The best of the best, with exhilarating fragrance and colourful, fancy blooms. A traditional ‘Spencer’ type, ideal for cutting, garden decoration or exhibiting. Superb for arches, trellises, obelisks, etc. Sowing Info Soak seeds overnight in tepid water...

Stunning variety with large, very pale pink blooms that boast an eye-catching lilac magenta pollen centre. Seed are not dispersed, instead collect the heads and use the superior-tasting seeds in baking and cooking. Sowing Info Direct sow seeds outdoors...

One of the easiest and most beautiful cottage garden plants. Blooms in a unique mix of mauve, lavender, purple, rose and blue sit like jewels amongst the attractive, ferny foliage. Makes a great cut and dried flower. Sowing Info Sow outdoors where they...

This fresh-coloured Morning Glory looks striking when twining through shrubs, hanging from baskets and window boxes or climbing trellis or obelisks in the garden. Easy to grow, produces flowers all summer. Sowing Info Soak seeds overnight in tepid water...

A hand blended mix of large flowered, border geraniums in selected shades of blue, purple, pink and white. Sits well at the front of a sunny border but also thrives in the shade of trees and shrubs. Flowerrs twice each summer if cut back after the first...

A highly versatile, somewhat aristocratic border plant with evergreen, blue-green foliage with white mottling. The blooms are in the form of sea-blue bracts aloft the spiralling foliage. A great border and container plant, bees love it! Sowing Info Sow...

A mouthwatering mixture of apricot, lemon, golden grapefruit and orange daisy-like blooms. Early flowering and easy to grow, adding juicy drifts of colour to a sunny boarder or an alluring fruit coctail to patio containers. Sowing Info Sow outdoors where...

An ornamental grass, grown for its decorative seed heads rather than for the flowers. The pendulous flowers that are on thin stems nod in the breeze. Looks lovely in dried flower arrangements. Sowing Info Sow outdoors where they are to flower. Prepare...

A cottage garden classic, these delightful long-spurred Aquilegias with 7.5cm (3in) wide blooms are offered in a bright and uplifting colour range. They are perfect for borders and make exciting cut flowers. Easy to grow too! Sowing Info Place seed on...

An elegant border filler with beautiful, lacy white flower heads that float above ferny foliage. This graceful annual creates a soft froth of blooms that associate beautifully among herbaceous perennials. Sowing Info Direct sow seeds outdoors where they...

Tall, striking, thistle-like plants with serrated leaves and large spiny flower heads. A valuable source of nectar for bees and butterflies, as well as attracting many seed-eating birds to your garden or wild flower meadow. Sowing Info Sow seeds onto the...

The richly fragrant blooms of this glorious Tobacco Plant hang in clusters from the statuesque stems. Makes a stunning feature for bedding and borders, with many flowers from summer into the autumn. Sowing Info Sow seed on the surface of good...

Totally unique, the first upward facing Foxglove! Stunning rose pink blooms with attractive, freckled throats, flower all the way around strong, sturdy stems. Masses of blooms look up to the sky, making it easy for you and bees to peep inside. Sowing...

Masses of chalice-like, silky blooms in an invigorating shade of orange are produced throughout summer on low plants of cool blue foliage. A dazzling display for planting en masse on banks, in borders or for patio containers. Sowing Info Sow outdoors...

The best ever dwarf Viola for containers! A unique mixture of small, attractive bicoloured flowers on very compact plants. Produces masses of flowers over a very long period making it ideal for summer or winter flowering bedding displays. Sowing Info Sow...