Mentha Requienii - Corsican Mint250 SeedsMentha Requienii - Corsican Mint, is one of the smallest members of the mint family, originaly native to Corsica, Sardinia, and mainland Italy.It is a very low-growing species from around 3 to 10cm in height, with small bright green leaves.The whole plant is strongly aromatic with a peppermint aroma.It produces tiny purple flowers in July and August that are insect pollinated and popular with bees.Hardy to around -5°C...

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Dahlia Collarette Mixed100 SeedsOriginally a native to Mexico, brought to Europe in the 19th Century, Dahilas are very popular due to their wide range of coloured flowers.This Collarette style mix, produces plants with flowers in a range of colours with contrasting colours on secondary petals.They flower from July to October, and makes a great cut flower for arrangements. Very easy to grow, but prefers a well drained soil, and full sun.Grows to around 70 cm tall and a spread of around 30 cm.Considered half hardy, can cope with temperatures down to around -5°C...

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Sophora SecundifloraMescal Bean, Texas Mountain Laurel6 SeedsA Native to Southwester USA, Sophora Secundiflora is a evergreen tree with compound pinnate foliage, to around 15 cm long.It has the most amazing flowers, each around 2 to 3 cm across, held in dense clusters, and are very fragrant, which bloom in spring.Needs long hot summers to flower well.It is quite heat and drought tolerant, and is generally a fairly slow grower.Like a fertile but well drained soil.Typically grows to a height of around 4 to 5 meters and a spread of around 3 to 4 meters, but can grow up to 15 meters in optimum conditions, but does make a superb bonsai!Fairly cold tolerant, it can cope with temperatures down to -10°C...

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Mustard  ‘Mizuna  - Red Streaks’Brassica Japonica1000 SeedsA cultivar of ‘brassica juncea var japonica’  and native to Asia, the ‘mizuna’  varietyof mustard has a milder taste than others and are perfect to adding to salads,or for adding to soup, stews and stir fries.The Mizuna Red Streaks variety has very fin ely serrated lea ves with adeep reddish/purple that runs through the stems and leaves.Reaches up to 80cm tall and 30cm in spread.The soil should be kept well moist to avoid leaf bitte rne ss.Prefers well draining, fertile soil and partial shade.As a leafy crop, nitrogen is essentially for best results.Approximately 20 days to baby leaf, and up to 45 days to full maturity...

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Red Sweet Bell Pepper - Capsicum Annuum150 SeedsThis listing is for 100 red bell peppe r seeds. Each p epper ripensfrom green to red; while edible as green peppers they will be considerably sweeter when red.Unlike other Capsicum Annuum varieties, bell pepper seeds are lacking in capsacin and are not hot.Peppers grow to be around 12 cm tall. Mature within 60-70 days...

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Yellow Sweet Bell Pepper - Capsicum Annuum150 SeedsThis listing is for 100 Yellow bell pe pper seeds. Each p epper ripensfrom green to Yellow; while edible as green peppers theywill be considerably sweeter when red.Unlike other Capsicum Annuum varieties, bell pepperseeds are lacking in capsacin and are not hot.Peppers grow to be around 12 cm tall. Mature within 60-70 days...

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Sanguisorba Officinalis - Greater Burnet25 seedsA clump forming perennial widespread across Europe, Asia and America, produces pinnate basal leaves, to around 50 cm long. The small maroon red flowers are borne on stalks up to 1.2 m high, and are each around 2 to 4 cm long.Makes a great dried flower!Happy in any soil as long as it doesnt dry out, and happy in full sun to partial shade.Fully hardy to -15°C...

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Eclipta Alba - False Daisy / Bhringraj50 SeedsEclipta Alba is a creeping plant found growing throughout India. An annual, it produces small white daisies on narrow leaved plants growing to a height of around 30 cm tall.It is highly prized by Ayurvedic (ancient Indian medicine) practitioners for its diverse range of health-giving powers, particularly with regards to its ability to overcome liver disorders. It appears to have some anti-inflammatory and anti-diabetic effects in studies with the mechanism of action not yet known.The leaves are used in the treatment of scorpion stings, and are used as an antidote for snake bites.Please consult a GP before using in a medical context.Controls soil nematodes and is anti-fungal.Frost tender minimum temperature 5°C...

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Sugar Beet - Beta vulgaris250 SeedsSugar beet - Beta vulgaris - is grown commercially for sugar production. Sugar beets are closely related to Beetroot, and Chard.Sugar beets makes up for 20% of the world's sugar production, with most sugar now produced from sugar cane.The sugar beet has a conical, white, fleshy root (a taproot)with a flat crown.Sugar beets grow exclusively in the temperate zone, in contrast to sugarcane, which grows exclusively in the tropical and subtropical zones.The plant consists of the root and a rosette of  rich, brilliant green leaves, to around 30 cm in diameter from the crown of the beet, which is usually level with or just above the ground surface, and can reach weights of up to 1 KgEnjoys a rich and well fed soil for good production...

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Cobaea Scandens AlbaWhite Cup and Saucer Flower15 SeedsThis Mexican native evergreen perennial climber can scramble to around 20 meters, from summer to autumn, it bears many 5 cm diameter cup shaped flowers, opening green, later turning to white, then to a creamy white with age.Frost tender, minimum temperature around 5°C.Likes full sun and minimal water in winter...

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Operculicarya Decaryi - Jabily - Madagascan Pachycaul Tree5 SeedsAnother unique pachycaul (swollen water storing branched) tree from south western Madagascar, and makes up part of the 'Spiny Forest'. Can grow up to 10 meters tall,  but makes for an interesting bonsai when kept in a smaller pot.It produces tiny 2mm red flowers in winter.Minimum temperature around 10°C..

