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Hesperis matronalis white 681R regalis ‘Snowcloud’ 382J Cobaea scandens var. alba 372A Very traditional cottage garden A most attractive bushy plant bearing Much sought after variety. The with beautifully perfumed white masses of white flowers – myriad are not so much white as a beautiful flowers. Will scent an entire room. white angels suspended among the shade of greenish-white. Packet of 2-3 ft. HB/HP £1.85 fine green foliage. Splendid for cutting. 8 . 2½ft. HA £1.85 HHA/HHP/(CL) £1.85

Malope trifida var. alba 843P Nicotiana alata ‘Lime Green’ 897C Orlaya grandiflora 922B Splendid and easily grown plant for The tube-shaped, sweet-scented Striking annual with attractive, fern- the border with pure-white flowers lime-green flowers, the of like foliage and bearing over a long produced in profusion all summer. which form beautiful five-pointed period lovely, lace-like, pure white 3½-4 ft. HA £1.85 stars, are produced profusely all umbels, with distinctive long outer summer. 2½ ft. HHA £2.00 petals. ½-2 ft. HA £1.95

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Centaurea americana 302B New ‘Aloha Blanca’ Ammi visnaga ‘Green Mist’ 88J Moluccella laevis 882 Lychnis coronaria var. alba 829X Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Purity’ 397G Robust and tall growing, this bears With feathery foliage and domed Bells of Ireland Delightful, white-flowered variety of In cultivation for years is this popular, superbly beautiful, fluffy, ivory-white umbels of tightly packed, greenish- An excellent cut , this has tall this attractive, white-woolly plant beautiful variety with large snow-white flowers with lovely whiskery petals. white flowers, this beautiful new spikes with enormous green, bell-like with densely leafy shoots and large flowers with a gold centre. 3 ft. Perfect for cutting and make excellent variety is superb for cutting. 3 ft. calyces surrounding the flowers graceful flowers on elongated stalks. HHA £2.20 dried flowers. 4-5 ft. HA £1.65 proper. 1½ ft. HHA £1.92 15-30 ins. HP £1.95 HA £2.30 3 Ammi majus ‘Snowflake’ 88F Digitalis purpurea var. alba 463D Zinnia elegans ‘Polar Bear’ 1309T Omphalodes linifolia 918 Ammi majus with bells on – taller, The beautiful true wild Foxglove needs Large, double-flowered white Dahlia- A charming little plant with grey-green bigger and better. This robust strain no introduction, and this is the much like blooms borne on strong stems. and sprays of sweet-scented, has very strong stems and the leaves sought-after rare white-flowered form. These are excellent for cutting, lasting pure white flowers in great profusion are tolerant to yellowing. Very easy. 2-5 ft. HB £1.95 well in water. 3 ft. through the summer. 12-18 ins. 4ft. HA £2.25 HA £2.05 HA £2.36

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Delphinium consolida 443J Centaurea cyanus 304D Lupinus nanus ‘Snow Pixie’ 826L ‘Snow Man’ A charming dwarf annual lupin with ‘Exquisite’ Series, ‘White King’ Easily grown, old garden favourite, fragrant, white flower spikes. Very Of the ‘Giant Imperial’ type, this fine old Larkspur variety is sturdy and free this is a splendid variety with pure quick and easy to grow and the branching producing noble white spikes; splendid for the border and for cutting. clear white double flowers, excellent will love it! 12-18 ins. 3-4 ft. HA £1.82 for cutting. 3-4 ft. HA £1.88 HA £2.25

Crambe cordifolia 406A moschata var. alba 843H Zinnia elegans ‘Envy’ 1309E Amaranthus caudatus 84A Didiscus caeruleus 460R A magnificent plant for the back of the White Musk Mallow Splendid variety with beautifully var. viridis ‘Lacy White’ border. It bears in July and August, Lovely but rare variety of the Musk formed broad-petalled blooms; a This is a variety which should cause much-branched panicles of countless, Mallow with pure white flowers that ‘must’ for the many lovers of green excitement for flower-arrangers with Beautiful white-flowered variety of the Blue Lace Flower. Large lacy umbels honey-scented, creamy-white flowers. contrast beautifully with the ferny flowers. 20 ins. its green-yellow tassels. 3.5ft of white flowers are held on erect sturdy stems. 2 ft. 3-6 ft. HP £2.25 foliage. 2-3 ft. HP £1.95 HA £1.95 HHA/HA £1.76 HHA £1.96

