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Plants,tips and ideas
from leading experts
New Brochure packed full of flowers,
vegetables and other great choices
Vegetables
Herbs
Summer Colour
Spring Bulbs
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Garden Resources
Plants,tips and ideas
from leading experts
Welcome
Welcome to the
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WELCOME
We have prepared a brochure of some of our favourite bulbs,
vegetables, herbs and flowers for summer colour.
SPRING BULBS
Despite many of us not having as much free time as our parents
and grand parents may have had, most of us would agree that
above all else the garden is a place for flowers. These range from
roses, climbers, flowering shrubs through to annuals and plants
grown specifically for their foliage.
There are not many keen gardeners that would not wish for a
little extra space in their garden. This extra space would allow a
more adequate range of plants and therefore a fuller display of
colour from late winter right through to the following autumn.
The traditional flower gardening year, is to use Snowdrops to
begin the New Year, followed by Daffodils and Crocuses. A few
weeks later these can be followed by Tulips, Wallflowers by which
time most flower gardens are bursting into colour.
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VEGETABLES
HERB GARDEN
SPECIAL TIPS
STOCKISTS
By April the vegetable garden is also well under way as seeds are sown and seedlings potted on, to
allow more room for early growth. However year after year we tend to pick the same vegetables to grow.
National favourites for the vegetable growers continue to be lettuce, runner beans, tomatoes, cabbage,
peas, carrots and beetroot.
I guess that this is mainly due to the fact that we have come to love these as truly fresh vegetables. There
are not many people who would not notice the difference between a supermarket tomato and one picked
from the garden that until minutes before had been warming itself in the summer sun. This is a really good
reason to grow the vegetables that you do. However why not set aside a little of your patch to grow one or
two different more unusual vegetables such as peppers or aubergines.
The brochure contains for the first time a video about growing Venus Fly Traps, a plant that many of us
have all enjoyed at some time. We are delighted to be able to bring this to you as part of our brochure. You
can sit back and enjoy this short video as part of our brochure.
We all have so many ‘favourites’ across the spectrum of plants that we have covered. Therefore we are very
aware that there are vastly more examples that could have been included in each of the sections of our
brochure. We hope that you enjoys looking through this brochure.
If you enjoy this brochure you may download it and retain a copy from the website, however please
remember that all the text and images are copyright. To avoid confusion the video is only available in the
online version.
No matter what thyme of year you look at our brochure we wish you well and hope that you enjoy your
garden and find this brochure a good resource.
Best wishes
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Spring Bulbs
Bluebells
Plants,tips and ideas
from leading experts
Lightly scented blue pendant flowers with a
unique bell shape. They are extremely hardy
and easy to naturalize. They can be used in
rock gardens, borders or as companion plants
for daffodils and tulips. Also recommended
for indoor forcing. Fragrant. Large size bulbs
8-9cm.
Golden Bells Daffodil
Commonly known as the "Yellow Hoop Petticoat". As many as 15 stems per
bulb. Groups of 5 or 10 bulbs form a carpet of dainty, upward facing, golden
bells. Grass-like, dark green foliage. Tolerates warm spring climates and is
very hardy. Excellent for rock gardens.
Bulbs are wonderful to plant in the garden. They take up very little room and provide colour at a time of
year when your garden, may not be doing much else.
When you buy your bulbs there are a few things to look out for.
Firstly ensure that the bulbs that you purchase are healthy and free of disease.Try to avoid misshapen bulbs,
any that look dry and withered or with areas of mould showing. These will not grow, but, worse, they also
have the potential to spread disease to your existing bulbs.
If you are buying for container planting, large bulbs will produce more flowers. Smaller bulbs are perfectly
fine for mass planting in the border.
Some bulbs need to be bought ‘in the green’; that is, while still in leaf rather than the dormant state most
bulbs are sold in. A good example of these would be Cyclamen and snowdrops.
Why don’t you have these lovely different daffodils in you garden pots
Crocus
Giant Crocus Collection contains 50
bulbs, 10 each of Flower Record,
Pickwick, Vanguard, Golden Yellow and
Jeanne d’Arc.
Yellow Cheerfulness Daffodil
Soft double yellow, fragrant.
Small Cupped Daffodils have less prominent trumpets and larger petals. Poeticus
boast fragrant, solitary white flowers with red rimmed cups. Fragrant Triandrus nods
atop slender foliage with 1-6 small flowers per stem. And then there’s Tazetta, with an
amazing 3-20 flowers per stem!
Daffodil Palmares
These gorgeous daffodils have large, flat,
somewhat ruffled cups. When the flowers
wave in the wind they will remind you of a
butterfly in flight. Large apricot-pink petals
are backed with creamy white ones.
Mid-spring bloomer.
They are tall, early-blooming, with thick
strong stems, and are virtually weatherproof
and will return to brighten your garden for
years.
Double Daffodil Duo
This wonderful combination of ‘Replete’
and ‘White Lion’ is sure to make a dramatic
statement in any garden. Their double
blooms are either pure white with pink
undertones or white with a hint of pink,
orange and yellow.
