Illustrated List of T&M Seeds of Choice - 3 for 2 - S

Salvia coccinea Hummingbird Mixed

A charming and unusual tri-colour blend of intriguing, tubular shaped flowers, on upright stems. Ideal for adding tiers of summer colour to borders or containers, as well as attracting many beneficial insects to your garden.

Salvia firinacea Strata

From uniform and compact plants rise silvery erect stems bearing many silver-green calyx, from which a firework of small clear blue flowers emerge. Height: 35-45cm (14-18in).

Salvia lyrata Purple Volcano

Stunning mounds of deep purple foliage from which erupt deep purple stems, bursting with delicate white flowers. Perfect for adding colour contrast to borders and containers. Height: 25-30cm (10-12 inches).

Salvia sclarea var. turkestanica alba

A really choice border plant! Quickly becoming established, the many, strong erect stems are topped with plumes of white and lime-green bracts, which have a maroon underside. A superb plant to give colour balance to the garden.

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

Salvia splendens Lighthouse

A tall, bushy, vigorous variety with excellent weather resistant and long lasting flowers.

Ideal planted as a vibrant annual hedging screen, or as a bright red beacon shining out from borders and containers.

Height: 60cm (24in).

Sanguisorba tenuifolia

A perennial for a new age. The decorative, mid-green, toothed and fern-like foliage is accompanied by bottlebrush spikes up to 8cm (3 inch) long in shades of white to purple. A unique garden plant for adding height to your borders.

Scabiosa atropurpurea Summer Sundae

A delightful blend of gorgeous pink shades with a hint of white. Masses of attractive pin cushion heads wave delicately in the summer breeze, attracting butterflies to your borders. Height: 60-90cm (24-36in).

Sea Holly : Blue Hobbit

The world's first naturally dwarf variety! Compact plants produce neat, basal rosettes from which emerge decorative, silver-blue stems that form into large, globular flower heads containing hundreds of small blue flowers. Ideal for adding interest to the front of borders or to containers.

Seeds sown from November to January require no pre-chilling and will usually flower in their 1st year.

Snapdragon : Royal Bride

A wonderful antirrhinum of top quality. Stately plants with rich green foliage and spikes of large, purest white snap dragon flowers which have a rare, gorgeous fragrance. Superb for contrast in the border and makes an excellent cut flower.

Sparmannia africana

A South African evergreen shrub, unique in the fact that it makes an easy houseplant, tolerating the cool, shady conditions often found in many older homes. Large 20cm (8in) leaves are accompanied by cup-shaped white blooms from spring to summer.

Stephanotis floribunda

Achieves dazzling ice-whiteness against an evergreen backcloth of glossy foliage, producing an outstanding, rich fragrance. An exotic climber suitable for the cool greenhouse or a pot in a sunny window trained round a framework of canes. Flowers spring to late autumn. Climber.

Strelitzia nicholai

A rarely offered robust species of Black Bird of Paradise. Beautiful bird-like blooms In white with purple - blue can take many years to bloom. Meanwhile the large exotic sword - like foliage makes a superb container plant in a conservatory.

Streptocarpus x hybridus Dibley's Dragon Mixed F1 Hybrid

T&M are delighted to be able to offer this spectacular mixture. Dragon Mixed is a high quality uniform mixture in a wide range of exciting and unique colours and patterns.

Bred by Streptocarpus specialist and RHS Gold medal winners Dibley's Nurseries.

Sunflower : Green Heart

A totally unique sunflower! Tall straight stems are early flowering, producing unusual and attractive golden yellow blooms with amazing lime green centres. Each bloom is pollen free and 10-15cm (4-6in) in diameter, making spectacular cut flowers.

Also adds height and interest to your borders.

Height 1.2-1.5m (4-5ft)

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

Sunflower : Pastiche

A comprehensive mixture of sunflower colours in a host of evening sun shades - yellows, reds and buff, some with a bright yellow or a deep red disc. These medium sized flower heads (approx. 10-13cm (4-5in) in diameter), make fantastic cut flowers, lasting for a long time in water and help to give height and stature in the border. Flowers summer. Height 122-150cm (48-60in).

Culinary note: Some parts of these flowers are edible. For more details about edible flowers click here.

Sweet Pea : Fire and Ice

Fabulous colour combination of crimson with a blue picotee edging which spreads over the petals as the flower matures. Lathyrus grandiflorus Fire and Ice is one of the most vigorous and highly scented of the old-fashioned grandiflora sweet pea types and enjoys much success in gardens across the UK.