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Passiflora Quadrangularis - Giant Granadilla10 SeedsNative to tropical South America the Passiflora Quadrangularis has several common names such as Giant Granadilla, Grenadine or even the Giant Tumbo. It produces the largest fruit of any passiflora species, which is edible.A climbing and vining plant, it can grow taller than 12m, and will require growing support.Its flowers are the true show-stoppers, light red with purple and white filaments and very fragrant. Its fruit, also known as badea, can reach 25cm long; the pulp is edible and is frequently used as a drink or ice cream. A tea can also be made from the leaves to treat high blood pressure and diabetes.Please see a GP before using in a medicinal context.Frost tender, it should ideally be kept under glass and kept at a minimum temperature of 15°C...

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Luffa AegyptiacaGrow your own Loofa Loofah Loufah Sponge!(However you would like to say it..!)15 SeedsThis well known item, often mistakenly thought to be a sea sponge, is a relative of the cucumber, and as an annual grows rapidly climbing over anything in its way, so requires a trellis or something similar to grow up against.The fruits are edible when young, but most certainly un-edible when mature! Fruits are dried and skinned to leave fantastic home grown Lufas!A great novelty item great for children to grow, due to its quick growth rate and a prize at the end of its growing season!!..

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Philodendron Bipinnatifidum - Great Foliage Houseplant10 SeedsThe Tree Philodendron also known as the Cutleaf or Splitleaf Philodendron,  has dark green, glossy, heavily serrated and ruffled, leaves up 90cm in length, with prominent veins and long arching stems. It originates from the rainforests of northen Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and south eastern Brazil where, unlike most other philodendrons it grows as a woody shrub.Tree Philodendron does best in dappled or partial shade, but not in direct sun so makes a great houseplant. It prefers winter temperatures above 12°C and growing season temperatures around 20-25°C, however Tree Philodendron is tough when well established and will survive much colder temperatures and recover from mild frost damage...

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Digitalis Lutea - Yellow Straw Foxglove300 SeedsThis unusual perennial European species of foxglove gives glossy green foliage from 5 to 2o cm long, and produces masses of bright yellow flowers with lightly spotted throats, each up to 3 cm long, which are especially attractive to bees!These plants grow up to 60 cm tall with a spread of around 30 cm.Fully hardy down to -15°C.Please note, as with all Foxgloves, all parts of the plant are poisonous...

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Cucumber - Bush Hog - Cucumis Sativus20 SeedsAn adorable addition to any vegetable garden, the Bush Hog cucumberis so name d as they look like little green hedgehogs, with prickly exteriors.Fruits can reach up to 6cm long.Wit h a bit ter flavour, these cucumbers arebest pickled rather than eaten raw.As with other cucumber plants, this variety is be st grown against a trellis and can reach up to 30cm tall...

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Zamia Furfuracea - Cardboard Palm Cycad6 SeedsA native to Mexico, this cycad produces up to 1.5m in length leaves, each of which has multiple glossy bright green leaflets.It grows in a similar fashion to ferns or palm fronds, with a crown of new growth in the center.All parts of the plant are poisonous to animals and humans.A popular houseplant, it is easy to care for, and grows happily in shade or full sun.Germination may be slow and erratic.Cold tolerant down to freezing, though should be avoided...

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Talinum Caffrum - Caudex Forming Succulent10 SeedsThis caudex forming plant is native to East and southern African regions, and has a swollen above ground tuber which stores water for the plant. The caudex itself can grow to around 15 cm in height and diameter, and fleshy dark green oval leaves are produced during the growing season on short stems.During the dry period, the plant dies back to  the caudex, until wetter weather arrives in the next season.Frost tender, keep a minimum temperature of around 10°C..

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Toona Sinensis - Chinese Mahogany or Chinese Cedar20 SeedsAlso known as Chinese mahogany or Chinese cedar, the Toona Sinensisis native to eastern  and southeastern Asia, through China and as far along as Indonesia.A deciduous tree, it can reach up to 20m tall and up to 8m in spread. A fast grower, it is an attractive tree with attractive featheredleaves and attractively scented white flowers that grow in dense panicles up to 50cm long from July onwards.Every part of the tree is highly aromatic and branches are often burnt in Asian temples as incense. Its fruit and leaves are also edible; young shoots are said to taste similar to onions and is most often boiled beforconsumption, and the leaves can be brewed as a tea. Younger, redder leaves are considered to have better flavour than older leaves.As a true mahogany, the wood is hard and an attractive reddish colour, used most often in furniture making.Toona Sinensis thrives in rich but well draining soil and full sun. A fast grower and a great addition to any garden.Fully hardy down to -20°C...

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Kalanchoe Daigremontiana - Mexican hat plant / Devil's backbone / Mother of Thousands.10 PlantletsKalanchoe (  Bryophyllum ) Daigremontiana is a very unusual plant native to Madagascar, with many common names, Mother Of Thousands probably being the most appropriate.It has thick fleshy leaves, green, marked with dark green or purple blotches. The serrated leaf margins form new plantlets, each leaf may produce 20 or 30 new tiny plants, which eventually drop off the mother plant, form roots and grow into new plants.VERY easy to propagate!Tubular greyish pink flowers 2cm long open in winter.A succulent, it likes a well drained soil and to be kept on the dry side during winter.Grows to a height of around 50 cm, and a spread of around 10 cm.Minimum recommended temperature around 10°C...

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