3 things we love about the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show starts in 5 weeks and we’re starting to get excited! It seems like only yesterday that we won Plant of the Year at the 2017 show …
Suttons Seeds
Suttons Plant Nursery
After weeks of sunshine I’m not quite sure why I chose the first rainy day to visit our perennial nursery. Did I say rain? It was more like a monsoon with …
Calendula – October’s Flower
The birth flower for October is Calendula, a herb also known as Pot Marigold. This is an incredibly versatile edible plant and has been used in many ways over …
Suttons Seeds Management Buy Out (MBO)
Fresh new beginnings for the 208 year old company. The Suttons team are delighted to announce that former owner Limagrain through Vilmorin & Co, and the …
My Garden Diary. – Reminders for December 1914
In the Vegetable garden the chief duty is to prepare for the coming spring. When the ground is frozen hard wheel out manure, secure stakes, and prepare …
The Suttons Sons
At the outbreak of WW1 Leonard Goodhart Sutton was at the helm of Suttons & Sons and with 5 sons and 1 daughter he must have felt that his lineage was …
Geranium Still Going Strong After 18 Years
Geraniums or Pelargoniums? No matter what name we choose to use these attractive plants are a very familiar summer sight. My father would plant them formally …
Letter to our Customers – 1914
“It will be a satisfaction to those who have for so many years supported our House to know that we have been able to maintain our large staff at full time …
My Garden Diary. – Reminders for September 1914
Many of us think that September is a pretty quiet time in the garden but really there is much to be done with seed aplenty to be sown. Please read on to …
Suttons at War
In the early stages of the war there was no shortage of men enlisting and by December 1914 Suttons had 75 men in the Forces. In early 1915 a staff notice …