This is a lovely cultivar of the California poppy, the blooms of ‘Ivory Castle’ boasts single, creamy white blooms. One of the easiest and most colourful annuals to grow from seed, they bloom profusely from mid summer until frosts and are breathtaking in massed plantings or containers.
Eschscholzia Thai Silk boasts large semi-double blooms in breathtaking jewel tones and a chiffon-like texture reminiscent of glorious oriental silks. This exotic mix contains the Thai Silk series of four colours: Appleblossom, Rose, Apricot Chiffon, and Pink Champagne.
‘Thai Silk’ is a stunning range of California poppies of superb quality with silky flowers. ‘Appleblossom Chiffon’ produces very double flowers in an ethereal shade of shimmering, dappled silvery-pink. Very easy to grow, they are attractive to pollinators and perfect for cutting.
‘Thai Silk’ is a stunning range of California poppies of superb quality with silky flowers. ‘Appleblossom Chiffon’ produces very double flowers in an ethereal shade of shimmering, dappled silvery-pink. Very easy to grow, they are attractive to pollinators and perfect for cutting.
A beautiful and sophisticated variety, Eschscholzia californica Thai Silk produces extra double silky flowers, ‘Pink Champagne’ in a unique shade of soft champagne-pink on a cream base. Very easy to grow, they are attractive to pollinators and perfect for cutting.
Masses of beautiful silky flowers in shades of gold, Eschscholzia californica is one of the loveliest of all naturalised flowers. With fine dissected foliage they are fascinating to the eye and are breathtaking in massed plantings or containers. The flowers are extremely attractive to bees and butterflies.
Dwarf sunflowers for small gardens and containers are always in demand and ‘Lemon Cutie’ looks to have everything we need in a dwarf sunflower. Not only is it dwarf with multiple branches, but you will never have seen such a stunning and unusual semi-double, lemon coloured Sunflower.
Developed for the cut flower industry, the ‘Sunrich’ series has been the market leader for the last fifteen years. Vibrant lemon yellow petals with creamy lemon tips surround a dark center disk, It is ‘day length neutral’ so will provide consistent flowers, just two months from planting, irrespective of the amount of daylight hours that it receives.
If you like well-branched, free-flowering, traditional sunflowers that are not too tall, ‘Holiday’ is the one you’ve been looking for. At 120cm (4ft) tall, with golden yellow petals and dark centres, it bears armfuls of cheery 15 to 20cm blooms. Irresistible for cut flower bouquets and for a large garden planting.
‘Medium Red Mix’ offers a diverse range of sunflower varieties that are suited to outdoor cut flower production. Featuring the most popular reds, crimsons and bi-colours, the heights range from 80 to 120cm tall. Lovely in both garden borders and the vase, the blooms can last up to a fortnight when kept in water. Organic SeedsGiant Sunflower ‘Mongolian Giant’ is a true giant reaching up to 420cm (14ft) tall with one of the largest flowering sunflower seed heads available, up to 45cm (18in) across. One of the largest-seeded sunflower varieties available to gardeners, the plants are ideal to grow to provide food for birds to eat over-winter.
‘ProCut Gold Lite’ produces perfectly shaped blooms with overlapping, rounded glowing petals and a matching golden centre. Compared to the standard ProCut series it is slightly taller, slightly later to bloom and has resistance to downy mildew.
Now with Downy Mildew Resistance, the classic variety Helianthus ‘ProCut Orange DMR’ is the first choice for growers who are looking for that traditional sunflower appearance. Perfectly shaped blooms with overlapping orange petals that surround a pollenless dark brown central disc. Whats not to Love!
Helianthus ‘ProCut Orange’ is the first choice for growers who are looking for that traditional sunflower appearance. It produces perfectly shaped blooms with overlapping orange petals that surround a pollenless dark brown central disc. A true Day length neutral cultivar that flower quickly at all latitudes and take just 60 to 65 days to maturity.
Helianthus ‘ProCut Plum’ is an elegant sunflower with petals the most delicious mix of soft colours. Café-Au-lait lightly brushed with dusky bronze-crimson. Sow mid spring to mid summer and cut in just 60 days when the petals begin to unfurl from the face.
Helianthus ‘ProCut Red’ is a stunning new dark addition to this widely grown series. Flowers are a deep, rich rusty-red, one of the best dark colours on the market. Dark chocolaty centers gradually give way to ruby ringed petals that fade to a lighter tip.
Helianthus ‘ProCut Lemon/Red Bicolor’ is one of the latest colourways in this renowned professional line. Bred for cutting and completely pollenless, the lemon-yellow petals are flushed with deep red towards a dark centre, Perfect for cutting gardens, borders, and for anyone who loves a little sunshine with a painter’s touch.
An exciting addition to the ProCut line ‘White Lite’ produces tall, ivory-petaled flowers with golden centres. This blonde beauty is sophisticated enough for use in wedding flowers and sturdy enough for market bouquets.
