provide colour all a sumptuous creamy, single blooms of pinky, heads of tiny yellow, true flowers
Nicotiana langsdorfii, ‘Bronze Queen’ 899A Nicotiana glutinosa 899Q orange, yellow, pink and white – summer until the first frosts. Very apricot colour. corally-apricot. surrounded by unusual coppery-
Unusual, bronze-brown blooms adorn this interesting variety, perfect for cutting. Hard to find, showy species with open bell-shaped, glossy rose-pink flowers. shades and bicolors. easy, never failing to please. coloured bracts.
120cm HHA £2.45 75cm HHA £2.25 35cm HA/HHA £1.95 50cm HA £2.25 100cm HA/HHA £2.25 200cm HB/HP £2.85 50cm HP £3.75
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Black Magic
Akebia quinata 67 Angelica gigas 102E Anthriscus sylvestris, 107T Zaluzianskya capensis, 1306N Digitalis purpurea, 464G Verbena officinalis 1274D Zinnia elegans, 1310F
‘Raven’s Wing’ ‘Midnight Candy’ ‘Pam’s Choice’ var. grandiflora, ‘Bampton’ ‘Queen Red Lime’
A native of Japan, this is a Exotic, large, dark crimson- Elegant cow parsley with leaves Charming purple buds in the Handsome foxglove with Clouds of little purple-pink flowers Exceptional and unique
hardy, vigourous climber with purple spherical florets borne in which emerge green but turn a day open in the evening to spikes of large, creamy flowers, on wiry, dark, purple-green colouring; pale red fades to
fragrant, chocolate-purple distinctive heads. Splendid and sombre purple-black. reveal white, outstandingly extravagantly splotched in branching stems and deliciously lime green with a deep maroon
flowers. 12 seeds. unusual cut flowers. 10 seeds. fragranced blooms. burgundy. dark foliage over a long season. centre.
1200cm HP(Cl) £3.95 180cm HP/HB £3.25 90cm HP £2.95 45cm HA/HHA £2.75 120cm HP/HB £2.25 100cm HP £2.75 75cm HA/HHA £3.25
FYP
Cosmos 399N Lathyrus odoratus, 764H Rudbeckia hirta, 1130G Papaver somniferum 954J
atrosanguineus, ‘Black Magic’ ‘Black Knight’ ‘Cherry Brandy’ laciniatum, ‘Black Swan’
The prized chocolate Cosmos. Stunning, fragranced sweet With flowers of the deepest Handsome, dark-coloured, frizzy-
Papaver somniferum, ‘Lauren’s Grape’ 954F Darkly decadent flowers of pea of a striking, deep maroon crimson, this lovely variety is petalled, semi-double poppy
velvety burgundy to almost colour. very easy and a wonderful, long borne with grey-green foliage.
Crisp, velvety, deep plum-purple petals and attractive grey-blue-green foliage. black. 4 seeds lasting cut flower.
90cm HA £2.25 60cm HHP £7.50 250cm HA(Cl) £2.45 60cm HA/HHP £3.45 90cm HA £2.45
New
FYP FYP
Cerinthe major var. 316K Angelica sylvestris, 108B Lysimachia atropurpurea, 832P Dianthus barbatus, 450K Centaurea cyanus, 304H Alcea rosea var. nigra 83S Cosmos bipinnatus, 399C
purpurascens ‘Ebony’ ‘Beaujolais’ ‘Sooty’ ‘Black Ball’ ‘Double Click Cranberries’
Distinctive and unusual dark A dramatic plant with intense Fascinating long spikes of small Veritable eye-catcher with dark Very fine, old, tall variety - Not quite black, these unusual Exuberant frothy double flowers
purple-blue flowers, quite dark purple foliage and beautiful wine-red flowers all summer. foliage and large fragrant flowers double flowers of rich deep hollyhocks are a very, very dark in a lovely shade of glamorous Atriplex hortensis Daucus carota, Scabiosa atropurpurea,
different from anything else dusky pink umbels. of the deepest maroon-black. maroon. shade of maroon. dark carmine-red. var. rubra ‘Dara’ ‘Black Knight’
in your garden. 154C £2.25 437Y £2.25 1148Y £2.25
60cm HA/HHA £2.25 80cm HB £3.95 75cm HP £2.45 40cm HHA/HHP £2.25 120cm HA £1.95 180cm HB/HP £2.45 90cm HHA £2.75
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Valeriana officinalis 1269H Agrostis nebulosa 64F Achillea millefolium, 36G Briza media 215A Astrantia major 151B
True Wild Form
Attractive native wild flower A beautiful ornamental grass Distinctive ferny foliage with Most attractive, native, Tiny flowers are crowded
with clusters of fragrant, pale for the flower arranger with flat heads of white (or pinky) ornamental perennial grass with together in a pin cushion head
pink flowers. large, delicate heads of tiny flowers over a long period. delicate panicles of small, in a beautiful mix of pink, green
spikelets. Perfect natural-looking blooms heart-shaped flowers. and white.
