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DIERAMA 'PINK FAIRIES' VISCARIA OCULATA 'BLUE ANGEL' www.-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 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 vary in colour, size this year my dear younger brother and habit. Probably the first ever 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 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 .

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 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 & 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 - 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 - 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 …… ‘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

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FRAGRANT COLLECTION Total Value £26.15 You pay£15.95 To please you and the …… 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. If dead-headed impressive clumps. A superb, flowering will continue into the long-lived plant that makes a autumn. perpetual statement.

ACIS AUTUMNALIS ADENIUM OBESUM £2.80 HHBb 25-30cm £3.95 Apocynaceae GP 30-40cm (15 seeds) These delightful, dainty gems Extremely beautiful, large and are bulbous perennials with showy, white-throated carmine linear leaves and nodding, bell- flowers open in succession all shaped, pure white or summer on this astonishing occasionally pink, fragrant specimen. One of the world's flowers, which open with or most amazing plants, it makes a before the leaves in late summer thick, fleshy trunk, the spreading branches bearing dark green, pointed leaves.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 6 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 ADENOPHORA POTANINII AGASTACHE BOLERO £2.85 CampanulaceaeHP 1.0-1.2m £3.15 Labiatae HP,HBi 40-50cm (20+ seeds) Blooming, incredibly, from late Above bronze-coloured, spring to autumn, this rare, non- aromatic foliage, arise branching running, clump-forming flower spikes which are packed “Ladybells”, native to West full of rose-purple, tubular China, produces countless tall blooms which flower into late flowering stems which support a autumn. They will flower the mass of rich, flaring, lavender first year from seed and in a bells. dry, sheltered spot they will excel for many years.

AGAPANTHUS 'HEADBOURNE HYBRIDS' AGASTACHE FOENICULUM 'GOLDEN JUBILEE' £2.95 LiliaceaeHP60cm £2.90 Labiatae HP 40-60cm Huge true blue globular heads Discovered here and given the flower freely on stout stems 'All America Award'. Early above strap-shaped leaves. This spring crowns of purplish, seemingly completely hardy crinkled leaves transform into variety forms thick established sweetly aromatic golden clumps which improve over the rosettes, with tubby terminal years. spikes of fluffy lavender flowers. Superb in a well- drained spot.

AGAPANTHUS LILLIPUT AGASTACHE 'GREEN CANDLES' £2.85 Liliceae HP 40-50cm £2.35 Scrophulariacea HP 60-90cm Above neat tufts of narrow Closed ranks of long green leaves stand rounded heads of pokers bearing pale yellow rich-blue, star-shaped flowers, flowers will make a striking showing dark central veins, and feature in any border. This blue stemmed . unusual, fragrant-leaved Seedlings grown from seeds "bubble mint" will produce a collected from this diminutive truly dramatic effect when "African Lily" may vary a little grown as a solitary clump. but will all be lovely.

AGAAGAPPAANTNTHHUUSS 'SNOWBALL' AGASTACHE 'LIQUORICE BLUE' £2.95 LiliaceaeHP60-90cm £2.25 Labiatae HP 60-75cm Balls of delicate, pure white Blue flower spikes, adored by flowers arise on long stout bees and , arise in stems in mid and late summer profusion above aromatic, amidst vigorous clumps of aniseed and liquorice-scented bright green strap-like leaves. leaves. In a well-drained and The pure white flowers preferably sheltered spot this occasionally have the slightest gorgeous plant is soundly shade of blushed pink at the perennial. tips of the petals.

AGAAGASSTTAACCHHEE AURANTIACA ALCEALCEA MAROON FRILLS £2.40 Labiatae HP 38-45cm £2.60 MalvaceaeHP1.5-2.0m Massed sprays of flaming A solitary, deep maroon, fig- orange tubular flowers arise leafed plant in our cottage above fragrant leaves for a very garden produced much larger long period, right into late than normal flowers with prettily autumn. These delightful serrated and frilled edges. flowers will excel for many years Seedlings may vary but they will in a well-drained position. all be lovely.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 7 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 ALLIUM CHOICE MIXTURE ALONSOA MERIDIONALIS REBEL £2.40 AlliaceaeHB20-45cm £2.70 Scrophulariacea HHP 38-45cm A bumper bag of these trouble Strong, branching stems with free ornamental plants. dark green shiny leaves produce Displaying a range of colours a very long succession of including white, yellow, pink and dazzling crimson/scarlet flowers. purple. Includes Allium This vigorous plant, perennial in aflatunense, cyaneum, warmer countries, will flower in carolinianum, farreri, flavum, as little as 12 weeks from fragrans, karataviense and other sowing. rarities.

ALLIUM CHRISTOPHII ALSALSTTRROOEEMMEERRIIAA AURANTIACA £2.65 AlliaceaeHB45cm £2.70 Alstroemeriacea HP 60-90cm Magnificent, ten inch, spherical We offer a generous packet heads composed of glossy from our sizeable stock beds of amethystine violet stars (which "Peruvian Lilies". These hardy can be dried to give pleasure all and trouble-free spectacular year) will turn heads for years plants form slowly expanding to come. Undoubtedly one of clumps of orchid-like orange the most flamboyant members and yellow blooms which of this enormous family of improve unattended over the plants. years.

ALLIULIUMM HOLLANDICUM 'PURPLE SENSATION' ALSTROEMERIA HUEMULINA £2.75 AlliaceaeHB90cm £2.95 Alstroemeriacea HP 30-45cm (10+ seeds) This AGM winner, native to Iran, The most dazzling lipstick produces a stiff, upright stem scarlet red of any alstroemeria, bearing a sizeable, tight, with golden flame-like slashes in circular, purple flower head with the throat. A choice and umbels three inches across, of spectacular introduction from 50 or more star-shaped, deep Chile. violet flowers that appear to float through the perennials in any hot dry garden.

ALLIUM NARCISSIFLORUM ALSTROEMERIA LIGTU HYBRIDS £2.85 AlliaceaeHB15-20cm (20 seeds) £2.95 Alstroemeriacea HP 60-80cm This highly superior species These famous hybrids come in produces large, pink-magenta, all shades of orange and red. open-mouthed flowers each in The large, sumptuous flowers, the shape of a hand-bell, held in resembling orchids, are easy to a cluster at the top of the stem. grow, and the clumps improve This really is one of the over the years making them an treasures of the , with invaluable addition to every neat, tidy growths and a non- garden. invasive habit.

ALLILIUUMM SCHUBERTII ALTHALTHAEA CANNABINA £3.45 AlliaceaeHB,HP 45-60cm (8 seeds) £2.95 MalvaceaeHP1.8-2.4m (10 seeds) This astonishing plant bears the Flowering in September and largest flowers of all of the October when most other alliums, with absolutely flowers have finished, cupped, enormous beach-ball heads dark eyed, rosy pink flowers producing hundreds of rose-pink open on long stalks, clad in flowers on radiating stems of small, soft cannabis-like (so we different lengths, resembling an are told) leaves. Sumptuous, exploding firework. and always coveted by late season visitors.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 8 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 AMAAMARRAANTNTHHUUSS CAUDATUS PONY TAILS ANTHRISCUS SYLSYLVVESESTRIS 'GOLDEN FLEECE' £1.90 AmaranthaceaeHHA 1.0-1.2m £3.45 UmbelliferaeHP 70-90cm (10 seeds) A selection of these lovely A fabulous new plant with flowers bearing long, bright, lemony-yellow, fern-like pendulous, flowing tails in many leaves in early spring making shades from green to red. shining, golden mounds which These plants are often used to are totally resistant to burning striking effect in many parks, by the sun, with sprays of fluffy gardens and stately homes! white flowers opening later. Few seeds collected but comes almost 100% true from seed.

AMARYLLIS VITTATA 'RED GIANT' (HIPPEASTRUM) ANTHANTHRIRISCUS SYLVESTRIS 'RAVENSWING' £3.15 Amaryllidaceae HHP 45-60cm (10 seeds) £2.90 ApiaceaeHP60-90cm (30+ seeds) Seeds from the largest flowered This exciting recent discovery amaryllis we have ever grown produces basal sprays of here, with 20 absolutely gigantic darkest mahogany-bronze, blood-red flowers on multiple finely divided ferny foliage, stems as the double up making a perfect foil for the airy yearly. Seedlings should umbels of white heads. Ever produce their first flowers in since being revealed at Chelsea year 2 and bulbs increase in size this has been an essential plant constantly. in modern gardens.

ANEMONE CANADENSIS AQUILEGIA 'WILLIAM GUINESS' (VULGARIS) £2.45 RanunculaceaeHP 30-45cm £2.55 RanunculaceaeHP 60-90cm This outstandingly attractive Dense clouds of puckered introduction bears large ivory deepest blue and white flowers waxy petalled flowers, which open over a long season, have both blue backs to the especially if plants are dead- petals and blue anthers. A headed. This is one of the most delightful combination. distinctive and best-known of the old fashioned forms and was rescued from obscurity here.

ANEMONE LEVEILLEI AQUILEGIA ATRATA £2.60 RanunculaceaeHP 40-45cm £2.80 RanunculaceaeHP 30-60cm This one of the easiest and long- Dark purple to black flowers lived of the clump-forming with unusually prominent yellow anemonies which improves with stamens open from May to age, bearing dense sprays of August. This lovely, long-lived, white waxy-petalled flowers true alpine species, grows in with a blue reverse. An high rocky places, sometimes in exceptionally beautiful flower limestone areas, but makes a from China. superb garden plant.

ANGANGEELLICICA GIGAS AQUILEGIA 'BLACK BARLOW' £3.15 ApiaceaeHP1.0-1.2m (10+ seeds) £2.75 RanunculaceaeHP 60-75cm This magnificent angelica The sprays of deeply doubled, bearing thick shiny leaves has darkest purple flowers quite rapidly become a cult plant, amazingly become invisible any with globular, solid heads of time after dusk here! As black dark crimson florets, which as you can get in aquilegias, or erupt on strong stems from any flower for that matter. inflated purple sheaths, providing a feast for pollinating insects.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 9 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 AQUILEGIA 'BURNISHED ROSE' AQUILEGIA FORMOSA £2.45 RanunculaceaeHP 45-60cm £2.70 RanunculaceaeHP 45-60cm (20 seeds) Selected here many years ago, This soundly sprays of icing pink pom-poms bears delightful deepest orange- hover gracefully above the red and yellow flowers in spring burnished, bright golden foliage. and early summer. If planted This lovely form looks fabulous away from others seedlings it as a massed planting and is will come perfectly true. completely trouble-free, improving yearly.

AQUILEGIA CLEMATIFLORA AQUILEGIA 'FRAGRANT FANTASY' £2.35 RanunculaceaeHP 45-60cm £2.95 RanunculaceaeHP 60-75cm Large, flared, outward-facing A new and lovely range of pink flowers, almost identical to columbines bred from some of those of a clematis, are held the most fragrant species in proudly facing outwards on our cultivation. The perfumed most admired aquilegia. We flowers come in all shapes and have heard visitors disputing sizes, from tight pom-poms to that these lovely plants were in long-spurred singles and in a fact aquilegias. wide variety of colours.

AQUILEGIA COTTAGE GARDEN MIX AQUILEGIA 'HONEYDEW' £2.45 RanunculaceaeHP 45-90cm £2.80 RanunculaceaeHP 60cm (20+ seeds) A selection from the range in The very rare fragrant Aquilegia our catalogue plus other colours moorcroftiana, is difficult and and forms collected from our short-lived. So we crossed it cottage garden. This well-filled with a lovely bi-coloured generous packet must surely be Japanese aquilegia to produce the biggest ever offered by any these fascinating long-lived seed company. plants with its sprays of delicate bi-coloured flowers, all deliciously perfumed.

AQUILEGIA 'DOUBLE RUBIES' AQUILEGIA 'PERFUMED GARDEN' £2.45 RanunculaceaeHP 45-60cm £2.65 RanunculaceaeHP 60-90cm Dense sprays of quilled, fully These are the culmination of double, deepest ruby red our breeding programme using flowers, creating spectacular both large flowered and fragrant large groups. This is one of the aquilegias. Amongst these will really exceptional doubles. probably be the largest perfumed columbines ever seen. Our bees are very disobedient so expect the occasional amazing freak hybrid!

AQUILEGIA 'FIREWHEEL' AQUILEGIA 'ROYAL PURPLE' £2.45 RanunculaceaeHP 60cm £2.40 RanunculaceaeHP 45-60cm Another magnificent variation of This specially selected spurless the clematiflora form. This sport form produces flowers almost that appeared here many years identical to double clematis and ago bears doubled, darkest in the most deep and rich royal pinky-red petals, resembling purple. One of the most licking tongues of flame on outstanding new forms we have branching stems. recently produced.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 10 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 AQUILEGIA SNOWBALLS INVOLUCRATA 'SHAGGY' £2.40 RanunculaceaeHP 60-75cm £2.90 UmbelliferaeHP 60cm Bunches of bobbing, pure white This most popular and much pom-pom flowers on branching improved form of Astrantia stems make a delightful sight in major has a much larger May and June. Will self-seed "collar", with beautifully and come true if grown away coloured tips darkly etched in from other forms. attractive green shades. It is very long lived indeed and will grow under almost any conditions.

AQUILEGIA VULGARIS 'ORANGES AND LEMONS' £2.40 RanunculaceaeHP 60-90cm £2.45 UmbelliferaeHP 60cm This completely new colour This long-flowering and very range has bicolored flowers in long-lived plant displays showy all shade of reds, oranges and star-like heads with radiating yellows. The occasional 'plum' in shades of green, pink pops up but adds to the colour and white. Excellent cut flowers scheme! Unlike many are a bonus. aquilegias which give a once-off burst of bloom, these will flower on and on.

AQUILEGIA YABEANA ASTRANTIA MAJOR HADSPEN BLOOD £2.80 RanunculaceaeHP 60-75cm £2.95 UmbelliferaeHP 60cm A most amazing and vigorous Stout stems hold aloft a level plant from the mountains of sheet of flowers of probably the Japan, carrying deepest inky deepest, darkest, blood-red blue, long spurred flowers on form of this plant. It makes long stems. When planted 'en very long-lived and rewarding masse' it creates an clumps which are completely unforgettable sight. hardy and need no maintenance.

ARGEMONE SUBFUSIFORMIS ASTRANTIA MAJOR 'RUBY WEDDING SERIES' £2.70 PapaveraceaeHHA 40-60cm £2.90 UmbelliferaeHP 60cm This Chilean plant is quite new Seed from the darkest ruby and to cultivation and is a most maroon forms in our garden. imposing annual. It easy to Invaluable, very long flowering grow, and spectacular with its period (May-October). big yellow flowers and thorny, silvery leaves. Once established, it will resow each year but only growing where it is happy, and never being a nuisance!

ASPHODELUS ALBUS ASTRANTIA MAXIMA £2.50 AsphodelaceaeHB,HP 60-90cm (10+ seeds) £2.90 UmbelliferaeHP 60cm These lovely plants, which Exquisite, upwards facing, green surprisingly are completely frost- bracted, pure rose pink flowers hardy, produce clumps of linear are held above compact clumps basal leaves, and leafless stems of bold tripartite foliage. This is bearing racemes or panicles of the most desirable of all of the star-shaped, white or pink with a rewardingly flowers, each with an long flowering period. "A very attractive green or brown beautiful plant." (Graham Stuart central vein. Thomas)

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 11 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 AUBRIETA SNOWDRIFT CALCEOLARIA BIFLORA £2.90 CruciferaeHP8-15cm (20+ seeds) £2.60 Scrophulariacea HP 15-25cm this is possibly the first ever Native to Chile and Argentina, offering of seed of this pure this lovely alpine forms low, white form of aubrieta. A very compact rosettes of hairy leaves rare plant in cultivation, it from which arise wiry stems makes dense cushions of each bearing a pair of red evergreen foliage, studded with spotted, golden flowers. It creamy white flowers in earliest grows well in moist but well- spring. It does best in poor soil drained soil, e.g. a rock garden or even on a dry wall. alpine trough, or gravel scree.

BAPTISIA AUSTRALIS CALENDULA 'KABLOUNA' £3.15 LeguminosaeHP 1.0-1.2m £1.65 Compositae HA 38cm Flowering from June to August, This remarkable, quite new this is one of the most beautiful cottage garden delight has early-summer perennials, with large, strikingly-crested, slowly trifoliate leaves and erect, lupin- darkening blooms of gold, like racemes of rich violet-blue, lemon, orange and apricot with pea-like flowers, followed by a dark, contrasting, pin-cushion conspicuous inflated pods. They boss of tightly-quilled petals. do best in deep, well-drained Easily grown by simply soil. broadcasting the seeds.

BEGONIA 'MIDNIGHT BEAUTY ORANGE' CAMPANULA COTTAGE MIXED £2.95 BegoniaceaeHHP 20-30cm (30 seeds) £2.60 CampanulaceaeHP 1.5m A cascade of darkest chocolate, A bumper bonus bargain packet almost black foliage, is crowned of all of the upright forms in our with masses of fully double rich gardens, including some rarities orange blooms. This is one of we do not not list. You can start the most amazing recent your own nursery with this lot! achievements from seed and is absolutely stunning whether in the garden or in a container.

BLUEBELL CAMPANULA LATIFOLIA 'BRANTWOOD' £1.95 LiliaceaeHB30-45cm (100 seeds) £2.40 CampanulaceaeHP 1.0-1.25 (Scilla non-scripta) Drifts of Stout spires of very large, deep fragrant, nodding blue bells are violet purple bells open in spring one of the most enduring sights and early summer. This is the of spring in English woods. darkest and finest form of this These seeds were collected gorgeous flower from high in from the wild plants on Devon the Himalayas. banks surrounding our gardens.

BUPLEURUM 'BRONZE BEAUTY' CAMPANULA MAKASCHVILII £2.80 UmbelliferaeHP 45-60cm £2.75 CampanulaceaeHP 45cm This attractive dwarf form of the A very rare plant from the totally perennial Bupleurum Caucasus Mountains. Radiating longifolium has lacy, divided, arching stems clad in smallish yellow, almost astrantia-like heart-shaped leaves, hold pink- seedheads, which transform in edged, white bells along their early summer into plates of length. Long lived and desirable. coppery-bronze. Superb in a hot garden where it makes an ideal cut or dried flower.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 12 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 CAMPANULA PERSICIFOLIA CHAEROPHYLLUM HIRSUTUMUTUM ROSEUM £2.45 CampanulaceaeHP 60-90cm £2.95 ApiaceaeHP60cm An old-fashioned cottage garden Bright pink heads on short flower making mats of creping stems, with ferny, feathery foliage which is evergreen in all foliage, make this exceptionally but the worst winters. From late compact umbellifer an absolute spring to autum appear the cup- treasure. It is very slow to shaped, wide-open, lilac-blue or spread as well as being bone white bell flowers which are hardy. "To be sought, few very good for cutting. herbaceous plants can hold a candle to it in early May."

CAMPANULA PRIMULIFOLIA GIGANTEUM £2.75 CampanulaceaeHP 60cm £1.95 ChenopodiaceaeHA 1.0-1.5m Violet-eyed, open blue stars This very rapid-growing densely studding many stems. architectural curiosity is often Hairy primrose-like foliage. This grown as an attractive 'spot splendid gem flowers late in the plant', or as a fresh vegetable, season (July/August) and will when the continuously- naturalise if you are lucky, produced, stunning, purple- gently self-seeding. blotched leaves can be used either in salads, or as mature leaves cooked like spinach.

CAMPANULA PUNCTATA 'BEETROOT' CODONOPSIS GREY-WILSONII £3.15 CampanulaceaeHP 30-45cm £2.95 CampanulaceaeHCl 2.0-3.0m (20 seeds) This real show-stopper of a Bearing the largest flowers of all plant opens very large tubular codonopsis, each sky-blue star bells which are heavily washed has a central eye, pencilled in with purple outside and liberally violet and growing to 2" (5 cm) spotted inside with red and wide or more. Flowering in their purple. A gorgeous specimen second or third year, these making a slowly-spreading tuberous, herbaceous perennials carpet. "Rare and unusual." grow to a height of at least 3m (Graham Stuart Thomas). when mature.

CARCARDDIIOOCCRRIINNUUMM GIGANTEUM YUNNANENSE CORYDALIS LUTEA £3.50 LiliaceaeHB,HP 2.4-3.0m £2.35 PapaveraceaeHP 20-30cm This monocarpic variant of the Spikes of bright yellow flowers "Giant Yunnan Lily" bears above a delicate filigree of tiny starlike white, cream and purple green fern-like leaves. flowers from early Spring until Exceptional performance in late Summer. After the largest walls or dry locations, bulb has flowered it dies, naturalising well and producing leaving smaller ones to grow on a long season of colour from each year. It prefers semi-shade early spring to late summer. and high levels of water.

CERINTHE MAJOR PURPURASCENS CORCORYYDDAALLIISS OCHROLEUCA £3.15 HHA 45-60cm (10 seeds) £2.40 PapaveraceaeHP 20cm "Honeywort" or "Wax-Flower". This lovely compact plant is Deep blue pendulous bracts are somewhat similar to Corydalis packed onto stems densely clad lutea, but has greyer foliage in with waxy blue-green leaves. spring and for most of the This lovely plant is loved by summer, below a long bees, flowering throughout succession of striking, spring and summer. bicoloured, greenish-yellow and white flowers.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 13 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 CORYDALIS TALIENSIS CYCLAMEN COUM £2.45 PapaveraceaeHP 30-38cm £3.85 PrimulaceaeHP10-15cm (20+ seeds) Why this long-lived beauty has Spring flowering, unlike the evaded discovery until now is a more common C. hederifolium, mystery. Massed drooping it is completely hardy and easy, stems of sizeable pale purple flowering from January onwards flowers are held above delicate and is a useful compliment to ferny foliage. Superlative in a snowdrops and other early shady spot. spring bulbs, even thriving under trees and in short grass, where it usually self-seeds!

COSMOS ATROSANGUINEUS CYCLAMEN HEDERIFOLIUM MIXED £8.40 Compositae HP 30-60cm (4 seeds) £3.15 PrimulaceaeHP8-15cm (20 seeds) Rich-maroon-to-almost-black, This valuable mixture contains chocolate-scented flowers open many different variants of this late in the year on this lovely hardy plant. Colours will legendary plant which will vary range from deepest pink to pure in flower colour, size and habit. white with all variations in This is probably the first between. commercial seed offering and we are sorry but there is a limit of only one packet per customer.

COSCOSMMOOSS BIPINNATUS 'ANTIQUITY' CYPRIPEDIUM PARVIFLORUM PUBESCENS £2.90 Compositae HHA 30-40cm £2.95 Orchidaceae HP 30-45cm (50+ seeds) A completely new and unique In May this lovely woodland colour in cosmos. Rich plant produces large fragrant burgundy flowers change to an flowers with gorgeous inflated antique bronze-salmon soon yellow pouches and brownish after opening creating a petals, on contrasting dark gorgeous two-tone effect. Very stems above pleated apple early flowering and flowers all green leaves. It is perhaps the summer long whether in easiest Lady's Slipper Orchid to containers or garden. grow in a garden.

COSMOS 'BRIGHTNESS MIXED' DACTYLORHIZA FOLIOSA £1.95 HHA 40-50cm (100 seeds) £2.95 OrchidaceaHP40-60cm Possibly the most vigorous and This beautiful spectacular free-flowering cosmos of this Madeiran Orchid is a must for type, dwarf bushy plants are any flower border as its striking covered with flowers in a flower spikes double up every delightful mixture of gold, year. It will grow in lemon, orange and red from impoverished soil and prefers early summer through to the full sun, flowering in June with autumn frosts. truly exceptionally large blooms.

