Monday, 30 September 2013

Higgledy Garden giveaway - TWO complete cut flower seed collections for 2014



I mentioned Higgledy Garden and his cut flower seeds. I also mentioned a giveaway. Here it is.

I have an ENTIRE 2014 collection of Ben's cut flower seeds to send to two readers.

Each collection is worth £19.50 and has twenty cut flower seed varieties exclusively tested in the Higgledy garden with the help of Harry Twelvehats the orangey dog. 

Have a peep at the mosaic above. This is just a small selection of the beautiful flowers you could grow next year. Oof.

Here is a lovely quote from a Higgledy customer (Tracy):

"I love Higgledy cut flower seeds - the selection is perfect for my cutting patch and their germination rate is fantastic. Ben's blog is my go-to resource for all things flowery."



The flowers you could grow are useful for:
  • Beautiful posies, 
  • Jaunty hats (this one is made of borage)
  • Dreamy, floaty drifts of enviable garden loveliness.


Oh and it's not too late to sow hardy annuals from the cut flower seed collection now. As long as the soil is above 7 degrees C and frost free (which it certainly is in most parts of the country at the moment) then there's the opportunity for stronger larger plants next year through the power of the secret root ball.

Please leave a comment below to have a chance of winning. There's only one condition - pop over to Mr Higgledy's gaff and tell me which is your favourite cutting flower. 

Also, do a tweet (I'm @silverpebble2) and there's an extra entry in it for you. Nice!

I'll keep the giveaway open until this Friday (4th October) and draw the winner on Saturday (5th).

(So sorry, EU only I'm afraid due to sending-seeds-further-afield rules)

All photographs are from Ben's website and are of flowers he grew from his own seeds.
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61 comments:

  1. Mrs Moog30 September 2013 at 17:28

    Ooh Mrs P - am I the first?

    What a lovely giveaway :) our garden looks like a tip after the building work but it's due for a huge revamp and the aim is to fill it with colour.

    Sooo, my favourite?

    It's a toss up between cornflowers and scabious - at a push I'd have to go for scabious!

    Moogs xx

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  2. LittleChicken30 September 2013 at 17:46

    What a lovely giveaway, thank you :) My favourite would have to be Centaurea Cynus. Cornflowers. ‘Blue Ball’ sooo pretty!

    Thank you x

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  3. louweezwee30 September 2013 at 18:16

    Oh my goodness! That's marvellous!!! Would be perfect for my newly cleared and fenced garden :)
    It's got to be the black cornflowers- my absolute favourite annual

    Louise xX

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  4. Maggie30 September 2013 at 18:24

    I'd have to go for Nigella
    http://higgledygarden.com/products-page/classic-cut-flower/nigella-love-in-the-mist-miss-jekyll-oxford-blue/

    We found we had nigella in the garden when we bought our home, and just love it to pieces! The bottom of our garden was totally covered in brambles and nettles, but once my OH cleared it the nigella appeared the following spring. It was such a lovely surprise!

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  5. silverpebble30 September 2013 at 18:59

    Entry for Lucy Diamond

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  6. Adele30 September 2013 at 19:12

    Echinops Ritro is my favourite. If I won I would plant some at home and some with my Year 1 class, who would find it magical!!

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  7. Angela30 September 2013 at 19:32

    This is terribly unfashionable, but I love gypsophila. It is so pretty and delicate, and looks good in the garden, as an accompaniment to larger flowers in a big arrangement, and on its own in a tiny vase - perhaps with one little rosebud or freesia stem.
    I often have to arrange flowers in church - and gyp is a wonderful help there, or take a small arrangement to the bedside of a sick person, and it is so sweet and delicate.
    And its name means 'lover of chalk' - and reminds me of school and blackboards [I am a teacher!!]

    would love to be in your giveaway xx

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  8. Stepping Into Sixty30 September 2013 at 19:45

    I'd go for the Blue Boy cornflowers - a traditional flower in a vibrant colour

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  9. greenrabbitdesigns30 September 2013 at 19:50

    Ooh what a gorgeous giveaway! I love Aquilegia and ‘Nora Barlow’ does look very pretty! :)
    V xxx

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  10. greenrabbitdesigns30 September 2013 at 19:54

    I tweeted the good news! :)
    V x

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  11. Unknown30 September 2013 at 20:33

    Hello what a fabulous giveaway! :D

    I think if I had to choose only one favourite cutting flower it would have to be the cheeky Eschscholzias. I just love the stunning tangerine colour.

