Verbena hastata ‘White Spires’ is one of the choicest species available. It produces masses of pure white flowers on architectural flower heads. Its sheer volume of flowers make it a real winner. It is understandably increasing in popularity as it becomes more readily available.
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.
Achillea millefolium ‘Proa’ is an improved yarrow, a selected form that is higher yielding, with higher essential oil content, better flower production, and the flowers are more uniformly white. Preferred by those who use yarrow medicinally.
These native wildflowers have clustered flower heads of tiny white flowers that from a distance look like little patches of snow resting on the grass. This famous herb is terrific as a wildflower clump in a blooming meadow, they are also a favourite for cut and dried flower arrangements.
Agastache are very seductive. You start with one, and the next thing you know, you’ve got ten and are wondering how you can sneak another one in. ‘Apache Sunset’ with coral-peach blooms and rose and violet buds is just gorgeous and, of course, extremely tempting.
Agastache ‘Heather Queen’ is a dynamic landscape plant and a particularly beautiful form. Dark pink tubular flowers on tall stiff stems from mid-summer until late autumn. Pollinators are drawn to the fragrance, the intense coloration and their sweet nectar.
Agastache ‘Arcado Pink’ is a magnificent first year flowering perennial. An extremely floriferous variety with lovely purple-pink flower spikes and fresh green aromatic foliage. This Fleuroselect Novelty Award Winner is both vibrant in colour and stamina. The aromatic leaves are edible, young growth can be sprinkled in salads, used to decorate cakes, to make a tea or floated in drinks. Agastache added to your Pimms lifts it to a higher sphere altogether.
The Arizona Agastache Collection has been specially bred for their compact habit, extensive flowering time and strong heat tolerance. In three fabulous colours, ‘Arizona Sandstone’ produces delicate golden yellow flowers. The elegant spires and delicate foliage create a haze of colour all summer and into autumn.
The Arizona Agastache Collection has been specially bred for their compact habit, extensive flowering time and strong heat tolerance. ‘Arizona Sun’ produces elegant spires of golden yellow. Pick a sprig or two and bring indoors to enjoy in a vase. The flowers are also edible, and will colour a salad beautifully.
The Arizona Agastache Collection has been specially bred for their compact habit, extensive flowering time and strong heat tolerance. ‘Arizona Sunset’ produces delicate blooms in sunset colours of pink, lavender and peach. The elegant spires are ideal for providing long lasting colour and act like magnets to bees and butterflies.
‘Astello Indigo’ is the most exciting breakthrough in Agastache yet. Awarded Europe’s coveted Fleuroselect Gold Medal, it is ideal for Northern European-type climates, they are at their best in more temperate conditions.
Agastache pallidiflora produces a continual mass of lavender-rose, scented flowers from June to September. The soft, touchable flower spikes must be one of the prettiest flowers of all this pretty family. Exceptionally long-flowering, they will flower in the same year given an early sowing and can be used as an annual.
An attractive cornfield plant with pale purple flowers. Corncockle makes a great wildflower or cottage garden selection
Alcea rosea ‘Chater’s Rose’ is a dramatic, upright plant, with a spike-like inflorescence that is covered with large buds that open, in a staggered manner, from June to September, from the bottom to the top. Fully double and almost pom-pom in appearance, the fine crepe texture of the petals is so delicate that it allows light to pass through.
Alcea rosea ‘Chater’s White’ is a dramatic, upright plant, with a spike-like inflorescence that is covered with large buds that open, in a staggered manner, from June to September, from the bottom to the top. Fully double and almost pom-pom in appearance, the fine crepe texture of the petals is so delicate that it allows light to pass through.
Softly ruffled, fully double blooms in a an elegant, romantic shade, a delicate blend of lilac-pink and rose. ‘Queeny Lilac Rose’ is a compact variety perfect for borders, pots, or small gardens. It flowers its heart out in the first year from seed, an unusual trick for a hollyhock.
Alcea ‘Queeny Purple’ is a charming, compact hollyhock bred to bring all the grandeur of the cottage garden to smaller spaces. Unlike the tall varieties, it is a perennial that will bloom in its first year. Sturdy, well-branched stems are resistant to rust and are topped with rich, royal-purple blooms that open through to autumn.
‘Queeny Salmon’ is a knockout hollyhock, shorter, showier, and dressed in ruffled petals the colour of antique blush silk. Sow either in spring or in late summer, the blooms are almost peony like, a beautiful soft pink that catches the light.
Until a few years ago you would never have seen wild garlic on a menu, but these days is definitely a chefs’ favourite. The whole plant is edible, the flavour is softer, more pleasant than cloves from garlic bulbs. The leaves have a vibrant colour that brings food to life, use sparingly in salads, or add to sauces and dressings. It also makes splendid pesto.
