Summer flowers

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...

Starflower is an insect-friendly summer flower and makes beautiful dried flowers. The real eye-catching thing about this plant is the extravagant spherical seed heads that look like small works of art made from parchment paper. Easy to start and cult...Starflower is an insect-friendly summer flower and makes beautiful dried flowers. The real eye-catching thing about this plant is the extravagant spherical seed heads that look like small works of art made from parchment paper. Easy to start and cult...

A pretty, tall growing strawflower 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 s...

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. Ideal for cut flowe...

Strongly branching variety producing many bright yellow flowers with dark centres in late summer. Regular cutting for the vase will encourage more flowers. This sunflower with its many small flowers (diameter around 10 cm) as also a valuable bee plan...

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...

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. Ideal for cut flower growers.

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. Ideal for cut flower growers.

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 ric...

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...

Low growing, tender member of the daisy family with radiant blue flowers. Flowers are produced from the end of May until well into the autumn. It is a sun and warmth-loving plant but can also grow in half shade and in window boxes.

Sweet Alyssum is a low-maintenance plant for filling out borders that also thrives at dry sites. Noticeable for its scent reminiscent of honey. Particularly attractive to hoverflies. After the first flush of bloom, cutting back the plants by half can...Sweet Alyssum is a low-maintenance plant for filling out borders that also thrives at dry sites. Noticeable for its scent reminiscent of honey. Particularly attractive to hoverflies. After the first flush of bloom, cutting back the plants by half can...

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...

Wonderful, sturdy cottage garden variety with an extended flowering period and long lasting as a cut flower. The deep red flowers with white eyes release a carnation-like scent. Sweet Williams flower in their second year and thrive in half-shady cond...

Sown in large drifts, this strongly scented summer flower is stunning - a sea of glowing purple flowers on nearly leafless stems. The nectar inside the long tube-like flowers is accessible to many butterflies. Flowers from June to August and if cut b...

Sweet William is a specially good long-lasting, free-flowering cut flower. In the right place Sweet Williams will flower several years in succession. After flowering the plants can be split up and re-planted. As soon as the first flowers have opened ...

Attractive, tall growing Tagetes with strong leaves. The upright Aztec 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 hardly ...

A sea of lilac-blue parasols that seem to float upon high stems. Recommended for wild gardens since they will be visited by many butterflies and moths such as the Hummingbird Hawkmoth. The seeds take a long time to germinate, we recommend pre-cooling...

An ornamental chrysanthemum with large, variegated, ringed flowers. Chrysanthemums will grow in all garden soils in a sunny position. A valued cut flower that lasts well in a vase. Ready for cutting as soon as the flower heads open. New shoots grow r...