CROCOSMIA LUCIFER DACTYLORHIZA FUCHSII £2.80 HP 1.0-1.25 £2.95 Orchidaceae HP 30-60cm (100 seeds) From robust clumps of sword- Rosettes of purple-spotted lance- shaped leaves in spring, thrust shaped leaves arise in spring up strong, branching spikes of and early summer with shell- brilliant red, flared, funnel- pink flowers, each of which is shaped flowers in mid-summer. intricately spotted and dotted This superb and reliable very with candy pink and purple. Sow long-lived performer is happy in directly into a moist sunny soil, any position . then wait till spring, sowing into pots will not work!

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 14 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 DACTYLORHIZA PURPLE GIANT DATURA INOXIA £3.15 Orchidaceae HP 60-70cm £2.25 Solanacea HHA 1.5m (12 seeds) The most magnificent hardy Large, floppy, night-fragrant, hybrid orchid we have ever trumpet-shaped white flowers discovered as a seedling here open in early summer to late bears very tall spikes of deeply autumn, flowers opening coloured flowers on stems of growing upright but inclining spotted leaves. Very hardy, downwards later. Amazingly, robust and vigorous, it is a stems and leaves are covered in hybrid of the old "Orchid peanut-butter-flavoured grey Maderense". hairs!

DAHLIA COCCINEA BISHOP OF DOVER DAUCUS CAROTA £2.95 Compositae HHP 40-65cm £1.95 UmbelliferaeHBi60-90cm Deep-bronzed chocolate- A beautiful British native with coloured leaves and stems, claret-coloured to pale pink open to large, golden-eyed, umbels when in bud, then bright pure white blooms providing a white when in full flower. They glorious show from July through then produce their intriguing to October. These superb plants seed-heads which curl inwards are superb for a border. Plant making a closed cup holding the tubers deeply to ensure winter ripe seeds. protection.

DAHLIA COCCINEA PALMERI DELPHINIUM COTTAGETTAGE GARDEN MIX £2.95 Compositae HHP 60-90cm (6 seeds) £2.45 RanunculaceaeHP 90cm A superb form of this lovely This generous packet contains carmine flowered dahlia species all shades, including bicolours, which bears deepest mahogany, blue, pink and white singles, almost black leaves. This plant and doubles from our cottage is almost indistinguishable from garden. We have also included a the dark-leaved and highly few unusual species so expect prized Dahlia 'Bishop of the odd surprise. Llandaff', which can only be propagated from cuttings.

DATISCA CANNABINA DENDROSERIS LITORALIS £2.50 DatiscaceaeHP1.8-2.4m £3.95 Asteraceae HHT 1.0-3.0m (8 seeds) Quite an incredible plant for the This small, very rare member of back of the border, or as a test the daisy family is a native of to baffle your friends. Tall, Robinson Crusoe Island, where strong cane-like stems sprouting it grows into a small, gnarled large, pendulous, terminal tree with crowns of large round sprays of creamy-yellow leaves and beautiful bright flowers, are clad in palmate orange flowers. It has recently leaves resembling, er... been rescued from the brink of cannabis.. apparently! extinction

DATURA 'BALLERINA PURPLE' DIANTHUS BARBATUS 'SOOTY' £3.15 SolanaceaeHHP 60-90cm (8 seeds) £2.30 CaryophyllaceaeHP 30-38cm These "Angel's Trumpets" An astonishing addition to the produce immense 6-8 inch, previously available range. doubled, upwards facing, purple Densely packed heads of trumpet blooms, which are darkest chocolate - almost amongst the most beautiful and black, fragrant flowers, and desirable flowers you can grow. foliage in deepest mahogany to Whether in a hot garden or a match! large container these plants are show-stoppers!

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 15 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 DIANTHUS CRUENTUS DIERAMA COSMOS (PULCHERRIMUM) £2.60 CaryophyllaceaeHP 30-40cm (15 seeds) £2.90 Iridaceae HP 1.0-1.3m Clusters of deepest blood-red This newly discovered plant flowers open on wiry stems bears the darkest flowers of any above grassy foliage on this dierama we have ever seen. brilliant new perennial, the Pendulous trumpets of deepest "Blood Carnation". It made a burgundy contrast starkly with sensation when the Daily the white papery enclosing Telegraph garden won best in bracts from which they show with it at Chelsea 2011. emerged. A superb new colour- break.

DIANTHUS SELECT MIXTURE DIERAMA ERECTUM £2.80 CaryophyllaceaeHP 8-30cm £2.65 Iridaceae HP 1.0-1.3m Seed collected from the named Stiff, not arching wands, sport varieties and scarce species in close-packed clusters of our gardens, few of which brightest fluorescent pink, individually produce enough to outward-facing, not pendant, list, so we offer this choice, starry bells. This extremely fgragrant mixture and include desirable introduction is the last, Dianthus 'Highland Frazer', and perhaps the most unusual, squarosus, pindicola, pinifolius, of all dieramas to flower, giving 'Fairfolly' and many more. colour into October.

DICENTRA HYBRIDS DIERAMA GALPINII £2.60 PapaveraceaeHP 35-55cm (20+ seeds) £2.35 Iridaceae HP 1.2m Seed from several well known A distinctive species with dense including 'Bacchanal', clusters of small tubular purple 'Langtrees' and 'Boothman's flowers. One of the last Variety'. Pink or purple nodding dieramas to flower in the locket flowers hover above garden. dense clumps of finely dissected green ferny foliage.

DIERAMA 'BLACKBERRY BELLS' DIERAMA IGNEUM £2.80 Iridaceae HP 1.0-1.3m £2.75 Iridaceae HP 60cm Seed collected from a vigorous Fiery bunches of flared, - hybrid between 'Cosmos' and red flowers make an impressive Dierama robustum, and display on this diminutive inheriting some of the darkness introduction from South Africa. from the former flower, but with This is a choice and very hardy much larger, deep purple- plant which is vigorous and maroon flared trumpets on very quick to clump up. tall, strong springy stems.

DIERAMA 'BLACKBIRD' DIERAMA PINK FAIRIES £2.45 Iridaceae HP 1.0-1.3m £2.95 Iridaceae HP 60-70cm Seedlings from this famous and Our newest most spectacular darkest of all dieramas will vary, dwarf hybrid for some time but most plants should produce makes clump of thin leaves cascades of pendulous, funnel- from which arise short stems shaped claret purple flowers on carrying terminal sprays of wiry stems. Seedlings large, pendulous, brightest pink occasionally produce paler bells in spring. This dwarf flowers but there will be no Dierama is quite stunning and rejects as all will be superb. exclusive to Plant World!

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 16 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 DIERAMA REYNOLDSII DIGITALIS LUTEA £2.95 Iridaceae HP 1.0-1.3m £2.25 Scrophulariacea HP 60-90cm This late flowering (August) A generous packet of this alpine dierama is one of the attractive long lived hardy most stunning of this genus. On perennial which has greenish- arching stems, the starkly- yellow flowers freely borne on contrasting white bracts show slender spikes. A most unusual off the pendulous deepest wine plant which will naturalise in red flowers to perfection. The parts of the garden where other true species is rarely offered. plants may struggle to grow.

DIERAMA SPECIES MIXED DIGITALIS MERTONENSIS £2.85 Iridaceae HP 1.8m £2.60 Scrophulariacea HP 60-90cm A superb mixture of all the Shortish stout spikes of very varieties listed here. We are large flattened trumpets with a also including some unusual and distinctive squashed un-named species and hybrids strawberry/coppery colour, from our trial grounds. All will open in early summer. This be extremely beautiful. Expect valuable plant with soft hairy some very pleasant surprises, leaves and a long-lived habit is colours and forms never before one of the most magnificent seen! hybrid foxgloves.

DIGITALIS 'APRICOT' DIGITALIS OBSCURA £2.60 Scrophulariacea HP 90cm £2.60 Scrophulariacea HP 60cm (15 seeds) This stunning introduction has a This rare and extremely lovely distinctive colour break bearing shrubby foxglove from Spain is large, orangey-peach, flared one of the very best in flowers which are heavily- cultivation, with striking flowers clustered up the tall, strong of red yellow and brown. stems. If grown alone out of Remember its origins and it will reach of other foxgloves the makes a soundly perennial plant seedlings will come quite true. in a pot or hot, dry position.

DIGITALIS FERRUGINEA GIGANTEA DIGITALIS 'PAM'S CHOICE' £2.30 Scrophulariacea HP 1.2-1.8m £2.50 Scrophulariacea HP 1.5m This is a spectacular towering One of the best new foxgloves form of this excellent perennial to be found in recent years. foxglove. Tall slender spikes in Stout, strong spires of creamy close groups bear many white flowers with their throats distinctive pale orange-brown almost solidly painted in flowers each with a protruding deepest burgundy. En masse it white lip. Completely hardy and makes an unforgettable sight. totally perennial

DIGITALIS GRANDIFLORA DIGITALIS PARVIFLORA £2.30 Scrophulariacea HP 60-90cm £2.60 Scrophulariacea HP 90cm Spikes of chocolate netted, Slender spikes hold numerous large sulphur yellow flowers densely massed chocolate over rosettes of strongly veined brown tubular flowers. This leaves. This is the largest and distinctive, striking and lovely most spectacular flowered of completely perennial plant is the yellow foxgloves. Perennial appropriately also called and long lived. 'Chocolate Soldier'.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 17 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 DIGITALIS PURPUREA ALBA ECHIUM PININANA 3 COLOURS £2.40 Scrophulariacea HP 1.2m £2.80 Boraginaceae 3.0-4.8m An unusual tight-spiked, white Colour variations are blue, pink form of the purple foxglove and white. Plant young plants carrying pale purple freckles out early in the season so plants within the throat. Impressive grow large enough to survive drifts can be easily established the winter in the open ground. in the garden. The odd purple To identify them, pale stems plant may sometimes occur, but have white flowers, darker can be easily removed as soon stems blue, narrow ones as the coloured buds appear. are pink fountain!

DOLICHOS LABLAB 'RUBY MOON' ECHIUM PININANA 'BLUE STEEPLE' £2.60 PapilionaceaeHA 1.8-2.4m (8 seeds) £3.15 Boraginaceae HHP 3.0-4.5m (30+ seeds) Purple to white fragrant bi- Also known as the 'Tower of coloured pink flowers cluster on Jewels'. Echium pininana initially purple stems, followed by eye- produces a palm tree-like catching velvety-purple bean rosette on a thick woody stem. pods, making an attractive fast A year or two later, the centre, growing screen. This tropical- holding thousands of flowers, looking plant is easy and fast to shoots upwards, sometimes to grow. Grows 20ft in 80 days. 15-20 feet! Bees love this giant.

DRACUNCULUS VULGARIS ECHIUM PININANA 'SNOW TOWER' £5.15 AraceaeHP1.5m (3 seeds) £2.95 Boraginaceae HHP 3.0-4.5m (30 seeds) In early spring beautiful A friend on Guernsey sent us patterned foliage arises, from some seeds of an absolutely which ascends a huge lurid pure white Echium pininana she purple spathe which can be had discovered. We could barely more than 2 feet long and has a believe such a plant existed, but distinct smell. "Dragon Lily", is were thrilled to finally see an the most impressive of all the enormous 15 foot high snowy European aroids. Very few large cascade. fertile seeds are ever collected.

ECHINACEA PURPUREA 'BRILLIANT STAR' ECHIUM 'PINK FOUNTAIN' £2.35 Compositae HP 90cm £3.15 Boraginaceae HHP 3.0-4.5m (25 seeds) Very large reddish-purple The most lusted-after plant in flowers with pronounced golden- the gardens every June. A cross brown cone-centres are we made between the fabulous produced from July until mid- with its four autumn. Ideal for cutting, these foot, fat red spike and the giant plants will perform best on well- blue Echium pininana. The prepared humus-rich soil. (aka result is a 15 inch wide, tapering 'Ruby Star') tower of delicate pink flowers.

ECHIUM 'BLUE DWARF' ECHIUM 'RED ROCKET' £3.50 Boraginaceae 1.0-1.3m (15 seeds) £2.95 Boraginaceae HHP 1.5-2.0m (10 seeds) This new diminutive plant We have back-crossed E. appeared by chance here at wildpretii with "Pink Fountain" Plant World. Best grown under one of its bigger and tougher the shelter of a hedge or wall it children, itself a cross between makes a low multi-branched the relatively hardy E. pininana mound of hairy, grey-green and E. wildpretii. The result is rosettes, the stumpy, fat spikes an incredible column of of cobalt-blue flowers opening strawberry-red flowers above a from April to June. rosette of grey narrow leaves.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 18 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 ECHIUM WILDPRETII ERODIUM PELARGONIIFLORUM £3.95 Boraginaceae HHP 1.0-1.25 (10+ seeds) £2.60 GeraniaceaeHP30cm Stout, rose-pink spikes of Large, violet-veined, white massed flowers with bright blue flowers open above fragrant , arise from prostrate crinkly leaves from the end of rosettes of furry grey leaves. winter until midsummer, and The most sought-after of all spasmodically thereafter. Much , and one of the most admired in our gardens, this dramatic of all flowers. Grown superb plant is bone hardy too, near to Echium pininana so the although its exotic appearance rare odd hybrids may occur. does not give this impression.

EPILOBIUM ANGUSTIFOLIUM ALBUM ERYNGIUM ALPINUM 'BLUE STAR' £2.70 Onagraceae HP 1.2m £2.95 UmbelliferaeHP 60-90cm (8 seeds) On the rarely offered and very Arguably the most beautiful of lovely snow white "Rosebay all eryngiums, this lovely variety Willowherb", even the leaves produces exceptionally large, are a pale lime green. This rayed, silvery, metallic blue, extremely long thistle like flowers throughout which is not as invasive as its the summer which are attractive pink relative, comes true from to butterflies and bees! They do seed. well in all but the boggiest of gardens.

ERANTHIS HYEMALIS ERYNGIUM GIGANTEUM 'MISS WILMOTT'S GHOST' £2.30 RanunculaceaeHP 8cm £2.60 UmbelliferaeHBi45-60cm The dazzling "winter aconite", One of the most impressive competes with the snowdrop as summer plants you can grow in first flower of the year, but is the UK, with unbelievable too seldom grown or seen. metallic silvery-blue leaves, Buttercup yellow shiny flowers flowers and stems. The word above tiny posies of cut leaves, gigantea refers refers to the sprouting from tubers which flowers, not the plants which slowly multiply over the years. are rarely more than 2 feet high.

ERIGERON KARVINSKIANUS ERYNGIUM MIXED £2.35 Compositae HP 10-15cm £2.45 UmbelliferaeHP 1.0-1.5m On a gently spreading carpet of A large packet taken from all of tiny pointed leaves appear those described here, as well as sheets of white daisies which some unidentified species in our open white, turn pink and then trial ground. We have also fade to purple. This cushion included unidentified new plant is very long-flowering from species collected by us on our late spring to autumn and is one Expedition to Chile. of the best wall or dry-rockery plants.

ERODIUM MANESCAVII ERYNGIUM VARIIFOLIUM £2.45 GeraniaceaeHP20-35cm (10 seeds) £2.45 UmbelliferaeHP 1.0m Deepest lilac-pink flowers are Superlative evergreen, produced for many months over beautifully variegated and a cascading clump of lovely marbled, waxy green rosettes, feathery leaves. A beautiful, produce branching angular long-flowering, very long-lived sprays of spiky silvery-blue plant that will put on a superb flowers. From the Atlas show for year after year where Mountains of Africa comes this others will not survive. completely hardy, loveliest of the eryngiums.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 19 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 ERYSIMUM 'BOWLES BABIES' EUPHORORBBIIAA AMYGDALOIDES PURPUREA £3.45 CruciferaeHP30-60cm (10 seeds) £3.15 EuphorbiaceaeHP 40-50cm (5 seeds) Erysimum 'Bowles Mauve' has This hardy beauty makes invariably been sterile producing beetroot-coloured spring no seeds. We have developed a foliage, contrasting with the strain that DOES produce seed, golden yellow "flower heads". A so you can grow new forms for slow-growing gem that spreads yourself, from tiny to tall, with mainly only by seeds, and it sets colour variations including some very few, but which makes an bi-colours and from pale mauve elegant spring bonus in any to deepest purple. border.

ERYSIMUM BOWLES MAUVE HYBRIDS EUPHORBIA CHARARAACCIIASAS CHCHAARRAACCIASIAS £4.15 CruciferaeHP45cm (10 seeds) £2.90 EuphorbiaceaeHP 60-90cm (20+ seeds) Very rarely are seeds produced Probably the most popular and by the usually sterile, legendary, long-lived of all spurges, this old 'Bowles Mauve' Erysimum. favourite produces strong stems These will all produce true F1 of evergreen, blue-green leaves plants with first generation which terminate in extended hybrid vigour. Plants vary in narrow heads of bright yellow habit, flower colour and flowers. One of the easiest, long- flowering time. Unique and lived and trouble-free plants you developed at Plant World. can grow.

ERYSIMUM PLANTWORLD RAINBOWS EUPHORBIA CHARARAACCIIASAS WULFENIIII £3.15 CruciferaeHP30-45cm (20+ seeds) £2.70 EuphorbiaceaeHP 60-90cm Years ago we crossed many This outstanding form produces perennial erysimums including imposing clumps of erect stems 'Bowles Mauve', linifolium and clad in narrow grey leaves scoparius, with dwarf terminating in large and almost wallflowers. Many of these new spherical, football-sized heads plants have been marketed of yellow-green flowers. These worldwide and these valuable imposing specimen plants will hand-collected seeds will give all perform reliably where little else colours and habits. will thrive.

ESCHSCHOLZIA CALIFORNICA EUPHORORBBIIAA LATHYRIS £2.45 PapaveraceaeHHA 30-38cm £2.30 EuphorbiaceaeHBi 90cm (10+ seeds) This is a vigorous bushy, A handsome and extremely spreading annual with finely rapid-growing plant bearing divided blue-green leaves and symmetrical, pointed, blue- showy orange, yellow or green leaves. Umbels of tiny sometimes red flowers in yellow flowers produce large summer. Once established in a bulbous seed-pods. Also known hot garden these will self-seed, as "The Mole Plant" as it is coming up reliably year after reputed to deter moles! year.

ESCHSCHOLZIA 'THAI SILK' EUPHORBIA MARGINATA 'KILIMANJAARROO'' £1.95 Compositae HHP 20-30cm £2.60 Euphorbiaceae 60-90cm (10 seeds) The "California Poppy" is best This stunning annual with a sown where it is to flower, this bushy growth habit produces well-loved flower giving an showy clusters of small, pale endless display of double green and white blossoms which flowers with fluted petals in make awesome cut flowers mixed colours over compact, whilst the foliage has grey-green glaucous foliage, spectacular white margins. from June until September. Easily propagated from seeds and thrives in well-drained soil.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 20 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 EUPHORBIA MELLIFERA FRITILLARIA MELEAGRLEAGRIISS £2.80 EuphorbiaceaeHP 1.2-1.8m £2.90 LiliaceaeHB40cm (30 seeds) This gem has large, creamy- The nodding bell shaped flowers veined leathery leaves topped of Fritillaria meleagris are by golden, fragrant flower unmistakeable for their nodding heads. The name 'mellifera' heads, sometimes of pure refers to the sweet fragrance of white, or more frequently honey which will drift across the marked with a delicate garden amazing all who are chequerboard pattern in shades nearby. of purple. This rare British wild flower is now protected by law.

EUPHORBIA MIXED FRITILLARIA MIXED £3.15 EuphorbiaceaeHP 1.2m £3.50 LiliaceaeHB15-60cm A really generous bargain bag of A good mixture of seeds from hardy perennial euphorbias from all the varieties we grow, our range, including some including some rarities. Species unnamed rarities from our trial include Fritillaria acmopetala, ground. Exceptional value for camtschatcensis, gracilis, graeca money and a good way to start var. thessalica, involucrata, a collection!. pallidiflora, pontica and others, but not including meleagris.

EUPHORBIA POLYCHROMA ORNAMENTAL MIX £2.90 EuphorbiaceaeHP 25-40cm (10 seeds) £3.15 Onagraceae HHP 1.0-1.25 Making a compact dome, this These seeds have been clump-forming herbaceous gem collected from plants, some of pushes up its leafy stems and which are sizeable bushes and dazzling terminal clusters of acid- which have actually yellow flowers, which open in overwintered outside, here in late spring to early summer our gardens in Devon, in all making it one of the very shapes, colours and sizes. You choicest and most flamboyant will get a surprising mixture of of this group of plants. new forms from these seeds.

FRITILLARIA CAMSCHATCENSIS GAGALALANNTTHHUUSS ELWESII £2.75 LiliaceaeHB30-45cm (10 seeds) £3.15 Amaryllidaceae HB,HP 20-30cm (12 seeds) This excellent vigorous peat The most noticeable and garden plant makes 20-40cm beautiful of all snowdrops, this tall stems densely clothed in very large-flowered species with shiny, whorled leaves which its honey-scented blooms has surround stems bearing clusters two delicate green marks on the of semi-pendent, deepest petals, and beautiful silver-grey purple, almost black, flowers leaves. It has amazing impact with contrasting yellow anthers. and mature bulbs double up yearly!

FRITILLARIA IMPERIALIS GENTIANA ACAULIS £4.15 LiliaceaeHB,HP 60cm (10 seeds) £2.80 GentianaceaeHP 5-8cm In early summer this fabulous Seed saved from the darkest plant bears a prominent whorl blue form we have ever grown, of bright, downward facing these flowers bear large upward- flowers, topped by a 'crown' of facing, almost midnight blue small leaves. These seeds have trumpets with a piercingly been collected from the deepest contrasting white throat. Makes coloured forms in our gardens.. a slowly spreading carpet which will be quite permanent if divided in late winter.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 21 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 GENTIANA ASCLEPIADEA 'WHITETHROAT' GERANIUM ASPHODELOIDES STARRY NIGHT £2.60 GentianaceaeHP 45cm £2.90 GeraniaceaeHP30-40cm (8 seeds) Stunning late summer blooms What a superb surprise this from August until October when beauty is. The normally pink most other colour has gone. form came up with a single pure The choice bicoloured form. white seedling. We have Aptly named with pure white- allowed this to spread over the throated blue trumpets spaced rock garden where it has made up graceful arching srems. several superb domes studded with hundreds of pure white stars.

GENTIANA LUTEA GERANIUM BOHEMICUM £2.35 GentianaceaeHP 90cm £2.60 GeraniaceaeHP30-45cm (10+ seeds) Strong, noble spires of large, (Syn. Geranium 'Orchid-Blue'). golden, star-like flowers open in This new-on-the-scene plant, late spring over clumps of large often confused with the very basal lily-like leaves. A superb similar Geranium lanuginosum, gentian and one of the most produces flowers of a rarely magnificent, easy-to-grow, and seen shade of pure campanula long lived plants you can ever blue, on low brittle hairy stems. wish to grow. Wonderful in rich damp soil.

GENTIANA VERNA GERANIUM ENDRESSII 'PINK LACE' £2.90 GentianaceaeHP 5-8cm £2.80 GeraniaceaeHP45-60cm (10+ seeds) This is the classic alpine with The seedlings from this sheets of the most brilliant blue strikingly lined and pencilled starry flowers in spring. The new hybrid come quite true in a small clumps of tufted leaves corner of our cottage garden slowly spread to produce a solid producing a long succession of cushion. Easy from fresh seed. bright flowers throughout spring and early summer. A tough plant that grows well in shade too!