Ammi majus is tall, branching flower, with finely divided, feathery foliage. In summer, it bears an abundance of large round blooms made up of clusters of tiny white florets on tall, branched, slender stems. The delicate clusters add beauty and depth to bouquets and meadows alike.Japanese Anemones bloom with gently cupped flowers in white through pale pink into pinkish purple. Blooming from August to late October, they help push the show into autumn and provide colour when most gardens begin to fade.
In horticulture Cota tinctoria is still widely referred to by its synonym Anthemis tinctoria. This beautiful aromatic, hardy perennial that is fast to flower and often used as a biennial produces masses of golden yellow daisies from June through to September. Historically used for natural dyeing, this is an ideal plant for naturalised and pollinator friendly plantings. Organic Seed. Aquilegia ‘Munstead White’ , also known as ‘Nivea’ is a handsome form with abundant white flowers. Naturally happier in the half shade of woodland edge, which in normal garden terms translates to the lee of a shrub or the middle of a border. Easy to grow they come back year after year without any horticultural care.
The herb borage is a well known annual with beautiful sky blue flowers and succulent foliage. Not so well known and not often written about is the equally beautiful form ‘alba’ which boast pure white, perfectly star-shaped flowers. This mixed pack of seeds gives both blue and white forms.
Calamintha nepeta is a very attractive bushy, perennial that should be in every garden. Easily grown from seed with clouds of tiny, lilac-mauve flowers that bloom until late September. The leaves exude a lovely minty scent when crushed and the flowers are true bee pasture.
Calendula officinalis ‘Citrus Mixed’ is a highly attractive hardy annual variety producing a bright mixture of apricot, orange, lemon and cream blooms from May to September. Among the most popular of hardy annuals, they are very easy to grow, and thrive in the cooler weather of spring and autumn.
A unique new colour in Calendula, ‘Double Lemon’ is an award winning variety that produces large double, pale lemon blooms, each with a deep yellow heart. Compact, bushy and free flowering. it is an excellent variety for borders and containers.
Calendula officinalis ‘Cut Flower Mix’ is a specially selected mix of colours and types, each with long stems designed for cutting. They grow to a height of around 70 to 80cm, are an excellent variety for borders and make a stunning cut flower. Clip spent flowers to achieve a longer blooming season.
A delightful compact mix of single and semi-double forms, the daisy-like open petals of ‘Oopsy Daisy’ are bright in the centre with dark tips. Easy to grow, they thrive in the cooler weather of spring and autumn. This is an excellent variety for borders and containers and will add cheer to any location.
Don’t be misled by the name – Calendula officinalis ‘Orange Flash’ produces stunning apricot-copper coloured blooms with darker shades of ombré-rose on the reverse. They grow to a height of around 60cm and a spread of 45cm, are an excellent variety for borders and make a stunning cut flower.
Calendula ‘Touch of Red Buff’ is a very interesting and unusual colour, a very contemporary beige-pink with darker petal tips giving a beautiful antique and vintage effect. For cut flowers, harvest when blooms are partially open and clip spent flowers to achieve a longer blooming season.
‘Touch of Red Mix’ is an exceptional, unusual and dramatic mix of colours. Containing the three colours in the ‘Touch of Red’ series, Buff, Orange and Yellow, each with deep bronze and red edges and backs of each petal. A very pleasing effect that will brighten up the garden or any floral arrangement.
‘Caltha palustris, commonly called Marsh Marigold is one of the most cheerful native plants to adorn the edges of a pond or stream and possesses the added benefit of flowering in the shade. The plant’s yellow flowers and dark green shiny leaves cheer up the otherwise barren landscape as winter recedes.Celosia cristata ‘Tall Varieties Mix’ offers a stunning blend of warm shades, from sunny yellow and soft salmon to vibrant orange, pink, and red. The bold, crested flowerheads are velvety to the touch, long-lasting, and retain their colour well. Ideal for both fresh and dried arrangements.
Celosia spicata ‘Flamingo Featehr’ is an enchanting variety known for its unique, long-lasting flower spikes. The tall, slender blooms of soft pink are a favorite of florists and crafters. Once dried, Celosia can last for years and is perfect for dried flower arrangements and for crafting.Softly vibrant, feathery plumes that start pale pink and gradually mature to silver add an enchanting, subtle beauty to the garden. Whether fresh or dried, the tall spires of Celosia, ‘Xantippe’ provide charm and an airy, wispy aesthetic to the vase.
The Ball series, also known as the Boy series, feature double flowered blooms on tall stems for garden or cutting. This pink flowered cultivar boasts wonderful full flowers on densely branched upright plants. With lance shaped, long and graceful leaves, the upper half of the plant has multiple stems which produce many flowers from early summer until frost.
