Plant World Seeds 2016
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NEW! PLANT WORLD NEW! PENSTEMON CONFERTUS SEEDS ECHIUM 'RED ROCKET' 2016 NEW! NEW! COSMOS ATROSANGUINEUS AUBRIETA 'SNOWDRIFT' NEW! NEW! JOVELLANA VIOLACEA TANACETUM PARTHENIUM 'MALMESBURY' NEW! NEW! DIERAMA 'PINK FAIRIES' VISCARIA OCULATA 'BLUE ANGEL' www.plant-world-seeds.com Possibly the world’s only catalogue selling this year’s fresh seeds! The last mild winter was kind to Plant World, with plant sales here breaking all previous records, so not everyone is concreting over their plots! This was further helped by the fact that much of our old dilapidated nursery area had been demolished, making way for new easy-to-use waist-height sales tables, and comprehensive coloured information boards for every one of the countless unusual plants sold here. With one of the largest number of seeds offered in the world, our website continues to expand, presently offering more than three thousand different items, many of them exclusive to ourselves, so if you have never yet visited it please give it a try. Exciting plant trips to The Himalayas, Patagonia and Crete wound up the year. As I approach 70 and Tessa 60, we Some of our new discoveries.... finally decided to give up running b Cosmos atrosanguineus - Rich, almost-black, marathons for worthy causes. In April chocolate-scented flowers vary in colour, size this year my dear younger brother and habit. Probably the first ever seed offering. Derek died suddenly after two painful Sorry, only one packet per customer. years of treatment for Non Hodgkins b Viscaria 'Blue Angel' - The "Blue Campion" a Lymphoma. So we decided to enter the rare and fantastic dwarf cottage garden plant, 2015 Great North Run half marathon to with masses of wide-open, large, two-tone mid raise funds for the Lymphoma blue flowers smothering it. Association and although we had little b Dierama 'Pink Fairies' - Our most spectacular time to collect funds, we have sent this organisation a fair pile of cheques. Our new dwarf hybrid has short stems carrying grand total for the last 14 yearly runs for heavy sprays of large, pendulous, brightest pink different charities now totals just over bells in spring. £40,000. Thank you to all who donated! b Penstemon confertus - This rare species bears densely crowded spikes of a true lemon- Ray Brown yellow, making it probably the only genuinely yellow Penstemon. b Aubrieta 'Snowdrift' - This is possibly the first ever seed offering of this rare pure white form which makes dense cushions studded with creamy white flowers. b Echium 'Red Rocket' - This back-cross of E. wildpretii with "Pink Fountain" results in an incredible dense column of strawberry-red flowers above a rosette of grey narrow leaves. Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 2 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 A perfect day out for Garden Clubs and Plant Societies. Plant World, situated between Torquay and Newton Abbot in beautiful South Devon, offers an outstanding collection of rare and exotic plants from around the world. Indeed, the four acres of landscaped gardens, the first ever planted and constructed as the five continents, has been called ‘Devon’s Little Outdoor Eden’. We are a popular destination for visiting groups and offer a cordial welcome so please get in touch! Established in 1985, Plant World is the culmination of a plantsman’s vision and has been featured several times on BBC’s Gardeners’ World as well as on other TV programmes. The extensive collection of rare and unusual plants is complemented by the mature cottage and Mediterranean gardens. Rare Plant Nursery Inspirational ‘gardens from around the world’ contain a selection of rare and exotic plants rarely seen outside their native lands. Choice specimens seen in the gardens are sold in the Plantsman’s Nursery, a treasure trove of sought-after plants. So if you are passionate about plants and gardens, Plant World is a definite ‘must-see’ during your visit to beautiful South Devon. Viewpoint Café Our modern hilltop shop and café provide light lunches, cream teas and delicious home-made cakes. Visitors can enjoy one of the best views in the West Country with unforgettable views over the Teign Valley from Dartmoor to the sea. We provide free parking and entry into the plant nursery and also have a scenic picnic area. A modest entrance charge is made for adults visiting the gardens whilst children are free. Nursery & Gardens Opening Times 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 7 days a week. From late March to early October. Please ring before visiting early or late in the season to check on opening times Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 3 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 Contents How To Sow YourSeeds 2 Introduction b Sow all seeds as soon as you receive them unless otherwise advised on the packet. 3 Gardens & Nursery b Use sterile compost. We recommend John Innes. b Sow seed thinly and cover to about twice the 4 General Information depth of the seed size with fine grit or coarse sand. 5 Flower Seed Collections b Do remember mousetraps and slug pellets. (Note: Please be careful if you have children or pets). 