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Tropical Annuals for Quick Results
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Maize quadricolour 20 seeds £2.29 JS181 |
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Quadricolour is a great novelty, an architectural, non edible form of sweet corn, with pink and white striped leaves! Grow this plant in the same way as corn on the cob raising it from seed in April and planting out after the last frosts. I find the plant variable even after years of seed selection and I would advise selecting the best leaf forms before planting out. |
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Marigold Hero- French Bedding 50 seeds £1.95 JS2151 |
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Dwarf double type to only 10” tall with large 2” to 3” blooms with a compact, early flowering and uniform habit. Gives a spectacular show. Available in a mixture of scarlet, yellow, gold and maroon with bi-colour markings. |
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Marigold Marvel - African Aprx 50 seeds £3.37 JS1721 |
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I just love these plants for summer bedding and especially mixed with tropical plants like Canna and Banana plants. The Marvel range that we have selected to complement your tropical bedding, have the largest most fully double flowers on the market today. In Gold, Orange and Yellow they are botrytis resistant with up to 5" blooms on high performance compact plants 12" to 18" tall. What more do you need? However if vivid Orange and Yellow is not your thing, try our Sweet Cream selection for pure white blooms. |
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Marigold
Sweet Cream - African |
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The original ‘love lies bleeding’ Excellent in a tropical bedding theme where it emulates the tropical plant Acalypha hispida. The green and red forms are much used in flower arrangements with tassels to 24” long. |
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Mirabilis
jalapa |
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A colourful quick growing plant from Peru with small trumpet-shaped, sweetly scented flowers in solid colours of red, pink, yellow, stripes and mottled, that open in the late afternoon with a lovely evening fragrance. Although a perennial it is best grown from seed each year and either planted out in June in a moist sheltered border or grown in pots for patio use. It forms large underground tubers that can be stored over winter like Dahlias for much larger plants the following year. |
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Nicandra
physalodes |
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A fast-growing bushy plant reaching a height of 3ft to 4ft. It has large lobed leaves, and large pretty blue flowers, followed by papery seed pods containing a large berry which look similar to the Chinese lanterns. The common name refers to the fact that it is regarded as a deterrent to whitefly if mixed among other plants in a greenhouse or outdoor crops. Best grown as an annual |
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Nicotiana
Perfumed Series Mixed |
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Fabulous fragrance plus large free flowering summer-long blooms, a flowering tobacco that has it all, 6 bright colours including purple on neat little plants just 20” tall and 12” wide! A new hybrid selected for both colour and fragrance. |
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Nicotiana
sylvestris Only The Lonely |
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A very desirable cultivated form of
Nicotiana with big beautiful fresh green leaves and producing many
candelabra-like sprays of fragrant tubular flowers. It is not so tall as
the pink at 5ft but with huge clusters of 3” long tubular flowers and a
lovely companion to the pink. Tall and elegant, this plant makes a great
backdrop and with a heavy evening scent its flowers light the way
through a moonlit garden. |
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Nicotiana
tabacum pink |
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This form of annual amaranthus will challenge any tropical flower for brilliant colour. Only growing to 2ft with purple bronze foliage topped by scarlet and yellow flower bracts like a poinsettia. Excellent as a pot grown patio annual or in groups in a warm border |
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Nicotiana
tabacum variegatum |
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This Nicotiana is a rare variegated
form to 5ft with big beautiful fresh green leaves splashed with white
and cream, producing sprays of pink flowers. Seed is variable so pick
out the seedlings with the best variegation to grow on. |
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Oryza
sativa Black Madras |
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New for 2008, an easy to grow green purple ornamental grass related to the rice plant. Paddy field not essential! However do not let the compost dry out - great in patio containers. |
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Pennisetum
glaucum Purple Baron |