150cm HP £2.45 45cm HA £2.25 for cutting. 60cm HP £1.95 60cm HP £2.55 60cm HP £2.95
FYP
Delphinium hybrida, ‘Galahad’ 441D Cephalaria gigantea 307J
Magnificent and noble plant for the back of the border. A favourite variety with pure Superb at the back of the border, with large, scabious-like, pale creamy-yellow flowers.
white blooms. 180cm HP £2.75 180cm HP £2.65
FYP
Green with Envy
Anemone nemorosa 97C Cobaea scandens
var. alba
372A Salvia viridis,
‘White Swan’
1138E Aloe polyphylla 80R
Fascinating, rare and beautiful
Centranthus ruber,
‘Snowcloud’
741F New
Attractive wild flower with Much sought after climber - Particularly attractive white Aloe from the mountains of Long-lived perennial with
delicate white or pink-tinged white flowers with a beautiful variety which will stand out Lesotho. Leaves start to spiral clusters of pure white, fragrant
flowers. hint of greenish-white. beautifully in any border. when the plant is around 40cm. flowers with bluey-green foliage.
Surprisingly hardy. 7 seeds. Excellent for cutting.
20cm HP £2.25 600cm HHA/HHP(Cl) £2.95 45cm HA £1.95 30cm HP £4.95 120cm HP £1.95
FYP
Agastache rugosa, 60L Angelica 1373 Bupleurum rotundifolium, 226X Nicotiana alata, 897C Amaranthus 84D
‘Liquorice White’ archangelica ‘Garibaldi’ ‘Lime Green’ hypochondriacus, FYP
Aromatic perennial with dense With heavenly associations, the Eye-catching bright green Tube-shaped, sweet-scented ‘Green Thumb’
spikes of pure white flowers. leaves are used for flavouring flowers and foliage, this variety lime-green flowers are produced Quirky variety with distinctive, Cosmos bipinnatus, ‘Apricot Lemonade’ 401J Echinacea purpurea, ‘Green Twister’ 491G
Great for cutting and flowers in stewed fruits and in herbal teas. has extra-long stems, making it profusely all summer. perky spikes of unusual and
as little as 10 weeks from seed. Beautiful flowers. even better for flower arranging. vibrant bright green flowers. A beautiful and unusually coloured, much sought-after Cosmos; yellow-apricot Very distinctive colouring with bright lemon-green petals with centres blushed
90cm HP £2.65 180cm HP £1.95 120cm HA £2.45 75cm HHA £1.95 40cm HA/HHA £1.95 with a pinky centre. 70cm HHA £2.95 with pinky-purple. 12 seeds. 100cm HP £3.50
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FYP
Antirrhinum majus, 111T Calendula officinalis, 235K Echinacea purpurea, 490Q Primula vulgaris, 1046B Phlox drummondii 985Z
‘Madame Butterfly Ivory’, ‘Snow Princess’ ‘White Swan’ True Wild Form grandiflora, ‘Isabellina’
F1 Hybrid The closest you’ll get to a white Abundant large, pure white No garden should be without Super and very popular phlox
Classic creamy frilled blooms. Marigold. flowers with downswept a few of these lovely flowers with creamy yellow, buttery
white petals surrounding a tucked in a corner to serve as flowers.
central cone. a harbinger of spring.
