Seed Subscription: Flower, Sub-Tropical Climate, Winter 2025

Subscriptions are an excellent way to explore new seed varieties without having to spend time choosing the seeds yourself, and are perfect for busy gardeners, delivering seeds and all the information you need to plant them directly to your letterbox. 

Each season we’ll choose a selection of seed varieties tailored to your climate, and send you the seeds plus a colour information sheet with photos, tips and sowing information - all you need to do is plant!

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Seeds included in this subscription:

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  Hollyhock- Summer Carnival Mix

  Short-lived perennial, typically grown as biennial/annual, reaching 150cm. Produces large stems with double flowers in vibrant colours. Ideal for borders, walls, fences, and as cut flowers. Attracts butterflies and bees. Long flowering.

  Raise seedlings, 6mm. Germination 10-14 days @ 18-28°C.Perennial (usually grown as an annual). Height 150cm, Spacing 40cm. 150-200 days.

  Best months in Sub-Tropical Climates: MAR APR MAY JUN JUL (Click for full sowing chart, grow guide and more)

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  Candytuft- Iceberg

  Flowering annual growing to 35cm. Produces blooms of small white flowers. Good for borders, beds and containers. Attracts bees and butterflies to the garden.

  Sow direct or raise seedlings, 5mm. Germination 16-20 days @ 18-30°C.Annual. Height 35cm, Spacing 20cm. 90-100 days.

  Best months in Sub-Tropical Climates: MAR APR MAY JUN JUL (Click for full sowing chart, grow guide and more)

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  Armeria- Splendens

  Compact perennial with dark green leaves and deep pink to magenta flowers. Grows to 10cm, flowers on 20cm stems in late spring/summer. Suitable for coastal conditions, poor soil, rockeries, borders, containers. Low-maintenance groundcover.

  Sow direct or raise seedlings, 0mm. Germination 7-14 days @ 21-24°C.Perennial. Height 20cm, Spacing 20cm. 100 days.

  Best months in Sub-Tropical Climates: APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT (Click for full sowing chart, grow guide and more)

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  Sweet William- Herald of Spring

  Biennial, often grown annually. Bushy 60cm plant with light green leaves, clusters of sweet-scented flowers in reds, pinks, whites. Ideal for garden beds, borders, rockeries, cut flowers. Early and long flowering.

  Raise seedlings, 4mm. Germination 7-14 days @ 18-22°C.Biennial (usually grown as an annual). Height 60cm, Spacing 30cm. 140 days.

  Best months in Sub-Tropical Climates: FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT (Click for full sowing chart, grow guide and more)

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  Petunia- Fire Chief

  Compact flowering annual growing to 30cm. Produces an abundance of large bright scarlet flowers. Great for hanging baskets, containers and pots, beds, borders and mass plantings.

  Raise seedlings, 3mm. Germination 5-15 days @ 21-28°C.Annual. Height 30cm, Spacing 30cm. 80-100 days.

  Best months in Sub-Tropical Climates: MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP (Click for full sowing chart, grow guide and more)

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  Dianthus- Baby Doll Mix

  Perennial up to 20cm. A low bushy plant with large single blooms in dark pink, pink, white, and bi-coloured. Flowers have serrated petals and a fragrant scent. Ideal for garden beds, borders, rockeries, pots, baskets, and as a ground cover.

  Raise seedlings, 3mm. Germination 7-14 days @ 18-22°C.Perennial (usually grown as an annual). Height 20cm, Spacing 15cm. 140 days.

  Best months in Sub-Tropical Climates: FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT (Click for full sowing chart, grow guide and more)

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  Brachyscome- Splendour Blue

  Annual plant growing to 20cm with compact grey/green foliage and blue/mauve flowers. Ideal for borders, rockeries, edging, or containers. Native to West and South Australia.

  Sow direct or raise seedlings, 3mm. Germination 14-21 days @ 18-21°C.Annual. Height 20cm, Spacing 20cm. 120 days.