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Papaver rhoeas 949F True Shirley Poppy Poppies in colours from the brightest scarlet to pure white with all shades of pink between. One of the easiest of to grow – just sow and forget. 1½-2 ft. HA £1.99

Gypsophila elegans 654A ‘Kermesina’ Antirrhinum majus 110K With its myriad star-like flowers Scabiosa ‘QIS’ Formula Mixture 1148A ‘Madame Butterfly’ F1 Double Mixed making it indispensable for flower Splendid for the border and particularly high quality cut flowers. Large blooms Wonderful, award-winning variety. arranging, this is a not often seen on strong stems in a mixture of bright colours including blue, pink and scarlet. Strong growing and vigorous with delightful variety with crimson-red 2½-3 ft. large double blooms in a range of flowers. 2 ft. HA £3.06 lovely colours. 2-2½ ft. HHA £3.55 HA £1.65

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Sidalcea ‘Party Girl’ 1174F Centaurea cyanus ‘Red Boy’ 304G Primula japonica 1042F Limonium suworowi 812 Dianthus barbatus 454R Graceful addition to the border This is a very fine, old, tall Cornflower ‘Miller’s Crimson’ Very different and striking is this plant x chinensis ‘Kensington Mix’ is this lovely with long, simple variety, marvellous for cutting, pro- A very fine cultivated variety of this from Turkestan with dense, vertical This compact plant produces fragrant, spikes of bright pink flowers. Perfect ducing good double blooms in a rosy beautiful genus, with lovely crimson spikes of pink flowers, giving the plant frilly, double blooms in a wide range of for cutting. 3 ft. carmine-red colour. 3-4 ft. candelabras. 18 ins. its popular name ‘Pink Pokers’. 18 ins. pink, purple and white bicolours. 2 ft. HP £2.90 HA £1.90 HP £1.95 HHA £1.98 HA/HHA £1.75

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Nigella damascena 902C Godetia grandiflora 644 Knautia macedonica 1146Q Achillea millefolium 36P ‘Miss Jekyll Rose’ Azalea-flowered, Dwarf Double One of the longest flowering of ‘Flowerburst Red Shades’ F2 Hybrid Beautiful large, semi-double pink Splendid for the border, very long perennials producing a succession of Very attractive blend of Yarrow in blooms are followed by decorative, flowering and great for cutting. Wide lovely, dark crimson pin cushions from shades of red, rose and purple. Flowers inflated, red-striped seed pods. 18 ins. range of colours from pale pink to May to September. 2 ft. Packet of 18 over a long period, easy to grow and HA £1.64 dark red. 16 ins. HA £1.22 seeds. HP £3.16 great for cutting. 2 ft. HP £3.34

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Eschscholzia californica 534W Phlox drummondii ‘Crème Brulee’ 985N Digitalis x mertonensis 462C Lysimachia atropurpurea 832P Cheiranthus cheiri 328K ‘Pink Bush’ Very fine hybrid with large and ‘Beaujolais’ F1 Hybrid ‘Sunset Dark Purple’ We love the unusual colour combinations and patterns of this new Phlox. Lovely variety with single and attractive flowers the colour of Fascinating and fashionable plant with F1 Wallflowers with stunning fragrant, Dusky-pinks and peachy-creams with some dark centres. 18 ins. semi-double flowers with pink crushed strawberries, from June long spikes of wine-red flowers all vigorous and uniform plants. HA/HHA £1.75 papery petals. 10 ins. to September. 2-3 ft. summer. Splendid in the border and 12-16 ins. HB £2.32 HA £1.85 HP £1.85 great for cutting. 2-2½ ft. HP £2.45

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Cosmos bipinnatus ‘Dazzler’ 397H Gaura lindheimeri 612H Thalictrum delavayi 1238B Dorotheanthus bellidiformis Agastache ‘Rose Mint’ 61L Zinnia elegans 1309J Wonderful, very early Cosmos variety ‘Summer Breeze’ Attractive from China with ‘Sparkles Mixture’ 480H Certain to be admired by all that ‘Whirligig’ Mixed with bright pinky-red flowers that Variety to face the irregularities of the large, loose panicles of mauve flowers An excellent plant for ground cover is grow, see and smell it. Lovely variety Fun variety with double blooms really stand out in a crowd. Will dazzle British weather. Flowering over a long with long drooping with this mat forming annual with fleshy producing a continual mass of with contrasting tips giving an in a vase. 3 ft. season, pink buds open into beautiful yellow anthers. 2-4 ft. leaves and daisy-like flowers in a jolly lavender-rose, scented flowers. 14 ins. eye-spinning effect. Lots of colour HHA £1.95 pure white flowers. 3-5 ft.HP £2.96 HP £1.75 mix of colours. 4 ins. HA £1.45 HHA £2.45 combinations. 2 ft. HA £1.99

