Amberboa muricata

Easy to grow annual which produces tall stems clothed with large, attractive, purple-mauve flowers, adding height to borders and ideal for cutting. Spectacular sown en-masse in drifts and will flower all summer long until the first night frosts of autumn.

Beds & Borders Collection - SPECIAL OFFER

Annuals are plants that will flower throughout the summer creating an eye-catching display in a sunny border, bringing colour to patios or brightening a dull corner. To help you make the most of your beds and borders, we have put together a colourful and contrasting selection of annuals which will help you to easily achieve a stunning summer display. Each variety is very easy to grow and will go on flowering all summer long.

Collection comprises one packet each of:

Amberboa muricata (100 seeds)

Rudbeckia Cherry Brandy (50 seeds)

Nasturtium Milkmaid (30 seeds)

Centaurea Blue Diadem (200 seeds)

Eschscholzia Jelly Beans (150 seeds)

Papaver Blackcurrant Fizz (300 seeds)

Helianthus Russian Giant (60 seeds)

Centaurea (Cornflower) cyanus Blue Diadem

Intense deep blue, 6cm (2½in) double powder-puff flowers.

Edible Flowers : Helianthus annuus Russian Giant

A giant among annuals. Give them plenty of room and you will be rewarded with plants up to 3m (10ft) tall with huge yellow flowers often 30cm(12in) in diameter. Useful to grow against an unsightly shed or fence. Birds love the seeds so grow a few plants close to the house and watch them feed in the autumn. Flowers summer. Height 8-10ft.

Edible Flowers : Nasturtium majus Milkmaid

An almost white Nasturtium, featuring delicate blooms in captivating moonlit shades, the closest to white ever. Use this soft contrast in your beds, borders and containers for continuous summer colour. Easy to grow in a range of situations.

Eschscholzia californica Jelly Beans

With a vibrant colour range reminiscent of an assortment of jelly beans, these gorgeous, fully-double blooms glisten as they sit above their compact and feathery foliage in an array of orange, pink and apple-blossom shades. So easy-to-grow - just throw and sow! Ideal for creating wonderful splashes of summer colour in sunny borders or containers. Height: 20-25cm (8-10in).

Papaver somniferum Blackcurrant Fizz

Another beautiful variety from Thompson & Morgan! Distinctive, serrated blooms in an unusually deep, burgundy shade, amazingly appear black when glistening in the summer sun, as they sit proudly above glaucous foliage. Easy-to-grow and will add drifts of colour to summer borders. The seed pods that follow flowering are also very attractive and will add interest to flower arrangements at the end of summer. Height: 90-100cm (36-40in).

Rudbeckia x hirta Cherry Brandy

Following the 2002 success of Cherokee Sunset, Thompson & Morgan flower breeders are proud to present the first-ever red Rudbeckia from seed! These robust plants have outstanding garden performance, producing a mass of attractive, cherry-coloured blooms all summer long - triumphing over heat, drought and poor soils! Stunning when planted in drifts in borders or can be planted in large containers to create a feature plant on a patio or terrace.