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+ | '''Compliments of Dobies catalogue''' | ||
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+ | __NOTOC__ | ||
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+ | ==Balsam HHA== | ||
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+ | [[Image:Balsam HHA.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Balsam HHA]] | ||
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+ | Double flowers, in shades of scarlet, rose, violet and white, are held clear of the attractive foliage. | ||
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+ | *Features: HHA - Half-hardy annual | ||
+ | *Flowering: July-September | ||
+ | *Height: 23-30cm (9-12") | ||
+ | *Culture Sow March-April under glass, flowers July-September. Suggested planting distance 30cm (12").{{clr}} | ||
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+ | ==Bartonia (Blazing Star) HA== | ||
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+ | [[Image:Bartonia.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Bartonia]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | A brilliant, yet easily grown annual, bearing large, glistening golden-yellow flowers throughout summer on bushy green foliage. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Features: Easy to grow HA - Hardy annual | ||
+ | *Flowering: June-September | ||
+ | *Height: 45-60cm (1½-2') | ||
+ | *Culture Sow March-May, flowers June-September.{{clr}} | ||
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+ | ==Basil Ornamental Oriental Breeze== | ||
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+ | [[Image:Basil.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Basil]] | ||
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+ | A lovely-looking & very tasty ornamental spice plant with vivid green foliage that contrasts superbly with the dark red flowers. Can be grown as a pot plant or in a border as a cut flower or herbal fragrance. Blooms into late autumn. Height 30-40cm (12-16") as a pot plant; 70-80cm (28-32") as a cut flower. | ||
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+ | *Features: Easy to grow HHA - Half-hardy annual | ||
+ | *Flowering: July-October | ||
+ | *Culture Sow March-June in a sheltered spot outdoors, flowers July-October.{{clr}} | ||
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+ | ==Beet (Ornamental) HHA/HB McGregor's Favourite== | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:McGregor's Favourite.jpg|left|thumb|100px|McGregor's Favourite]] | ||
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+ | A superb variety with attractive, shiny dark crimson purple foliage. The bushy plants are ideal for containers or as edging, or 'spot' plants in beds and borders. The leaves also make a tasty addition to salads! | ||
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+ | *Features: HHA/HB - Half-hardy annual/Hardy biennial | ||
+ | *Height: 25cm (10") | ||
+ | *Culture Sow indoors March-April.{{clr}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Begonia HHA== | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:New Generation.jpg|left|thumb|100px|New Generation]] | ||
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+ | A super mixture, in shades of rose, salmon, pink, scarlet or white. With light and dark green, bronze-brown or chocolate coloured foliage, the effect is stunning! | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Features: HHA - Half-hardy annual | ||
+ | *Flowering: June-September | ||
+ | *Height: 15-18cm (6-7") | ||
+ | *Culture For bedding and patio containers; smothered with flowers from July to October. Sow *in a temperature of 18-20ºC (65-70ºF) during January and February, and when 1.5cm (½") high *prick off the plants into boxes, spacing them 6.5-7.5cm (2½-3") apart. Grow on and harden *off by degrees prior to planting outdoors, from early June onwards. Suggested planting *distance 20cm (8"). Sow January-March, flowers June-September. | ||
+ | *Habit: F1 Fibrous Rooted (Semperflorens) variety.{{clr}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Non-Stop Mixed.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Non-Stop Mixed]] | ||
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+ | Double flowers from 5-6cm (2-2½") across in shades of crimson, red, pink, orange, salmon, apricot, yellow and white. The best tuberous Begonia for summer bedding. Award of Garden Merit. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Features: HHA - Half-hardy annual | ||
+ | *Height: 20-25cm (8-10") | ||
+ | *Culture Superb for patio or garden growing. Suggested planting distance 23-30cm (9-12"). | ||
+ | *Habit: Tuberous Rooted variety.{{clr}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:A Boo Mixed.jpg|left|thumb|100px|A Boo Mixed]] | ||
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+ | A high quality, great value for money hybrid, producing lots of robust plants that will put on a reliable show wherever you want them - in beds, borders, tubs or baskets. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Features: HHA - Half-hardy annual | ||
+ | *Flowering: June-September | ||
+ | *Height: 20cm (8") | ||
+ | *Culture For bedding and patio containers; smothered with flowers from July to October. Sow *in a temperature of 18-20ºC (65-70ºF) during January and February, and when 1.5cm (½") high *prick off the plants into boxes, spacing them 6.5-7.5cm (2½-3") apart. Grow on and harden *off by degrees prior to planting outdoors, from early June onwards. Suggested planting *distance 20cm (8"). Sow January-March, flowers June-September. | ||
+ | *Habit: Fibrous rooted (Semperflorens) variety.{{clr}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Stara Mixed.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Stara Mixed]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | A high quality variety in a range of shades, with bright green foliage, long branching stems and masses of bloom, creating a cascading effect that makes it perfect for containers and baskets. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Features: HHA - Half-hardy annual | ||
+ | *Flowering: June-September | ||
+ | *Height: 15-20cm (6-8") | ||
+ | *Culture For bedding and patio containers; smothered with flowers from July to October. Sow *in a temperature of 18-20ºC (65-70ºF) during January and February, and when 1.5cm (½") high *prick off the plants into boxes, spacing them 6.5-7.5cm (2½-3") apart. Grow on and harden *off by degrees prior to planting outdoors, from early June onwards. Suggested planting *distance 20cm (8"). Sow January-March, flowers June-September. | ||
+ | *Habit: F1 Fibrous Roots (Semperflorens) variety.{{clr}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | [[Image:Super Olympia Mixed.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Super Olympia Mixed]] | ||
+ | |||
+ | In shades of pink, red and white, Olympia is a green leaved variety specially bred for its large flower size, and its compact, bushy habit. Award of Garden Merit. Colours available individually. | ||
+ | |||
+ | *Features: HHA - Half-hardy Annual. | ||
+ | *Flowering: June-September | ||
+ | *Height: 20cm (8") | ||
+ | *Culture For bedding and patio containers; smothered with flowers from July to October. Sow *in a temperature of 18-20ºC (65-70ºF) during January and February, and when 1.5cm (½") high *prick off the plants into boxes, spacing them 6.5-7.5cm (2½-3") apart. Grow on and harden *off by degrees prior to planting outdoors, from early June onwards. Suggested planting *distance 20cm (8"). Sow January-March, flowers June-September. | ||
+ | *Habit: F1 Fibrous Rooted (Semperflorens) variety.{{clr}} |
Latest revision as of 17:00, 16 March 2006
Flowers
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Compliments of Dobies catalogue
Balsam HHA
Double flowers, in shades of scarlet, rose, violet and white, are held clear of the attractive foliage.