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Coreopsis tinctoria 386H Calendula officinalis 234N Tagetes linnaeus 1222K ‘Mahogany Midget’ ‘Orange Porcupine’ ‘Burning Embers’ Attractive dwarf plant with masses So easy to grow – cheerful vivid Blooms of deep orange with delicate of bright red blooms that will continue orange flowers with unusual quilled paler outline. Grow with tomatoes to to flower until the first frosts. 18 ins. petals giving a modern porcupine protect from pests or as a cut flower. HA/HHA £1.45 effect. 15-18 ins. HA £2.07 18 ins. HHA £1.75

Tropaeolum 1260K Tithonia rotundifolia ‘Torch’ 1250 Helianthus annuus 673W ‘Cherry Rose Jewel’ A cultivated form of the Mexican ‘Red Sun’ Lovely early Nasturtium. Uniform, Sunflower producing single, Dahlia- Great big dramatic red sunflowers compact plants with beautiful cherry- like, orange-scarlet flowers freely on tall, erect plants. 5 ft. rose upward-facing flowers. from July to October. 4 ft. HA £1.95 12-16 ins. HA £2.29 HHA £1.92

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Zinnia elegans 1310F Asclepias curassavica 138J Dahlia ‘Bishop of Llandaff’ 434K Antirrhinum majus nanum 108P Zinnia elegans 1310C ‘Queen Red Lime’ ‘Apollo Orange’ Very fine, old but ever-popular variety ‘Black Prince’ ‘Benary’s Giant Scarlet’ Exceptional Zinnia with a unique Unusual plants with clusters of red with dark purple, almost black, foliage, Beautiful, dark red velvety Snapdragon Stunning giant Zinnia with fully double colouring; pale red fading to lime buds which open into bright flowers and large, peony-flowered, fiery blooms with bronze foliage. 18 ins. flowers in brilliant scarlet. 3 ft. green with a deep maroon centre. with reflexed orange petals and yellow intense bright red blooms. Colours HHA £1.65 HA £2.20 2-2½ ft. HA/HHA £1.95 centres. 1-2 ft. HHP £1.95 will be variable. 2-3½ ft. HHP £2.99

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Yellows FYP Chrysanthemum Annual 340C Scabiosa atropurpurea 1148D Helianthus annuus 672X Agastache aurantiaca 62D coronarium Double-flowered Mixed ‘Fata Morgana’ ‘Summer Breeze’ ‘Navajo Sunset’ Splendid annual with bright and Fine variety with delicious, creamy Single stem Sunflower with bright New cultivated variety with copious cheerful, yellow and white, double apricot-yellow flowers: “a most yellow petals and an attractive green flames of brilliant dark orange unusual and semi-double flowers over a long remarkable and attractive colour” says centre. 5 ft. flowers. Bees love them. 18-24 ins. period. 2-3 ft. HA £1.80 our supplier. 3 ft. HHA/HA £2.72 HA £2.70 HP £1.85

Craspedia globosa 406B Verbena hybrida 1276W Cheiranthus cheiri F1 Hybrid 328F ‘Peaches & Cream’ ‘Sunset’ Primrose Becoming increasingly popular is this most delightful and quirky plant with easily Lovely variety bearing throughout F1 Wallflowers with stunning fragrant, arrangeable, globular drumsticks of bright yellow flowers. 2-3 ft. summer a continuous abundance of vigorous and uniform plants. 12-16 ins. HHA/HHP £2.52 flowers in wide ranging peachy colours. HB £2.32