Helianthus annuus ‘ProCut White Nite’ is a professional, pollenless cut-flower variety that is used by florists all over the world. The cream petals mature to white and contrast beautifully with the dark brown centre. They are uniform and vigorous in growth even under low temperatures
Looking a little like a solar eclipse, Helianthus ‘Ring of Fire’ is a dark centred sunflower that blooms with glowing red petals that gradually flare outwards to golden-yellow tips. Pollenless with a branching habit, it is considered one of the best varieties for use as a cut flower.
Helianthus ‘Ruby F1’ has a dark centre is surrounded by a dense array of rich deep ruby-red petals that form large 15cm flowers. Suitable as a bouquet flower, cut the flowers as soon as all the petals unfurl.
A new introduction that can be grown for use as a patio plant or as a cut flower. Early blooming and growing to just 100cm with golden-orange petals and dark brown centres ‘Sonja’ produces a spray of flowering side branches that surround the main stem. Durable in the garden and long lived in the vase.
Helianthus ‘Starburst Panache’ is hard to beat. Fully double blooms with ultra-fluffy, shaggy golden petals surrounding dark green-brown eyes on long, straight stems. The plants keep sending up new buds for weeks, making them exceptionally productive in the cutting patch.
With most sunflowers, the beauty is in the flower petals, but the multi-layered, green outer calyxes of Helianthus ‘Sunfill Green’ create the show. This fast growing annual source of cut fillers for bouquets produce geometric flower heads for use as bouquet greenery. Sow successionally, mid spring right through to mid summer.
Helianthus ‘Sunfill Purple’ is a novel purple sunflower with sumptuous dark centers and petals tipped with edged hints of purple. These fast-growing sunflowers produce geometric flower heads for use as bouquet greenery. Just 50 days to maturity, sow successionally, mid spring right through to mid summer.
Sunflower ‘Valentine’ is a fantastic mid-size variety with beautiful lemon-yellow flower heads with dark centres. These vigorous upright plants are multi-branching giving a very bushy appearance, producing numerous gorgeous blooms which makes excellent cut flowers.
Helianthus ‘Italian Green Heart’ produces creamy white flowers with contrasting green centres. A branching variety, the flowers are perfect for fresh, cut flower arrangements – especially if gathered while still in bud.
Helichrysum bracteatum is the most well known and is probably the best of all the everlasting flowers. ‘Swiss Giants Mixed’ is a special selection of large flowered, double strawflowers. Vigorous and gorgeous in the garden, and perfect for drying. Fill your beds with colour, these stunning blossoms need very little to thrive other than light watering and good drainage.
Growing to around 90cm tall, Helichrysum ‘King Size Bright Rose’ are very easy to cultivate, growing well with little or no attention. The flowers bloom non-stop from ten weeks after sowing and will continue to flower until late autumn. Useful for beds and borders and one of the finest subjects for bouquets, and to cap it all, pollinators love them.
Helichrysum ‘King Size Creamy-White’ produce creamy-white, vintage-toned blooms that are one of the finest subjects for bouquets and especially valued for wedding work. Once dried, the papery flowers give an excellent natural colour.
Helichrysum bracteatum is the most well known and is probably the best of all the everlasting flowers. King Sized Formula Mixed is a special selection of large flowered, extra double strawflowers that give a superb array of brilliant colours that are perfect cut or dried.
Helichrysum ‘Frosted Sulphur’ is the colour of fresh buttermilk, with a creamy, opalescent quality. They are very easy to grow from seed, established plants grow well with little or no attention, tolerating heat and drought they will bloom non-stop until frost gets to them in late autumn. And to cap it all, pollinators love them..
Known as an ‘everlasting’ because the flowers will last indefinitely when dried, Helichrysum bracteatum bloom non-stop from ten weeks after sowing and continue until late autumn. The soft lemon double blooms on tall, well-branched plants are useful for beds and borders and one of the finest subjects for bouquets.
Helichrysum bracteatum is the most well known and is probably the best of all the everlasting flowers. King Sized Formula Mixed is a special selection of large flowered, extra double strawflowers that give a superb array of brilliant colours that are perfect cut or dried.
Helichrysum ‘Salmon Rose’ is a lovely mixture of buff, peach and salmon colours. Useful in the garden and one of the finest subjects for bouquets, the papery, double flowers will last indefinitely when dried.
The cut flower grower’s staple. Tall vigorous branching plants, filled with large papery flowers. Helichrysum ‘Silvery Rose’ produce large pearlescent white blooms, frosted with a delicate rose pink colour at the tips. They are reminiscent of vintage mother of pearl.
Helichrysum bracteatum is the most well known and probably the best of all the everlasting flowers. One of the finest subjects for bouquets ‘King Size Silvery-White’ is the cut flower grower’s staple, producing substantial slky-white blooms that are especially valued for wedding work.
Throughout the summer, fragrant pure white tubular flowers of Ipomoea alba, up to 15cm (6in) long open quickly at night, releasing sweet perfume into the evening air. The ideal location for this wonderful vine is near your patio where you can enjoy the fragrant scent at evening.