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This millet boasts purple foliage that is slightly darker than that of 'Purple Majesty'. The plant's large, thick flower spikes and solid basal branching give the plant a strong, sturdy appearance and add a balanced look to mixed containers. As with 'Purple Majesty,' young 'Purple Baron' plants are green. The stem and mid-rib of the foliage turns purple after about eight leaves have developed, and the foliage will turn dark purple when the plants are moved from the greenhouse outside to full sun. 'Purple Baron' performs well in borders, mass plantings, and mixed containers, and makes a great addition for spring to autumn displays. |
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Pennisetum
glaucum Purple Majesty |
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All American selections gold medal award winner- 'Purple Majesty' Ornamental Millet is a superb annual for a hot sunny position. "Tall, dark and handsome" describes this purple-leaved millet. Young plants are green-leaved, but as they mature exposure to direct sunlight stimulates development of purple leaf color. Mature leaves are long and slender, with a red midrib. Capable of growing 3 to 5 feet tall, the plants are embellished with 8- to 12-inch flower spikes. The immature spikes can be cut and used in floral arrangements, or left on the plant to attract birds that feed on the seeds. 'Purple Majesty' is very easy to grow and is very tolerant of heat and low moisture but you should choose a well-drained, sunny site. The plant is tropical in origin and likes warmth. The sunny location is important because sunlight strengthens the purple color, which appears after a three-week juvenile phase. Although it can tolerate drought and poor soils, Purple Majesty responds strongly to early fertilizer applications and light watering. Picture shows Purple Majesty planted with Arundo donax variegata. |
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Pennisetum
setaceum |
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Fountain grass is an attractive grass from Africa with a densely clumped growth form and erect stems that grow 2 to 3 feet high. Best treated as an annual in the UK, the small flowers of fountain grass are grouped in pink or purple, bristly, upright inflorescences 6-15 inches long. Makes an attractive ornamental grass for the border. |
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Plectranthus argenteus 'Silver Shield' |
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A superb new silver foliage plant for large borders or patio tubs. An easy to grow plant that will make 2ft tall by 2ft wide in a season with large silver grey, furry leaves. Excellent for contrast planting e.g. Hibiscus acetosella. |
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Poppy Dwarf Danebrog |
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Ricinus
Carmencita Pink |
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Widely grown annual Mediterranean
plants producing large attractive purplish leaves on red stems with
clusters of red flowers and seed heads between the leaves. I grow it
regularly as summer bedding, after witnessing it displayed to perfection
in a Portuguese garden. An early spring sowing will produce 5’ plants by
September. BEWARE that all parts of this plant are poisonous, in
particular the seeds. Some of you may remember the umbrella stabbing of
a spy many years ago in London using an almost untraceable deadly
poison? This was Ricin, chemically extracted from the seeds of this
plant! |
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Ricinus
Carmencita Red |
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From the USA the first dwarf long blooming F1 Hybrid! Uniform habit, long bloom time and terrific heat- and sun tolerance of the huge 4- to 6-inch flower clusters on slightly smaller plants reaching 3ft to 4 feet tall with a natural bushy habit. Colours in lavender, rose, white and a pink with a white flush (picture) or mixed. |
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Ricinus
communis zanzibarensis |
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A huge green leaved form of the Ricinus capable of
reaching 10ft in one season, supporting 2ft wide leaves. Great for an
unusual green jungle back drop. We now supply a mixed colour form, some
with plain green stems and some with a hint of pink similar to a giant
form of Carmencita Pink but without the Carmencita pink flowers. |
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Ricinus
Crimson Spire |
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A new variety that we started selling on our Internet
Site in 2005. This is a very tall Ricinus with red stems, coppery
foliage and reddish brown flowers almost as big as Zanzibarensis to 12ft
but with more colour! |
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Ricinus
impala |
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Impala is a widely available form with good red colouring and slightly taller, growing to 6ft from an early spring sowing. Some variability in colouration though compared with Communis Red. |
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Ricinus New
Zealand Purple |