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Chrysanthemum leucanthemum Eschscholzia californica 533Z Berlandiera lyrata 201C Calendula officinalis 233J Nigella orientalis ‘Transformer’ 903K maximum ‘Crazy Daisy’ 341F ‘Thai Silk Pink Champagne’ Chocolate Daisy ‘Pink Surprise’ Flowering in June and July, `Crazy A beautiful and sophisticated variety This interesting and fascinatingly Beautiful variety with brilliantly An interesting plant with curiously shaped, yellowish-green flowers. These are Daisy’ bears cheerful yellow-eyed, white with extra double silky flowers in a aromatic plant has vibrant yellow coloured, frilly blooms with outer followed by fascinating umbrella shaped architectural seed pods. 2 ft. flowers. A high percentage will be fully unique shade of soft champagne-pink flowers with a strong smell of frills in a variety of colours including HA £2.00 double with quilled petals. 2-2½ ft. on a cream base. 10 ins. HA £2.84 chocolate. 12-18 ins. (H)HP £1.95 a surprising shade of orange-pink. HP £1.95 Lovely! 2 ft. HA £2.22 12 13 Midnight Shades

Papaver somniferum var. 952T Salpiglossis sinuata ‘Kew Blue’ 1134K Salvia forskaohlei 1136G paeoniflorum ‘Black Peony’ Showy, velvety, trumpet-shaped Splendid plant from forming The silky, fully double blooms of this flowers of the deepest midnight a lovely rosette of enormous, hairy variety are of the deepest purple. blue-violet for a touch of luxury in your leaves which support the spectacular Very beautiful. 3 ft. border. Splendid for cuttng, 2½ ft. spires of white-tongued, vivid blue HA £2.48 HHA £1.75 flowers. 3 ft.HP £2.28

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Scabiosa atropurpurea 1148Y Dianthus chinensis var heddewigii Cerinthe major 316K Dianthus barbartus 454N ‘Black Knight’ ‘Black & White Minstrels’ 450L var. purpurascens ‘Hollandia Purple Crown’ This dramatic variety has very, very Quite unique variety with colours rare These distinctive and unusual dark Large clusters of single flowers in dark purple flower heads, some with in flowers. Large, double, scented purple-blue flowers will be quite a range of dark and white bicolors. lovely contrasting white stigmas. 4 ft. blooms from June to frost. 12-15 ins. different from anything else in your Treated as an annual will flower in the HA £1.75 HA £1.75 garden. 1-2 ft. HA £1.95 first year. 2 ft.HB £2.95

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Daucus carota ‘Dara’ 437Y Aquilegia ‘Black Barlow’ 112R Nigella damascena 902F Clarkia purpurea ssp quadrivulnera Nemophila menziesii 896J Centaurea cyanus 304H One of our favourite new varieties Stunning very double, purple-black ‘Albion Black Pod’ ‘Burgundy Wine 353K ‘Penny Black’ ‘Black Boy’ is this dark flowered wild carrot. blooms. Very uniform plants, splendid Unusual, delicate white flowers with Cultivar of a Californian native Extraordinary and fascinating variety Very fine, old, tall variety, making a Variation in the colours results in an for border or cut flower use. 3ft. intriguing green stamens are followed wildflower with lovely shiny purple bearing deep purple, almost black, particular fine cut flower with double attractive mix from white and pink to HP £2.75 by very ornamental, dark seed flowers, very easy to grow and long flowers with a sharply contrasting flowers of a rich deep maroon colour. dark purple. 3-4 ft. HB £1.92 capsules. 1½ ft. HA £2.25 flowering. 1-3 ft.HHA £1.65 white edge. 6 ins. HA £2.84 3-4 ft. HA £1.95

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Catananche caerulea 285A Calamintha nepeta ‘Blue Cloud’ 233K consolida 442L Cupid’s Dart Lovely plant for the border or herb ‘Fancy Purple Picotee’ Easily grown with grey-green leaves, garden. Heavily scented with numerous An elegant and eye-catching Larkspur and bearing attractive, violet-blue spikes of tiny blue flowers with long with pale purple blooms edged with a flowers surrounded by papery, silver- purple bracts. Flowers the first year darker purple. 2-3 ft. coloured bracts. 2-3 ft. HP £2.22 from seed. 12-18 ins. HP £2.84 HA £1.95

Nicandra physaloides 897A Linaria purpurea 813R Matthiola bicornis 848P Shoo-Fly Plant Purple Toadflax ‘Starlight Scentsation’ Attractive bell-shaped flowers followed Naturalised in England is this reliable Flowers with the typical exquisite by papery Chinese lanterns. Believed favourite with long, slender spires fragrance of Night Scented Stocks to be a deterrent to white-fly. 3-4 ft. crowded with purple-violet flowers in a range of charming pastel colours. HHA £1.74 all summer. 2-3 ft. HP £1.86 18 ins. HA £2.26

