Cottage Garden Seeds

A simple sprig of this pretty sweetpea is enough to fill the air with a sweet, intoxicating scent. An abundance of attractive flowers, creamy pink in colour with a deeper lavender blue petal margin, grow on 180cm vines, stems ideal for cutting. 15 seeds.

An old-fashioned, 200 cm tall, climbing sweet pea, abundant with scented pink, white, red and purple-blue flowers in summer. It will grow well in fertile, moist soil in a warm position protected from strong winds. Gorgeous trellised against a wall or fence or can be used as a ground cover. A beautiful and fragrant cut flower. 20 seeds.

A mix of colours (blue, lilac, pink and chocolate maroon) all with striped and flushed 2-tone flowers. A strong climber or ground cover. This annual grows well in fertile moist soil in a warm spot protected from the wind. A heavily scented, beautiful cut flower. 12 seeds.

Collected from an old cottage garden in Hobart, this old-fashioned, hardy annual has amazing deep maroon fragrant flowers in summer to early autumn. Prefers fertile, moist soil in a warm spot protected from strong winds. Gorgeous trellised against a wall or fence or used as a ground cover. 15 seeds.

A gorgeous climbing annual pea that is as easy to grow as it cousin, the traditional sweet pea. A rarer plant than its cousin, this pea has graceful coral pink flowers with a deep rose centre (without a scent). A long-lasting cut flower. Grow on a trellis, against a wall/fence, in a hanging basket or used as a ground cover. Native to southern Europe and north Africa. 12 seeds.

A highly rewarding perennial from the sweet pea genus. Forming neat clumps (to 40 cm) that do not run, with hundreds of flowers in deep crimson, red or violet. Prefers well-drained moist soil but once established it can handle dry periods and rock gardens. Each year the clumps get bushier and flowers even more profusely. 10 seeds. No. 10.
 

This hardy annual bears flowers with large, trumpet-shaped pink or white petals and blooms over a long period (from early summer until autumn). They are beautiful cut flowers and an excellent border plant with attractive heart-shaped, bright-green foliage. Grows well in light, even poor, soil with perfect drainage and plenty of sun. 80 seeds.

Native to the Mediterranean area this type of lavender is grown commercially for essential oils on huge fields in Tasmania. A very hardy, tough plant for sunny, hot positions and well drained, fertile soil. 150 seeds/No.3/

French Lavender carries soft spikes of mauve-blue, scented flowers in winter and spring. A compact, evergreen shrub with grey-green, toothed, aromatic foliage, it makes an excellent hedge specimen and does best when kept to one metre high. Fast growing and salt-tolerant, even in poor soils, it needs full sun. Cut flowers dry beautifully. 30 seeds.
 

The Italian Lavender is a frost hardy evergreen and compact little shrub up to 60 cm tall. It is covered in purple pink flower spikes from summer until late autumn. Also grown for essential oils, this type of lavender needs a sunny position with well drained garden soil.



25 seeds/No.9/


 

A tough, drought tolerant perennial that produces long lasting lilac-rose feathery flower heads (like the native bottlebrush). An erect habit with grass-like foliage that provides a bold showing with the feathery flowers. Growing to 1m tall, the flowers provide long lasting interest into from mid-summer into autumn. Seed pods and flowers are both used in flower arranging. 30 seeds.

A fast-growing annual, also known as Baby Snapdragons, will flower within 8 weeks when sown in early spring. A mix of deep-red and violet flowers on long stems will quickly help fill a space with summer colour. Easy to grow in full sun or part shade. Slender plants to 60 cm tall. The long stems and long vase life make it a great cut flower. 250 seeds.