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Flowers for Good Bugs

Grow these flowers in your garden and increase the yields from the Kitchen Garden. These favourite annuals and perennials will attract bees to pollinate your vegetables and fruit trees

BENEFICIAL INSECT COLLECTION

BENEFICIAL INSECT COLLECTION

Sow this collection to provide the best year-round accommodation for these valued guests. Includes Queen Anne's Lace and Alyssum for winter and spring, Dill, Borage and Cottage Salvia for summer and White Cosmos for ...

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BERGAMOT PANORAMA

BERGAMOT PANORAMA

Upright whorls of pink, red or white flowers are a calling sign to the insect world- bees, lacewings and hoverflies are all drawn to these vibrant flowers. Highly aromatic foliage is reminiscent of Lemon Verbena.

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Easy to grow from seed and one of the most popular plants for bee keepers. The slate grey leaves are topped by panicles of electric blue flowers that last for months and are the best for attracting pollinators to your ...

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CONEFLOWER MAGIC BOX

CONEFLOWER MAGIC BOX

Echinacea is a popular wildflower in the prairies of USA where its nectar is a source of food for butterflies and the seed heads provide a winter food source for birds. Here the cones are a magnet for all kinds of ...

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CONEFLOWER PURPLE

CONEFLOWER PURPLE

Purple, upright flowers are not only a magnet for bees but a popular addition to garden borders. An excellent cut flower.

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COSMOS SONATA DAYDREAM

COSMOS SONATA DAYDREAM

The softest pink cosmos with a rosy-pink centre that fades to white at the pedal edge. Smaller than the other varieties that flowers from early summer through to autumn.

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MARIGOLD ALUMIA VANILLA CREAM

MARIGOLD ALUMIA VANILLA CREAM

A unique coloured French Marigold. Vanilla cream flowers on a bushy plant that flowers all through summer. They are perfect for planting in containers or in the front of a garden bed to attract beneficial insects ...

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PYRETHRUM TRUE INSECTICIDAL

PYRETHRUM TRUE INSECTICIDAL

Ferny grey foliage with white daisy flowers that can be dried and ground to make the insecticide.

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SWEET ALYSSUM 'CARPET OF SNOW'

SWEET ALYSSUM 'CARPET OF SNOW'

A quiet achiever in the flower family when it comes to showiness but one of the best additions to you garden. Sweet Alyssum is renowned for its beneficial insect attracting qualities- and its honey scented blooms from ...

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The camphor-like scent of Tansy leaves repels ants and flies. Yellow buttons of flowers are held above ornamental ferny foliage.

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THE BEE FRIENDLY SEED COLLECTION

THE BEE FRIENDLY SEED COLLECTION

This collection includes 4 seed varieties listed in Doug Purdies book 'The Bee Friendly Garden' that is a perfect addition to a summer flowering cottage garden. Attracts the very important pollinators for your vegie ...

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ZINNIA PURPLE PRINCE

ZINNIA PURPLE PRINCE

Bright Pink-Purple, semi-double dahlia type flowers that are excellent as a cut flower. Not only does Purple Prince flower all summer long, they also lure ladybirds and butterflies to your garden.

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ZINNIA QUEEN RED LIME

ZINNIA QUEEN RED LIME

A breathtaking palette of colours to uplift the soul. These Zinnias include intricate blooms of unusual red flowers with lime streaks. Repeat flowering for months and long lasting in a vase.

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ZINNIA SALMON ROSE

ZINNIA SALMON ROSE

This zinnia makes a statement in a vase and in the garden. 'Salmon Rose' produces one of the largest flowers with long, sturdy stems and a high percentage of double dahlia-like flowers. Its salmon-peach colour ...

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lavender hedging 10 pack

lavender hedging 10 pack

10 PLANTS TO CREATE AN INSTANT LAVENDER HEDGE Often flowering twice each season, when fragrant purple flowers are beloved by beneficial bees. This vigorous form of Italian lavender soon ...

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2 YEAR MEMBERSHIP

2 YEAR MEMBERSHIP

Membership: MNE2

Join the club for 2 years ($34.50 per year) and let us show you how to grow your own food and flowers, no matter what size backyard you have. Learn to grow the tastiest gourmet strawberries and tomatoes that disappeared from supermarket shelves long ago and flowers that provide months of colour. Please note: A membership is to be in one name onl...

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HEIRLOOM SEED TIN COMBO KIT

HEIRLOOM SEED TIN COMBO KIT

HARDWARE: HSBGC

MEMBERS SAVE 50% - Not just a tin, but a secure seed storage system. Collect, organize and store your heirloom seeds in this stylish powder coated tin. This combo comes with a pack of 3 bottle top waterers, pack of 50 plant labels, a seed sowing dial, propagation thermometer,10 seed packets to store your seeds and a SOW what when poster to remin...

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ASIAN GREENS COLLECTION

ASIAN GREENS COLLECTION

MEMBERS SAVE Easy collection of direct sow Asian Greens including Mizuna Red and Lime Streaks, Coriander, Tatsoi, Broccoli Kailann, ornamental Red Pak Choy (F1)

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