Summer flowers

Striking plant, growing up to 2 metres with long, lance-like, dark green leaves and radiant, orange-coloured, velvety tube-like flowers which appear curling above one another. Fine solitary plants which flower long into autumn. Favourite insect plant...

A single-coloured, low growing snapdragon with wonderful, dark red velvety blossoms and dark green leaves. It lasts many years in protected situations. This summer flower is a much loved cut flower and provides a good mass effect with its pure colour...

Single coloured, perennial snapdragon variety with creamy white to yellow flowers. Can withstand heat and drought and is therefore suitable for balconies. Snapdragons are attractive to bumble bees. Long flowering period from mid June to end of Octobe...

A tall mixture of this delicately fragrant, well-loved cottage garden plant in many vibrant colours! Snapdragons are relatively slug resistant and in protected areas can last many years. It is ready for cutting when 3 to 5 flowers on the lower part o...

The annual Baby's Breath forms numerous tiny white flowers on open branching stems. It likes poor, loose soil in full sun or half shade. To cut the flowers over a longer period seeds should be sown direct every four weeks. Suitable for professional ...

Small flowered, dark yellow sunflower with a brown centre. Flower diameter approximately 10 cm. The plants grow up to one metre high, branch out and produce many flowers. Long and very upright side shoots and lasts well in a vase. Suitable for profe...

Long flowering, branching and notably homogenous sunflower with a warm orange yellow colour. Diameter of flowers approximately 15 cm. The very firm stems result in a high yield of long lasting cut flowers. The long picking season make them an attract...

Sunspot is a short-growing non-branching sunflower which only grows to 40-50 cm and is particularly attractive in tubs. The bright flowers with green centres and large yellow petals reach a diameter of 20 cm.

Develops undivided strong stems that grow to a length of 150 cm. The flowers are like golden yellow suns some 25cm in diameter with large dark centres. Particularly harmonious flower form. Very attractive as a single cut flower in a large vase which...

This extraordinary and colourful sunflower is rich in contrast with its lemon yellow petals and black centres. The branching, half-tall plants need full sun and a rich soil.

An unusual sunflower with expressive, velvet red-brown colour, an eye catching plant bfor the cottage garden. The diameter of the flowers reach 20 cm. Rich soil and plenty of water are needed for strong plants. Suitable for professional flower grower...

Sunflower 'La Torre' has more than one stem, a branching habit and grows up to two metres high. The flowers tend to be small, around 15 cm in diameter and appear in pale yellow, yellow and red tones. It is an excellent cut flower. Sunflowers need ri...

Edible Amaranth with its impressive hanging flowers, dark read stems and camouflage-coloured leaves is a decorative single plant for sunny sites. The dark red flowers are particularly effective among perennials or in front of shrubs. Can also be grou...

A wonderful, scented climbing plant with richly coloured flowers. The seed are sown in April direct and not too shallow. The flowers are ready for cutting when the lowest flower is fully open. If the dead heads are removed even more flowers will be p...

The Mourning Flower or Sweet Scabious is a valued cut flower, loved by bees. The attractive mixture of colours in purple, pink and white prefers a soil that is not too poor in nutrients and in the sun or half shade. For cutting the flower heads shoul...

A pretty, tall growing straw flower mixture whose warm, sunny colours range from orange, yellow, white, pink, salmon through to violet. A traditional dry flower that makes a colourful and long-lasting show in the sunny flower border. Ready to cut as...

Attractive, tall growing Tagetes with strong leaves. The upright Mexican Marigold has magnificent bright blossoms varying in colour from yellow to red and flowers continuously until far into autumn. It thrives in all good garden soils and needs hardl...

The Petunia-like, velvety, trumpet flowers come in a beautiful range of colours from red to violet with streams of yellow. It grows in fertile garden soil, protected from the wind in full sun. Planted as a group they beautify borders and beds with th...

The white Corncockle is very elegant with its beautiful, large creamy white flowers and narrow leaves held on slim stems. This undemanding summer flower is a favourite insect pasture and makes a grand addition to the vegetable and wild gardens. Note...

A medium-tall cosmos variety with winderful, large, pure white flowers. The plants have finely feathered leaves and also spread out wide which means they need space around them in the bed. Excellent as a filler for beds and borders. Suitable for prof...

Beautiful, free flowering, long-lasting cut flower, loved by butterflies. This Zinnia has large, single flowers in a variety ofred, orange, violet and yellow tones. Should not be sown too early. Light and warmth is needed to germinate and grow. Suita...