Sweet Pea tops the Best Seller list

by | Oct 1, 2012 | Gardening News

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'

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'

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

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.

New flower and vegetable seed range available online

by | Sep 26, 2012 | Gardening News

Our new 2013 seed range is now available and we’ve added more than 140 new seed varieties!

Sweet Pea Promise

Sweet Pea Promise

Sweet Pea ‘Promise’

With its unique red and white bicolour blooms, this fragrant beauty is perfect not only in exhibitions, but also as a cut flower. It was bred by Roger Parsons, custodian of a National Collection® of Lathyrus species. Exclusive to Thompson & Morgan, Sweet Pea ‘Promise’ is certain to become a favourite among all gardeners.

Agastache ‘Astello Indigo’

Agastache 'Astello Indigo'

Agastache ‘Astello Indigo’

Agastache are not widely grown in the UK, but according to our expert Sue, should be at the top of every gardener’s seed order. ‘Astello Indigo’ flowers all summer, right through to the first frosts and bees and other beneficial insects love it! The deep blue flower spikes smell of mint and are perfect in borders, containers, gravel gardens and wildlife borders. Agastache ‘Astello Indigo’ won the Fleuroselect Gold Medal.

Runner Bean Tenderstar

Runner Bean Tenderstar

Runner Bean Tenderstar

Another Thompson & Morgan exclusive, Runner Bean Tenderstar really takes after its name. It has been bred to grow smaller beans that are extremely tender when picked young. But even if you go away for a couple of weeks, they’ll still be very tasty and won’t go tough and stringy like most runner beans.

Pepper Cayennetta F1 Hybrid

Pepper Cayennetta F1 Hybrid

Pepper Cayennetta F1 Hybrid

These fairly hot chilli peppers look amazing in a pot – the plants are bushy and will grow up to 300 peppers per plant! Pepper Cayennetta F1 Hybrid grows well in both hot and cold weather and the dense foliage protects the fruits from being scorched by the sun. A British-bred variety that won the prestigious All American Selection award.

 

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