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Growing flowers will not only add colour and beauty to your garden, but will have other, more subtle benefits. Flowers are always beautiful but keep in mind that so far, there are few, if any, organic cut flowers being offered and you may unknowingly be introducing chemical contamination to your home. So, always consider growing your own!

Flowers also provide a food source for honey bees more info on growing bee forage

Calendula 'Maayan Orange'  Organically certified

syn. English Marigold

Calendula officinalis

Calendula ‘Maayan Orange’ is a hardy annual flower, to 60 cm high, with bright, glowing blooms of a dark orange hue. It flowers for a long period during winter and spring, particularly if regularly deadheaded. Calendula will tolerate any soil in full sun, although it prefers a moderate to rich loam. It has a long history of use for its medicinal properties and as a yellow dye. The flower petals can be used as a substitute for saffron and may be added to salads. The flowers are also used in skin and cosmetic preparations. Sow late summer and autumn, it takes about 8-10 weeks from sowing to flowering. Suitable for temperate and subtropical areas.

SC111 100 seeds $3.50 add

SC244 25g $20.00 add

Cornflower 'Blue'

Centaurea cyanus

A hardy, annual flower to 1m high with pretty blue flowers on grey-green foliage. A useful flower for attracting bees and butterflies and as a long-lasting cut flower. A native of Europe, it prefers a well-drained soil in a sunny position, with protection from wind. Suitable for temperate and subtropical areas. Sow seed from March to September.
SC198 150 seeds $3.50 add

Cosmos ‘Picotee’        

Cosmos bipinnatus

'Picotee' is a beautiful cosmos, it has large white flowers edged with shades of rich rosy pink. It is a good background plant that grows over a metre tall. Feathery foliage fills plants in from top to bottom creating a bushy look. Sow cosmos early spring and summer, in autumn in frost-free areas only.  A native of Mexico it prefers a well-drained soil in a sunny position, with protection from wind. Also useful in the orchard as a bee forage and nectar source for beneficial insects. Suitable for temperate and subtropical areas.

SC203 150 seeds $3.50 Temporarily unavailableOrganically certified
 

SC309 25g $12.00 Temporarily unavailable untreated

Cosmos ‘Sea Shells’        

Cosmos bipinnatus var. cosmicos

‘Sea Shells’ is a beautiful cosmos, the rolled, tubular petals are unusual and are thought to look like sea shells. It blooms in shades of pink, red and white; a good background plant that grows over a metre tall. Feathery foliage fills plants in from top to bottom creating a bushy look. A native of Mexico, it prefers a sunny position with protection from wind. Also useful in the orchard as a bee forage and nectar source for beneficial insects. Suitable for temperate and subtropical areas.

SC345 150 seeds $3.50 add  
 

SC346 25g $16.00 add  
 

Larkspur 'Galilee Blue'    Organically certified

Consolida ajacis

Larkspurs are tall annuals (1 – 1.5 m) with finely cut feathery foliage and double blue flowers Tall flower spikes are produced in early summer that are excellent for cut flowers or the back of garden beds. Sow seed in autumn, it requires a cool temperature (13 deg .C) to germinate well.

SL160 200 seeds $3.50 add

Love-in-a-Mist

NOT TO WA

Nigella hispanica

Love-in-a-Mist is a frost-hardy annual with sky blue, starry flowers nestled in fine foliage and can be used as cut flower or dried. It is upright and fast growing, 45 to 60 cm high with a spread of 20 cm. The seeds can be used as a condiment, similar to pepper. They were also once stored with clothing and believed to repel insects. It prefers to grow in full sun in a rich, well-drained soil. If seed pods are left to develop, then self-sowing is common the next year.

SL189 150 seeds $3.50 add
 

Marigold 'Sparky'

Tagetes patula

'Sparky' is a French marigold mix of tawny red and gold bi-coloured flowers that bloom for a long period and will brighten any garden. Use as an edging along garden beds or in pots. Marigold petals are edible and can be used to decorate salads.

Marigolds have long been believed to be a helpful addition to the organic garden. It is now known they have a role in suppressing soil diseases such as Verticillium Wilt and nematodes. This can be achieved by interplanting susceptible crops such as tomatoes with marigolds. It is also useful in nematode control if the plants are chopped up at the end of summer and dug through the soil.  More information on nematodes..... Sow spring and summer, autumn in frost-free areas only. Suitable for temperate, subtropical and tropical areas.