6 Ornamentals b Sow cold-germinating seeds in a cold frame or unheated greenhouse. 44 Climbers b Do be patient. Some seedlings appear in a few days whilst others may take several months, or 48 Trees & Shrubs even a year or more. DO NOT throw the seed tray away! 51 Grasses b Store warm-germinating seed in a fridge and sow in March or April in a heated greenhouse or 53 Tomatoes propagator or in a well-lit spot on a window sill. b Do not leave seedlings in a seed tray for too long. 58 Other Vegetables They often simply stop growing. 72 Terms Of Business Have you discovered 73 Order Form something new? A new Meconopsis perhaps?! AbbreviationsKey Please let us know if anything new, A - Annual unusual or variegated appears in Bi - Biennial your garden. And do keep writing to Bb - Bulb us if you have any suggestions or Cl - Climber advice, as we are always pleased to H - Hardy hear how you are doing. And thanks HH - Half Hardy for buying and growing our seeds! P - Perennial Sh - Shrub T - Tree Ray Brown Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 4 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 GreatValue! Save upto£9with ourcollections. HOTCOLLECTION Total Value £25.70 You pay£15.95 Our fire collection will brighten up your garden …… Aquilegia ‘Double Rubies’ Moraea huttonii Centaurea macrocephala Oenothera ‘Sunset Boulevard’ Dierama 'Blackbird' Potentilla ‘Monarch’s Velvet’ Ligularia clivorum ’Desdemona’ Sisyrinchium palmifolium Meconopsis cambrica ‘Frances Perry’ Scabiosa rumellica COOL COLLECTION Total Value £27.90 You pay£15.95 Always the most popular colours …… Campanula lactiflora ‘Prichard’s Variety’ Lobelia ‘Blue Cardinal’ Echium ‘Blue Steeple’ Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’ Geranium ‘Purple-Haze’ Nepeta parnassica Agapanthus ‘Headbourne Hybrids’ Veronica grandis Libertia caerulescens Penstemon eriantherus GIANTCOLLECTION Total Value £25.85 You pay£15.95 Land of the Giants for spectacular effects …… Alcea ficifolia Campanula 'Prichard's Variety' Datisca cannabina Peltiphyllum peltatum Digitalis ferruginea gigantea Rheum palmatum tanguticum Echium ‘Blue Steeple’ Rudbeckia laciniata Lobelia tupa Vernonia gigantea FRAGRANT COLLECTION Total Value £26.15 You pay£15.95 To please you and the bees …… Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’ Lavandula angustifolia Aquilegia ‘Fragrant Fantasy’ Nicotiana sylvestris Aquilegia ‘’Perfumed Garden’ Oenothera ‘Apricot Delight’ Camassia leichtlinii Paradisea lusitanica Euphorbia mellifera Viola ‘Blueberry Cream’ COLOURED FOLIAGE Total Value £25.35 You pay£15.95 Bring colour to your winter garden …… Ligularia clivorum ‘Desdemona’ Lavatera arborea variegata Agastache ‘Golden Jubilee’ Nicandra ‘Splash of Cream’ Geranium ‘Purple-Haze’ Penstemon ‘Husker Red’ Haloragis ‘Wellington Bronze’ Phormium mixed Heuchera ‘Metallica’ Plantago major rubrifolia SWEET PEA COLLECTION Total Value £15.00 You pay£12.95 For perfume all summer …… Sweet pea ‘Black Knight’ Sweet pea ‘Painted Lady’ Sweet pea ‘Stylish’ Sweet pea ‘Pastel Sunset’ Sweet pea ‘Oxford Blue’ Sweet pea ‘Ripple Mixed’ Sweet pea ‘Cupid Mixed’ Sweet pea ‘Royal Wedding’ Sweet pea ‘Henry Eckford’ Sweet pea ‘Spencer Mixed’ Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 5 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 ABIES KOREANA ACONITUM CARMICHAELII £2.90 Pinaceae HP 4.0-12.0 (8 seeds) £2.45 RanunculaceaeHP 1.2-1.5m This exceptionally handsome, (Aconitum Wilsonii Fischeri) A easily grown and disease- grand and imposing plant. Stout resistant tree produces stems hold very late (Aug-Sept) extremely ornamental, violet- spikes of rich violet-blue hooded purple cones even on small flowers. Rich green divided trees. It also has highly foliage. Valuable late season aromatic foliage, which, when flowers when most else has crushed, has a strong fruity gone. orange smell. ABUTILON (VITIFOLIUM) X SUNTENSE ACOACONNIITTUUMM NAPELLUS £2.70 MalvaceaeHHSh 1.8m £2.60 RanunculaceaeHP 90cm This frost hardy plant is surely The true "Monkshood" flowers the most desirable of all mallow from earliest spring, producing relatives. Clusters of large, bowl- indigo-blue hooded flowers on shaped, pale to deep purple strong stems clad in shiny green flowers, with the occasional leaves. This is one of the white flowered form, open from earliest, easiest and most late spring to summer over a rewarding flowers you can grow foil of felted grey-green leaves. in the garden and is totally trouble-free. ACANTHACANTHUUSS MOLLIS ACONITUM VULPARIA £2.90 AcanthaceaeHP 1.0-1.5m (5 seeds) £2.80 RanunculaceaeHP 1.0m (4 seeds) This hardy, statuesque, Long-lived clumps produce very handsome plant has large dense sprays of pale sulphur ornamental glossy leaves and yellow hooded flowers in spring strong spikes of very lovely and early summer, above 'hooded' pink and cream flowers attractive, bright green shiny which over the years makes foliage.