75cm HHA £3.75 60cm HA £2.65 75cm HP £2.95 15cm HP £2.65 60cm HA/HHA £2.25
New
Digitalis ambigua 462E Zinnia elegans, 1311L Helianthus annuus, 672B Viola cornuta, 1277Z Rudbeckia hirta, 1129T
‘Queen Lemon Peach’ ‘Valentine’ ‘Tiger Eye Yellow’, F1 Hybrid ‘Goldilocks’
Uncommon plant with long, A new addition to this popular Best-selling, beautiful, Rich yellow flowers with dark, Beautiful variety with an
loose spikes of pale yellow range of Zinnias. Beautiful branching sunflower. dark brown stripes radiating abundance of lovely, long-
flowers with mottled maroon blooms with changing shades from the centre of the flower lasting, double, orange blooms
insides. of peachy yellow. in a most tiger-like fashion. with chocolate-brown centres.
90cm HP/HB £1.95 75cm HA/HHA £3.25 150cm HA £2.65 15cm HA/HB £3.25 70cm HA/HHP £2.25
New New
New
Cosmos bipinnatus, 401H Tanacetum vulgare 1227H Rudbeckia fulgida, 1128C Limonium bonduelii 812P Helichrysum 677Q Helianthus annuus, 674W
‘Kiiro’ ‘Goldsturm’ bracteatum, ‘Golden Yellow’ ‘Gummy Bear’
Beautiful soft yellow blooms with Pretty native plant with aromatic A fine plant for the border, Particularly good for cutting and Papery, shiny flowers in rich Very double, fluffy pale lemon-
the occasional hint of peach and leaves and heads of very producing a profusion of golden- drying is this Limonium with sunshiny dark golden yellow. yellow flowers on branching
pink on tall, cuttable stems. attractive, yellow, button-like yellow flowers with a contrasting, delicate pale yellow flowers Perfect for cutting and drying, stems. Shorter variety perfect
flowers. black, central cone. atop thin, strong stems. they last almost forever. for both beds and cutting.
120cm HHA £2.25 90cm HP £1.95 60cm HP £2.55 65cm HA £2.25 90cm HHA £1.95 120cm HHA £2.65
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Red Hot
FYP
Ipomoea lobata 1083A Helianthus annuus, 672H Calendula officinalis, 233R Helichrysum 678F Dahlia, 434J Eschscholzia 533J Adonis aestivalis 48
‘Ring of Fire’ ‘Indian Prince’ bracteatum, Copper Red ‘Bishop’s Children’ californica, ‘Apricot Chiffon’
Splendid and vigorous climber Lovely, large bicolored blooms Best-selling variety with Lustrous bright coppery orange- Impressive dark bronze foliage Award-winning variety with This annual species, with feathery
producing a profusion of long, on branching stems. Dark red eye-catching deep orange red papery, shiny flowers. with large, spectacular single luxurious, single and double, foliage and brilliant blood-red,
slender spikes of unusual petals surrounded by golden- flowers. Perfect for cutting and drying, flowers in a delightful mix of rich peachy apricot flowers with a poppy-like flowers, makes a
crimson and yellow flowers yellow flames. they last almost forever. colours. shimmer of coral-pink. delightful plant for the border.
360cm HHA/HHP(Cl) £2.25 120cm HA £2.85 45cm HA £1.95 90cm HHA £1.95 90cm HHA/HHP £2.25 25cm HA £2.45 45cm HA £1.95
New
Erysimum cheiri, 329X Antirrhinum majus, 106L Phlox drummondii 986P Tropaeolum minus, 1259F
‘Scarlet Bedder’ ‘Potomac Dark Orange’ grandiflora ‘Coccinea’ ‘Black Velvet’
Old variety with nice bushy Handsome deep orange colour Fiery-red long flowering blooms. Remarkable, compact variety
Tagetes patula, ‘Burning Embers’ 1222K plants covered with deep and with a slight pinky tinge. covered with unique velvety-
bright, rich scarlet flowers. black flowers.
