British seed catalogues - 2000 Suttons Seeds This year's catalogues from Suttons Seeds features some excellent new varieties, a whole new range of flowers and the return of some old favourites. The catalogue includes a wide range of utterly dependable flower varieties including many varieties exclusive to Suttons, there's also a fine range of vegetables and some of the best seedlings and young plants available. There are also summer bulbs like dahlias, begonias and gladioli, soft fruit, a selected range of greenhouse accessories and propagation equipment and range of organically produced vegetable seeds. Their lead flower introductions this year include Petunia 'Trailblazer Mixed', a blend of economically priced trailing petunias, the return of Mimulus 'Viva', first introduced fifteen years ago, Bidens 'Golden Eye', a pretty yellow-flowered trailer for baskets originally bred by rivals Thompson & Morgan, the excellent tall growing Ageratum 'Red Sea', the trailing Verbena 'Serenity Mixed and the exclusive pansy blend 'Sweet Charity'. The new Barleywood range, chosen by TV gardener Alan Titchmarsh, features thirty varieties, including some new to Suttons and some never seen anywhere before. Calendula 'Kablouna Gold and Orange', the dwarf sunflower 'Sundance Kid' and the double opium poppy 'Taffeta' are especially good. While Suttons rarely set the world on fire with startling new innovations, their varieties are chosen only after testing on their own extensive trial grounds and they'd rather be right about their newcomers rather than leap in without being certain &endash; and sometimes be wrong. Best new Suttons variety for 2000: Bohemian Rhapsody Mixture. Next best Suttons newcomers: Verbena 'Serenity Mixed', Pansy 'Sweet Charity', Ageratum 'Blue Mist' and Mimulus 'Viva' But think twice about: Petunia 'Trailblazer' &endash; the plants vary enormously in growth habit. To order a free catalogue: Ring 01803 696321 or write to Suttons Seeds, Woodview Road, Paignton, Devon, YTQ4 7NG or email. Postage: 95p on orders below £8, otherwise free. UK only. Website: http://suttons.co.uk Email: admin@suttons.co.uk North American agent: http://gardenimport.com Full list of Suttons new flowers for 2000 Ageratum 'Blue Mist' Ageratum 'Red Sea' Amaranthus 'Hot Biscuit' Antirrhinum 'Pearly Queen Mixture' Begonia 'Pin Up Mixed' Bidens 'Golden Eye' Bohemian Rhapsody Mixed Calceolaria 'Anytime Mixture' Kniphofia (Red Hot Poker) 'Flamenco' Lobelia 'Fan Mixture' Lychnis coronaria 'Occulata' Mimulus 'Viva' Pansy 'Four Seasons' Pansy 'Lemon Violets' Pansy 'Sweet Charity' Perilla 'De Nankin' Petunia 'Trailblazer Mixture' Poppy 'Ange1s Choir' Potentilla 'Melton Fire' Tracbelium 'Violet Passion' Verbena 'Serenity Mixture' Viola 'Starbeam' Viola 'Triple Treat' Suttons Barleywood range Agastache 'Fragrance Mixture' Agrostemma milas 'Pinky' Alyssum 'Mountain Gold' Antirrhinum 'La Bella Mixture' Bergenia 'Winter Cheer Mixture' Butterfly 'Attraction Mixture' Calendula 'Kablouna Gold and Orange' Cirsium japonicum 'Pincushion Mixture' Cosmos 'Gazebo Mixture' Geranium 'Sunlover Mixture' Impatiens 'Dainty Maid' Ipomoea 'Grandpa Otts' Lavatera 'White Cherub' Lobelia 'Regatta Blue Splash' Lupin 'Gallery Mixture' Marigold (African) 'Sunspot Mixture' Mirabilis 'Harlequin' Nemesia 'KLM' Nemesia 'National Ensign' Nemophila 'Penny Black' Pansy 'Fond Memories Mixture' Phlox 'Blue Buttons' Petunia 'Horizon Sunset' Poppy 'Taffeta Mixture' Rudbeckia 'Bravado' Silene 'Peach Blossom' Stock 'Legacy Mixture' Sunflower 'Sundance Kid' Sunflower 'Big Smile' Sweet pea 'Giant Waved Mixture'  New British seed catalogues for 2000   ©copyright 1998 Graham Rice. All Rights Reserved. All Images Digitally Watermarked.