Exclusive Cosmos Kiiro leads the way from Johnsons
Set your beds, pots and borders ablaze with summer flowering plants from seed in Johnsons’ range, with blooms continuing right through until autumn.
Cosmos Kiiro
This exclusive Cosmos is the result of new Japanese breeding (Kiiro means yellow in Japanese). The flower has yellow petals with peach reverses, providing a stunning display.
Summer flowering plants from seed – Dianthus Hollandia Purple Crown
This beautiful annual flowering Sweet William (£2.40 for 100 seeds) was trialled at the Johnsons grounds in Kentford. The scented blooms are excellent for cut flowers and border displays.
Zinnia Cresto Mixed
A striking crested ‘scabious’ type, with long-lasting domed blooms on sturdy stems, perfect for cutting (£2.85 for 50 seeds).
Summer flowering plants from seed – Cosmos Antiquity
The unusually coloured flowers mature from rich burgundy to a mellow bronze-pink with an almost metallic sheen (£2.65 for 30 seeds).
Calendula Calexis Yellow
A pot marigold with unusual, quilled, spiky petals. These hardy annual, easy-to-grow bright flowers provide season-long colour (£2.40 for 75 seeds).
Summer flowering plants from seed – Echinacea Mellow Yellows
Extraordinary yellow coneflowers that are loved by bees and butterflies, this long-lived perennial variety can bloom from the first year (£2.85 for 10 seeds).
Antirrhinum Twilight Mixed
A compact new variety, with attractive dark, almost black foliage which contrasts with the colourful blooms, (£2.40 for 750 seeds).
Alison Mulvaney, Johnsons’ technical manager, said: “We’ve been watching this variety for a few years through the supplier’s breeding programme, so it’s great to finally see it available for us to sell to our customers. We think it will be a really popular addition to the Johnsons flower range.”
Fleuroselect Approved Novelty status
Echinacea Mellow Yellows and Antirrhinum Twilight Mixed have been awarded Fleuroselect Approved Novelty status, having been recognised by the Fleuroselect judges to be sufficiently new and different to existing cultivars.
The Johnsons range is available now from selected garden retailers or online at www.johnsons-seeds.com.