Single blooms of deep orange with each petal delicately outlined in a paler orange. Very easy.
45cm HHA £2.50 45cm HP/HB £1.95 150cm HHA £3.75 45cm HA/HHA £2.25 30cm HA £2.25
New New
FYP FYP
Emilia javanica, 503D Tithonia rotundifolia, 1250Q Rudbeckia triloba, 1130J Agastache aurantiaca, 62G Coreopsis tinctoria, 386K Papaver rhoeas, 951A Zinnia elegans, 1310X
‘Irish Poet’ ‘Fiesta del Sol’ ‘Prairie Glow’ ‘Apricot Sprite’ ‘Roulette’ True Wild Form ‘Super Yoga Scarlet’
Beautiful variety with clusters of Abundant intense, bright orange Branched plant covered with Fragrant foliage with apricot- Delicate yet bold flowers of the Brilliant scarlet flowers, One of our favourite series,
deep orange tassle-like flowers flowers. Enjoy blooms and masses of rusty-red, golden- orange flowers over a long darkest red, with a second inner a native wild flower needing these are excellent cut flowers; Helichrysum bracteatum, ‘Orange’ 677T
on long stems. butterflies all summer long! tipped flowers in late summer. period from early summer to late row of golden feathery petals. no introduction. large, bold scarlet flowers on tall,
minimally branched stems. Burnished dark orange, coppery flowers with a real metallic lustre.
autumn. Very attractive to bees
60cm HHA £2.25 75cm HHA £2.45 100cm HP £2.95 and florists. 45cm HP £2.45 80cm HA £1.95 60cm HA £1.95 90cm HA/HHA £2.25 90cm HHA £1.95
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FYP
Ageratum, 63J Cichorium intybus 334N Cynoglossum amabile, 427 Ipomoea tricolor, 715A Borage 1377 Didiscus caeruleus 460B Myosotis arvensis, 890C
‘Blue Horizon’, F1 Hybrid ‘Firmament’ ‘Heavenly Blue’ True Wild Form
Vigorous hybrid with large Most attractive wild flower with Indigo-blue flowers are produced Huge blooms of a lovely sky-blue Delightful annual with pretty blue Large umbels of beautiful, pale Beloved for its spikes of small
clusters of strong-stemmed, lovely, clear bright blue flowers very freely for bright colour in colour. flowers beloved by bees. lavender-blue, faintly sweet- bright blue flowers from April
purplish-blue blooms. in summer and early autumn. early summer borders. scented flowers. until September. Very easily
grown.
75cm HHA £3.25 120cm HP £2.65 40cm HA £1.95 400cm HHP(Cl) £2.45 90cm HA £1.95 60cm HHA £2.25 30cm HA £2.25
Hesperis matronalis, 681T Delphinium consolida, 442D Thalictrum delavayi 1238B Gilia tricolor 630C
Purple-violet ‘Frosted Skies’
With its beautifully perfumed Beautiful, tall spikes of delicate Attractive species from China Beautiful flowers with slender-
Scabiosa atropurpurea, ‘Blue Cockade’ 1148Z purple-violet flowers, this is white papery flowers tinged with with large, loose panicles of stemmed clusters of yellow-
a traditional cottage garden a subtle shade of pale blue. mauve flowers with long drooping throated, bell-shaped flowers in
Superb variety with very large, brilliant blue flowers on long strong stems. favourite. stamens with yellow anthers. shades of pale violet or lilac.