Line paths and borders with these hardy,
softly-coloured daffodils. Gather armfuls
for a spectacular bouquet!
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Pink Daffodils
Pink daffodils are delightful compliments
to traditional yellow varieties. This special
mix contains some of the best varieties in
the market today, including Accent, Easter
Bonnet, Pink Parasol, Pink Pride, Salome
and Spring Pride.
The extra large, wide corona of deep coral
is framed by big white petals. Blooms midspring.
New Baby Minature Daffodil
Greenish white outer petals, dark yellow
bowl shaped corona. Up to 4 flowers per
stem.
These fabulous Narcissus pack superior
color and form in miniature size. Jonquilla
delight the eye with 1-5 flowers per stem
and corona-type cups that are usually
wider than they are long. They are perfect
for rock gardens, borders, beds, window
boxes and naturalizing.
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Spring Bulbs
Spring Bulbs
Kankua Peony
‘Golden Temple of Nara’, full double
orange yellow. Huge, ruffled satin-like
flowers, super hardy.
Snowdrops
The nodding, milky-white flowers may surprise you as early as
late January, but more commonly in March. Three 1" petals
surround much smaller petals tipped in green. Long lasting in
the garden, the naturalize well, forming substantial colonies.
Good for rock gardens, under trees and shrubs, at the fronts of
borders or in front of flowering shrubs, in lawns, or along woodland
paths. Prefers moist, humus-rich soils, sun-dappled shade, and
cooler climates. Naturalizes both by self-seeding and bulb offsets.
Giant Snowdrops
The Giant Snowdrop comes
into flower even earlier
than the Garden Snowdrop.
A single, nodding, bell-like
flower, about 2” long with
3 lobes, and shorter inner
segments with large green
spots, hanging from a stiff,
slender, leafless stalk
2 long bluish-green,
strap-like leaves grow from
the base of the plant
Flamboyant Edge Double Daylily
Large 6” ruffled, double-flowering soft pink
flowers with a lavender purple eye zone and
edges. The soft yellow throat only adds to
this breathtaking beauty. Double Daylily
Flamboyant Edge produces stunning
daylily blooms in June and again in
August. Evergreen.
Height: 64-76cm (25-30 inches).
Jan Bos Hyacinth
Scarlet red flowers.
The beauty of hyacinths-dewy spring color
and head turning fragrance are the most
dominant qualities of hyacinths, covering
the spectrum from rich blues to vibrant
magentas and pinks to cool yellow and
whites. Save a few to force indoors for an
early burst of spring.
High Noon Tree Peony
Refined double of the brightest yellow, excellent grower, free-bloomer,
magnificent.
Huge, ruffled satin-like flowers, super
hardy! Rare Colorful Imperial Tree Peonies From Japan - The Finest Quality
Available! Every garden needs a tree
peony. onies are sub-zero hardy and
bloom for a lifetime.
Dutch Iris - Eye of the Tiger
The blooms of Dutch Iris ‘Eye of the Tiger’
are very unique. The purple and maroon
petals have yellow accents that combine to
make these flower an exciting addition to
our list of flowers. Highly recommended.
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There are 75 different species and varieties of snowdrops. They are all white. The
major benefit of planting Garden Snowdrops is their early arrival. They can show
up weeks before crocuses do, and will
often poke through a covering of snow.
In the South, snowdrops may even bloom
all winter long.
Galanthus nivalis ‘Flore Pleno’
Double white flowers.
Each flower is a masterpiece! The inside
shows a double center with a pattern of
fresh green stripes. Plant in small groups
and let them naturalize freely. Very early
flowering.
Mysterious Passion Tulips
Blue Ice Hyacinth
The beauty of hyacinths-dewy spring color
and head turning fragrance are the most
dominant qualities of hyacinths, covering
the spectrum from rich blues to vibrant magentas and pinks to cool yellow and whites.
Plant them in formal beds, among perennials, scattered in clumps in the border or
along paths. Save a few to force indoors for
an early burst of spring.
Double Snowdrops
This blend is not only about the
intriguing and intense colors, but
also about the beautiful and uniquely
shaped blooms. The mixture contains
tulips in a blend of the deepest reds
and the darkest purples, some
accented with white or ivory,
illuminated by some pure white tulips
that shine like stars in the midnight
sky. Large size bulbs 11-12 cm.
Maureen Tulip
The classic aristocrats of tulips, these
matchless Scheeper’s sports are probably the most widely known and popular class of all tulips grown today. With
their broad range of rich, bright colors
and strong stems, they are ideal for
beds and borders. Growing to 30” tall,
these single late varieties are particularly suitable for cutting, so customers
can bring spring beauty indoors.
Tarda Tulip
One of the best “botanical” tulips. Tulip
Tarda’s star-shaped blooms are golden
yellow with white stripes. Plant clusters
spread rapidly to create carpets of early
spring color. Tarda tulips sometimes even
has five flowers on a single stem, white
with a bright yellow base. They flower
abundantly for a long time. Very easy to
grow in good sun. Grows almost like a
ground cover. Grows to 5 inches tall.
