Seed Tin & Unusual Seed Collection

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Seed Tin
- Keep your seed packets safe in this seed tin which is based on an original cover design from our historic catalogue archives, we think it's a real collectors item!PLUS five packets of unusual seed (1 of each variety): Ornamental Rice
- Easy-to-grow, long-lived plants bearing narrow leaves in shades of green to deep violet. Origin
- Southern Asia. Height 40cm (16). HHA
- Half hardy annual. Ornamental Corn
- Zea means cause of life, & mays our mother. Maize originated in Central America. Legend tells how it was first discovered in a mountain by small animals. The gods opened the mountain with a thunderbolt to let in the humans. This turned the white maize yellow, red & blue. White kernels represent the sky & black the earth. In some traditional cultures blue corn is said to be the most sacred & red the most powerful. Asarina
- This beautiful climber has exquisite snapdragon-like flowers. Watch how its sensitive leaf stalks cling to supports. As it originates in southern USA & Mexico, it is best grown as an annual in the conservatory, greenhouse or in a container on a sunny patio. It also looks great trailing from hanging baskets. Bell Vine
- This Mexican climber has sensitive leaf stalks which twine round any convenient support. Best grown as an annual, it does well in a conservatory, up a sunny wall or trailing down from a basket. The name comes from Rhodo, meaning red, & Chiton, a cloak, referring to the stunning flowers. Cobaea
- Bring a bit of tropical America into your garden with the cup & saucer vine, also called cathedral bells. This woody peren-nial looks great up a sunny wall, pergola or fence. In chillier areas treat as an annual or bring inside in a pot over winter.