New Baptisia australis 180A Didiscus caeruleus 460B Lunaria annua Honesty 827 Nigella papillosa ‘Delft Blue’ 902K A particularly fine plant for growing Blue Lace Flower Introduced from some 400 Striking new variety with white flowers at the back of the border with spikes Large umbels of beautiful, pale years ago, Honesty is well known splashed with purply-blue streaks and of indigo-blue flowers in June. 5 ft. lavender-blue, faintly sweet-scented for the silvery, moon-like seed cases. dark stamens. 2ft. Packet of 12 seeds. flowers. 1-2 ft.HHA £1.98 Attractive bright purple flowers May HA £1.95 HP £2.95 to July. 2½ ft. HB £1.76

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‘Romeo’ 768Q ‘Beaujolais’ 767Q ‘Cathy’ 768B ‘Barry Dare’ 767E Exquisite new variety for 2015. Very Large, lightly fragrant blossoms of a Very tall with cream flowers with a Large frilly blooms in a vibrant cherry- scented cream flowers with delicate rich burgundy colour. exceptional scent. 20 seeds £2.48 red colour carried in profusion. mauve edging. 20 seeds £2.85 25 seeds £2.46 ‘Royal Wedding’ 767A 20 seeds £1.95 Vigorous and long stemmed in pure white. 20 seeds £1.82

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‘Erewhon’ 768R ‘Prince of Orange’ 761Y ‘Chiltern Seeds Mulberry Mix’ 768W Exciting new variety for 2015. Dark A striking shade of bright orange. Beautiful and classy mix of carefully selected tasteful dark purple and white Sweet Peas purple petals with, unusually, lighter pink Stunning and very unusual. standards. 25 seeds £2.65 25 seeds £1.95 flowers including ‘Midnight’, ‘Wiltshire Ripple’ and ‘Jilly’. £2.95 These varieties are all available separately – see our website for details.

One of our most enduring flowers, the Sweet pea (Lathyrus odoratus) needs little introduction. Here is just a small selection of our favourite varieties. See our website for our full range.

‘Chiltern Seeds Flamingo Flamenco Mix’ 768T ‘Nelly Viner’ 767P ‘Oxford Blue’ 767T ‘Chiltern Seeds Twilight Mix’ 768M ‘Mollie Rilestone’ 767M Exclusive new mix for 2015 with vibrant clashing colours of the brightest sweet Gorgeous clear pastel pink variety with Waxy blooms change from mid Our exclusive mix of specially selected Wavy cream flowers with a delicate peas for the flamboyant gardener. Includes ‘Gwendoline’, ‘Prince of Orange’ attractive frilly petals. Very fragrant. to darker blue. Very unusual. dark varieties. 25 seeds £2.95 pink picotee. Extremely fragrant variety. and ‘Henry Thomas’. £2.95 25 seeds £2.38 25 seeds £2.05 20 seeds £2.42 These varieties are all available separately – see our website for details.

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Anemone nemorosa 97C Digitalis purpurea True Wild Form Papaver rhoeas True Wild Form Stachys officinalis 1192Q Wood Anemone Foxglove 463A Field Poppy 951A Betony Attractive wild flower with delicate Handsome and familiar plant. With its brilliant scarlet flowers, Native wild flower of open woodland, white or pink-tinged flowers, 1½ ins. Spectacular at the back of a border. this native wild flower needs no bearing all summer spikes of bright across, with numerous stamens. 2-5 ft. HB £1.82 introduction. 1-2 ft. reddish-purple flowers. 6 ins.-2 ft. 4-8 ins. HP £2.56 HA £1.75 HP £1.99

Wild Flower Meadow Mixture 4000M Chrysanthemum leucanthemum Centaurea cyanus True Wild Form True Wild Form Ox-Eye Daisy 341B Cornflower 304A A general purpose wide range of native wild flower species (see website for list Beautiful yet robust native grassland Well known wild flower with cottony of contents), this mix contains only wild flower seeds with no grass seed. wild flower. 8 ins.-2½ ft. foliage and beautiful blue flowers, HP £2.40 HP £1.78 beloved by bees and butterflies alike. 1-3 ft. HA £1.86