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Summer Colour
Plants,tips and ideas
from leading experts
In many gardens the summer months are often dominted by annuals and bedding plants. There are also
many bright flowered perennials too. Frangrance is often over looked when planting garden flowers, yet
there are many different types of fragrance as there are shades of colour.
Although the use of bedding plants on a large scale is now not as popular as in Victorian times, most
gardens exhibit the use of different types of bedding plants. These plants usually grow and flower quickly
once planted out. Although many are not very frost hardy, they have an excellent flowering season and
provide a welcome splash of colour. There are so many combinations of height, colour and flower shapes
that almost any effect is able to be created making the only limit the gardener’s imagination; aside from the
usual considerations of amount of sun, soil type and the like.
Althaea
Regal 2.4m (8’) spires of frilly double
blooms in crimson, pale pink, rose, yellow
and white. Expect rust on the leaves in
some gardens. These tall plants are highly
attractive to beneficial insects.
Accent Mix Busy Lizzie
A designer mix to brighten baskets and
beds. Superior uniformity and a compact
habit. Ht. 10-12”.
Marine
Heliotrope
Deep violet-blue blooms with an unfor-
Shown here are some examples of a mixture of plants that will provide good Summer Colour in your garden
whether large or small. Depending upon the position of your garden, amount of openspace and protection
form the elements and the severity of the winter months you may be lucky and see some of your less hardy
plants flowering for a second year.
Our range of beautiful Cosmos that will look lovely in your garden
Sensation Mix Cosmos
Reliable and well-loved single flowers with
yellow centers bloom in white and various
shades of pink.
Pinch off the growing tip when the plant
is about 15cm (6”) tall to help keep bushy
and erect. Do not overfeed. Choose a sunny
spot. Plant height to 1.2-1- .8m (4-6’). These
tall Cosmos benefit from staking in
windy Coastal gardens. Deadheading will
extend the flowering period.
Sea shells Cosmos
This novel cosmos has petals cupped like a
little rolled trumpet. Pink, red, lavender and
white flowers surround
pale gold centres. The ferny foliage is
excellent in flower arrangementsGrows
1-1.6m (3-5’) tall and thrives on neglect,
deadheading will extend flowering period.
Attractive to hummingbirds,
butterflies and wild bees.
Likes full sun.
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gettable vanilla fragrance.
2” clusters atop dark green, deeplyribbed, suede-like leaves. A real standout anywhere you put it. Ht. 24”.
Snow Cloth Alyssum
Low growing mounds of white flowers
give off a rich honey perfume. Great as a
living mulch and a attractor of beneficial
insects in the veggie garden. Ideal for edging baskets, or pots. Sow in groups of 8 to
10 seeds for stronger effect. Do not cover.
Germinates in 5 to 14 days. Plants grow
to 10cm (4”) tall, but they tend to spread,
keep compact by growing in full sun.
Double click Cosmos
Unusual double blooms in a range of
colors.
Tall plants with large, fully-double
and semi-double blooms. Shades of
carmine, pink, and white make this a
great cut flower and garden addition.
Ht. 42-46”.
Magic Fountains Mix
Delphinums
Babylon Bronze Dahlia
Make a sensational sight in the summer
garden with these large blooms. They have
a flat broad look in shades of orange and
apricot with bronze highlights. H 100cm.
Widest colour range in a dwarf
Pacific type. Full florets; tight internodes.
White and dark bees on cherry, lilac,
lavender, dark blue, sky blue, and white.
Great for windy areas. Ht. 30-36”.
Colour Cascade Lobelia Mix
The quintessential container plant.
Trailing mix with a wide range of colors.
Colors include blue, light blue, white, carmine, purple, mauve, and lilac.
Ideal for hanging baskets, mixed containers, and pack sales. Ht. 8”.
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Durango Marigolds
Extra-large blooms with outstanding uniformity. Strong stems
on highly branching plants. A good choice for packs, pots, and
garden planting. Early flowering with exceptional garden
performance all summer. Bloom size is 2-2 1/2”. Height. 8-12”.
Crackerjack Marigolds
African Marigold Crackerjack Mix, this mix produces TALL
distinguished plants with yellow and orange double flowers.
Plant behind shorter varieties or mass alone. Cut flowers are
long lasting. Feed flowers to chickens for bright yellow yolks!
Plant height 1m (3’).
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Jewell mix Nasturtium
Trumpet-shaped blooms have sweet, mildly spicy flavor.
Making them a popular garnish, the peppery-tasting foliage is
also edible. Nasturtiums make excellent summer ground cover
for beds, borders, and containers.
Milkmaid Nasturtium
A nasturtium featuring delicate creamy, pale lemon-yellow
blooms in captivating moonlit shades. Use this soft contrast
in your beds, borders and containers for continuous summer
color. Easy to grow in a range of situations. Edible flowers for
beds, borders and containers. Height. 12-16”.
