Growing cacti is an addictive hobby and be much easier than commonly perceived. This premium cactus seed mix includes various species of desert types, including the famous and magnificent Saguaro Cactus. They germinate easily, grow slowly, but compared to many plants need relatively little care.

Cheerful and bright, use Calendula in beds, borders or containers. Calendula is prolific and durable, and like most hardy annuals it is easy to grow, simply sow where it is to flower. It is currently one of the top herbs used for medicinal use. Sprinkle salads and decorate cakes with the edible tangy petals.

With large, frilled flowers some with chocolate coloured centres, Calendula 'Art Shades Mixed' contains not only the usual bright orange but also various unusual shades - apricot, orange, primrose and cream. Gorgeous and remarkably easy to grow they will flower non-stop from spring until first frosts.

‘Indian Prince' has unique petals quite unlike other Calendula, the dark orange rays are in layers of orange, backed with rich mahogany red petals.Prolific and durable the daisy-like blooms grow up to 20cm wide they are perfect candidates for cutting and flower arrangements.

This beautiful heirloom calendula was first available to gardeners in the 1930’s and is now quite hard to find. With shining orange flowers with quill-like petals that resemble a cactus dahlia. Very easy to grow, the beautifully shaped blooms flower even in the poorest conditions.

Aster "Giants of California" are highly prized for their long slender stems which makes them perfect for cutting. The fully double blooms are similar to the popular Ostrich series, have large shaggy flowers with contorted petals. They bloom later than other varieties and last well into autumn.

Aster “Milady” is a wilt-resistant variety which produces masses of perfect blooms whatever the weather. This very heat resistant and virtually worry free variety will produce non-stop blooms from summer to the first hard frost in autumn.

This is a wonderful dwarf aster with large rose-coloured chrysanthemum type blooms and a well branched habit. The compact size make them ideal for container gardening as well as borders and bedding schemes.

Ostrich Plume Mixed produces large, vigorous heads of flowers with attractively curled interlaced petals in a blend of lovely shades, including violet, pink, red, crimson, lavender-blue and white. It is an old variety, grown for cut flowers in Victorian times that are, once again becoming very fashionable.

'Pinocchio' is a compact seed mixture, bearing a mass of small, double, ball-shaped blooms, that form compact mounds. Pinocchio Mixed is an excellent blend of lovely shades. Very easy to grow from seed they are invaluable for beds and borders.

‘Tiger Paw Sea Star’ has to be a contender for the title of “The Most Elegant Aster” in the garden or in the vase. It boasts huge blooms with brightly-coloured, needle-shaped petals, each arranged in a swirling pattern. In five complementary colours: white, salmon, pale pink, deep rose, and blue.

This is THE tea; the source of all non-herbal teas. As a plant it is good for informal shrub borders, natural hedges and privacy screening. It also makes a good background for herb gardens and is a great plant to grow in a container.

Campanula carpatica 'F1 Blue' is a lovely lavender-blue-flowered variety of this easily-grown campanula. It covers its low mounds of foliage with upward-facing blue bells for weeks in summer. The flowers are held on short stems above dainty heart shaped, bright green leaves.