120cm HA/HHA £2.35 90cm HP/HB £2.25 90cm HA £2.25 120cm HP £2.35 60cm HA £1.95
New New
Gilia capitata 629E Lathyrus odoratus, 768Z Nepeta nervosa 896E Phacelia 977A Lathyrus odoratus, 764D Callistephus chinensis, 243M Centaurea cyanus, 304R
‘Bristol’ tanacetifolia ‘Kingfisher’ ‘Duchesse Light Blue’ ‘Classic Fantastic’
Charming annual with ferny Absolutely beautiful flowers in Dense, cylindrical spikes of Dense, curved spikes of small, Pale green buds open into Large and splendid pale Captivating colours in different
foliage and dense, heads of subtle shades of pale, watercolour numerous clear blue flowers. soft lavender, bell-shaped fresh, citrus scented flowers of lavender flowers with incurved shades of blue. Nigella damascena, ‘Miss Jekyll’ 903H
small, pale blue flowers that are blue with an exquisite scent. flowers which are enjoyed pale, purple-grey on a cream petals on tall, upright stems.
Beautiful variety with large, semi-double, bright light blue flowers.
particularly fine for cutting. Especially floriferous. by bees. background.
40cm HA £2.25 250cm HA(Cl) £2.75 60cm HP £2.65 90cm HA/HHA £1.95 240cm HA(Cl) £2.75 70cm HA/HHA £2.25 100cm HA £1.95 45cm HA £2.25
30 31New New
Tickled Pink
FYP FYP
Achillea millefolium, 36D Persicaria orientalis, 1027H Verbena hastata, 1271C Brachyscome 212A
‘Cerise Queen’ ‘Cerise Pearls’ ‘Pink Spires’ iberidifolia, ‘Little Missy’
Beautiful cultivated Yarrow Cultivated variety loaded with Long spires of brilliant pink Unusual soft lilac blue colour
with ferny foliage and heads of flower spikes of many rosy red flowers. with a yellow eye.
flowers in a lovely shade of dark blooms.
cherry red.
60cm HP £2.45 140cm HA £2.45 120cm HP £2.25 25cm HA/HHA £1.95
FYP
Leonurus sibiricus 777D Linum grandiflorum 814B Erysimum cheiri, 330E Dahlia, 433W
var. rubrum ‘Sugar Rush Purple Bicolour’, ‘Mignon Rose Shades’ FYP
Vigorous plants with a natural Very easy, sow and forget and F1 Hybrid. Robust, floriferous Super plants with masses of
Cosmos bipinnatus, ‘Xsenia’ 399W elegance – spikes of pink blooming all summer, brilliant and sweet-scented wallflowers large, single bright pink blooms.
flowers in whorls on long stalks. red flowers with a silky sheen. in a lovely, rich lavender with Surprisingly easy to grow, flowering
Echinacea purpurea, ‘Magnus’ 490X
A striking Cosmos; rosy-pink which is overlaid with an orangey, shimmering glow. Lovely for cutting. darker magenta. in around 12 weeks from sowing. Splendid and robust plants with strong stems and super large purple-pink flowers with a touch
60cm HHA £2.95 180cm HA £2.25 35cm HA £1.95 30cm HP/HB £3.25 45cm HHA/HHP £1.95 of fragrance. 100cm HP £2.95
New New New
FYP FYP
Lupinus polyphyllus, 828J Zinnia elegans, 1311W Lathyrus odoratus, 766Z Phlox drummondii 986Q Callistephus chinensis, 243H Cosmos bipinnatus, 397H Helichrysum 677D Amberboa moschata, 306E Digitalis purpurea, 463A Scabiosa atropurpurea, 1148X
‘The Pages’ ‘Super Yoga Carmine’ ‘Annie B. Gilroy’ grandiflora Tall Mixed ‘Duchesse Coral Rose’ ‘Dazzler’ bracteatum, Bright Rose ‘Splendens’ True Wild Form ‘Beaujolais Bonnets’
These lupins in shades of One of our favourite series, these Bright cerise/magenta, highly Lovely selection of bright and Fresh and cheery, perfect pink Bright pinky-red flowers that Lovely bright carmine-rose with Cottage garden favourite with The beautiful Foxglove needs Beautiful deep wine coloured
carmine are amongst the are excellent cut flowers; large, scented with real vibrancy of more subdued pinks, some blooms. Large flowers with really stand out in a crowd. a silvery tint. large, fluffy, sweet-scented no introduction. centres dotted with contrasting
showiest of hardy, herbaceous dazzling, dark pink flowers on tall, colour. bicolored, alongside white flowers incurved petals on upright purple-violet flowers. Brilliant white stamens and pale pink
perennials. minimally branched stems. – some with pink eyes. Very easy. stems. for cutting. ruffled outer petals.
