Great Seed Catalogues for Gardeners

• I keep all my seed catalogues in an old box. Periodically they get thrown out but I find they are a great source of information and inspiration.
• I regularly buy from Wallis Seeds and Chiltern Seeds, neither catalogues  have  gone to the expense of glossy photographs.
• I am more selective when buying from the bigger well know suppliers on the grounds of cost and I am just as likely to pick up a packet at Focus or similar own brand.
• For tips on growing from seed see Gardeners tips
• The best germination however comes from fresh seed so you need a company with fast turnover:

Thompson-Morgan have 2206 different packets of seeds on the website at the moment with an A-Z search. The catalogue is one of the most colourful and once on their list you get regular offers. They are a good partner to Gardeners Tips and if you buy via our link we get a small commission that helps with the cost of this site.

Tozer Seeds can’t be beaten when it comes to Vegetables at which they excel. Link

Wallis Seeds have a web site at last

They are based in   Chelmsford Essex  For Calendula (Pot Marigolds) they offer 9 varieties including a new variety ‘Golden Princess ‘fully double flowers with tubular disk florets on long stems, excellent cut flowers 50cm tall’ . I like buying by weight for some varieties that I can scatter willy-nilly so 15 gms of Calendula ‘Pacific Beauty’ or ‘Art Shades’ .

Chiltern Seeds of Ulverston Cumbria   www.chilternseeds.co.uk have  a 220 page densely packed catalogue. They offer 16 varieties and mixes of Calendula Officinalis -Marigold seeds ( They are good for providing Latin names) After an introduction about the species they also provide flowing comments on each variety e.g. ‘Orange Porcupine ‘This is a splendid new variety highly likely eventually to become an old favourite. Like its kin almost embarrassingly easy to grow it bears cheerful vivid orange flowers with unusual quilled petals to give a modern fashionable porcupine effect’ 15-18 inches Hardy Annual ‘

Niche suppliers

• Real Seed Coy
• King Seeds
• Mammoth Vegetable seeds
• Suffolk Herbs
• Moles Seeds
• Original Touch
• Heritage seed suppliers list from Gardeners tips

High Street Suppliers

• Dobies,
• Unwins, and Elm House
• Suttons
• D T Brown
• Fothergill
• Marshalls seeds

Good luck with your seed purchases or just hunting for information.