Collection: Sow Indoors in February

Gypsophila elegans 'Covent Garden' Seeds Create clouds of flowers with this well-known hardy annual. This variety offers a simpler flower form than the frilly and heavily-doubled Gypsophila synonymous with florists. At home in a cottage...See More

Salvia viridis 'Blue Monday' Seeds Clary Sage are hardy annuals with colourful bracts, offering a long season of colour in the garden. Can be enjoyed in containers or as a filler plant at border edges....See More

Rudbeckia hirta 'Marmalade' Seeds A short-lived, half-hardy perennial, often grown as an annual. This cone flower performs brilliantly in a sunny border, but can be grown in large pots too. The flowers will attract...See More

Cynoglossum 'Mystic Pink' Seeds A tall version of this versatile annual, which will add vertical interest and colour from the middle to the back of a border. Likes full sun to partial shade and...See More

Agastache 'Astello Indigo' Seeds This Giant Hyssop has upright flower spikes covered with long-lasting, deep-blue flowers. A compact plant, which flowers just 15 weeks after sowing, and all summer long. Both the flowers and...See More

Antirrhinum 'Orange Wonder' Seeds These half-hardy annuals are mainstays in the cottage garden where they quickly fill gaps with long-lasting colour and draw in pollinating insects. The colourful flowers of this snapdragon will suit...See More

Ipomoea lobata 'Exotic Love' (Mina lobata) Seeds A vigorous annual climber covered in a profusion of flowers fading from red to orange to yellow. The flowers can continue for four months. A spectacular flower for growing up...See More

Lettuce 'Little Gem' Seeds This Cos variety of lettuce has a dense crisp heart and excellent flavour. Harvest throughout summer from successional plantings. Neat and compact, so can be planted closer together. Some tolerance...See More

Digitalis 'Excelsior Hybrids' (Foxgloves) Seeds You can expect an impressive flowering display with this short-lived perennial. Tall flower spikes are produced above rosettes of woolly green foliage. The blooms encircle the flowering stem, and are...See More

Consolida ajacis 'Blue spire' Seeds An old-fashioned branching variety, these sturdy plants produce abundant purple flowers from June to September and can keep going to the first hard frost. They make great cottage garden flowers...See More

Monarda didyma 'Milano Mix' Seeds These clump-forming, herbaceous perennials are a cottage garden favourite. Flowering from early summer to early autumn. Spidery domes of petals which are highly attractive to bees. Prefers sun to partial...See More

Gaillardia 'Firewheels' Seeds Hardy perennial with bright, red flowers on long stems, making it ideal for cutting and displaying in a vase. Very attractive to butterflies and other pollinators. Will flower in its...See More

Lathyrus 'Geranium Pink' (Sweet Peas) Seeds A Spencer-type, sweet pea, producing an abundance of large, scented flowers. This annual climber needs sturdy support, so is ideal for an arch, obelisk or trellis. Feed with a high-potash...See More

Achillea 'Cerise Queen' Seeds Herbaceous perennials with colourful flattened flowerheads on tall stems, and fern-like foliage. Very attractive to pollinators, it flowers all summer and mixes well with ornamental grasses in borders and gravel...See More

Cleome 'Colour Fountain' Seeds The spider flower is a half-hardy annual with prominent stamens that give a distinctive look. Ideal for country cottage themes as well as a more contemporary style. The lightly-scented flowers...See More

Nicotiana sylvestris 'White Trumpets' Seeds Tall annual with white, trumpet-shaped flowers and lovely evening scent. Grows in sun or semi-shade and is great for pollinators and wildlife. The elegant flowers are good for cutting and...See More