Meadow Pastels Poppy
Salvia ‘Lighthouse’
The blooms are fiery scarlet, and arise
very densely on long, sturdy 8- to 10inch spikes that shine like beacons above
the foliage. Expect the first just 7 weeks
from sowing, to be followed by countless
others over a long, long summer season.
Not only are these blooms far larger
than other Salvias’, but they arise in big
clumps for a very full, colorful look.
A Giant Sunflower with closed eyes!
These massive 10-inch double blooms
are stuffed with tiny, densely-packed
petals of richest golden-yellow, all the
way to the center. Profusions of 5-6
inch double blooms will last longer
on the stalk than regular single bloom
types. Plants are 5 feet in height and
branching flowering stems are sturdy.
Goldilocks Rudbeckia
Stocks ‘Cinderella’
Valentine Sunflower
These poppies have large, luscious,
crepe paper-like petals. They display an
array of soft floral colours, with a
mixture of over ten shades of cream,
rose, orange, bicolors and all as pastel
shades. They start flowering early in the
summer and continue to bloom over
several months. Perform well in
containers. Height. 24-30”.
Add incredible colour to your bouquets
and beds. An excellent variety with
a high percentage of fully double, 4”
blooms. Petals are a beautiful golden
orange, surrounding a dark,
deep-set eye.
Long, strong stems make for an ideal
cut. Ht. 24-28”.
Stock Cinderella Mix is well suited to
beds or containers.
The double flowers are very fragrant and
excellent for cutting.
Plant Stock in full sun to light shade in
fertile, well drained soil in either beds or
containers. Space plants 8” to 12” apart.
Keep the soil moist... but never soggy.
Height 20-30cm (8-12”).
Giant Sungold Sunflower
Loads of 5-6” pale, flowers with light
primrose yellow petals around a dark
contrasting center.
Vigourous upright multi-branching
plants are easy to grow. Blooms mid to
late summer. Grows best in sun to full
sun, blooms up to 2 weeks earlier than
most sunflowers. Height. 60”.
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Vegetables
Green Globe Artichoke
Plants,tips and ideas
from leading experts
Green Globe artichokes grow on such
attractive plants that they are often
found in the flower garden. A little
patience is needed but the wait is
worthwhile. A rich and deeply dug
soil is required for the plants to
produce their best heads.
Young plants produce their best heads
in the second year of cropping and
become more prolific each year. This is
the standard artichoke variety found in
grocery stores.
Your own homegrown vegetables taste much better and are fresher than any that you buy in the shops.
Fruiting vegetables, like beans, tomatoes, capsicum and sweet corn, have the best flavour if they’re eaten as quickly
as possible after harvest; leafy vegetables, such as lettuce, lose water and rapidly become limp, and all vegetables
are more nutritious if they are consumed when as fresh as possible.
Marketmore Cucumber
Popular nonhybrid. Long, slender, dark green cucumbers.
Since 1970 the slender, refined “Marketmore look” has
been the standard for slicing cucumbers in the North.
8-9” fruits stay uniformly dark green even under weather
stress. Begins bearing late, but picks for a relatively long
time. Choose organic or nonorganic seeds.
Growing your own can save a considerable amount on food costs and will also give you a wider choice of
vegetables. Unusual vegetables are often difficult to buy in shops, but are easily grown in the home garden.
Lots of vegetables are ornamental so can be grown for their good looks as well as their produce.
Vegetable Cultivation
Position- Vegetables must have sun! Try to select a growing area that is sunny for most of the day, is sheltered, and
is close to a source of water.
Soil – Soil is often the easiest thing to adjust to your growing needs. In fact, strictly speaking, soil is not absolutely
necessary. Vegetables can be grown in potting mix or in a hydroponic set up, but the most common medium is still
good garden soil. Soil must have good drainage and a good structure. Regular incorporation of old organic matter
(such as compost) will keep the soil functioning well.
Why not grow these peppers to add taste to your salads
Gourmet Pepper
Gypsy Pepper
Padron Pepper
Early orange bell has thick juicy walls
and fruity sweet taste.
Medium-large, very blocky fruits are
bigger than Corona and easier to grow
under a wider variety of conditions.
Strong compact plants set plentiful
fruits without crowding.
Mini: 30 seeds.
We highly recommend this thick-walled
sweet pepper that is every bit as good as
bell varieties. A long
15-18cm (6-7”) pepper, it tapers to a point.
We love the extra sweetness when it turns
red. In Vancouver,
Gypsy produces many more fruit than any
bell types. Resistant to TMV. (120s/g)
Unique peppers are famous in Spain.
Named after the town where they
originated. Harvest Padron peppers when
they are 1-1 1/2” long. About 1 out of 20
fruits will be hot, and the rest mild. All the
fruits become hot if allowed to grow 2-3”
long. Padrons are served sautéed in olive
oil with a little sea salt, and eaten as tapas
(appetizer) in Spain.