GERANIUM PSILOSTEMON 'RED PROPELLERS' GERANIUM HARDY MIXED £2.95 GeraniaceaeHP60-75cm (10 seeds) £3.15 GeraniaceaeHP30-90cm (30+ seeds) Hybrid geraniums are usually A generous selection taken from sterile, so we crossed two our range including items with choice species producing an too few seeds to list. This endlessly flowering dome, BUT, exceptionally good value mix unexpectedly, a few unexpected always contains a few real seeds gave two forms: Quilled rarities and could be the petals and Folded "propeller" cheapest way to start a blades, both truly new and collection of these long-lasting lovely! plants.

GERANIUM ALBANUM GERANIUM MACRORRHIZUM ALBUM £2.45 GeraniaceaeHP30-45cm (10+ seeds) £2.50 GeraniaceaeHP30-45cm (10+ seeds) Large numbers of magenta- The pure white form, albeit with veined, shocking pink flowers pink calyces (the bits which on spreading stems are enclose the buds), of this produced over a far longer fragrant-leaved hardy season than most other geranium. Perfect for that geraniums. "A long flowering, shadowy, dry spot where little underrated plant" ('Hardy else will flourish. Geraniums' - Bath & Jones).

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 22 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 GERANIUM MACRORRHIZUM 'CZAKOR' GERANIUM PHAEUM 'SAMOBOR' £2.85 GeraniaceaeHP45cm (10+ seeds) £2.70 GeraniaceaeHP60cm (8 seeds) Very fragrant, rounded, slightly Typical, darkest midnight purple hairy leaves (the source of oil-of- flowers open over solid mounds geranium) make a solid, of large leaves which are creeping, evergreen strikingly zoned in dark groundcover foil for the chocolate brown. Certainly a magenta purple blooms on this candidate for the most easily grown, totally hardy plant. attractive foliage of any hardy geranium and very rarely offered from seed.

GERANIUM MACRORRHIZUM 'SNOW SPRITE' GERANIUM PRATENSE £2.50 GeraniaceaeHP30-40cm (10+ seeds) £2.35 GeraniaceaeHP60cm (15 seeds) This superb miniature has milky The " Meadow Cranesbill". This white flowers with all other perpetually popular flower bears parts being palest lime green. large, sky blue flowers with Along with its controllable white eyes and veins above diminutive stature and the clumps of deeply cleft leaves. aromatic perfume from its Ever popular and will happily dainty leaves, this plant should naturalise. have a place in every garden.

GERANIUM MADERENSE GERANIUM PRATENSE 'PINK SPLASH' £3.15 GeraniaceaeHHP 90cm (10+ seeds) £2.80 GeraniaceaeHP60-75cm (10+ seeds) This true flamboyant species A Plant World introduction grows a stout "trunk", which (Geranium 'Janet's Special'). radiates strong stalks, much White flowers with radiating resembling a small palm tree, pink streaks make this the with huge trusses of deep pink perfect pink counterpart to the flowers in early summer. Prefers original G. 'Splish-Splash' which shelter, or even a big pot, but appeared a few years ago. worth any trouble to grow for (Occasionally a pure pink or the incredible finale. white plant may occur.)

GERANIUM MADERENSE 'GUERNSEY WHITE' GERANIUM PRATENSE 'PURPLE-HAZE' £3.50 GeraniaceaeHP90cm (10+ seeds) £2.90 GeraniaceaeHP60cm (10+ seeds) New from Plant World is this Years of selecting Geranium gorgeous pink-eyed white- pratense forms has given us leaf flowered form of this colours from mahogany to spectacular plant which deepest darkest beetroot. produces a massed head of Plants will vary in size from 12 flowers in late spring. It does of to 24 inches high with flowers in its best in a sheltered spot or shades of blue or purple. very large pot, when all who see it will be amazed.

GERANIUM PALMATUM GERANIUM PSILOSTEMON £2.95 GeraniaceaeHP60-90cm (20+ seeds) £3.15 GeraniaceaeHP90cm (8 seeds) This is perhaps the most Large deeply cut leaves turn impressive and spectacular of all dazzling red in autumn, whilst hardy geraniums with sprays of large magenta saucers, vividly deepest pink exotic flowers and veined and centred in black, large clumps of glossy divided impress all who see it in its foliage with reddish stems. It is summer glory. This best in a sheltered spot, but has astonishingly spectacular survived minus 11 C unscathed geranium is inevitably the most here. frugal with its seeds.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 23 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 GERANIUM PYRENAICUM 'BILL WALLIS' GEUM MRS BRADSHSHAAWW £2.45 GeraniaceaeHP30-38cm (10+ seeds) £1.95 Rosaceae HP 38-45cm This is the best (coming Strong stems hold frilly flowers true) of the type, with especially in beautiful shades of scarlet desirable, very deep violet- red. This old favourite is at purple flowers, which are at home in a cottage garden their impressive best in the late where it will bloom and spread evening. This cultivar is often colour as far as the eye can see. wrongly spelled 'Bill Wallace'. Placed in full sunlight at the front of a border it will thrive even in heavy clay soils.

GERANIUM PYRENAICUM 'SUMMER SNOW' GLAUCIDIUM PALMATUM £2.35 GeraniaceaeHP45-60cm (20+ seeds) £4.15 PapaveraceaeHP 38cm (4 seeds) This pure white form of the This fabulous and choice usually pinkish purple flower, connoisseur's plant is very rarely produces profuse quantities of seen or offered. Large and white flowers with deeply exquisite cup-shaped lavender notched petals. Very long flowers are held above soft flowering and ideal for a hot lobed leaves. A priceless spot in the garden where it can specimen for shade and rich self-seed when happy. soil. "A great treasure." (Graham Stuart Thomas)

GERANIUM SANGUINEUM GUNNERA MAGELLANICA £2.80 GeraniaceaeHP15-30cm (10+ seeds) £2.95 Haloragidaceae HP 8cm (20 seeds) Collected from the best cultivars This tiny mat-forming perennial in our garden, seedlings will is completely different to its produce large, upward-facing, giant cousin Gunnera manicata, red saucer-shaped flowers which has huge rhubarb-like above low hummocks of deeply leaves, making a dense, slowly- divided leaves. Bone hardy, and spreading carpet of small, very reliable in making a blazing crinkle-edged shiny green and long-lived display each leaves, and attractive, 8cm. 'red spring and summer. hot pokers'.

GERANIUM VERSICOLOR GUNNERA MANICATA £2.75 GeraniaceaeHP38cm (10+ seeds) £2.45 Haloragidaceae HP 1.5-3.0m Large numbers of blood red Certainly one of the largest veined pink funnel-shaped hardy herbaceous plants which flowers, from spring and can be grown in the U.K. throughout summer, adorn this producing large, puckered and low spreader, which stifles lobed leaves on spiky stems weeds whilst hybridising busily above huge statuesque spikes with other geraniums producing of tiny reddish-green flowers. fascinating offspring. Near water this plant can grow enormous.

GERANIUM WALLICHIANUM 'BUXTON'S BLUE' HALORAGIS 'WELLINGTON BRONZE' £2.95 GeraniaceaeHP23cm (8 seeds) £2.40 Haloragidaceae HP 60cm On a compact slowly spreading An attractive foliage form of this carpet appears a non-stop unusual plant display from June onwards of (Haloragis erecta) a relative of upward-facing white-eyed sky gunneras. Bronzed leaves and blue flowers. "A pearl beyond spikes of many greenish-yellow price" (G.S.T.), but alas a flowers add colour to the border reluctant seed producer - the both before and after the main elusive seeds are collected flush of garden flowers. individually.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 24 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 HARDY COTTAGE SMALLER MIX HELLEBORUS 'DOUBLE ROSES' £2.35 HP 30-60cm £3.65 RanunculaceaeHP 45cm (10+ seeds) Many of our perennial plants These absolutely superb, fully produce seed in quantities too double hellebores, do indeed small to list. This generous bear an amazing resemblance to packet is a mix of countless roses and come in all shades lovely old and new favourites from palest pink to red. The and many others from our long stems are perfect for range. will be from cutting too. a few days to several months.

HARDY COTTAGE TALLER MIX HELLEBORUS FOETIDUS MISS JEKYLL'S SCENTED £2.40 VariousHP60cm £2.70 RanunculaceaeHP 60-75cm A huge choice selection of The overpowering fragrance, literally hundreds of different similar to mahonia, from the taller cottage garden plants. pendulous purple-lipped Some of these are collected flowers, fills our cottage garden from famous gardens and in earliest spring. This is the stately homes so expect some rare, sweetly-perfumed form. surprises! (Its simply explains that the thick, shiny leaves smell if bruised!).

HELLEBORUS COTTAGAGEE MIXED HELLEBORUS 'GOLD BULLION' £2.80 RanunculaceaeHP 30-60cm £3.65 RanunculaceaeHP 45-60cm (10 seeds) A wide and generous selection Dazzling shining fingers of from all of the hellebores purest gold form the leaves of varieties and species on our list. this fabulous new variety of All colours are included from Helleborus foetidus, which we white to deepest purples and developed here. Strong and spotted and mottled forms. An vigorous even in the brightest inexpensive way to start a sunny spot, the normally green collection of these attractive flowers being a pale sulphur favourites. yellow.

HELLEBORUS DOUBLE BALLARDS HELLEBORUS 'HELEN BALLARD'S' £3.65 RanunculaceaeHP 30-45cm (6 seeds) £3.15 RanunculaceaeHP 38cm (20 seeds) These seeds have been hand Seed from the most beautiful collected from these ravishing plants we have ever grown. beauties which have heavily- Large, waxy, extravagantly doubled, brightly-speckled white marked flowers produce gasps flowers, which open in of awe from all who see them. February, and continue this These plants are descendants of awesome display until May or many of Helen Ballard's famous June. named forms.

HELLEBORUS DOUBLE RED FRILLS HELLEBORUS ORIORIENENTALIS 'BEST COLOURS' £3.65 25-35cm (10 seeds) £2.90 RanunculaceaeHP 30-45cm (10 seeds) Just one unusually-flowered A selection from some of our plant appeared in our trial beds best Helleborus orientalis plants with frilled, split red petals. which are guaranteed to Looking very much like an brighten up your garden with a anemone, to which it is of splash of colour. All the very course related, it evoked many best forms have been selected praiseworth comments before it by hand and concentrated in finally set these seeds. this selection.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 25 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 HELLEBORUS PLANTWORLD DOUBLES HEUCHERA JET BLACK (AMERICANA) £3.85 RanunculaceaeHP 38-45cm (10+ seeds) £3.50 SaxifragaceaeHP 30-60cm (50+ seeds) These superb, fully double Startling, almost black, rounded hellebores bear an amazing foliage, some leaves having resemblance to roses and come silvery metallic stripes, makes in all shades from pure white to compact clumps from spring red, and including greens and until winter. This seed is from yellows and often heavily the darkest-leaved heucheras marked and shaded. The long we have grown, but variation in stems are perfect for cutting too. leaf colours may arise from these seeds.

HELLEBORUS PRIZE WINNERS HEUCHERA 'METALLALLIICCA'A' (AMERICANA) £2.80 RanunculaceaeHP 30-45cm (10 seeds) £2.60 SaxifragaceaeHP 38-45cm Seed from the very best forms These plants have been of Helleborus orientalis that we selected for the most attractive grow in our gardens, including marbled and veined leaves. The pinks, maroons and mottled and colours and shades of patterned heads. This selection mahogany, bronze, aluminium will impress all who are and silver are most distinctive fortunate enough to discover on young spring foliage. Flower these emerging from March to sprays in shades of pink and June each year. white.

HESPERIS MATRONALIS HEUCHERA 'PALACE PURPLE' (AMERICANA) £1.95 CruciferaeHP60-90cm £2.65 SaxifragaceaeHP 35-45cm The "Dame's Violet" is one of One of the most popular the indispensable cottage introductions in recent years garden flowers. Very fragrant and popular in parks and lilac mauve stock-like flowers on gardens, a cascade of small tall branching stems, which are white flowers open on thin produced throughout spring and stems above solid clumps of early summer. Superb perfumed beetroot coloured foliage. Bone cut flowers from seed the first hardy, long-lived and perfect for year. formal beds or edging.

HEUCHERA AMERICANA 'BLOOD-VEIN' HIERACIUM AURANTIACUM £2.60 SaxifraceaeHP38-45cm £2.35 Compositae HP 15-23cm A selected form of the rare This favourite old cottage Heuchera americana with thick garden plant has brilliant, rounded and lobed leaves, and coppery, orange-red flowers producing sprays of greenish- with black tips which appear on pink flowers. Many plants short stems for a long period in though will have leaves brightly spring and summer. It will run decorated with deep crimson slowly and is perfect for a wild veins garden or a rockery.

HEUCHERA 'EMPEROR'S CLOAK' (AMERICANA) HOLLYHOCK 'BLACK BEAUTY' £2.75 SaxifragaceaeHP 30-45cm £2.45 MalvaceaeHP1.8m Puckered, folded and pleated Tall spires hold numerous large, leaves, from beetroot red to silky, glistening, almost black deep purple and which appear trumpets. In addition, this herb to be transparent in the sun, can be used in the same produce a mound from which manner as marshmallow; the arise thin stems carrying fluffy flowers, with the calyx removed, white, superbly contrasting are commonly used to treat flowers. colds as they are a demulcent.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 26 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 HOLLYHOCK 'BURGUNDY TOWERS' IRIS 'CLOTTED CREAM' £2.35 MalvaceaeHP1.5-2.1m £2.60 Iridaceae HP 60-90cm This unusual form occurred here This lovely palest buttermilk some time ago with strong form of Iris pseudacorus, stems carrying large, deepest coming true from seed, has crimson flowers and fig-shaped exquisitely marked and veined leaves. In common with other petals. Will grow very large in a fig-leaved hollyhocks, these damp or wet spot, but does have proven to be very resistant perfectly well in a dry garden. to rust.

IMPATIENS GLANDULIFERA 'RED WINE' IRIS SPECIES MIXED £1.95 BalsaminaceaeHA 1.2m £2.60 Iridaceae HP 23-90cm We have selected a colony of A generous packet of all our the darkest burgundy coloured irises, including some collected form of this vigorous and rapid in quantities too small to list, growing plant. Large red some very rare, in all sizes and "snapdragons", with exploding colours. More than twenty seed-cases, cluster on thick, varieties, but a few examples succulent stems. Can self-seed are: Iris chrysographes, and spread if near water so take forrestii, innominata, shrevei care! and many more.

IMPATIENS GLANDULIFERA 'WHITE FACES' KIRENGESHOMA PALMATA £2.35 BalsaminaceaeHP 90cm-1. £3.15 HydrangeaceaeHP 60-75cm This pure white form of Arching stems clad in angled "Himalayan Balsam" can make opposite leaves terminate in an impressive statement in an sprays of yellow, crystalline, two isolated bog garden or pond inch shuttlecock flowers which margin. White "faces" grow open late in summer. Grown atop stout hollow stems, later well, this is a certain crowd- producing exploding seed pods puller as it springs from the which can propel seed for some ground each spring. (RHS AGM) distance. Can become invasive.

IMPATIENS NAMCHABARWENSIS BLUE DIAMOND KNIPHOFIA CAULESCENS £3.15 BalsaminaceaeHHP 45-60cm (10 seeds) £2.35 AsphodelaceaeHP 90cm Discovered only in 2003 in the In September, later than all remote Namcha Barwa Canyon other pokers, arise massive in Tibet, this is the rare, first heads of red, later changing to ever, deepest sapphire-blue greenish-lemon, above very impatiens, with leaves like broad grey leaves and elephant- polished jade. Bedding trunk-like stems. "Very valuable impatiens have flat flowers but and perhaps the only truly these conservatory-perennials hardy large poker" (G.S.T.). resemble elegant cranes in flight.

IRIS CHRYSOGRAPHES 'BLACK GOLD' KNIPHOFIA NORTHIAE £2.70 Iridaceae HP 60-90cm £2.80 AsphodelaceaeHP 60-90cm The flowers are certainly not oil- Probably the most impressive of coloured, but its name alludes all red-hot-pokers. Massive, to the Greek, chrysographes or wide, heavy leaves make a 'gold writing'. Tall strong stems solid, agave-like rosette from hold sprays of darkest blue to which arise very thick-stemmed almost black velvety flowers flower-spikes of yellow and which are delicately marked orange. A stunning plant which with golden lines. improves with age.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 27 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 LAKE NASSER SOLANUM (HYOSCYAMUS MUTICUS) LAVLAVATATEERRAA ARBOREA VARIEGATA £2.60 SolanaceaeHHA 30-60cm £2.45 MalvaceaeHP1.2m This unusual fleshy-leaved This unique plant often stands plant, bearing purple and yellow pride of place amongst the flowers, was discovered on the winter foliage plants, where it shoreline of Egypt's Lake shines like a lantern in the Nasser. All parts of this plant garden. As a bonus, purple contain the powerful alkaloid flowers smother the plant in hyascine. early summer. Either in a very large pot or in the garden it is an arresting sight.

LATHYRUS VERNUS LEWISIA COTYLEDON 'BRIGHT-EYES' £2.50 LeguminosaeHCl 23-30cm (10+ seeds) £2.60 PortulacaceaeHP 15-20cm Very valuable spring colour is Sprays of dark-coloured flowers produced by one of the most in all shades open with a lovely dwarf perennial peas, distinctive pale eye. These with masses of violet blue have been selected over many flowers in April and May. Some years by a top UK grower. L. vernus var. albus (white) are also included in here.

LATHYRUS VERNUS ALBO ROSEUS LEWISIA COTYLEDON 'SUNSET DOUBLES' £2.90 Leguminoseae HCl 30-38cm (10 seeds) £2.95 PortulacaceaeHP 15-23cm (20+ seeds) One of the most beautiful spring Handsome rosette of broad flowers, this totally non-invasive fleshy leaves. A professional plant produces a solid dome of grower has selected from the foliage which is is smothered very best forms to produce this with two-tone pink and white superb mix. Bright sprays of flowers in earliest spring. double flowers in shades of pink, yellow, red and white.

LAVLAVANANDDUULLAA ANGUSTIFOLIA LEWISIA COTYLEDON 'SUNSET STRAIN' £2.50 Labiatae HP 60-75cm £2.80 PortulacaceaeHP 15-25cm (20+ seeds) The common lavender will From evergreen rosettes of produce long-stemmed, bright succulent leaves, arise repeating blue flowers which are ideal for sprays of flowers from white cutting, drying or to perfume and yellow to deep pink and linen. Long-lived and easy-to- orange. Dead heading produces grow, it benefits from a close almost constant flowering. haircut early each spring to These tender-looking plants are encourage fresh growth. hardy and ideal for the rockery or a container on the patio.

LAVANDULA SPICATA 'MUFFET'S CHILDREN' LEWISIA REDIVIVA PINK FORM £2.60 Labiatae HP 20-25cm £2.95 PortulacaceaeHP 5-8cm (20 seeds) This amazingly dwarf lavender Flowers resembling diminutive has short-stemmed fragrant frilly water lilies appear before blue flowers studding a football- the leaves, over an extended sized, silver-grey bush. Ideal period in the spring, before the for a small rock garden or even plant retreats underground for for formal edging, the odd the autumn and winter as a seedling may vary but most will hardy tuber. A rare, pink form be very compact indeed. of this extremely beautiful herbaceous lewisia.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 28 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 LEWISIA TWEEDYI ROSEA LILIUM MARTAGON (PINK) £3.65 PortulacaceaeHP 6-10cm (10 seeds) £2.70 LiliaceaeHB,HP 60cm An exquisite alpine plant, these This strong-growing lily bears gorgeous specimens open large whorls of narrow leaves with deep rose flowers, yellowing in large racemes of nodding, the centre of each petal, in Apr- glossy, purplish-pink flowers May above fleshy evergreen with recurved petals in early leaves. Young plants can flower summer, with the occasional at any time right into the odd plant flowering white. autumn. They are bone-hardy, Hardy and long-lived it is a but prefer to be kept in a pot. valuable addition to any garden.

LIBERTIA SUNSET STRAIN LILIUM MARTAGON ALBUM £2.80 Iridaceae HP 30-45cm £2.70 LiliaceaeHB60-90cm Offering year-round allure, This is the lovely white form of these superb, compact upright this excellent plant, bearing clumps bear narrow fans of stiff pendent flowers with waxy, leathery blades, uniquely reflexed petals. It is an painted with green, yellow, exceptionally easy, long-lived orange, purple-red and bronze plant for the garden, multiplying stripes. Saucer shaped white up over the years. The flowers in spring and attractive occasional seedling may orange seed heads in autumn. produce pink flowers.

LIGULARIA CLIVORUM 'DESDEMONA' LINARIA PURPUREA £2.60 Asteraceae HP 1.2m £1.85 Scrophulariacea HP 60-90cm Three inch wide, bright orange The "Purple Toadflax" is an old flowers on branching purple and popular cottage garden stems, stand above glossy, flower with tall, slender spikes beetroot-coloured, heart-shaped of violet-purple flowers, which leaves. This exceptional back- appear right into the frosts of of-border or even bog plant autumn. It will gently self-seed attracts countless butterflies and into places it likes but never , such as the Jersey Tiger- becomes a nuisance! shown here.

LIGULARIA VOROBIEVII LINARIA PURPUREA BROWN'S WHITE £2.60 Asteraceae HP 1.2m £2.80 Scrophulariacea HP 50-80cm A superb ligularia with darkest This lovely plant opens its purple, almost black stems, pristine, tiny, pure white carrying impressive spikes of “snapdragons” atop long slender short stemmed orange-yellow spikes of delicate, fine, greyish- flowers in early summer, above green foliage. This lovely new basal rosettes of thick, leathery form is bone hardy, long-lived coltsfoot-like leaves. and drought-resistant and was selected by Ray Brown, Plant Worlds owner.

LILIUM MACKLINIAE LOBELIA 'BLUE CARDINAL' £3.50 LiliaceaeHB45-60cm (10 seeds) £2.70 CampanulaceaeHP 60cm Each stem of this rare and Spires of clear blue, snapdragon- outstandingly beautiful small lily like flowers open in succession carries a few flowers. Ivory on strong stems bearing thick, coloured open bowls hang crinkly leaves. These lovely slightly downwards and are flowers will grow equally well in white or very pale pink inside, dry or wet conditions and are and flushed reddish purple very hardy and soundly outside. Quite a newly perennial. discovered flower.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 29 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 LOBELIA BRIDGESII LYCHNIS CORONARIA £2.60 CampanulaceaeHP 1.8m £2.45 CaryophyllaceaeHP 45-60cm This rare, semi-shrubby plant Large flowers of deepest rose- from the foothills of the Chilean crimson are carried on Andes bears spectacular, bright branching stems bearing pink, trumpet-shaped flowers on attractive grey woolly leaves. thick stems which carry toothed This must-have plant for the and pointed leaves. It will grow classic cottage garden will huge in a sheltered spot, gently self-seed into cracks and although it dies back shady corners but rarely underground in severe winters. becomes a nuisance.

LOBELIA TUPA LYCHNIS CORONARIA 'ANGEL'S BLUSH' £2.95 CampanulaceaeHP 1.2-2.4m £2.25 CaryophyllaceaeHP 60-90cm An incredible giant hardy lobelia The pink-eyed white-flowered from Chile. From a large form of the woolly, grey-leaved rosette of thick leathery felted Lychnis coronaria comes quite leaves arise thick stems carrying true from seed but the pink eye tropical orchid-like deepest varies quite bizarrely with the carmine flowers. A valuable late season and weather conditions. season display from July until A lovely long-lived cottage the autumn frosts. garden plant.

