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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 'BIG RED' TM

ALOE 'BIG RED' TM

A spectacular aloe with masses of red flower heads in winter. A tall variety, this aloe is an excellent shrub for the middle to rear of your garden bed.

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ALOE 'BUSH BABY YELLOW'

ALOE 'BUSH BABY YELLOW'

Fine, upright, soft-green leaves are topped with clear, yellow nectar-rich flowers during summer. A compact aloe suited to frost-free gardens. The flower spikes unfurl from the base to the tip creating a subtle, but ...

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Named for its similar appearance to Australia's favourite spiky marsupial, this small, rounded aloe produces a mass of stems bicoloured pastel red to cream bi-coloured flowers in winter. Compact and best suited the front of ...

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ALOE 'ERIK THE RED' TM

ALOE 'ERIK THE RED' TM

A tall but narrow tree aloe with spectacular red flower spires. A dramatic addition to the winter garden with blood red flowers up to 2m tall. Quick to establish, plant to make a statement this winter.

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ALOE 'MOONGLOW' TM

ALOE 'MOONGLOW' TM

A compact lemon form of aloe suitable for pots or garden beds. With an impressive display of flower power for its size, dotted amongst the landscape, the glowing winter flowers create a path of colour when it's ...

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ALOE 'OUTBACK ORANGE' TM

ALOE 'OUTBACK ORANGE' TM

A spectacular flowering aloe with outstanding orange torches held in clusters above broad grey green foliage tinged with hues of the outback dunes. An excellent feature plant or used as an edging plant in dry ...

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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'

Named from the Latin 'Kalenade' (the first day of the month) because it can be in flower every day of the year bring brilliant orange brightness to the garden in the darkest of seasons. So willingly do they grow that ...

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CALENDULA 'PACIFIC APRICOT'

CALENDULA 'PACIFIC APRICOT'

The warm pastel shades of Pacific Apricot blends harmoniously with other colours in the garden if you are after an understated Calendula display. Calendulas have been cultivated for centuries for their medicinal and ...

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CALIFORNIAN POPPY 'CHAMPAGNE AND ROSES'

CALIFORNIAN POPPY 'CHAMPAGNE AND ROSES'

Elegant with delicate paper like petals, Champagne and Roses is a beguiling Californian Poppy with quick flowering semi-double fluted petals in pink and rose tones. One of the easiest annual flowers to grow with a ...

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CALIFORNIAN POPPY 'GOLDEN WEST'

CALIFORNIAN POPPY 'GOLDEN WEST'

Delightful deep yellow flowers are easy to grow and flower prolifically over the blue grey of fernuy foilage. Bring a splash of sunshine into the garden with a tough as boots wildflower.

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CALIFORNIAN POPPY 'JELLY BEANS'

CALIFORNIAN POPPY 'JELLY BEANS'

Candy for the eye, the double fluted flowers in bright red and orange and pink, Jelly Bean is a bright and long lasting splash of colour during quieter times in the garden. Sown in drifts, Californian Poppies look ...

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CALIFORNIAN POPPY ORANGE

CALIFORNIAN POPPY ORANGE

The original wildflower, brilliant bright orange open flowers are complimented by hardy grey foilage. An excellent preformer in hot and dry conditons.

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CALIFORNIAN POPPY 'PURPLE GLEAM'

CALIFORNIAN POPPY 'PURPLE GLEAM'

Single open flowers of rosy purple shaded with cream shimmer through hot Australian summers. Californian Poppies make an impact planted en mass as a wildflower or also combines beautifully with spring bulbs such as ...

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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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ECHINOPS 'PLATINUM BLUE'

ECHINOPS 'PLATINUM BLUE'

Striking blue balls sit atop sturdy platinum stems to create a dramatic contrast in the garden. Mass plant in drifts for maximum impact. Flowers prolifically over the summer months. Also an excellent cut flower. Two tone foliage provides interest when not in flower.

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LAVENDER 'GROSSO'

LAVENDER 'GROSSO'

The most fragrant of all the lavenders, 'Grosso' produces an abundance of violet-blue spikes with a high oil content. This is the classic lavender for perfume, decorating the French countryside where it is farmed en masse. 'Grosso' is heat, drought and frost tolerant and adored by bees.

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2yr membership +FREE vegie seeds

2yr membership +FREE vegie seeds

Membership: MNE2VS

Grow the best tasting vegies with free Beetroot'Bulls blood', Carrot 'St Valery', Broccoli 'Romanesco' and Silverbeet 'Fordhook' seeds (one packet of each, valued at $21).

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