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Scarlet Beans
Fremont Cauliflower
Bolero Carrot
Galleon Cauliflower
An old-fashioned English runner bean. Scarlet Runner will climb
vigorously on poles, fences or trellis. With its brilliant red flowers,
Scarlet Runner is grown for its ornamental value as well as for its
flavor and abundant yields. Resistant to Bean Common Mosaic
Virus and Anthracnose. Height about 6-8 feet.
Maturity about 65 days.
Bolero is a great variety for home or market. Very sweet and crunchy, it
is a good keeper in storage or in the ground. Roots are bright orange,
14cm (5”) long, and slightly tapered, with the typical blunt Nantes tip.
High level of resistance to Alternaria blights and powdery mildew.
Very tasty!
An F1 hybrid cauliflower for summer and fall harvest. Fremont
has shown impressive results in our trials and performs well
under varying conditions. Excellent weight, uniformity, density
and colour. Self wrapping leaves surround a deep domed white
head. Fremont is a main season variety with a
maturity of about 65 days from transplanting.
This Heirloom Walcheren winter cauliflower was developed in
England. Expect to harvest at the end of April and in early May.
Heads are 10-15cm (4-6”) in diameter on a big plant and will
withstand frost from -12 to -19C (16 to -5F) depending on wind
and snow cover. (332s/g)
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Vegetables
Pak Choi
Gardeners Delight Tomato
Produces pure white, juicy stems.
Ready to harvest in 30 days from
sowing as ‘baby leaf’ or 45-70 days as
semi-mature to full size heads. Earlier
and later sowings for ‘baby leaf’ can be
made under cloches or fleece.
Thin seedlings to 10cm (4in) for ‘baby
leaves’, to 20cm (8in) for larger plants
and to 30cm (12in) for fully mature
plants. Can also be eaten raw in salads.
Fennel Victoria
Oustanding yields of large, smooth and pure white
bulbs with an enticing and traditional aniseed flavour.
Victoria is a newly bred form which has neat foliage and
improved resistance to bolting.
Prefers a well drained soil in full sun. Steam, grill or boil
fennel and serve with a delicious cheese sauce. Rich in
potassium and folic acids.
Also good to eat raw in a crispy salad with carrots.
Ailsa Craig Onions
Well-known by British gardeners who grow
show-size onions. Yellow-skinned, round
bulbs are of the Spanish onion type. Ailsa
Craig has a distinct advantage over regular
Spanish varieties in earliness and cool weather tolerance. Short-term storage into early
winter. A top-notch stock of this long-time
English favourite. A.k.a. “Kelsae”.
Red Onions
A long day, medium large, dark red onion with a mild yet pungent taste that
stores very well.
It is best planted in spring, harvested
in autumn and doesn ’t mind being
planted closely together as its thick flat
shape can cope with being crowded.
Once harvested they store well until
spring.
Redbor Kale
Deepest red-purple, frilly leaves. Similar to Winterbor
but purple-red. Redness and curling are enhanced by
cold weather. For garnishing.
Bandit has beautiful, very dark blue-green, erect
leaves and good uniformity. The shaft grows very
thick with little bulbing. Organically grown.
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Alicante Tomato
Bloomsdale Savoy Spinach
This Heirloom, great tasting spinach has thick,
succulent, darkgreen savoyed or crumpled leaves
that are very sweet in salads or cooked.
It is best planted in early spring and autumn.
If autumn-planted, it will overwinter and produce much
earlier than if it is spring planted.
(75s/g). Spinach is a good source of vitamin A and C.
It can be eaten cooked or raw and makes a great
addition to salads.
World’s first hybrid parsnip. Fast
maturing, consistent high quality
flesh, silky-smooth white skin
Very good disease resistance and
a superb, sweet, crisp-tasting
vegetable. Fried parsnips can be a
gourmet masterpiece.
Boil first and finish off in a frying pan
with a knob of butter and sprinkle
with brown sugar. Thus prepared
they acquire a particularly crisp
and sweet taste.
Large 4½ inch pods produce 9 or 10
sweet, plump peas. Disease resistance to
race 1 wilt and powdery mildew.
Unsupported vines will reach 2-3 feet
high; supported vines 5-6 feet. An
excellent variety for freezing.
This fine English variety heirloom is early
and productive. Tall plants are perfect for the
greenhouse. Keep them pruned and staked.
Medium-sized fruit has wonderful flavour that
balances acidity and sweetness.
Moneymaker Tomato
Vine An old English variety, this heirloom
tomato is very vigorous and productive. The
strongly branching plant produces clusters
of tomatoes about 4-5cm (1.5-2”) across with
good flavour. Best controlled by staking and
pruning. This variety is well suited to the
greenhouse or the garden.
Sweet Million Tomato
Parsnip Gladiator
Mr Big Peas
Bandit Leeks
Vine A popular and delicious cherry
tomato with wonderful, old-fashioned
tomato flavour. Produces long trusses
laden with clusters of 6–12, 2cm (1”), crack
resistant bright-red morsels.
Bears until frost.
Vine You can identify this plant a million
miles away. It can grow over 2m (6’) tall with
prodigiously long trusses of gorgeous little sweet,
red tomatoes. It is a task to keep this vigorous
plant within bounds of a cloche or greenhouse.
