Summer-blooming spiky plants - in garden design parlance ‘the verticals’ - we all need some. Teucrium 'Purple Tails' is a rare treat, with long, kitten-like tails that form plush spikes of lavish purple-red shades.
Veronicastrum is one of the most fashionable plants around. It is an excellent genus, full of hardy, trouble-free plants. The multiple tapering, soft spikes of white flowers look like elegant, living candelabras.
'Golden Beetroot' are an absolute delight. they have a slightly honeyed taste and don’t stain the dishes. After all, at the end of a long day, the last thing you want to do is get your hands dirty.
We have all heard of Nigella Lawson, the British cooking show goddess who advocates the importance of a well-stocked pantry. While Nigella sativa has a spicy, nutty flavour and is used as a spice and condiment.
Calamagrostis brachytricha is well suited to perennial herbaceous borders and naturalistic planting schemes. In late summer fluffy, silvery-white flower heads emerge that in autumn take on buttery shades.
Molinia caerulea produces masses flower stems that form a floating sea of movement. They are at their resplendent best as summer turns to autumn and their foliage turns a warm butter yellow.
Sanguisorba convey a relaxed feel to the garden, indispensable to the modern gardener, but it is the summer when the unusual red flowers top the slender, upright stems that it really becomes a head-turner.
Costmary is one of the most interesting and complex of all herbs. With an aroma which has been described as like garden mint with hints of balsam it can be used for many purposes, culinary, medicinal or ornamental.
Linaria ‘Canon J Went’ is a delightful plant with tall spikes of pink and mauve tiny flowers. Easy to grow and flowering prolifically in a sunny spot, the delicate plants provide a softening haze in perennial borders.
Valued for its large purple-black leaves, Cimicifuga simplex 'Atropurpurea' is an exceptionally beautiful selection. The long, fluffy spires seem to float in mid-air, each flower studded with feathery stamens.
Black cardamom or Nepal cardamom is are very popular in Indian cuisine and is the world's third-most expensive spice, outstripped in price per weight only by saffron and vanilla.
Cumin has a richness of history that gives it a special place in the world of spices. Typically dried and ground to a powder, and used as a condiment, it has a distinctive flavour and aroma.
Crowned with large panicles of purple flowers, Eupatorium atropurpureum fall into the ‘naturalistic’ category. They share the physical characteristics of native species, albeit transplanted to another country.
Perennial sunflowers typically don’t grow quite as tall as their annual friends, however Helianthus maximiliani is a wonderful exception. They grow slowly until late summer when the flowers bolt and head for the sky!
Originally taken up by German landscapers, Panicum virgatum 'Emerald Chief' is renowned for its upright leaves, but it is the contrast between the rigid foliage and purple-pink froth that really charms.
Pepperoncini peppers barely nudge the pepper scale and are probably best described less in terms of ‘heat’, more of a ‘slightly sweet tang’. Mild, tasty and crunchy, they bring many foods to life.
Summer-blooming spiky plants - in garden design parlance ‘the verticals’ - we all need some. Teucrium 'Purple Tails' is a rare treat, with long, kitten-like tails that form plush spikes of lavish purple-red shades.
Welcome to Seedaholic
Our new online catalogue is packed with a huge variety of flower and vegetable seeds from the common or garden everyday varieties to the hard to get exotics. We are particularly interested in Natives and Wildflowers and are striving to ever expand our range.
Each pack of seeds comes with an informative sheet with comprehensive growing instructions, tips and any interesting information that we can find.
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