LUNARIA ANNUA ALBA VARIEGATA LYCHNIS FLOS-JOVIS NANA £1.95 CruciferaeHBi60-90cm £2.60 CaryophyllaceaeHP 23-30cm This lovely spring-flowering The scarce dwarf form of this plant is the much sought after, lovely garden plant has woolly but seldom offered, white leaves and stems, and generous flowered and white-splashed heads of crimson flowers in foliage form of "Honesty". early summer. When established it will self- seed gently each year, seedlings will be all green when young but variegate later.

LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA ALBA LYSICHITON AMERICANUS £2.40 CaryophylaceaeHP 60-90cm £2.80 AraceaeHP60cm This is the albino form of the A splendid architectural plant for famous "Maltese Cross" flower, the water's edge or a damp having congested heads of ivory- garden, where it will assume white blooms. Very long-lived giant-like proportions. Bright, and hardy, it can make a truly banana-coloured spathes shoot dazzling splash of light in the out of the ground in spring mid-border, and especially in followed by enormous banana- any dark area needing to be like leaves. (Not a banana brightened up! relative!)

LYCHNIS CHALCEDONICA THE FLASHER LYSIMACHIA CLETHROIDES 'LADY JANE' £2.80 CaryophyllaceaeHP 60-90cm (20+ seeds) £2.70 PrimulaceaeHP60-75cm A novelty form of the well- This form of L. clethroides has known "Maltese Cross". Deep spikes of pure creamy-white scarlet flowers open in compact flowers, which are held in closed bunches on stems clad in white- ranks in midsummer and are all splashed leaves. White flashes turned over at the top like sometimes only appear when walking sticks. A rarely seen but mature. This unique mutation is quite spectacular flower albeit a at times unstable. Remove any very infrequent seed-producer. pure green material.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 30 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 MAGMAGNONOLIALIA CHAMPACA MECONOPSIS CAMBRICA AURANTIACA £3.95 MagnoliaceaeHHT 3.0-5.0m (8 seeds) £2.70 PapaveraceaeHP 30-45cm This evergreen, semi tropical This is the orange form of the large shrub has large mid-green normally yellow "Welsh Poppy" leaves and sweetly fragrant with delicate orange petals. It orange flowers in spring. The may slowly self seed in the strongly fragrant flowers from garden, seeds usually only this fabulous, exotic tree are germinating in the spring. used to make the expensive perfume 'Joy'.

MALVA 'GIBBORTELLO' MECONOPSIS CAMBRICA 'FRANCES PERRY' £2.70 MalvaceaeHP1.0-1.2m £2.70 PapaveraceaeHP 30-45cm One of the most sensationally The rare red form of the showy newcomers of recent perpetual flowering perennial years, this compact, shrubby Welsh poppy comes true from plant opens its large, crumpled, seed as long as there are non floppy, dark-veined purple of the common yellow ones to flowers on numerous spikes cross with it. Drifts of this very over a prolonged period in hardy and long-lived beauty are spring and summer. If you are glorious, as it flowers all lucky it may gently self-seed. summer long.

MECONOPSIS BAILEYI MECONOPSIS CAMBRICA 'MURIEL BROWN' £2.95 PapaveraceaeHP 90cm £2.95 PapaveraceaeHP 30-45cm (Syn. Meconopsis betonicifolia). In 1994 the first ever double The fabulous "Himalayan Blue red Welsh poppy appeared here Poppy" forms clumps of hairy and was featured on Gardeners' leaves from which arise strong World after a bed of single red stems carrying heads of silky, "Welsh Poppies" crossed with kingfisher-blue, almost the double orange form. This transparent petals with golden lovely flower was named after eyes. This is one of the most Muriel Brown, the mother of beautiful garden plants. Plant World's owner.

MECONOPSIS BAILEYI ALBA MECONOPSIS CAMBRICA YELLOW £2.80 PapaveraceaeHP 90cm £2.45 PapaveraceaeHP 30-45cm Pure white silky petals surround Meconopsis cambrica is perfect a boss of golden stamens on for anyone wanting to create a this rarely seen form of the woodland garden and with its "Himalayan Blue Poppy" which gorgeous yellow flowers and makes an outstanding picture in fine, fern-like foliage, the Welsh a shady damp corner, hopefully Poppy is ideal. It spreads easily growing in rich, moist, organic and is well adapted to colonising soil. gaps and crevices in rocks and stones.

MECONOPSIS BAILEYI 'HENSOL VIOLET' MECONOPSIS GRANDIS £2.95 PapaveraceaeHP 60-90cm (40+ seeds) £2.95 PapaveraceaeHP 60-90cm Bright violet-purple flowers, with This seed has been collected the merest hint of red adorn this from the true form of this rare quite exquisite variant of the blue poppy from garden-grown "Himalayan Blue Poppy". plants. Large saucer flowers in Coming quite true from seed, it deepest blue arise on thick, surprises countless poppy-lovers strong stems. Quite perennial who have never before seen when it is happy in slightly this unusual plant which acidic, organic soil, it is one of originated from Hensol Castle. the classic blue flowers.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 31 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 MECONOPSIS HORRIDULA MECONOPSIS SUPERBA 'PINK EYE' £2.95 PapaveraceaeHBi,HP 45cm £2.80 PapaveraceaeHP,HBi 1.0-1.5m Gorgeous, striking cobalt-blue, This lovely hybrid of the rare, ivory-eyed, floppy, tissue-paper normally white Meconopsis flowers suggest that the "horrid" superba opens trusses of obviously only applies to the distinctive, pink-centred white spiny looking stems. It is one flowers above an impressive of the only drought-resistant overwintering rosette of thick, Asiatic meconopsis, dying down silvery-grey hairy leaves. Flower to a tuber if too hot in its first shades may vary but all will be year! attractive.

MECONOPSIS 'LINGHOLM' (EX M. GRANDIS) MECONOPSIS WALLICHII £3.15 PapaveraceaeHP 1.0-1.2m £2.80 PapaveraceaeHP 1.2-2.1m The true Meconopsis grandis is An enormous giant of a poppy if rare in cultivation, but this fertile grown in rich, peaty moist soil hybrid, which is a quite reliable and hopefully a bit of shade. A perennial, has enormous deep stout, bristly-leaved stem, cobalt blue flowers, up to four almost a trunk, holds repeatedly inches across, and is certainly branching arms each holding a the best available anywhere. delicate, pale blue tissue-paper flower. Flowers often until October or later.

MECONOPSIS NAPAULENSIS MECONOPSIS WILSONII £2.95 PapaveraceaeHBi,HP 1.2-1.5m £3.50 PapaveraceaeHP,HBi 1.2-1.5m (20+ seeds) Deeply lobed leaves felted with Newly-described, this rare, silvery hairs, form a large and exciting and unbelievably most sumptuous winter exquisite flower bears rosette. In early spring the spectacular heads of closely- thick, strong, main stem of this packed, golden-eyed, blue- absolutely magnificent specimen purple flowers, which open over arises, with branching spurs an extended period in late carrying golden-eyed, cherry spring on stout hairy stems, and red flowers in midsummer. is worth any trouble to grow.

MECONOPSIS PANICULATA MEGACODON STYLOPHORUS £2.95 PapaveraceaeHP 1.2-1.8m £3.95 GentianaceaeHP 50-75cm (5 seeds) Perhaps the most magnificent of This very rare plant the all winter rosettes is this "Dinosaur Gentian" from the enormous beast composed of foothills of Everest has big, massive, felted, golden bear's- waxy, creamy-yellow flowers, ear-like leaves. In early spring delicately spotted inside with arises the thick stem holding a purple markings. Held on tall, succession of refined golden iris-like stems, they bear some silky flowers. resemblance to those of the Kirengeshoma.

MECONOPSIS PUNICEA MELANOSELINUM DECIPIENS £3.95 PapaveraceaeHBi,HA 23-38cm (10 seeds) £2.60 ApiaceaeHP1.2m (40 seeds) This seldom offered, brilliant This new umbellifer is certainly lipstick-red Meconopsis from one of the finds of recent China is one of the rarest and years. In its second year a thick most desirable garden plants. strong stem sprouts a broad Numerous, solitary, pendulous crown of several branches flowers arise from a basal carrying finely divided bronzed rosette of hairy leaves. The leaves, beneath very large seeds should be sown umbels of bright pink flowers. immediately in a cool position. An unforgettable picture.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 32 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 MORINA LONGIFOLIA OENOTHERA BLOOD ORANGE £2.80 MorinaceaeHP60cm £2.35 OnagaceaeHP8-10cm A rare and long-lived Nepalese This new and lovely dwarf plant plant with thistle-like foliage with the same cushion-forming (but no relation). From the main habit as aubretia, produces an stem leaf axils appear exotic, extremely long succession of flared white flowers, which turn yellow-rimmed, red-eyed to pink inside after . flowers all season long on Repeat flowering from early prostrate stems. summer until the frost, especially if dead-headed.

MYOSOTIS ARVENSIS CAPPADADOOCCIICCAA £1.90 Boraginaceae HBi,HA 15-25cm £2.85 Boraginaceae HP 15-20cm (8 seeds) This beautiful British native "Blue-eyed Mary". One of the flower displays its sprays of most desirable spring plants bright blue flowers over a very (R.H.S. Award of Garden Merit). long period all spring and Sprays of bright blue flowers summer long. Once established from early spring to midsummer it will gently self-seed, moving over a slowly creeping carpet of into places where it does best shiny leaves. Viable seed is without being overwhelming. very rarely offered as little is produced.

NEPETA PARNASSICA ONOPORDUM ACANTHIUM £2.50 LamiaceaeHP1.8m £2.45 Asteraceae HBi 1.8-2.7m A huge catmint, dwarfing "Six This is truly one of the most Hills Giant". Thick strong stems impressive plants you can grow with fragrant leaves and long in the UK if you can give it spikes of purple-blue flowers in room. Candelabras of large summer and autumn. For the mauve flowers open on much- back of a hot border or fill the branching white woolly stems corner of the courtyard to which arise from a huge grey impress your visitors. spiky rosette in spring.

NICOTIANA SYLVESTRIS PAEONIA DELAVAYI £2.45 SolanaceaeHHA 1.2m £3.15 PaeoniaceaeHSh1.8m (10 seeds) This lovely plant is actually a "Victorian Tree Peony". Single species of wild tobacco bowl-shaped yellow-eyed (Woodland Tobacco). Grown in flowers from red to deepest gardens for its scented flowers, burgundy. In time, this peony which are overpowering at makes an imposing, many night, it attracts pollinating branched, deciduous tree. Well moths. This is one of the plants worth waiting for. from which the leaves can be dried.

NIGELLA DAMASCENA PAEONIA MLOKOSEWITSCHII (MOLLY THE WITCH) £1.95 RanunculaceaeHA 45cm £3.65 RanunculaceaeHP 45-60cm (8 seeds) Large showy blue flowers open A truly fabulous hardy over finely-cut, feathery, almost with huge pale fern-like foliage and are perfect lemon-yellow flowers in spring. for cutting, whilst the inflated In autumn follows an equally seed-pods are also popular with impressive show as the large flower arrangers. They may pods open like mouths, gently self-seed but very rarely revealing the good, fertile black become a nuisance! shiny seeds, and brightest crimson decorative hollow ones.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 33 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 PAEONIA OBOVATA (ALBA) PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM 'BLACK BEAUTY' £5.15 RanunculaceaeHP 60-75cm (4 seeds) £2.60 PapaveraceaeHA 60-90cm A rare and lovely plant, The almost-black, fully double attractive from spring until blooms of this spectacular autumn. It produces red shoots flower caused a stampede for with a crystalline dusting in the seed being sold at a recent early April followed by long, egg- Hampton Court Flower Show. shaped leaves. Each stem bears You will understand why when a chalice like, pure white flower you grow a bed of these to with yellow anthers and purple perfection! filaments.

PAPAVER ATLANTICUM PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM DOUBLE FRINGED PINK £2.75 PapaveraceaeHP 45cm £2.45 PapaveraceaeHA 60-90cm Apricot-orange, single or semi- A very popular old favourite double blooms appear on long producing a summer-long upright stems above a flat succession of heavily doubled, rosette of blue-green, hairy deep-pink flowers. Multi- leaves. It is almost never out of petalled paeony-flowered forms bloom. You can forget to water hold on to their petals much it for weeks and it will still longer than single forms too! bloom! Performs best if sown thinly where you need it.

PAPAVER LASIOTHRIX PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM 'LADYBIRD' £2.85 PapaveraceaeHP 30-40cm £2.35 PapaveraceaeHA 60-90cm This tough, rare variant of A bright and simple colour. Papaver orientale has smaller, Deepest red flowers with a blood-red, black-eyed flowers distinctive black blotch at the atop short, thick, hairy stems, base of each petal. All of these which are erect rather than poppies will seed quite true to floppy. A beautiful, rarely type if grown well away from offered flower, it is native to the the other varieties. mountains of eastern Turkey and northern Iran.

PAPAVER RHOEAS PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM 'LAUREN'S GRAPE' £1.95 PapaveraceaeHA 38-45cm £2.50 PapaveraceaeHA 1.2m This is the fast-growing poppy This more recent variety of which, after the battles, rapidly Opium Poppy has big single produced flowers amongst the flowers in attractive plum-purple trenches in the world wars and colours which open in which is used to commemorate succession from June to August. the soldiers who fell. Also They are excellent border plants known as Flanders Poppy, Corn with most attractive ornamental Poppy, Field Poppy and Red seed pods which are very Poppy. ornamental in winter.

PAPAVER RUPIFRAGUM 'ORANGE FEATHERS' PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM 'MIDNIGHT' £2.70 PapaveraceaeHP 45-60cm £2.25 PapaveraceaeHA 60-90cm This sumptuous, many- A bed of these unusually dark, stemmed, double-flowered almost black flowers, with an perennial, bears an endless eye of distinctive white stamens succession of frilly, many- makes a striking, mid-border petalled terracotta-orange clump. flowers. Botanically this is Papaver rupifragum 'Flore Pleno', but we feel "Orange Feathers" is less of a mouthful!

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 34 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM 'RYE BEANER' PENSTEMON WHIPPLEANUS £1.95 PapaveraceaeHA 60-90cm £3.15 Scrophulariacea HP 30-40cm The colour of the large single This upright penstemon has flowers does indeed resemble a striking, deep burgundy-purple, diluted glass of the famous to purple and black flowers on blackcurrant drink. And every stems which bear lance shaped flower has a black centre to leaves, with spoon-shaped basal guide the bees and butterflies to leaves below. It is a drought- the ! resistant plant coming from Montana, the Rocky Mountains, Arizona and New Mexico.

PAPAVER SOMNIFERUM ULTIMATE MIXTURE PETUNIA 'LIMONCELLO' F1 £2.45 PapaveraceaeHA 60-75cm £2.75 SolanaceaeHHA 15-25cm (60+ seeds) A very generous packet of This spectacular, best-ever seeds, ideal for just sprinking yellow petunia makes a bushy where needed in the garden, compact clump with large wavy holding probably every known blooms in an attractive two tone cultivar of opium poppy creamy-yellow. Resembling the including: 'Danish Flag', paeony delicious Italian liqueur and flowered forms, 'Hen and adds a zest of lemon to borders Chickens' and every known or containers. Prefers light, well colour to nearly black. drained soil in full sun.

PENSTEMON CONFERTUS PETUTUNNIIAA 'SALMON VELVET' F1 £3.50 Scrophulariacea HP 20-50cm (20 seeds) £3.15 SolanaceaeHHA 15-20cm (10 seeds) This rare but easy-to-grow This trailing petunia seed can species bears densely crowded outperform cutting-raised spikes of a true lemon-yellow, Surfinia Petunias, producing making it the only genuinely trailing stems up to 1m in length yellow Penstemon. In the wild it continuously smothered in grows locally in moist open or bright salmon-pink blooms all wooded places, sometimes in summer long. It is ideal for use meadows or by streams. Very in borders for dazzling ground few seeds collected. cover.

PENSTEMON CYANEUS PHACELIA BOLANDERI £3.85 Scrophulariacea HP 50-70cm (20 seeds) £2.80 Hydrophyllaceae HP 12-20cm Robert Nold, author of Flared, lavender-blue trumpets 'Penstemons' wrote: "A stunning with bright blue pollen on low plant in impact, equal to any hairy-leafed stems, open until meconopsis". This plant is very late in the season, May-August. frost hardy, but being a native This astonishing, new, rare, of sagebrush communities, hardy perennial phacelia makes demands a well-drained, an amazing display in any open meagre soil, and not soaking in spot and why it has only just winter, to amaze your visitors. been discovered amazes us.

PENSTEMON DIGITALIS 'GOLD FOIL' PHLOMIS RUSSELIANAANA £3.15 Scrophulariacea HP 35-45cm £2.45 LamiaceaeHP90cm Sprays of lilac-pink tubular Although it looks tender, this flowers open on shortish stems Syrian plant is actually bone- clad in golden yellow, non- hardy, stout stems bearing scorching leaves, which age to tiered whorls of hooded, butter burnished bronze in bright yellow flowers in summer, sunshine. This new plant was above rough heart-shaped basal discovered here as a sport some leaves. A valuable and easy years ago and is a perfect plant that thrives in poor dry soil. addition to P. Husker's Red.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 35 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 PHORMIUM MIXED PRIPRIMMUULLAA CANDELABRA RAINBOWS £2.45 Xanthorrhoeace HP 1.8m £2.60 PrimulaceaeHP60cm Bold spires of lanceolate leaves Strong stems hold heavy heads produce architectural clumps. of bright flowers arranged in Sprays of tubular orange-red whorls. These plants are easy to flowers are carried on strong germinate, grow and keep, stems into late autumn. An especially on moist, well- inexpensive way to grow a wide manured ground. These are selection, including dwarf, collected from our best purple, green, and variegated candelabra colours including leaved forms. scarlet, yellow, pink and purple.

PLANTAGO MAJOR RUBRIFOLIA DENTICULATA BEST BLEND £2.45 PlantaginaceaeHP 30-45cm £2.60 PrimulaceaeHP30-45cm A deep purple form of the The universally popular "Giant Plantain" coming "Drumstick Primula" spring completely true from seed. flower, which has dense Large shiny purple leaves globular heads of flowers in produce a most impressive early spring. Seed collected rosette from which arise long from the many different thin poker-like sead heads. A coloured beds in our gardens, superb plant where foliage and including white, lilac, lavender, form are required. blue and ruby.

POTENTILLA MIXED PRIMULA FLORINDAE £2.25 Rosaceae HP 30-60cm £2.70 PrimulaceaeHP60-90cm A wide selection of many showy A generous packet of the "Giant herbaceous forms in white, Himalayan Cowslip". Large yellow, orange and red, e.g. round leaves and stout stems Potentilla argentea, carry immense heads of atrosanguinea, grandiflora, fragrant flowers which are hyparctica, megalantha, usually yellow but very nepalensis, rupestris nana and occasionally red or orange. This several more. is almost certainly the biggest primula there is!

PRIMULA BULLEYANA PRPRIIMMUULLAA 'GOLD LACED' (veris) £2.45 PrimulaceaeHP45cm £2.90 PrimulaceaeHP15-20cm (10 seeds) This extremely vigorous and These very few seeds have hardy been collected from the best thrusts up numerous strong show-quality plants, which all stems bearing bright orange have darkest chocolate brown flowers with darker eyes. It centres edged with delicate does especially well in waterside golden yellow. These plants will environments where it will self- improve over the years and seed generously! make an impressive statement each spring.

PRIMULA CANDELABRA 'HARLOW CAR' 'MILLARLAR''SS CRIMSON' £2.90 PrimulaceaeHP30-45cm £2.40 PrimulaceaeHP40-60cm This is one of the brightest These lovely candelabra-type selections available, with tall plants make numerous strong stems holding tiered whorls of stems bearing deepest crimson large bright orange, red or tiers. The basal rosettes make scarlet flowers which appear in the most spectacular cabbage- April, May and June. In almost like giants when well fed, any type of soil they will make a increasing in size yearly, and dramatic statement to all who even self-seeding but never see them. being a problem.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 36 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 PRIMULA JAPONICA MIX 5X pkt 'BARTLEY'S STRAIN' £2.70 PrimulaceaeHP30-50cm £3.15 PrimulaceaeHP45-60cm These lovely candelabra-type This is possibly the most plants shoot up numerous desirable and sought after of all strong stems bearing tiers of of the large . (So blossoms in all colours from valuable in fact that much of a white to red. The basal rosettes sizeable bed was dug up and make the most spectacular, stolen, from our gardens!) This cabbage-like giants when well- selected form bears tiered fed or in moist soil. whorls of large, yellow-eyed pink flowers.

PRPRIIMUMULA JAPONICA 'POSTFORD WHITE' PRIMULA SCOTICA £2.50 PrimulaceaeHP60cm £2.95 PrimulaceaeHP This hardy, long-lived plant will Yellow-eyed, blueish purple become enormous in rich moist flowers open in small bunches, soil, producing yellow-eyed on short stems sprouting from ivory white flowers on thick, minute rosettes of grey leaves strong stems, and is almost in May. Sometimes there is a certainly the the most second flowering in July. impressive of all of the tall white primulas.

PRIMULA 'ORANGE SPLASH' PRPRIIMMUULLAA SECUNDIFLORA £3.15 PrimulaceaeHP15-23cm (15 seeds) £2.95 PrimulaceaeHP30-45cm This new "hose-in-hose" primula One-sided clusters of deepest, was produced here at Plant darkest ruby red are carried on World. The busy bees here have strong stems above vigorous crossed our new hose-in-hose clumps of shiny, jagged-toothed cowslip with an old fashioned leaves. This lovely plant comes polyanthus. The result is a new from very high up, sometimes type of primula. Seedlings from over 12,000 feet, in the these plants produce more mountains of Szechwan and unusual and bizarre oddities! Yunnan in China.

PRIMULA POISSONII PRIMULA VIALII £2.80 PrimulaceaeHP £2.80 PrimulaceaeHP38cm Rosettes of darkest green, shiny The "Red-Hot-Poker Primula" leaves, push up 18 inch stems has long crinkly leaves, from which carry from two to six which erupt dense spikes of whorls of yellow-eyed, deep violet blue flowers topped by a purplish-crimson flowers, each blood red cone of unopened about an inch across. This buds. When in flower in the stately primula lives high on the garden this is our best selling mountains of Szechwan and alpine primula and surely one of Yunnan in China. the most desirable.

PRPRIIMMUULALA PULVERULENTA PRIMULA VULGARIS £2.30 PrimulaceaeHP45-60cm £2.45 PrimulaceaeHP15cm Strong stems holding tiered The true "Devon Primrose" whorls of deep red flowers arise collected from a bank on our from vigorous rosettes of tooth- nursery. Sheets of delicately edged leaves. A small perfumed, pale lemon yellow proportion will be of the lovely blossoms appear in sheets of shell-pink 'Bartley's Strain'. This colour in earliest spring lovely plant from China should (sometimes at Christmas in be long-lived in most gardens. Devon!).

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 37 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 RANUNCULUS FICARIA SALVIA BARRELIERI £2.70 RanunculaceaeHP 5-8cm £2.75 LamiaceaeHP1.0m One of our earliest spring This stunning herbaceous flowers, just after the perennial has sky blue flowers snowdrops, it can appear as on showy, tall branched spikes early as the latter part of with large, wavy, gray-green February when it makes carpets leaves. In the wild it is found in of golden stars on the banks of northern Africa, Morocco, streams and rivers, or else in , Algeria, and the more shaded areas under southwestern Spain, usually hedgerows. between 500-1200 meters.