Best up against a south-facing wall under the
protection of the eaves, but you might need a
ladder! Excellent disease resistance.
Purple Top Turnips
Bordeaux Spinach
Striking claret-coloured stems and veins contrast
beautifully against very dark green leaves. With its
stunning visual look and very sweet flavour, Bordeaux
is a great choice for gourmet use in salads or as garnish.
Great for growing baby leaves when harvested early.
A very striking and nutritious spinach for the home
garden or market table. (approx. 60 s/g)
A popular summer table turnip.
Extra fine quality globe-shaped roots.
White Globe has an attractive
appearance with deep purple shoulders
and white bottom.
White interior flesh is crisp and mild.
Both rootsand the green leaves are high
in Vitamin C. Turnips do not loose their
nutritional value as easily when cooked.
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Herbs
Plants,tips and ideas
from leading experts
Having fresh herbs growing in your garden looks fantastic and they are easy to grow too. What’s more, fresh herbs
have more flavour than dried herbs and can be used in your own home cooking. You can choose the right herbs for
your garden; some enjoy a sunny disposition and others are happier in the shade. Many can be grown on clay soils
and others prefers sandy soils.
Common Lemon Balm
Distinct lemon flavour.
Easy to grow in moist, well-drained fertile soil.
Most herbs are tough wild plants, which will thrive when given the luxurious conditions of a garden. When planting
your herbs, divide them into those that enjoy full sun, such as rosemary, thyme, sage and oregano, and those that
enjoy partial shade such as sorrell, rocket, mustard and parsley.
Sweet Basil
This vigorous plant grows big, mid-green leaves all summer.
Keep picking the growing tips and the 2 pairs of leaves below
them for the kitchen. More branches sprout more leaves. This
large-leaved Italian type is glorious for pesto. Plant several times
for a continuous supply until frost. Grow one on a warm and
sunny windowsill through the winter. 45cm (18”)
Grow these herbs to add some lovely tastes to your receipes
Siam Basil
Produces sweet and spicy leaves that have a licorice
aroma and flavour when crushed. Siam Queen is easy to
grow from direct seeding. Its attractive red-purple stems
and pink-violet flowers make for a decorative touch to
your garden or patio planter.
Borage
Cutting Celery
Lovage
Large, fuzzy cucumber-scented leaves
and vivid blue flowers attract bees all
summer long. Young leaves can be
cooked like spinach or used in salads. Also
known as the “star flower” because of the
arrangement of its petals.
The seeds of the borage plant contain oils
with the highest concentration (20% to
30%) of GLA, even higher than Evening
Primrose. Altogether a versatile, attractive
and useful herb.60cm (24”)
Leafy herb with bold celery flavor.
Use fresh in salads, cooked in soup, stew,
and mixed vegetables.
It grows rampantly and is a vigourous
plant and can be snipped at for nine
months of the year. It seeds itself easily,
too, so once your clump is established,
keep cutting it back to prevent seeding.
80-85 days to harvest when started
indoors.
Specialty culinary herb.Unfurling from
asparagus tip-like bundles in early spring,
lovage quickly becomes a hip-high bush
of soft green foliage.closeup of new
growth on lovageYoung leaves taste like
celery and are used in spring tonic salads
and with potato and poultry dishes.
Medicinal: Aromatic stimulant; warming
digestive tonic.
Roots have similar activity to "Dong Quai".
90 days to harvest when started indoors.
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German Chamomile
Chives
Hardy and easy to grow,
the chopped stems and pink flowers add a fresh, mild
green onion flavour to sandwiches, salads and baked
potatoes. Use dried flower stems in arrangements.
Chives usually self-sow in Coastal gardens, but clumps
can also be divided in spring or autumn.
The most popular uses of chamomile are in teas and in hair
products but because of its lovely sweet-scented flowers.
Chamomile flowers are used to make chamomile tea which has
a distinctive apple-like flavour and fragrance. It is also great in
potpourri.
Medicinal: Chamomile has long been used as a carminative, and
as an anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer remedy to protect gastric
mucous membranes. It is also anti-spasmodic, and anti-microbial. Used as a nasal wash to treat sinusitis.
Chamomile grows to a height of 2-3 feet.
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Herbs
Coriander
Leaves (cilantro) have sharp citrus, nutty flavour, used in salads
and salsa. The seeds (coriander) have a citrus flavour and are
used as an ingredient in curry powder. Height from 2-3 feet.
Herbs
Oregano
Sage
Oregano is a warm and aromatic yet slightly bitter herb in the
mint family. Heavy oregano aroma; great for pizza and Italian
cooking. Characteristic dark green leaves with white flowers.
Medicinal: In tea for indigestion. 80-90 days to harvest when
started indoors.
