New seed varieties proving popular with T&M customers.
Thompson & Morgan is pleased to announce the top 3 best-sellers from its list of newly-launched seed varieties.
Bestselling Sweet Pea ‘Erewhon’
Sweet Pea ‘Erewhon’ along with Nasturtium ‘Crimson Emperor’ and Lobelia ‘Monsoon’ are currently topping Thompson & Morgan’s new seed variety ‘charts’. “We’re never surprised to see sweet pea varieties in our best-seller list”, says Michael Perry, T&M’s New Product Development Manager. “We know our customers love sweet peas, so we’re always on the look-out for unusual and exciting new varieties”.
‘Erewhon’ can certainly boast these characteristics, flying as it does in the face of convention with its unique and spectacular ‘reverse’ bi-colouring. Lobelia ‘Monsoon’ is another one-of-a-kind variety which not only produces beautiful deep blue flowers which cascade from baskets and window boxes, but offers the added bonus of attractive foliage which turns from green to bronze as the plants mature, giving them long-lasting appeal.
Lobelia ‘Monsoon’
Thompson & Morgan’s Flower of the Year, Nasturtium ‘Crimson Emperor’ also features in the top 3 best-seller list.
“I knew from the first time I saw ‘Crimson Emperor’ that our customers would love it and we were thrilled that Thomas Hoblyn chose to feature it in his award-winning garden at RHS Chelsea this year”.
Nasturtium ‘Crimson Emperor’ – Flower of the Year 2013
Thompson & Morgan attributes the success of this beautiful nasturtium to its stunningly vibrant colouring as well as its lax, spreading habit which makes it ideal for planting as ground cover in borders, or allowed to tumble over walls and fences. It’s equally at home in containers or hanging baskets, making it a very versatile option for gardens next summer.
Rebecca works in the Marketing department as part of the busy web team, focusing on updating the UK news and blog pages and Thompson & Morgan’s international website. Rebecca enjoys gardening and learning about flowers and growing vegetables with her young daughter.
When do you expect to be able to sell sweet peas larger than plug plants? I do not have the capability to”grow on” plug plants before planting them out.
Hello
Sweet Peas are surprisingly quick growers once they get going. We don’t usually sell sweet peas as garden ready plants as our Jumbo plugs are already quite chunky so you can plant them straight out.
All the best
Sue
I am always browsing online for ideas that can help me. Thank you!
I’m sitting here crying my heart out: I cannot recieve your plant offer, because I live in Denmark. Every night I pray that you will change your policy about that, PLEASE????
Hi Lene, thanks for reading our blog. I’m sorry, but we can’t send plants overseas – we would love to, but postage costs and times are too high and long to make it work for our customers.