- Features: HHA - Half-hardy annual
- Flowering: July-September
- Height: 23-30cm (9-12")
- Culture Sow March-April under glass, flowers July-September. Suggested planting distance 30cm (12").
Bartonia (Blazing Star) HA
A brilliant, yet easily grown annual, bearing large, glistening golden-yellow flowers throughout summer on bushy green foliage.
- Features: Easy to grow HA - Hardy annual
- Flowering: June-September
- Height: 45-60cm (1½-2')
- Culture Sow March-May, flowers June-September.
Basil Ornamental Oriental Breeze
A lovely-looking & very tasty ornamental spice plant with vivid green foliage that contrasts superbly with the dark red flowers. Can be grown as a pot plant or in a border as a cut flower or herbal fragrance. Blooms into late autumn. Height 30-40cm (12-16") as a pot plant; 70-80cm (28-32") as a cut flower.
- Features: Easy to grow HHA - Half-hardy annual
- Flowering: July-October
- Culture Sow March-June in a sheltered spot outdoors, flowers July-October.
Beet (Ornamental) HHA/HB McGregor's Favourite
A superb variety with attractive, shiny dark crimson purple foliage. The bushy plants are ideal for containers or as edging, or 'spot' plants in beds and borders. The leaves also make a tasty addition to salads!
- Features: HHA/HB - Half-hardy annual/Hardy biennial
- Height: 25cm (10")
- Culture Sow indoors March-April.
Begonia HHA
A super mixture, in shades of rose, salmon, pink, scarlet or white. With light and dark green, bronze-brown or chocolate coloured foliage, the effect is stunning!
- Features: HHA - Half-hardy annual
- Flowering: June-September
- Height: 15-18cm (6-7")
- Culture For bedding and patio containers; smothered with flowers from July to October. Sow *in a temperature of 18-20ºC (65-70ºF) during January and February, and when 1.5cm (½") high *prick off the plants into boxes, spacing them 6.5-7.5cm (2½-3") apart. Grow on and harden *off by degrees prior to planting outdoors, from early June onwards. Suggested planting *distance 20cm (8"). Sow January-March, flowers June-September.
- Habit: F1 Fibrous Rooted (Semperflorens) variety.
Double flowers from 5-6cm (2-2½") across in shades of crimson, red, pink, orange, salmon, apricot, yellow and white. The best tuberous Begonia for summer bedding. Award of Garden Merit.
- Features: HHA - Half-hardy annual
- Height: 20-25cm (8-10")
- Culture Superb for patio or garden growing. Suggested planting distance 23-30cm (9-12").
- Habit: Tuberous Rooted variety.
A high quality, great value for money hybrid, producing lots of robust plants that will put on a reliable show wherever you want them - in beds, borders, tubs or baskets.
- Features: HHA - Half-hardy annual
- Flowering: June-September
- Height: 20cm (8")
- Culture For bedding and patio containers; smothered with flowers from July to October. Sow *in a temperature of 18-20ºC (65-70ºF) during January and February, and when 1.5cm (½") high *prick off the plants into boxes, spacing them 6.5-7.5cm (2½-3") apart. Grow on and harden *off by degrees prior to planting outdoors, from early June onwards. Suggested planting *distance 20cm (8"). Sow January-March, flowers June-September.
- Habit: Fibrous rooted (Semperflorens) variety.
A high quality variety in a range of shades, with bright green foliage, long branching stems and masses of bloom, creating a cascading effect that makes it perfect for containers and baskets.
- Features: HHA - Half-hardy annual
- Flowering: June-September
- Height: 15-20cm (6-8")
- Culture For bedding and patio containers; smothered with flowers from July to October. Sow *in a temperature of 18-20ºC (65-70ºF) during January and February, and when 1.5cm (½") high *prick off the plants into boxes, spacing them 6.5-7.5cm (2½-3") apart. Grow on and harden *off by degrees prior to planting outdoors, from early June onwards. Suggested planting *distance 20cm (8"). Sow January-March, flowers June-September.
- Habit: F1 Fibrous Roots (Semperflorens) variety.
In shades of pink, red and white, Olympia is a green leaved variety specially bred for its large flower size, and its compact, bushy habit. Award of Garden Merit. Colours available individually.
- Features: HHA - Half-hardy Annual.
- Flowering: June-September
- Height: 20cm (8")
- Culture For bedding and patio containers; smothered with flowers from July to October. Sow *in a temperature of 18-20ºC (65-70ºF) during January and February, and when 1.5cm (½") high *prick off the plants into boxes, spacing them 6.5-7.5cm (2½-3") apart. Grow on and harden *off by degrees prior to planting outdoors, from early June onwards. Suggested planting *distance 20cm (8"). Sow January-March, flowers June-September.
- Habit: F1 Fibrous Rooted (Semperflorens) variety.