Below are listed much-demanded seeds which do not readily fit into our other seed lists. We have not yet been able to find organic varieties of these seeds, or have room to grow them for seed ourselves. However, none of these seeds have any chemical treatment in the packet. They are untreated seeds and are therefore safe to handle. All are open pollinated and none are gene-modified.
AMARANTH Red Army
Easy to grow with red leaves for adding to salads or stir fries. Can also be steamed. Annual.
£2.75
AMMI majus
Large white flower umbels on attractive feathery foliage. Annual. Good cut flower with strong straight stems. Height up to 1 metre.
£2.75
AMMI visnaga
Creamy white flower on tall stem. Good cut flower. Beautiful bright green ferny foliage. Medicinal herb. Annual.
£2.75
BASIL Holy Red
Sacred basil. Green leaves with purple edges and stem. Delicious rich scent for stir fries and used in Thai temples. Annual.
£2.75
BORAGE White
Bushy plant with soft hairy leaves. Attractive white starry flowers. Edible leaves and flowers. Height 40cm. Annual. Borago officinalis alba
£2.75
BUCKWHEAT
Annual with pink flowers which are attractive to hoverflies and bees. Easy to grow even on poor soil. Medicinal herb.
£2.75
CHAMOMILE Roman
Flowering chamomile which can be used for lawns. Clip forming buds often. Hardier than 'Lawn Chamomile' (Treneague). Needs good drainage. Height 40cm. Perennial.
£2.75
CHICORY
Pick young leaves all summer and until end of October. Add sparingly to salads. An effective tonic. Hardy herbaceous perennial. Cichorium intybus
£2.75
FENNEL Bronze
Attractive bronze feathery leaf. Useful for culinary use, or as an ornamental. Hardy perennial in most areas of the UK Foeniculum vulgare 'Purpureum'
£2.75
FLAX
FLAX var. Lisette. Sky blue flowers throughout summer. Height 1m +. Flax has been cultivated since 5000BC to make paper and cloth. Can sow in a block to prevent lodging (falling over). Hardy annual. Linum usitatissimum
£2.75
HYSSOP
Narrow aromatic dark green leaves. Bright blue flowers, attractive to bees. Height 65cm. Perennial for calciferous soils. Hyssopus officinalis
£2.75
MIBUNA
Long narrow leaves that can be regularly cropped throughout the season. Add to salads and stir fries. Annual.
£2.75
MITSUBA
Sometimes called Japanese parsley. Grows large and is more like a vegetable. Heart shaped leaves. Unique oriental flavour for salads and soups. Hardy perennial
£2.75
MUSTARD Red Frills
Attractive feathery red frilled leaves. Mustard flavour for spicy addition to salads or stir fries. Annual.
£2.75
NASTURTIUM Empress of India
Crimson scarlet flowers with dark blue-green foliage. Compact plant. Annual. Tropaeolum majus 'Empress of India'
£2.75
NASTURTIUM Trailing or Climbing
Orange and yellow flowers mid to late summer. Will trail or climb if directed up a support. Leaves and flowers for adding to salads. Seed pods can be saved and pickled in vinegar. Annual
£2.75
ORLAYA grandiflora
ORLAYA grandiflora White Finch. Can be sown in autumn or spring to give large white lacy flowers. Height 60cm. Long flowering and attractive to beneficial insects. Good cut flower. Hardy annual.
£2.75
PAINTED SAGE
Good for pollinating insects. Not normally for culinary use. Grown for blaze of mixed colours in the garden - dark purple, white, dark pink, pale pink. Height 50cm. Annual. Salvia horminum
£2.75
PEA Crown Pea
Extremely decorative pea in bloom - more like sweetpea flowers on strong stems - followed by pods of edible peas. Height 1.5m. Early into harvest. Approx. S/C 25
£2.75
PERILLA Green Shiso
Flavour a bit different from the red variety but also delicious. Green leaves. Annual.
£2.75
PERILLA Red Shiso
Warm aromatic scent of leaves used in Japanese cookery. Cultivate like Basil. Beautiful dark red leaves with frilly edges. Can be used as a bedding plant! Annual.
£2.75
PURSLANE Summer
A green summer-grown purslane with small fleshy leaves for crunchy taste in salads or for cooking. Portulaca oleracea
£2.75
RUDBECKIA Autumn Colours
Attractive mix of autumn shades - bronze petals, red rings and rusty red centres. An excellent mid to late flowering bedding plant. For mixed borders and on its own. Height 60cm. Approx. S/C 50
£2.75
SHOOFLY
Violet blue bell-shaped flowers. Annual up to 75cm tall, sown direct in mid spring. Sometimes grown between vegetables reputedly to keep flies away. Self seeds. Dried flower pods are used in dried- flower arrangements. Nicandra physalodes
£2.75
SUMMER PICKING FLOWER MIX
Wonderful easy-to-grow annuals that are sown direct at the beginning of June in full sun. They soon flower and give an amazing display of mixed colours for the rest of the summer and into early autumn. Very fast flowering. Height approx. 75cm
£3.75
SUNFLOWER Taiyo
An old Japanese variety. Non branching. For cut flowers or back of the border. Large yellow-orange flower heads, with rich chocolate centres. Height 150cm. Approx. S/C 30
£2.75
SWEET PEA EVERLASTING Red Pearl
Perennial sweet pea. Height mid summer 200cm. Very attractive deep pink/red flowers. Lathyrus latifolius
£2.75
SWEET PEA Flagship
Well-scented Spencer type sweetpea with blooms that are dark blue, almost purple, with distinctive veining.
£2.75
SWEET ROCKET Violet
Violet flowered variety, very fragrant especially in the evening. Not the edible rocket. Biennial/perennial. Hesperis matronalis Violet
£2.75
THYME Broad Leaved
Pink/mauve flowers in summer. Very decorative thyme. Dark green leaves that are larger and rounder than other thymes. Strong flavour. Very good for culinary use. Hardy perennial. Thymus pulegioides
£2.75
THYME Red Creeping
Thyme with a creeping habit, forming mats 10cm tall. Very ornamental purple flowers, loved by bees. Edible but not the thyme that is normally grown for culinary use. Hardy perennial. Thymus serpyllum coccineus
£2.75
VALERIAN
True Valerian. A spectacular plant in flower. White to pale pink scented flowers in umbels. Height in flower 2m in moist shade, 1m in sun. Valeriana officinalis Hardy perennial
£2.75
YARROW
Clustered white flowers. Aromatic feathery leaves. Medicinal herb which intensifies the medicinal action of other herbs. Also activates compost. Hardy perennial. Achillea millefolium
£2.75
YELLOW RATTLE
Bright yellow 15cm flower spikes, attractive to bumblebees. Excellent for grassy wild flower areas. Seed pods rattle. Annual which self-seeds. Rhinanthus minor.
£2.75