Rhinanthus minor 1090C Malva moschata 843E Primula veris True Wild Form 1046A Achillea millefolium True Wild Form Daucus carota 437R Yellow Rattle Musk Mallow Cowslip Yarrow 36G Queen Anne’s Lace, Wild Carrot Attractive native with spikes of yellow With fern-like foliage and attractive, Surely one of our loveliest wild flowers. Native wild plant with flat heads of flowers. Grow to increase the variety rose-pink flowers, this is one of the 6 ins. white flowers (and can be pink) all Parent of the humble carrot – should be just as popular as a garden plant and cut of wild flowers in your meadow (it most decorative of our native wild HP £2.88 summer. Worthy of a place in any flower with dense umbels of white flowers. Loved by butterflies and bees. 3 ft. weakens neighbouring grasses). flowers. 2-3 ft.HP £1.86 garden. 1-2 ft. HP £1.50 HB £1.92 6-15 ins. HA £1.84 20 21 Mange Tout Pea ‘Shiraz’ 1372C Courgette ‘All Green Bush’ 1358A Beetroot ‘Chioggia’ 1354H More compact than a regular pea, Lovely variety – easy to grow with (Heirloom/Heritage Variety) it has lovely purple flowers followed dark green . Harvest these The flesh of these light red, ball- Kitchen Garden by very special, flat, very dark purple regularly, and they will reward you shaped roots consists of highly pods, produced in profusion. £2.95 with plentiful courgettes over a long ornamental, contrasting dark pink cropping period. £1.95 and white alternating rings. £1.95

Carrot ‘Atomic Red’ 1736E Pea ‘Early Onward’ 1787 Cucamelon 1359M Chick Pea ‘Principe’ 1378B An interesting dark red carrot with a (Heirloom/Heritage Variety) Very popular and very easy to grow, it One we enjoyed growing at home this lovely sweet, strong flavour; great raw, A very popular early variety of vigorous produces an abundance of fruits like year. Easy to grow and when picked but perhaps best served lightly cooked growth producing a heavy crop of mini watermelons with the flavour of still green, the pods can be quickly as the colour intensifies. £1.75 tasty, very sweet peas. £2.35 cucumber and lime. £1.80 boiled and eaten like Edamame. Delicious! £2.95

Kale ‘Red Russian’ 1758B Tomato ‘Green Zebra’ 1803C Tomato ‘Gardener’s Delight’ 1371 Strawberry ‘Yellow Wonder’ 1204J Radish ‘French Breakfast’ 1793 Cavolo Nero 1758A (Heirloom/Heritage Variety) A beautiful tomato – green-when-ripe, One of our best selling tomatoes, An easily grown variety forming (Heirloom/Heritage Variety) ‘Nero de Toscana’ A so called ‘Superfood’, Kale is very a chartreuse colour with lime-green and rightly so with its unmatched compact plants bearing lots of An old favourite with long bright red, Old Italian heirloom variety; dwarf popular at the moment. This variety stripes. Superbly tasty. £1.95 sweetness and deliciousness. . The flavour of these, although oval-shaped roots with a mild but growing, producing an abundance has delicious, frilly, slate-green, Perfect bite-sized fruits. £1.95 obviously of a strawberry, is quite tasty flavour. £1.60 of long, narrow, dark grey-green, oak-like leaves. Useful in salads. £1.95 distinct and delicious. £2.40 curly leaves. £1.95

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Chilli Pepper 1823E Soya Bean ‘Fiskeby V’ 1816K Asparagus Pea 1353C Tomato ‘Black Cherry’ 1371R ‘Hungarian Black’ Exciting new variety for 2015. Bred (Heirloom/Heritage Variety) Cherry-sized, wonderfully sweet and Hungarian heirloom with stunning to produce high yields in a northern Beautiful dark red flowers with curious juicy is this unusual tomato with very deep purple fruits that are almost climate so now you can grow your peas that taste a bit like asparagus. dark red skin with blackish hues. black in colour. Mildly hot and own Edamame. £1.85 Pick young and eat raw or stir fry. £1.85 exceptionally flavoursome. £2.25 Very easy. £2.25

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Microcherry Tomato 1803H New Zealand Spinach 1366 Brokali ‘Atlantis F1’ 1758H A super new variety for the patio or An interesting, far tastier alternative A unique cross between Broccoli and Chinese Kale – rather like the finest hanging basket, this plant produces to ordinary spinach. A prolific grower, sprouting broccoli with stems that are as tender as the shoots. £3.00 an abundance of tiny, sweet red pick repeatedly until the frosts. tomatoes. £3.30 £1.75