    I have everything crossed... it's very uncomfortable!

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  12. Lynn30 September 2013 at 20:40

    I am fairly certain that a borage hat could and would solve ALL of the world's problems. Truly.

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  13. Gill30 September 2013 at 20:48

    What a great giveaway! I love cut flowers, cosmos is one of my favourites - especially the white version!

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  14. l.wilks1130 September 2013 at 21:01

    What a lovely give a away. Just put my name on them!!!!

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  15. Down by the sea30 September 2013 at 21:56

    I love ammi majus it reminds me of cow parsley.
    Sarah x

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  16. Clare30 September 2013 at 22:56

    What a lovely givaway, I love cornflowers and love in the mist the best, please can you include me in the givaway.
    Clare x
    http://summerhousebythesea.blogspot.co.uk/

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  17. plothcimp30 September 2013 at 23:13

    Smashing Mr Higgers provides the best blooms! Snapdragon 'Puff the Magic' has the best name but that Phacelia Tanacetifolia is wonderful. Here's hoping we all have another great growing season like this year :-)

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  18. Rhiannon30 September 2013 at 23:24

    I would love to have a flower area for cutting at the allotment. I'm not a big flower grower normally but I think nigella is a fav and a good photography suject

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  19. Blackmorerose1 October 2013 at 00:59

    I love cosmos. It's just one of the best annuals to grow. Having never seen 'candy stripe' before I have to choose this. There will definitely besome of this growing in my tubs next summer.

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  20. Saffa Barkhordar1 October 2013 at 08:40

    Oww! What a great giveaway, I really like the 'didiscus 'lacy' on his website, his description did make me chuckle 'yes I am smitten...I'm done for...I may even start writing poetry', brilliant! And a beautiful flower. I really like his blog, very uplifting :) I also love forget-me-not flowers though, there probably my favourite flower. Unfortunatly don't own my own garden but if I win I'm going to give them to my mum as a birthday present :) safxxx

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  21. Clareio1 October 2013 at 09:54

    out of all of the ones i got as far as looking at on there, i have to say i love the Candytuft ‘Crown’!
    I am determined for our garden when we move house to have a gorgeous cutting bed! we've kept everything to pots in this place as we have rubbish soil and want to take things with us when we move!

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  22. Anonymous1 October 2013 at 12:02

    oh what a great gift! I already enjoyed the pictures!

    my favourite: cosmos sensation.
    I loved them before but at my bachelorette party (a wonderful open air cooking course with herbs & vegetables & flowers) I learned that they taste deliciously as well!

    tweeting: sorry, I'm no twitter.... is this a must?

    Cheers
    Antje

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  23. driftwood1 October 2013 at 12:03

    oh so many gorgeous flowers, and we have to choose just one favourite, that's mean.... ok, it will have to be cosmos, as I love it's feathery foliage as well as the cheery flowers x

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  24. Anonymous1 October 2013 at 18:00

    My favs are gomphrena as they look like strawberries. The cosmos have been amazing this year however

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  25. Muddling Along1 October 2013 at 18:48

    My favourite are sweet peas - smell just so lovely

    Fingers crossed - have decided that next year is the year to embrace growing cut flowers

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  26. Frances1 October 2013 at 20:38

    Emma, those Higgledy Garden flowers are all really lovely, and it's difficult to pick a favorite. However, pressed to decide, I choose Centaurea Cyrus Cornflowers ... Blue Bells. Their classic beauty gets me every time I am lucky to spy them with my little eye.

    (If I were to be lucky enough to win some of these seeds, I will send you an address of a UK friend whose garden would be very deserving.)

    Best wishes. xo

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  27. CJ1 October 2013 at 22:17

    I love the black ball cornflower - the colour is sensational. Thanks for the giveaway Emma.

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  28. Unknown1 October 2013 at 23:17

    It is a magnificent giveaway i love it :) thank you for the oportunithy to join in :)
    Hugs
    Nina

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  29. Miriam2 October 2013 at 08:56

    Hi
    I love the http://higgledygarden.com/products-page/seeds/chrysanthemum-crazy-daisy/ always daisies for me and these are so pretty
    Miriam

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  30. redsarah2 October 2013 at 10:58

    For me, it's Cosmos "Sensation". Easy to grow, tolerant of any soil, flowers its socks off all summer until the first frosts, and such beautiful, graceful flowers - a jug full of cosmos needs nothing else.

