In article , nmaps
on.co.uk writes

My listing of suppliers online, with comments as I've currently got on
my website is:

But you haven't got Chilterns!!!
;-)

http://www.mr-fothergills.co.uk/
An old seed firm, still available in garden centres but not too common
now. Large range of varieties.
http://www.unwins-seeds.co.uk/supplier_search.asp
Another long-established firm. No web ordering, but does give listings
of stockists. Cheap and cheerful. Does mail order and are very
friendly.
http://www.thompson-morgan.com/seeds/uk/index.html
First of the Big Two. Wider range, but more expensive, probably to
subsidise the greater stocks.
http://www.suttons-seeds.co.uk/index.html
The other one :-) Easiest to find in garden centres so don't bother
with mail order unless you want something really obscure.
http://www.dobies.co.uk
Part of Suttons - they definitely have identical catalogues for plug
plants.

Smaller and more specialist firms
http://www.dtbrownseeds.co.uk/
This firm sells virtually identical stock to Suttons at about 2/3 of
the price.
http://www.vidaverde.co.uk
Totally organic smallholders who grow heritage varieties and encourage
self-sufficiency. They do not grow anything that will not generally
come true to saved seed assuming no cross pollination! Priceless.
http://www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/
Main suppliers for fruit trees, potatoes and other veg. for half the
allotmenteers on my site! They did do web ordering last year, but it´s
vanished again, sadly. May be on the way back as the website is
currently being redesigned.
http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~nfarl...etty/etty.html
Heritage seeds. Some things you can´t get anywhere else.
http://www.seedsofitaly.sagenet.co.uk/default.htm
Franchi seeds, huge packets with even huger numbers of seeds in each.
Very good value and the seeds arrive promptly.
http://www.eaglenursery.co.uk/seed%20list.htm
Sweet peas. I´m not a competition grower, I just think they cheer up
the house. And they smell wonderful
http://www.lathyrus.com
Owl's Acre Sweet peas. Yet more Sweet Peas.
http://www.gardenerskitchen.co.uk/
This is the firm that grows all those strips of vegetables you buy in
garden centres after something´s eaten your own seedlings. They use
commercial varieties, but are happy to answer questions on where to
get seed!
Diane Sewell sweet peas: - if anyone finds she´s finally got a website
before I do, please let me know!

Out of 28 veg. seed varieties I bought this year, 3 were Unwins, 8
Suttons', 7 T&M, 7 DTBrown, 2 Marshall's, 1 Franchi. That's not
including the flowers, which usually come off an Amateur gardening
magazine and so are T&M.

Hope this helps a bit!
jane wanders off trying to remember why on earth she grew so much...



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