Cottage Garden Seeds

This perennial has large, purple-red flower umbels, which have a strong vanilla scent and will bloom from summer until autumn. Being frost tender it requires a warm, protected position in full sun with moist, well drained soil. In southern Europe this plant is cultivated for perfume. Ideal for pots. Grown as an annual in cooler areas. 100 seeds.

Pure white, sweetly fragrant flowers will perfume the summer night’s air. This short-lived perennial, is easily grown, hardy, tolerates shade and self-seeds readily. Like all sweet rockets, bees and other beneficial insects love it. Self seeds. 50 seeds.

Native to the Mediterranean this deciduous, one meter tall shrub has very delicate, small yellow flowers with beautiful round, red fruit turning black over summer. The ovate 10cm long lush green leaves sit right underneath each flower, collecting rain drops. A very hardy plant for any soil in full sun or half shade. Decorative cut flower. 200 seeds /No.1/. Not to WA.

A versatile evergreen perennial that can be used in the ornamental garden while used as a culinary and medicinal herb. Leaves are aromatic and have a flavour like a sage-mint cross. Leaves can be eaten raw, used in salads and soups or to make a pleasant flavoured tea. Flowers can also be used in salads. Grows to 50cm, prefers well drained soil. A strong bee/insect attractor with blue flowers in summer. 100 seeds.

A hardy herbaceous perennial that grows over 150 cm and is topped with masses of amazing bright yellow flowers with fine petals, providing the ‘spidery’ legs. The flowers are up 15 cm across. The leaves are broad, coarse and aromatic. Flowers mid-summer to late summer. Flowers are suitable for cutting. Plant as a perennial alternative to sunflowers. Handles full sun-partial shade. 40 seeds.

A brilliant and unusually frost hardy Iris. In late summer-autumn it displays large green pods filled with striking deep orange seeds. The flowers are a pale, yellow-purple colour. A tough evergreen plant for dry, shady areas where it will form big clumps 40-60cm high. 10 seeds.

This water iris has bright yellow flowers in summer on 1.5 meter tall stems with very attractive sword shaped leaves. Thrives in water or boggy ground in full sun or part shade. A fast growing aquatic plant with beautiful seed pods in late summer. 15 seeds/No.3/

Dyers woad is an ancient plant from Europe and Asia that has had many uses over the centuries. As the name suggests, it is a natural source of blue dye, famously used as body paint by the Celts and Scots (remember Braveheart). The leaves are a source of indigotin. While also used for dyes and paint it has a history of use in traditional medicine. A biennial, yellow flowering plant from the Brassicaceae family. 25 seeds.

This mixture of red, orange and yellow 'Pokers' carry very large, 70cm tall flower spikes over mid-summer until late autumn. They tolerate coastal conditions and grow well in average soil, but need plenty of sun. The grass like leaves stay green in winter and the plant is perennial and frost hardy. 30 seeds/No.9/

A perennial with attractive sprays of sweet pea flowers (red, pink & white) blooming over summer. Climbs to 2m or can be used as a ground cover. An easy, fast growing species that requires full sun or half shade, provide regular watering when in bloom.  10 seeds/No.8/

Heavily-scented, beautiful, bicoloured dark-crimson and purple-pink flowers appear for many months over summer. Grows well in friable, limy, moist soil in a sunny, warm position protected from strong winds and will need some support from a trellis or wire fence. A stunning cut flower. 10 seeds.

A dwarf bush sweet pea grows to 20-30cm and requires no support. Ideal for borders, window boxes and containers. Sweetly scented and early blooming with a range of bright colours in red, white, rose, lilac, purple and blue. 15 seeds.