  Best months in Sub-Tropical Climates: MAY JUN JUL (Click for full sowing chart, grow guide and more)

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  Everlasting Daisy- Copper Red

  Australian native daisy, up to 80cm, with large copper-red flowers and golden-orange centres. Ideal for native gardens, containers, borders, coastal areas, and rockeries. Low maintenance, drought-tolerant, and poor soil tolerant.

  Raise seedlings or sow direct, 1mm . Germination 7-14 days @ 18-21°C.Perennial (short lived). Height 80cm, Spacing 55cm. 80 days.

  Best months in Sub-Tropical Climates: APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP (Click for full sowing chart, grow guide and more)

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  Cosmos- Rubenza

  A 120cm annual with dark green leaves and large, two-toned flowers that open ruby red and fade to antique rose. Ideal for beds, mass planting, and cut flowers. Attracts beneficial insects, self-seeds freely, and grows easily in dry or poor soil.

  Sow direct or raise seedlings, 6mm. Germination 15-20 days @ 21-26°C.Annual. Height 120cm, Spacing 45cm. 85-95 days.

  Best months in Sub-Tropical Climates: JUL AUG SEP OCT (Click for full sowing chart, grow guide and more)

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  Carnation- Lemon Fizz

  Perennial growing to 60cm with grassy grey green leaves and tall stems of double, creamy yellow flowers. The fragrant flowers are clove scented. Suited to growing as a cut flower, in large containers, or in beds and borders in cottage gardens.

  Raise seedlings, 6mm. Germination 7-14 days @ 18-22°C.Perennial. Height 60cm, Spacing 35cm. 180-200 days.

  Best months in Sub-Tropical Climates: APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT (Click for full sowing chart, grow guide and more)

Tips for gardening in winter:

Weeding and tidying: Rain helps weed seeds germinate and it is easier to remove them when the soil is damp. Be sure to remove weeds before they get a chance to mature and set seed, and ensure you get the weeds out roots and all. Hand tools are useful for small areas and hoes or tillers make the job go faster in larger gardens. Rake up fallen leaves so they don’t form a compact layer which can stop water reaching the soil. Add these extra leaves to your compost heap. Clear out any dead or diseased plants and to prevent the spread of disease, place this plant material in the bin rather than the compost bin.

Pruning: Check your tools. Cleaning and sharpening your secateurs and pruning saws makes the job much easier, and a clean cut means there is less chance for disease to enter ragged wounds. It is easier to prune deciduous trees and shrubs in winter because you can see the structure of the plant more clearly. Remove any dead wood, and take out crossing branches or stems that might rub against each other. 

Watering: You may not need to water your plants as frequently in winter, but make sure your plants are still getting enough. If required, give them a deep soak once a week early in the day so that excess moisture can evaporate before nightfall and avoid the risk of fungal diseases.

Plot and plan: Use some of the down time in winter to review your garden and think about what you’d like to plant in the coming seasons. If you’re growing annuals, do you want to plant the same again, or try some new varieties or colour schemes? If you’re growing veggies, remember that crop rotation is a good idea to break the cycle or build-up of any pests and diseases that may be in the soil. This has the added benefit of reducing, or even eliminating, the need to spray with chemicals.

Pests and diseases to look out for in winter:

Slugs and snails: These pests can damage a wide range of plants, especially flower and vegetable seedlings. They are most active in the cooler wetter months, or when thunderstorms activate them in summer, and come out at night to feed. Controlling weeds and removing places that can harbour slugs and snails can be an effective way to control and reduce the number of these pests. If you choose to use bait, it is best applied in Autumn before snails get a chance to lay eggs. Most baits can be toxic to pets and other wildlife, so use any bait with caution.

Fungal diseases: A range of fungal diseases can occur in winter. You can prevent these from taking hold by practising good hygiene. Pick up any fallen and rotting fruit and put it into the rubbish, as it can cause disease which carries over into the following year’s crop.

Product code: SS_FLOW_SUB_WIN_2025