SM101 300 seeds $3.50 add

SM137 25g $12.00 add

Nasturtium 'Jewel Mixed'  Organically certified

Tropaeolum majus

Nasturtium 'Empress of India' 

Tropaeolum majus

Phacelia
Phacelia tanacetifolia

Syn. Californian Bluebell
Phacelia is hardy and easy-to-grow with pretty, fragrant, lavender-blue flowers with delicate, fern-like foliage. It has a wide range of uses in the organic garden; as an insectary plant it will improve biological control by attracting hoverflies that control aphids; it smothers weeds and the extensive root system will improve the soil structure; the flowers are excellent bee forage. It is also a good cut flower and has a long vase-life with strong stems. Sow spring in temperate areas; autumn and early winter in subtropical areas. It is unlikely to germinate well in tropical areas.

SP220 500 seeds $3.50 add
 

Queen Anne's Lace Organically certified

Ammi visnaga

Annual cottage garden plant to 1.5m, lacy white flower head; attracts assassin bugs, lacewings, predatory wasps; self-sows; great for orchards and garden edges. Sow spring, autumn (frost tolerant). Suitable for temperate and subtropical areas.

SQ101 50 seeds $3.50 add

SQ102 10g $9.00  add

SUNFLOWER

Helianthus annuus

Sunflowers add joy to a summer garden, attract colourful king parrots and the flower petals are edible and brighten up a salad. The tall plants provide support for climbing beans and are useful as a summer windbreak. Sunflowers are a must for a child's garden, the sheer size of the plants and the way the flowers follow the sun are intriguing for kids. It is a warm season, frost tender annual, usually 2 - 3 m tall. The seeds germinate best at 20 - 25°C; sow spring and summer most areas. The seeds take 10 - 14 days to germinate but are vulnerable to being eaten by birds and rodents. Protect the seed with an upturned pot until the seed has germinated. Sow seed 6 - 10 mm deep in full sun, direct into a garden bed is best. Soil required is fertile, well-drained; with a preferred pH 5.5 - 7.5. Plants do better with consistent moisture. Space rows 60 cm apart with 50 - 60 cm between plants. Protect seedlings from snails, slugs and grasshoppers.

Sunflower 'Evening Sun'

'Evening Sun' has beautiful, large flowers in autumn shades of orange, russet-bronze, mahogany-red and gold with dark centres. The multiple heads provide an extended bloom period. A great variety for cutting; the plants grow 2m tall.

SS143 100 seeds $3.50 add

SS144 25g $9.95 add

SS201 25 seeds $3.50  add

Sunflower 'Cosmic Flame'

SS202 25 seeds $3.50  add

Sunflower 'Sunbird'  Organically certified

'Sunbird' produces a large, grey-striped sunflower seed which is excellent as human food or poultry forage.  Sunbird is both drought tolerant and disease resistant.

SS200 25g $3.50  add

SS207 250g $7.50  add

SS199 1kg $18.00  add

Sweet Alice syn. Alyssum
Lobularia maritima
Sweet smelling clusters of tiny flowers, ideal as a groundcover, trials in the USA prove this to be an extremely useful insectary plant; no organic garden should be without it! It is frost and drought tolerant. Sow spring, autumn in warmer areas. Suitable for temperate and subtropical areas.

SS113 75 seeds $3.50 add

Sweet Alice Benthamii

Lobularia maritima ssp benthamii
‘Subspecies benthamii’ is a hardier, more vigorous form of alyssum used mainly for its ability to attract beneficial insects to cropping systems. It is sown in the inter-row spaces of vineyards and orchards and as a row between crops in vegetable market gardens. It is easy to grow, drought tolerant, and it will self-sow readily and flower over a long period. Use 1g of seed per 2m² (2500 seeds/g).
SS217 25g $12.00 add

SS218 100g $36.00  add

Sweetpea 'Old Spice' Organically certified

Lathyrus odoratus

An intensely fragrant heirloom variety, dating back to 1699 from England via Sicily. The flowers are smaller than modern strains but make up for it with a wonderful smell and excellent heat resistance. They bloom with a predominantly purple and crimson bicolour but may include other shades of white, pink, crimson, blue, lavender and cream. It is a climbing variety to 1.5m. Sow spring, autumn in warmer areas. Suitable for temperate and subtropical areas.

SS177 30 seeds $3.50 add

SS193 25g $12.00 add

SS209 100g $36.00  add

Zinnia 'Red Beauty'  Organically certified

= Organically certified with ACO

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