Ipomoea lobata is a fast growing climber with an exotic appearance. Tubular, flame-crimson flowers that look spectacular for months. It is one of the best climbers you can grow.
Ipomoea ‘Kniolas Black’ is one of the darkest of all Ipomoea varieties available, it blooms with the most stunning dark velvety purple-black flowers, each with cerise throats. Very easy to grow, this extremely carefree and free-blooming climber will bloom early and load itself with masses of attractive dark purple-black flowers all summer long.
Mammoth Sweet Peas belongs to a type of sweet pea called an ‘Early Multiflora Gigantea’. Marked by the longest stems, and large fragrant blooms, they are very popular with commercial cut flower growers. ‘Mammoth Crimson’ produce large crimson-red flowers that are borne on beautifully long stems.
‘Mammoth Pastel Mix’ also known as ‘Goddess Mix’ is a dreamy grandiflora blend in blush, shell-pink, cream, peach and lavender, all richly scented. Extra-early with extra-large blooms, the vigorous plants carry long, strong stems packed with fragrant flowers. It’s one of the best strains for producing early cut flowers.
‘Mammoth Rose Pink’ produces blooms in a clear, mid rose-pink, fresh and flattering rather than hot or cerise. Buds open a shade deeper, then the petals soften to shell-pink with a faint silvery bloom on the wings. Extra early, extra large blooms and an excellent choice for early spring colour and for producing early cut flowers.
Mammoth Sweet Peas belongs to a type of sweet pea called an ‘Early Multiflora Gigantea’. Marked by the longest stems, and large fragrant blooms, they are very popular with commercial cut flower growers. ‘Mammoth Salmon Cream’ produce large crimson-red flowers that are borne on beautifully long stems.
Sweet Pea ‘Lord Nelson’ is an old fashioned variety that received an RHS Award of Merit in 1907. With beautiful, rich dark blue flowers and a powerful scent, it combines magnificently with white or with lighter blue shades.
A striking heirloom variety that creates a big impact, Sweet Pea ‘Miss Willmott’ dates back to 1901 but remains as attractive as ever, in the garden or as a cut flower. Attractive pale orange and salmon pink, unusual bicoloured flowers have a superb fragrance.
Originally bred and introduced by a Mr Viner in 1901, Sweet Pea ‘Nellie Viner’ produces long stemmed blooms that have nicely rounded clear pink flowers and is also blessed with the most superb fragrance and make exceptionally fine cut flowers.
The original ‘Painted Lady’ sweet pea arose as a sport from ‘Cupani’ in about 1730. It was the very first named sweet pea cultivar. Recently reselected, this modern form produces larger, more numerous flowers and retains the distinctive colour combination of lotus-pink and white petals with a rich, old-time sweet scent.
Lathyrus odoratus ‘Prima Donna’ is a classic Grandiflora sweet pea introduced by Henry Eckford in 1896, during the golden age of sweet pea breeding. It bears rosy-pink blooms that deepen as they mature, each flower beautifully proportioned and carried two or three to a stem.
An elegant Grandiflora sweet pea prized for its refined blooms, long graceful stems and heady perfume, Lathyrus ‘Sicilian Fuchsia’ shows a vivid cerise standard, flanked by paler pink wings, while the keel quietly remains a gentle, soft pink. The colours create a subtle, layered effect.
A delicate beauty that stands out among the bolder varieties, Lathyrus odoratus ‘Butterfly’ bears pale cream blooms softly flushed and veined with lilac and lavender Superb for cutting and a striking presence in the garden or the vase.
Dr Keith Hammett has bred many incredible new varieties of Sweet Pea. These new ‘Modern Grandiflora’s’ feature larger petal sizes and longer stem lengths. Importantly, the scent has been retained. ‘Moody Blues’ combines three of the most popular varieties. ‘North Shore’ , ‘Cocktail’, and ‘Big Blue’.
A modern grandiflora sweet pea, Lathyrus ‘Philip Miller Fleck’ produces soft rose-red, scented blooms, delicately flecked and streaked with violet, giving each flower a painterly charm. It captures the romance of the old-fashioned sweet peas while offering the vigour and reliability of modern breeding.
Among the most sought after flowers, by florists and flower farmers alike is the dramatic Sweet Pea ‘Nimbus’. A spencer type with big, prolific flowers on long stems, Nimbus wears its stormy dark-blue-violet highlights sprayed against a cream background.
Created from the resurgence of interest in breeding sweet peas for scent, Exceptionally fragrant, with a vintage look, Lathyrus ‘Old Times’ produce elegant and unusually coloured blooms on long stems. Dreamy, cream-colored blooms with lavender-blue blush and veins – this variety is a must grow.
Providing the best of all worlds for the gardener, Spencer Modern sweet peas have exceptional scent, combined with large ruffled petals and long stems. ‘Pulsar’ produces fragrant, ruffled white flowers rippled with delicate lilac stripes and flakes.