RHEUM NOBILE BVH 57 SALVIA CANDELABRUM £3.65 Polygonaceae 1.2m (6 seeds) £2.75 LamiaceaeHP1.2m (8 seeds) This legendary giant herbaceous Sprays of large violet and white plant erupts with an amazing orchid-like flowers on long thin tapering spire of bright, creamy branching stems are held well coloured bracts which are held above the insignificant clump of on strong stems. These extend fragrant, wrinkled hairy leaves. out even further as soon as the This is one of the most beautiful seed ripens. It grows high in the of all salvias, and is apparently Himalayas. One of the world's very hardy in a dry place! most desirable plants!

RICINUS COMMUNIS 'RED GIANT' SALVIA FORSKAOHLEI £3.65 EuphorbiaceaeHHSh 1.8m (6 seeds) £2.60 LamiaceaeHP70-90cm This selected form of the Enormous hairy basal leaves "Castor Oil Plant", has brighter form a base for an immense red leaves and seed heads than display of white-tongued vivid many others; the deep purple-blue flowers on long, red/bronze shiny leaves only strong branching stems. This producing their strongest leaf spectacular plant is bone hardy, colour when in full sun and as it long-lived and makes a matures. stupendous display all summer long!

RUDBECKIA LACINIATA SALVIA PRATENSE ROSE RHAPSODY £2.40 Compositae HP 1.2-1.8m £2.95 Labiatae HP 40-60cm Strong tall stems bear many Enchanting, rose-pink hooded golden flowers with large, black, blooms open on densely-packed protruding centre cones flower heads on long stems, appearing from midsummer over dark green, aromatic right into late autumn. An foliage. Perfect for a mixed impressive and valuable flower border display, they are most for late colour. attractive to butterflies and bees, whilst dead-heading gives colour into autumn.

SALVIA AZUREA SALVIA PRZEWALALSSKKIIII £2.30 LamiaceaeHP45-60cm £2.90 LamiaceaeHP60-80cm This easy, long lived and Large deep purple flowers with popular plant carries many blackish bracts are produced in divided short spikes of deep branching racemes from July to purple-blue flowers, with low, August on strong, thick square sage-like basal leaves. section stems, carrying hairy leaves felted beige beneath. This rare, tender-looking plant seems to be bone-hardy on our north-facing hill.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 38 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 SALVIA SCLAREA SCLERANTHUS UNIFLORUS £2.85 LamiaceaeHP1.2m £2.40 CaryophyllaceaeHP 3cm Possibly the easiest and most Probably the most diminutive, impressive of all hardy salvias. slow-growing and intriguing, From large furry rosettes arise ground covering alpine plant superb branching spikes of large one can grow. In early summer, pink-bracted blue and white the prostrate cushion makes flowers. An unforgettable sight. tiny half inch stems which carry one golden seed each, whilst any weeds in its path are stifled.

SAUROMATUM VENOSUM SEDUM ROY LANCASTER £4.15 Aracea HP 40-70cm (3 seeds) £2.70 CrassulaceaeHP 25-35cm Also known as Voodoo Lily, this Making a compact, non-invasive exotic and tropical looking plant clump, this rare and lovely bone will do well in most sunny British hardy plant makes strong stems gardens. In late spring alien with succulent blue-grey looking green stems appear notched leaves beneath crimson- covered in black spots, then red flowers in early summer. large fleshy leaves appear Collected by famous plantsman before the flowers later in the Roy Lancaster in the Himalayas. year. Sow April-May.

SCABIOSA RUMELICA SENECIO POLYODON £2.85 DipsacaceaeHP60cm £2.35 Compositae HP 30-60cm A gorgeous slowly-spreading A long-flowering dazzler plant producing pure crimson discovered on the mountains of 'pincushion' flowers on many South Africa. Numerous erect branching stems over a very, stems produce an everlasting very long flowering season. display of carmine rose flowers This rarely seen colour makes a from early spring until the bright splash even in the autumn frosts. darkest corner.

SCHIZOSTYLIS MIXED COLOURS SILENE ASTERIAS £2.70 Iridaceae HP 50-60cm £2.70 CaryophyllaceaeHP 30-45cm From clumps of sword-shaped This rare Bulgarian species, leaves arise stems of cup- unlike other silenes, has tidy shaped flowers from white, grey-green rosettes of shiny through pinks to deepest leaves and scented globular vermilion. This South African heads of tubular, intensely gladiolus relative provides crimson flowers, blue anthers valuable colour from August and dark wine red bracts, right through autumn and into making an amazing colour winter if it remains mild. combination.

SCLERANTHUS BIFLORUS STSTRREELLIITTZZIIAA NICOLAI 'WHITE BIRD OF PARADISE' £2.25 CaryophyllaceaeHP 5cm £3.85 Musaceae HHP 1.2-3.0m (6 seeds) This truly amazing plant, slowly "Giant White Bird of Paradise". creeping along like a dense and Huge black and white flowers solid green rippling carpet, on this rare member of the produces wonderful shapes and banana family are often seen forms. Although related to our abroad whilst in the UK it makes pinks, it is reputed to be the an impressive large-leaved plant only Australian alpine totally for a pot in the conservatory. hardy in the UK. Large seeds resemble little puppets heads with yellow hair!

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 39 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 STRELITZIA REGINAE TANACETUM PARTHENIUM 'MALMESBURY' £3.85 Musaceae HHP 60-90cm (6 seeds) £2.50 Compositae HP 45-60cm Spectacular orange and dark A rare plant with curious blue flowers are held on very propeller-like flowers, which thick stems above most hold stubby white tubular attractive, leathery, banana-like petals surrounding the yellow leaves. In cold countries it does disc on this new form. The best in a large pot when it name comes from Malmesbury, should be re-potted annually, in Wilts. where it was found by warmer climes it can make huge Martin Cragg-Barber of the evergreen clumps in the garden. Natural Selection nursery.

SUNFLOWER MONGOLIAN GIANT TANACETANACETTUUMM PARTHEHENNIIUUMM 'VIRGO' £1.95 Compositae HHA 3.6-4.2m (10 seeds) £2.95 Compositae HP 45-60cm (20 seeds) These plants really are This exclusive, new, rare and monsters. Not only do they shorter form of "Feverfew" has grow up to 14 feet tall, they pure white, tight, button-like also produce the most flowers, like diminutive pom- amazingly enormous flower pom dahlias, on bolt-upright heads up to 18" in diameter. If stems with little branching. Yet you want to impress your another absolute gem from the neighbours just grow some of UK's top "Feverfew" expert! these against your house wall!

TACCA CHANTRIERI TANACETUM PARTHENIUM 'WHITE BONNET' £2.75 Taccaceae GP 45-60cm (10 seeds) £2.70 Compositae HP,HBi 45-60cm The 'Bat Plant'. A bizarre but This rarely grown variant has quite beautiful plant with anemone-centred white flowers aspidistra-like foliage and large, and quilled ray petals from May- darkest purple, almost black Aug. It comes true from seed flowers which resemble and has been preserved by a Batman's cape. The most customer and keen "Feverfew" intriguing features though are collector of these old gems who the bunches of long 'whiskers' has asked us to re-introduce it protruding from the centre. before it becomes extinct!

TACCATACCA CHANTRIERI 'GREEN ISLE' TARAXACUM PSEUDOROSEUM £2.70 Taccaceae GP 38-45cm (10 seeds) £2.40 Compositae HP 10-15cm (10 seeds) An unusual and rarely offered A pink dandelion with a yellow variety that has intriguing dusky eye? Whatever next? This newly- green blooms with bat-like, long discovered little charmer will green tentacles. In colder capture your heart though. A climates they make excellent leafy rosette, just like a pot plants if planted indoors in dandelion, pushes forth a never- well-drained loam. The long ending succession of gorgeous lasting are also bicoloured flowers. good as cut flowers.

TACCA INTEGRIFOLIA TARAXACUM RUBRIFOLIUM (F(FAAEERROOEENNSSEE)) £2.85 Taccaceae GP 60-90cm (10 seeds) £2.45 Compositae HP 5-10cm (10 seeds) Another incredible flowering This most unusual dwarf oddity with large, green veined "dandelion" makes a tiny rosette white flowers, resembling of beetroot-red, almost black triangular cloaks, sprouting long leaves, with short-stemmed trailing whiskers from their yellow flowers. An attractive purple centres. Most definitely little gem which could certainly one of the most profoundly never become a weed, it sets interesting talking points you very few seeds for a start!! will ever grow.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 40 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 THALICTRUM AQUILEGIIFOLIUM TRTRIILLLLIIUUMM CAMSCHATCENSE £2.45 RanunculaceaeHP 75-90cm £3.15 TrilliaceaeHP45-60cm Branching stems hold large Originally collected on our 2002 heads of countless, fluffy, rich trip to Sakhalin (RBS0281), rosy lilac flowers, just like tiny these gorgeous specimens bear powder-puffs, over delicate large, white, three-petalled sprays of maidenhair, columbine- flowers in spring, which slowly like foliage. This is a choice and age to purple. These always exceptionally lovely plant that grow best in shade in deciduous should be in every garden. woodland.

THALICTRUM 'BLIZZARD' TRILLIUM CHLOROPETALUM £2.90 RanunculaceaeHP 60-90cm (20 seeds) £3.15 TrilliaceaeHP25-30cm (10 seeds) An absolutely exquisite pure One of the aristocrats of the white variety of Thalictrum garden with three leaves, petals delavayi. This is more compact and calyces, leaves being than the pink variety and wonderfully marbled and produces thousands of small, mottled in grey in spring, the shimmering, umbrella-like three mahogany to rich crimson- flowers, amongst delicate, maroon petals appearing shortly gossamer-like, ferny foliage, afterwards. Very rarely offered right into late autumn. but long lived when established.

THALALIICCTTRRUUMM ROCHEBRUNEANUM TRTRIILLLLIIUUMM RIVALE £2.95 RanunculaceaeHP 1.2-1.8m £3.95 TrilliaceaeHP6-10cm (8 seeds) Native to Japan, this clump- Very early in the year, upright- forming perennial has lacy, fine- facing flowers of white or pale textured, bluish-green, pink are dotted deeper pink and columbine-like foliage. Sprays of violet, the spotting towards the pendulous, lavender-purple throat is filled with bright yellow flowers with contrasting yellow anthers early in the year making stamens appear in late summer short stems and silvery-veined in loose, airy clusters, on purple leaves. Probably the rarest of all flower stems, 8 feet tall. trilliums.

TORTOISE FOOD FLOWER MIXTURE TULTULIIPPAA SPRENGERI £3.15 VariousHP,HBi £2.70 LiliaceaeHB,HP 30-38cm (15 seeds) A specially formulated mix of Strong clumps of glossy bright seeds to provide plants for a green leaves stand below goblet- healthy diet for tortoises. shaped bright red flowers which Including Great Plantain, are 5-6cm in length in early Common Mallow, Creeping summer. This is the latest of all Bellflower, Evening Primrose, of the tulips to open its flowers Mixed Geraniums, Musk Mallow, and will self seed to make Globe Thistle, Flowering Maple remarkable colonies in time. and Salsify.

TRACHELIUM CAERULEUM 'BLACK KNIGHT' DALECHAMPII £2.90 CampanulaceaeHHP 45-60cm (50+ seeds) £2.95 Asteraceae HP 25-35cm This new spectacular flower has This lovely flower forms a neat dark foliage with purple veins, rosette of wavy-edged leaves above which open large, dense, slowly spreading into compact cloudy sprays of thousands of clumps and stunning, black- small, fragrant, intensely violet eyed, soft lemon-yellow flowers flowers, which appear in early all summer long. A rarely-seen summer and are magnets for alpine plant, it makes a superb bees. A superb and exceptional rockery or border specimen. introduction.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 41 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 VERATRUM CALIFORNICUM VERBENA HASTATA ROSEA £2.95 LiliaceaeHP1.2-1.8m £2.35 VerbenaceaeHP 60-90cm Growing up to 6 feet tall, each A super, long flowering (June- spring this magnificent plant Sept), plant from Nova Scotia. pushes up a strong leafy stem, This is the more unusual which is heavily-branched at the shocking pink form (usually top. Masses of buds, held as blue), with multi-branching tight green spheres, open into candelabra-heads, flowers delicate purple-eyed flowers. slowly expand as they ascend the stems like burning sparklers (in reverse).

VERBASCUM CHAIXII ALBUM VERONICASTRUM VIRGINICUM 'LILAC CARINA' £2.35 Scrophulariacea HP 60-90cm £2.80 Scrophulariacea HP 1.0-2.0m This is one of the perennial Deserving of a special spot in verbascums bearing spires of any sunny border, these purple-eyed white flowers on outstanding plants form a tall, hairy stems and over compact bushy clump of dark-green rosettes of hairy, jagged-edged leaves, bearing massive leaves. This is one of the better branching spikes of lavender- behaved Mulleins that may mauve flowers, from late gently self-seed but rarely summer into autumn. Most becomes a nuisance! attractive to butterflies.

VERBASCUM PHOENICUM 'PINK DOMINO' VINCA ROSEA £2.45 Scrophulariacea HP 45-60cm £2.80 Apocynaceae HHP 1.0m (50+ seeds) Soundly perennial, this lovely This lovely perennial can be quite diminutive plant may easily-grown as an annual, appear in every shade from flowering in hot, dry climates palest pink to almost red. This is and relatively infertile soils. The one of the truly perennial glossy green leaves provide a mulleins in a range of most background for attractive, five- desired colours, and in a well- petaled flowers, which range drained spot will perform from pink, red, purple to white excellently for many years. and bi-colored flowers.

VERBENA BONARIENSIS VIOLA BLUEBERRY CREAM £2.60 Verbenaceae HP 1.0-1.4m £2.45 ViolaceaeHP8-15cm Every garden should have this This gorgeous new viola has long flowering beauty which been produced using some of flaunts its sprays of fragrant the very best dwarf violas on purple flowers, on wiry angular the market as parents. The branching stems, from June flowers will vary from plant to until the frost. Acts as a plant, as ornamental violas do, magnet for butterflies. but almost all of them will have a cream or white face with a distinctive blue or purple edging.

VERBENA HASTATA BLUE VIOLA 'BOWLES BLACK' £2.70 Verbenaceae HP 1.0-1.3m £2.35 ViolaceaeHP10cm This bone hardy, long flowering Very reliable from seed. plant from Nova Scotia has Compact plants carry many many-branching candelabra small velvety flowers varying type flower-heads, each spike of from deepest midnight blue to azure flowers slowly expands as almost black. Will self-sow, and it ascends the stems, just like a eventually hybridise with other sparkler burning but in reverse. violas, so keep it apart from A valuable addition in that rarely lesser varieties. seen true-blue colour.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 42 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 VIOLA 'FUJI DAWN' VITEX AGNUS CASTUS 'TEXAS LILAC' £2.95 ViolaceaeHP10-15cm £2.70 VerbenaceaeHT 1.8-2.4m Deep purple, early spring Attractive clusters of fragrant flowers above sprays of blue-mauve flowers open amidst attractively marbled pink and fragrant leaves. Also called cream foliage. A completely new Chaste Tree, Chasteberry or colour-break in viola Monk's Pepper, these variegation. Developed and were once used to flavour stews named here at Plant World and in monasteries.(But not now grown and copied recommended for worldwide! honeymooners)

VIOLA HYBRIDA 'ROSE SHADES' WILD FLOWER MIXES £2.95 ViolaceaeHP15-25cm (30+ seeds) £1.85 Various A bushy, compact, free Please order any of these mixes flowering variety in delicious of wild flower seeds for various rose shades, each bloom having habitats and purposes, all are an attractive yellow eye and priced at 1.75 per packet. dark whiskers. There is the Meadow Collection. bonus of a delicious sweet Honey mix. Wetland mix. fragrance, and it is ideal for Shaded mix. Late-flowering mix. planting in spring in summer Early-flowering mix. Cornfield borders or containers. mix. Meadow mix.

VIOLA ODORATA XEXERRONONEMA CALLISTEMON £2.35 ViolaceaeHP15cm (12 seeds) £3.75 Xeronemataceae HHP 35-45cm (20+ seeds) The "Devon Violet" or "Sweet This rare plant lives in the Violet" must be too well know to Taranga Islands in New need a description...... but for Zealand. This fabulous plant is the record, makes a creeping very rarely offered as plants or carpet of fragrant leaves (yes!), seeds. The stalks grow vertically and long-stemmed, perfumed then sideways displaying blue flowers opening with the dazzling red flowers tipped with snowdrops in February, and on orange pollen. These fabulous into spring. plants can reach 40cm in height.

VIOLA TRICOLOR £1.95 ViolaceaeHBi,HA 10-15cm "I have never bought seeds from overseas before, These delightful flowers, with but a friend at a large garden nursery assured me sprays of purple, blue, yellow or your company was one of the best in the world." white blooms, patterned with Bonnie Gallot, New Zealand purple, lavender and yellow, flower over the whole summer "Thank you for the fast service. I received my self-seeding freely, charming seeds today in New Jersey with no problems and when allowed to grow in a will order from you in the future." Jim Briggs, USA border or wild garden and are self-fertile, pollinated by bees.

VISCARIA 'BLUE ANGEL' £2.95 CaryophyllaceaeHA 25-35cm (20+ seeds) "Hello to the team of Plant World Seeds, the seeds The "Blue Campion" a rare and arrived today very fast. Thank you very much, fantastic dwarf cottage garden especially for the generous amount of seeds." plant, has a unique colour Barbara Dussler, Germany among this group of flowers, with masses of wide-open, "I received my order much quicker than expected large, two-tone mid blue flowers and am very pleased with the service you provide. smothering it. These appear One happy gardener." Pat Griffiths, Walsall around six to eight weeks after sowing and then all season long.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 43 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 ARISTOLOCHIA ELEGANS BOMAREA SALSILLA £2.90 AristolochiaceaeHHCl 5.4-6.0m (15 seeds) £3.15 Alstroemeriacea HHCl 3.6m (10+ seeds) An evergreen with most Bunches of magnificent, intriguing flowers and bright delicately marked, flared, dark green, heart shaped leaves pink trumpets hang from which create a dense mass of twining decked with fleshy foliage. In summer the vine green leaves. Fabulous either produces 3" flowers resembling climbing another shrub or on a a 19th century Dutchman's pipe. support and it weaves through a A favourite of butterflies. (RHS conifer here. Plant out when Award Winner) still small.

ARISTOLOCHIA FIMBRIATA CLECLEMMAATTIISS INTEGRIFOLIA £2.95 AristolochiaceaeHHCl 60-90cm (8 seeds) £2.80 RanunculaceaeHCl 1.0-1.2m Quite amazing flowers This gorgeous, sweetly scented, surrounded by most attractive, clump-forming clematis bears silver-veined leaves, festoon this very attractive, indigo-blue very unusual, drought-resistant, nodding flowers with recurving trailing and climbing plant, . An exceptionally lovely which is native to Argentina, species, it was introduced from Paraguay and southern Brazil. It southern Europe in 1573 and also makes an excellent hanging has always been one of the basket plant! staple cottage garden plants.

BILLARDIERA LONGIFLORA CLEMATIS MONTANA ALBA £2.40 PittosporaceaeHCl £2.70 RanunculaceaeHCl A choice Tasmanian climber One of the most rewarding and grown outside for twenty years also easy-to-grow of all here. Thin twining stems clematis, pure white flowers produce creamy-yellow purple- open in early spring all having tipped waxy flowers in spring. the most delicious perfumed In autumn, outstandingly lovely scent of sweet marshmallows. clusters of deepest violet grape- This seed was collected from all sized berries appear. the white-flowered cultivars throughout our gardens.

BOMAREA HIRTELLA CLEMATIS MONTANA PINK £3.75 Alstroemeriacea HCl 2.0-3.6m (8 seeds) £2.80 RanunculaceaeHCl This "climbing alstroemeria" One of the easiest to grow of all makes a deep hardy tuber and clematis; these flowers open in gives fabulous value each spring early spring in colours ranging when strong-climbing stems from pinks to red, all having the wind upwards, each terminating most delicious perfumed scent in a compact bunch of of sweet marshmallows. Seed is gorgeous, speckled, yellow- collected from all the different throated, orange and green cultivars throughout our alstroemeria-like flowers. gardens.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 44 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 CLEMATIS SERRATIFOLIA ECCREMOCARPUS SCABER FLAME COLOURS £2.80 RanunculaceaeHCl £1.95 BignoniaceaeHCl This delicate, late flowering A vigorous scrambler, perfect climber produces an endless for covering an evergreen succession of blooms from July shrub, with red, orange or until October, when the frost yellow tubular flowers, sends it to sleep again. The produced freely from June to fragrant brown-eyed yellow October in multi-flowered flowers give an unseasonal trusses. Makes a hardy supply of delicate lemon overwintering tuber, but flowers perfume. first year from seed.

CLEMATIS VIORNA GLORIOSA LUTEA £3.95 RanunculaceaeHCl (6 seeds) £2.45 LiliaceaeGCl (10 seeds) This rare and beautiful climber A new, rare and very lovely is seldom seen. It has vase- variation on the normally red- shaped flowers, consisting of flowered climber. Large, golden four thick, leathery petals, flowers with reflexed petals which open in early summer adorn the numerous vigorous and continue into autumn. This multi-branching stems in vigorous plant is good for midsummer. A truly spectacular covering less attractive shrubs conservatory plant. and fences.

CODONOPSIS BHUTANICA GLORIOSA ROTHSCHILDIANA £2.80 CampanulaceaeHP 90cm £3.15 LiliaceaeGCl (10 seeds) An easy-to-grow low climber or This easily grown and scrambler, that from June until superlative climbing lily bears August will twine around less very large, reflexed, frilled interesting shrubs bearing yellow and crimson flowers. longish, downwards-facing Twining stems carry thin leaves flowers, which are slightly flared which terminate in a clinging open and delicately marked, tendrils. This is an ideal plant deep in the throat in purple and for a sheltered garden or black. conservatory.

CCOODDOONNOOPPSSIISS CONVOLVULACEA IPOMOEA ALBA £2.95 CampanulaceaeHCl,HP 1.2-1.8m £2.80 Convolvulaceae HHCl 3.0-4.5m (6 seeds) From the Himalayas and China, Enormous, white waxy this deciduous climber produces blossoms open at night, delicate pale blue to violet perfuming your garden all night (sometimes white) flowers, long before closing at dawn. If which can be up to 5cm across. patient you can watch these With these opening in mid- magical flowers unfurl right summer it happily scrambles before your eyes. They can through shrubs and woody even be grown indoors to fill plants in the mixed border. your house with fragrance.

CODONOPSIS FORRESTII IPOMOEA 'CLARKE'S HEAVENLY BLUE' £3.45 CampanulaceaeHCl,HP 70-90cm £1.95 Convolvulaceae HHCl 4.5m This is the most attractive This showy climber produces a climbing perennial you could seemingly endless succession of wish to see. Broad fleshy leaves huge, 4-5 inch, white-throated grow on twining stems and blue trumpets. Plants climb to carry large, fabulous, flared more than 15 feet, producing starry flowers of deepest sky flowers which open in the blue which stare upwards. morning before fading in the Similar to a dwarf clematis, this afternoon, from July until gem is rare in cultivation. October.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 45 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 LAPAGERIA ROSEA PASSIFLORA CAERULEA £3.85 PhilesiaceaeHHCl (8 seeds) £2.80 PassifloraceaeHCl 2.0-4.0m (10 seeds) Chile's national flower is a This lovely exotic-looking rightful candidate for the world's climber is quite hardy in most beautiful climber. Huge, sheltered positions where it wax-like bell flowers, three- displays its fragrant, intricately- inches or more of lipstick red, marked, pale blue flowers in decorate the twining stems. summer. In Autumn plum-sized Grows outside with shelter, but orange appear filled with is much better displayed in a edible crunchy pips and sweet, conservatory or greenhouse. tasty pulp. RHS Award winner.