Cornflowers are great plants for the cutting garden or border, and this fine cultivar is no exception. Centaurea ‘White Boy’ is a double flowered cultivar with wonderful fluffy, white flowers on densely branched upright plants. This is the white member of the series which is also known as White Ball and Snowman
Today cornflowers are rare in the wild, they flourish instead in gardens. Aside from their electric blue flowers, breathtaking when grown in dense drifts, they are easy to grow, flower all summer, make great cut flowers and bees adore them. Organic Seed.Dazzling gold stripes on mahogany-brown petals mark each bloom as unique on this very free-flowering, semi-double Coreopsis. Irresistible to butterflies but left alone by deer and untroubled by heat, humidity, and drought, this carefree beauty self-sows freely, going from seed to bloom in just 12 weeks.
Dazzling gold stripes on mahogany-brown petals mark each bloom as unique on this very free-flowering, semi-double Coreopsis. Irresistible to butterflies but left alone by deer and untroubled by heat, humidity, and drought, this carefree beauty self-sows freely, going from seed to bloom in just 12 weeks.
In adorable shades of apricot, peach with a soft rose centre, Cosmos ‘Apricotta’ will soon become a firm favourite amongst florists and gardeners. Early to flower the unusual blooms have a magical iridescence and the long stems are perfect for cutting .
Cosmos is a glorious annual unrivaled as long-standing performers in a garden. ‘Dazzler’ is a relatively new addition, with large, open flowers of carmine pink and delicate, feathery foliage. It is a superb cut flower and an exceptional annual for mixed beds and borders, cottage gardens and mass plantings.
Cosmos Double Click Cranberries has fabulous eye-catching carmine-red coloured double flowers with some single variations. It is easy to grow and is such a lovely ‘cut and come’ again variety that just flowers and flowers over a long season.
The latest colour in the Cosmos ‘Double Click’ series, ‘Snow Puff’ has spectacular white, pom-pom flowers that sit on sturdy stems and make a gorgeous cut flower Perfect for wedding work, this award winning variety will flower over a long season and provide a vibrant display all summer long.
Dwarf cosmos are very easy to grow, quick to flower from seed and thrive even on poor soil. ‘Dwarf Sensation Mix’ bloom over an extended period of time in shades of carmine, pink, pink blush and white. Growing to only 60cm they can be grown in beds or even large containers.
Feathery petals burst from the golden centres, adding another flounce to the velvety, red-purple silks and satins of this new cosmos. The fantastic strong colour paired with a very early flowering period and medium-high growth earned ‘Fandango’ a well deserved Fleuroselect award.
Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Purity’ is the definitive white cosmos. Large, graceful, saucer-shaped blooms float over a haze of mid-green feathery foliage, Rising to a graceful 90 to 120cm they flower in fourteen weeks with wave after wave of clear white blooms. An excellent no fuss annual that is very easy to grow and thrives on minimal care.
‘Rosetta’ is an outstanding new variety of Cosmos that has earned the Fleuroselect Award for colour pattern, flower size and shape. Subtle, delicately striped blooms in romantic shades of blush pink and rose, some with an inner collarette of smaller fluffy petals, over light airy foliage.
Conjure up the colour red, fix it in your mind’s eye, and fast forward to a much warmer, dare I say sizzling time in your life…. and then imagine this colour in a flower. Let me introduce you to Cosmos Rubenza. It is red that combines favourably with other colours. The very same colour as Dorothy’s shoes – the ones that got her back to Kansas.
Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Velouette’ is an exceptional new variety with unique dark red blooms, the same sizzling dark red as Rubenza. Semi-dwarf, early flowering and uniform, they give a wonderful effect when planted in combination. They will start to bloom in as little as 70 days from sowing, going on to offer to six months of colour from May to October.
A unique variety of cosmos with unusual blooms that have a magical iridescence. Magenta, rose and raspberry pinks are overlaid with an apricot- peach undertone. As each flower matures, the colour fades to a warm, antique rose.
Daucus carota ‘Dara’ is a large flowered chocolate coloured Queen Anne’s Lace, with delicate, lacy, flat-topped clusters that bloom for most of the summer from just one planting, they pair well with almost anything in the garden or the vase.
Daucus carota ‘Purple Kisses’ is a striking ornamental carrot variety featuring delicate, lacy white flowers tinged with soft purple hues. The are spectacular when used in mixed bouquets or simply arranged in a great cloud of their own. The lacy umbels come in a range of sizes and shades and bloom for most of the summer from just one planting.
Queen Anne’s Lace has up to a thousand tiny white flowers are produced in delicate, lacy, flat-topped, two- to four-inch clusters, sometimes with a solitary dark, purple flower in the centre. It is at home in informal settings and is a natural addition to a wildflower meadow. Organic Seed.
Digitalis purpurea ‘F1 Camelot Cream’ produces towers of a delicate buttercream colour, the dense spikes of blooms are borne all the way around the stem. Developed to flower in the first year, they can be sown anytime from January to September. €2.35
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