Floriography: The Little Box of Love
12 hand-picked seed varieties
In the Victorian era, people didn't send text messages — they sent flowers. Every bloom carried a specific meaning, allowing friends and lovers to communicate complex feelings without speaking a word. This was Floriography: the Language of Flowers.
The Little Box of Love revives that beautiful tradition. Twelve full-sized seed packets, each chosen not just for its beauty but for its sentiment — a gift that doesn't last a week like a fresh bouquet, but grows into a whole summer of meaningful colour.
Arrives in signature eco-friendly packaging — a thoughtful, sustainable gift for nature lovers and eco-conscious gardeners.
- 12 full-size seed packets, each with detailed growing notes
- Seasonal varieties chosen to complement each other
- Eco-friendly compostable packaging throughout
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What’s inside your collection
12 seed packetsEvery variety below is included in this collection. Click any packet to read the full growing guide and see more photos.
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Scabious Imperial Mix
Honey-scented pincushion flowers in deep blackcurrant, crimson, lavender, salmon pink and white on tall wiry stems — the jewel-toned cottage Scabious for cutting and butterflies.
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Zinnia Lilliput Mix
Small round pompon ball-shaped flowers in the full bright cottage colour mix on compact 45-60cm plants — the prolific dwarf Zinnia for containers and fronts of borders.
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Chrysanthemum Painted Daisies
Joyful daisies with bold bullseye rings of scarlet, mahogany, yellow, white and purple — playful retro cottage charm and exceptional pollinator value.
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Bells of Ireland
Tall architectural spires of lime-green bell-shaped calyxes — the florist's most prized green filler, with exceptional vase life and beautiful drying qualities.
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Stocks Night Scented Lavender
Humble by day, intoxicating by night — pale-lavender Night Scented Stock releases a powerful vanilla-spice perfume at dusk. The most fragrant cottage annual you can grow.
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Ammi majus
Floating, airy clouds of pure white lace-cap flowers on tall stems — the indispensable cutting-garden filler that has transformed British summer bouquets.
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Larkspur Giant Imperial Mix
Tall sturdy spires packed with double ruffled flowers in violet, blue, pink, carmine and white — the basal-branching Larkspur giving multiple cutting stems per plant.
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Canterbury Bells Crown Single Mixed
Tall, upright spires of classic large bell-shaped flowers in deep purple-blue, pink, white and lilac — the traditional cottage biennial grown in Britain for 500 years.
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Chamomile German
The earth-apple herb — masses of small white daisy flowers with golden domed centres releasing the sweet apple fragrance that gives chamomile its Greek name, the world's most widely drunk herbal tea, and one of the most effective companion plants in any kitchen garden
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Gypsophila Covent Garden
Frothy mist of pure white open-faced blooms — the florist's secret tall annual Gypsophila that lifts every summer arrangement. Fast-growing, 6–8 weeks to flower.
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Aster Duchess Mixed
Flouncy, incurved peony-form blooms in vivid cottage colours on sturdy 60cm stems — the late-summer cut flower with a 10-day vase life and proper cottage garden flair.
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Sweet Pea Winston Churchill
Large ruffled crimson Sweet Pea on long stems with gentle fragrance — the classic Spencer crimson for bold cottage cutting drama. Bee-loved, RHS-awarded.
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