LALATHTHYRUS LATIFOLIUS 'RED PEARL' PASSIFLORA EDULIS £1.95 LeguminosaeHCl £2.60 PassifloraceaeHCl 6.0-9.0m (10 seeds) Heavy trusses of bright red, This vigorous climber has fleshy, substantial flowers, on deeply 3-lobed leaves, climbing long, strong stems grow for an tendrils and purple-centred frilly long time in spring and white flowers, followed by a midsummer on this perpetual, crop of purple, edible . bone hardy, very perennial old Although it is half hardy, it may favourite. If possible try to be killed off down to the ground plant where it has good strong in hard winters, but often re- climbing support. grows from the roots.

LATHYRUS MAGELLANICUS PASSIFLORA QUADRANGULARIS £3.95 Leguminoseae, HCl 1.5m (5 seeds) £2.90 PassifloraceaeHCl 15.0m (8 seeds) Exquisite violet-blue and white One of the most beautiful pea flowers on short stems passion flowers, this beauty has adorn this very rare plant which large fragrant flowers with deep is probably not in cultivation and red petals and a centre crown is one of the world's most that has five rows of white and unobtainable hardy ornamental purple rays. Large leaves hang climbing peas. An outstandingly from quadrangular stems. It has pretty climber. the most enormous of all the passion fruits.

MAURANDYA BARCLAIANA RHODOCHITON ATRATROOSSAANGUNGUINEUM £2.60 Scrophulariacea HHCl £3.15 Scrophulariacea HHCl (10 seeds) A spectacular constant flowering Always one of the most sought- twiner. Flamboyant bright cobalt after climbing plants here, blue, flared "snapdragons" in an deepest purple, almost black, endless succession. Impressive flared tubular flowers open with indoors in a large pot or in a deep pink bracts and hang sheltered place outside. amongst the heart-shaped leaves. An exceptional container plant which will flower continuously for months on end.

MAURANDYA 'MAGIC DRAGON' (ERUBESCENS) SWEET PEA 'BLACK KNIGHT' £2.90 Scrophulariacea HHCl £1.50 LeguminosaeHA (25 seeds) In the early 1990's we bred One of the 'more modern' what is probably the first hybrid heirloom varieties from 1898. climbing maurandya ever Sprays of heavily perfumed, produced. These incredibly fast bicolored deep maroon/violet growing plants, which possess flowers. explosive hybrid vigour, produce a wide range of large flower shapes and sizes in all shades of pink and red.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 46 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 SWEET PEA 'HENRY ECKFORD' TROPAEOLUM AZUREUM £1.50 LeguminosaeHA (25 seeds) £3.65 TropaeolaceaeHHCl (20 seeds) This dazzling fragrant flower The fabulous blue climbing was the first uniquely coloured, perennial nasturtium! Thin really bright orange sweet pea twining stems produce many bred by the famous sweet pea dazzling cobalt blue flowers breeder Henry Eckford in 1906. from the leaf axils of delicate, attractively lobed leaves. Dying down to deep resting tubers, this is one of the ultimate alpine house plants.

SWEET PEA MATUCANA TROPAEOLUM SPECIOSUM £1.95 LeguminosaeHA (25 seeds) £3.50 TropaeolaceaeHHCl (8 seeds) This famous old heirloom is a Sheets of dazzling scarlet striking, very strongly scented, flowers cascading amidst pretty, bi-coloured Peruvian sweet pea. delicate, divided leaves adorn It is best grown alone as its this gorgeous plant throughout gorgeous, velvety, deep midsummer. This fabulous colours, which appear until late Chilean native prefers peat to in the season cannot compete be incorporated into the soil, with some of the bright modern when it will make countless, forms. long-lived hardy tubers.

SWESWEEETT PEA 'PAINTED LADY' £1.50 LeguminosaeHA (25 seeds) "You sent Tuesday, I received today, in Friday, in A lovely old-fashioned heirloom Latvia. Envelope and seeds in very good condition, variety dating back to 1737. A and you present me 1 seeds package for free. profusion of rose/white bicolor Good luck in growing your beautiful flowers and flowers which are smaller than trees." Armands Dreimanis, Latvia those of modern forms, but this " Thank you for the amazing service. The seeds is more than compensated for arrived today with an extra free packet. I'm really by their entrancing perfume. grateful. " Mrs Megan Armour, New Zealand

SWEET PEA 'PASTEL SUNSET' £1.50 LeguminosaeHA (25 seeds) "I have received your shipment well packed. A deliciously perfumed mixture Thanks a lot for the prompt delivery and the of Spencer types. These pastel complimentary seeds. Hope to do business with shades include cream, almond, you guys in the near future." Amit Jose, India pink, lavender and white. "Received with thanks. Impressed with the speed with which my order arrived. Thank you!" Chris Newbold, Belper, Derbys

SWEET PEA 'ROYAL WEDDING' £1.50 LeguminosaeHA (25 seeds) "Great service from this company. Seeds were The best long-stemmed, shipped quickly and arrived quickly. Prices and fragrant pure white sweet pea shipping costs are very reasonable. They had available today. Awarded several varieties I was having trouble finding, so I Certificate of Merit by the was very happy to find them here." Scottish National Sweet Pea Michel Levesque, Quebec, Canada Society. Ideal for exhibition or garden use.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 47 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 ACACIA DEALBATA CALLICARPA BODINIERI £2.70 LeguminosaeHHT 10.0-30.0m (20+ seeds) £2.80 VerbenaceaeHSh1.2-1.8m This beautiful fast-growing, Spindly, much-dividing branches small evergreen tree from produce relatively insignificant is smothered with starry lilac flowers in spring, but masses of exceptionally fine after the leaves have fallen in silver-grey, delicate foliage autumn the extremely attractive which is topped with fluffy, pale bunches of bright violet berries lemon, sweetly scented flowers persist through into winter. in late winter and early spring. An RHS award-winning plant.

AZALEA EXBURY HYBRIDS CAMELLIA SINENSIS £2.90 Ericaceae HSh 90cm-1.8m £2.95 Theaceae HSh 2.0-6.0m (6 seeds) Seed collected from our own The "tea tree" has bright green, twenty year old plants which shiny leaf clad stems holding were originally grown from seed yellowish-white flowers. These collected from the famous shrubs do best if kept pruned Exbury Gardens. Colours in all below 2 m high. Tea is the most shades from pale lemon to important non-alcoholic deepest red and every one beverage in the world, so grow dripping with heady perfume in your own! spring and early summer.

BAOBAB TREE (ADANSONIA DIGITATAA)) CLIANNTHTHUS PUNICEUS PINK FLAMINGO £3.15 Bombaceae GP 15.0m (4 seeds) £3.95 LeguminosaeHHSh 90cm-1.2m (8 seeds) The legendary 'Upside-Down- "Lobster Claw" or "Parrot's Tree' (Adamsonia digitata) Beak". In a sheltered garden or makes an intriguing, long-lived large pot this absolutely bonsai or conservatory plant magnificent shrub displays and is easily grown from seed. hanging groups of very large In the wild this tree is a valuable curved flowers in the most food commodity, the huge attractive shade of pink. There sausage fruits being the source are red and white forms but this of cream of tartar. is by far the best!

BRUGMANSIA VERSICOLOR CORDYLINE AUSTRALIS £4.15 SolanaceaeHHSh 3.0-4.5m (6 seeds) £2.70 AgavaceaeHT,HP 90cm-3.0m Enormous trumpet-flowers open A long lived 'palm' carrying at white before ageing to pink, the top a rosette of strap- peach or apricot and pouring shaped long leaves. Older plants out a rich daffodil perfume. grow enormous panicles of They can withstand a wide deeply scented white flowers in range of temperatures but a early summer, producing white moderate frost will damage the berries in autumn. After severe plant in colder climates. Suitable winters the trunk usually for conservatories. sprouts several heads.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 48 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 CORNUS CAPITATA FUCHSIA MAGELLANICA £2.60 CornaceaeHSh1.5-3.5m £3.65 Onagraceae HSh 90cm-1.8m This outstanding shrub or small We collected this most beautiful tree bears long-lived heads of and bone-hardy plant, which enormous, impressive, can flower just four months buttercup-shaped flowers, after sowing, on our Chilean consisting of waxy, creamy Expedition of 1994. Scarlet and butter-coloured bracts, followed purple 'ballerina' flowers open by red, strawberry-like fruits. throughout summer and This is certainly the best one autumn and into winter in mild growable from seed. places.

CRINODENDRON HOOKERIANUM VIOLACEA £2.90 Elaeocarpaceae HSh 1.8m (6 seeds) £2.90 Scrophulariacea HHSh, 60cm-1.2m (20 seeds) The "Chilean Lantern Tree" is A rare and beautiful plant from one of the world's most Chile and New Zealand. Thin attractive shrubs. Garden branching stems with attractive visitors seeing the attractive, wavy-edged leaves produce crimson, waxy urn-shaped clusters of countless delicate pendent flowers in early orchid-like cream flowers gently summer just cannot wait to rush marked with yellow and purple, into our plant nursery to buy which appear throughout spring one for themselves. and early summer.

DAPHNE TANGUTICA LEYCESTERIA FORMOSA £3.15 ThymelaeaceaeHSh 60-90cm (6 seeds) £1.95 CaprifoliaceaeHSh 1.8m A rare hardy evergreen shrub A multi-value plant. Bright green bearing clusters of very bamboo-like stems in winter. fragrant, white flushed, purple- Delicate white pendent flowers pink flowers from mid spring to amidst tasselled, ruby-coloured early summer. Bunches of red bracts in summer. Soft bunches berries appear later and persist of purple-brown caramel into late autumn. flavoured berries (loved by birds) in autumn.

EMBOTHRIUM COCCINEUM LEYCESTERIA FORMOSA 'GOLD LEAF' £2.80 Proteaceae HSh 1.8-3.6m (10+ seeds) £2.95 CaprifoliaceaeHSh 1.2-1.8m An unusually large flowered A gorgeous form of this already form of the "Chilean Firebush" multi-value plant bearing purple- originally collected on the banks bracted white flowers amongst of Lago Cucao during our 1994 crimson-tinged, bright golden Chile Expedition. This seed has leaves. Coming completely true wild diversity so you will find from seed this exciting new that in early summer the plant is perfect to brighten up a clusters of tubular flowers vary shady corner. from crimson to bright red.

FUCHSIA BOLIVIANA LUPINUS ARBOREUS (BL(BLUUEE)) £2.80 Onagraceae HHSh, 90cm-1.8m £2.40 PapilionaceaeHSh1.8m (20 seeds) A stunning, showy species, The outstanding blue tree lupin producing exotic, hanging produces branching stems from clusters of four inch flowers in a a stout trunk. Fragrant bi- stunning combination of pure coloured blue flowers, much white and fluorescent red. The loved by bees and butterflies long trumpet-shaped blooms are produced throughout the open progressively down the summer. cluster for several months, followed by tasty green fruits!

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 49 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 LUPINUS ARBOREUS (YELLOW) PAULOWNIA TOMENTOSA £2.25 PapilionaceaeHSh1.8m £2.60 Scrophulariacea HT 1.8-3.6m (50+ seeds) Fragrant creamy yellow racemes This truly spectacular tree cover what can become a long produces large, pale mauve lived, long flowering small tree, "foxglove" flowers on naked complete with thick knobbly branches in early spring, the trunk. A haven for bees and large, dinner-plate-sized, soft butterflies throughout summer furry leaves appearing later. If and autumn. cut to the ground in spring, enormous leaves develop on the shoots sprouting from the soil.

LUPINUS ARBOREUS SNOW QUEEN RUBUS SPECTABILIS £2.40 PapilionaceaeHSh90cm-1.2m (20+ seeds) £2.70 RosaceaHSh90cm-1.2m This lovely form has fragrant, This attractive hardy shrub is pure white flower spikes which grown both for its attractive, appear in early summer. If dazzling-red flowers and also its pruned back after flowering, juicy fruits which mature in late tree lupins will last for many summer to early autumn. These years and they may, with care, resemble large orange-red be made into impressive, single- raspberries. In their North trunked standards. American home they are used to make jams and pies.

MACADAMIA INTEGRIFOLIA SAMBUCUS NIGRA £2.95 ProtaceaeHHT,G 4.5-9.0m (3 seeds) £2.60 CaprifoliaceaeHT,HS 1.8-3.0m An attractive landscape tree Fragrant, flat topped, cream bearing long sprays of creamy- flower heads appear in May and yellow "bottlebrush" flowers. June followed by the purple- These later produce very large black berries in September. The seeds, each containing a flowers are used to make the sizeable, tasty white . This delicately-perfumed elder flower quite unique, sub tropical champagne, whilst the berries member of the protea family is are used for wine! native to Queensland.

MELIALIANNTTHHUUSS MAJOR TAXUS BACCATA FASTIGIATA £2.85 MelianthaceaeHHSh 1.2-1.8m (10 seeds) £2.40 TaxaceaeHT1.8-3.0m The giant with deeply-cut grey This well-known evergreen tree leaves. Bizarre, brownish bears masses of attractive red flowers produce inflated seed- berries in summer. (Edible fruit pods in late summer. but poisonous seed!) Seeds "Melianthus has probably the collected from the compact, most beautiful large foliage of columnar, fastigiate form of the any plant that can be grown out longest growing of all of our of doors in these islands". native trees (even oak!). Plants (Graham Stuart Thomas). may vary in stature.

METROSIDEROS EXCELSA ZANTHOXYLUM SIMULANS £2.70 MyrtaceaeHHT,H 1.8-6.0m £1.95 RutaceaeHSh1.8-2.4m A beautiful member of the A curious and attractive shrub in myrtle family, this lovely the rue family. Sprays of shrub/tree has oblong, leathery greeny-yellow flowers in spring leaves which are covered in later produce bright red berries dense white hairs underneath. amidst shiny aromatic leaves. The vivid, paintbrush-like, Enormous thorns are produced crimson-red blossoms appear on the old wood. around December. These plants are extremely tough.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 50 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 BRIZA MAXIMAMA CHIONOCHLOA CONSPICUA £1.60 Gramineae HA 30-45cm £2.35 PoaceaeHP1.5-2.1m "Quaking Grass". An attractive From New Zealand comes the and lovely annual grass bearing amazing legendary large trembling lockets on many "Hunangemoho Grass". Low, stems. Gently self-seeds, tidy clumps of sharp green moving around the garden until blades erupt into thick, strong, it finds a place where it is arching stems, supporting happy, but is shallow rooted massive 18 inch divided golden and very easy to pull out should sprays. Impresses all our the need arise. visitors here.

BRIZA MEDIA LIMOUZI CHIONOCHLOA FLAVESCENS £2.60 PoaceaeHP60cm £2.30 PoaceaeHP1.2-1.8m This new and quite distinctive "Broad-leafed Snow Tussock". taller form of the normal A fabulously impressive New "perennial quaking grass" (Briza Zealand grass. Long, stout media) has stems which are wands carry twelve inch long almost double the usual length, heads of golden tassels whilst the most attractive clump towering above stiff compact retains the usual compact width. tussocks. One of the three very best grasses we have grown.

BRIZA SUBARISTATA DENDROCALAMUS STRICTUS £1.95 PoaceaeHP30cm £2.90 PoaceaeHHP 3.0-10.0m "Chilean Quaking Grass". We This giant grass, an attractive collected this new grass from pale blue when young, turns the foothills of Volcano Antuco greenish grey or yellow as it on our Chilean Seed Expedition ages. It bears small green furry in 1994 (RB94154). Nodding leaves. When fully-grown the panicles of seedheads appear, diameter of the stems is around some plants even producing 13-16cm. This sturdy darker plum coloured forms. tropical/subtropical non-invasive species is drought tolerant.

CAREX BUCHANANII ELYMUS MAGELLANICUS £2.35 CyperacaeHP45-60cm £4.15 PoaceaeHP30-40cm (6 seeds) Dense, erect tussocks of copper- The bluest leaf of any plant we bronze make this one of the grow, this outstanding grass is most sought after and grown native to the mountains of architectural plants. When Southern Chile and Argentina grown as a solitary specimen it where it forms a slow-growing, makes a stunning effect with positively non-invasive, well- contrasting flowers or silver behaved clump of beautiful foliage plants. silvery, chalky, metallic-blue leaves. Well drained soil is best.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 51 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 FESTUCA GAUTIERI STIPA ELEGANTISSIMA £2.40 PoaceaeHP15cm £2.80 PoaceaeHP50-75cm A new, dwarf, and very 'Elegant' describes this delicate distinctive grass forming tight grass perfectly. The compact domes of thin, bright green sheaf consists of countless thin leaves, very much like a green stems surmounted by clouds of hedgehog. Later, numerous nebulous golden smoke which short stems of brown seedheads whispers and hisses gently as it appear. A little beauty for a waves in the wind. Absolutely rockery or small garden. unbeatable growing on its own.

MILIMILIUM EFFUSUM 'AUREUM' STIPA GIGANTEA £2.95 PoaceaeHP30-45cm £2.95 PoaceaeHP1.5-2.4m (15 seeds) The best golden grass growable The largest of all feather from seed has dazzlingly bright, grasses, and certainly one of canary-yellow leaves. Of its best the most elegant and stately in spring and especially in a ornamental grasses, forming shady spot. In commerce relatively insignificant basal "Bowles' Golden Grass" is often clumps from which arise long, the most expensive grass seed strong stems holding huge, in the world! loose panicles of golden spikelets with dangling awns.

PENNISETUM THUNBERGII 'RED BUTTONS' STIPA PULCHERRIMA £2.40 PoaceaeHP38-50cm £2.90 Gramineae HP 60-90cm (4 seeds) Pennisetum 'Red Buttons' or "Golden Feather Grass" is "Fountain Grass" produces deep disputably the most beautiful reddish-black flowers that grass in the world. In resemble rabbits' tails which midsummer seedheads expand persist throughout the season, up to nearly two feet long the whole plant forming an resembling bunches of ostrich attractive evergreen clump of feathers, waving and billowing green foliage with burgundy like wispy smoke in the slightest highlights. breeze.

SETARIA MACROSTACHYA 'WILL SCARLET' UNCINIA EGMONTIANA £2.50 Gramineae HA 45-60cm £2.75 Cyperaceae HP 20-30cm Thick clumps of attractive foxtail- From Mount Egmont in New like flower heads, perfect for Zealand comes the prettiest cutting, grow on long stems hardy red grass growable from clad in broad leaves. If planted seed. Tight compact erect in a hot, dry spot, or in a clumps of stiff arching crimson- container on a warm patio, the bronze blades, from which arise leaves and stems of this lovely narrow spikes of small, sharply plant will turn bright crimson. pointed black seeds.

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Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 52 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 BANANA LEGS YELLOW £1.95 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) £1.95 TOMATO (10 seeds minimum) A productive plant giving long, Beautiful, smooth, large, meaty, thick-fleshed juicy fruits with a yellow/gold fruit of exceptional clean and refreshing taste. quality with a creamy texture Fruits are green-striped when and delicious rich flavour. The growing before turning a tall vines have healthy, potato- distinctive banana yellow colour leaved foliage. Surprisingly this when ripe. (Cordon) is not actually closely related to other Brandywine varieties (Cordon)

BLACK CHERRY BROWN £1.95 TOMATO (15 seeds minimum) £1.95 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) This heavy cropping variety is A new and exceptional plant everyone's favourite, producing with long herringbone trusses of seemingly endless bunches of identical-sized, chocolate- smallish, ultra-sweet fruits, coloured, sweet and juicy fruits which resemble dark cherries which simply refuse to split. Our and which have a very rich panel remarked that, when flavour. A current favourite in picked, they looked just like a up-market shops. (Cordon) box of maltesers! (Cordon)

BLACK FROM TULA CREAM SAUSAGE £1.95 TOMATO (15 seeds minimum) £1.95 TOMATO (30 seeds minimum) Whilst this deep reddish-brown Bushy, productive plants Russian beefsteak variety is not produce crisp-fleshed, creamy as dark as some other "black" coloured, elongated sausage- tomatoes, where it really scores like fruits. The sweet, juicy, is on taste which is strong, rich golden flesh, with a hint of and sweetly-sharp (!!) with a lemon flavour, makes them an hint of smokiness. (Cordon) ideal choice for creating unusual sauces. (Bush)

BRANDYWINE RED DELICIOUS £1.70 TOMATO (15 seeds minimum) £1.95 TOMATO (10 seeds minimum) A very famous potato-leafed A really huge red beefsteak fruit heirloom plant with a complex which is smooth, nearly solid history, giving consistently high and often weighs more than 2 yields of medium to large, very lbs. This variety holds the world juicy, fairly crack-tolerant, record for the largest tomato slightly flattened red fruits. ever grown and has excellent Gosh, what a mouthful! (Cordon) flavour, few and tiny seeds, and very little cracking. (Cordon)

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 53 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 DRUZBA GERMAN RED STRAWBERRY £1.90 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) £2.35 TOMATO (10 seeds minimum) This mid-season Bulgarian Produces large beautiful red heirloom is more resistant to strawberry-shaped fruits. The disease, pests and adverse solid-fleshed interior has a weather conditions than most delicious, sweet flavour with other varieties making it an little seed and juice, so is ideal ideal choice for the novice in salads. One of our top big tomato grower. It produces croppers and best-selling heavy crops of uniform 8-10 oz tomatoes. (Cordon) salad tomatoes. (Cordon)

FERLINE F1 GOLD NUGGET £2.70 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) £1.95 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) A valuable F1 giving heavy With a high yield of small, crops of tasty, strong-flavoured, golden-yellow, oval shaped middle-sized, deep red fruits, cherry fruit, which is juicy and with impressive tolerance to seedy, with a mild sweet blight, fusarium and verticillium flavour, these early fruits are wilt, both in the garden or also almost seedless. It is under glass. Is this the answer perfect for growing in to many gardeners' prayers? containers and is one of the first (Cordon) to ripen here. (Bush)

FIRST IN THE FIELD GOLDEN GRAPE £1.90 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) £1.95 TOMATO (30 seeds minimum) As the name implies, a very One of the heaviest cropping early bush variety which will do tomatoes we've ever seen or well outdoors. This very grown, this bears popular compact plant produces hundreds and hundreds of a heavy, long-season crop of golden grape-shaped fruit. The small to medium bright red juicy skin is thin while the flesh tastes fruits with a strong and sharp and refreshing. (Cordon) distinctive wine-like flavour. (Bush)

GARDENER'S DELIGHT GOLDEN SUNRISE £1.70 TOMATO (30 seeds minimum) £1.65 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) Often existing under different A versatile mid-sized early name (Sugar Lump, Sugar variety which produces good Cherry) this very well-known yields of golden-yellow, medium- and tidy plant reliably produces sized, uniform fruit. Cultivated 1" diameter, uniform, cherry outdoors or under glass. fruits with an incredibly delicious Distinctive sweet taste. RHS sharp flavour. (Cordon) AGM winner (Cordon)

