Thompson & Morgan are pleased to be working with Dr. Laurence J. Trueman, the research leader at Horticultural Research International. Dr. Trueman says that the 5-a-day mantra is eating as wide a variety of fruit and vegetables as you can. However, if your plot is small he suggests the following Top 11 Healthy Vegetables to help you maximise the potential for health benefits. Collection … click for more

New 2008 You can grow a healthy crop of vegetables even if you only have a small garden or patio by using this unique collection of compact vegetables! Each variety can be harvested at a small size, which ensures a succulent flavour. Collection A comprises one packet each of: Beet Pablo, Carrot Mini Finger, Courgette Black Forest, Lettuce Minigreen, Radish Rougette and Pea Half … click for more

A major improvement on the old spaghetti squash, this variety offers appealing, deep orange flesh with a sweeter flavour. Extract the 'spaghetti' flesh from each boiled fruit to experience a very unusual vegetable. Generous yields of pale orange-skinned fruits of up to 1kg (2.2lbs).

A dazzling blend of orange and white, I0cm (4in) blooms, like miniature sunflowers, all with a purple to black centre. An excellent border filler and container plant, easy to grow, with deeply lobed silver-green foliage. Flowers summer. Height: 60cm (24in).

Fascinating plant. We provide sensible instructions so you can watch this one off' plant mature into an avid fly catcher before your eyes. Suitable for a warm windowsill, conservatory or greenhouse.

Towering spires of rich yellow blooms, each with a contrasting red centre, all rising from silver felt like, wide foliage. Outstanding border plant.

Silver leaves, erect fleecy silver stems, heavily studded with cool yellow flowers.

A stately perennial for the back of the border with slender spires of white flowers with mauve eye. The leaves covered with white woolly hairs add to the overall charm and make this a fine subject for blending with plants of harsher colours. Useful for flower arranging. Flowers summer. Height 120-150cm (4-5ft).

A fantastic new Verbascum! Strong, erect spikes literally packed with very large 2in. flowers of brightest, dazzling two-tone yellow. A glowing, valuable back of border, cottage garden plant. Remove spent stems to encourage a second flush of flowers. Height: 150-180cm (5-6ft).

A first class garden plant! Well branched, erect spikes covered in large 4cm (1½in) pure white flowers, over a long period. An incredibly beautiful plant for the back of borders, seldom requiring support.

Slender spikes of various shades. Grows freely from seed and always much admired. Height: 60-90cm (2-3ft).

The robust plants are actually incapable of setting viable seed, so we must offer seed which has been pollinated meticulously by hand between the two parent plants. As with most F1 Hybrids, special factors are tremendous vigour and a plant that just keeps on flowering, as it tries to produce seed which it cannot do. The gorgeous silky, large blooms will smother the soft, silver stems which reach … click for more

Thanks to successful breeding we can now have the versatile Verbascum in gorgeous pastel shades. Long spikes bear 1in flowers in shades of apricot, dusky pink, cream and lavender-pink over a long period. Use them for bedding (sown in the previous autumn), herbaceous borders and containers. Do not forget that they make fantastic cut flowers too. Height: 660-120cm (2-4ft).

Tall heads of bright, eye -catching rosy lavender, adding a tranquil tropical feel to borders.

Height: 120-150cm (4-5ft).

Last Order Date 28 February 2008.

A clump-forming perennial with small lilac-purple florets from midsummer to early autumn. Prefers a moist but well-drained soil in full sun.