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  31. The Coffee Lady2 October 2013 at 11:12

    Cosmos! Cosmos! Cosmos! I even managed to grow them this year FROM SEED!

    SEED! COSMOS! DID YOU HEAR ME?

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  32. Christina2 October 2013 at 13:50

    What a jaunty set-up this is!

    I'd probably plump for borage, if pushed - reminds me of my mum and of borage flowers frozen in ice cubes in a summery drink. Love the furriness of the plants also.

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  33. @vestachowmein2 October 2013 at 16:13

    Got to be cornflower Black Ball, or Nigella in a variety of colours reminiscent of my sock drawer.

    Vesta.

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  34. Minako2 October 2013 at 17:46

    I LOVE calendula.
    I have been interested in medicinal use of herbs and the main feature of my garden had been nothing but herbs.
    From this year, however, my passion has completely shifted to grow cutting flowers thanks to Higgledy Garden.
    I'm hoping I can make my own calendula infused oil next year. Please let me have the prize!

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  35. Karen3 October 2013 at 10:07

    This is a very nice giveaway and what a lovely choice on his website and not sure I can chose a favourite. I love borage, cornflowers, nigella and cosmos equally.

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  36. Locket Pocket3 October 2013 at 13:15

    What a wonderful giveaway! I was going to say two favourite flowers - achillea and cornflowers but if I had to narrow it down I would go for cornflowers - the ones on Ben's blog look amazing, such a vibrant colour. xx

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  37. thesnailgarden3 October 2013 at 15:06

    Wow, what an amazing website- thanks for the link. I love cutting flowers from my garden to decorate indoors with, so please enter my name into the draw. I'm struggling to choose my favourite flower, but I think I will go for a flower that I have grown since I was small and that is Nigella. I love the blue against the ferny leaves. Best wishes, Pj x

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  38. Sara Venn3 October 2013 at 20:43

    My favourite Higgeldy flower is a Calendula- they make me instantly smile!! And I'd like to win these so that my Tiny Trowels group can sow a beautiful cutting garden for their community project next year:))

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  39. Alice Auperin4 October 2013 at 07:06

    Mr H's flowers all look lovely. I'd have to choose cosmos, their feathery leaves set off the flowers so well.

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  40. @lp_lisa4 October 2013 at 08:22

    Lovely idea Emma! I have recently made a resolution to ALWAYS comment on the blogs I read. Mr Higgledy is one of the people responsible for my ever decreasing lawn! Love Cosmos. So simple but so rewarding. Determined to have them in every colour next year.

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  41. Karoline4 October 2013 at 10:27

    Love Higgledy garden seeds, I grew some this year, had my best ever display

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  42. dragonfly4 October 2013 at 11:18

    Blimey, it's been tough picking a favourite but I think I have decided ... it is ammi majus. I just adore it. It sets off everything else it sits with in a vase, and like you, I'm potty about umbellifers. I've sown double what I sowed last year so hoping for a bumper crop xx

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  43. silverpebble4 October 2013 at 13:43

    Entry for Stretch Hose (Twitter)

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  44. silverpebble4 October 2013 at 13:44

    Entry for Beverly le Long (Twitter)

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  45. silverpebble4 October 2013 at 16:18

    Entry for Chants Cottage (Twitter)

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  46. Domino Moore4 October 2013 at 16:19

    I LOVE borage. its so beautiful

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  47. Juliette4 October 2013 at 17:51

    Oh what a lovely giveaway! Rudbeckia is one of my favourites :-)

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  48. Andrea4 October 2013 at 21:34

    Gyp is my favourite as much underrated and can be used not just as a frothy filler. For the sympathy vote I sowed a HG flower patch at the allotment but rather over enthusiastic OH hoed all the seedlings :-(

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  49. Helen - sittinginthekitchensink4 October 2013 at 22:18

    I love the Zinnias - not something I've grown before but I love the look of them. Would love to win these seeds - my mission over the coming months is to make my garden more 'me'!

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  50. twannywun5 October 2013 at 12:53

    Sunflowers are my favourite!
    Karen S
    twannywun at hotmail dot com

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  51. Taylor Anderson8 October 2013 at 13:45

    Cool little competition. I always miss these things.lol Was drawn in by your definition of randomness actually.

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