GARTENPERLE GREEN SAUSAGE £1.90 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) £1.95 TOMATO (30 seeds minimum) A compact bush variety which These "must have" long will tolerate cooler temperatures sausage shaped fruit are a and does well in tubs, window striking lime-green colour with boxes and hanging baskets. yellow stripes. The high-yielding Produces heavy bunches of tomatoes are thick-fleshed and small red firm-fleshed fruits with cavity-free with a sweet a strong, unusual, and slightly cucumber-like flavour. Excellent sharp taste. (Bush) for cooking. (Bush)

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 54 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 JAPANESE BLACK TRIFELE £1.90 TOMATO (15 seeds minimum) £1.90 TOMATO (15 seeds minimum) A good cropping early plant with A late season potato-leafed bright amber-gold, two inch plant (originally "Russian fruits. Striped in deep lime- Truffle"!), with large pear green they make a colourful shaped purple-black fruits with statement when sliced in salads. dark green shoulders, resistance The bright green flesh is soft, to cracking, and a strikingly rich with a strong and tangy flavour. flavour with a hint of chocolate. (Cordon) (Cordon)

ILDI KELLOG'S BREAKFAST £1.95 TOMATO (30 seeds minimum) £2.30 TOMATO (10 seeds minimum) One of the very highest yielding A superb, non-splitting, pale to tomato plants we have ever deep orange beefsteak, with seen. Huge trusses contain few seeds and a fantastic sweet, dozens and dozens of sweet, tangy flavour. The juice and grape sized, thin skinned, non- flesh have the same bright splitting yellow fruit, the whole colour as orange juice. Our trial plant resembling a Christmas plants were loaded with fruits tree weighed down with and were unusually strong and baubles. (Cordon) healthy-looking. (Cordon)

INDIGO APPLE KORALIK £2.60 TOMATO (10 seeds minimum) £1.95 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) With supreme shock value as This early Polish bush variety well as a good sweet tomato makes widely held branches flavour, disease tolerance and a rather like a small oak tree, really good shelf-life, this new enabling it to produce abundant 'true-black' variety will sweet isolated fruit. It has a eventually turn almost jet black, good tolerance to blight it is caused by anthocyanins - perfect for areas where the antioxidants found in growing season is short and blueberries. (Cordon) wetter than normal. (Bush)

INDIGO BLUE BERRIES LEMON TREE £2.75 TOMATO (10 seeds minimum) £1.95 TOMATO (15 seeds minimum) A new and most unusual deep A quite incredible and distinctive purple skinned cherry variety. tomato with an almost perfect Ripening to almost black, with resemblance to a real lemon, delectable juicy pink flesh and a more so than other "lemon" delicious plum-like flavour, it tomatoes. When sliced, the contains high levels of the similarity even extends to the antioxidant anthocyanin. Taste sharp, strong taste, which is testers describe the flavour as useful for salads. (Cordon) sparkling. (Cordon)

INDIGO ROSE MASKOTKA £2.95 TOMATO (10 seeds minimum) £1.90 TOMATO (10 seeds minimum) Wow! No trick photography This compact bush variety needed with this new first-ever (which means 'mascot' in Polish) jet-black tomato, developed by is ideal for growing in hanging Oregon State University. baskets or patio containers. The Disease-resistant, fruity, plant produces an early and antioxidant filled, large-plum- very heavy crop of vivid red, sized fruits ripen in late summer attractive, sweet cherry fruit to deepest purple, with flesh which show a good tolerance to resembling ripe plums. (Cordon) cracking. (Bush)

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 55 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 MERVEILLE DES MARCHES PURPLE RUSSIAN £1.95 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) £1.90 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) This vigorous, 19th century With a chart-topping smooth French variety ('Market flavour and a famous name, Wonder') is easy to grow, these plump, egg-shaped, non- showing good resistance to cracking purple fruits from the disease. The medium sized fruit Ukraine have very good cold grow in attractive clusters, their tolerance, and are probably the sweet taste and small number best of all of the 'black' of seeds making them ideal for tomatoes for keeping. (Cordon) use in sauces. (Cordon)

MICRO RAVELLO F1 £1.95 TOMATO (10 seeds minimum) £2.50 TOMATO (10 seeds minimum) Probably the smallest tomato Ravello is a mini San Marzano plant ever! Micro can be grown which are perfect in a 6" pot or window box, for cooking or making into growing only 4-5" high, but still sauces. The fruit produced are managing to produce dozens of uniform, weighing 3-4 oz, and tiny fruit. Suitable for people grow in clusters of 12-15 with no growing space, and an tomatoes. The fruit are very astonishing conversation piece. crack resistant and are tolerant (Bush) to Blossom End rot. (Cordon)

MIEL DU MEXIQUE RED ZEBRA £1.95 TOMATO (10 seeds minimum) £1.75 TOMATO (15 seeds minimum) This round cherry tomato of Bright red fleshy fruits are Mexican origin produces a large overlaid with green-gold stripes crop of small to medium, very which deepen to orange when sweet fruits and indeed was the fruits become really ripe. originally called Mexican Honey. The fruit, which is probably the This vigorous plant is very best flavoured of the striped productive and does well under varieties, can grow to the size drought conditions. (Semi-Bush) of a tennis ball. (Cordon).

ORANGE OXHEART SAN MARZANO £1.80 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) £1.95 TOMATO (10 seeds minimum) This regular leaf plant yields a One of the world's finest paste good sized crop of fruits that tomatoes. Compared to Roma have a superlative flavour, and types the fruit are thinner and which are excellent for sauces pointier, the flesh being much as they are very meaty with few thicker with fewer seeds, and seeds. The tomatoes are the taste stronger, sweeter and attractive in salads too because less acidic. Many people of their heart-like shape. describe the flavour as bitter- (Cordon) sweet. (Cordon)

PRUDEN'S PURPLE ST PIERRE £2.25 TOMATO (10 seeds minimum) £1.95 TOMATO (10 seeds minimum) Strong potato-leafed plants This traditional French tomato produce a large crop of huge, variety produces hardy, regular- slightly flattened, crack-resistant leaf plants bearing good yields fruits with vivid, dark pink skin of medium-sized, red, round, and crimson flesh with an fruit with soft, thick, meaty excellent flavour. This one ranks flesh. This tomato has a great very highly in American taste flavour producing well in cooler trials. (Cordon) growing regions right up to the frost. (Cordon)

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 56 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 STUPICE TUMTUMBBLLIINNGG TOM RED £1.85 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) £1.95 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) The first non-cherry to ripen, Bred to cascade over hanging with a very high-yielding baskets although remaining abundance of sweet, luscious, quite compact, this plant deep-red fruit. Reliably early, produces sweet and tangy fruits fruiting constantly over a long of medium strength with firm season into late September, flesh, and is the perfect tomato setting well even at very low plant for novice growers or temperatures. Very disease people short on space. (Bush) resistant. (Cordon)

SUB-ARCTIC PLENTY TUMBLING TOM YELLOW £1.70 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) £1.95 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) Thick-skinned, slightly-flattened, An exciting plant with rich, small to medium-sized scarlet golden, apricot-coloured fruit fruits which have fascinating, growing on compact pendulous strangely divided internal trusses. It is best grown in a cavities, are produced by this hanging basket or tall container compact bush plant specially when its cascading fruit can be developed at Greenland USAAF ornamental as well as being base. (Bush) sweet and tasty to eat. (Bush)

SUPER MARMANDE VINTAGE WINE £1.85 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) £1.80 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) This large, juicy, well-flavoured A favourite of gourmet grocers, tomato is a great improvement this sensational, potato-leafed over an already excellent plant has fruit which is a variety, being distinguished by gorgeous deep pink with golden its irregular cushion shape and streaks, whilst the firm flesh has touch of pink on the shoulder. a strong, unusually fruity The huge, meaty fruits have a flavour. (Cordon) superb super-sweet flavour. (Semi-Bush)

TIGERELLA ZANZIBAR F1 £1.55 TOMATO (20 seeds minimum) £2.65 Tomato (10 seeds minimum) Amongst the finest medium- An early plum cherry tomato sized tomatoes we've grown. with a deep orange colour. The Tigerella (aka Mr Stripey) are fruits weigh about 1/2 ounce completely greenback free, and have a sharp taste with a have a unique rich flavour, crop thin skin unlike some other heavily indoors or out and ripen cherry tomatoes. The plants are more than three weeks earlier vigorous and the fruit has good than varieties such as resistance against cracking. Moneymaker. (Cordon) (Cordon)

TOMATOBERRY F1 ZAPOTEC PLEATED £2.95 TOMATO (8 seeds minimum) £1.90 TOMATO (10 seeds minimum) Tomatoberry is a popular new The large, mild-tasting, deep F1 tomato variety with long pink fruits are very attractive cascading trusses of glossy red indeed, especially when sliced, strawberry-shaped fruit. The with pronounced pleats and early-ripening fruit are very hollows within the flesh. They sweet with a thin skin and make were named after the Zapotec delicious salad or snacking people of Oaxaca, Mexico, who tomatoes. (Cordon) developed this rare gourmet tomato. (Cordon)

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 57 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 CONNOVER'S COLOSSAL BOLTARDY £1.85 ASPARAGUS (100 seeds minimum) £1.75 BEETROOT (200 seeds minimum) These bright green spears with Boltardy can be sown earlier in succulent, deep purple tips and the year than all others, then a huge yield are one of the right through to mid summer most sought-after vegetables, and is slow to run to seed. and are not difficult to grow if Yielding perfect, globe-shaped kept well-fed and weed-free, beets of superb flavour and plants remaining productive for colour. Young leaves can be at least 15 to 20 years. RHS used for baby leaf production. AGM winner. RHS award winner.

BLACK BEAUTY BULL'S BLOOD £1.80 AUBERGINE/EGGPLANT (40 seeds minimum) £1.75 BEETROOT (200 seeds minimum) Popular and reliable with A Victorian heirloom, which is gardeners since Edwardian often grown as an ornamental, times, Black Beauty is an early- on account of its dark crimson, medium variety of aubergine. almost black leaves which taste The sturdy plants grow to about sweet if picked young. The 4 feet tall and produce good globe-shaped roots have a good crops of 4" to 6" long glossy, flavour and on being cut open purple-black, oval fruit. reveal attractive pink rings.

BRAZILIAN OVAL ORANGE CHELTENHAM GRGREEENEN TOP £1.95 AUBERGINE/EGGPLANT (10 seeds minimum) £1.65 BEETROOT (250 seeds minimum) The attractive oval aubergine This very heavy cropping old fruit of this rare variety are show bench variety has been borne in heavy clusters on around since well before the bushy habit plants with dark 1880s in . It has long green foliage that provides red parsnip-like roots and an plenty of cover from the sun. excellent, delicate flavour, and Despite the name, the fruit is paler red in colour when changes colour from green cooked than most modern globe through orange to scarlet. beetroots.

JAPANESE WHITE EGG CHIOGGIA £1.95 AUBERGINE/EGGPLANT (20 seeds minimum) £1.85 BEETROOT (200 seeds minimum) The Japanese White Egg The ball-shaped, mild and sweet produces large quantities of roots of this Italian (1840's) very attractive 2-3" oval creamy heirloom are resistant to bolting white fruit all season long. The and have light red skin. Cutting fruit have a delicate flavour with open reveals attractive little trace of bitterness. Perfect alternating dark pink and white for use in stir frying. rings (another name is Candy Stripe Beet).

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 58 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 DETROIT RED GLOBE GOJI BERRY £1.75 BEETROOT (250 seeds minimum) £2.60 BERRY (100 seeds minimum) A 19th century US heirloom (Lycium barbarum) Compact beetroot producing fantastic, long-lived bushes bear small smooth, uniform, ox-blood purple and white flowers in globular beet with luxuriant red- early summer followed by veined leaves. This variety is plump, juicy, sweet red resistant to downy mildew and 'superfruits' bursting with does well in all kinds of soils. vitamins and minerals, which are produced all summer long, right up to the first frosts.

GOLDEN BEET GOLDEN BERRY 'GIGANTE' £1.95 BEETROOT (200 seeds minimum) £2.25 BERRY (25 seeds minimum) A globe-rooted, 19th century, Tall, erect, sticky-haired stems USA heirloom beet with golden- carry sizeable 'paper lanterns' orange skin, sweet golden- which contain the largest and yellow flesh and bright green juiciest fruits of all the golden leaves which are tasty when berries. This is the physalis cooked. It is resistant to bolting variety sold at inflated prices in and if harvested young retains supermarkets and used to adorn its flavour well. expensive desserts in restaurants.

WHITE DETROIT GOLDEN PEARLS £1.80 BEETROOT (200 seeds minimum) £2.45 BERRY (50 seeds minimum) This high yielding white This brand new sweet golden beetroot, has a mild sweet form of the Wonderberry flavour that perfectly (Solanum villosum) grows in complements fish and poultry bunches resembling yellow dishes whilst retaining its flavour currants, which appear soon through cooking and is perfect after being grown, either in a for dishes where you do not pot or open ground. In Africa wish the normal purple beetroot the leaves are apparently eaten stain. like spinach.

BLUEBERRY BLACKBERRY TUPI £2.50 BERRY (30 seeds minimum) £2.65 BERRY (30+ seeds minimum) Blueberries (Vaccinium These seeds, which have been corymbosum) are high in stratified ready to sow, have vitamin C and anti-oxidants been collected from Tupi, one which can defeat bladder and of the best cultivars sold for cystitis problems. These are sweet snacking. They produce very heavy-cropping plants with thorny upright plants bearing a diversity of different habits really large, black, sweetest and and include early and late most succulent luscious fruits fruiting varieties. quite late in the season.

CRANBERRY WONDERBERRY £2.45 BERRY (10 seeds minimum) £2.45 BERRY (50 seeds minimum) Large, red, vitamin-filled berries A superb newcomer, resembling are produced on evergreen the garden huckleberry, but plants in mid to late summer. with a far superior taste, The wild cranberry (Vaccinium especially when cooked. Quick macrocarpon) is an evergreen, and easy to grow in a container, ground-cover plant native to garden or greenhouse, North America which flourishes producing thousands of small, in boggy conditions and unusual-flavoured, sweet contains very few seeds indeed. blackcurrant-like fruits.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 59 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 MASTERPIECE GREEN LONGPOD ROMANESCO £1.85 BROAD BEAN (25 seeds minimum) £1.90 BROCCOLI (150 seeds minimum) Arguably the best green-seeded This celebrated Italian heirloom variety, growing well in most produces attractive lime green conditions, and producing good heads made up of a mass of pod lengths with up to 7 beans small conical florets. It has a per pod, with superb flavour superb flavour and a more and table qualities. This top RHS tender texture than regular AGM variety grows to about broccoli and grows exceptionally three feet high and is excellent well in cool Northern areas. for freezing.

STEREO DARKMAR 21 £1.85 BROAD BEAN (25 seeds minimum) £1.70 BRUSSELS SPROUTS (150 seeds minimum) Stereo is one of the smaller, A high quality Bedfordshire slender podded broad bean variety of mid-late main crop varieties, which recently have Brussels Sprouts which become popular due to the produces a heavy yield of large, capability of the young pods to fine-flavoured, deep green be cooked and eaten whole, sprouts from late November and just like mange-tout peas. If on through the winter, even in grown to maturity the pods the harshest weather. produce five delicious beans.

THE SUTTON GOLDEN ACRE £1.85 BROAD BEAN (25 seeds minimum) £1.75 CABBAGE (400 seeds minimum) A dwarf (18"-24") self- An excellent summer ball head supporting, bushy broad bean cabbage with solid heads which which can be spring-sown, or are more uniformly round than overwintered if protected using other summer varieties with cloches. It produces compact fewer outer leaves. This variety plants with multi-heads of beans is easy to grow and does very with around 5 beans per pod. A well indeed in cool weather. heavy yielding plant.

RED ARROW RED DRUMHEAD £1.85 BROCCOLI (150 seeds minimum) £1.75 CABBAGE (300 seeds minimum) Red Arrow is an improved This popular heirloom variety variety of purple sprouting produces a round solid heart in broccoli which produces high stunning red with dense leafy quality medium-sized spears heads in a variety of red/purple from mid-February to mid-April shades. This versatile cabbage and yields up to 20% more than is adaptable to heat, whilst also previous types. Easy to grow producing crops between mid giving vigorous vitamin-rich summer and winter. plants.

GREEN SPROUTING CALABRESE ATOMIC RED £1.65 BROCCOLI (250 seeds minimum) £1.90 CARROT (400 seeds minimum) Producing a long succession of A long red carrot, rich in bluish-green heads averaging 3 vitamins and minerals - to 5 inches across, these tall, especially high in the anti- erect plants with an excellent oxidant lycopene. When peeled flavour and long cropping and cooked the carrots turn season are the original forms, deeper blood red in colour and which are still firm favourites in are particularly suitable for stir spite of the appearance of frying. modern F1 hybrids

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 60 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 CHANTENAY ROYAL ROMANCE F1 £1.80 CARROT (400 seeds minimum) £1.95 CARROT (200 seeds minimum) A short, stump-shaped carrot A strong-tasting carrot with which gives heavy yields, the excellent uniformity, good skin roots having golden-orange finish and bright colour. For the flesh with a sweet taste and second time in a row, Romance retaining their flavour even was awarded the 'Best tasting when large. These carrots, carrot' at the yearly field day of which rarely split, are the ones the British Carrot Grower to choose if your soil is heavy. Association.

FLYAWAY F1 SOLAR YELLOW £1.95 CARROT (200 seeds minimum) £1.95 CARROT (400 seeds minimum) Naturally succulent and sweet, Solar Yellow carrots have a with good skin and flesh colour, unique juicy buttery flavour and and high levels of antioxidant characteristic crunch. The 6"-7" beta-carotene. These are roots are broad at the top and possibly the most carrot-fly- through most of their length. resistant variety ever produced Harvest young finger-sized coming out top when grown in carrots if eating them raw. trials against over 20 other 'resistant' varieties.

NIGHT BIRD F1 ALLALL YEAR ROUND £1.95 CARROT (200 seeds minimum) £1.65 CAULIFLOWER (100 seeds minimum) Probably the darkest carrot A popular, versatile variety, we've ever seen with deep ideal for successional sowing, purple flesh, appearing almost which produces large velvety- black, and a small white core. white, well protected heads with This very vigorous Imperator an exceptional flavour. These hybrid carrot grows 6 to 10 are great for shows, freezing or inches long and reaches eating fresh from the garden as maturity in ten weeks. they retain their flavour when boiled or steamed.

PARIS MARKET BARON SNOWBALL £1.60 CARROT (400 seeds minimum) £1.55 CAULIFLOWER (100 seeds minimum) A 19th century French heirloom, A versatile early cauliflower Paris Market Baron are which can be used all season. deliciously tender, bite-sized, Introduced in 1888, the round carrots, with a very compact plants form 6" wide smooth skin. Early maturing and snow white heads with crisp, uniform, even in a window box, tender curds which are well- they are ideal for growing in protected by the outer leaves. shallow or stony soil. The variety is downy mildew resistant.

RED SAMURAI GOLDEN SELF-BLANCHING £1.95 CARROT (400 seeds minimum) £1.65 CELERY (500 seeds minimum) A slender tapering red-skinned This favourite heirloom (1884) Japanese carrot with lovely pink variety produces creamy white flesh which holds its colour even stalks which are tender, high after steaming. This main-crop quality and plentiful with a carrot can also be used raw to deliciously sweet taste. They are enliven a salad. easy to grow and self blanching, making them a lot easier than other varieties which require constant of attention.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 61 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 GREEN UTAH OKAHIJIKI £1.75 CELERY (500 seeds minimum) £1.75 CHINESE LEAVES (150 seeds minimum) Green Utah is a very popular Similar to the expensive American celery producing tall, samphire found in seaside areas delicious, string-less, well- of Britain especially in Cornwall rounded solid stalks which are and East Anglia, the long easily blanched and have a succulent leaves have a mild, distinctive nutty flavour. This peppery, rocket-like salty taste compact variety has excellent with a crunchy texture and are disease resistance. rich in vitamins and minerals. A new cut-and-come-again veg!

RAINBOW CHARD WHITE PAK CHOI £1.90 CHARD (150 seeds minimum) £1.85 CHINESE LEAVES (250 seeds minimum) This RHS Award winner has pale A popular Chinese variety green and bronze succulent- producing striking, clean white stemmed, mild tasting leaves, stalks holding fabulous, rich, each stem coming in a different dark green leaves which can be colour of the rainbow, ranging eaten raw when young in from pink and gold to purple salads, or left to mature and and red. A winner whether used then cooked. The compact in cooking or as an ornamental plants are resistant to weather border plant. changes and are slow to bolt.

RHUBARB CHARD TATSOI £1.80 CHARD (150 seeds minimum) £1.60 CHINESE LEAVES (150 seeds minimum) A colourful and tasty form of This attractive, easy-to-grow, Swiss Chard with rich ruby-red hardy Asian variety produces a leaf stalks and dark waxy green- thick rosette of dark green purple leaves. The succulent nutritious oval leaves which mid-ribs can be cooked like have a creamy texture and a asparagus and can also be mild but distinctive flavour that harvested at the baby leaf stage makes them perfect for eating for micro greens. Absolutely raw or cooked whether in delicious! salads, stir fries or in soups.

SWISS CHARD SILVER WHITE WONG BOK £1.65 CHARD (150 seeds minimum) £1.80 CHINESE LEAVES (250 seeds minimum) Actually native to the Large barrel shaped heads, with Mediterranean, this is one of the crisp light green leaves grow easiest varieties to grow and is typically up to 2.5kg. Fast an excellent source of vitamins growing and ready for harvest and iron. The beautiful, emerald in 10 weeks, this versatile green leaves have a strong vegetable adds crunch to agreeable flavour making it salads, coleslaws and flavour to perfect for eating raw or cooked. stir fries, and is a useful steamed veg.

STRAWBERRY SPINACH BARLOTTA LINGUA DI FUOCO £1.95 CHENOPODIACEAE (50 seeds minimum) £1.90 CLIMBING FRENCH BEAN (50 seeds minimum) Confound your friends at dinner "Tongues of fire" is an Italian parties with "fruit" in the salad climbing French bean, with bowl! And you can eat the attractive red-purple and green leaves of the same plant like speckled pods. This versatile spinach. This very quick bean can be cropped young and growing and amusing plant the pods eaten as flageolets or produces little red allowed to mature when the ripe "strawberries" all the way along beans can be eaten as haricots. its stems.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 62 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 BLUE LAKE CUCAMELON £1.85 CLIMBING FRENCH BEAN (50 seeds minimum) £2.35 CUCURBITACEAE (20 seeds minimum) This drought-resistant These small Central American gardeners' favourite produces a fruits look like tiny watermelons high yield of string-less full but taste of cucumber with a flavoured beans which retain hint of citrus fruit. They can be their sweet taste and tender grown like regular cucumbers texture when cooked. If left on and trained up canes or wires. the plant their dried white seeds They are hardy enough to grow can be used as haricot beans. well outside and are drought resistant.

ZUCCHINI GOLD NASSAU £2.70 COURGETTE (20 seeds minimum) £1.75 DWARF FRENCH BEAN (50 seeds minimum) A beautiful golden-sunshine This flat podded vigorous coloured, 'less watery' variety produces long straight courgette, containing fewer pods which are renowned for seeds than other yellow their flavour. They are resistant varieties. The easy-to-grow to Halo Blight and Bean compact plants are resistant to Common Mosaic virus. They many garden pests and produce have a high production rate and a high number of full-textured the high-growing pods make fruits. them easy to pick.

