The Nostalgic Cottage Garden Flower Box - 12 Packs
12 hand-picked seed varieties
Nothing is quite as romantic as a border overflowing with colour, scent, and buzzing bees. Twelve full-sized packets of absolute favourite heritage varieties — tall spires, frothy fillers, and tumbling climbers — the plants that have been grown in British gardens for centuries.
From the towering majesty of Foxgloves to the sweet perfume of Sweet Peas, this box provides the perfect ingredients for a magical summer display, whether you are a complete beginner or an experienced gardener refreshing tired borders.
Sowing Guide
This collection delivers colour across multiple seasons. Sow Hardy Annuals — Cornflower, Nigella, and Calendula — direct outdoors in spring for summer flowers. Start Half-Hardy Annuals — Cosmos and Snapdragon — indoors in spring and plant out after frosts. Sow Biennials — Foxglove, Wallflower, and Forget-me-not — in June or July for flowers the following spring and summer. Full instructions are printed on every packet.
Arrives in signature eco-friendly packaging — a ready-to-give gift for anyone who dreams of a garden filled with traditional charm.
- 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 in the collection
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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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Poppy Hungarian Blue
Large violet-purple bowl flowers above silver-blue foliage — followed by big seed pods packed with the slate-blue "breadseed" poppy seeds prized for baking.
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Cornflower Red Boy
Rich, deep carmine-pink ruby cornflowers like crushed velvet — the warm-toned berry sister of the cornflower family, with edible petals and exceptional pollinator value.
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Antirrhinum Crown Mixed
A carnival of cottage garden colour on bushy, self-supporting plants — scarlet, hot pink, yellow, purple and white snapdragons from a single packet.
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Wallflower Ivory White
Dense spikes of creamy-white Wallflower blooms with sweet honey-and-primrose fragrance — the elegant cool-toned cottage biennial for white spring gardens and dark corners.
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Cosmos Sensation Mixed
The benchmark cottage Cosmos — large pink, white and carmine daisies on tall stems from July to November. RHS Award of Garden Merit. The most productive cut flower in the patch.
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Calendula Oopsy Daisy
Creamy-white petals tipped in tangerine on dwarf, bushy 25–30cm plants — the playful paint-splashed pot marigold made for window boxes and patio containers.
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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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Bupleurum Griffithii
Zesty lime-green starburst flower heads above wraparound blue-grey leaves — the cottage garden's secret weapon for lifting any bouquet, fresh or dried.
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Pansy Swiss Giant Ullswater Deep Blue
Large velvety deep indigo-blue pansies with characteristic darker face markings — the Swiss Giant Ullswater selection for classical English spring and autumn-winter colour.
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Foxglove Primrose Yellow
Tall majestic spikes of soft creamy-lemon Foxglove bells with chocolate speckling — the sophisticated pale Foxglove that lights up dark corners. RHS Pollinators.
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Nigella 'Miss Jekyll' Blue (Love-in-a-mist)
Clear sky-blue semi-double flowers nestled in a "mist" of fine ferny foliage — the classic cottage Nigella named after Gertrude Jekyll. RHS AGM. Decorative dried pods.
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Forget-me-not White
The crisp white form of the classic English Forget-me-not — pure starry flowers that glow in shade and make a luminous neutral backdrop for spring bulbs.
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