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A fabulous new Ricinus with deep maroon to purple metallic leaves, stems and fruit. A tall, majestic plant to 7ft with stunning foliage and a must have for any tropical border. We now have sensible quantities for sale. Please note that the seeds need a little more heat than other Ricinus to get them started. |
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Solanum
Laciniatum |
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A tall growing shrub like plant belonging to the Solanum family. It has blue flowers very similar to Solanum jasminoides but larger to 3” across. The pinnate foliage is fairly attractive and since the plant can achieve 8ft from seed in its first year, it makes a bold statement at the back of any tropical border. You may have seen plants at the NEC BBC Gardeners World Show in 2005 on one of the tropical stands. |
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Sorghum
bicolor |
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Sorghum bicolor, a member of the corn family with wide strapping leaves and tall seed heads, is an important source of grain in many parts of the world. The stems of some are used for making molasses or syrup, while other types are grown for making brooms or as ornamentals. Seeds can be cooked like rice or popped, and the stems of some varieties can be chewed like sugar cane. Horticultural selections have been made for color and height, and all are easily grown as an annual. The attractive coloured seed heads can be used for fresh or dried arrangements. Many of the available selections are very tall and are a dramatic backdrop for other plants. Our exciting mix contains tall and medium strains, black and white seeded, popping corn, coloured uprights of gold, red, black, maroon, pink and cream with large seed heads for drying. Plus white african to over 8ft useful for syrup and a selection of red strains. I cannot guarantee you will get all of these in packet of 15 seeds but certainly an exciting selection that makes a real impact for the back of any tropical border. |
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Stocks -
Cinderella series n£ |
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Popular bedding plants with a delicious scent. The 90 day Cinderella range has a very high % of double flowers in a good colour range and uniform habit. The few single flowering plants can be removed by discarding the dark green seedlings. |
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Sweet
William F1 Noverna Mixed n£ |
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This 18” tall F1 variety takes the ever popular annual Sweet William to a new dimension. You can grow ‘Noverna’ for a fabulous display of big, bold, clustered perfumed flower heads from spring to autumn in bedding displays, patio containers or as long lasting cut flowers. It will flower within 12-14 weeks from sowing with no vernalisation (chilling period). |
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Trachelium
caeruleum Lake Michegan Series |
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Trachelium caeruleum or blue throatwort is a member of the Campanula family and native to the West and Central Mediterranean region. A tender perennial usually grown as annual it is used extensively for the cut flower trade, with a 2 week vase life. Lake Michegan series is a choice scented cultivar to 30" with a good colour range. Seed sown in March and planted out in full sun after frosts will flower all summer. Attracts butterflies. Can also be grown in pots to produce specatular flower heads and if you have a cold greenhouse they can be overwintered for large clumping plants the following year |
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Zinnia Benary's Giant Mix Giant Red
Hybrid Zinnia n£ |
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Fully double giant 4" to 5" flowers on long stems excellent for cutting. A winning tall variety growing to 3ft or 4ft with large dahlia like flowers and a proven superb variety. Colours include crimson, yellow, purple, rose, lilac, orange and white. |
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Zinnia Big Red Hybrid Giant Red
Hybrid Zinnia n£ |
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Big Red begins flowering just 7 weeks from sowing with huge 6" flowers. The plants are vigorous and upright, reaching 3 feet tall in a full sun position and keep coming long after other Zinnias have given up the ghost. The waxy petals, which arise in many layers in a dense, Dahlia-flowered form have a waxy texture that holds its shape and shakes off rain and moisture. |
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Zinnia
Magellan Hybrids |
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Probably the largest blooms available on a dwarf Zinnia, in an excellent colour mix of Cherry, Coral, Ivory, Orange, Pink, Scarlet, and Yellow. The huge fully double blooms are 4" to 5" across on short compact 15" bushy plants, ideal for bedding or pots. The trick to growing zinnia from seed is to prick them out at the first 2 leaf stage and not later! This colourful Zinnia is one of the best on the market today and the best dwarf variety. |
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