ZUCCHINI GREY ORINOCO £1.95 COURGETTE (20 seeds minimum) £1.75 DWARF FRENCH BEAN (50 seeds minimum) This heirloom American This RHS award winning dwarf courgette has fruits with a French bean produces beautiful speckled silvery- green attractive, golden-yellow, skin. Zucchini Grey is one of the straight pods which grow to very best yielding open- about 5" in size and are easy to pollinated courgettes producing pick. This variety is quite many fruit in the course of a disease resistant and is season if picked when young. particularly suited to heavier soils.

MARKETMORE ROYALTY PURPLE £1.80 CUCUMBER (20 seeds minimum) £1.70 DWARF FRENCH BEAN (50 seeds minimum) A very reliable English heirloom A sprawling bush habit plant outdoor ridge variety of producing vivid purple, 5 inch cucumber with good resistance long, slightly curved pods with to Mosaic Virus and mildew, beige seed. Pods contain a which also tolerate dry natural blanching indicator conditions, making them easy to causing them to change to grow. They produce rich, green on boiling. prickly, emerald green cylindrical fruits.

MASTERPIECE BORAGE £1.75 CUCUMBER (20 seeds minimum) £1.95 HERB (150 seeds minimum) An early outdoor British ridge This popular herb has attractive cucumber. This reliable cultivar white edged hairy leaves which produces heavy yields of 8 inch are tender and juicy and can be long, plump, dark green-skinned used in salads and drinks. cucumbers. The flesh is crisp Delicate star-shaped blue and white and perfect when flowers (perfect in cold drinks!) sliced up in summer salads. appear all summer long. An intriguing talking point whether in the herb or flower garden.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 63 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 CHAMOMILE GOLDGOLDEN PURSLANE £1.95 HERB (500 seeds minimum) £1.95 HERB (1000 seeds minimum) This attractive herb produces The succulent leaves have a pretty white flowers with yellow more subtle golden hue cone-shaped centres and light compared to Garden Purslane green feathery foliage. The and are more tender although flowers give off an apple-like with a superior flavour and very fragrance when crushed. It is popular in French cuisine. Raw widely used in herbal medicine, the leaves have a a peppery often as an aid to sleep and tang which gives them a nice digestive problems. contrast to other salad leaves.

CHIVES ITALIAN GIANT PARSLEY £1.85 HERB (750 seeds minimum) £1.80 HERB (300 seeds minimum) An indispensable grass-like herb This hardy flat-leaved parsley with a hollow centre that with high pest and disease produces beautiful purple resistance is extremely easy to flowers, chives have a tasty, grow producing large, dark gentle flavour that green and smooth leaves with complements a huge range of an intense flavour that makes it foods whilst the attractive perfect for cooking. The flowers can also be used in versatile leaves can be used salads. fresh, dried or frozen.

CORIANDER SPEARMINT £1.85 HERB (90 seeds minimum) £1.75 HERB (500 seeds minimum) This highly fragrant herb, This common, attractive variety originates from the of mint has aromatic Mediterranean and Asia where green, serrated leaves and the leaves (Cilantro) are grown violet-blue flowers. Easy to to be used raw in salads and grow and surviving well in salsa, or cooked into breads or nearly all climates spearmint can curries. The seeds (Coriander) be used dried or fresh to are also often used to add complement potatoes and peas flavour and dimension to dishes and add flavour to sauces.

DILL OREGANO £1.85 HERB (300 seeds minimum) £1.90 HERB (500 seeds minimum) Giving a tangy addition to This sweetly-smelling, aromatic pickles, salad dressing and fish foliage is commonly used in dishes, fresh dill is easy-to-grow Mediterranean cuisine and is during summer/early autumn perfect sprinkled on lamb or and it is easy to dry to make it pork before cooking and with available throughout the year. rich meat dishes, grilled fish and Its green leaves are wispy and for flavouring oils. The dried fern-like with a soft, sweet taste. flowers are used for flavouring.

GARLIC CHIVES RED RUBIN BASIL £1.75 HERB (200 seeds minimum) £1.70 HERB (300 seeds minimum) This versatile herb can be either This fragrant basil with vibrant a house plant or a herb, with purple leaves and a strong taste broad, flat leaves which are blended with a hint of the perfect to use as ordinary chives sharpness of cloves also and bulbs which can be fried produces pink flowers making it like an onion. The fragrant a superb ornamental plant. It is white flowers capable of perfect when used fresh for perfuming a whole room can be making vinegar and oils as well used in salads. as adding colour to salads.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 64 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 ROSEMARY NERO DI TOSCANA £1.75 HERB (100 seeds minimum) £1.80 KALE (150 seeds minimum) This hardy herb withstands This very resilient, easy to grow droughts well and can survive kale is resistant to heat and for many years with only the aphids. The dark, deliciously most basic of tending making it flavoured, emerald-green loose an excellent addition to any leaves, which appear an eye- herb garden. The fragrant catching black at a distance, are leaves, ideal for drying, are perfect in many cooked dishes, perfect for meat, fish, soups or when small in salads. and stews.

RUSSIAN TARRAGON SCARLET KALE £1.80 HERB (500 seeds minimum) £1.95 KALE (150 seeds minimum) A vigorous and easy to grow This attractive hardy variety variety of tarragon, this plant sports curly, dark-green/purple produces branching stems of leaves streaked with red veins narrow pointed, aromatic which intensify in colour after emerald green leaves which the first frost. The vitamin-rich have a milder flavour than other leaves can be harvested young varieties making them perfect as salad leaves or harvested for fish, poultry, sauces and later as winter greens. tarragon vinegar.

SWEET GENOVESE BASIL SIBERIAN IMPROVED KALE £1.80 HERB (750 seeds minimum) £1.75 KALE (150 seeds minimum) Often known as the best variety This extremely cold-hardy of basil for home-made pesto, Siberian Kale, which originated this variety produces oval in Russia, has flat, broad, aromatic leaves which are deeply-cut and ruffled blue curved inwards and are perfect green leaves which grow on in salads or tomato dishes. Easy long, succulent, sweet stalks. A to grow, this basil is the perfect heavy frost just improves the companion to home grown flavour of the leaves. tomatoes.

THYME BLUE SOLAISE £1.75 HERB (500 seeds minimum) £1.75 LEEK (200 seeds minimum) This hardy perennial can be A traditional French winter picked and used all year round. heirloom that is hardy and cold- With attractive, small green, resistant as well as being an clustered leaves and pastel pink attractive addition to the flowers it is an attractive cottage garden. The flags are addition to any herb garden and blue-green which turn violet is perfect for stuffings, poultry after a cold spell whilst the dishes and stews. shanks are thick/medium length.

TRTRIIPPLELE CURLED PARSLEY MUSSELBURGH £1.65 HERB (750 seeds minimum) £1.80 LEEK (200 seeds minimum) A large and bushy vigorous This famous and delicious variety of parsley with closely Scottish 19th century heirloom curled dark green leaves. It is variety of winter leek has large, fast growing and holds for a very thick stems which have a long time when mature, making fantastic sweet yet mild flavour. harvesting easy. Excellent taste. This variety is winter hardy and is slow to bolt.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 65 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 CONSUL REINE DES GLACES £1.65 LETTUCE (300 seeds minimum) £1.85 LETTUCE (250 seeds minimum) This Iceberg lettuce is very Supreme among crispheads, the versatile and quickly reaches 'Queen of the Ice', is ideal for maturity producing lovely, early spring sowing, remaining uniform, well-rounded heads. crisp and resisting bolting later. The leaves are deep green in The lighter green, sweet, colour and the mature lettuce succulent heart has a crunchy features a well closed base. This texture and distinctive mild variety is suitable for succession bitter taste, making it a sowing from spring to autumn. favourite amongst chefs.

FORELLENSCHLUSS TOM THUMB £1.95 LETTUCE (200 seeds minimum) £1.75 LETTUCE (250 seeds minimum) An Austrian romaine lettuce, Tom Thumb, a still very popular with the excellent taste and Victorian English heirloom texture of a butterhead. The lettuce, is a very compact, early name means "speckled like a butterhead with a small tightly trout" and comes from the bunched head. The ruffled outer leaves' distinctive appearance leaves are light medium green with large splashes of deep red while the centres are creamy on green. white with a pleasant buttery taste.

LITTLE LEPRECHAUN YUGOSLAVIAN RED £1.80 LETTUCE (250 seeds minimum) £1.85 LETTUCE (250 seeds minimum) This 8 inch award-winning baby One of the most beautiful red Romaine lettuce has a butterhead lettuces you can sweet and crunchy centre and grow with bright green cupped stunning leaves which fade to leaves splashed with rosy-red. deep red-purple at the tips. It The succulent leaves are survives in almost any climate superb, buttery and mild, the with the leaves kept well away loose heads grow to around from the ground and is larger 30cm across and can be than its name suggests. harvested in about 55 days.

LOLLO BIONDA EARLY SILVERLINE £1.90 LETTUCE (250 seeds minimum) £1.75 MELON (10 seeds minimum) This attractive Italian lettuce A unique, elongated oriental produces an emerald mound of early melon with white, crisp, frilly leaves with a loose heart sweet and fragrant flesh. This making it less appealing to slugs tiny, delicious, gourmet melon is than Butterhead varieties. An rarely found in markets. The eye-catching lettuce producing yellow skin is lined with silvery leaves for more than 3 months furrows, and is so thin it can be if they are taken from the peeled like an apple. outside.

LOLLO ROSSO EDEN'S GEM £1.85 LETTUCE (200 seeds minimum) £1.85 MELON (10 seeds minimum) Lollo Rossa is a pretty Italian This early variety has small, loose-leaf lettuce with frilly cricket-ball-sized fruits of a bordeaux red leaves that taper pound or more, with a complex to green hearts.The crisp spicy flavour, green flesh, and a texture, mild taste and heavily netted skin. Amy attractive appearance make Goldman, author of 'Melons for them an essential addition to the Passionate Grower', says salads. this variety 'may cause drooling!'

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 66 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 PETIT GRIS DE RENNES RED BRUNSWICK £1.95 MELON (10 seeds minimum) £1.70 ONION (300 seeds minimum) A 17th century French strain A medium to large German originally from the garden of the variety of dark red onion with Bishop of Rennes. An early blood-red skin and white, spicy variety which is well adapted to flesh with a flattened top that cooler climates. The fruit are stores very well. It is best smooth-skinned with slight planted in spring, harvested in ribbing and weigh about 2 lbs. autumn and doesn't mind being The orange flesh has a superb planted closely together. flavour and delightful scent.

PLUM GRANNY TENDER AND TRUE £1.90 MELON (10 seeds minimum) £1.75 PARSNIP (500 seeds minimum) Sometimes also known as First introduced in 1897 this Queen Anne's Pocket Melon, parsnip, with a good resistance this very fragrant white-fleshed, to canker, has long, tapered, long-established heirloom smooth-skinned roots from a variety has quite small apple- broad 3" shoulder. The flesh is sized fruits with an attractive fine-grained and sweet-tasting yellow and orange-red striped with very little core. skin.

TIGGEGGERR WHITE KING £1.90 MELON (10 seeds minimum) £1.75 PARSNIP (500 seeds minimum) The most amazing looking White King is a fine flavoured, melon you can grow with fruits intermediate length, stump- that are vibrant yellow with ended parsnip. As its name brilliant fire-red, zigzag stripes. suggests it has smooth creamy Heavy yielding, they are also white skin and flesh and is a the most fragrant melons you very reliable and high yielding can taste, with a rich, sweet, variety. intoxicating aroma that will fill a room.

AILSA CRAIG GREENSHAFT (HUR(HURSSTT)) £1.75 ONION (300 seeds minimum) £1.75 PEA (200 seeds minimum) This traditional favourite, named If you're going to sow only one after a small island off the pea, it should be 'Hurst Green Scottish coast, has a distinctive Shaft'. A sweet-tasting, wrinkle- globe shape with straw coloured seeded, tall, super heavy- skin and white flesh. The bulbs yielding variety, with long, 4-5 can grow very large and be inch pods, with 9-11 peas in a used for exhibition, while their pod, and double podded too, tolerance to cool weather and it even resists downy makes them very reliable. mildew and fusarium wilt.

LONG RED FLORENCE LINCOLN £1.65 ONION (300 seeds minimum) £1.70 PEA (250 seeds minimum) This Tuscany heirloom has long A compact, heavy-yielding main- red bottle-shaped bulbs with an crop which stands the heat excellent mild-sweet flavour, so better than most and also is particularly suited for use raw resists wilt. The plants produce in salads. Can either be pulled 6-9 sweetly flavoured peas in young as spring or dark green curved pods and are allowed to mature for August great for follow-on sowings, cropping. producing peas until September.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 67 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 OROREEGGOONN SUGAR POD SWEET CHOCOLATE £1.95 PEA (150 seeds minimum) £1.95 PEPPER (25 seeds minimum) An award-winning mange-tout This uniquely-coloured, early- sugar pea which produces pods fruiting, sweet and delicious in clusters of two rather than mild-flavoured pepper has thick- the usual one. Consequently, a walled red flesh, and when ripe very heavy yielding variety with turns a gorgeous chocolate- good disease resistance. The brown on the outside. Ideal for sweet, crunchy pods are ideal Northern gardeners. (Heat-0) for use in stir-fries.

JIMMY NARDELLO'S WISCONSIN LAKES £2.35 PEPPER (10 seeds minimum) £2.35 PEPPER (20 seeds minimum) Producing 25-35cm fruits, which This reliable and heavy yielding are sweet and light when eaten sweet red pepper, bred raw, this lovely variety is also especially for northern gardens, considered one of the very best has thick, meaty, juicy sweet sweet peppers for frying, and is walls. A heavy producer. Our still registered as 'endangered' trial plants at Plant World had so on the USA Slow Food Ark of many fruits they had to be Tastes. (Heat-0) caned to stop them falling over! (Heat-0)

ALMA PAPRIKA ATLANTIC GIANT £1.95 PEPPER (25 seeds minimum) £1.65 PUMPKIN (10 seeds minimum) Extremely productive plants are Giant pinky-yellow pumpkins loaded with small, rounded, which have been developed thick-walled peppers, ripening over the years to grow to from creamy-white to red, and produce the maximum sized with a mild flavour that is a fruit of any plant. Although wonderful combination of grown primarily for competition, slightly warm but sweet and the dark flesh of the mature tangy. (Heat-1) pumpkin is tasty enough when used as pie filling.

RED PADRON KING OF MAMMOTH £2.35 PEPPER (20 seeds minimum) £1.70 PUMPKIN (10 seeds minimum) Pick these small conical fruits, As its name suggests these with a long curled pedicle, small heirloom pumpkins are very and green for low levels of heat, large. They often grow to as the heat increases as the between 40-100lbs although fruits get larger and redder. Play prize specimens have topped Spanish Roulette! Every batch 200lb. Excellent in pies due to of 10 or so peppers contains a great yield. Skin is yellow with hot one! (Heat-3) (but watch mottled patches of pink-orange. the odd one!)

SCOTCH BONNET - RED WEE BEE LITTLE F1 £1.95 PEPPER (20 seeds minimum) £1.95 PUMPKIN (10 seeds minimum) Named for its resemblance to This sweet-fleshed, new, the Scottish Tam o'Shanter hat, incredibly diminutive pumpkin, this one is really very, very hot was specially bred to be ideal and tastes best fresh, but can for individual servings. You can also be frozen or pickled or also make lots and lots of mini even put in olive oil very Halloween heads with these! successfully. They are especially useful in hot sauces and . (Heat-4)

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 68 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 BLACK SPANISH ROUND STRAWBERRY 'TEMPTATION' F1 £1.70 RADISH (250 seeds minimum) £2.70 ROSACEAE (30 seeds minimum) A sweet and mild, very hardy An excellent 'sweetheart' variety winter radish with snowy-white producing dark red sweet- succulent flesh and a near black tasting fruit on compact dark skin which lacks the fieriness green plants. This variety is found so often in summer almost runner-less so is ideal for varieties. It has probably been use in hanging baskets, grow grown since at least the 16th bags or patio containers. Century.

PINK SLIPPER DESIREE £1.80 RADISH (250 seeds minimum) £1.85 RUNNER BEAN (25 seeds minimum) This variety produces very This favourite, white flowered, pretty, blush-pink, oval-shaped few white-seeded, totally radishes, which when cut open stringless runner bean has long, reveal white crunchy flesh. The tender, broad pods up to 30cm mild taste is far less peppery long, and will bear very heavy than some other varieties, crops, even from a small area, making them a perfect addition and especially in dry conditions. to all salads. A superb vegetable!

TOPSI LADY DI £1.65 RADISH (300 seeds minimum) £1.80 RUNNER BEAN (25 seeds minimum) Topsi produces a scarlet round These superb long, slim and radish with fine roots, thin skin fleshy runner beans tolerates and firm crunchy white flesh, heat well and are completely and can be grown as a "catch string-less. They give a heavy crop" between other slow crop of tender delicious dark growing vegetables. As its name green pods over a very long suggests this is a fast-growing season and received the RHS and early radish. 1999 Award of Garden Merit.

WHITE HAILSTONE PAINTED LADY £1.60 RADISH (150 seeds minimum) £1.75 RUNNER BEAN (25 seeds minimum) An excellent early (3-4 weeks) An ancient Heirloom English white spring radish. Very mild variety of runner bean dating taste and maintains its crisp back to the 17th century with texture for a long time. The attractive bi-coloured red and radish itself is slightly larger white flowers. Compact plants than similar early globe types. produce tender pods best picked young for fresh flavour.

VICTORIA RILEY £1.95 RHUBARB (50 seeds minimum) £1.75 RUNNER BEAN (25 seeds minimum) The gold standard, best A fine British runner bean rhubarb, with large, fat stems, cultivar with distinctive and bright red skin, lack of most attractive bright pink stringiness, and an apple- flowers. This variety produces gooseberry flavor with a hint of heavy yields of long (up to 10") lemon or grapefruit. This straight, fleshy pods. famous heirloom was bred in the 1830's by Joseph Myatt in Deptford, England.

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 69 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 SCARLET EMPEROR WHITE LISBON WINTER HARDY £1.85 RUNNER BEAN (25 seeds minimum) £1.70 SPRING ONION (500 seeds minimum) A popular, good-yielding, old This quick-growing, award- favourite English runner bean winning salad onion produces with striking red blossom and crisp succulent stems with a large pods which contain deep characteristic 'bite' to them. purple beans speckled with red Seed can be sown in succession or lavender when mature. for a continuous crop all spring, summer and autumn.

SALAD ROCKET BLACK FUTSU £1.60 SALAD LEAF (1000 seeds minimum) £1.95 SQUASH (10 seeds minimum) This quick-growing, deeply- A rare black Japanese squash. notched leaf (also called The fruit are round with a Cultivated Rocket) is becoming flattened top and have heavy a firm favourite either for salad ribbing. The black of the mature use or cooked, when it makes a fruit turns a rich chestnut colour good spinach substitute. With a while in storage. The flesh is delicious nutty, peppery taste it golden and has the rich taste of is ideal for window-sill or garden. hazelnuts.

WILD ROCKET WALTHAM BUTTERNUT £1.60 SALAD LEAF (1000 seeds minimum) £1.95 SQUASH (10 seeds minimum) Spice up your salads with wild 'Waltham' is an improved earlier rocket, with deep green, version of the common serrated foliage which has the Butternut squash with very little same distinctive flavour as its seed cavity which stores very standard namesake but is more well too. The rich nutty- intense. Wild Rocket is perfect flavoured, orange flesh stays for 'cut and come again', firm when cooked. Nothing growing right through the year beats the rich, sweet flavour of with protection. winter squash.

PEPINO (MELON PEAR) CORNELL'S DELICATA £2.70 SOLANACEAE (10 seeds minimum) £1.80 SQUASH (10 seeds minimum) The gorgeous round fruits of These very pretty, elongated the Melon Pear are cream white and green striped, dwarf skinned with purple streaks and fruit contain yellow flesh with a have deliciously sweet and juicy delicate and sumptuously nutty flesh which is a succulent flavour, rich in vitamin A. This mixture of honeydew melon and award winning compact Cornell cucumber. It is grown in a strain gives excellent yields and manner similar to its relatives has good disease resistance. such as the bush habit tomato.

NEW ZEALAND SPINACH POTIMARRON £1.90 SPINACH (50 seeds minimum) £1.95 SQUASH (10 seeds minimum) Vitamin-filled New Zealand A French Heirloom winter spinach is milder tasting than its squash with a delicate chestnut distant relation 'true spinach' flavour. Its French name in fact and does not bolt in dry soils, derives from potiron (pumpkin) making a triangular-leaved bush and marron (chestnut). spreading 2-3 feet in all Apparently, the longer it is directions. (Discovered by stored the higher its sugar and Captain Cook in the 18th vitamins increase. (AKA century!) Hokkaido Squash).

Shop online at www.plant-world-seeds.com 70 tel: +44(0)1803 872939 fax: +44(0)1803 875018 QUEENSLAND BLUE EARLIBIRD F1 £1.85 SQUASH (10 seeds minimum) £1.95 SWEETCORN (40 seeds minimum) A good-keeping, turban-shaped Earlibird is an excellent, early- Australian gunmetal-grey winter maturing, super-sweet hybrid, squash with a fine deep golden early variety producing 3 or flesh that is both sweet and fine more high-quality cobs, typically flavoured and packed with 8" in length. Along with Swift, vitamin A. The high sugar this is probably the best variety content of the flesh makes it to grow in most UK situations. ideal for pumpkin pie.

TRIAMBLE INDIAN SUMMER F1 £1.95 SQUASH (10 seeds minimum) £1.95 SWEETCORN (40 seeds minimum) This distinctive grey-green 'Indian Summer' is a modern squash from Australia is easy to supersweet variety of an old grow sending out long vines on favourite. As the season which 3-4 fruit grow. The skin is progresses and the ear matures, hard and difficult to cut but the cob turns into a gives the harvested fruit a long kaleidoscope of white, red, shelf-life.The orange flesh is brown, yellow and purple sweet and suits baking. (AKA kernels, which slowly deepen in Shamrock or Triangle). colour.

VEGETABLE SPAGHETTI GOLDEN BALL £1.85 SQUASH (10 seeds minimum) £1.75 TURNIP (300 seeds minimum) When cooked, the flesh of this Very hardy, dwarf, compact Chinese vegetable, (actually a plants produce round roots with winter squash), falls away from tender, yellow, mild-flavoured the fruit in ribbons and strands, flesh and with outstanding just like spaghetti for which it keeping and exhibition qualities. makes a perfect substitute in This is the best of the main countless cooking roles. It crops, and is recommended by contains folic acid, vitamin A the National Institute of and beta carotene. Agricultural Botany.

WHITE SCALLOP PUPURRPPLLEE TOP MILAN £1.80 SQUASH (10 seeds minimum) £1.60 TURNIP (300 seeds minimum) A Patty Pan heirloom summer A 19th century Italian heirloom squash. First grown by the which is quick maturing and well native Americans and depicted suited for cooler climes. The by European settler as far back medium-sized roots, with a as 1591. It remains one of the sweet and mild flavour are very best tasting and yielding flat with a bright purple top and varieties around today! Great a white base below soil level, fried and baked. Very attractive and store well. flat fruit with scalloped edges.

YELLOW SCALLOP RED STAR F1 £1.85 SQUASH (10 seeds minimum) £1.95 WATERMELON (10 seeds minimum) Yellow Bush Scallop Squash is This hybrid variety has been an extremely hardy, old developed to grow well under summer squash variety that was cooler conditions than those introduced prior to 1860. It favoured by most watermelons. produces an abundance of This vigorous plant has a long golden-yellow squash on harvesting period producing compact plants over a longer large round fruit with a uniform season than other varieties. dark green skin colour and (AKA Golden Custard). sweet, intense red flesh.

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