Plants available now

Aubergine – Black Beauty

Aubergine – Bonica F1

Chilli – Chocolate Mini

Chilli – Hungarian Hot Wax

Chilli – Padron (a classic – varying in heat level, great for adding to stir fries, or eating stuffed or grilled)

Sweet pepper – Snackbite

Sweet pepper – Popti F1 (our favourite pepper from last year! – perfect for containers, it is early cropping, producing deliciously sweet red peppers)

Ammi majus (a hardy annual, bearing large flat heads of beautiful white flowers)

Borage – blue and white (plant with your strawberries for added flavour)

Calendula officinalis ‘Indian Prince’ (hardy annual – a brilliant companion plant, super attractive to pollinators and flowering well into Autumn – Indian Prince is our absolute favourite variety – tall, with deep orange flowers and a red/brown centre)

Catanache caerulea ‘Major’ (also known as Cupid’s Dart, this hardy perennial will flower throughout the summer, with lovely violet-blue blooms – very attractive to pollinators)

Cerinthe major var. purpurascens (honeywort) (hardy annual – a really unique plant which seems to emit an iridescent glow as well as dripping nectar – loved by bees)

Chicory (Cichorium intybus) (a hardy perennial native wildflower with stunning bright blue flowers in summer and autumn)

Comfrey ‘Bocking 14’

Cornflowers ‘Black Ball’ (hardy annual – a wonderful old variety – deep maroon – brilliant cut flower and loved by pollinators)

Cynoglossum amabile ‘Mystic Pink’

Digitalis purpurea f. albiflora (a stunning white/cream foxglove – very popular with bees and butterflies – should flower this year – toxic if eaten)

Echinops (blue globe thistle – super attractive to a wide range of pollinators)

Echium pininana

Echium (viper’s bugloss) ‘Blue Bedder’ (hardy annual – if you want happy bees, there can be no better flower to plant than this one – a compact and bushy variety of Echium, with lovely violet-blue flowers – restocks its nectar throughout the day)

Erysimum cheiri ‘Vulcan’ (an old variety with deep red, velvety, fragrant flowers – attractive to pollinators – best grown as a biennial – will flower this year)

Hesperis matronalis (sweet rocket) (a wonderful plant for a wildlife garden – will flower this year, with pollen and nectar rich purple/white flowers – especially fragrant in the evening)

Lavatera trimestris ‘Dwarf Pink Blush’ (annual mallow – a stunning variety, with masses of pale pink flowers, loved by bees, easy to grow)

Nasturtiums (‘Crime Scene’)

Nigella damascena ‘Albion Black Pod’ (hardy annual – a special treat to you and the bees! – delicate white flowers, green stamens, almost black seed capsules – a wonderful variety!)

Nigella papillosa ‘African Bride’ (hardy annual – large pure white blooms, rich purple-black stamens and near-black seed pods)

Oenothera biennis (evening primrose)

Papaver rhoeas ‘True Shirley Poppy’ (common or field poppy) (a native wildflower, perfect for a wildlife friendly garden – very popular with bumblebees)

Salvia viridis ‘Oxford Blue’ (an old variety, very popular with pollinators, hardy annual, will flower throughout summer)

Scabiosa atropurpurea ‘Black Knight’ (hardy annual – wonderful very deep purple flowers, reaching over 1m tall – beautifully fragrant, will flower throughout the summer, very popular with butterflies)

Scabiosa atropurpurea ‘Tall Double Rose’ (hardy annual – very free-flowering pincushion blooms – wonderful mid pink shade with darker centres – brilliant cut flowers and loved by butterflies)

Sweet Alyssum

Sweet peas

Verbascum ‘Snowy Spires’ (a wonderful perennial, described as a “true bee magnet” – really stunning spikes of ice white flowers with fuzzy magenta centres)

Verbena bonariensis (perennial – wonderful border plant, adored by butterflies)

Viola tricolor

Basil – Mrs Burns Lemon, Red, Sweet Genovese

Black Cumin

Chamomile matricaria

Chervil

Clary sage (Salvia sclarea)

Coriander – lemon, ‘Slowbolt’

Dill

French sorrel

Garlic chives

Korean mint (Agastache rugosa)

Lemon Bergamot

Lemongrass

Lovage

Marjoram – pot, sweet

Mint – Apple, Berries & Cream, Chocolate, Garden, Ginger, Lime, Marroc, Mint Basil, Mojito

Oregano (Greek)

Parsley – French Plain, Italian Giant

Rosemary – BBQ, Green Ginger, Miss Jessop’s Upright, Prostratus group

Sage – Icterina, officinalis, Tricolor

Thyme – English Winter, Orangelo, Silver Queen, Summer Thyme de Provence

Vietnamese coriander

Broccoli – 9 Star

Raspberries – Autumn Bliss

Strawberries – Allegro, Cambridge Favourite, Honeoye, Pegasus

Welsh onions