Brassica oleracea Capitata Group 'Golden Acre'
Find out how to grow Brassica oleracea Capitata Group 'Golden Acre' This is a good early summer variety which has medium-sized cabbages with firm heads. It can be sown early in a coldframe in January for an early crop, or also sown in a prepared ... [... more]
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Aquilegia vulgaris
Charming, old-fashioned cottage garden plant with bonnet-shaped flowers, often two-tone and with long graceful spurs. Flowering in early summer, aquilegias fill the seasonal gap between the last of the spring bulbs and the first of the summer ... [... more]
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Hosta fortunei var. albopicta
One of the showiest hostas for early summer, it has soft yellow leaves with a narrow dark green edges and veins. Mauve flowers are borne on 75cm (30in) leafy stems in summer. Conserve soil-moisture as much as possible by adding plenty of organic ... [... more]
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Triteleia ixioides 'Starlight'
Hailing from Western USA, this cormous perennial produces up to 25 yellow flowers with purple midribs, per stem in early summer. Plant the corms 8cm (3in) deep in a warm, sunny spot, in autumn. Find out how to grow Triteleia ixioides ... [... more]
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Athyrium filix-femina
The lady fern is one of the prettiest of the deciduous hardy ferns, with delicate, lacy, ladder-like foliage which is a good fresh green colour it looks its best in late spring and early summer when the foliage is still young. It associates well ... [... more]
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Eremurus robustus
This is one the larger foxtail lilies, growing to a staggering 3m (9=ft) tall. Its pale pink blooms soar above all else in the early summer border. To do well, plant in a warm, sheltered spot where the sun can bake the tubers in late summer. ... [... more]
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Caltha palustris
Kingcups (or marsh marigolds) grow wild alongside streams and in shallow water around ponds, forming loose clumps of kidney-shaped leaves, each up to 8-10cm (3-4in) across in late spring and early summer, large, shiny golden flowers like giant, ... [... more]
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Lunaria annua
Common honesty is an old-fashioned dual-purpose plant, grown partly for its fragrant bright flowers in spring and early summer, but also for its unique seed-heads, oval and translucent, gleaming with an eerie silver light and coveted by ... [... more]
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Herb Rosemary Seeds
 This herb's powerful fragrance goes well with lamb and chicken as well as tomato soup stews and fresh cooked peas. Sow the seeds from late winter to early summer in seed compost. Do not cover the seed with compost. Make sure that the compost is mo [... more]
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Foxglove Excelsior Hybrids Mixed Seeds
This effective and spectacular strain are superb for shady shrub and tree areas. They can really bring the early summer garden alive with plants flowering in early summer to a height of 5ft. Sow in late spring/early summer outdoors in a well prepa [... more]
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Radish Cherry Belle Seeds
Bright red skin with crisp sweet and succulent mildly flavoured white flesh. Radishes grow well in most soils but prefer rich moist free draining soils. Sow at regular intervals from early spring to early summer into well cultivated soil. Sow very [... more]
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Wallflower Dwarf Brilliant Bedder Seeds
This dwarf variety is a sturdy neat and compact plant excellant for bedding containers and borders. This hardy biennial will grow to a height of 25-30cm (10-12in). Sow in late spring/early summer outdoors in a well prepared seed bed. Sow the seeds [... more]
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