Comments on Seed Companies

• Boston Seeds - Online seed shop offers grass seed mixtures for lawns, paddocks, sport, plus agricultural seed and wildflower seed. Volume orders
• Alex Eurotrading EEC standard repackaged seeds 50p per packet
• The Chilli Company - Sells a variety of hot chilli seeds and collections to take advantage of a current trend for growing Hot Chillies
• Chiltern seed http://www.edirectory.co.uk/chilternseeds/ - Flowery descriptions and an excellent range – no photos but great mail order catalogues
• D. T. Brown and Co. Ltd. - Offers a range of flower and vegetable seeds, including organics.. Order catalogue online.
• Design by Nature - Wildflower seed mixtures arranged by area and type of soil for sale by mail order only.
• Dobies - Flower and vegetable seeds (including organic), annuals, perennials, shrubs and bulbs for sale online from one of the top supply companies. Request the Dobies mail-order catalogue, and on-line shopping.
• Exhibition Seeds - On-line catalogue of grass seeds, herb, vegetable, and tree from North Yorkshire - hard copy catalogue.
• Ingwersen’s Birch Farm Nursery - Mail order seed list from small family-run nursery specialising in alpines and dwarf plants; 1,200 different types of plants are sold from the nursery, flower shows and exhibitions.
• Jekka’s Herb Farm - On-line catalogue, or mail-order catalogue of organic herbs Soil Association certified.
• http://www.johnsons-seeds.com/acatalog/ Retail seeds not to be confused with SS Johnson bulk suppliers
• Kings Seeds - Vegetable (including organic), herb, and flower seeds. Good selection of Sweet Peas.
• Marshalls – One of the top seed supplier offering vegetable plants, onion and garlic sets, seeds potatoes, and fruit trees.
• Mr Fothergill’s Seeds Ltd. - Flowers, vegetables, herbs and fruit, catalogue available and wide retail availability
• Pictorial Meadows - Specialists in mixtures of native hardy annuals, and perennials, for garden and landscaping.
• Plants of Distinction - Specialists in plants and seeds of rare, unusual or species
• Secret Seeds - Stock fresh seed for over 800 rare and unusual cottage and exotic plants
• Simpsons Seeds – Good catalogue for information Specialists in tomatoes, capsicums, cucumbers, melons and other greenhouse crops.
• Suttons Seeds - Old established firm with flower and vegetable seeds and seedlings,
• Thompson and Morgan Ltd - Thousands of varieties of seeds useful germination time guide available online.
• Tuckers Seeds - Offering seeds for flowers, lawn grasses, fruit and vegetables including varieties of onions, shallots, potatoes, with items for mushroom culture.
• Unwins Seeds Ltd - Broad range of flower and vegetable seed. Retail and mail order
• VidaVerde Seed Collection - On-line catalogue of seeds for interesting, rare, and unusual vegetables and grains from all over the world. Information about the growers, and printable order form.

• W. Robinson and Sons Ltd. - Mail order vegetable seeds, - special mammoth varieties see Leek blog

• Wallis.seeds@virgin.net great prices and range in a full catalogue without photos but useful for reference.
• Wilco and other retail brands are repackaged and own labled.
• Vitalita & Dom Sementi - Cheap seeds may be available when you are on holiday as foreign suppliers seem to offer a lot more seed for your money.

The best seed deal I get every year is the 20 free packets from my RHS membership - I pay postage but the seed is collected from RHS gardens and includes some different species that create grand plants