Cooltonagh Irish Sweet Peas

Seed List for the 2009-2010 season.

Cooltonagh Irish Sweet Peas have bred all these varieties. All are in our own packets, filled with graded seed of a fair size for the variety. Since we make up our own packets to customers’ requirements, for all sorts we charge just 10 pence or 15 cent per seed, rather than quoting prices per packet.  Seed is still cheap, so grow extra and give plants away!

 

Quality News: For most of our varieties this season we are able to guarantee seed size, which helps you to get uniform germination and a uniform batch of plants when growing for exhibition. In packets of 20 or more, all seed will meet or exceed the equivalent diameters listed below.

 

Variety News: Unfortunately seed production at Rush, Co. Dublin, has been hit by an acute attack of root rot and we have had to withdraw some varieties for this season.  However, we are pleased to introduce LAUREN LANDY and also ROUBEENA, which is a ruby-coloured addition to the “Gardeena” group that have been spectacular on the trellis up here for more than two months now.

 

LAUREN LANDY is a delightful warm rose-pink pea you can rely upon to produce elegant classically-proportioned flowers well placed on good stems – “They look you straight in the eye”.  Lauren was a lovely West-country girl who died of osteosarcoma five years ago, so to commemorate her we will be giving the entire proceeds of sale of her variety to support the Bone Cancer Research Trust.

 

BARONSCOURT *** (5 mm) Certificate of Merit (CofM) 1994. Baronscourt is a richer mauve sweet pea than its ancestor, the ever-reliable Eclipse, and has all its other merits combined with a little more frill.

(Introduced by Kerton Sweet Peas) (Colour group 7).

 

BLUE BEGUINE *** (5 mm) CoM 2004.

A good bright mid-blue to exhibit, with reliable shape and firm stems. (Colour group 9a).

 

BROOK HALL *** (4.5 mm) Award of Garden Merit (AGM) 2002. Brook Hall is a bright and branchy garden decorator, smothered with purest white blossoms of excellent form, with good long stems for your big bowls and inspired flower arrangements. (Introduced by E W King & Co Ltd, 2005) (Colour group 1).

 

BURNISHED BRONZE ** (5 mm) First Class Certificate (FCC) 1991. Its reddish maroon colour is uniform right to the root of the standard. (Introduced by Kerton Sweet Peas) (Colour group 5).

 

CASTLEWELLAN  *** (4.5 mm) Bronze 2001 The most vigorous pea we grow – pale pink on a cream base – Castlewellan needs more space than most and should be encouraged to branch early by stopping the main shoots before knee height.  Grown in this way, it will produce a mass of very sweetly scented blooms all summer long. (Introduced as Harlow Carr, Unwins 2004) (Listed colour group 11a but we would say group 11)

 

CHRIS HARROD **** (4.5 mm) AGM 2006; Award of Merit – Exhibition (AM) and Harriss Award of 2005; CoM 2004)  Light blue, big shapely flowers on long stems and already showing wins in the national audits. (Introduced by Kerton Sweet Peas, 2007) (Colour group 9b).

 

CORALEENA * Firm texture and a branchy habit, combined with Cooltonagh’s usual freedom from malformation, make this floriferous coral red pea an excellent garden decorator.  (Likely colour group – anybody’s guess! – we would say group 3a).

 

DAVE THOMAS  *** (5 mm) AGM 1999; AM (Exhibition) and Harriss Award of 1997; CofM 1997; Silver Award for Garden Decoration and Bronze Award for Exhibition 2001.

As befits a pea named to honour a professional soldier, Dave Thomas is the most decorated of all our varieties. This strong and reliable scarlet cerise has appeared in major winning exhibits in national shows for almost a decade.

(Introduced by Kerton Sweet Peas) (Colour group 3a).

 

DREAM GIRL *** (5 mm) CoM 2003 A truly beautiful rich rose pink on cream, Dream Girl has already made friends across the world since we introduced her last autumn. (Colour group 11b).

 

EDD FINCHAM ** (4.5 mm) HC (Ex.) 1985  We are re-introducing this light maroon in response to demand and on account of its perfume, stronger than other maroons. (Introduced by Dobies) (Likely colour group 5).