The lovely, woolly, silvery-green leaves are potent in
stews, soups, salads and traditional in stuffings. Beneficial
insects love this plant. Direct-seed in early spring and thin to
30cm (12”) apart. Harvest half of the plant before the purple
flowers open in June, and dry leaves carefully. Cut back in the
spring to get a burst of fresh leaves. (80s/g)
Parsley
Summer Savoury
Rosemary
Thyme
Lavender
A strain of lavender with a compact, bushy habit. Nice range
of bloom colours, from pale blue to dark violet. Usually begins
flowering in the second year. Hardy in zones 5-8, but can survive
winters when mulched or grown in a south-facing location.
Great flavour for fresh market.
Flat, glossy, dark green leaves have a strong parsley/celery flavour
for use fresh or dried. Stiff, upright stems for bunching.
Hardy biennial but usually grown like an annual by re-sowing
every spring.
Bouquet Dill
Widely grown with fast growth from seed to leaf in 40 - 55 days.
Good seed and leaf yields. Choose organic or nonorganic seeds.
Organically grown. High yields of tasty foliage and seeds on
sturdy plants that reach a height of 95 – 105 cm.
The unmistakable taste of dill weed flavours many foods.
Potato soup and cucumber salads are two of our favourites.
Seed heads are essential for pickling.
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This delicate, aromatic little plant grows quickly in rich soil. Used
in bean, pea and lentil recipes, summer savoury has a more
delicate flavour than winter savory. Sow in the spring. After
flowering, pull it up and hang to dry. Let a few go to seed. Plant
height: 25cm (10”).
Sweet Marjoram
This pale green, bushy plant will spread readily if the tops are
pinched out when young. Sow seed uncovered
in the spring. Pull the whole plant up in fall and hang to dry or pot
some up to grow on a windowsill. A necessary ingredient in any
lamb dish, marjoram is also welcome in Italian foods.
all winter.
Does not over-winter well in cold climates. Goes great with
poultry, lamb, pork and is terrific in vinegars. Rosemary loves hot
sun and poor, slightly limed soil which is well drained.
Height 2-4 feet.
Creeping thyme is an ornamental. From a tiny clump of little
seedlings comes a spreading mat of scented foliage covered
with pink flowers, it blooms May to August. Grow in full sun, well
drained soil, moderate to low water. Use in rock or herb gardens,
as an edging along paths or as a groundcover.
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How to care for a Venus Fly Trap
The venus flytrap is probably the world’s most famous carnivorous plant. Flytraps are fascinating plants
because of their ability to capture and eat live insects. The venus flytrap is probably the world’s most famous
carnivorous plant.
What is a Venus Fly Trap ?
Due to our climate, to enable us to grow a wider range of plants we extend our gardens into our houses
and also grow a wide range of house plants. Bringing these plants indoors allows us to cultivate and enjoy
plants that would not survive outside for an entire gardening year.
There are many types of house plant , some grow unusual flowers, distinct foliage other still are
specifically ornamental.
One category of plants that is a favourite with young and old alike are the Carnivorous plants. Many of us
will have seen Sundew if you have visited those area in our country where is occurs in the wild. However I
guess that many more will have seen or owned at some time a Venus Fly Trap.
Do you remember the excitement when you took the Fly Trap home and placed it on your windowsil ?
Then there came the fly hunting ! Why is it that we can seem to have a fly in the house at times for weeks
on end in the warmer months then suddenly, when the Fly Trap has moved in, the flies are mysteriously
gone! Eventually a fly end up in the house and you catch the fly and feed it gently to the trap to watch the
leafy trap close its spiny jaws around the body of the fly. The speed with which those leafy traps move is
quite stunning.
The excitement lasts a season and we strictly obey the requirements to water it with only rainwater.
However it never seems to be as good the next year and then goes slowly down hill until it dies. We have
come to the rescue with a great video from Venus Fly Trap expert Tim Bailey.
This video is bought to you courtesy of Videojug and is narrated by Kathryn Flint. We regret that in this
download version of the brochure, you are unable to play the video. Please visit the Videojug website at
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A transcript of the video is show on the opposite page.
Venus Fly Trap
Venus Flytrap (Dionaea Muscipula)
The Venus Fly Trap is the most famous of all carnivorous plants due to the active and
efficient nature of its unique traps. The Venus Fly Trap comes from soils that are very poor in
nutrients so the plant has adapted itself to finding nutrients from other means rather than
starve. The Venus Fly Trap produces a short fleshy leaf that carries a modified tip that forms
two sides of the trap, each side contains three hairs which when touched two to three times
causes the two sides to spring shut in a very rapid motion fast enough to catch flies and
other insects. The leaf once closed then exudes a series of enzymes that slowly dissolve the
internal juices of the insect and hence supply the plant with food. After a few days the trap
re-opens leaving the skeleton of the insect to be washed out by the rain. The leaves re-open
within a few hours to prepare for the next insect to arrive.
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The venus flytrap’s biological name is Dionaea Muscipula, and it is an herbaceous perennial, which is native
to North and South Carolina in the USA, within a radius of about 75 miles from Wilmington. Its typical natural
habitat is open, flat wetlands with occasional pine trees. There are many varieties of the species and it can
be grown in many parts of the world, growing best within a temperature range of 0 to 30° Celsius and a
humidity of between 55 to 85%.
