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Spring Cottage Garden

No one can deny the beautiful exuberance of a spring cottage garden, with its bright and cheery colours heralding the end of an often grey and cold winter spell. If you can’t wait until the beautiful long flowering times of a summer garden, and need the early and instant gratification in spring, nothing is more beautiful than a traditional style Cottage Garden, made from a selection of garden worthy plants. Choose annuals from seeds to sow in spring, brightly coloured poppies and wildflowers or delicate and fragrant sweet peas, or make a selection of old world favourite perennials, for a pastel coloured and harmoniums spring garden. Both are listed below, you choose what suits your style!

ACHILLEA CERISE QUEEN

ACHILLEA CERISE QUEEN

A tall yarrow to 80cm, the fragrant, magenta-pink flowers feature contrasting white centres can be cut or dried. Forming attractive clumps about 60cm across, this vibrant achillea combines well with grasses and ...

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ACHILLEA HELLA GLASHOFF

ACHILLEA HELLA GLASHOFF

A stout, free-flowering yarrow producing a long display of flattened, lemon-yellow flowerheads. Provides a perfect foil when combined with agastache, catmint and meadow sage. Clumping mounds of ferny foliage are ...

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ACHILLEA 'TERRACOTTA'

ACHILLEA 'TERRACOTTA'

This variable achillea produces plate-like flowerheads 10cm across which open as a firey-orange and fade to yellow like sunset on water as the flowers age. An essential plant for our long summers, achilleas flower ...

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ALOE BUSH BABY YELLOW

ALOE BUSH BABY YELLOW

With fine upright and soft green leaves combined with the clear yellow nectar-rich flowers, this compact Aloe deserves a spot in any frost-free garden. The flower spikes unfurl from the base to the tip creating a ...

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AUSTRALIAN NATIVE FLOWER COLLECTION

AUSTRALIAN NATIVE FLOWER COLLECTION

Celebrate the diversity of our native flora with this botanical collection that includes Billy Buttons, Blue Lace Flower, Native Everlastings and Sturt's Desert Pea. An ideal gift for nature lovers or garden enthusiasts.

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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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Also known as Drumsticks, this unique Australian native is a one of our most popular cut flower exports. Perfect spheres of butter yellow rise above the slender silver foliage throughout spring and summer.

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BLUE HIMALAYAN POPPY

BLUE HIMALAYAN POPPY

Is there any flower more desirable as this poppy from Tibet? Planted en masse this legendary blue poppy is a breath-taking sight to behold. For cool cllimate gardens with moist soils and summers below 30 degrees.

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BLUE LACE FLOWER

BLUE LACE FLOWER

Powder blue lacy umbels that look like an old fashioned pin cushion. Best grown in warm sunny well drained soil in a native garden or cut for indoor vase. Easy from seed!

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CALENDULA GREEN HEART ORANGE

CALENDULA GREEN HEART ORANGE

For brilliant sunny colour on grey winter days, Calendula is always reliable. Use the bright orange petals as a gourmet treat on salads. One of the best companion plants.

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CALENDULA PACIFIC APRICOT

CALENDULA PACIFIC APRICOT

Calendula or Pot Marigolds have been cultivated for centuries for their medicinal and culinary attributes. The oils in the petals can be extracted to make skin healing balms, or used to make dyes or simply tossed through ...

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CALIFORNIAN POPPY CHAMPAGNE & ROSES

CALIFORNIAN POPPY CHAMPAGNE & ROSES

These quick flowering semi-double fluted petals in elegant colours are one of the easiest to grow from direct sowing. Long lasting flowers and feerny foliage thrive even in poor soils.

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CALIFORNIAN POPPY GOLDEN WEST

CALIFORNIAN POPPY GOLDEN WEST

Delightful bicolour yellow and orange flowers are easy to grow and bring a splash of sunshine into the garden.

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CALIFORNIAN POPPY JELLY BEANS

CALIFORNIAN POPPY JELLY BEANS

As sweet as a bag of lollies, this long lasting floral display looks spectacular in drifts around the garden or in pots for splashes of colour.

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CALIFORNIAN POPPY ORANGE

CALIFORNIAN POPPY ORANGE

Brilliant glowing orange flowers and ferny grey foliage stay looking fresh even in 30oC heat.

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CALIFORNIAN POPPY PURPLE GLEAM

CALIFORNIAN POPPY PURPLE GLEAM

Single flowers of rosy purple shaded with cream. Combines beautifully with spring bulbs such as daffodils or makes a wonderful addition to wildflower gardens.

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CALIFORNIAN POPPY RED CHIEF

CALIFORNIAN POPPY RED CHIEF

Single fire engine red flowers look ultra smart in the garden and these are no exception. The red faces stand up to welcome the hot summer sun and grow wonderfully amongst bold coloured cosmos and zinnias.

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CALIFORNIAN POPPY SUNDEW

CALIFORNIAN POPPY SUNDEW

According to our friends at Seed Savers Exchange in USA these natives of California were first spotted on the Pacific Coast way back in 1815 by the leader of a Russian expedition, Dr Johann Friedich Eschscholtz. Sow these ...

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CANTERBURY BELLS BLUE

CANTERBURY BELLS BLUE

One of the prettiest blues for cut flowers, Cantebury Bells is an old- fashioned favorite of experienced gardeners because they flower through mid-summer and are spectacular in a mixed border.

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CATMINT 'WALKER'S LOW'

CATMINT 'WALKER'S LOW'

The is a classic edging plant for the flower border and is at home beneath old-world roses. Long flowering and vigorous, this catmint provides months of colour and it's beautiful blue flowers attract beneficial ...

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CERINTHE PURPLE

CERINTHE PURPLE

Vistors to Heronswood are spellbound by the pendulous purple-blue bells that last for months. The foliage is also appealing, turning from grey to mauve.

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CLARY SAGE 'VATICAN WHITE'

CLARY SAGE 'VATICAN WHITE'

This sage was used as a substitute for hops, "fit to please drunkards, who became either dead drunke, foolish drunke or madde drunke". Its intoxicating grey foliage is crowned with fat spikes of muted, white ...

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CLEOME PINK SPIDER FLOWER

CLEOME PINK SPIDER FLOWER

The delicate spider-like pink flowers belie their tough constitution. Tall flowers stand up strong in summer and look wonderful planted together with Salvias, Cosmos and Sunflowers

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COLUMBINE WHITE BARLOW

COLUMBINE WHITE BARLOW

This striking granny's bonnet is named after Nora Barlow, Charles Darwin's grand-daughter, with nodding flowers composed of layers of white petals reminiscent of a lady's petticoat. Ideal for bringing a splash of colour ...

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COMPACT SPRING COLLECTION 15 SPEEDINGS

COMPACT SPRING COLLECTION 15 SPEEDINGS

A fill a small space with spring flowers for under $30. A new collection of stunning spring hardy annuals, perfect for creating a darling spring cottage garden with ease. 5 speedings each of Salvia horminum BLUE, POPPY Meadow Mix, PANSY Cat Whiskers Light Blue F1. Complete with easy-to-sow seeds of Orlaya and Nemophilia BABY BLUE 15 speeding plu...

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GARLIC LATE HARVEST COLLECTION (6 heads)

GARLIC LATE HARVEST COLLECTION (6 heads)

Extend your harvest with these top yielding, great tasting garlic varieties that range from medium to very strong in flavour. The collection includes two heads each of Dynamite Purple, Cream and Melbourne Market so you can harvest fresh garlic from October to December and store for up to one year! Suitable for delivery to all states in Australia.

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