 

EVELEENA *** CofM 2004 Salmon cream-pink, and earlier than most. (Likely colour group 11a).

 

FIRST FLAME *** Double AGM 2002  First Flame is a first class decorator, with a wonderful salmon cerise colour. (Introduced by E W King & Co Ltd, 2005) (Listed colour group 14 but could be group 13).

 

FLORENCECOURT ** (4.5 mm) AGM 1999; AM and Harriss Award 1999; CofM 1998; Bronze. Florencecourt has a big white eye, great texture and consistently good placement, without losing the impact of its gorgeous salmon-cerise colour. Due to an unfortunate mistake that still eludes explanation, one stock (of colour group 3) released under this name bears little resemblance to the true variety. Exhibitors and decorators are assured that our own stock – the first grown for us in New Zealand – is good and true, having been tested on the Isle of Wight as well as in Ireland.

 

GLASNEVIN (5 mm) *** (5 mm) FCC 2004; Preliminary Commendation (PC) 2005.

Glasnevin is a full exhibition quality white sweet pea, having long stems in fine proportion with a well-placed head of four florets that are hardly ever malformed. Class-winning exhibits, 2008. (Colour group 1).

 

HEAVEN SCENT  *** (5 mm) FCC 2004.

Cited as “a light pink and cream with a rich perfume”, this is a sweeter Sweet Pea than you’ve ever known before, and challenges Castlewellan for vigour.  (Colour group 11).

 

LAUREN LANDY *** (4.5 mm) PC 2007; CoM 2007. (Likely colour group 10b).

 

MARK HARROD  * (5 mm) CoM 2006

Bold as brass, strong as its keep-fit namesake, and bright as a guardsman’s tunic, Mark Harrod is the best shape in scarlet today, thanks to its inheritance from Mrs Bernard Jones. (Colour group 3a).

 

POCAHONTAS *** (4.5 mm) AGM 1996 & 2006

A bright geranium red colour, one of our favourites when growing under glass for cut flower, but revels in full sunshine too. Has more scent than is usual in this colour, and makes a very attractive sight.  (Colour group 3).

 

ROUBEENA * (5 mm) Ruby red, with a branchy habit. (Likely colour group 3b).

 

ROWALLANE  *** (4.5 mm) AGM 2001; Silver Award for Decoration 2001. The glowing salmon pink in Rowallane is a little softer than in Valerie Harrod: a branchy plant that keeps on flowering. After re-selection, the flower formation of our stock is now restored and growers need not fear any significant malformation.

(Introduced as Jewel by Unwins Seeds, 2005) (Listed in colour group 3, but we would say group 11a).

 

TARA *** (4.5 mm) AGM 2001 & 2003; Bronze Award for Decoration, 1999. The standard petals are almond pink, but in sunny weather the wings carry a heavy flush of crimson.  The net effect is almost that of a bicolour.  Tara blends very well with other colours. (Introduced by E W King & Co Ltd) (Listed colour group 14 but varies with weather).

 

VALERIE HARROD *** (4.5 mm) AGM 2001; FCC, 1996. This is actually a strong salmon pink on a rich cream ground, included in many winning exhibits over recent years. (Introduced by Kerton Sweet Peas) (Colour group 13).

 

ZILLAH HARROD  *** (5 mm) FCC 2004; PC 2004 & 5. Understated in the citation as “a beautiful lavender”, this one develops its wonderful frill without needing to be well fed, and has a smooth, even coloration.

(Introduced by Kerton Sweet Peas) (Colour group 8).

 

Ordering

 

Please write to Cooltonagh, 183 Glenshane Road, The Cross, Co. Londonderry, BT47 3EN, Northern Ireland, or e-mail sales@cooltonagh.co.uk.

 

Tell us which varieties you want and how many seed of each. Use the enclosed order form if you wish. It will be helpful to include a 'phone number, just in case a variety is sold out.  We’ll reply, confirming availability and telling you how much money to send.  Fixed charge for Postage & Packing is now £1.00 or  €1.50.  Please make Sterling payable to Sydney Harrod or Euro payable to Cheryl Rainey. When we get your cheque or PO, we’ll post your seed.

Sydney Harrod – 10th August, 2009