Catching Prey
The plant attracts insects to its traps with its colours and a sweet nectar that it secretes. The insect activates
the trap by touching trigger hairs twice in quick succession. The prey struggles, the trap tightens and seals,
and the plant breaks down and digests the insect. After 4-10 days the trap reopens, revealing the hard
exoskeleton of the insect which then drops off or is blown away by wind. The plants get all the nutrients they
need from insects and can happily live on one or two flies a week. Venus flytraps should never be fed with
fertilisers or human foodstuffs such as minced meat or sausage.
Where to grow Venus Fly Traps
If you’re keeping venus flytraps at home, a good place for them is a warm, sunny windowsill, or a greenhouse. They need at least six hours of strong sunlight per day. You can also supplement the light with
artificial grow lights, such as metal halides. They can also be grown outdoors in a bog garden if the climate
is suitable.
Soil
Venus flytraps need a soil with an acidic pH, and you can mix a suitable soil yourself using a few basic
ingredients. Use at least 50 to 60% sphagnum moss peat, and up to 50% perlite to increase root aeration.
Lime-free horticultural sand can also be used, but make sure you wash it thoroughly to remove any
contaminants. Most Fly Traps will need to be re-potted about once every two years, although re-potting can
be done even less frequently than that if the plant has been correctly watered and the soil is good condition.
Water
Do not give venus flytaps tap water or bottled water, as the minerals they contain will build-up in the soil
to a level that will kill the plant. Instead, collect rainwater, and stand the venus flytrap pot in about 2cm of
rainwater, so that they can draw water up from below. Standing tray water also helps keep a good humidity
around the plant.
Winter dormancy
As winter approaches, gradually decrease the amount of standing water the venus flytrap is kept in. Its foliage will die back, sometimes completely, and the plant will go into a state of dormancy for the winter. The
plant needs to be kept at a temperature under 8 degrees Celsius for at least three month for good results.
Keep the plant in a much cooler, less bright part of the house during this time, or store it in a plastic bag in
the fridge. During the winter dormancy, the venus flytrap should only have enough water to keep it slightly
damp. When spring and summer come around again, the plant can once again be kept in a bright sunny
spot, in 2cm of standing rainwater, so that the leaves and traps can regrow.
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Stockists
The following list of supplies, garden centres and stockists is not intended to be exhaustive or
demonstrate a list of preferred suppliers. We acknowledge that their are many suppliers in your
local area. This list is simply to indicate a possible starting point as we do not sell any of the items
contained in this brochure ourselves.
Plants and Seeds
Suttons - Widely know supplier of seeds and much more
Thompson & Morgan - Another widely known supplier of seeds and many more garden products
Dobbies - A great website that lists many flowers , seeds and plants
Tools and Equipment
Keen Gardener - This website showcases and sells all manner of garden equipment.
Our interest in gardens stretches way back in time to the 17th Century when Lancelot ‘Capability’
Brown was landscaping English Gardens. ‘Capability’ Brown is recognised as one of the leading
exponents of the English Landscape Movement. Since then we have moved through the Victorian
era with many gardeners growing flowers and vegetables, through the world wars when we were
encouraged to grow vegetables and “dig for victory”.
Since the war, in addition to local plant nurseries and high street hardware stores, garden centres
have appeared on our landscape. They are now joined by DIY centres and superstores who also offer
garden plants, seeds and equipment.
Garden Centres
Wyevale Garden Centers - This website entitled Gardening club lists all the Wyevale Garden Centers and
allows you to find your local center.
Dobbies Garden Centers - A lively website that provides a wide range of resources to keen gardeners.
Gardening Forums
Garden Forum - A website that allows gardeners to share their knowledge and insights, read
annoucements and Gardening event ‘diary dates’.
The range of equipment has also greatly changed and varied since the days of ‘Capability’ Brown.
Who knows how many more gardens he could have landscaped if he’d had all the machinery we
take for granted these days.
Gardening Year Diary
Now with the addition of the internet we have added Gardeners websites, blogs and online magazine
sites. You can even spend the cold late autumn days pondering your seed order in the comfort of
your own home. You can order and pay for your goods on line and await the postman or courier to
deliver them to your door.
Tips and Advice
Gardeners Calendar - This site provides twelve links to show the garden in each month of the
seasonal cycle.
Garden Banter - A website that allows gardeners to chat about all manner of subjects and share their
knowledge and experiences
Many people will have visited Kew Gardens. They are over their 250 years old, with their impressive
range of plants, glasshouses and impressive landscaped gardens. Another unusual garden many of
us have heard of is the Eden Project.
The Eden Project first opened its doors in May 2000 and was fully opened in March 2001. It showcases
a wide range of plants from the Rainforest, Mediterranean and much more. Plants that would not be
possible to grow in our climate with out the instantly recognisable biomes.
As our climate changes it produces different seasonal, more rain, possibly less harsh winters and as
such allows us to grow plants in some areas of the country that we may have never been able to
grow before.
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