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Runner Bean 1710E Runner Bean ‘Painted Lady’ 1354T Dwarf French Bean ‘Purple Teepee’ Baby Aubergine 1811H Chinese Amaranth 1329B ‘Scarlet Empire’ (Heirloom/Heritage Variety) 1816A ‘Kaberi F1’ ‘Red Army’ Lovely red flowers which are followed (Heirloom/Heritage Variety) This produces all of its many pods A new and improved, very easy, dwarf Vibrant cherry-red colour (although a by smooth, narrow, stringless pods, One to grow both for a regular quota of delicious runner beans well above the foliage in a kind of plant ideal for growing in containers few will have green foliage). Can be approximately 12 ins long. £2.85 and an abundance of beautiful bicolored flowers. £3.25 wigwam fashion. Stringless, tender bearing highly attractive purple cooked like spinach or eaten in salads and dark purple in colour and with flowers and small, perfectly formed as a baby . £1.95 a superb flavour. £2.40 baby Aubergines. £2.65 24 25 New New New New

Fennel ‘Pencil Green’ 1384E Garlic Chives 1384C Lemon Balm 1375 Persian Cress 1397B Chard ‘Pink Flamingo’ 1368F Mustard ‘Red Dragon F1’ 1398B Variety perfect for mini fennel with a The flavour of these is half way (Heirloom/Heritage Variety) An interesting one to try; oval, dark Highly ornamental, this chard has very Tasty, spicy variety with deeply lobed lovely mild aniseed flavour. Use both between ordinary Chives and Garlic; The deliciously lemon-scented leaves green leaves with a sweetly aromatic brightly coloured, flamingo-pink stalks. leaves with very attractive mottled the stalk and fronds as a babyleaf in the leaves can be used like Chives, are used, dried or fresh, for flavouring and mildly peppery flavour. £1.75 Very easy, can be used as a baby leaf red on green colouring. £1.90 salads, just 5 weeks from sowing. or fried where you might use onions. soups, stews, sauces and salad or more mature leaves cooked like Slow to bolt. £1.95 £1.90 dressing. 2 ft. £1.60 spinach. £1.95

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Red Veined Sorrel 1394C Basil Queen of Sheba 1377F Chives 1381 Komatsuna ‘Comred F1’ 1341D Wild Rocket ‘Torino’ 1842E Bull’s Blood ‘Olympia’ 1714F Very attractive bright green leaves Highly ornamental variety of Basil with The thin, grass-like leaves have a A variety perfect for baby leaf salads A reliable variety for all seasons; This variety has a consistent deep red wth conspicuous red stems and veins. intense purple flowers contrasting mild Onion flavour and are particularly with vibrant, ruby red oval shaped vigorous, uniform, upright, well serrated colour thoughout the summer with Flavour is sharp and tangy. £1.90 beautifully with the bright green foliage. useful chopped up in a salad. 6 ins. leaves with contrasting green stems. with an excellent peppery flavour. very high quality leaves. £1.95 £1.95 £1.60 £1.95 £1.95

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Borage 1377 Wild Bergamot 1379D Coriander ‘Confetti’ 1382D Red Perilla ‘Shisho’ 1373B Salad Leaves 1370F Mizuna ‘Red Baron F1’ 1341C (Heirloom/Heritage Variety) This is a very aromatic plant with a Totally unique fine and feathery foliage A plant you can use to give herbal ‘Rocky Top’ Lettuce Mix Deeply serrated, purple red leaves Delightful annual with pretty blue strong scent. The flavour is vaguely but maintains the distinctive coriander interest to your border or colour A top selling item made up of many make for an interesting addition flowers beloved by bees. Use the young minty - pop a couple of leaves in your flavour and wonderfully aromatic. interest to your herb garden! These brightly coloured and unique types to salads. £1.95 tender leaves in salads and drinks. fresh peppermint tea to give it a twist. Good bolting tolerance. £1.75 have a strong aroma and flavour of lettuce including some rare, Flowers can be frozen in ice cubes. £2.28 of cinnamon. £1.95 heirloom varieties. £1.95 £1.60 26 27 New ©Sabina Rüber ©Sabina Calendula officinalis 235H ‘Oopsy Daisy’ A cheery, compact Marigold with unusual bicolored blooms in a range of creamy yellows and bright oranges. 8-10 ins. HA £1.95

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