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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'

Know commonly as `Bee Balm', the mass of upright whorls of pink, red or white flowers of Bergamot Panorama are a calling sign to the beneficial insect world. Bees, beneficial lacewings and hoverflies are all drawn to ...

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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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ECHINACEA 'MAGIC BOX'

ECHINACEA 'MAGIC BOX'

A hardy and eye catching summer performer, Echinacea is an iconic wildflower in the prairies of USA. Here, the bold structural cones are a magnet for all kinds of beneficial insects with as a source of nectar ...

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ECHINACEA PURPLE

ECHINACEA 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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MARIGOLD 'ALUMIA VANILLA CREAM'

MARIGOLD 'ALUMIA VANILLA CREAM'

Buttery vanilla cream flowers on a bushy plant make for a unique French Marigold. Marigolds are all reliably long blooming flowers and this variety with an open face and exposed stamen attracts bees and other ...

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PYRETHRUM TRUE INSECTICIDAL

PYRETHRUM TRUE INSECTICIDAL

The natural source of insecticide - pyrethrins - for your garden, make this an excellent companion plant. The upright stems of ferny grey foliage forms umbels of white daisy flowers, there is a greater concertation of ...

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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. Cheery yellow buttons of flowers are held in umbel clusters above the ornamental ferny pinnate foliage. Long lasting flowers, this pest repellent garden ...

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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'

Regal in colour with pronounced purple-magenta, semi-double dahlia-like flowers. This Zinnia holds the panache to inherit the crown with a larger form and large multiple flowers. A bold cut flower that has exceptional ...

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ZINNIA 'QUEEN RED LIME'

ZINNIA 'QUEEN RED LIME'

Crowned by Zinnia aficionados and cut flower growers to international stardom, Zinnia Queen Red Lime holds intricate blooms of coral to red flowers with subtle lime streaks. Natural variation within the variety is ...

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ZINNIA 'SALMON ROSE'

ZINNIA 'SALMON ROSE'

Salmon Rose makes a statement with one of the largest of the Zinnia flowers on long, sturdy stems. These double dahlia-like flowers have charming ribbon-like petals all summer long. The salmon-peach soften with ...

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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 petal edge. Smaller than the other varieties that flowers from early summer through to autumn.

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Member Exclusives

2021 Gardening Diary & calendar Combo

2021 Gardening Diary & calendar Combo

LAST CHANCE - LIMITED STOCK REMAINS - 50% off For Members The complete garden combo for 2021! The beautifully illustrated Diggers Club Diary features a week to a page, seeds to sow each month, blank pages for seasonal observations, and handy pockets for your seed packets and plant labels, while The Diggers Calendar showcases stunning garden phot...

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STRAWBERRY 'FRESCA' 5 PACK

STRAWBERRY 'FRESCA' 5 PACK

A whole metre of strawberries for $20! This heavy cropping strawberry producing delicious deep-red fruit of medium size from late summer into autumn. Suited to pots or garden beds. Includes 5 plants.

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GLADIOLUS 'BLUSHING BRIDE' (10 Bulbs)

GLADIOLUS 'BLUSHING BRIDE' (10 Bulbs)

Arching wands of white, flushed with a pink throat make a scene for up to 4 weeks. Featured in a mass plant in the entrance to Heronswood house. Despatched from mid-February

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