150cm HP £2.45 90cm HA/HHA £2.25 250cm HA(Cl) £2.45 45cm HA/HHA £1.95 70cm HA/HHA £2.25 90cm HHA £1.95 90cm HHA £2.25 70cm HA £2.25 150cm HP/HB £2.25 60cm HP £2.25
32 33New
FYP
Lathyrus odoratus, 771F Lupinus perennis 826P Brachycome 212C Limonium sinuatum, 811P Verbena bonariensis, 1275H
‘Earl Grey’ iberidifolia, Mixed ‘Purple Attraction’ ‘Vanity’
Beautiful flaked dark maroon Unpretentious and appealing wild Lovely compact plant with Very popular everlasting rich More compact variety with
petals that fade to grey. Lupin with a natural beauty. The attractive ferny foliage and a violet-purple flowers. intense, fragrant blue flowers,
blue flowers on tall stems are profusion of blue, rose-pink, Fast-growing and super easy, will encourage bees from miles
loved by bees and butterflies. purple and white flowers. a great choice for beginners. around.
240cm HA(Cl) £2.45 60cm HP £1.95 25cm HA/HHA £2.25 80cm HHA £2.25 80cm HP £2.75
New FYP FYP
Verbascum phoeniceum, ‘Violetta’ 1280Z Jasione perennis, ‘Blue Light’ 729A
Forming rosettes of fresh green foliage, it bears in summer candles of dark Early flowering from June, this cultivated form has beautiful azure-blue flowers
purple-violet flowers. 90cm HP £2.25 in almost globular heads. Excellent for cutting. 60cm HP £2.10
Purple Patch
Echium vulgare 498A Salvia viridis,
‘Oxford Blue’
1138D Linaria purpurea 813R Browallia americana, 220W
‘Blue Lady’
Delphinium consolida, 442L
‘Fancy Purple Picotee’
New
Easy hardy annual bearing in An old, tried and tested variety Old and reliable hardy perennial Charming blue flowers in An elegant and eye-catching
profusion spikes of exquisite with the “flowers” coloured to with long, slender spires profusion. Perfect for naturalistic Larkspur with pale purple
flowers in an attractive, deep match its name. crowded with purple-violet planting and drought tolerant. blooms edged with a darker
mid-blue. flowers all summer. Very easy and long flowering. purple.
90cm HA/HB £1.95 45cm HA £2.15 90cm HP £2.25 60cm HHA £2.25 120cm HA £2.25
FYP
Aquilegia vulgaris, 113K Agastache hybrida, 63Y Anchusa azurea, 90A Centaurea cyanus, 304X Lathyrus odoratus, 765Z
True Wild Form ‘Astello Indigo’ ‘Dropmore’ ‘Blue Diadem’ ‘Cupani’
One of our most beautiful native A Fleuroselect Gold variety - Smart perennial with large A bright blue cornflower with Robust, hardy strain with
wild flowers. Found in woods wonderful mint-scented spikes panicles of lovely deep blue large, double flowers. beautiful flowers with mauve Lathyrus odoratus, ‘Our Harry’ 772F Scabiosa atropurpurea, ‘Burgundy Beau’ 1149J
and wet places, loved of deep-blue flowers. flowers all summer. wings and a maroon standard.
by bumble bees. Heady scent. Fragrant, wavy petals of deep mid-blue on long, strong stems. This stunning flower is of a colour quite unlike any other Scabious, a surprising
100cm HP £2.25 60cm HHP £2.95 150cm HP £2.45 75cm HA £2.25 250cm HA(Cl) £2.25 240cm HA(Cl) £2.75 deep purple. 60cm HA/HHA £2.45
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